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Silver Lake and Rossville had a combined seven players who received All-Mid-East League volleyball recognition.
Silver Lake, which posted a 28-9 record on the season, landed Taryn Burkhardt, Leah Cook and Camilla Ossola on the all-league first team while Rossville, 30-9 on the year, is represented by Brinley Dyche, Briar Gillum and Kinsey Perine.
Cook, Ossola, Dyche, Gillum and Perine were all unanimous selections.
Silver Lake's Lexis Berndt received all-league honorable mention.
ALL-MID-EAST LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL
First team
Taryn Burkhardt, Silver Lake; *Leah Cook, Silver Lake; *Brinley Dyche, Rossville; *Briar Gillum, Rossville; *Kara Hafenstine, Wabaunsee; *Sophia Haverkamp, Rock Creek; *Olivia Lubbers, Rock Creek; Bree Ann Miesner, Riley County; *Camilla Ossola, Silver Lake; *Kinsey Perine, Rossville; *Lauren Schutter, Wabaunsee; Brenna Smih, St. Marys.
Honorable mention
Lexis Berndt, Silver Lake; Lexi DeWeese, Rock Creek; Katelyn Hurla, St. Marys; Ayla Klingenberg, St. Marys; Colbi (CJ) Rignell, Riley County.
* -- Unanimous picks.
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The No. 3 -ranked Washburn University volleyball team finished with a .486 attacking percentage and landed 10 service aces as the Ichabods cruised to a three set win at Missouri Southern on Saturday evening.
Washburn won by the set scores of 25-8, 25-8, and 25-10 for its 17th sweep victory of the season. The Ichabods now hold an overall record of 24-3 and are tied with Central Missouri for first in the MIAA standings with a conference mark of 16-2.
Washburn's No. 3-ranked volleyball team improved to 24-3 with MIAA road wins at Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern Friday and Saturday. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
Washburn opened the weekend with a 3-1 win at Pittsburg State Friday night, posting a 22-25, 25-12, 25-14, 25-20 victory.
The Ichabods got going right away in Saturday's match against Southern as they jumped out to an 8-1 advantage with three service aces during that run. An 11-1 scoring burst pushed Washburn's lead to 19-4 and the Ichabods went on to claim six of the final eight points to win the first set.
Washburn rattled off the first five points in the second set and put together a 10-1 run midway through the set to go up, 21-7. Allison Maxwell knocked down a kill to close out the 25-8 second-set victory.
Missouri Southern (4-24, 1-17 MIAA) held its first lead of the match at 2-1 in the third after back-to-back kills. The Lions' lead was short-lived, though, as Genna Berg recorded a kill to start a 5-1 run to put Washburn back in front, 6-3. Washburn continued to add to its lead and capped off the sweep with kills from Kelsey Gorgon and Berg.
The Ichabods recorded their second-highest hitting percentage of the season with .486 clip while the Lions hit .025. Washburn dominated offensively and led in kills, 41-16, and in aces, 10-2. The visiting Ichabods also led defensively in digs, 40-18, and in blocks, 4-3.
It was a balanced attack for Washburn as four Ichabods finished with seven or more kills and hit above .400. Berg hammered down a team-best nine kills on 11 swings with zero errors for a scorching .818 hitting percentage. Maxwell hit .583 and Gordon had a .538 attacking percentage as both contributed eight kills with just one error apiece. Jalyn Stevenson recorded seven kills and 10 digs.
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Washburn University senior Jace Williams blocked a potential game-winning field goal with 30 seconds to play as the Ichabods survived 10 penalties and three turnovers in a 28-26 win over Pittsburg State Saturday at Carnie Smith Stadium.
Washburn improved to 8-2 on the season with the Ichabods stretching their winning streak to five games while winning their fourth straight game over the Gorillas and the fourth in a row in Pittsburg.
After the Ichabods moved the ball to the Pitt State 11, Washburn, nursing its 28-26 lead, lost a fumble with 3:24 to play and Pitt State (7-3) took over and drove down to the WU 16 before Cross Holmes 26-yard field was blocked by Williams, securing the win after one kneel down by the Ichabods.
Washburn University senior Jace Williams blocked a Pittsburg State field goal attempt with 30 seconds remaining, securing the Ichabods' 28-26 win over the Gorillas. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
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OLATHE -- The Class 6A state soccer championship game down to opportunities -- the opportunities Washburn Rural was unable to capitalize on, particularly at the end of regulation, and the opportunity Olathe West senior star Elyes Ellouz put in the back of the net in overtime to give the Owls a 1-0 win and their second state title in three years Saturday at the College Boulevard Activity Center.
"What was shown today was that Olathe West was clearly the class of Kansas City and now the class of Kansas,'' Washburn Rural coach Brian Hensyel said. "I thought the two best teams in Kansas were playing in the championship game today and both teams battled for 85 minutes and they found a way to get one in and it took an amazing, amazing goal to beat us.''
Washburn Rural's senior captains accept the Class 6A second-place trophy after Saturday's 1-0 overtime loss to Olathe West. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Washburn Rural, which had its bid for the program's first-ever perfect season denied by West, had its best chance at pulling out at the win at the end of the second half when Rural had four straight corner kicks, but the Owls were able to weather that storm and then took advantage in the first 10-minute overtime when Ellouz scored off an assist from fellow senior Evan Shelkey with 4:26 left.
"That little flurry at the end of (regulation) where we had four straight corners, that was it,'' Hensyel said. "When they defended that and they won the coin toss (to have a wind advantage) that was pretty big because guys were exhausted all over the field, obviously.''
Washburn Rural senior goalkeeper Wyatt Arnold comes up with a save against Elyes Ellouz in Saturday's Class 6A championship game. Ellouz scored the game-winning goal in overtime. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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Rossville improved to 10-0 while pushing its winning streak to 23 games with a 32-12 win over Nemaha Central in a second-round Class 2A playoff game Friday night at Rossville.
The Bulldawgs trailed the Thunder 6-3 at the end of the opening quarter, but took a 9-6 halftime lead before outscoring Central 23-6 the rest of the way.
Corey Catron
Senior Corey Catron had another big night for the Bulldawgs, rushing for three touchdowns and throwing for another TD in the Rossville win.
Catron, who has moved from running back to quarterback after an injury to Torrey Horak, scored on runs of 5, 8 and 2 yards and also completed a 29-yard touchdown pass to Kaden Brown.
Pedro Arantes kicked 24 and 28-yard field goals for the Bulldawgs and also kicked a pair of extra points.
Rossville will be back at home next Friday night to face Riverton (8-2) in a 2A quarterfinal.
Riverton advanced with a 28-22 overtime win over Osage City.
SILVER LAKE 51, ST. MARYS 36 -- After edging St. Marys by a point early in the 2021 season the Eagles and Bears hooked up in a scorefest Friday night, with Silver Lake taking the 51-36 road win in a second-round 2A playoff contest.
