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By RICK PETERSON
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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
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Seaman junior pitcher Skylar Duncan threw a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts in an 11-0 softball win over Topeka West Thursday. [File photo/TSN]
By RICK PETERSON
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Seaman rode a pair of dominating pitching performances to an 11-0, 10-0 Centennial League softball sweep over Topeka West Thursday at Optimist Field.
Viking junior Skylar Duncan turned in a one-hit, 11-strikeout performance in the first game while sophomore Aspen Burgardt followed that up with a 3-hitter in the nightcap as Seaman improved to 4-2 on the season.
Senior Raigan Kramer and junior Emma Smith both doubled twice in the first game while seniors Callee Dempewolf and MaKenna Dechand doubled in the second game.
Seaman junior Emma Smith (6) had a pair of doubles in the Vikings' 11-0 first-game win over Topeka West Thursday. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman jumped on top with two runs in the bottom of the first in the first game and added three runs in the second, two in the third and four in the fourth to end the game after four and a half innings due to the 10-run spread rule.
The Vikings scored twice in the first and once in the second to take an early 3-0 lead in the second game and added a run in the fifth before ending the game with a six-run sixth.
Topeka West fell to 1-8 on the season, 1-6 in the league.
FIRST GAME
SEAMAN 11, TOPEKA WEST 0
Topeka West 000 00 -- 0 1 2
Seaman 232 4x -- 11 14 0
Dice, Thompson (3) and Bell. Duncan and Gockel. WP -- Duncan. LP -- Dice. 2B -- Seaman: Kramer 2, Smith 2.
SECOND GAME
Topeka West (1-8, 1-6) 000 000 -- 0 3 3
Seaman (4-2, 4-2) 210 016 -- 10 7 0
Thompson, Sims (4) and Bell. Burgardt and Addington. WP -- Burgardt. LP -- Thompson. 2B -- Seaman: Dempewolf, Dechand.
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Washburn celebrates a kill from Allison Maxwell during Friday's five-set loss to Northwest Missouri in the MIAA Spring Tournament. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn University put itself in position to advance to the MIAA Spring Volleyball Tournament semifinals, but the Ichabods were unable to close things out Friday at Lee Arena, dropping a five-set heartbreaker to Northwest Missouri State .
After dropping a 25-20 first-set decision to the Bearcats, Washburn bounced back to take the next two sets, 26-24 and 28-26, and led 9-5, 12-8, 18-15 and 19-17 in the fourth set before Northwest took control down the stretch for a 25-22 victory.
That set up a fifth and final set and the Bearcats never trailed en route to a 15-12 victory that earned 13-2 Northwest a berth in an 11 a.m. semifinal Saturday against Central Missouri while Washburn finished its season 13-5.
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By RICK PETERSON
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It hasn't really been five years since Washburn University played a football game. It just seems that way.
The Ichabods' last game was a 57-41 MIAA victory at Nebraska-Kearney on Nov. 16, 2019, exactly 17 months as of Friday, before the entire 2020 season wiped out by COVID-19.
Washburn will finally get to line up against another team on Saturday in Golden, Colo., facing the Colorado School of Mines in a 1 p.m. controlled scrimmage.
And while it's not an official game, after more than 500 days of inactivity, the Ichabods are just as excited.
"It's definitely been a long time," Washburn junior defensive back Kevin Neal said. "(We're) 100% approaching it like it's a game. We've been working hard this whole spring, whole winter, two years -- five years it feels like -- so we're definitely treating it like it's a game."
Washburn coach Craig Schurig (left) looks on as the Ichabods go through place-kicking drills Thursday at Yager Stadium. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
