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Washburn Rural sophomore cross country standout Payton Fink and Seaman sophomore football quarterback Max Huston have been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Rising Stars of the Week for last week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the 2022-2023 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Fink and Huston last week:
Payton Fink, a Washburn Rural sophomore, won her first individual city cross country title last Saturday, leading the Junior Blues to the team championship. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
PAYTON FINK, Washburn Rural
A sophomore, Fink won her first individual city girls cross country title last Saturday at Washburn Rural after finishing third as a freshman.
Fink led the Junior Blues to the team championship by a 21-35 margin over Seaman.
Fink clocked a winning five-kilometer time of 18 minutes, 10.9 seconds, setting a personal record.
Seaman sophomore quarterback Max Huston passed for 287 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 68 yards and three TDs in the Vikings' 56-13 UKC win over Leavenworth. [File photo/TSN]
MAX HUSTON, Seaman
Sophomore quarterback Max Huston completed 18 of 26 pass attempts for 287 yards and three touchdowns and carried the ball nine times for 68 yards and three TDs as Seaman rolled to a 56-13 United Kansas Conference win over Leavenworth.
Huston has completed 50 of 87 passes on the season for 797 yards and seven touchdowns and has rushed for 303 yards ad seven TDs on 48 attempts.
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Three Topeka High soccer players with a multi-goal games led the Trojans to a 6-1 road victory over the Seaman Vikings.
Class 6A No. 7-ranked Topeka High put together its best offensive performance of the year on Tuesday night at Seaman, with the Trojans’ six goals a season-high for most goals scored in a game.
Topeka High exchanges well-wishes with Seaman after the Trojans' 6-1 win over the Vikings Tuesday night. [Photo by Isaac Deer/TSN]
Trojan strikers Jaime Alvarado, CJ Brown and Aidan Morrison all netted a pair of goals in the high-scoring affair
Alvarado scored two goals in the first half while Brown and Morrison scored High's final four goals in the second half.
“We thought going with the wind that we would be able to score some more goals in the second half,” Topeka High coach Derek Snook said. “We needed to be a team-first team today and set each up for success and I think we displayed that well in the second half. We looked for each other instead of just ourselves.”
The Trojans are currently riding the wave of a five-game winning streak. The Trojans have lost a few close games on the road this year, but on Tuesday night, Topeka High brought the fight to North Topeka.
“We’ve been using each other well with our strengths and eliminating our weaknesses,” Snook said. “We’ve been on the attack instead of the other side lately. Our defenders have been creating lanes and setting up each other well. It’s been an emphasis to get with each other and get to the goal.”
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Shawnee Heights soccer didn't have a great first half in Tuesday's non-league game at Hayden, but the one first-half goal the T-Birds did score set the tone for a 4-0 shutout over the Wildcats.
With Heights going into a brisk wind in the first half, senior Zachary Memmer scored the only goal the T-Birds would need just 5:06 into the game before 8-4-1 Shawnee Heights scored three times in the second half to pull away.
Hayden senior Daxton Ham (left) battles Shawnee Heights junior Jack Martin for the ball in Tuesday's 4-0 T-Bird win over the Wildcats. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Shawnee Heights senior Zachary Memmer (35) puts the ball in the net early in the T-Birds' 4-0 win at Hayden Thursday. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"We kind of knew going in that maybe if we took the wind in the second half playing with tired legs, the second half would maybe unlock some things, and I think it did,'' Heights coach Nic Simons said.
"Going against the wind in the first half we looked like a team that played a little tight and I think we were very afraid of giving up counter-attacks and give Hayden a lot of credit, they had some very dangerous counters in the first half. But we did a pretty good job of kind of weathering that and I thought defensively it was another outstanding performance by our defense and by our keeper.''
Senior Tyler Lincoln put Heights in front 2-0 with 31:36 remaining in the game and senior Jordan Garvin and junior Jack Martin added goals to give the T-Birds their final margin with 20:05 left.
Garvin was credited with a pair of assists for the T-Birds while Memmer also picked up an assist.
Sophomore Carter Freeman picked up the shutout in goal for Shawnee Heights.
SHAWNEE HEIGHTS 4, HAYDEN 0
Shawnee Heights (8-4-1) 1 3 -- 4
Hayden (6-8-1) 0 0 -- 0
Shawnee Heights -- Goals: Memmer, Lincoln, Garvin, Martin. Assists: Garvin 2, Memmer. Shutout: Freeman.
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Washburn Rural finished third in Tuesday's Class 6A girls golf regional at Eagle Bend, earning a team berth in next Monday's Class 6A state tournament at Salina Municipal Golf Course.
Washburn Rural earned a team berth in the Class 6A state tournament with a third-place finish in Tuesday's regional tournament at Eagle Bend. [Twitter]
The Junior Blues finished with a season-low team score of 330, taking third behind Olathe West (322) and Olathe Northwest (323). Manhattan earned the fourth team berth for state with a 343 total.
Sophomore Reece Randall had a breakout performance for Washburn Rural, placing sixth with an 80 to lead the Junior Blues.
Seniors Mallory Nelson and Avery Scott tied for eighth individually with 83s while freshman Lauren Cox tied for 11th with an 84.
Junior Raegan Petersen tied for 14th with an 85 and sophomore Natalie Peterson was 19th with a 90.
Topeka High junior Avery Zimmerman earned an individual state berth for the Trojans, tying for 23rd with a 92.
Olathe West freshman Savannah Cagle won the individual title with a 74.
CLASS 6A REGIONAL GIRLS GOLF
At Eagle Bend Golf Course
Team scores
Olathe West 322, Olathe Northwest 323, Washburn Rural 330, Manhattan 343, Free State 364, Mill Valley 378, Olathe North 394, Lawrence 466, Junction City 480, Gardner-Edgerton 508, Topeka High 525..
Individual results
1. Savannah Cagle, Olathe West, 74; 2. Elizabeth Lyons, Olathe West, 75; 3. Claire Sullivan, Olathe Northwest, 76; 4. McKenzie Kelso, Olathe Northwest, 78; 5. Lainey Ball, Manhattan, 79; 6. Reece Randall, Washburn Rural, 80; 7. Emily Wuggazer, Manhattan, 81; 8. (tie) Mallory Nelson, Washburn Rural; Avery Scott, Washburn Rural, and Sophie Vann Inwegen, Mill Valley, 83.
Other Hayden -- 11. (tie) Lauren Cox, 84; 14. Raegan Petersen, 85; 19. Natalie Peterson, 90.
Individual state qualifiers -- 8. (tie) Sophie Van Inwegen, 83; 11. (tie) Claire Berquist, 84; 17. (tie) Reagan Swartz, Mill Valley, 88; 20. (tie) Bria Dawson, Olathe North, and Natalie Schmidtberger, Free State, 91; 23. (tie) Avery Zimmerman, Topeka High, 92.
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Seaman girls golf team didn't have one of its best days in Tuesday's Class 5A regional tournament.
Seaman poses with its Class 5A regional championship trophy after winning Tuesday's tournament at Lake Shawnee. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman senior standout Lois Deeter executes a chip shot in Tuesday's Class 5A golf regional at Lake Shawnee. Deeter finished second with an 83. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But it was plenty good enough, with the Vikings taking the regional team championship in a tiebreaker over St. Thomas Aquinas to qualify their entire team for next Monday's state tournament at Hesston.
Seaman senior Lois Deeter shot an 83 to finish second individually while junior Avery Samuelson was third with a 94, junior Riley Adams tied for sixth with a 100 and sophomore Anna McLaughlin tied for 12th with a 102 to round out the Vikings' top four.
Both Seaman and St. Thomas Aquinas finished with a four-person score of 379, with sophomore Jaycee Zimmerman giving the Vikings the title with a fifth score of 105.
"You never complain about a win, you're never going to complain about that,'' Seaman coach Julie McLaughlin said. "It was a tough day. The wind was tough to play in and there was some good competition out there and we squeaked by. Everybody contributed.''
