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By RICK PETERSON
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Former Shawnee Heights star point guard Trey Brown, who helped lead the T-Birds to the Class 5A state championship in 2017, had his heart set on becoming a basketball coach.
But even Brown is surprised that things have happened this quickly, with Cair Paravel Latin announcing the 23-year-old Brown as the Lions' new head boys coach Wednesday night.
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"It was actually pretty crazy,'' said Brown, who recently wrapped up his college career at MidAmerica Nazarene University. "Coaching is something I always really wanted to do and I was looking around and really didn't have any plans of being a head coach right away, but I saw the (Cair Paravel) opening on a website. It was where my mom (Kim) had gotten her first coaching job and I saw it and it was kind of a shot in the dark, but I thought I might as well try.
"I ended up meeting with Gary (Cleverdon, CPLS athletic director) and had a good meeting with him and then he offered me the job. Honestly it's just been a blessing. It's something I never expected to happen, and shocked me as well, but I'm happy it did. It's been pretty wild.''
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The Junior Blues outscored Topeka West 34-0 in a Centennial League doubleheader Wednesday night at Hummer Sports Park and the dominant outing was exactly what Washburn Rural was looking for after taking a pair of losses in Lawrence.
The Junior Blues collected 17 runs in game one and 17 runs in game two within a six-inning span.
“It was good for us to come out early and attack,” Washburn Rural coach Jay Mastin said. “I thought we swung the bats well today. Our pitching did a great job for us keeping (West) scoreless. It was a good day for us.”
Washburn Rural coach Jay Mastin talks to his team after Wednesday's 17-0, 17-0 Centennial League doubleheader sweep over Topeka West. [Photo by Isaac Deer/TSN]
Washburn Rural’s most explosive offensive outing of the year didn’t happen by accident.
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KINSEY PERINE, Rossville
Perine, a sophomore, hit three home runs in last Monday's 10-1, 9-8 doubleheader softball sweep over rival Silver Lake.
Perine accounted for three of the Bulldawgs' six total homers on the day and also added a double for Rossville.
The Bulldawgs finished the week with a sweep over St. Marys, improving to 12-0 on the season.
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ALEX VALDIVIA, Shawnee Heights
A junior, Valdivia captured the individual championship in last Monday's United Kansas Conference tournament at Lake Shawnee, carding an 18-hole score of 69.
Valdivia led the way as Shawnee Heights won the team championship by a 18-stroke margin over runner-up De Soto.
Valdivia is a returning All-Shawnee County pick and Class 5A state medalist, placing sixth as a sophomore.
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Washburn Rural senior Giles Frederickson tied the Rural school record with a 4-under-par 68 Wednesday at Village Greens Golf Course, leading the Junior Blues to the team championship by a 14-stroke margin.
Giles Frederickson posted a five-stroke win in Wednesday's Seaman Invitational, shooting a 4-under-par 68 to tie Washburn Rural's school record. [Submitted]
Frederickson, who now shares the Washburn Rural school record with former two-time state champ Parker Beal, won the individual title by five strokes over Seaman senior Gavin Wilhelm and Manhattan senior Jonathan Wefald, while the Junior Blues put four players in the top 10 individually on the way to a 296-310 margin over Manhattan in the team standings.
Centennial League schools claimed the first four spots in the team race, with Emporia finishing third (320) and host Seaman fourth (322).
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Silver Lake softball rolled to an 11-1, 12-3 Mid-East League sweep over Riley County on Tuesday, getting a one-hit pitching performance and a home run from sophomore Avery Wende in the opener and 13 extra-base hits on the day.
Silver Lake sophomore Avery Wende pitched a one-hitter and hit a home run in the Eagles' 11-1 win over Riley County on Tuesday. [File photo/TSN]
Wende gave up just one single, struck our seven and did not issue a walk in the first game while hitting a three-run homer, while Kira Lowrey went 2 for 4 with a homer and four runs batter in, Hailey Horton went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles and Makenzie McDaniel also went 3 for 4.
Taylor Zordel went 2 for 4 with a double and and a homer while Kaibryn Kruger had a triple and Taryn Burkhardt a double in the first game.
Silver Lake and Riley County were locked in a 1-1 tie before the Eagles exploded for nine runs in the fifth and a run in the sixth to end the contest.
The Eagles never trailed in the second game after scoring four runs in the first inning and added a pair of runs in the second and fourth innings and four runs in the sixth.
Kendra Cook went the distance for the pitching win in the nightcap, allowing eight hits and two earned runs.
Zordel and Lauren Rollenhagen tripled for Silver Lake, while Burkhardt, Horton, Zordel and Lowrey had doubles.
First game
SILVER LAKE 11, RILEY COUNTY 1
Riley County 000 100 -- 1 1 2
Silver Lake 000 191 -- 11 14 1
W -- Wende. L -- Zeller. 2B -- Silver Lake: Horton 2, Burkhardt, Zordel. 3B -- Silver Lake: K. Kruger. HR -- Silver Lake: Lowrey, Wende, Zordel.
Second game
SILVER LAKE 12, RILEY COUNTY 3
Riley County 020 010 0 -- 3 8 5
Silver Lake 420 204 -- 12 14 1
W -- Cook. L -- Jackson. 2B -- Silver Lake: Burkhardt, Horton, Lowrey, Zordel. 3B -- Silver Lake: Rollenhagen, Zordel.
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