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Northwest Missouri State, the 2021 NCAA Division II National Champion and MIAA regular-season champion, was picked first in the 2021-22 MIAA preseason men’s basketball coaches and media polls, with Washburn garnering the No. 2 spot in both polls after winning the MIAA postseason tournament and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Northwest received 13 of 14 votes in the coaches poll for a total of 169 points while Washburn, 20-7 last season, received the remaining first-place vote and 157 points.
All-America point guard Tyler Geiman returns to lead Washburn's men's basketball team, which was picked No. 2 in the MIAA preseason polls. [File photo]
Central Oklahoma was picked third in the poll while Missouri Southern was selected fourth and NCAA tournament qualifier Missouri Western fifth.
Fort Hays State, Rogers State, Pittsburg State, Emporia State and Lincoln rounded out the top 10 in the coaches poll, followed by Central Missouri, Nebraska-Kearney, Northeastern State and Newman.
Northwest Missouri also dominated the media poll, receiving all nine first-place votes and 126 points.
Washburn was picked second with 116 points followed by Missouri Western, Missouri Southern and Central Oklahoma to round out the top five.
Fort Hays State was voted sixth, followed by Emporia State, Rogers State, Pittsburg State, Lincoln, Central Missouri, Nebraska-Kearney, Northeastern State and Newman.
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Silver Lake's girls golf team placed all of its top four players in the top 13 places individually en route to a Class 3A-1A regional championship Monday at Council Grove Country Club.
Eagle sophomore Madeline Fieger and freshman Taylor Zordel tied for eighth place individually with 18-hole scores of 101 to pace Silver Lake.
The Eagles also got a 12th-place finish from sophomore Kate Osterhaus (107) and a tie for 13th from Olivia Day (108) to round out their four scorers as Silver Lake edged Council Grove by a 417-419 margin to take the team title.
Rossville finished ninth as a team, led by freshman Jaimie Woodward's 133.
Santa Fe Trail sophomore Braegan Buessing took medalist honors with a 91.
The 3A-1A state tournament will be played next Monday and Tuesday at Hesston Golf Course.
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Hayden used a balanced attack to punch its ticket to the Class 4A state girls golf tournament with a second-place regional finish Monday at Clay Center Country Club.
Hayden's girls golf team poses with its second-place trophy after Monday's Class 4A regional at Clay Center. [Photo by Kyle Grunert/Special to TSN]
Sophomore Avery Grunert shot a 91 and finished sixth individually to lead the way for the Wildcats while senior Kate Roeder tied for seventh with a 93, junior Ava Teply finished 10th with a 99 and sophomore Hannah Reynoldson shot a 105 to round out Hayden's top four.
Wamego won the team championship with a four-person score of 358 while Hayden was second at 388 and Tonganoxie third at 414.
Eudora's Joellen Vogt took regional medalist honors with an 84.
The 4A state tournament will be contested next Monday and Tuesday at Salina Municipal Golf Course.
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Washburn Rural's girls golf team got top-four finishes from senior Aliyah North and junior Avery Scott to lead the way as the Junior Blues claimed a Class 6A regional team championship Monday at Heritage Park Golf Course in Olathe.
Washburn Rural's girls golf team poses for a picture with its Class 6A regional championship trophy after winning Monday's tournament in Olathe. [Submitted]
North shot an 81 to finish second individually while Scott finished fourth with an 83 for the Junior Blues.
Washburn Rural got got a top-10 finish from sophomore Raegan Petersen, who tied for ninth with an 89 while senior McKenna Merrick tied for 11th with a 92 to round out the Junior Blues' top four as Rural won the team championship by a 345-359 margin over Olathe West.
Topeka High sophomore Avery Zimmerman was the top individual qualifier for the state tournament, tying for 11th with a 92.
The 6A state tournament will be played at Emporia Municipal Golf Course next Monday and Tuesday.
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The weather conditions and one hole in particular presented challenges for Seaman junior golf star Lois Deeter in Monday's Class 5A regional tournament at Cypress Ridge.
But Deeter, coming off a sizzling 66 last week, did what she needed to do Monday in advance of next week's state tournament, shooting a solid 4-over-par 75 to finish second individually and help Seaman qualify for state as a team with a third-place finish.
Seaman junior Lois Deeter finished second in Monday's Class 5A girls golf regional, leading the Vikings to a state team berth. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The start of Monday's tournament was delayed more than two hours due to inclement weather and the tournament was played in cool, windy conditions, particularly over the front nine, but conditions and Deeter's score improved as the day went on. .
"I'm happy we started playing after the rain, the rain was really beating down,'' Deeter said. "It was very windy. If you had any spin on your ball you could barely control it, but the back nine was a lot better.''
After shooting a 39 over her first nine holes, Deeter fared better on her back nine, shooting a 36 that could have been even better if not for one hole late in the round.
"I was 1-under going into No. 8 and the wind just took my ball back and then I three-putted,'' she said. "It just wasn't a very good ball.
"But with the conditions I was OK with (the round). I was stuck behind a lot of trees, especially on the front nine, and shooting 3-over stuck behind trees isn't bad.''
Kapaun Mt. Carmel senior Katherine Tilma took medalist honors with a 1-under 70 and Deeter and Bishop Carroll's Isabella Hermocillo-Jones tied for second, with Deeter claiming that spot with a lower score over her second nine.
Seaman's Lois Deeter watches a shot during Monday's 5A regional golf tournament. Deeter shot a 75 to finish second individually. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Kapaun, which also got a fourth-place individual finish from Meg Tilma (76), ran away with the team title by a 318-357 margin over Bishop Carroll while Seaman (389) and Emporia (418) claimed the final two team berths for the state meet, which will be played next Monday and Tuesday at Hutchinson's Carey Park.
Sophomore Avery Samuelson backed Deeter with an 88 to finish ninth individually while freshman Jaycee Zimmerman and senior Madyson Hardesty shot 113s to round out Seaman's four scorers.
Shawnee Heights came up short in its bid for a team berth, but the T-Birds will be represented in the state tournament by seniors Kameron Burnam (105) and Olivia Morgan (107), who qualified as individuals.
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