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Washburn Rural finished third in Tuesday's Class 6A girls golf regional at Eagle Bend, earning a team berth in next Monday's Class 6A state tournament at Salina Municipal Golf Course.
Washburn Rural earned a team berth in the Class 6A state tournament with a third-place finish in Tuesday's regional tournament at Eagle Bend. [Twitter]
The Junior Blues finished with a season-low team score of 330, taking third behind Olathe West (322) and Olathe Northwest (323). Manhattan earned the fourth team berth for state with a 343 total.
Sophomore Reece Randall had a breakout performance for Washburn Rural, placing sixth with an 80 to lead the Junior Blues.
Seniors Mallory Nelson and Avery Scott tied for eighth individually with 83s while freshman Lauren Cox tied for 11th with an 84.
Junior Raegan Petersen tied for 14th with an 85 and sophomore Natalie Peterson was 19th with a 90.
Topeka High junior Avery Zimmerman earned an individual state berth for the Trojans, tying for 23rd with a 92.
Olathe West freshman Savannah Cagle won the individual title with a 74.
CLASS 6A REGIONAL GIRLS GOLF
At Eagle Bend Golf Course
Team scores
Olathe West 322, Olathe Northwest 323, Washburn Rural 330, Manhattan 343, Free State 364, Mill Valley 378, Olathe North 394, Lawrence 466, Junction City 480, Gardner-Edgerton 508, Topeka High 525..
Individual results
1. Savannah Cagle, Olathe West, 74; 2. Elizabeth Lyons, Olathe West, 75; 3. Claire Sullivan, Olathe Northwest, 76; 4. McKenzie Kelso, Olathe Northwest, 78; 5. Lainey Ball, Manhattan, 79; 6. Reece Randall, Washburn Rural, 80; 7. Emily Wuggazer, Manhattan, 81; 8. (tie) Mallory Nelson, Washburn Rural; Avery Scott, Washburn Rural, and Sophie Vann Inwegen, Mill Valley, 83.
Other Hayden -- 11. (tie) Lauren Cox, 84; 14. Raegan Petersen, 85; 19. Natalie Peterson, 90.
Individual state qualifiers -- 8. (tie) Sophie Van Inwegen, 83; 11. (tie) Claire Berquist, 84; 17. (tie) Reagan Swartz, Mill Valley, 88; 20. (tie) Bria Dawson, Olathe North, and Natalie Schmidtberger, Free State, 91; 23. (tie) Avery Zimmerman, Topeka High, 92.
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Seaman girls golf team didn't have one of its best days in Tuesday's Class 5A regional tournament.
Seaman poses with its Class 5A regional championship trophy after winning Tuesday's tournament at Lake Shawnee. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman senior standout Lois Deeter executes a chip shot in Tuesday's Class 5A golf regional at Lake Shawnee. Deeter finished second with an 83. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But it was plenty good enough, with the Vikings taking the regional team championship in a tiebreaker over St. Thomas Aquinas to qualify their entire team for next Monday's state tournament at Hesston.
Seaman senior Lois Deeter shot an 83 to finish second individually while junior Avery Samuelson was third with a 94, junior Riley Adams tied for sixth with a 100 and sophomore Anna McLaughlin tied for 12th with a 102 to round out the Vikings' top four.
Both Seaman and St. Thomas Aquinas finished with a four-person score of 379, with sophomore Jaycee Zimmerman giving the Vikings the title with a fifth score of 105.
"You never complain about a win, you're never going to complain about that,'' Seaman coach Julie McLaughlin said. "It was a tough day. The wind was tough to play in and there was some good competition out there and we squeaked by. Everybody contributed.''
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association released the 2022-23 Basketball Coaches and Media Preseason Polls on Tuesday morning, with the Washburn University women's team picked 10th in both polls.
The Ichabods concluded the 2021-22 regular season ninth in the conference standings and went 1-1 in the MIAA postseason tournament.
Washburn's 2022-2023 women's basketball team, beginning its first season under Lora Westling, has been picked 10th in both MIAA Preseason Polls. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
Washburn finished with a 14-16 overall record while going 11-11 in MIAA play.
The Ichabods will open the 2022-23 campaign with an exhibition game at Nebraska on Oct. 30 before officially kicking off season Nov. 11-12 in the Washburn Crossover Classic at Lee Arena.
Washburn returns 10 student-athletes from last year's roster and adds five freshmen to this season's squad.
Former Washburn player Lora Westling will begin her first season as the head coach of the Ichabods after taking over for long-time head coach, Ron McHenry, who held the position for 22 years.
In the MIAA coaches poll, Missouri Southern was voted the favorite, earning six first-place votes and 159 points.
Fort Hays State was picked second with three first-place votes and 151 points. Nebraska-Kearney collected two first-place votes and 144 points and Missouri Western received the final first-place votes with three and 139 points. Central Missouri rounded out the top five with 127 points.
The first two teams were the same in the media poll with Missouri Southern and Fort Hays State. Central Missouri came in at third on the media list and Nebraska-Kearney was fourth. Missouri Western completed the top five.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Washburn University's men's basketball team was picked fourth in both the MIAA Preseason Coaches and Preseason Media polls announced Tuesday by the conference at the annual Basketball Media Day held at the College Basketball Experience in Kansas City.
Washburn will take the court on Nov. 1 to take on Kansas State in an exhibition game before opening the 2022-23 regular season at the Central Regional Challenge in Municipal Auditorium on Nov. 11 against Henderson State and then Augustana the following day.
Brett Ballard's Washburn University men's basketball team was picked fourth in both MIAA preseason polls, released Tuesday. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods reached their fourth NCAA postseason in five years under head coach Brett Ballard last season, posting a 22-11 record.
Defending NCAA Division II Champion Northwest Missouri was tapped first in both polls, receiving 11 first-place votes and 167 points in the coaches poll while Central Oklahoma was second with three first-place votes and a total of 158 points.
Fort Hays State was third in both polls with 137 points in the coaches poll followed by the Ichabods with 131 points sitting fourth in both listings.
Washburn was followed in the coaches poll by Emporia State, Northeastern State, Missouri Western, Missouri Southern, Central Missouri, Pittsburg State, Rogers State, Nebraska-Kearney, Lincon and Newman.
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Silver Lake's girls golf team garnered the fourth and final team berth out of Monday's Class 3A-1A regional at Lake Shawnee and will compete in the state tournament next Monday at Hutchinson's Carey Park.
Taylor Zordel
Eagle sophomore Taylor Zordel tied for sixth individually with a 90 to lead the Eagles.
Silver Lake junior Madeline Fieger finished 16th (104), senior Tristyn Boxberger in a tie for 21st (108), senior Jaiden Whitehead 29th (112), junior Avri Broxterman in a tie for 36th (119) and junior Kate Osterhaus 39th (120).
