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By Rick Peterson
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City players garnered six of seven spots on the All-Centennial League girls basketball first team while city schools swept the three individual awards.
Washburn Rural sophomore Maddie Vickery was voted the Centennial League girls basketball player of the year by league coaches. [File photo/TSN]
Hayden freshman Hailey Schmidtlein was voted the Centennial League girls basketball newcomer of the year. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural sophomore Maddie Vickery was voted the Centennial League player of the year by league coaches while Hayden freshman Hailey Schmidtlein was named the newcomer of the year and Hayden coach Carvel Reynoldson the coach of the year after leading the Wildcats to the league championship.
Vickery and Schmidtlein were named to the all-league first team along with Manhattan junior Kat Ball, Washburn Rural senior Kate Hinck, Topeka High junior Keimara Marshall, Hayden senior Millie Ramsey and Topeka High sophomore Ahyieyrhuajh Rayton.
Hayden is represented on the all-league second team by senior Brylee Meier along with Washburn Rural senior Tenly Bunck and sophomore Gracie Hayes and Topeka High freshman Hailey Caryl.
Topeka High senior Jo'Mhara Benning and Hayden senior Norma Greco received honorable mention.
ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE GIRLS BASKETBALL
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By RICK PETERSON
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The No. 5-ranked Washburn Ichabods' historic men's basketball season came to an end Thursday night in Evansville, Ind., with top-ranked Nova Southeastern rolling to a 94-68 win in the NCAA National semifinals.
Senior Andrew Orr ended his Washburn career with 13 points and eight rebounds in Thursday's 94-68 national semifinal loss to Nova Southeastern. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics/TSN]
Washburn, which won the MIAA regular-season title and the NCAA Central Regional championship, finished the season with a 30-4 record.
"Nova was really good, really from the jump, and I think they deserve a lot of credit,'' Washburn coach Brett Ballard told KTPK Radio. "They came out really turned up, which they normally do, and they played well.
"There's a lot of things that didn't go our way. I thought we let their pressure speed us up a little bit and we had some turovers early, which kind of gave them some momentum. It just wasn't our night.''
The Ichabods scored the first bucket of the game on a layup by senior Andrew Orr, but a hot-shooting Sharks squad finished the opening half connecting on 19 of 33 shots for a 57 percent clip, including 7 of 13 from deep, as Nova Southeastern (35-1) took a 53-29 lead into the break.
Washburn played Nova Southeastern nearly even in the second half, with the Ichabods improving to 50 percent from the field (15 of 30), but WU could not cut into the Shark lead as the Ichabods were outscored 41-39 in the half.
"All credit to them,'' WU senior Michael Keegan told KTPK Radio. "They played really great, they shot the ball well early on, we had a couple of turnovers that they turned into quick points and before you know it we're down 12 and then we're down 15.''
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Through her first three seasons of high school swimming, Seaman's Joslynn Grace was surrounded by talented older teammates.
Seaman senior Joslynn Grace posted first and second-place individual finishes in Thursday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But after the Vikings lost a talented senior class, including twin sisters Tauren and Avery Walz, from last year's team that posted a third-place finish in Class 5A-1A, Grace is being counted on to lead the way in the pool and as a leader as Seaman enters the 2025 campaign.
"I was a little nervous at first, but it's really fun to get to be with more of the team I feel like,'' Grace said. "I was really close to the twins and now I'm like branching out and I get to meet a lot of people and cheer them all on, so it's been a lot of fun.''
Grace got her season off to a solid start on Thursday in the 16-school Topeka West Invitational at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, posting a win and a second-place individual finish while also helping the Vikings to a pair of top-six relay finishes.
Grace, a returning multi-event 5A-1A state medalist, won the 200-yard individual medley in a time of 2 minutes, 15.84 seconds and finished second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:10.72.
Grace also teamed with Reagan Greig, Lizzie Gould and Megan Strobel to finish fifth in the 200 medley relay (2:13.96) and with Greig, Gould and Strobel to finish sixth in the 200 free relay (2:05.02) as the Vikings finished fourth as a team with 234 points.
Seaman senior Joslynn Grace looks up at the scoreboard after her 200 IM victory in Thursday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"I thought today was pretty good,'' Grace said. "I wish my IM would have been a little bit faster, but I was pretty happy with it.''
Now Grace, who plans to swim collegiately at Nebraska-Kearney with older sister Gabby, is setting her sights on finishing her high school career with a bang.
"I definitely would like to medal in both my events again and maybe get like second-team All-State or first-team All-State,'' Grace said. "That would be really cool.''
Seaman also got a third-place finish from Strobel in the 500 freestyle (7:10.03) and a third from Sydney Thoman in one-meter diving (152.75).
Hayden tied for fifth as a team with 191 points, led by Maddie Gregg and Kaylee Gregg, who finished one-two in diving. M. Gregg won with a score of 179.90 while K. Gregg was right behind her sister at 178.00.
The Wildcats also got a fourth-place finish in the 400 free relay from Kaelyn Gerdel, Kelly Ann Chada, Lilly Charvat and Esa Herrera in 4:47.88.
Shawnee Heights senior Ashtynn Landry posted a pair of top-four finishes in Thursday's Topeka West Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Shawnee Heights finished seventh as a team (164), getting a third-place finish from senior Ashtynn Landry in the 200 freestyle in 2:14.46.
Landry also finished fourth in the 100 freestyle (1:01.17) while sophomore Kaitlyn Aldridge was fourth in the 200 IM (2:35.22).
TOPEKA WEST INVITATIONAL
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The 2025 All-City girls bowling team: From left -- Kenzie Lawson, Washburn Rural; Megan Glinka, Washburn Rural; Addison Van Metre, Shawnee Heights; Paige Snyder, Seaman; Claire LaDuke, Seaman, and Leah Crawford, Seaman. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
By RICK PETERSON
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The future appears bright for city girls high school bowling, with the 2025 girls All-City first team comprised of six underclassmen, including a freshman and three sophomores.
The All-City team, selected by city coaches, includes first-team sophomore repeaters Paige Snyder of Seaman and Megan Glinka of Washburn Rural along with Seaman junior Claire LaDuke and Washburn Rural junior Kenzie Lawson, Shawnee Heights sophomore Addison Van Metre and Seaman freshman Leah Craword.
LaDuke, Lawson and Van Metre all earned individual medals during the 2025 state meet.
Lawson and Glinka helped Washburn Rural finish third as a team in the Class 6A state tournament while LaDuke, Crawford and Snyder helped Seaman post a third-place finish in 5A.
All-City capsules:
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The 2025 All-City boys bowling team: From left -- Logan Glinka, Washburn Rural; Tyler Faurot, Washburn Rural; Kelton Meier, Hayden; Alex Prescott, Seaman; Henry Schattilly, Shawnee Heights, and Trey Donath, Shawnee Heights. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
By RICK PETERSON
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Class 4A-1A state team champion Kelton Meier of Hayden and first-team repeat picks Logan Glinka of Washburn Rural, Alex Prescott of Seaman and Trey Donath of Shawnee Heights headline the 2025 All-City boys bowling team, selected by city coaches.
Meier, a sophomore, helped Hayden win its first-ever state bowling championship by a 95-pin margin while Glinka, a senior four-time All-City pick, and sophomore Donath are both former state team champs and Prescott, a senior, is a two-time United Kansas Conference individual champion.
Rounding out the All-City first team are Washburn Rural senior Trey Faurot, a Class 6A state medalist and former 6A state team champ, and Shawnee Heights junior Henry Schattilly, a former 5A state team champ who moved up from the second team.
All-City capsules:
TREY DONATH, Shawnee Heights -- A sophomore first-team All-City repeat pick, Donath helped Shawnee Heights win its first-ever boys Class 5A team bowling championship in 2024 and helped the T-Birds return to state this past season. Donath rolled a 614 series at state to finish 28th as Heights finished fifth as a team. Donath shot a 542 series in regional competition as Heights advanced to state with a third-place team finish. Donath shot a 603 series in the city tournament as Shawnee Heights finished second as a team.
TYLER FAUROT, Washburn Rural -- Faurot, a senior, finished his high school career with a 689 series to post a sixth-place individual finish as Washburn Rural finished fifth as a team. Faurot shot a 617 series in Class 6A regional competition to finish 13th as the Junior Blues won the team title by 123 pins. Faurot finished ninth in the Centennial League tournament with a 584 series as the Junior Blues finished third as a team. Faurot shot a 662 series in the city tournament to finish second individually as Rural won the city team championship. Faurot was a member of Rural's 6A state title team in 2023.
LOGAN GLINKA, Washburn Rural -- A senior four-time All-City selection, Glinka capped his high school career with an eighth-place individual finish with a 679 three-game series as Washburn Rural finished fifth as a team. Glinka shot a 650 series in Class 6A regional competition to finish seventh individually as the Junior Blues won the team title by 123 pins. Glinka finished 10th in the Centennial League tournament with a 579 series as the Junior Blues finished third as a team. Glinka posted a 734 three-game series to win the individual championship in the city tournament as Washburn Rural won the team title. Glinka helped lead the Junior Blues to the 6A team championship in 2023.
KELTON MEIER, Hayden -- Meier, a sophomore, helped Hayden capture its first-ever state bowling championship, rolling a 604 three-game series to finish 21st as the Wildcats won the title by 95 pins. Meier shot a 633 series in 4A-1A regional competition to finish sixth as Hayden won the regional title by 213 pins. Meier captured the Centennial League individual title with a 675 series as the Wildcats finished second as a team. Meier finished ninth in the city meet with a 632 series.
