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(All kickoffs at 7 p.m.)
ROSSVILLE (1-1) at HAYDEN (2-0)
Hayden junior Finn Dunshee rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown and also had a pick-six on defense in the Wildcats' 43-10 wn at Silver Lake last Friday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Hayden improved to 2-0 with a 43-10 at Silver Lake last Friday night while Rossville is coming off a 36-15 Mid-East League win over Riley County. Hayden scored touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams, all in the first half. Junior Finn Dunshee rushed for 151 yards and a 76-yard touchdown and also scored on a 33-yard interception return while senior JC Cummings rushed for 104 yards and a TD and sophomore Jensen Schrickel scored on a 48-yard punt return and an 82-yard pass reception from sophomore Jett Wahlmeier and also picked off a pass. After having its 26-game winning streak snapped a week earlier, two-time defending Class 2A champion Rossville bounced back with a big win. Senior Kade Perine led the Bulldawgs with 138 rushing yards and three touchdowns and Rossville never trailed after jumping out to a 14-0 first-quarter advantage. Rossville coach Derick Hammes is a former assistant coach at Hayden and was part of the Wildcats' undefeated 4A state championship team in 2004.
SHAWNEE HEIGHTS (1-1, 1-1) at SEAMAN (2-0, 2-0)
Shawnee Heights junior Allen Baughman (5) rushed for 222 yards and five touchdowns in the T-Birds' 46-23 UKC win over Piper last Friday. [Photo by Sarah Carson/Special to TSN]
Seaman has outscored its first two United Kansas Conference opponents by a 128-14 margin, including a 70-0 win over Kansas City-Turner last Friday. Shawnee Heights picked up its first win in a 46-23 home UKC decision over Lansing. T-Bird junior Allen Baughman rushed for 222 yards on 22 carries and scored five touchdowns. Friday will be the first meeting for the longtime city rivals as members of the UKC, with Seaman joining the league this school year. Junior Jack Bloom leads a balanced Seaman rushing attack with 159 yards and three touchdowns on nine carries while senior Bryson Vawter has 147 yards and four touchowns on 17 attempts. Sophomore quarterback Max Huston is 9 of 14 passing for 213 yards and two touchdowns.
PIPER (1-1) at WASHBURN RURAL (2-0)
Washburn Rural is 2-0 on the season after last Friday's second straight come-from-behind victory, a 28-21 non-league win over De Soto. Rural junior quarterback Branton DeWeese passed for 314 yards and three touchdowns while senior Ma'kenttis Adams carried the ball 26 times for 150 yards, junior Titan Osburn caught three passes for 97 yards and a pair of touchdowns and senior Amr Sabbarini had four catches for 53 yards and a TD. Senior Ty Weber registered 24 tackles for the Junior Blues.
ST. MARYS (1-1, 1-1) at SILVER LAKE (1-1, 1-0)
Both teams will be looking to bounce back from their first losses of the season, with Silver Lake dropping a 43-10 decision to Hayden and St. Marys falling to Rock Creek, 41-20. Silver Lake junior quarterback Tanner Martin passed for 258 yards and a touchdown last week against Hayden while Trenton Rollenhagen caught three passes for 121 yards, including a 64-yarder. Friday will be a big night for the Silver Lake football family, with the Eagles honoring coaching legend CJ Hamilton, who retired following the 2021 season as the winningest coach in Kansas. Silver Lake's football stadium is named CJ Hamilton Field.
KANSAS CITY-SUMNER ACADEMY (1-1, 1-1) at HIGHLAND PARK (2-0, 2-0)
At Hummer Sports Park
Highland Park senior Tre Richardson has had a hand 14 touchdowns in two games, leading the Scots to a 2-0 start to the season. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Highland Park improved to 2-0 in the Meadowlark Conference with a 48-29 road win at Kansas City-Schlagle last Friday. Highland Park senior Tre Richardson continued his monster 2022 season, scoring eight touchowns against Schlagle and has now had a hand in 14 TDs in just two weeks for the Scots. Highland Park will be facing a Sumner Academy team that is 1-1 in the league and overall after a 47-20 loss to Atchison last week. The Sabres opened the season with a 21-0 win over KC-Washington while Highland Park opened with a 60-47 win over KC-Wyandotte in Week 1, with the Scots snapping their 65-game, eight-year losing streak.
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Seniors Haley Carpenter and Adisyn Caryl posted a perfect 4-0 record on the day to claim the No. 1 doubles championship in Wednesday's Topeka High Invitational at the Kossover Tennis Center, leading the Trojans to a strong second-place finish in the eight-school tournament.
Topeka High seniors Haley Carpenter (left) and Adisyn Caryl improved to 14-1 on the season with the No. 1 doubles championship in Wednesday's Topeka High Invitational. [Submitted photo]
Carpenter and Caryl, who have qualified twice for the Class 6A state meet as a doubles team, improved to 14-1 on the 2022 season, capping their championship run with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Olathe East's Abbi Linn and Hayse Fitzgerald in the final.
Topeka High senior Adisyn Caryl, a three-time state qualifier for the Trojans, makes a return in Wednesday's Topeka High Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Topeka High senior Haley Carpenter returns a shot in Wednesday's Topeka High Invitational. Carpenter and Adisyn Caryl won the No. 1 doubles title. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Linn and Fitzgerald jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead over Carpenter and Caryl in the first set, but the Topeka High standouts quickly turned the match around, winning 12 of the final 15 games.
"It wasn't our goal to get down 3-0, but it just happened and it's like you can't really get upset or dwell on it, you just have to start playing your game and get back ahead,'' Carpenter said.
Caryl agreed.
"I think we played some teams that weren't as good as Olathe East and then they played us and we knew we had to pick it up just a little bit, and we did from then on,'' Caryl said.
Topeka High was in the hunt for the team championship until the final two matches of the tournament before coming up short to Olathe East, 31-28.
Topeka High freshman Madeline Deters posted a runner-up finish in No. 1 singles in Wednesday's Topeka High Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Ke Ni, a Topeka High junior, finished second in No. 2 singles in Wednesday's Topeka High Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Trojans got a pair of second-place finishes from freshman Madeline Deters in No. 1 singles and junior Ke Ni in No. 2 singles.
Deters dropped a 7-6, 6-2 decision to Olathe East's Tori Prettejohn in the No. 1 singles championship match while Ni lost a tight decision in the No. 2 final to East's Henley Hlasney, who took a 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 decision.
Topeka High seniors Alesia Alvarez and Carter Johnson finished third in No. 2 doubles, taking a 6-4, 6-1 win over Shawnee Heights' Addison Bryant and Else Strickland in the third-place match.
TOPEKA INVITATIONAL
Team scores
Olathe East 31, Topeka High 28, Lawrence 24, Wichita Southeast 15, Junction City 13, Shawnee Heights 12, Topeka West 12, Highland Park 9.
Individual results
Singles
No. 1 -- Championship: Tori Prettejohn, Olathe East, def. Madeline Deters, Topeka High, 7-6, 6-2. Third: Mallory Martinez, Wichita Southeast, def. Channing Saint Onge, Lawrence, 6-3, 6-4.
No. 2 -- Championship: Henley Hlasney, Olathe East, def. Ke Ni, Topeka High, 3-6, 6-1, 10-8. Third: Emily Brandt, Lawrence, def. Julia Cho, Junction City, 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Championship: Haley Carpenter/Adisyn Caryl, Topeka High, def. Abbi Linn/Hayse Fitzgerald, Olathe East, 6-4, 6-2. Third: Abby Marsh/Fioni Bini, Lawrence, def. Lauren Ounaphom/Jamie Jimenez, Wichita Southeast, 6-1, 6-2.
No. 2 -- Championship: Annie Kapple/Ally Kapple, Olathe East, def. Harper Jay/Karen Meddleton, Lawrence, 1-6, 6-1, 10-7. Third: Alesia Alvarez/Carter Johnston, Topeka High, def. Addison Bryant/Else Strickland, Shawnee Heights, 6-4, 6-1.
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Shawnee Heights junior football standout Allen Baughman and Topeka High junior girls golfer Avery Zimmerman have been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Rising Stars of the Week for last week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the 2022-2023 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Baughman and Zimmerman last week:
Allen Baughman
ALLEN BAUGHMAN, Shawnee Heights
Baughman, a 5-foot-8, 180-pound running back, turned in a career-best performance in Shawnee Heights' 46-23 United Kansas Conference football win over Lansing last Friday at Wetter Field.
Baughman carried the ball 22 times for 222 yards and five touchdowns for the T-Birds, who evened their record at 1-1 overall and in the UKC. Through two games Baughman has carried the ball 39 times for 314 yards.
Avery Zimmerman
AVERY ZIMMERMAN, Topeka High
A Class 6A state qualifier as a sophomore, Zimmerman turned in a pair of solid performances last week, including a fourth-place individual finish in last Thursday's Seaman Invitational at Village Greens with a 79.
Earlier in the week, Zimmerman shot a city-low 84 in the 16-school Washburn Rural Invitational at Wamego Country Club. An All-Shawnee County first-team pick as a sophomore, Zimmerman tied for 12th in a field of 80 golfers in her first tournament of the season.
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Both Topeka West and Seaman’s soccer teams owned the defense in Tuesday night’s United Kansas Conference double overtime 0-0 draw at Seaman.
The goalies claimed their territories in the boxes, defenders were walls and the effort shown by both schools were notable.
Topeka West senior Lenny Njoroge (right) tries to advance the ball against a pair of Seaman defenders in Tuesday's 0-0 United Kansas Conference tie. [Photo by Isaac Deer/TSN]
Seaman goalie Ayden Thompson and Topeka West goalie Giann Perez were impossible to score on.
“Ayden (Thompson) is rock solid back there,” Seaman coach Tim Nussbaum said. “He is our anchor defensively and we go where he goes. Ayden is a great communicator and he owns his box. What Ayden does well is exactly what you want in a goalie. He gives it his all and he’s a great leader. I think that showed tonight.
Although Topeka West wasn’t able to net any goals against a tough Seaman backline, the Chargers are making great strides to where they want to be as a program according to West coach Josh Kutter.
“We have to keep working on our focus and growth,” Kutter said. “Lately we have been playing the right way. We didn’t get the finishes we wanted to so far this week, but we are heading in the right direction. I like what I’m seeing in this team.”
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By her own admission, Seaman volleyball coach Tatiana Dowling wasn't real happy with her team after a disappointing 1-3 performance in last Saturday's Lansing Invitational.
But the Vikings got back on Dowling's good side Tuesday night at Topeka West, posting a pair of straight-set sweeps over West and Shawnee Heights in their first-ever United Kansas Conference matches.
Seaman's volleyball team celebrates a point in Tuesday's straight-set win over Topeka West. [Photo by Rick Peteron/TSN]
Seaman, now 8-4 on the season, opened the night with a 25-20, 25-15 win over Heights before knocking off host West in its final match, 25-17, 25-16.
"We came back and we had a really tough practice on Monday,'' Dowling said. "They worked hard, we worked them hard, and I felt like it was a good step in the right direction for us to get to where we wanted to be today.''
And overall, Dowling liked what she saw out of her team Tuesday night.
"For the most part, I felt pretty good,'' Dowling said. "I think that we still had a couple of times where we had lulls in the middle, where we kind of let up, but getting two wins was a good way to start off league.''
The Vikings, who have played all season thus far without injured junior standout Taylin Stallbaumer, jumped out to a 6-1 first-set advantage over Shawnee Heights and went up 12-5 on a kill from sophomore Kinley Wilhelm and later went in front 19-9 and 20-12 on a kill from sophomore Meagan Mills.
Shawnee Heights rallied late in the set and was within 23-19 after a kill from senior Emily Loy before Seaman closed out the win on a Mills kill.
Seaman also took control early in the second set with the T-Birds, taking leads of 4-0, 14-2 and 18-5 on a kill from junior Brooklyn Gormley.
Heights battled back to within 22-15 on a Loy kill before Seaman ran off the final three points of the match, including a kill from Gormley and an ace from sophomore Jaida Stallbaumer.
Seaman jumped out to a big early lead over Topeka West in the first set behind a long service run from senior Laynee Brown and went on to build a 15-3 cushion before weathering a late West run in its eight-point win.
West jumped out early in the second set on a kill from senior Makinsey Jones and led as late as 12-11 after a Jones kill before Seaman scored five straight points, capped by back-to-back service aces from freshman Ava Huston to go up, 16-12.
The Chargers cut their deficit to 16-14 before Seaman got a kill from Gormley, two aces from J. Stallbaumer and a kill from sophomore Ava Esser to take a 20-14 lead.
Seaman closed out the win on a pair of kills from Esser.
Shawnee Heights senior Peyton Hack (right) goes up for a kill in Tuesday's win over Topeka West. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Shawnee Heights, now 4-3, went 1-1 on the night, outlasting Topeka West in three sets in the T-Birds' opening match.
The T-Birds built leads of 15-3 and 21-7 over the Chargers in the first set before closing out the 10-point win on a block from sophomore Kaydence Torrez and senior Haylee Coffman.
Topeka West bounced back in the second set to force a third set, riding a big set from Jones to take the 25-23 decision.
West was within a point in the third set at 22-21 before the T-Birds ran off the final three points of the match.
Shawnee Heights coach Sami Kearney said she saw multiple bright spots Tuesday night, but said the T-Birds spotted Seaman too big of leads in both sets.
"We got stuck in some rotations and couldn't fight our way out of it and mentally weren't there,'' Kearney said. "Something to improve on obviously is to make sure we can find a way to get out of those rotations and not get down those points.''
MATCH RESULTS
Shawnee Heights def. Topeka West, 25-15, 23-25, 25-21; Seaman def. Shawnee Heights, 25-20, 25-15; Seaman def. Topeka West, 25-17, 25-16.
