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Washburn Rural senior Quincey Kidd has scored 33 points in two games on the week, including 20 points in Tuesday's loss to Seaman. [File photo/TSN]
WASHBURN RURAL (7-9, 6-6) at TOPEKA HIGH (4-12, 4-8)
Washburn Rural will be playing its third game of the week, taking a 54-51 Centennial League win over Junction City on Monday before dropping a 60-50 league decision to Seaman on Tuesday. Topeka High is coming off a 71-45 loss to league-leading and No. 4-ranked (Class 5A) Highland Park on Tuesday. Washburn Rural got 20 points from senior Quincey Kidd and 16 from junior Jack Bachelor in the Junior Blues' loss to Seaman while Topeka High got 15 points from sophomore BJ Canady and 12 from Germane Mays against Highland Park.
Seaman senior Gavin Wilhelm scored 21 points on seven 3-pointers in the Vikings' 60-50 Centennial League win over Washburn Rural on Tuesday night. [File photo/TSN]
SEAMAN (8-7, 7-5) at HAYDEN (3-11, 2-9)
Seaman beat Washburn Rural 60-50 Tuesday night in a Centennial League contest to snap a three-game losing skid while Hayden dropped a 49-43 league decision at Junction City. Senior Gavin Wilhelm scored 21 points on seven 3-pointers to lead Seaman against Washburn Rural while juniors Kaeden Bonner and Aron Davis added 13 and 10 points, respectively. Hayden, which beat Rural last Friday, gave Junction City a battle Tueday night before the 10th-ranked (Class 6A) Blue Jays took control late.
SILVER LAKE (6-10) at ROSSVILLE (2-13)
Silver Lake will be playing its third game of the week, falling to Pleasant Ridge on Monday and taking a 64-54 win over Riley County Thursday night. Kamryn Kaniper scored 18 points to lead the Eagles against Riley County while Luke Womack scored 12 points and Brogan Renfro 11. Rossville is coming off of a 73-60 loss to state-ranked (3A) Osage City Tuesday night. Junior Francesco Patrizi led the Bulldawgs with 21 points while junior Kade Perine scored 20 points.
Topeka West junior Sincere Austin is coming off of a career-high 25-point performance in Tuesday's win over Manhattan. [File photo/TSN]
TOPEKA WEST (14-1, 10-1) at JUNCTION CITY (11-5, 8-4)
Topeka West rolled to its 13th straight win, a 77-48 Centennial League win over Manhattan on Tuesday, as senior Elijah Brooks scored 28 points and junior Sincere Austin had a career-high 25 points. The Chargers remain tied with Highland Park for the league lead in the loss column. Junction City will be playing its third game of the week, dropping a 54-51 decision at Washburn Rural on Monday before taking a 49-43 home win over Hayden on Tuesday.
SHAWNEE HEIGHTS (10-4, 3-2) at LANSING (7-8, 2-4)
Playing without 6-foot-6 senior Carter Olson, who is expected to be out for the season with a knee injury, Shawnee Heights dropped a 53-31 United Kansas Conference decision to state-ranked Basehor-Linwood Tuesday night. Sophomore Brennon Dodge led the T-Birds with nine points. Shawnee Heights has lost three straight games, all to state-ranked teams.
BISHOP SEABURY (2-13) at CAIR PARAVEL LATIN (11-4)
Cair Paravel cracked the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association Class 1A Division I state rankings this week at No. 8, but the Lions are coming off a tough 72-69 loss to Olathe Heritage Christian Tuesday night. Senior Zach Clark led Cair Paravel with 19 points while Levi Will added 16 points with three 3-pointers, Noah Hastert had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Simon Everhart 13 points.
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Washbuurn University men's basketball will wrap up a three-game road trip at Lincoln Thursday night in Jefferson City, Mo (7:30 p.m. tipoff), with the Ichabods looking to avoid their first three-game losing streak since the final three games of the 2019-20 season.
The Ichabods, 13-9 overall and 10-6 in the MIAA, are coming off a 77-60 loss at Rogers State Monday while Lincoln (2-17, 1-13) dropped a 63-62 heartbreaker to Missouri Southern, with the Lions scoring the game-winning basket with 0.2 seconds remaining..
The Ichabods lead the all-time series with Lincoln 32-4 and have won the last four overall.
Washburn senior point guard Tyler Geiman, a former Blue Valley star, leads the Ichabods in scoring with a 14.4 average, in rebounding with 6.1 boards per game and in assists with a 6.6 average in 15 games this season.
Senior star Tyler Geiman and the Ichabod men will play at Lincoln Thursday night, looking to bounce back after two straight losses. [File photo/TSN]
Over his last seven games Geiman is scoring 17.4 points per game with 7.4 rebounds and 7.0 assists.
Junior Jalen Lewis averages 13.3 points while hitting 47 of 123 3-pointers. Lewis became the 27th member of the Ichabod 1,000-point club and is currently 12th on the Ichabod all-time scoring chart with 1,308 career points in 110 career games.
Lewis has 244 career 3-pointers, which passed Shannon Kruger for the most in school history against Rogers State.
Freshman Michael Keegan is scoring 9.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 0.9 blocks and 1.4 steals per game, ranking fourth in the MIAA in blocked shots, 11th in rebounds and 10th in steals.
Lincoln is led by Derrick Woods, who averages 9.3 points, while Destan Williams is scoring 8.9 points per game and Ni'Sean Rigmaiden 8.4.
Washburn will return home on Saturday to host Central Missouri.
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Washburn University's women's basketball team will close out its three-game road swing on Thursday (5:30 p.m. start) when the Ichabods take on Lincoln in Jefferson City, Mo.
Washburn is 10-11 overall and 8-7 in the MIAA while Lincoln is 5-17, 1-15.
The Ichabods' second-half comeback fell short at Rogers State on Monday, with WU dropping a 55-54 decision, while Lincoln has dropped seven straight games.
Washburn has won all 32 games it has played against Lincoln.
Hunter Bentley and Washburn will play at Lincoln Thursday night, with the Ichabods looking to climb back to the .500 mark on the season. [File photo/TSN]
Ichabod senior Hunter Bentley has turned in back-to-back 20-point-plus games to move up to 10th in the MIAA in scoring with a 13.9-point average.
Bentley scored 28 points against Rogers State Monday while making a career-high six 3-pointers.
In her past three games Bentley is averaging 20.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists.
Bentley passed former teammate Reagan Phelan on Washburn's all-time scorers list to move up to No. 7 with 1,493 career points. She needs 66 more to become No. 6 all-time.
After becoming the all-time Washburn record-holder for minutes played last Saturday, Bentley is currently tied with April Roadhouse (2002-06) for the most games played in a Washburn uniform with 165 games in their careers.
Abby Oliver ranks second for the Ichabods in scoring with an 8.4 scoring average and averages 4.3 rebounds. Oliver has tallied double-digit points in 10 games this season, including six of the last eight contests.
Macy Doebele contributes 7.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game and ranks fifth in the MIAA with an 82.1 free throw percentage.
Nuria Barrientos leads the Ichabods with a 5.1 rebounding average and averages 6.4 points.
Niyah Jackson leads Lincoln with 8.0 points per game to go with a team-best 2.5 assists per game.
Washburn returns home Saturday to host Central Missouri.
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Washburn Rural will be looking for its third straight Centennial League swimming and diving championship Thursday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium.
Senior Nathen Trachta returns to lead the Junior Blues after claiming four gold medals in the 2021 league meet as Washburn Rural won the team title by a 386-353 margin over Manhattan while Seaman was third with 350 points.
Washburn Rural senior Nathen Trachta returns for the Junior Blues after winning four gold medals in last season's Centennial League swimming and diving championships. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Trachta was the individual champion in the 100 butterfly (54.47) and the 100 backstroke (56.54).and also swam on Washburn Rural's winning 200 freestyle (1:31.48) and 400 free (3:22.39) relays, with the Junior Blues setting a league record in the 200 free relay.
Seaman's Colin O'Rourke claimed a league championship in the 200 individual medley in 2:08.63 a year ago and O'Rourke finished second to Trachta in the 100 butterfly (54.80) while the Vikings also placed second in the 200 medley relay (1:46.55).
Runner-up Manhattan won four events in last year's league meet while Emporia's Braxton Hicks won the diving event while setting a league record with a score of 5:48.55.
Washburn Rural placed six swimmers on the All-Centennial League first team last season, with Trachta, Will Powell and Cordell Dimick returning from that team.
O'Rourke and Seaman teammate Adin Florence were all-league honorees last season.
Jack Miranda is scheduled to compete for Washburn Rural in Thursday's Centennial League meet after winning four gold medals in the city meet. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Washburn Rural is coming off a narrow 530-526 win over Seaman in the city meet, with Jack Miranda winning four gold medals on the day while Trachta earned three gold medals to go with a second-place finish.
The Centennial League diving competition will get under way at 12 p.m.. Thursday followed by the swimming competition at 5 p.m.
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Washburn Rural senior wrestling star Austin Fager and Seaman freshman girls basketball standout Anna Becker have been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Athletes of the Week honorees.
Fager captured his fourth straight Centennial League individual title last Saturday while Becker notched a career-high performance and two 20-point-plus games as Seaman posted a pair of Centennial League victories.
Here’s a brief looks at the accomplishments of Fager and Becker last week:
Washburn Rural senior wrestler Austin Fager is the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Boys Athlete of the Week after winning his fourth Centennial League title last Saturday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
AUSTIN FAGER, Washburn Rural
The Junior Blues' 182-pounder, Fager earned his fourth Centennial League individual wrestling championship last Saturday at Highland Park while helping lead Washburn Rural to its third straight league team title by a 202.5-174.5 margin over Manhattan.
Top-ranked in Class 6A by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association, Fager wrapped up Centennial League title No. 4 with a 46-second pin over Emporia's Davian White in the championship match. Fager is currently 33-2 this season for the Junior Blues.
Also a football standout for the Junior Blues, Fager was a state finalist last season, helping Washburn Rural win its first boys state wrestling team championship.
Anna Becker is the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Girls Athlete of the Week after scoring 48 points in two Seaman wins last week, including a career-high 26-point game. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
ANNA BECKER, Seaman
Becker, a 5-foot-9 guard, is the midst of an outstanding freshman season for Seaman's girls basketball team, ranked No. 8 in Class 5A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.
Becker scored a total of 48 points in two Seaman wins last week. Becker scored a career-high 26 points last Tuesday in the Vikings' 49-46 Centennial League victory over Manhattan and followed that up with a 22-point effort last Friday night as Seaman improved to 10-4 with a 67-35 win over Highland Park.
Becker went 8 of 12 from the field and 9 of 12 from the free throw line against Manhattan and went 7 of 7 from the free throw line against Highland Park.
