- Details
The 2022 All-City girls bowling team: From left -- Katie Price, Seaman; Makenzie Millard, Seaman; Megan Wood, Topeka West; Kaitlyn Doyal, Washburn Rural; Amaya Buchanan, Washburn Rural; Karli Gilliland, Shawnee Heights. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Three state placers, including Class 5A-1A senior runner-up Makenzie Millard of state team champion Seaman, lead the 2022 All-City girls bowling team.
Millard, who posted a top-five state finish for the third straight season, is joined on the first team by junior teammate Katie Price after the Vikings captured the team championship by a 3,173-3,144 margin over Bishop Carroll in the state meet at Wichita Northrock Lanes.
Washburn Rural senior Kaitlyn Doyal placed fourth in 6A with a 616 three-game series while Topeka West sophomore Megan Wood placed 13th in 5A-1A with a 593 series.
Also earning first-team honors were Amaya Buchanan, who helped Rural finish third in 6A, and Shawnee Heights' Karli Gilliland, who qualified for the 5A-1A state tournament.
All-City capsules:
AMAYA BUCHANAN, Washburn Rural -- Buchanan helped Waashburn Rural post a third-place finish in the Class 6A state tournament, shooting a 524 series. Buchanan finished seventh in the Centennial League tournament with 568 series and finished sixth in 6A regional competition with a 538.
KAITLYN DOYAL, Washburn Rural -- Doyal finished her high school career with a 4th-place finish in the Class 6A state tournament, bowling a 616 series to help lead the Junior Blues to a third-place team finish. Doyal won the individual Centennial League title with a 668 series.
KARLI GILLILAND, Shawnee Heights -- Gilliland qualified for the Class 5A-1A state tournament as a senior, rolling a 525 series at state. Gilliland placed fifth in 5A-1A regional competition with a 603 series.
MAKENZIE MILLARD, Seaman -- Millard finished off her banner high school career with a runner-up individual finish in the Class 5A-1A state while leading the Vikings to the state team championship. Millard, who place fifth as a sophomore and fourth as a junior, bowled a 697 series at state as Seaman took the team crown. Millard shot a 709 to win a regional title and finished second in the Centennial League with a 636.
KATIE PRICE, Seaman -- A junior, Price was part of Seaman's Class 5A-1A state championship team, bowling a 538 series. Price placed third at regionals with a 630 series and finished fifth in the Centennial League tournament with a 576 series.
MEGAN WOOD, Topeka West -- Wood completed her sophomore season with a 13th-place finish in the Class 5A-1A state tournament with a 593 series. Wood took third in the Centennial League tournament with a 590 series and placed sixth in 5A-1A regional competition with a 601.
ALL-CITY GIRLS BOWLING
FIRST TEAM
Amaya Buchanan, Washburn Rural; Kaitlyn Doyal, Washburn Rural; Karli Gilliland, Shawnee Heights; Makenzie Millard, Seaman; Katie Price, Seaman; Megan Wood, Topeka West.
SECOND TEAM
Kaitlyn Evans, Seaman; Claire Ireland, Washburn Rural; Gabbi McCarthy, Topeka High; Kayla Mize, Seaman; Brenna Rutschman, Topeka West; Cheyenne Turkin, Seaman.
HONORABLE MENTION
Abby Dodd, Hayden; Laura El-Koubysi, Shawnee Heights; Emily Ireland, Hayden; Corina Roberts, Highland Park; Renee Spinner, Highland Park; JaeLinn Thetford, Seaman.
- Details
The 2022 All-City boys bowling team: From left -- Zander White, Seaman; Jack Easum, Seaman; Ethan Burns, Seaman; Logan Glinka, Washburn Rural; Josh Hammons, Washburn Rural; Alec Granger, Washburn Rural. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seaman put a city-high three bowlers on the 2022 All-City boys bowling team after capturing the Class 5A-1A team championship.
The Vikings are represented by three state medalists -- juniors Ethan Burns and Zander White and senior Jack Easum -- after winning the state title by a 3,483-3,472 margin over Eisenhower in the state tournament at Wichita's Northrock Lanes.
Burns finished 10th at state while White was 17th and Easum placed 19th for the Vikings.
Washburn Rural put 6A state placer Josh Hammons and Junior Blues teammate Logan Glinka on the All-City team while Topeka High standout Alec Granger rounds out the first team.
All-City capsules:
ETHAN BURNS, Seaman -- Burns capped his 2022 season with a team-high 10th-place state finish (668 series) to lead the Vikings to the team championship. Burns was the Centennial League individual champion with a 668 series and finished fourth in 5A-1A regional competition with a 697.
JACK EASUM, Seaman -- Easum finished his high school career as a state champion, finishing 19th individually with a 634 series as Seaman claimed the team title. Easum bowled an outstanding 747 series to win a 5A-1A regional title and placed 12th in the Centennial League tournament with a 618 series.
LOGAN GLINKA, Washburn Rural -- Glinka posted a 10th-place finish in the Centennial League tournament with a 623 three-game series to help the Junior Blues win the league team championship by 3,503-3,499 margin over Seaman. Glinka bowled a 669 series earlier in the season to finish fifth in the Washburn Rural triangualar and placed fifth with a 625 in Topeka High's quad.
ALEC GRANGER, Topeka High -- Granger moves up to the All-City first team after being a second-team pick in 2021 and earning a berth in the Class 6A state tournament. Granger turned in a solid season as a senior, including a 642 series and a fourth-place finish in the season-opening Topeka High quadrangular.
JOSH HAMMONS, Washburn Rural -- Hammons rolled a 638 three-game series to post a 10th-place individual finish in the 6A state tournament. Hammons placed second in the Centennial League with a 726 series and was fifth at regionals with a 664.
ZANDER WHITE, Seaman -- White finished 17th in the 5A-1A state meet with a 643 series to help Seaman win the state team championship. White placed ninth in the Centennial League with a 625 series and also finished ninth in 5A-1A regional competition with a 659 series.
ALL-CITY BOYS BOWLING
- Details
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Dagen Brewer
DAGEN BREWER, Seaman
A senior infielder/catcher, Brewer helped Seaman's baseball team open its 2022 season with a 3-2, 3-1 non-league doubleheader sweep of Basehor-Linwood last Saturday at the Optimist Field. Brewer doubled for the Vikings' first hit of the season in the fifth inning of the first game and reached base six times on the day with three hits.
Jaycee Ginter
JAYCEE GINTER, Washburn University
Ginter, a former Shawnee Heights star, picked up both pitching victories in Saturday's Washburn softball doubleheader MIAA sweep at Central Missouri, raising her season total to a nation-best 17 wins. Ginter hurled a complete game in the Ichabods' 10-2 first-game win, giving up seven hits while striking out eight batters. Ginter came on in relief in the second game, throwing 6.2 innings and striking out 10 hitters while allowing just one run in Washburn's 5-3 12-inning win as the Ichabods improved to 24-11 overall and 6-2 in the MIAA. Ginter also had a two-run double in the opener and a run-scoring double in the second game.
Kadence Jeffries
KADENCE JEFFRIES, Topeka West
Jeffries, who has never lost an individual race in Class 5A-1A state competition, opened her senior swimming season with a pair of dominating victories in last Thursday's Topeka West Invitational at the Capitol Federal Natatorium. The four-time state champion, who has signed a letter of intent with Nebraska Omaha, picked up decisive victories in the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 56.59 seconds and the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.57. Jeffries was a double state champ in both 2019 and 2021, with the '20 season canceled due to COVID-19.
Belle Kennedy
BELLE KENNEDY, Washburn Rural
Kennedy, who was named the Class 6A midfielder of the year last season as a junior, scored a pair of goals last Friday at Washburn Rural's girls soccer team, third in 6A last season, opened its 2022 season with a 4-0 non-league road victory at Kapaun Mt. Carmel. Kennedy has signed a letter of intent with Washburn University.
Tanner Newkirk
TANNER NEWKIRK, Hayden
Newkirk, who has signed a letter of intent with Kansas, opened his senior track and field season with a dominating performance in the boys 3,200-meter run in last Friday's Free State Early Bird Invitational in Lawrence. Newkirk clocked a winning time of 9 minutes, 18.14 seconds in the event, winning by just over 40 seconds. Newkirk's time in his first race of the season eclipsed his best time of the 2021 campaign, whiich was the best in Shawnee County. by 20 seconds.
Jeremiah Smith
JEREMIAH SMITH, Shawnee Heights
A three-time Class 5A state track champion last spring as a sophomore, Smith made his junior debut with a big win in the boys 110-meter hurdles in last Friday's Free State Early Bird Invitational. Smith, who won state titles last season in the 100 and 200-meter dashes and the 110-meter hurdles, posted a season-opening win in the 110 hurdles in 14.45 seconds, winning by more than two seconds.Smith's time Friday night was just off his season-best of 14.34 seconds in 2021.
- Details
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
One of the main purposes of season-openers in all sports is to give coaches and teams a starting point and an indication of were they need to go from there.
And while traditional state baseball powerhouse Seaman wasn't in midseason form in Saturday's 2020 debut, the host Vikings were good enough to get the year off to a promising start with a 3-2, 3-1 non-league doubleheader sweep over Basehor-Linwood
"Obviously we played two games today and the goal was to get two wins and we were able to do that,'' Seaman coach Trent Oliva said. "It may not have been the way that we would have liked to have done it, but two wins is two wins and that's all that matters at the end of the day.''
Seaman junior Hunter Spencer reacts to his game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning of the Vikings' 3-2 first-game win over Basehor-Linwood. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman celebrates Hunter Spencer's game-winning hit in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader sweep of Basehor-Linwood. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman, which has advanced to the Class 5A state tournament 17 straight seasons with nine state titles, combined solid pitching by five diffferent hurlers with enough offense to get the job done Saturday, winning the opener on a run-scoring single from junior Hunter Spencer in the bottom of the seventh inning and jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the second game and holding off the Bobcats the rest of the way.
- Details
By ISAAC DEER
TopSports.news
Friday's 18-0 Shawnee Heights baseball victory over Topeka West was a game you don’t see very often in the capital city.
Host Shawnee Heights was looking for a win after losing a tough game against Spring Hill in its first game of Friday's quadrangular at the Bettis Family Sports Complex and the T-Birds ran away from the Chargers with a 41 minute, 16-run at bat in the bottom of the second inning.
“If you put the ball in play, good things tend to happen,” Shawnee Heights coach Ryan Schmidt said. “The (plate approach) was definitely better in the West game. In the first two games of the season, we were taking too many third called strikes. We improved on that a bit in this game. We still have a long way to go.
“We are happy to come away with the win.”
Trevor Schattilly pitched a three-inning no-hitter in Friday's 18-0 Shawnee Heights win over Topeka West at the Bettis Family Sports Complex. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Senior right-hander Trevor Schattilly tossed a no-hit game for Shawnee Heights over his three innings of work, striking out six batters while not allowing any walks.
“I’m thankful for our defense and the way everyone played today,” Schattilly said. “I feel like everything was clicking for me on the mound early. The more strikes I threw, my confidence went up. Our energy and confidence helped in the win as well.”
