- Details
By ANDREW GILL
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural was the heavy favorite going into Thursday's city swimming and diving championships and did not disappoint.
The Junior Blues cruised to their second straight title, taking a decisive win over runner-up Hayden by a margin of 402.5-292.5.
Rural and Seaman have had a longstanding rivalry in the city meet, but other than diver Patrick Biggs, the Vikings were able to compete Thursday due to COVID-related issues.
“I have a lot of good friends on the Seaman team so I was disappointed I wasn’t going to get to race them today,” Washburn Rural junior standout Dagen Clouse said. “They just got unlucky.”
- Details
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn University’s basketball teams head to Wichita on Thursday to face Newman in an MIAA doubleheader.
The WU women, 5-6 overall and in the conference, will face the Jets (3-9, 3-9) in a 5:30 p.m. contest, followed by the men’s game between the Ichabods (10-2, 10-2) and Newman (2-9, 2-9).
Washburn’s men are ranked No. 13 in the latest NABC Division II rankings after a 91-74 loss at Emporia State last Saturday.
- Details
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Shawnee Heights boys basketball coach Ken Darting had no complaints about his T-Birds' effort on the road Wednesday night against a talented Lawrence Free State team, ranked No. 5 in Class 6A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.
But Shawnee Heights' 77-59 loss to the 9-2 Firebirds also showed Darting how much work still needs to be done to get where the T-Birds want to be.
"We played hard, but with our clientele right now we can't win against a good team like that,'' Darting said. "We've just got to build, build, build.''
- Details
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Seaman’s bowling teams dominated Tuesday's quadrangular at West Ridge Lanes, sweeping all four titles.
Seaman's boys won the team championship by a 2,445-2,185 over Topeka West, with senior Dylan Birkenbaugh leading a 1-2-3 individual finish for the Vikings.
Birkenbaugh posted a 628 three-game series while Jack Easum was second with a 618 and Braxton Moore finished third with a 591.
Seaman's girls won by a 1,974-1,737 margin over Hayden while Viking junior Makenzie Millard took top individual honors with a 596 series.
Topeka West's Justin Brookens finished fourth in the boys division with a 569 while Aaron Thomas of Hayden rounded out the top five with a 562.
Hayden's Kayla Simons finished second individually with a 528 series while Topeka West's Megan Wood took third (525), Seaman's Katie Price fourth (487) and Highland Park's Jackie Perez fifth (473).
SHAWNEE HEIGHTS SWEEPS TRIANGULAR
Shawnee Heights continued its hot start to the 2021 season, sweeping the titles in Tuesday's home United Kansas Conference triangular at Gage Bowl.
Heights’ boys won the team championship by a 2,377-2,022 margin over Turner by 355 pins, with the T-Birds sweeping the top three individual spots.
Josh Egly won the boys title with a 588 series while Benjamin Weinzirl was second with a 587 and Aidan VanMetre third with a 580.
- Details
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural's boys swimming and diving team, which will be looking to defend its city championship in Thursday's city meet, turned up for its title defense with a team championship by a 533-378 margin over Seaman in Tuesday's nine-school Topeka High Invitational at the Capitol Federal Natatorium.
The Junior Blues got individual wins from Keats Larson in the 50-yard freestyle (23.44 seconds), Dagen Clouse in the 100 free (50.44), Jack Miranda in the 500 free (5:27.33) and Nathen Trachta in the 100 backstroke (57.98).
Trachta, K. Larson, Jalen Eilert and Brogan Meier also teamed up to win the 200 medley relay in 1:48.89 while Clouse, Miranda, Will Powell and Yeager Larson won the 200 free relay in 1:37.28.
Rural got second-place individual finishes from Clouse in the 200 free (1:55.95), Trachta in the 200 individual medley (2:09.73), Marquel Russell in 1-meter diving (246.85) and Meier in the 500 free (5:29.51) while K. Larson, Clouse, Meier and Trachta finished second in the 400 free relay (3:44.46).
