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By KEVIN HASKIN
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Kevin Haskin
Musings at the mid-month:
-- Psst. Don’t look at the calendar and do the math. I already know this is a bit tardy.
-- It’s almost as if I took my mask off and became reacquainted with life again.
-- Then again, the mask never covered my eyes.
-- Love to chat about the Royals but my television provider, like many, does not provide access.
-- I do subscribe to the MLB Network.
-- Seems like that annual plunkage of dollars should be enough to lift a local blackout.
-- Or, that Fox Sports could allow for its regional channels to be accessed for a nominal fee.
-- Mildly frustrated anymore. Sadly, I’m used to living with radio coverage of the Royals while tuning in irregularly.
-- Baseball is the one sport that really takes you back to your youth … when I listened to games on the radio with my dad.
-- Cardinals games, mind you. Can’t remember if a Wichita station even aired the Kansas City A’s.
-- So guess what, KC? My loyalty can be a bit fleeting.
-- Still, it would be nice to watch our local team.
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By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn Rural's softball team capped a 4-0 run in a span of about 24 hours at the College Boulevard Activity Center Saturday with a 9-2 win over Olathe Northwest and a 7-0 victory over Olathe South, improving to 6-2 on the season.
Senior Olivia Bruno pitched a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts and hit a home run and a double against Olathe Northwest while sophomore Emmerson Cope went 3 for 3 with a pair of homers and four runs batted in.
Washburn Rural sophomore Emmerson Cope hit two home runs and also picked up a pitching win on Saturday as the Junior Blues capped a 4-0 weekend. [File photo/TSN}
Washburn Rural senior Olivia Bruno threw a four-hitter and had a home run and a double in a 9-2 win over Olathe Northwest Saturday. ]FIle photo/TSN]
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Washburn's Ashton Friend is congratulated by Ichabods coach Brenda Holaday after hitting a two-run home run in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against Central Oklahoma. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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Washburn University's return to the softball diamond for the first time in three weeks didn't go as the Ichabods hoped, with WU dropping a 4-3, 10-1 MIAA twinbill to No. 16-ranked Central Oklahoma Saturday at Gahnstrom Field.
But the Ichabods will have plenty of opportunities to get back on track, beginning with Sunday's 1 p.m. home doubleheader against Newman.
"I thought we would struggle a little bit at the plate because we haven't seen live pitching in three weeks and have had very little opportunity to practice, and not together,'' Washburn coach Brenda Holaday said. "You're going against really good pitchers and it takes awhile to figure that out.
"I was pretty proud of our first game. I thought we played hard and well. The second game, I felt like when we left runners on early in the game and didn't score that (WU's players) got pretty defeated. They played defeated.''
Washburn, 19-6 overall and 5-3 in the MIAA, had not played the previous two weekends due to COVID-19 protocols and the rustiness showed at times Saturday.
But now the Ichabods go from not playing at all to playing a bunch, facing a grind of 20 games over the next two weeks.
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Coming off a pair of losses to Class 6A power Topeka High earlier in the week, Washburn Rural's softball team was looking to bounce back Friday in a tournament appearance at the College Boulevard Activity Center.
The Junior Blues achieved that goal in impressive fashion, holding on for a 3-2 win over two-time defending 6A state champion Free State before routing Olathe West, 19-4.
Washburn Rural, which dropped a 1-0 decision to Free State in the 2019 6A state championship game, jumped on top 3-0 and survived a two-run Firebird rally in the seventh to take the 3-2 win.
Washburn Rural junior Campbell Bagshaw had a home run and two runs batted in for the Junior Blues in a 3-2 win over Free State Friday. [File photo/TSN]
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Seaman freshman Taylin Stallbaumer swept the girls 100 and 300-meter hurdles events in the Manhattan Invitational. [File photo/TSN]
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Seaman girls track and field standouts Taylin Stallbaumer and Bethany Druse combined to win three gold medals in Thursday's Manhattan Invitational, leading the Vikings to a fourth-place team finish.
Stallbaumer, a freshman, swept the girls hurdles races, winning the 110-meter event in 16.41 seconds and the 300s in 49.25 seconds while Druse, a sophomore, won the 800-meter run in 2:27.50. Druse also added a second-place finish in the 1,600 in 5:28.78.
eaman sophomore Bethany Druse won the girls 800 meters in the Manhattan Invitational and added a second-place finish in the 1,600. [File photo/TSN]
The Vikings placed third in the 4x800 relay in 11:14.26 while senior Shennen Pineda-Ortega placed third in the pole vault at 7 feet, 6 inches.
Seaman senior Cadin Worcester took second in the boys high jump at 6-2 while senior Sean Hoffmans was second in the 300 hurdles in 43.46 seconds.
MANHATTAN INVITATIONAL RESULTS
