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By CHARLES SPURLOCK
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ANDOVER -- On a sunny May afternoon, nine Class 5A schools (Andover, Andover Central, Arkansas City, Emporia, Kapaun Mt. Carmel, Newton, Seaman, Topeka West and Valley Center) competed at Andover Central in one of four regional track meets across the state on Thursday and Friday.
The top three finishers in each event qualified for the state meet next weekend in Wichita. The next four best finishers across all four regional meets will also qualify for the state meet. Those results will not be known until the regional meets at Blue Valley Northwest and Mill Valley on Friday evening.
Seaman junior Ryin Miller qualified for next week's Class 5A state track meet in Wichita in four events in Thursday's regional meet in Andover. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman junior Ryin Miller qualified in four events on Thursday.
She won the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 13.98 seconds, the 1,600 meters in 5:01.64 and the 3,200 meters in 11:23.87. She was also the anchor leg of the Vikings' 4x400-meter relay team that finished third in a time of 4:06.58.
Competing in four events on the day played a role in Miller’s strategy during the meet.
“Definitely regionals are survive and advance,'' Miller said. "I wasn’t trying to run a personal best today. The goal in the mile was to do enough to move on and I did that. Also doing four events in one day is pretty rough. I’m excited for next week.”
The Seaman boys were the regional runnerup to Kapaun Mt. Carmel, amassing 80.5 points during the meet.
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By RICK PETERSON
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Red-hot Washburn Rural soccer continued to roll Thursday night at McElroy Field, with the Junior Blues claiming a Class 6A regional championship with a 4-1 win over Centennial League rival Manhattan.
With Thursday's win Washburn Rural improved to 16-2-0 overall with its ninth straight victory.
Washburn Rural senior Kate Hinck (9) hoists the Class 6A regional trophy as the Junior Blues celebrate Thursday's 4-1 win over Manhattan. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Washburn Rural soccer poses for a team picture after Thursday's Class 6A 4-1 regional win over Manhattan. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
"This is what we've been working for all season,'' said Rural senior captain Destiny Higgs, who had a pair of goals to lead the Junior Blues. "We know what we want and we're going to try our hardest to get it.''
Rural, 6A's top West seed, advanced to Monday's 6 p.m. state quarterfinal to host city rival Topeka High, a 3-1 winner over Wichita Northwest.
"We've worked hard all season to be here and get home field advantage and get the best possible draw,'' Washburn Rural coach Brian Hensyel said. "The girls have so far this week taken things real serious and Manhattan played with a lot of energy.
"I told their coach (Mike Sanchez) that over the last six weeks (since an 8-1 Rural win over the Indians) they've made a lot of improvement. They played really hard today and we had to match that.''
The Junior Blues never trailed after an own goal at the 35:02 mark of the opening half.
Higgs made it a 2-0 game with her first goal at the 22:15 mark of the first half off an assist from junior Dayne Shriver and Rural opened up a commanding 3-0 advantage with 7:45 left in the half on a goal from senior Zahra Friess off a pass from sophomore Emery Hall.
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By TODD FERTIG
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Washburn Rural’s version of “small ball” overcame a home run barrage by Campus Thursday, propelling the Junior Blues to the Class 6A state softball tournament.
After handling Wichita East 15-0 in the semifinal round of the 6A regional at Rural, the Junior Blues held off Campus 8-6 to advance to state next week at the University of Kansas.
Washburn Rural celebrates its Class 6A regional softball championship after Thursday's 8-6 win over Campus. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
To get through the regional, the Junior Blues had to face Campus, a team Rural beat twice the previous week.
“We talked about this several times, beating a team three times in a row is one of the hardest feats to do in athletics,” said Washburn Rural coach Joy Marie Galliart. “We ended our regular season with them, so those games were fresh in their mind. We knew it was going to be a dogfight.”
While the Junior Blues pecked away with singles, walks, stolen bases and sacrifices, Campus swung for the fences. Four of the Colts’ six hits cleared the outfield wall.
“They swing the bat very well,” Galliart said. “We’ve been preparing that they were going to come in and swing the bat and they were going to get their runs. It was a matter of us making defensive plays when they gave us a chance to get them out.
“After they hit a couple of two-run home runs, I said, ‘We have to throw a punch right back.’ And every time they scored, we responded, and we were able to score again in the next half inning.”
Washburn Rural sophomore Olivia Koch hit a home run in Thursday's 8-6 Class 6A regional win over Campus. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
The Junior Blues rapped 11 hits in the second game, the only extra-base hit being a homer by sophomore Olivia Koch.
“I was super proud of the way we executed offensively and moved runners up into scoring position to give the next person the chance to drive them in,” Galliart said. “We hit some boring ground balls, but boring ground balls with runners on third score runs.”
Galliart went with junior pitcher Reagan Chapman in the first game, a 15-0 four-inning romp over Wichita East. For the second game, the coach put the ball in the hands of two senior pitchers with the trip to state on the line.
Addie Keys went three innings, surrendering two two-run homers in the third. The Colts led momentarily, 4-3, before the Junior Blues rallied for three runs to regain the lead.
“I was excited to get the opportunity, and I knew that if something went wrong, I had a team behind me and that I had a phenomenal pitcher behind me that could also help me out if I needed it,” Keys said. “We like to change it up, and especially once they started hitting a little bit, it helped us getting another pitcher in there.”
Fellow senior Madi Davison took over, promptly surrendering a homer to the first batter of the fourth inning. But Davison settled in and gave up just a solo shot in the top of the seventh.
“I get super anxious when I’m pitching,” Davison said. “Everybody had to tell me to keep breathing. We had played (Campus) before and they had home runs off of me. I just knew that I had a good defense behind me. Their only runs were off home runs, so I think that shows how good our defense did this game.”
Washburn Rural softball poses for a team picture after Thursday's 8-6 Class 6A regional win over Campus. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
The Junior Blues are in search of their first state title since 2014. They finished third in 2024, the first season under Galliart.
“This program has a really strong history of getting to the state tournament and having players that go on to play at the elite level,” Galliart said. “So, it’s important to me, and it’s important to our kids, that we continue that tradition. The expectation is that we get there, so that’s our goal from the very beginning.”
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By RICK PETERSON
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BOYS
100 METERS
Peyton Holmes, Seaman 10.73
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 10.82
Evan Scheid, Silver Lake 11.13
Ben Roeder, Topeka High 11.17
Sean LeDuc, Washburn Rural 11.18
200 METERS
Bryce Cochran, Seaman 21.87
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 21.92
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural 22.02
Evan Scheid, Silver Lake 22.22
Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural 22.37
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural
400 METERS
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural 48.20
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 48.30
Bryce Cochran, Seaman 48.43
Liam Benz, Shawnee Heights 49.63
Ben Roeder, Topeka High 49.82
Brody Anderson, Seaman
800 METERS
Brody Anderson, Seaman 1:56.22
Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 1:57.23
Ben Buesing, Washburn Rural 1:58.87
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 1:59.08
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 2:00.38
1,600 METERS
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 4:18.07
Brody Anderson, Seaman 4:18.55
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 4:19.77
Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 4:21.37
Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural 4:34.44
3,200 METERS
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 9:16.96
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 9:16.98
Brody Anderson, Seaman 9:34.99
Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural 9:41.18
Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural 10:03.37
110-METER HURDLES
Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 14.59
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 15.50
Desean Lunkins, Topeka High 15.80
Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 15.84
Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural 15.93
300-METER HURDLES
Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 38.83
Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural 40.60
Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 41.07
Michael Hurla, Seaman 41.29
Kellan Parcaro, Seaman 41.86
4x100-METER RELAY
Silver Lake 43.16
Seaman 43.48
Topeka High 43.48
Washburn Rural 43.49
Topeka West 44.50
4x400-METER RELAY
Washburn Rural 3:17.38
Topeka West 3:24.56
Topeka High 3:24.64
Hayden 3:25.32
Seaman 3:26.21
4x800-METER RELAY
Washburn Rural 8:01.63
Shawnee Heights 8:31.70
Seaman 8:43.94
Topeka High 8:46.69
Silver Lake 8:54.17
HIGH JUMP
Jack Esser, Seaman 6-5
Blake Toyne, Seaman 6-2
Brooks Ballard, Washburn Rural 6-0
Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake 6-0
Cody Quy, Seaman 6-0
Rondell Harris, Hayden 6-0
Tad McGee, Seaman 6-0
Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake 6-0
Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights
POLE VAULT
Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights 12-6
Luke Deering, Washburn Rural 10-6
Desmond Grindol, Washburn Rural 9-6
Emery Kearney, Seaman 9-6
Caleb Schwartz, Washburn Rural 9-6
Quinton White, Seaman 9-6
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden
LONG JUMP
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 22-7
Peyton Holmes, Seaman 22-6
Elijah Berg, Topeka West 21-8
Te'Vante Ewing, Topeka High 21-5
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 20-11
Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 20-11
TRIPLE JUMP
Kaden Whitehurst, Seaman 42-8
Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake 42-5.5
Cody Quy, Seaman 41-11
Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake 41-8
Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 40-7.50
SHOT PUT
Brogen Brown, Seaman 50-11
Amir Bass, Shawnee Heights 47-3.5
F. Anguiano, Hayden 44-10
Adrian Shuler, Shawnee Heights 44-9.5
Clayton Johnson, Seaman 44-5
DISCUS
Brogen Brown, Seaman 146-0
Myles Fisher, Silver Lake 144-5
Treyton Tetuan, Hayden 137-4
Samuel Scott, Washburn Rural 136-0
Zachary Hancock, Washburn Rural 135-11
JAVELIN
Kelton Meier, Hayden 162-5
Oliver Perez, Washburn Rural 155-2
Andre Johnson, Rossville 155-1
Jackson Haas, Hayden 153-7
Gabriel Taylor, Washburn Rural 148-10
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By RICK PETERSON
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Seaman baseball gave itself a chance for a comeback semifinal victory in Wednesday's Class 5A regional tournament at Seaman, but Andover Central came up with just enough big plays to take a 5-4 eight-inning win over the Vikings.
Seaman's players and coaches console each other after Wednesday's heartbreaking 5-4 extra-inning loss to Andover Central. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"We knew we were getting a quality opponent in Andover Central, a team that last year was the No. 1 seed in the West and had a lot of returners on the field for them,'' Seaman coach Trent Oliva said. "So we knew our work was cut out for us and it was one of those games where it just kind of went back and forth and we were kind of grinding and able to get it tied back at three but tip your cap to them.
"They made more plays at the end with two outs and were able to get that done.''
With the game knotted 3-3 after seven innings, No. 14 seed Andover Central took a 5-3 lead in the top of the eighth, scoring on a wild pitch and a run-scoring single from junior Carter Inslee.
But No. 3 seed Seaman responded with a rally of its own in the bottom of the inning, opening the frame with back-to-back doubles from seniors Max Huston and David Dobbs, with Huston scoring on Dobbs' double to cut the Vikings' deficit to 5-4.
Dobbs stole third base on a walk to sophomore Axton Brewer, but Andover Central threw out Dobbs at home on a bunt for the first out of the inning.
After recording a strikeout for the second out, Seaman got a single from senior Bryer Finley to load the bases before Jaguar senior reliever Jace Jefferson was able to end the game on a groundout to shortstop.
Seaman, which graduates eight seniors, ended its season with a solid 18-8 campaign.
