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After picking up a forfeit victory a week earlier, Rossville posted its second straight Class 1A District 2 win, and first on-field triumph, on Friday night, with the Bulldawgs rolling to a 43-0 decision over Mission Valley.
Rossville senior quarterback Tayson Horak helped lead the Bulldawgs to a 43-0 district win over Mission Valley Friday night. [File photo/TSN]
The Bulldawgs scored the only points they would need on a 1-yard Andre Johnson run (Vincent Daniel kick) at the 6:48 mark of the opening quarter and Rossville made it a 14-0 game with 2:10 left in the quarter on a 4-yard pass from Tayson Horak to Conner Bush (Daniel kick).
Rossville doubled up its lead with a pair of second-quarter TDs -- a 19-yard pass from Horak to Kameron Badura (Bush 2-point conversion run) 25 seconds into the quarter and a 1-yard Horak run (Daniel kick) with 8:35 left before halftime.
The Bulldawgs scored their final two touchowns of the night in the third quarter -- a 74-yard Bush run (Daniel kick) at the 10:36 mark and a 30-yard interception return from Bush with 8:30 left in the quarter (Daniel kick).
Rossville will be at home next Friday night to face Cair Paravel Latin in a district matchup.
Senior quarterback Dysen Schooler and the Silver Lake Eagles improved to 4-1 with Friday's 50-0 win over Baldwin. [File photo/TSN]
SILVER LAKE 50, BALDWIN 0 -- Silver Lake posted its third straight win to improve to 4-1 on the season, rolling to a 50-0 non-league win over winless Baldwin.
The Eagles will return to Class 2A District 2 play next Friday, hosting Riley County.
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Washburn completed an undefeated home-opening weekend with a sweep of Newman on Friday night in Topeka.
Washburn volleyball improved to 11-3 on the season Friday night with a 3-0 MIAA sweep over Newman. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods (11-3 overall, 2-2 MIAA) will finish off their three-match homestand at 6 p.m. Tuesday against Emporia State.
All three sets Friday night went Washburn's way by double-digits, beginning with 25-12 in the first, followed by a 25-14 win in the second and a 25-10 victory to finish out the match.
The first four points of the match all went to the home squad, with two each coming from Jalyn Stevenson and Brynne Topolski.
The lead grew to double figures as part of a 5-0 run that was finished off by a kill from Austin Broadie off a pass from Sydney Conner. The Ichabods were able to trade points the rest of the way for an 11-point win in the first set.
After the Jets (3-14, 0-3 MIAA) won the opening point of the second set, the next four went to Washburn, starting with a block from Topolski and Alex Dvorak.
A 6-0 run beginning with a kill by Belle Limback made it an 11-4 score.
The Ichabods hit .417 as a team in the set, putting it out of reach with seven straight points after an ace by Taryn Marcum. Newman won three in a row before Washburn finished out the 25-14 victory.
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The Washburn University women's soccer team earned a MIAA road win on Friday night, defeating the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers 3-0 in Kearney, Neb.
Topekan Belle Kennedy (12) scored the game's first goal in Friday's 3-0 Washburn soccer win at Nebraska-Kearney. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The two teams were unable to score in the first half, with shot attempts hard to come by for both squads. Washburn had opportunities to score from scrambles in the Lopers' six-yard box, but the Loper defense was able to clear the ball each time.
The second half proved to be a polar opposite of the first, with the Ichabods kicking off and taking the lead within the first minute.
Former Washburn Rural star Belle Kennedy, a junior, found the bottom left corner of the net after receiving a well-placed pass from Shaye Taylor, giving Taylor her first assist in a Washburn uniform.
Washburn would extend its lead in the 69th minute when an Aubrey Tanksley cross found senior Khloe Schuckman, whose high-powered shot from the edge of the penalty box found the top of the goal to put the Ichabods up 2-0.
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It was a nice evening Friday night at Hayden High School as the Wildcats would bounce back from a Week 4 loss at Wamego in dominating fashion with a 49-0 shutout Class 3A district win.
The game would start off with Hayden receiving and junior Kade Mitchell catching the kickoff and returning it 85 yards to the house to open up the scoring for the Wildcats.
Junior Kade Mitchell returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown and scored four TDs on the night as Hayden rolled to a 49-0 win over Hiawatha. [File photo/TSN]
“I thought we did a great job blocking for him as he didn’t get touched, he made one cut and was gone.” Hayden coach Bill Arnold said.
“They kicked it to me and I was like, 'This is my time to do something,' and I made a cut and went.” Mitchell said.
That isn’t all the Wildcats would get from their standout back as he would add 112 yards on eight carries and 26 yards on three catches with a total of four touchdowns.
“It's all glory to God. I thank him every time I come out here and trust in him and he lets me come out here and play and thank you to my teammates. My o-line does a great job and its awesome to play behind them.” Mitchell said.
“I think offensively he did a good job running the ball, I thought all our kids played hard tonight.” Arnold said.
Hayden would go into halftime up 28-0 and added three more touchdowns in the second half.
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The connection between Seaman quarterback Max Huston and receiver Bryer Finley turned a tight battle with Lansing into a rout Friday night at Seaman.
Seaman senior quarterback Max Huston threw for 349 yards and three touchdowns in Friday's 43-22 UKC win over Lansing. [Photo by Jesse Bruner/Special to TSN]
Seaman senior Bryer Finley hauls in one of his three touchdown passes in Friday's 43-22 UKC win over Lansing. [Photo by Jesse Bruner/TSN]
Huston hit Finley 12 times for 298 yards and three touchdowns in a 43-22 victory that was much closer than the final score would indicate.
Tied with Seaman at 15-15 at the half, Lansing seized a 22-15 lead midway through the third period. From that moment on, it was all Vikings.
“In the first half it was awfully close and a really good game, really back and forth. Then in the second half we were able to start making some plays and get on a roll,” said Seaman coach Jared Swafford. “I think it was just the excitement of our kids, to pick each other up instead of putting each other down. It was that belief that we were going to get some things figured out.”
The Vikings opened the game with a Huston 14-yard touchdown throw to Finley. But Lansing responded with two touchdowns to go up 15-7. A 22-yard touchdown run by the Vikings’ Kaden McKinney tied it at halftime.
A second touchdown pass from Lansing’s Jaxon Pollard put the Lions ahead in the third quarter. Pollard was not the quarterback the Vikings had prepared for. Lansing played the entire game without Reid Oakley, their highly accomplished senior quarterback.
“We had no idea that (Oakley) wasn’t going to be playing,” Swafford said. “We prepared all week like he was going to play. It’s very unfortunate (for Lansing). He’s a very good player.”
Normally the team’s tailback, Pollard tried to do it all for Lansing. He carried 22 times for 82 yards in addition to trying to attack Seaman through the air.
“Pollard is also a heck of a player, but he was playing out of position tonight,” Swafford said. “They did some good things with him that sort of put us in a bind, that we weren’t quite ready for. But give him a lot of credit. He did a heck of a job.”
The Vikings picked off Pollard to close the first half. In the second half, they forced Lansing into passing situations and intercepted Pollard four more times, which completely changed the game.
“We had to win some battles up front to put them behind the chains and force them to have to throw the ball,” Swafford said.
Finley had four receptions for 106 yards in the first half. But in the second half, he completely took over the game. Lansing had no answer for him.
“Bryer is very dynamic,” Swafford said. “He’s a dude, and we knew he was going to be a dude for us this year. It just took us some time to get clicking on offense. He’s a heck of a player for us and we love the heck out of him.”
“He’s been my best friend since kindergarten, and we have a great connection,” Finley said of the chemistry with Huston. “I was just seeing green out there. I was running my routes hard, seeing green, and we connected for a lot of good completions.”
Seaman junior Kaden McKinney (9) ran for 129 yards and three TDs in Friday's 43-22 UKC win over Lansing. [Photo by Jesse Bruner/Special to TSN]
Huston and McKinney kept the Viking ground game churning. McKinney ran for 129 yards and three touchdowns while Huston added 78 more yards on the ground.
