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Not even a 50-minute mid-game rain or a two-hour starting time delay could slow down the No. 23-ranked Washburn Ichabods as they rolled to an 8-0 win over Emporia State behind Jaycee Ginter's no-hitter in the opening game of the 2022 MIAA Softball Championships.
Washburn, the No. 1 seed and MIAA regular season champions, will face Missouri Western on Friday at 4 p.m. The Ichabods have won 23 straight games.
Ginter, a former Shawnee Heights star, tossed her second no-hitter in a Washburn uniform, improving to 29-3 in the circle while striking out three and needing just 76 pitches in the game.
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Wins don’t come any tougher than they did for the Seaman Vikings in Thursday night’s 3-1 Centennial League road soccer victory over Topeka High.
The Vikings (9-4-1), who posted their third straight win, had to overcome a rainstorm and a Topeka High (10-4-0) squad, which had won five straight games.
In back-to-back games, Seaman was able to put up outstanding first halves, giving their defense quite a bit of security in the second half.
In the last two games, Seaman has outscored their foes (High and Hayden), 6-0.
“We are playing great soccer this time of the year,” Seaman coach Tim Nussbaum said. “You want to play your best soccer at this time of the year and we are doing that as a team right now. We will keep continuing to get better every day. If we keep staying connected, playing strong and doing what the game requires us to do, we will be solid.
“We will keep learning every day and getting better every day.”
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Washburn Rural's soccer team came out of the gate with a bang against Wichita Northwest Thursday, scoring a goal just 2:21 into the game.
But that would be the highlight of the day for the Junior Blues, who were held scoreless the rest of the game in a 1-1 non-league tie with the Grizzlies in steady to heavy rain most of the match at McElroy Field.
Freshman Kate Hinck scored for the Junior Blues at the 37:39 mark of the opening half off an assist from senior Reagan Allen and Rural had a flurry of scoring opportunities a few minutes later, but Northwest senior goalkeeper Morgan Dunn came up with several huge saves to keep Rural out of the goal.
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IAN and MILES CUSICK, Topeka West
Ian and Miles Cusick, junior twin brothers, teamed up to win the city tennis championship in No. 1 doubles for the second straight season.in last Thursday's city tournament at Kossover Tennis Center.
The Cusicks took an 8-1 win over Washburn Rural's Kyler Knudtson and Nick Luetje in the championship match, helping the Chargers win a share of the city team title with Rural.
The Cusicks followed that up with a second straight Centennial League doubles title at Emporia on Tuesday.
BETHANY DRUSE, Seaman
A junior, Druse set the Seaman school record in the girls 800 meters in last Friday's Bob Camien/Claudia Welch Invitational at Seaman.
Druse won the event in a time of 2 minutes, 15.19 seconds to eclipse the previous school record of 2:16.2.
Druse's time was the best girls 800 meters clocking in the state this spring.
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Cair Paravel Latin School girls soccer improved to 10-3-0 on the season with a 9-0 romp past Bishop Seabury Tuesday night.
Sophomore Katherine Keys and freshman Zahra Lewis combined for seven goals, with Lewis scoring four goals and Keys adding three. Sophomore Allison Schwarz was also credited with a goal for the Lions.
Lewis was also credited with two assists while junior Sage Schwarz, sophomore Kaitlyn Colombo and sophomore Corinne Stapleton also had assists.
The Lions have now won seven straight games.
CAIR PARAVEL LATIN 9, BISHOP SEABURY 0
Cair Paravel Latin 6-3 -- 9
Bishop Seabury 0 0 -- 0
Cair Paravel -- Goals: Lewis 4, Keys 3, A. Schwarz. Assists: Lewis 2, Sage Schwartz, Colombo, Stapleton.
EAGLES' BURKHARDT SIGNS WITH JCCC
Silver Lake senior multi-sport standout Taryn Burkhardt signed a letter of intent to play softball for Johnson County Community College on Wednesday at Silver Lake.
In addition to softball, Burkhardt also was a first team All-Mid-League selection in volleyball, was a member of the dance team and leader of Eagle Eye Photography.
She has also excelled in the classroom with a 3.90 grade point average.
CENTENNIAL LEAGUE SOFTBALL RACE STILL TIGHT