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By Rick Peterson
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Highland Park's girls basketball team rebounded from its first loss of the season with a 71-39 romp past Class 6A school Free State in Thursday's opening round of the Glacier's Edge Invitational at Emporia.
Freshman Pearmella Carter scored 22 points, with nine rebounds and six steals in Highland Park's 71-39 win over Free State on Thursday. [Highland Park girls basketball]
After dropping a 55-47 non-league decision at Eudora on Tuesday, Rob Brown's Scots rolled to the Glacier's Edge semifinals with Thursday's 32-point win over the Firebirds.
Freshman Pearmella Carter paced the Scots with 22 points (9 of 13 from the field) and added nine rebounds and six steals.
Angelique Gowan-Britt added 18 points and also grabbed a game-high 14 points while recording three assists and three steals.
DeAsia Sanders had six assists and five steals in the win.
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By RICK PETERSON
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Topeka West sophomore Imani McGlory and Highland Park junior Ja'Corey Robinson have been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2023-2024 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of McGlory and Robinson over the past week:
Topeka West sophomore Imani McGlory has been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency girls Rising Star of the week after a 29-point performance last Friday in a win over Leavenworth. [File photo/TSN]
IMANI McGLORY, Topeka West
A 5-foot-6 sophomore, McGlory turned in a career night last Friday, leading Topeka West girls basketball to a 55-36 home United Kansas Conference win over Leavenworth.
McGlory paced the Chargers with a game-high 29 points and seven 3-pointers as the Chargers recorded their fourth win of the 2023-2024 season.
McGlory also played limited minutes in the junior varsity game against the Pioneers, hitting three 3-pointers in that game to give her 10 on the day.
Highland Park junior Ja'Corey Robinson is the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency boys Rising Star of the Week after recording three double-doubles in last Week's Topeka Invitational Tournament. [File photo/TSN]
JA'COREY ROBINSON, Highland Park
A 6-foot-5 junior, Robinson recorded three straight double-doubles in the Topeka Invitational Tournament, helping lead third-ranked (Class 5A) Highland Park to a runnerup team finish.
Robinson scored 21 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in a 77-44 first-round win over Lawrence, scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in a 67-52 semifinal victory over Shawnee Mission North and had 16 points with 15 rebounds in Saturday's 64-61 championship-game loss to Wichita Northwest.
Robinson followed up his tournament performance with 19 points in Tuesday's 66-46 win over Eudora and had 14 points and 10 rebounds in Thursday's 58-19 Meadowlark Conference win over Kansas City-Schlagle as the Scots improved to 8-1 on the season.
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By Todd Fertig
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Washburn Rural's boys swimming team dominated the Topeka City Championships at Capitol Federal Natatorium Thursday, winning its fifth straight team title by almost 200 points and claiming nearly all the spots on the All-City team.
The Junior Blues racked up 612 points, far outdistancing the 417 scored by Seaman and 408 by Topeka High.
Washburn Rural claimed eight of the 12 spots on the All-City first team, which is determined by individual points scored in the meet.
Washburn Rural senior Brogan Meier won four gold medals Thursday as the Junior Blues ran away with the city team title. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The Junior Blues also saw four swimmers – Brogan Meier, Will Powell, Daniel Allen and Jack Miranda – win all four of their races.
In his first season as coach at Washburn Rural after coming over from Topeka West, and as a former swimmer at Seaman, Janson Garman understands the importance of the city meet.
"It’s a big meet. It’s fun to go out there and see how our boys compete,” Garman said. “We swam well, got a lot of best times. We’re excited for (the Centennial League meet).”
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By Rick Peterson
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Playing for the first time in 15 days, the ninth-ranked (Class 6A) Washburn Rural girls showed very little rust in their return to the court Thursday, rolling to a 67-27 victory over Lawrence in the opening round of the Capital City Classic at Seaman.
Washburn Rural senior Zoe Canfield scored 21 points with five 3-pointers in Thursday's 67-27 win over Lawrence. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Junior Blues quickly put the game out of reach with a 23-6 first quarter as senior Zoe Canfield and sophomore Josie Carlgren both canned three 3-pointers in the opening eight minutes.
Washburn Rural opened up a commanding 35-12 halftime advantage and then hit the Lions with a 21-7 third quarter to force a running clock throughout the fourth quarter.
"Probably the first thing I'm going to hear is that we should take more days off during the season,'' Rural coach Kevin Bordewick cracked. "But I do think they didn't show very many signs of rust.
"There were times in our offense when we were a little stagnant but when you shoot that well from outside it makes everything else look very good.''
The Junior Blues hit 14 3-pointers in the game, including five treys apiece from Canfield and Carlgren.
Canfield led all scorers with 21 points while Carlgren added 15.
Freshman Brooklyn Rutherford added nine points, including a pair of 3-pointers, for the Junior Blues while junior Kate Hinck scored eight points and senior Destiny Ochs seven.
"We were within ourselves and we weren't trying to do too much extra too many times,'' Bordewick said. "I thought we were playing decent defense. I think there's some things we need to point out and get better at, but for the first game in 15 days, I can't argue with that.''
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By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn University men's basketball has a tough stretch of four straight road games on the horizon, but it is a confident group of Ichabods that hits the road, starting with a 7:30 p.m. MIAA contest at Fort Hays State on Thursday night.
Sophomore Sam Ungashick leads a balanced Washburn offensive attack with a 14.4 scoring average. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn (12-5 overall, 8-3 MIAA) has won three games in a row and seven of its last eight after an 81-74 win over Pittsburg State last Saturday in Lee Arena, rallying from a 10-point deficit midway through the first half.
"I feel really good about this team,'' Washburn junior Michael Keegan said. "We're really starting to click and playing well together.''
Washburn coach Brett Ballard agreed.
"We're playing well and a young team coming together,'' Ballard said. "I think it's encouraging on both ends. We're leading the conference in scoring but also leading the conference in rebound margin and second in field goal percentage defense, so I think there's balance there.''
