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CLEVELAND, Tenn. – No. 2 Washburn volleyball wrapped up its non-conference tournament schedule and moved to 8-0 on the season with wins over Saint Leo and Trevecca Nazarene on Saturday at the Lee Invitational.
Halle Meister had a big day for Washburn in the Lee Invitational on Saturday, helping the Ichabods improve to 8-0 on the season. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods took a 25-8, 21-25, 25-19, 25-16 win over Saint Leo and a 25-20, 25-20, 25-21 win over Trevecca Nazarene to complete their tournament appearance.
It was all Washburn in the opening set against Saint Leo as the Ichabods led start to finish. Washburn closed out the set with four straight points, including three kills from three different Ichabods.
The Washburn offense hit .481 with 14 kills while the Lions had six kills and six attacking errors in the frame.
It was a different story in the second set as the Lions found their groove offensively and benefitted from Ichabod miscues.
Washburn led 3-2 before Saint Leo (4-3) put together a 10-3 run to go in front, 12-6.
Trailing 14-9, Halle Meister knocked down a kill for WU to spark a 5-0 rally to knot up the score.
The Lions continued to attack and captured eight of their final 11 points by way of kills and evened the match at one game apiece with a 25-21 victory.
In the third set, Saint Leo led 7-4 when Bella Limback's kill started a 5-1 stretch for the Ichabods to put them on top, 9-8.
The Lions scored the next point before Washburn broke the tie with six unanswered points to go up, 15-9, and held on to the lead for the rest of the set.
Meister hammered down her fifth kill of the set to finish off the 25-19 win. The Ichabods knocked down 18 kills in the set compared to the Lions' eight.
It was a battle early again to start the fourth as Saint Leo held an 8-6 advantage when Washburn put together a run of four kills from three different Ichabods and a service ace by Jalyn Stevenson to take its first lead of the set at 11-8.
The Lions pulled within one at 11-10 and 12-11 but that would be as close as they would get as the Ichabods extended their lead and won the match-clinching game, 25-16.
The Ichabods finished the match hitting .343 and the Lions had a .246 hitting percentage.
Washburn led in kills, 61-42, and landed 14 service aces, which was 10 more than Saint Leo. The Lions had the advantage in blocks, 7-3.
Three Ichabods finished in double-figure kills, led by Meister's career-high 16 while hitting an impressive .565.
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Topeka West senior star Lenny Njoroge ran a high school cross country race for the first time since the 2020 season on Saturday, turning in a dominating performance in the Manhattan Invitational at Warner Park.
After earning Class 5A state medals as a freshman and sophomore, Njoroge missed the entire '21 cross country season after suffering a broken leg in a club soccer match before returning to action Saturday and posting a 42-second individual victory.
Njoroge clocked a five-kilometer time of 16 minute, 00.8 seconds, with Wamego junior Harrison Cutting second in 16:42.8.
le Viking freshman Jack Walker was 22nd in 18:07.0 and senior Landon Stuke 28th in 18:27.8.
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Hayden's football team got the test it expected from two-time defending Class 1A state champ Olpe in Friday night's season-opener, but the Wildcats combined some timely offense with stingy defense to end the Eagles' 26-game win streak with a 21-7 win at Hayden.
Hayden senior JC Cummings (38) celebrates his second-quarter touchdown in Friday's 21-7 Wildcat victory over Olpe. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Hayden's defense brings down Olpe quarterback Truman Bailey in Friday's 21-7 Wildcat win at Hayden. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Hayden got a pair of interceptions from seniors JC Cummings and Dylan Foster and also recovered a fumbled punt before taking a 7-0 halftime lead on a 20-yard touchdown run from Cummings to cap a three-play scoring drive with 31 seconds left in the opening half.
The Wildcats boosted their lead to 14-0 on their first drive of the second half, with sophomore quarterback Jett Wahlmeier hitting sophomore Jensen Schrickel on a deep post pattern for the TD.
Hayden finished its scoring with an 83-yard scoring run from senior Ethan Florence with 8:56 left in the game.
Olpe used a long 14-play drive to get on the scoreboard late in the game on a 2-yard quarterback sneak from Truman Bailey.
Unofficially, Wahlmeier passed for 118 yards on a 10 of 12 performance with one interception while Hayden rushed for more than 230 yards.
Hayden's defense limited Olpe to 77 rushing yards while Bailey passed for 86 yards with two interceptions.
WASHBURN RURAL 49, WICHITA EAST 42 -- Both offenses ruled the night, combining for 91 points, but it was a late defensive stand that allowed Washburn Rural to escape with a hard-earned 49-42 non-league road win.
Washburn Rural trailed on four diffferent occasions, including 42-33 late in the contest, but the Junior Blues scored the final 16 points to pull out the victory.
Junior JC Heim blocked a punt and senior Walker Thompson pounced on the ball in the end zone to give Rural an early 6-0 advantage.
Junior quarterback Branton DeWeese hit senior Lukas Hanks for a touchdown pass and junior Titan Osborn caught a 2-point conversion pass to put Rural in front 14-8 at tne end of the first quarter.
The game was knotted at 22 at the half and the scorefest continued in the second half.
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Washburn Rural's soccer team survived its toughest test of the 2022 season on Friday, outlasting Wichita Northwet 4-3 in double overtime in the Junior Blues' home opener at McElroy Field.
Junior Griffin Heinen scored the game-winning goals in the second overtime period as Washburn Rural improved to 3-0-0 on the season.
Easton Bradstreet
Senior Easton Bradstreet continued his red-hot start to the season with a pair of goals while the Junior Blues also got a goal from freshman Draden Chooncharoen.
Junior Devon Rutschmann had a pair of assists for Rural while freshman Dylan Willingham also picked up an assist.
The Junior Blues will return to action next Thursday at De Soto.
Chris Brown
Brown powers High soccer to 3-2 win over Hayden
Sophomore Chris Brown scored two first-half goals to help Topeka High open up a 3-1 halftime advantage en route to a 3-2 win over Centennial League rival Hayden at Hummer Sports Park.
Brown got Topeka High, now 1-1, on the board with just under 25 minutes left in the first half and Aidan Morrion put the Trojans up 2-0 with 11:11 left in the half.
Hayden cut its deficit to 2-1 on a penalty kick but Brown scored his second goal of the night with just 1:09 left in the half off an assist from Thomas Schmidt to give High its 3-1 lead.
Hayden scored the only goal of the second half to account for the final score.
T-Birds earn 1-1 soccer tie with SM North
Shawnee Heights battled Shawnee Mission North to a 1-1 tie Thursday night at the Bettis Family Sports Complex.
Senior Zach Memmer scored the game's first goal off an assist from senior Jack Martin to put the T-Birds in front 1-0 but North answered with a penalty kick to knot the game at 1-all.
Neither team was able to find the back of the net through regulation and two overtime periods and the game ended with a tie, with Heights now 0-2-1 on the season.
Lois Deeter
Deeter takes medalist honors in Emporia meet
Seaman senior golf standout Lois Deeter shot a 77 to take a one-stroke individual win in Tuesday's Emporia Invitational at Emporia Municipal Golf Course.
Emporia's Olivia Eckert and Avary Eckert and St. Mary's Colgan's Ali Scripsick all shot 78s.
Seaman junior Avery Samuelson finished 10th with a 91, while freshman Izzy Glotzbach finished 11th with a 92.
Seaman freshman Jaycee Zimmerman placed 14th with a 95 while Hayden junior Avery Grunert took 15th with a 96.
Emporia won the team title by a 335-350 margin over Colgan while Seaman was third at 369.
Hayden placed fifth at 389 while Shawnee Heights was sixth at 438.
Junior Karlyn Bowman placed 21st with a 103 score to lead Heights.
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The Seaman Vikings came in and kicked the door down on Topeka West’s home opener with a 58-14 win on Thursday night at Hummer Sports Park.
The three units for the Vikings played nearly a perfect game to kick off their season in the United Kansas Conference.
Seaman senior Bryson Vawter finds running room in Thursday night's 58-14 win over Topeka West. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Junior Callen Barta hauls in a pass for Seaman in the Vikings' 58-14 UKC win over Topeka West Thursday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Offensively, Seaman tallied 455 total yards along with six touchdowns. The Vikings also looked dominant on defense, forcing a lot of three-and-outs. On special teams, they were able to return a kickoff for an 85-yard touchdown.
“That’s the unselfish play we needed if we want to be a good team the whole year,” Seaman coach Jared Swafford said. “We challenged our guys after the jamboree. We kept talking about how we needed to improve. We have a lot of work to do, but it was a good win for us to open up the season.”
The Seaman offensive line had an unforgettable night. Seaman’s front five paved the way for the Viking running back committee to have 270 yards and five touchdowns in the first half. In the second half, the backs added 106 more yards on the ground with another touchdown. The seven backs that carried the ball rushed 43 times for 376 yards.
“When you have a young quarterback you need to establish the run,” Swafford said. “We felt good about rolling with three (running) backs. Our offensive line had more knockdowns than we had all camp. We were excited about watching our big guys play with some aggressiveness and get those pancakes.”
Sophomore Max Huston started the year as the starting quarterback for the Vikings. Huston proved on opening night that he is a legitimate dual-threat quarterback.
“I think from the quarterback position we did some good things,” Swafford said. “It was nice to see the offense executing and being efficient for the most part. It was the first time for two of our guys at the quarterback position tonight and we were able to get Dane in later, too. Overall we turned it over too many tmes and that’s a part of the game, especially early on.”
Seaman’s opening drive of the season lasted 5:56 and it ended with a 6-yard read-option from Huston for a touchdown. Huston’s breakaway speed was notable as that would play into the success that he had on Thursday night.
Topeka West would answer back after Seaman put eight points up on the board. Charger quarterback Malachi Berg scrambled out of the pocket, threw it off of his back foot, across his body and found Alex Engel in the end zone for six.
“If (college coaches) are not trying to blow up (Malachi Berg)’s phone and getting on his radar, they’re missing out,” Topeka West coach Russell Norton said. “I thought (Berg) played a heck of a game tonight. Just like a true leader, he wanted to lead from the front.”
Topeka West had a stellar production from Berg, Xavier Alexander, Engel and Kamen Jones.
