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By RICK PETERSON

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Silver Lake's girls basketball team, which moved into the No. 1 spot in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Class 3A state rankings Tuesday, lived up to that lofty position with a 61-23 road romp at Osage City.

Five Eagles scored at least eight points as Silver Lake improved to 12-1 on the season.

McKinley Kruger

Sophomore McKinley Kruger paced the Eagles with 15 points while junior Taylor Ross and sophomore Kaibryn Kruger added 10 points apiece.

Junior Mariah Farmer scored nine points for the Eagles while sophomore Makenzie McDaniel had eight points and nine rebounds.

Silver Lake will travel to St. Marys on Friday. 

Emma Mitchell

ST. MARYS 58, ROSSVILLE 57 (OT) -- Coming off a tournament championship last week at Jefferson County North, Rossville's girls dropped a heartbreaking 58-57 overtime decision to St. Marys.

Rossville, now 7-7, led 9-8 at the end of the first quarter and 23-19 at the half, but the Bears used a 19-12 third quarter to take a 38-35 advantage into the fourth quarter.

Rossville outscored St. Marys 15-12 over the final eight minutes of regulation to force overtime before the Bears outscored the Bulldawgs 8-7 in the OT to pull out the win.

Sophomore Emma Mitchell scored 24 points and sophomore Kinsey Perine 19 to lead Rossville.

Sophomore Catherine Moylan scored 24 points for St. Marys (6-7), tying Mitchell for game-high honors.

Rossville will play at Wabaunsee on Friday.

TOPEKA HIGH 58, JUNCTION CITY 28 -- Topeka High, second-ranked in 6A by the KBCA, extended its winning streak to 13 straight games with Tuesday's 58-28 Centennial League road victory at Junction City.

The league-leading Trojans, who won the Capital City Classic championship last week, improved to 10-0 in the Centennial League.

Topeka High will host No. 3-ranked Emporia (5A) Friday night.

SHAWNEE HEIGHTS 55, TONGANOXIE 53 -- Shawnee Heights posted its second straight victory, taking a 55-53 road decision at Tonganoxie..

The T-Birds were coming off a 1-2 week in the Glacier's Edge Invitational, taking a win over Wichita South on Saturday.

Shawnee Heights, 5-7 on the season, will host United Kansas Conference foe De Soto on Friday.

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Created: 02 February 2022

By RICK PETERSON

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Washburn University's football team put together an outstanding 9-3 season last fall while advancing to the NCAA national playoffs.

In announcing Washburn's 2022 recruiting class on Wednesday, coach Craig Schurig said that success opened some recruiting doors for the Ichabods, who announced the signing of 24 high school players.

"I think with some of the guys it really helped open the door and they said, 'Hey this is a team we can with and go to the national playoffs and things like that,' '' Schurig said. "So I think that was an advantage.''

Washburn signed players from six states, including 10 Kansans and four Topekans.

"We try to recruit the state very hard, obviously,'' Schurig said. "Usually you're on those guys early. You see them in camps and you're very well-versed with them.''

Washburn football coach Craig Schurig announced a 24-player signing class on Wednesday, including players from six states. [File photo/TSN]

Shawnee Heights offensive lineman Orrin Busenitz, who has been selected to play in the 2022 Kansas Shrine Bowl, was one of three T-Birds and four city products to sign with Washburn University on Wednesday. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

Shawnee Heights products Dawson Block (5-foot-10, 190-pound defensive back/long snapper), Orrin Busenitz (6-2, 290 offensive lineman) and Ja'Leveyn January (5-11, 175 defensive back) all signed with the Ichabods along with Seaman placekicker Gavin Wilhelm (6-5, 165).

The Ichabods also signed several area standouts, including Riley County receiver Trey Harmison (6-1, 175), Lawrence safety Avion Nelson (6-2, 195), Wabaunsee quarterback Cade Oliver (6-2, 190) and Holton punter Jake Zeller (6-1, 170).

Washburn signed five players out of Georgia, four from Missouri, two from Texas and Ohio and one from Nebraska.

"We probably have more out of state guys than we've had in a while,'' Schurig said. "Some of that I think had to do with our indoor facility. We have some dual (athletes). Some of the guys will probably double up (in football and track and field) and we tried to use that indoor to its best recruiting advantage that we could.

"I like the overall athleticism of the class.''

The Ichabods signed six players who are projected as linebackers and six as defensive backs along with four wide receivers, three offensive linemen, two defensive linemen, one quarterback, one punter and one placekicker.

"Probably the biggest thing with this class is (it's) more skill guys or speed guys than we've had in the past,'' Schurig said. "Line of scrimmage guys we signed a few really good ones but it wasn't in numbers.

"We really tried to add to our depth secondary-wise and linebacker-wise. We had quite a few seniors at the linebacker position and some guys over the last couple of years in the secondary.''

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Sophomore Brennon Dodge scored 19 points and hit five 3-pointers as Shawnee Heights rode a big fourth quarter to a 56-46 non-league road victory Tuesday night over Tonganoxie, which is No. 10-ranked in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.

Tonganoxie (8-6) led 31-29 at the half and took a 42-38 advantage into the fourth quarter before Shawnee Heights, which improved to 10-2, took control with an 18-4 scoring edge over the final eight minutes.

 Shawnee Heights senior Brennon Dodge scored 19 points with five 3-pointers in the T-Birds' 56-46 win at Tonganoxie Tuesday night. [File photo/TSN]

Senior point guard Jarin Sanders added 10 points for Shawnee Heights and senior Carter Olson scored nine points and pulled down 11 rebounds while hitting all three of his free throw attempts.

Tonganoxie (8-6) had three double-figure scorers in the loss.

Shawnee Heights will host De Soto on Friday.

HIGHLAND PARK 55, EMPORIA 53 -- Highland Park, ranked No. 4 in 5A by the KBCA, survived its second straight two-point Centennial League decision Tuesday night, taking a 55-53 road victory at Emporia.

The Scots also had a two-point game last Friday, topping Hayden, 62-60.

Highland Park will travel to Seaman on Friday.

CAIR PARAVEL LATIN 76, KANSAS CITY CHRISTIAN 53 -- Cair Paravel Latin improved to 10-3 on the season, posting a 76-53 victory over Kansas City Christian.

Senior Noah Hastert powered the Lions to the victory, scoring 20 points.

Cair Paravel will travel to Marais des Cynges Valley on Friday.

OSAGE CITY 76, SILVER LAKE 59 -- Osage City, which is No. 8-ranked in 3A by the KBCA, took control with a 26-10 first quarter Tuesday night and never looked back, improving to 14-1 on the season.

Silver Lake, which fell to 5-8, was much more competitive the rest of the way, with Osage holding just a 50-49 scoring edge over the final three quarters, but the early deficit was too much for the Eagles to overcome.

Senior Carson Johnson scored a career-high 18 points for Silver Lake while junior Kamryn Kaniper added 11 points.

Junior Landon Bass scored 30 points for Osage City.

Silver Lake will travel to St. Marys on Friday.

ST. MARYS 67, ROSSVILLE 38 -- St. Marys, ranked No. 2 in 2A by the KBCA, improved to 10-3 with Tuesday night's decisive victory over Rossville.

Rossville, which fell to 2-12 on the season, got 18 points from junior Kade Perine while Francesco Patrizi added 10 points.

The Bulldawgs will travel to Wabaunsee on Friday.

 

 

 

 

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After giving up 80 points and suffering a 17-point loss in its season-opener against Junction City, Seaman's boys basketball team played much better against the Blue Jays the second time around.

But that is likely to be of little consolation to the Vikings after suffering a heartbreaking 66-64 overtime Centennial League loss Tuesday night at Seaman.

Seaman, which fell to 7-6 overall and 6-4 in the league, held a slight lead in the final seconds in both regulation and overtime, but Junction City senior standout Howard Johnson came through for the Blue Jays in both instances, sending the game to overtime with a bucket with 11 seconds remaining and draining a game-winning 3-pointer with just over six seconds left in the OT.

"We had some opportunities that unfortunately we didn't take advantage of,'' Seaman coach Craig Cox said. "Our shot selection wasn't real good in the first half and I thought we made a pretty good adjustment and started attacking more and that helped us.''

Seaman senior Dreighton Griess came off the bench to score 19 points in Tuesday's 66-64 overtime loss to Junction City Tuesday night. [File photo/TSN]

Tuesday's game was tight throughout, with Seaman's biggest lead five points while Junction City's biggest advantage was a brief seven-point lead in the third quarter.

The game included nine ties and 11 lead changes, with the final two coming over the final 40 seconds in OT.

Junction City (10-3, 7-2) led 13-11 after the first quarter and 26-25 at the half before the game was tied 40-all at the end of the third quarter and 58-all at the end of regulation after Seaman missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw situation with 4.2 seconds left.

Senior Dreighton Griess led Seaman with 19 points while seniors Mateo Human and Ty Henry added 16 and 12 points for the Vikings.

"Dreighton Griess came off the bench and gave us a big boost with his offense and defense,'' Cox said. "Our effort in the second half is what you need to be competitive against the top teams in the league.''

Senior Terrance Tedder scored a game-high 21 points for Junction City, ranked No. 10 in Class 6A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, while Johnson added 16 points, with 12 coming in the fourth quarter and overtime..

Seaman will be back at home Friday to host Highland Park in a Centennial League contest.

JUNCTION CITY BOYS 66, SEAMAN 64 (OT)

Junction City 13 13 14 18 8 -- 66

Seaman          11 14 15 18 6 -- 64

Junction City (10-3, 7-2) – Tedder 7-12 6-8 21, Clark 3-9 0-1 8, Johnson 4-6 7-8 16, Fadiga 1-2 0-0 2, Butler-Lawson 4-8 0-1 8, Sellers 1-2 0-0 2, Baker 2-4 0-0 6, Rowell 1-1 1-2 3, Adguzi-Addo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-44 14-20 66.

Seaman (7-6, 6-4) -- Hyman 7-12 2-4 16, Henry 6-10 0-0 12, Bonner 3-8 0-0 7, Wilhelm 2-6 0-0 4, Davis 3-6 0-0 6, Griess 7-15 4-4 19. Totals 28-57 6-8 64.

3-point goals – Junction City 6 (Clark 2, Baker 2, Tedder, Johnson), Seaman 2 (Bonner, Griess). Total fouls – Junction City 13, Seaman 19. Fouled out – none.