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Shawnee Heights' boys golf team dominated Monday's United Kansas Conference tournament at Shiloh Springs Golf Course in Platte City, Mo., putting five players in the top eight places individually en route to winning the team title by a 329-339 margin over Basehor-Linwood.
Shawnee Heights poses for a team picture after winning Monday's United Kansas Conference golf tournament by 10 strokes over Basehor-Linwood. [Submitted]
Sophomore Alex Valdivia was the UKC runner-up with a 77 and sophomore Aiden Jones tied for fourth with an 83, while Shawnee Heights also got a strong performances from seniors Ethan Rottinghaus, Kyler Ortiz and Tyler Peterson as the T-Birds captured what was believed to be their first league golf title since 1999.
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Olivia Bruno
OLIVIA BRUNO, Washburn Rural
A senior, Bruno had a monster week as Washburn Rural's softball team rolled to doubleheader sweeps over Centennial League foes Seaman, Manhattan and Junction City. Bruno hit seven home runs with 13 runs batted in on the week and had three-home run days against Manhattan and Junction City. Bruno, who will play collegiately at Kansas, also went 4-0 as a pitcher with 34 strikeouts while not allowing a run.
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![Topeka West freshman Victoria Reed is the Shawnee County leader in thee girls 100 and 200-meter dash and ranks No. 2 in the 400. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]](/images/aa-images/DSC_4147.jpg)
Topeka West freshman Victoria Reed (middle) is the Shawnee County leader in the girls 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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NOTE: TopSports.news plans to compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2021 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at
GIRLS
100 METERS
Reed, Topeka West 12.2
Hillebert, Hayden 12.69 (12.6)
Brooks, Topeka West 12.6
200 METERS
Reed, Topeka West 25.99
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 26.39
Brooks, Topeka West 26.77
Hillebert, Hayden 26.82
Ingram, Washburn Rural 27.1
400 METERS
Reed, Topeka West 57.94
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 58.52
Foster, Rossville 59.91
Bray, Washburn Rural 62.82
Rottinghaus, Silver Lake 63.59
800 METERS
Druse, Seaman 2:21.0 (2:21.02)
Wagner, Washburn Rural 2:24.63
Foster, Rossville 2:24.94
Carter, Washburn Rural 2:26.08
Bird, Washburn Rural 2:29.23
Seaman sophomore Bethany Druse (right) leads Shawnee County girls in the 800 meters and ranks No. 2 in the 1,600. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
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Former Seaman state champion Bailey Kelly (right), an All-American at Maryville University, has been honored by the Kansas Wrestling Coaching Association as its NCAA Division II Senior Wrestler of the Year. [Submitted]
By RICK PETERSON
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The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association (KWCA) has selected Maryville University senior Bailey Kelly, a former Seaman state champion, as its 2021 NCAA Division II Senior College Wrestler of the Year.
A 2016 Seaman graduate, Kelly was a four-time Class 5A state medalist and won a state championship his senior season after recovering from an ACL injury.
Kelly graduated from Maryville with his bachelor’s degree in December and is scheduled to finish his master’s degree in August.
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Washburn Rural junior Reagan Allen (12) tries to control possession as Topeka High sophomore Molly McGuire closes ground. Allen had a pair of assists in the Junior Blues' 7-1 Centennial League win over the Trojans. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
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Washburn Rural's girls soccer team still has bigger heights it wants to scale this spring, but the Junior Blues took the first step in that process Monday night at Hummer Sports Park, wrapping up a perfect Centennial League season with a 7-1 romp past Topeka High.
The league title was Washburn Rural's 16th in school history and the Junior Blues' eighth in the past nine seasons. Rural has won 41 straight games in league play.
"I think we're playing at a pretty high level,'' said Washburn Rural coach Brian Hensyel, whose team improved to 12-2-1. "We're scoring goals and we're a pretty good possession team and we create lots of chances.
"Our goal is always at the end of the season to be there (in the state title hunt). We've been in the last two state championship games and our goal obviously is to be back here (at Hummer) in two and a half weeks and try to win it because we've been really close. We think we have the team to do that, but there's still some things we have to fine tune.''
The Junior Blues needed just 1 minute, 35 seconds to get on the scoreboard against Topeka High, with junior Hunter McWilliams finding the back of the net, and Rural was in command 3-0 with 20:06 left in the first half after goals from junior Emma Krueger and senior Brynn Fitzgibbons.
