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Washburn Rural's volleyball team, which is off to a perfect 12-0 start in the 2021 season, is ranked 10th nationally in the American Volleyball Coaches Association/USA Today national rankings.
Washburn Rural, which is coming off wins over defending Class 6A state champion and De Soto last Thursday, is one of two Kansas teams in the national poll, with perennial 5A power St. Thomas Aquinas currently No. 7 in the AVCA/USA Today rankings.
Washburn Rural's volleyball team is ranked No. 10 nationally in the most recent AVCA/USA Today national rankings. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Washburn Rural has won seven 6A state championships under coach Kevin Bordewick and finished third in 6A last fall.
Assumption High School (Louisville, Ky.) is currently top-ranked in the Super 25 while Marymount (Los Angeles) No. 2, and Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) No. 3 while Eaton (Ft. Worth, Texas) and Ponte Vedra (Ponte Vedra, Fla.) round out the top five.
Washburn Rural is scheduled to travel to Emporia on Tuesday to face Junction City and Emporia in a Centennial League triangular and Rural will host its invitational tournament on Saturday.
AMERICAN VOLLEYBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION/USA TODAY SUPER 25
(As of September 15)
Rank | High School |
1. Assumption High School (Louisville, Ky.)
2. Marymount High School (Los Angeles, Calif.)
3. Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, Calif.)
4. Eaton High School (Ft. Worth, Texas)
5. Ponte Vedra High School (Ponte Vedra, Fla.)
6. Flower Mound High School (Flower Mound, Texas)
7. St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Overland Park)
8. Brandeis High School (San Antonio, Texas)
9. Wayzata High School (Plymouth, Minn.)
10. Washburn Rural High School (Topeka)
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Cair Paravel Latin product Hannah Woolery scored both goals as No. 6-ranked Emporia State soccer took a 2-1 victory in the first round of the Turnpike Tussle over Washburn University, handing the Ichabods their first loss of the season on Sunday afternoon at the ESU Pitch.
Woolery got the Hornets on the board just under nine minutes into the match, scoring on a free kick from about 30 yards out that got over Ichabod keeper Raegan Wells into the left-hand side of the goal.
Cair Paravel product Hannah Woolery scored both goals in Emporia State's 2-1 MIAA win over Washburn Sunday at Emporia. [ESU photography]
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TYLAN ALEJOS, Topeka High
Alejos, a senior, rushed for 223 yards and three touchdowns on 32 carries and also had two pass receptions for 19 yards and a TD as Topeka High's football team picked up its first victory of the season, a 28-20 Centennial League decision over Emporia last Thursday at Hummer Sports Park.
Jack Chisham
JACK CHISHAM, Hayden
A senior running back/defensive back, Chisham rushed for 182 yards on 14 attempts and scored on runs of 2 and 69 yards in Hayden's 39-6 victory over Topeka West last Friday night at Hummer Sports Park, helping the Wildcats improve to 2-1 on the season.
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Silver Lake's volleyball team didn't get off to the best of starts in Saturday's Rossville Invitational, but the rest of the day belonged to the Eagles.
Sarah Johnson's Eagles dropped a tough three-set match to Nemaha Central in their first pool play match (17-25, 25-23, 18-25), but rebounded to take pool wins over Ottawa (23-25, 25-17, 27-25), the NEK Saints (25-19, 27-25) and Abilene (25-18, 26-24).
The Eagles were pushed to their third three-set match of the day by host Rossville in the semifinals, with Silver Lake outlasting the Bulldawgs, 25-17, 20-25, 25-23 to earn a rematch with Nemaha Central in the championship match.
Silver Lake topped the Thunder in two sets, 25-22, 25-17, to cap their 5-1 day with the tourney title.
Silver Lake's volleyball team poses for a team picture after winning the tournament championship in Saturday's Rossville Invitational. [Twitter]
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Washburn Rural junior Madeline Carter placed a city-high third among 91 girls runners in Saturday's Baldwin Invitational at the Baldwin City Golf Course, pacing a large city contingent.
Carter clocked a five-kilometer time of 18 minutes, 49.15 seconds in a race won by Mill Valley senior Katie Schwartzkopf in 18:23.31.
Madeline Carter
Three other city runners posted top-10 finishes in the girls race, with Seaman junior Bethany Druse finishing eighth (19:26.67) while Rural senior Khloi Bird (19:27.86) and freshman Payton Fink (19:28.84) placed ninth and 10th.
Seaman senior Emma Schultz (20:24.70) and Viking freshman Joslynn Grace (20:25.46) finished 28th and 29th while Seaman freshman Anna Becker was 35th (20:42.03), Topeka West senior Anna Phelps 38th (20:55.44) and Seaman freshman Stella Appelhanz 40th (21:01.66).
Washburn Rural (134) and Seaman (139) finished fifth and sixth among 11 schools in the team standings.
