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Created: 27 November 2025

By RICK PETERSON

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Washburn University women's basketball will hit the floor Friday and Saturday in San Antonio, Texas, competing in the St. Mary's Thanksgiving Classic.

 

Senior Gabi Giovannetti notched her first collegiate double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds in last Saturday's 66-44 Washburn win over MSU Denver. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

 

The 3-1 Ichabods will face St. Mary's at 6 p.m. on Friday and Texas A&M-Kingsville at 2 p.m. on Saturday in Bill Greehey Arena.

 

St. Mary's enters the week with a 3-0 record while Texas A&M University-Kingsville enters the tournament 0-2 on the year. 

 

Senior Yibari Nwidadah is averaging a team-high 13.8 points and 7.0 rebounds for Washburn in just 21.0 minutes per game on the season. Nwidadah has started every game and is shooting 63.9 percent from the floor. 

 

Senior Payton Sterk is also scoring in double figures for the Ichabods at 11.8 points per game and has hit seven 3-pointers.

 

Junior Britany Kogbara has provided a spark off the bench for the Ichabods, averaging 10.8 points and 4.3 points a game while shooting 64.5 percent from the field.

 

Senior Gabi Giovannetti is averaging 10.0 points and 5.3 rebounds with a team-high eight triples after recording her first career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds in last Saturday's 66-44 win over Metropolitan State of Denver.

 

Sterk finished with 14 points while Kogbara had 12 points and five rebounds in Saturday's win.

 

Allie Garcia leads St. Mary's with an 11.7 scoring average while Christin Callens averages 10.3 points and Raynne averages a team-high 10 rebounds.

 

Justine Aguilar leads Texas A&M-Kingsville with a 9.5 scoring average.

 

Washburn will begin MIAA play next Thursday, hosting Nebraska-Kearney in a 5:30 p.m. contest in Lee Arena.

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Created: 27 November 2025

By RICK PETERSON
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CLASS 3A

ANDALE (12-0) vs. HAYDEN (12-0)

6 p.m. Friday at Hutchinson Community College

Hayden, the No. 1 Class 3A East seed, advanced to its third straight state championship game with a 46-0 home semifinal rout over No. 2 East seed Santa Fe Trail last Friday while No. 1 West seed Andale rolled to a 41-7 win over No. 2 seed Rock Creek.

The semifinal romps set up a second straight title game showdown between the two 12-0 state powers.   

Hayden's closest game of the season was a 43-29 state quarterfinal win over Jefferson West while Andale's closest game of the year was last week's 34-point win over Rock Creek.

Andale scored a season-high 104 points in its season opener against El Dorado and the Indians have posted four shutouts while Hayden scored a season-high 70 points in a 70-7 playoff win over Columbus and has recorded five shutouts and limited opponents to seven or fewer points in 10 games.

Connor Hanika, Hayden

Kade Mitchell, Hayden

Hayden senior quarterback Connor Hanika has completed 100 of 164 passes for 1,659 yards and 23 touchdowns with three interceptions while senior Kade Mitchell has rushed for 941 yards on 89 carries, caught 21 passes for 463 yards and has scored 21 total TDs. Mitchell did not play last week against Santa Fe Trail due to an injury, but is expected to play Friday.

Xander Blasing, Hayden

Jackson McGivern, Hayden

Jude Krentz, Hayden

Wildcat senior Jackson McGivern has carried the ball 70 times for 457 yards and 11 touchdowns while recording 79 tackles (50 solo) on defense with seven tackles for loss.

Senior Jude Krentz leads Hayden with 112 tackles (58 solo) and six tackles for loss while rushing for 399 yards on 66 attempts. Senior Xander Blasing has 84 stops (62 solo) and nine tackles for loss and has caught 24 passes for 296 yards while senior Makhi Kidd has caught 28 passes for 314 yards.

Junior Mason Becker has carried the ball 32 times for 438 yards, caught nine passes for 292 yards and is perfect on extra-point kicks on the year. Junior Logan Power leads the Wildcats with five pass interceptions. 

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Created: 27 November 2025

By RICK PETERSON
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CLASS 1A

STERLING (12-0) vs. ROSSVILLE (11-1)

1 p.m. Friday at Hutchinson Community College

Rossville, the No. 4 Class 1A East seed, earned a shot at its sixth state championship with a come-from-behind 21-18 semifinal win at No. 2 East seed Jackson Heights last Friday while No. 1 West seed Sterling remained undefeated with a 14-6 win over previously-unbeaten Smith Center.

The Bulldawgs have won nine straight games, with Rossville's lone loss a 56-28 Week 3 loss to Nemaha Central, which is in the 2A state championship game for the second straight season. Sterling's closest game of the season was a 44-42 state quarterfinal win over Hutchinson Trinity.

Canann Mitchell, Rossville

Rossville senior quarterback Canann Mitchell has completed 109 of 164 passes for 1,578 yards and 18 touchdowns with just one interception and has rushed for 1,013 yards and 18 TDs on 139 attempts.

Cameron Miller, Rossville

Jack Donovan, Rossville

Senior Cameron Miller has 32 catches for 523 yards and eight TDs while senior Jack Donovan has 38 grabs for 543 yards and three touchdowns.

Conner Bush, Rossville

Senior Conner Bush has rushed for 685 yards and 10 TDs on 69 carries.

Andre Johnson, Rossville 

Senior Andre Johnson leads the Bulldawgs with 119 tackles (64 solo) while Bush has 99 stops (34 solo). Junior Charlie Chance has registered 49 stops (39 solo), including 14.5 tackles for loss.

Sterling senior running back Zane Farney has carried the ball 188 times for 2,047 yards and 39 touchdowns while senior Wyatt Newberry has rushed for 1,034 yards and 14 TDs and has 98 tackles (62 solo) with four interceptions.

Sophomore Jacob Lewis leads Sterling with 156 tackles (95 solo), including 15 tackles for loss.

Sterling senior quarterback Logan Isaac has thrown for 209 yards and rushed for 403 yards and 10 TDs on 56 attempts.

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Created: 26 November 2025

By VINCE LOVERGINE

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When you look at the dominance of the Running Scots over the last seven years under former head coach Mike Williams, there's no question that’s the standard this program wants to uphold.

Nate Wallace (right), cheering during the 2025 Class 5A state tournament, takes over as Highland Park's new boys basketball coach this season. [File photo/TSN]

Names like Bo Aldridge, Ja'Corey Robinson, Mikey Williams, Tre Richardson, Tamir Anderson, the list goes on of the overall talent this program develops.

 All those names and more are no longer there and first-year head coach Nate Wallance is excited to be rooted to this program and continue that winning culture.

“Me and coach Mike come from the same era and we’re both grinders,'' Wallace said. "Iron sharpens iron, just bouncing stuff off each other. I think the best thing to happen was the state runs. We had just to be around other great coaches to see how they prepared for games.''

Now, how do the Scots plan to keep the DNA where they have those dominant players? 

“I think it starts early,'' Wallace said. "It’s trust, it’s family. There’s a lot of great young talent in the city and giving the kids the opportunity to want to bleed the red and green. The good thing about the East side of Topeka, they know the history and want to be a part of it.''

G’Honi Montgomery, Kasioun Drew, Davian Anderson and JoJo Kingcannon are the names that will be the leaders of this year's group according to Wallace.

“Coach Nate, his IQ is through the roof and he definitely knows what he’s doing,'' Kingcannon said. "He’s definitely going to put us all in the right position to make great choices.

“The one thing about HP, we’re always going to have dawgs on this team. No matter if we lose or win, we’re still going to be dawg and go compete.”

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