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Ma'kenttis Adams
MA'KENTTIS ADAMS, Washburn Rural
A 5-foot-9, 195-pound senior running back, Adams carried the ball 16 times for 179 yards and scored two touchdowns on runs of 19 and 58 yards last Friday night as Washburn Rural improved to 3-0 on the season with a 34-10 non-league win over Piper at Bowen-Glaze Stadium.
Allen Baughman
ALLEN BAUGHMAN, Shawnee Heights
Baughman, a junior running back, continued his breakout season in Shawnee Heights' 14-7 United Kansas Conference victory at Seaman Friday night. Baughman carried the ball 27 times for 183 yards and scored both touchdowns against Seaman and has 497 rushing yards and seven TDs on 66 carries on the season for the 2-1 T-Birds.
Lenny Njoroge
LENNY NJOROGE, Topeka West
The Topeka West senior cross country star posted his second individual victory in three races on the season in Saturday's Baldwin Invitational, clocking a five-kilometer time of 15 minutes, 52.87 seconds to win by just under 38 seconds. Njoroge now has two wins and a runner-up finish in his three starts this fall.
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The Rossville Invitational volleyball tournament ended the way rivalry fanatics thought it would end on Saturday afternoon.
In the 10-team tournament, the schools that are six miles apart were the ones that came face to face for the championship match.
Silver Lake's volleyball team poses with the championship trophy after winning the Rossville Invitational on Saturday. [Photo by Isaac Deer/TSN]
Silver Lake celebrates its championship in Saturday's Rossville Invitational volleyball tournament. [Photo by Isaac Deer/TSN]
Rossville and Silver Lake’s dominant days rewarded them with a spot in the championship match at Rossville High School and it would wind up being Silver Lake which would edge Rossville, 25-23, 26-24, to claim the title.
“We didn’t feel defeated whenever we were trailing today,” Silver Lake coach Sarah Johnson said. “I have players that can come off the bench and make things happen when we need it the most. Today helped us get some valuable information on teams that we could face down the road. We will have to play Rossville, so today was a big deal.”
In the championship match, the two sets had nine different lead changes. Nobody jumped out to a lead of more than four points and the intensity was at its peak.
Ella Bolan, Alana Brewster McKinley Kruger, Kaibryn Kruger, Makenzie McDaniel, Taylor Ross, Sarah Wehrli and the Lady Eagles knew it was time to punch their ticket. The Lady Eagles were diving and swarming on every play, presenting a complex challenge to Rossville.
At certain points of the tournament, the Lady Eagles made the battles on the court look smooth and easy. Silver Lake didn’t have a single match on Saturday that went more than two sets. Out of the 12 sets that Silver Lake played, only five were decided by three points or fewer.
“I don’t truly think we played our best consistently,” Johnson said. “I felt like we had some moments of greatness and moments that we could’ve done better getting the job done. I think we are getting closer to where we need to be, but I was pleased overall.”
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Topeka West senior cross country star Lenny Njoroge notched his second individual victory of the 2022 season on Saturday in the Baldwin Invitational, winning by just under 38 seconds at the Baldwin City Golf Course.
Njoroge, who has finished first or second in all three of his starts this fall, clocked a winning five-kilometer time of 15 minutes, 52.87 seconds while Shawnee Mission East senior Blair Ptacek was second in 16:30.31.
Topeka West senior Lenny Njoroge posted a 38-second win in Saturday's Baldwin Invitational, his second individual win on the season. [Submitted photo]
Shawnee Heights junior Jackson Esquibel and senior Kory Sutton finished 10th and 11th individually, with Esquibel clocking a time of 16:56.51 and Sutton 16:56.73.
Washburn Rural seniors Davin Johnson (17:07.14), Easton Dial (17:08.04) and Grayson Fink (17:11.81) finished 15th, 16th and 17th for the Junior Blues.
Senior Zach Jowers led Seaman with a 30th-place finish in 17:32.40.
Fink paces city girls at Baldwin
Payton Fink
Washburn Rural sophomore Payton Fink placed fourth individually to lead the city girls contingent in Saturday's Baldwin Invitational, clocking a five-kilometer time of 19:09.57.
Ryin Miller, a Seaman freshman, posted a ninth-place individual finish in 20:01.06 while Washburn Rural sophomore Rylee Ismert (20:05.75) and Seaman senior Bethany Druse (20:07.31) finished 11th and 12th.
Washburn Rural freshman Vilde Tronstad also posted a top-20 finish, taking 17th in 20:19.07.
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A solid defensive performance, particularly in the second half, gave Washburn University football a chance Saturday against Nebraska-Kearney, but the Ichabods were unable to take advantage of their opportunities in a 21-13 MIAA loss at Yager Stadium.
Washburn running back Taylon Peters (21) led the Ichabods with 70 rushing yards on 18 carries in Saturday's 21-13 loss to Nebraska-Kearney. [Photo courtesy of Phil Anderson/WIBW]
Washburn, which suffered its first loss of the season, held Nebraska-Kearney scoreless in the second half after falling behind 21-3, but the Ichabods never led on the afternoon, falling to 2-1 overall and 2-1 in the MIAA.
"I thought we played pretty well defensively,'' Washburn standout senior linebacker Grant Bruner said. "I'm disappointed, but it just wasn't our day today.
"But I like how we fought. We fought to the end.''
An early interception from Peyton Lane gave Washburn a scoring chance, but the Ichabods failed to convert on a fourth-down play and the Lopers took advantage, taking a 7-0 lead on a 27-yard touchdown pass from TJ Davis to AJ McPhee at the 8:54 mark of the opening quarter.
Washburn cut into Nebraka-Kearney's lead with a 38-yard field goal from Kameron Lake (6:40), but the Lopers scored the next two touchdowns -- an 18-yard TD pass from Davis to Zorian Stanton and a 9-yard Davis run -- to go up by 18 points with 5:04 left in the first half.
The Ichabods cut their halftime deficit to 21-6 with a 22-yard Lake field goal and scored their lone touchdown of the day early in the third quater on a 1-yard Hunter Browning run, but that would end the scoring for both teamss.
The teams traded punts ending the third quarter and on the third play of the fourth quarter, UNK fumbled heading into the end zone on a forced fumble by Jordan Finnesy returning the ball to the Ichabods with 13:31 to go in the game after a review confirmed the call.
However, the ichabods were forced to punt and then again the teams went back and forth with punts before the Lopers kept the ball for the final 7:00 of the game as UNK converted three third downs and a fourth-down conversion to run out the clock ending the game, snapping the Ichabods eight-game winning streak in Yager Stadium.
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Locked in a three-point game at halftime Friday night, Washburn Rural dominated the second half on the way to a 37-10 non-league win over Piper at Bowen-Glaze Stadium.
Rural, which improved to 3-0 on the season, led by just a 13-10 count at the half but broke the game open with 21 third-quarter points while the Junior Blue defense pitched a second-half shutout.
Washburn Rural senior Ma'kenttis Adams rushed for 179 yards and scored two touchdowns in the Junior Blues' 37-10 non-league win over Piper Friday night. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Washburn Rural quarterback Branton DeWeese (5) celebrates a touchdown with Ma'kenttis Adams (2) in Friday's 37-10 Junior Blue win over Piper. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Washburn Rural's defense, gang-tackling a Piper ball-carrier, pitched a second-half shutout in the Junior Blues' 37-10 win Friday night. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Piper jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a 77-yard fumble return but Rural pulled even on a 1-yard plunge by freshman TJ Minikwu.
Rural went in front to stay on an 11-yard touchdown pass from junior Branton DeWeese to junior Titan Osborn (extra point blocked) before Piper cut its deficit to 13-10 with a 20-yard field goal.
Senior Ma'kenttis Adams opened the second-half scoring with a 19-yard TD run and and DeWeese connected with senior Lukas Hanks for a 2-point conversion to give Rural a 21-10 advantage.
DeWeese then connnected with Osburn for a 46-yard TD strike (conversion failed) and Adams capped a big night with a 58-yard touchdown run.
Adams finished the night with 179 rushing yards and two TDs on 16 carries as Rural topped the 300-yard rushing mark as a team.
DeWeese completed 13 of 20 passes for 154 yards and two touchdowns and added 79 rushing yards on 13 carries.
Osburn caught three passess for 66 yards and two touchdowns while junior Calvin Hayes had four catches for 34 yards and senior Amr Sabarrini two catches for 31 yards.
Washburn Rural travels to Manhattan next Friday for a key Centennial League game.
HIGHLAND PARK 63, KANSAS CITY-SUMNER ACADEMY 36 -- Tre Richardson had a hand in six touchdowns -- now 20 on the season -- and also scored a pair of 2-point conversions and picked off a pass as Highland Park improved to 3-0 overall and in the league with a 63-36 Meadowlark Conference victory over Kansas City-Sumner Academy at Hummer Sports Park.
