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By RICK PETERSON
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Freshman pitcher Kendra Cook threw a seven-inning no-hitter in the nightcap, finishing off Silver Lake softball's 6-1, 7-0 Mid-East League sweep at St. Marys on Thursday.
Cook allowed one walk and struck out five against the Bears although the Eagles were charged with two errors.
Silver Lake opened the day with three runs in the first inning of the opener and added two runs in the fifth and a run in the sixth, while sophomore Avery Wende pitched a four-hitter while striking out seven and issuing three walks and allowing a St. Marys run in the fourth.
The Eagles had 12 hits in the first game, including three apiece from senior Taylor Burkhardt and sophomore Hailey Horton.
Kaibryn Kruger had a triple in the game for the Eagles while Lauren Rollenhagen went 2 for 4 with two runs batted in.
In the second game Silver Lake gave Cook the only run she would need in the top of the third inning and erupted for its final six runs in the fifth to put the game away.
Silver Lake had 11 hits, with Taylor Zordel, Burkhardt and Horton all delivering two hits apiece at the top of the lineup.
Horton and Kira Lowrey both had two RBI.
First game
SILVER LAKE 6, ST. MARYS 1
Silver Lake 300 021 0 -- 6 12 2
St. Marys 000 100 0 -- 1 4 2
W -- Wende. L -- Singdhillon. 3B -- Silver Lake: K. Kruger.
Second game
SILVER LAKE 7, ST. MARYS 0
Silver Lake 001 060 0 -- 7 11 2
St. Marys 000 000 0 -- 0 0 3
W -- Cook. L -- Mayhew.
HEIGHTS BASEBALL POSTS THIRD STRAIGHT WIN
Shawnee Heights' baseball team pushed its winning streak to three games with Thursday's 8-2 United Kansas Conference victory over Leavenworth at the Bettis Family Sports Complex.
With the win the T-Birds improved to 8-6 on the season.
T-BIRD SOFTBALL IMPROVES TO 7-1-0
Shawnee Heights rolled to a 6-0 United Kansas Conference soccer win at Leavenworth on Thursday.
The T-Birds posted their third straight win while improving to 7-1-0 on the season.
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By KYLE MANTHE
The Washburn Review
No. 15 nationally ranked Washburn University men’s tennis wrapped up its official slate of regular-season matches with a 7-0 Senior Day sweep over Bethel College on Thursday.
The Ichabods (17-4) were ranked No. 4 in the latest NCAA Division II Central Region rankings released prior to the match as the team boasts a 5-2 record inside the division.
With only an exhibition against Cowley College remaining on the schedule before the MIAA tournament, the team recognized its two seniors, Raul-Alin Dicu and Miller Zeiders, after the match.
The No. 26 pairing of Matthew Earle and Sebastian Pjontek took a 6-1 No. 1 win to open doubles play.
Dicu and Noah Neideck took a 6-3 victory at the No. 2 spot and Zeiders and Daniel Bird followed with a 6-3 win at No. 3.
Miquel Perez lost only three set points in his two-set victory at the No. 3 singles position.
He was followed by No. 26 Tim Hammes and the No. 67 ranked Dicu, who won two-set matches at the No. 2 and No. 1 spots, respectively, giving the Ichabods a 4-0 win.
Bird, Earle, and Zeiders all won their matches in two sets at the No. 4, 5, and 6 positions to complete the team's second straight sweep.
Washburn moved to 7-0 at home after the win and will begin the MIAA conference tournament April 27 after the exhibition against Cowley.
WASHBURN 7, BETHEL 0
Individual Results
Doubles
No. 1 – Pjontek/Earle, Washburn def. Milan/Singh, Bethel 6-1
No. 2 – Dicu/Neideck, Washburn def. Cech/Anderson, Bethel 6-3
No. 3 – Bird/Zeiders, Washburn def. Menard/Quercia, Bethel 6-3
Singles
No. 1 – Dicu, Washburn def. Cech, Bethel 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 2 – Hammes, Washburn def. Milan, Bethel 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 – Perez, Washburn def. Schrader, Bethel 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 – Bird, Washburn def. Pluis, Bethel 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 – Earle, Washburn def. Singh, Bethel 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 – Zeiders, Washburn def. Anderson, Bethel 6-1, 6-2
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By RICK PETERSON
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Klaus Kreutzer never likes to lose, but the veteran Hayden soccer coach knows that's Thursday's 2-0 non-league loss to St. James Academy, No. 4-ranked in Class 5A, was the kind of test the Wildcats, tied for No. 2 in 4A-1A, needed.
"They need to understand how hard they have to work to get to where we want to go and I think they got a pretty good idea today,'' Kreutzer said.
Hayden, which fell to 7-1-1, played 8-1-0 St. James even for 76 of the 80-minute contest, but two goals within a four-minute span powered the Thunder to the victory.
Sophomore Patsy O'Brien scored at the 29:51 mark of the opening half off an assist from senior Christine Znidarsic to put St. James up 1-0 and junior Kenda Radke scored off O'Brien's pass about four minutes later to account for the final score.
"I told the team they (the Thunder) were out of the gate before we knew what happened,'' Kreutzer said. "They're just a very good team and we hadn't played at that level, but second half I think we got a little bit used to it and I think we had a little more poise when we were on the ball.''
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By RICK PETERSON
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Former Shawnee Heights star point guard Trey Brown, who helped lead the T-Birds to the Class 5A state championship in 2017, had his heart set on becoming a basketball coach.
But even Brown is surprised that things have happened this quickly, with Cair Paravel Latin announcing the 23-year-old Brown as the Lions' new head boys coach Wednesday night.
"It was actually pretty crazy,'' said Brown, who recently wrapped up his college career at MidAmerica Nazarene University. "Coaching is something I always really wanted to do and I was looking around and really didn't have any plans of being a head coach right away, but I saw the (Cair Paravel) opening on a website. It was where my mom (Kim) had gotten her first coaching job and I saw it and it was kind of a shot in the dark, but I thought I might as well try.
"I ended up meeting with Gary (Cleverdon, CPLS athletic director) and had a good meeting with him and then he offered me the job. Honestly it's just been a blessing. It's something I never expected to happen, and shocked me as well, but I'm happy it did. It's been pretty wild.''
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By ISAAC DEER
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The Junior Blues outscored Topeka West 34-0 in a Centennial League doubleheader Wednesday night at Hummer Sports Park and the dominant outing was exactly what Washburn Rural was looking for after taking a pair of losses in Lawrence.
The Junior Blues collected 17 runs in game one and 17 runs in game two within a six-inning span.
“It was good for us to come out early and attack,” Washburn Rural coach Jay Mastin said. “I thought we swung the bats well today. Our pitching did a great job for us keeping (West) scoreless. It was a good day for us.”
Washburn Rural’s most explosive offensive outing of the year didn’t happen by accident.