Hayden High School WildcatsBy RICK PETERSON
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GIRLS
100 METERS
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High 12.43
Jurnee Cole, Highland Park 12.75
Karys Deiter, Silver Lake 12.76
Ciarra Hartz, Highland Park 12.77
Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights 12.80
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High
200 METERS
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High 25.72
Molly Worley, Washburn Rural 26.10
Ally Steiner, Seaman 26.20
Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights 26.58
Jurnee Cole, Highland Park 26.68
400 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 56.81
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High 59.96
Ali Gerber, Silver Lake 61.05
Madison Blanco, Washburn Rural 61.65
Sofia Harper, Hayden 61.81
Ryan Miller, Seaman
800 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 2:09.28
Payton Fink, Washburn Rural 2:21.21
Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural 2:21.99
Kinley Robinson, Seaman 2:24.07
Emily Graf, Washburn Rural 2:24.19
1,600 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 4:41.47
Payton Fink, Washburn Rural 5:08.00
Emily Graf, Washburn Rural 5:08.24
Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural 5:09.15
Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural 5:20.69
3,200 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 10:17.74
Payton Fink, Washburn Rural 10:51.62
Emily Graf, Washburn Rural 11:20.40
Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural 11:28.78
Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural 11:32.65
100-METER HURDLES
Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman 15.84
Bella Reid, Hayden 16.07
Karys Deiter, Silver Lake 16.45
Rylee Dick, Rossville 17.21
Kelcie Schneider, Washburn Rural 17.61
Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman
300-METER HURDLES
Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman 47.63
Ke'Ahjahnae Rice, Highland Park 47.96
Rylee Dick, Rossville 50.33
Kelcie Schneider, Washburn Rural 51.39
Elliot Wrench, Hayden 52.68
4x100-METER RELAY
Topeka High 50.15
Washburn Rural 50.36
Silver Lake 51.06
Seaman 51.06
Topeka West 53.40
4x400-METER RELAY
Seaman 4:04.86
Washburn Rural 4:13.32
Silver Lake 4:13.34
Shawnee Heights 4:37.27
4x800-METER RELAY
Washburn Rural 9:35.40
Seaman 10:21.42
Hayden 11:10.63
Shawnee Heights 11:33.41
HIGH JUMP
Molly Worley, Washburn Rural 5-4
Journey Manhart, Silver Lake 5-2
Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High 5-0
Alexis Burns, Washburn Rural 4-10
Tahtionna Broils, Highland Park 4-8
Klara Wilson, Washburn Rural 4-8
Jaiden Wise, Silver Lake 4-8
POLE VAULT
Grace Jowers, Seaman 11-0
Emme Blanco, Washburn Rural 8-9
Taylor Hanshaw, Shawnee Heights 8-0
Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka HIgh
LONG JUMP
Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High 18-6
Molly Worley, Washburn Rural 17-7.75
Jayana Washington, Topeka High 17-5
Maddie Blanco, Washburn Rural 16-6.50
Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake 16-3.5
TRIPLE JUMP
Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High 38-3.25
Ali Gerber, Silver Lake 33-8
Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake 33-4
Grace Funk, Hayden 32-7.75
Kylie Podlena, Silver Lake 32-6
SHOT PUT
Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural 35-1
Alexis Rutherford, Hayden 33-6
Kayleigh Kruger, Silver Lake 33-5
Kylie Hanni, Silver Lake 32-3.5
Izzy Davis, Washburn Rural 31-0
DISCUS
Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural 126-5
Kayleigh Kruger, Silver Lake 112-7
Eve Luea, Washburn Rural 109-3
Rayleigh Alonso, Silver Lake 104-10
Alexis Rutherford, Hayden 103-6
JAVELIN
Morgan Ray, Washburn Rural 135-10
Peyton Henry, Seaman 110-6
Payton Alexander, Seaman 105-8
Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake 100-0
Rhys Brading, Seaman 96-1
By RICK PETERSON
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BOYS
100 METERS
Peyton Holmes, Seaman 10.73
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 10.94
Evan Scheid, Silver Lake 11.13
Ben Roeder, Topeka High 11.17
Tremaine Savage, Highland Park 11.22
200 METERS
Bryce Cochran, Seaman 21.87
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural 22.07
Evan Scheid, Silver Lake 22.22
Jayden Lindsey, Topeka West 22.43
Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural 22.48
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural
400 METERS
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural 48.20
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 48.30
Bryce Cochran, Seaman 49.06
Ben Roeder, Topeka High 49.82
Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural 50.27
Brody Anderson, Seaman
800 METERS
Brody Anderson, Seaman 1:56.22
Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 1:57.23
Ben Buesing, Washburn Rural 2:00.10
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 2:00.38
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 2:02.10
1,600 METERS
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 4:18.07
Brody Anderson, Seaman 4:18.55
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 4:19.77
Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 4:22.29
Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural 4:34.44
3,200 METERS
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 9:16.96
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 9:16.98
Brody Anderson, Seaman 9:34.99
Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural 9:41.18
Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural 10:03.37
110-METER HURDLES
Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 14.64
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 15.50
Desean Lunkins, Topeka High 15.80
Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 15.84
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 16.18
300-METER HURDLES
Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 38.83
Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural 40.62
Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 41.07
Michael Hurla, Seaman 41.29
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 42.25
4x100-METER RELAY
Silver Lake 43.28
Seaman 43.48
Washburn Rural 43.49
Topeka High 43.87
Topeka West 44.50
4x400-METER RELAY
Washburn Rural 3:19.01
Topeka West 3:24.56
Topeka High 3:24.64
Seaman 3:26.21
Hayden 3:27.06
4x800-METER RELAY
Washburn Rural 8:01.63
Shawnee Heights 8:31.70
Seaman 8:43.94
Topeka High 8:46.69
Silver Lake 8:54.17
HIGH JUMP
Jack Esser, Seaman 6-5
Blake Toyne, Seaman 6-2
Brooks Ballard, Washburn Rural 6-0
Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake 6-0
Cody Quy, Seaman 6-0
Rondell Harris, Hayden 6-0
Tad McGee, Seaman 6-0
Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake 6-0
Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights
POLE VAULT
Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights 12-6
Luke Deering, Washburn Rural 10-6
Desmond Grindol, Washburn Rural 9-6
Caleb Schwartz, Washburn Rural 9-6
Quinton White, Seaman 9-6
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden
LONG JUMP
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 22-7
Peyton Holmes, Seaman 22-6
Elijah Berg, Topeka West 21-8
Te'Vante Ewing, Topeka High 21-5
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 20-11
Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 20-11
TRIPLE JUMP
Kaden Whitehurst, Seaman 42-8
Cody Quy, Seaman 41-11
Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake 41-11
Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake 41-8
Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 40-7.50
SHOT PUT
Brogen Brown, Seaman 50-11
Amir Bass, Shawnee Heights 45-6
F. Anguiano, Hayden 44-10
Clayton Johnson, Seaman 44-5
Dorian Rhoten, Topeka West 44-3
Sam Scott, Washburn Rural 44-3
DISCUS
Brogen Brown, Seaman 146-0
Myles Fisher, Silver Lake 144-5
Treyton Tetuan, Hayden 137-4
Samuel Scott, Washburn Rural 136-0
Zachary Hancock, Washburn Rural 135-11
JAVELIN
Kelton Meier, Hayden 162-5
Oliver Perez, Washburn Rural 155-2
Andre Johnson, Rossville 155-1
Jackson Haas, Hayden 153-7
Gabriel Taylor, Washburn Rural 148-10
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200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
Washburn Rural 2:01.75
Hayden 2:07.36
Seaman 2:07.38
Topeka High 2:11.23
Shawnee Heights 2:15.41
200-YARD FREESTYLE
Audrey Appuhn, Washburn Rural 1:56.98
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 2:01.37
Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights 2:06.15
Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights 2:17:02
Kaelyn Gerdel, Hayden 2:21.23
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Audrey Appuhn, Washburn Rural 2:10.28
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 2:10.69
Hara Del Castillo, Topeka High 2:31.17
Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights 2:35.31
Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights 2:35.91
Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural
50-YARD FREESTYLE
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 26.46
Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural 26.46
Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights 26.74
Kaylee Gregg, Hayden 27.67
Clara Sobba, Shawnee Heights 28.08
ONE-METER DIVING
Kaylee Gregg, Hayden 231.60
Rhiannon Good, Washburn Rural 224.05
Maddie Gregg, Hayden 183.05
Giselle Soto, Washburn Rural 163.50
Ella Graber, Hayden 152.35
Joslynn Grace, Seaman
100-YARD BUTTERFLY
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 1:00.12
Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural 1:03.09
Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights 1:07.53
Kaya Hamilton, Washburn Rural 1:18.44
Makenna Russell, Topeka West 1:26.77
By RICK PETERSON
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There's a long list of Washburn Rural soccer players who have put together outstanding careers for the Junior Blues.
Washburn Rural senior Kate Hinck, battling Hayden junior goalkeeper Lauren Borjon outside the goal, scored four goals in Monday's 7-0 win to become Rural's career leading scorer. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
As of Monday, Rural senior forward Kate Hinck is arguably at the top of that list.
Hinck scored four goals in Monday's 7-0 Centennial League road win at Hayden, moving past former Junior Blue great Kaira Houser to set Rural's career scoring record.
"It means a lot,'' Hinck said. "I feel like I've pushed myself and just tried to be the best and be the best for the team.''
With her four goals Hinck now has 77 goals, including 23 this season with a maximum of six games still remaining.
"We've had a lot of good players who have come through here, but Kate's a special athlete, not just a soccer player but a three-sport athlete who's been a cornerstone for all those programs (volleyball, basketball, soccer) for the last four years,'' Washburn Rural coach Brian Hensyel said.
"She came here her freshman year and was a really good athlete. She's turning into a phenomenal soccer player, teammate, etc., so it was great to see her get the record. That's an amazing record to break, so we're pretty excited.''
Hinck, who will play collegiately at Washburn, scored the only goal Rural would need at the 28:04 mark of the first half and added the game's final three goals in a nine-minute span in the second half as the 13-2-0 Junior Blues wrapped up the Centennal League title with a perfect 5-0 mark.
Washburn Rural senior Zahra Friess scored a goal and had two assists in Monday's 7-0 soccer win over Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Sophomore Emery Hall scored a pair of first-half goals as Washburn Rural built a 3-0 halftime advantage and the Junior Blues got a second-half goal from senior Zahra Friess in addition to Hinck's three second-half goals.
By TODD FERTIG
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Hayden senior Kaylee Gregg pulled off a rare feat in Friday's Topeka City Girls Swimming Championships at Capitol Federal Natatorium.
Washburn Rural took first in the city meet for the 22nd straight season, with two of their leading swimmers taking two first places each.
Trailing the Junior Blues’ 526 points was Seaman with 430. Topeka High finished in third place with 307.
Hayden senior Kaylee Gregg won a pair of city titles Friday, winning the one-meter diving competition and the 50-meter freestyle. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Gregg accomplished the rare feat of winning the dive competition early in the day, then coming back to win an individual swim event. Gregg won the 50-yard freestyle and was also a part of two second-place relay teams for Hayden.
Gregg said she started swimming and diving as a freshman, having had no previous training. As a swimmer, she participates only on short races. But, in truth, she admitted she doesn’t train for swimming.
“I don’t think I’ve ever been to a swim practice,” Gregg said. “I just show up and do my best.
“I did gymnastics growing up and now I do cheer, so I had the stamina to be able to get through the 50s and the 100s,” Gregg said. “My dive coach is actually my gymnastics coach growing up. She really helped me. You’re going into water like we go into (gymnastics) pits, so it’s not that different.”
Gregg has qualified for state all four years as a diver and has participated at state on relay teams. She is holding out hope to qualify for the 50 freestyle, with one chance – the Centennial League meet – remaining.
While she didn’t quite eclipse the required time to qualify for state in the 50 freestyle, she received some other great news at the city meet.
“This has been a really cool night for me because I made the KU Cheer team today,” Gregg said. “I found out as soon as I got done with our first relay.”
Seaman senior Joslynn Grace was a double city champion Friday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Having a good day in her own right was Seaman senior Joslynn Grace, who took first in the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly. The senior has committed to swim at the University of Nebraska-Kearney after high school. She said she enjoyed participating in the city meet one last time.
“This was really exciting for me because I’m happy with my times,” Grace said. “The city meet is really fun to just watch everybody and see them all do their thing, too.
“Swim is like my second life. I love it so much. To practice and see yourself get better is like therapy for me. I’ve enjoyed it so much.”
Audrey Appuhn captured four gold medals Friday, helping Washburn Rural win the city team championship. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Genevieve Miranda helped lead Washburn Rural to the city swimming team title Friday, posting two individual wins and swimming on two city-champion relays. [File photo/TSN]
Also placing first in two individual events were Washburn Rural’s Audrey Appuhn and Genevieve Miranda, with Appuhn winning the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke and Miranda winning the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke. Appuhn and Miranda also swam on the Junior Blues' winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay.
TEAM SCORES
By RICK PETERSON
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Cair Paravel Latin had a big day in Friday's Class 3A-1A regional tennis tournament at Kossover Tennis Center, sweeping the singles, doubles and team titles.
Caid Paravel tennis won the team championship in Friday's Class 3A-1A regional by a 15-13 margin over Kansas City Christian. [Cair Paravel Athletics]
Freshman Cole Fay won the singles championship for the Lions and juniors Drew Fay and Eric Buchenau captured the doubles crown as CPLS won the team title by a 15-13 margin over Kansas City Christian.
Cair Paravel freshman Cole Fay won the singles championship in Friday's tennis regional at Kossover Tennis Center. [Cair Paravel Athletics]
Cole Fay earned a regional title and his first 3A-1A state tournament berth with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Kansas City Christian's Isaac Seitz in the final, improving to 20-7 on the season.
Cair Paravel junior Drew Fay (above) teamed with Eric Buchenau to win the doubles championship in Friday's regional tennis tournament at Kossover Tennis Center. [File photo/TSN]
Cair Paravel juniors Drew Fay and Eric Buchenau won the doubles championship in Friday's regional tennis tournament at Kossover Tennis Center. [File photo/TSN]
City champions Drew Fay and Eric Buchenau won the regional doubles championship with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Bishop Seabury's Sabastian Borjas and Gabe Rinnert, with the Lion duo improving to 26-1.
Cair Paravel will compete in the 3A-1A state tournament Friday and Saturday at Kossover.
Hayden seniors Chase Blaser (left) and Evan George won a Class 4A regional doubles title Friday at Harmon Park. [File photo/TSN]
Wildcat duo wins 4A regional doubles title
Hayden seniors Chase Blaser and Evan George, now 23-6 on the season, won the doubles championship in Friday's Class 4A regional tennis tournament at Harmon Park, taking a 7-5, 6-2 decision over Clay Center seniors John Alton and Anthony Davies in the final.
Hayden senior Chase Blaser (above) and doubles partner Evan George will take a 23-6 record into the Class 4A state tournament. [File photo/TSN]
The Wildcats also qualified senior singles player Palmer Heskett and junior William Luke for the state tournament, with Heskett (11-15) taking a 6-3, 6-4 win over Luke (13-7) in the fifth-place match.
Clay Center won the regional team championship by a 21-19 margin over Bishop Miege, with Hayden third with 13 points.
The 4A state tournament will be played Friday and Saturday in Winfield.
By RICK PETERSON
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On a night that included four meet-record performances, Washburn Rural used its depth to sweep the team titles in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship at Hummer Sports Park.
Washburn Rural swept the team titles in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship, winning 11 events and posting top-three finishes in 30 events. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Junior Blues posted a total of 11 event wins on the night (six girls, five boys), but more importantly had top-three finishes in 30 events (16 boys,14 girls) en route to a 227-133 win over Seaman for the Washburn Rural boys and a 219-141 victory over the Viking girls in the team standings.
"We do put an emphasis on this meet,'' Rural coach Keith Wetzel said. "We want to keep the golden shoes (championship trophies) in our trophy cases and we talk to the kids about the importance of this meet and doing well at this meet as it really is the beginning of the big four weeks of league, regional and state.
"Everyone contributes and we talk to the kids about how we need our depth and our depth is an advantage. Our kids have just been steadily improving each week and quietly putting together really good seasons.''
Washburn Rural senior Isaiah Terry (right) edged Hayden senior Jensen Schrickel for the win in the 400-meter dash in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Highlights for the Rural boys included a city-meet record from Matthew Houser, Liam Morrison, Draden Chooncharoen and Isaiah Terry in the 4x400-meter relay (3:19.01) and a meet record in the open 400 from Terry (48.37) as well as a pair of wins from Morrison in the 110 hurdles (14.64) and 300 hurdles (38.83) and a victory in the 4x800 relay (8:16.84).
Washburn Rural's Molly Worley was a double winner in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship, including a win in the long jump at 17-7.75. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural's Morgan Ray won the city title in the girls javelin Friday with a school-record throw of 135-2. [Submitted photo/TSN]
On the girls side, Rural got a pair of wins from wins from Molly Worley in the high jump (5-4) and the long jump (17-7.75), a school-record victory from Morgan Ray in the javelin (135-2), a win from Kailyn Petersen in the discus (126-5), a one-two-three finish in the 1,600 from Payton Fink (5:08.00), Rylee Ismert (5:19.84) and Brooklyn Nolte (5:21.55) and a win from Ismert in the 800 (2:21.99).
Other top performances:
Seaman junior Ryin Miller set city meet records in the 400 and 3,200 Friday night and also holds city marks in the 800 and 1,600. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]znzn
• Seaman junior Ryin Miller set city meet records in the girls 400 and 3,200 while also anchoring the Vikings' 4x400 relay to a victory.
Miller set the city record in the 400 in 56.81, which was also a school record, and obliberated the 39-year-old 3,200 meet record by 55 seconds with a winning time of 10:23.26.
Miller also teamed with Taylie Heston, Jaida Stallbaumer and Ally Steiner for a win in the 4x400 relay in 4:09.05 while Stallbaumer had a hand in three wins on the night, sweeping the titles in the 100 hurdles (15.88) and 300 hurdles (47.63).
The highlight of Miller's day was her performance in the open 400, an event she rarely runs and is not scheduled to run again this spring.
"That was kind of my goal of the night, to try to shoot for our school record in that,'' Miller said. "I think I just beat it so I was happy with that and also got the meet record, so that was kind of a bonus.
"The 400 was definitely my main focus tonight.''
Topeka High junior Keimara Marshall (middle) won the 100 and 200-meter dash in Friday's city meet. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
• Topeka High junior Keimari Marshall swept the titles in the girls 100 (12.43) and 200 (25.96), finished second in the 400 (59.96) and also ran on the Trojans' winning 4x100 relay (50.15).
Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman swept the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs in Friday's city meet. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
• Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman overcame a strong field to sweep the boys 1,600 and 3,200, clocking a time of 4:18.07 in the 1,600 and a time of 9:40.93 in the 3,200.
Lehman came from behind to top Wasbhburn Rural standout Brooks Kehoe (4:19.77) in the 1,600 and took control on the final laps to pull away from Rural's Henry Laubach (9:46.51) in the 3,200.
"I felt good,'' Lehman said. "I really wanted to have a stronger mile (1,600) and then come out and just win the two mile (3,200), so I'm happy with how it went.''
Lehman said that it's enjoyable for him to be able to see all the top local distance runners together in the city meet.
"I love seeing these guys, seeing how they've progressed through this year and it's just a lot of fun racing them,'' Lehman said. "They're my friends, too, so it's fun seeing them.''
Lehman's West teammate, Mark Wilkie, finished second in the 800 (1:58.81) and third in the 1,600 (4:22.29).
• Silver Lake's girls turned in a solid third-place team finish with 101 points, including a on-two-three finish from Ali Gerber (33-6), Kailyn Hanni (33-4) and Kylie Podlena (32-6) in the triple jump.
The Eagles also got second-place finishes from Kayleigh Kruger in the shot put (32-10) and the discus (112-7) while Journey Manhart finished second in the high jump (5-2).
On the boys side, Myles Fisher was the discus champion (141-6).
JOE SCHRAG CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
By RICK PETERSON
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BOYS
100 METERS
Peyton Holmes, Seaman 10.73
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 10.94
Evan Scheid, Silver Lake 11.13
Ben Roeder, Topeka High 11.17
Tremaine Savage, Highland Park 11.22
200 METERS
Bryce Cochran, Seaman 21.87
Evan Scheid, Silver Lake 22.22
Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural 22.48
Christian Hartman-Babb 22.89
Trent Rollenhagen, Silver Lake 22.90
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural
400 METERS
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural 48.20
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 48.30
Bryce Cochran, Seaman 49.06
Ben Roeder, Topeka High 49.82
Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural 50.27
Brody Anderson, Seaman
800 METERS
Brody Anderson, Seaman 1:56.22
Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 1:57.23
Ben Buesing, Washburn Rural 2:00.29
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 2:00.38
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 2:02.10
1,600 METERS
Brody Anderson, Seaman 4:18.55
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 4:20.62
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 4:22.28
Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 4:24.81
Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural 4:34.44
3,200 METERS
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 9:16.96
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 9:16.98
Brody Anderson, Seaman 9:34.99
Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural 9:41.18
Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural 10:03.37
110-METER HURDLES
Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 14.68
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 15.50
Desean Lunkins, Topeka High 15.80
Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 15.84
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 16.18
300-METER HURDLES
Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 39.17
Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural 40.96
Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 41.07
Michael Hurla, Seaman 41.29
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 42.25
4x100-METER RELAY
Silver Lake 43.28
Seaman 43.54
Washburn Rural 43.93
Topeka High 44.02
Topeka West 44.50
4x400-METER RELAY
Washburn Rural 3:20.70
Seaman 3:27.17
Topeka High 3:29.39
Hayden 3:29.75
Shawnee Heights 3:32.78
4x800-METER RELAY
Washburn Rural 8:01.63
Shawnee Heights 8:33.37
Seaman 8:43.84
Topeka High 8:46.69
Silver Lake 8:54.17
HIGH JUMP
Blake Toyne, Seaman 6-2
Jack Esser, Seaman 6-2
Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake 6-0
Cody Quy, Seaman 6-0
Rondell Harris, Hayden 6-0
Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake 6-0
Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights
POLE VAULT
Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights 12-6
Luke Deering, Washburn Rural 10-0
Desmond Grindol, Washburn Rural 9-6
Kaden Soden, Washburn Rural 9-0
Quinton White, Seaman 9-0
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden
LONG JUMP
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 22-7
Peyton Holmes, Seaman 22-6
Te'Vante Ewing, Topeka High 21-5
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 20-11
Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 20-11
TRIPLE JUMP
Kaden Whitehurst, Seaman 42-8
Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake 41-11
Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 40-7.50
Lucas Marichal, Topeka High 40-7
Anthony Jones, Topeka High 40-6.5
SHOT PUT
Brogen Brown, Seaman 50-11
Amir Bass, Shawnee Heights 45-6
F. Anguiano, Hayden 44-10
Clayton Johnson, Seaman 44-5
Dorian Rhoten, Topeka West 44-3
Sam Scott, Washburn Rural 44-3
DISCUS
Brogen Brown, Seaman 146-0
Myles Fisher, Silver Lake 144-5
Treyton Tetuan, Hayden 137-4
Samuel Scott, Washburn Rural 136-0
Dorian Rhoten, Topeka West 132-7
JAVELIN
Kelton Meier, Hayden 162-5
Oliver Perez, Washburn Rural 155-2
Andre Johnson, Rossville 155-1
Jackson Haas, Hayden 150-8
Landon Lewis, Rossville 148-9
By RICK PETERSON
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GIRLS
100 METERS
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High 12.44
Ciarra Hartz, Highland Park 12.77
Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights 12.80
Karys Deiter, Silver Lake 12.94
Ally Steiner, Seaman 12.95
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High
200 METERS
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High 25.72
Molly Worley, Washburn Rural 26.10
Ally Steiner, Seaman 26.20
Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights 26.58
Adriana Raub, Washburn Rural 27.10
400 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 57.65
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High 60.28
Madison Blanco, Washburn Rural 61.65
Ali Gerber, Silver Lake 61.75
Ally Steiner, Seaman 62.01
Ryan Miller, Seaman
800 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 2:09.28
Payton Fink, Washburn Rural 2:21.21
Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural 2:23.09
Kinley Robinson, Seaman 2:24.07
Emily Graf, Washburn Rural 2:24.19
1,600 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 4:41.47
Emily Graf, Washburn Rural 5:08.24
Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural 5:09.15
Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural 5:20.69
Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural 5:21.56
By RICK PETERSON
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Doubles champions Cale Deutscher and Dylan Willingham paced Washburn Rural to the Centennial League tennis team championship Monday at Junction City.
Washburn Rural won the Centennial League boys tennis championship Monday in Junction City. [Washburn Rural tennis]
Washburn Rural placed all four of its entries in the top five places en route to a 39-36 victory over Manhattan in the team race.
In addition to Deutscher and Willingham's title, the Junior Blues also got third and fifth-place singles finishes from Keegan Knudtson and Greyson Jones and a fourth-place doubles finish from Ben Tryhus and Kieffer O'Connor.
Topeka High's Tres Lassiter was the Centennial League runnerup in singles while Hayden's Chase Blaser and Evan George finished second in doubles.
Lassiter, the city champ in No. 1 singles, dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision to Jay Hoke in the singles final while Deutscher and Willingham took a 6-4, 6-3 win over Blaser and George.
Topeka High junior Tres Lassiter finished second in singles in Monday's Centennial League tournament. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka High, which finished third as a team, also got a third-place doubles finish from Alex Raymond and Christian Sink while Hayden finished fourth in the team standings.
CENTENNIAL LEAGUE BOYS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
By RICK PETERSON
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EMPORIA -- In a Centennial League tournament dominated by Manhattan, Washburn Rural senior Tadd Armstrong and Hayden senior Tagen Rodriquez led the city contingent with a tie for second place individually.
Washburn Rural senior Tadd Armstrong shot a 72 to tie for second in Monday's Centennial League golf tournament. [File photo/TSN]
Hayden senior Tagen Rodriguez shot a 72 to tie for second in Monday's Centennial League golf tournament. [File photo/TSN]
Both Armstrong and Rodriguez shot 72s to finish two strokes behind tournament medalist Charlie Haney of Manhattan.
Haney was one of four Indians who finished in the top seven individually as Manhattan won the team championship by a 288-301 margin over host Emporia with Hayden third at 302 and Washburn Rural fourth at 303.
Hayden's James Kuta and Washburn Rural's Tagan Monasmith also posted top-10 finishes, tying for eighth with 75s.
CENTENNIAL LEAGUE GOLF
By RICK PETERSON
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Not everything went Washburn Rural's way in Thursday's city boys tennis tournament, but advancing to the finals in all four divisions was enough to give the Junior Blues a second straight city team championship at Kossover Tennis Center.
Washburn Rural dropped tight decisions in both the No. 1 singles and doubles championship matches, but the Junior Blues swept both No. 2 titles on the way to a 32-23 margin over runnerup Seaman while Topeka High was a point behind the Vikings in third place.
Greyson Jones won the city championship in No. 2 singles, helping Washburn Rural win its second straight city team title Thursday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Ben Tryhus and Kieffer O'Connor won a city title in No. 2 doubles for team champion Washburn Rural Thursday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Rural got a title from Greyson Jones in No. 2 singles and from Ben Tryhus and Kieffer O'Connor in No. 2 doubles while while Keegan Knudtson was the No. 1 singles runnerup and Cale Deutscher and Dylan Willingham finished second in No. 1 doubles.
"We're a young team, we're still piecing together who's fitting with who and what arrangements work best for the team as opposed to the individual and we've come a long way since the first practice,'' said Michelle Rose, who is in her first season as Rural's coach.
"They're excited, I'm excited for them. I think we've got great opportunities ahead of us and it's going to be fun. We have incredible talent in boys tennis in Topeka.''
Individually, Thursday was a big day for Topeka High junior Tres Lassiter in singles and the Cair Paravel doubles team of juniors Eric Buchenau and Drew Fay.
Topeka High junior Tres Lassiter won the city title in No. 1 singles Thursday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Lassiter, in his first season of high school tennis, won the city championship in No. 1 singles with a 7-6 (8-6 tiebreaker), 6-4 win over Washburn Rural's Knudtson.
"This was one of my goals to win city,'' Lassiter said. "This was a big goal. I'm enjoying my high school season. I have a winning record right now and that's all I wanted this season, was just to have a winning record.
"Every day when I'm at practice my coach (Duane Pomeroy) and my teammates are getting me better and that gives me confidence for these up and coming meets that I'm about to do.''
Cair Paravel's Drew Fay (left) and Eric Buchenau won the city championship in No. 1 doubles Thursday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Cair Paravel's Fay and Buchenau, a foreign exchange student from Germany, captured the No. 1 doubles title with a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4 tiebreaker) win over Washburn Rural's Deutscher and Willingham.
Fay had finished second in the city meet and fourth in Class 3A-1A in singles as a sophomore before making the decision to switch to doubles this spring.
"I want to play college tennis and you need to be able to play doubles to play college tennis,'' Fay said. "I wanted to get that experience and I also thought it would be fun and it's been a lot of fun.''
Fay and Buchenau are now 20-1 on the season after Thursday's hard-fought win over Deutscher and Willingham.
"We just wanted to stay level, play hard and whatever happened would happen,'' Fay said. "We didn't want to go out there and play scared and if we didn't play scared we would have been happy with the result. This was our best match of the year, so it gives us a lot of confidence.''
Seaman finished second as a team on the strength of three top-three finishes.
Ethan Winter placed third in No. 1 singles while Camden Dutton was the runnerup in No. 2 singles and the Vikings also finished second in No. 2 doubles.
CITY BOYS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
By RICK PETERSON
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200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY
Washburn Rural 2:04.97
Seaman 2:11:36
Topeka High 2:15.06
Shawnee Heights 2:15.41
Hayden 2:22,56
200-YARD FREESTYLE
Audrey Appuhn, Washburn Rural 1:57.42
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 2:01.37
Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights 2:06.15
Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights 2:17:02
Kaelyn Gerdel, Hayden 2:23.60
200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY
Audrey Appuhn, Washburn Rural 2:10.28
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 2:14.01
Hara Del Castillo, Topeka High 2:31.17
Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights 2:35.31
Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights 2:35.91
Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural
50-YARD FREESTYLE
Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural 26.46
Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights 26.74
Kaylee Gregg, Hayden 27.67
Clara Sobba, Shawnee Heights 28.19
Sophie Heinen, Washburn Rural 28.55
ONE-METER DIVING
Rhiannon Good, Washburn Rural 224.05
Kaylee Gregg, Hayden 212.05
Maddie Gregg, Hayden 183.05
Giselle Soto, Washburn Rural 162.25
Ella Graber, Hayden 152.35
Joslynn Grace, Seaman
100-YARD BUTTERFLY
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 1:02.09
Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural 1:03.09
Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights 1:07.53
Kaya Hamilton, Washburn Rural 1:22.04
Makenna Russell, Topeka West 1:26.77
100-YARD FREESTYLE
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 56.55
Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights 57.28
Hara Del Castillo, Topeka High 58.81
Clara Sobba, Shawnee Heights 1:00.75
Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights 1:01.99
Audrey Appuhn, Washburn Rural
500-YARD FREESTYLE
Audrey Appuhn, Washburn Rural 5:14.22
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 5:30.07
Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural 5:58.76
Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights 5:59.41
Sophie Heinen, Washburn Rural 6:36.53
200-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
Washburn Rural 1:52.45
Shawnee Heights 1:57.20
Topeka High 2:02.59
Hayden 2:03.54
Seaman 2:08.37
100-YARD BACKSTROKE
Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural 1:06.17
Hara Del Castillo, Topeka High 1:06.65
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 1:10.72
Ava Von Lintel, Washburn Rural 1:17.81
Megan Strobel, Seaman 1:17.93
100-YARD BREASTSTROKE
Audrey Appuhn, Washburn Rural 1:07.80
Joslynn Grace, Seaman 1:10.52
Caroline Toland, Topeka High 1:14.50
Lizzie Gould, Seaman 1:21.61
Lillie Charvat, Hayden 1:22.75
400-YARD FREESTYLE RELAY
Washburn Rural 4:04.00
Shawnee Heights 4:18.81
Seaman 4:22.61
Hayden 4:25.28
Topeka High 5:04:72
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Hayden's girls soccer team was coming off a loss entering Tuesday's Centennial League road game against Topeka High.
But that 1-0 defeat to undefeated Class 5A power St. James Academy actually seemed to provide momentum for the Wildcats, who bounced back with a 3-0 shutout win over the Trojans at Hummer Sports Park.
Hayden junior Reese Huscher (14) battles for a loose ball in Tuesday's 3-0 win over Topeka High. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
"I think we did some good things (against St. James) and I think we worked on it a little bit and I think they saw the result of some of the effort and I think they took it on themselves,'' Hayden coach Klaus Kreutzer said. "And credit to us, we had three freshman starting today, so I liked that.''
Hayden freshman Sawyer Wrench (17) defends Topeka High senior Alexa Aguirre (13) in Tuesday's 3-0 Wildcat win. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Hayden, which improved to 4-4-0 overall and 2-0-0 in the Centennial League, got the only goal it would need with 5:59 left in the opening half when junior Carsyn Broxterman scored off an assist from junior Reese Huscher.
Junior Ella Foster (1) celebrates her second-half goal with teammates in Tuesday's 3-0 Centennial League soccer win over Topeka High. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Wildcats added a pair of insurance goals in the second half, with junior Ella Foster finding the back of the net with 28:27 left and junior Avey Uhl scoring the final goal of the night at the 21:45 mark
Junior Lauren Borjon picked up the shutout in goal for Hayden while Topeka High fell to 4-6-1 overall and 0-3-0 in the league.
By RICK PETERSON
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BOYS
100 METERS
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 10.94
Peyton Holmes, Seaman 11.01
Evan Scheid, Silver Lake 11.13
Ben Roeder, Topeka High 11.17
Tremaine Savage, Highland Park 11.22
200 METERS
Evan Scheid, Silver Lake 22.55
Bryce Cochran, Seaman 22.57
Trent Rollenhagen, Silver Lake 22.90
Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural 22.91
Liam Stegman, Hayden 23.16
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural
400 METERS
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 48.30
Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural 48.41
Bryce Cochran, Seaman 49.20
Ben Roeder, Topeka High 50.10
Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural 50.27
Brody Anderson, Seaman
800 METERS
Brody Anderson, Seaman 1:56.22
Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 1:58.54
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 2:00.38
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 2:02.10
Ben Buesing, Washburn Rural 2:02.47
1,600 METERS
Brody Anderson, Seaman 4:18.55
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 4:20.62
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 4:22.28
Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 4:26.19
C. Thiessen, Washburn Rural 4:38.11
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West
3,200 METERS
Adrian Lehman, Topeka West 9:19.16
Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural 9:41.18
Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural 9:44.76
Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural 10:03.37
Mark Wilkie, Topeka West 10:12.39
110-METER HURDLES
Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 15.17
Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 15.50
Desean Lunkins, Topeka High 15.80
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 16.11
Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 16.35
300-METER HURDLES
Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural 40.05
Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights 41.44
Michael Hurla, Seaman 41.64
Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural 42.10
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 42.25
4x100-METER RELAY
Silver Lake 43.28
Seaman 43.77
Washburn Rural 43.93
Topeka High 44.02
Topeka West 44.50
4x400-METER RELAY
Washburn Rural 3:21.58
Seaman 3:27.17
Topeka High 3:29.39
Hayden 3:29.75
Shawnee Heights 3:32.78
4x800-METER RELAY
Washburn Rural 8:01.63
Shawnee Heights 8:33.37
Seaman 8:43.84
Topeka High 8:46.69
Silver Lake 8:54.17
HIGH JUMP
Blake Toyne, Seaman 6-2
Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake 6-0
Jack Esser, Seaman 6-0
Cody Quy, Seaman 6-0
Rondell Harris, Hayden 6-0
Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake 6-0
Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights
POLE VAULT
Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights 11-6
Luke Deering, Washburn Rural 10-0
Desmond Grindol, Washburn Rural 9-6
Kaden Soden, Washburn Rural 9-0
Quinton White, Seaman 9-0
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden
LONG JUMP
Jensen Schrickel, Hayden 22-6
Peyton Holmes, Seaman 21-5.5
Te'Vante Ewing, Topeka High 21-5
Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park 20-11
Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 20-11
TRIPLE JUMP
Kaden Whitehurst, Seaman 42-0
Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake 41-11
Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural 40-7.50
Lucas Marichal, Topeka High 40-7
Anthony Jones, Topeka High 40-6.5
SHOT PUT
Brogen Brown, Seaman 50-11
F. Anguiano, Hayden 44-10
Clayton Johnson, Seaman 44-5
Dorian Rhoten, Topeka West 44-3
Amir Bass, Shawnee Heights 43-9
DISCUS
Brogen Brown, Seaman 146-0
Myles Fisher, Silver Lake 140-4
Treyton Tetuan, Hayden 137-4
Samuel Scott, Washburn Rural 136-0
Dorian Rhoten, Topeka West 132-7
JAVELIN
Kelton Meier, Hayden 162-5
Oliver Perez, Washburn Rural 155-2
Jackson Haas, Hayden 150-8
Andre Johnson, Rossville 149-6
Taylor Gabriel, Washburn Rural 142-7
By RICK PETERSON
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GIRLS
100 METERS
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High 12.44
Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights 12.80
Karys Deiter, Silver Lake 12.94
Ally Steiner, Seaman 12.95
Jurnee Cole, Highland Park 13.04
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High
200 METERS
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High 25.94
Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights 26.58
Molly Worley, Washburn Rural 26.93
Ally Steiner, Seaman 27.30
Emme Blanco, Washburn Rural 27.39
400 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 57.65
Keimara Marshall, Topeka High 60.28
Madison Blanco, Washburn Rural 61.65
Ally Steiner, Seaman 62.01
Ali Gerber, Silver Lake 63.61
Ryan Miller, Seaman
800 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 2:11.65
Payton Fink, Washburn Rural 2:21.21
Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural 2:23.09
Kinley Robinson, Seaman 2:24.07
Sofia Harper, Hayden 2:28.40
1,600 METERS
Ryin Miller, Seaman 4:46.03
Emily Graf, Washburn Rural 5:16.55
Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural 5:17.92
Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural 5:20.69
Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural 5:21.56
By RICK PETERSON
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Cooper Grace
COOPER GRACE, Hayden
Grace, a senior baseball star, had a big day in Friday's 6-0, 3-2 home Centennial League twinbill sweep over Junction City. Grace went 62/3 innings on the mound in the first game, allowing just three hits and striking out 12 Blue Jay batters. In the second game Grace had two doubles and a triple as the Wildcats improved to 12-0 on the season.
Jaden LaBarge
JADEN LaBARGE, Washburn University
LaBarge, a senior first baseman, had four home runs and eight runs batted in on Saturday to tie a pair of school records as the Ichabods split a home MIAA doubleheader with Emporia State. LaBarge went 3 for 3 with three home runs and seven runs batted in as Washburn took an 8-0 five-inning decision in the first game and added a homer in the second game as the Hornets captured a 4-2 eight-inning win.
Ryin Miller
RYIN MILLER, Seaman
Miller, a junior track star, remained undefeated individually on the 2025 season with a pair of wins in Friday's Leitel Legacy Invitational at Free State. A two-time Class 5A state champ last spring, Miller won the 3,200-meter run in 10 minutes, 17.74 seconds and won the 800 meters in 2:11.65.
By RICK PETERSON
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Anyone who has followed local high school golf this spring probably expected Monday's City Golf Championship at Topeka Country Club to be a down-to-the-wire battle between Washburn Rural and Hayden.
Washburn Rural golf poses for a team picture Monday after winning its 15th straight city team title by a single stroke over Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
And things couldn't haven't been any closer, with the Junior Blues winning the team championship by a single stroke over the Wildcats to claim their 15th straight city title while Washburn Rural senior Tadd Armstrong and Hayden senior James Kuta took the race for the individual crown to a playoff before Armstrong won with a par putt on the extra hole.
Armstrong and Kuta both finished the 27-hole city event with scores of 118 in extremely windy conditions to force the playoff while Washburn Rural continued its dominating city run by the slimmest of margins, winning 489-490 in the city event, which was held in conjunction with the 20-school Topeka Country Club Invitational.
"This is a goal that we set out at the beginning of the year to accomplish and we had some guys step up this afternoon when some guys didn't have their best stuff,'' Washburn Rural coach Jared Goehring said. "Tadd and Higgins Hawks stepped up this afternoon for us, so I couldn't be more proud of this team win.
"We're definitely headed in the right direction going into the home stretch.''
Washburn Rural senior Tadd Armstrong won his first city individual title in a playoff Monday while Rural won its 15th straight city team title by a stroke over Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Armstrong achieved his goal of winning the city championship after finishing fourth in the as a junior.
"I wanted to come out and win this today,'' Armstrong said. "I felt pretty good. I just kept battling and persevering through the tough holes.''
Hayden senior James Kuta finished as the city runnerup Monday after placing 10th as a junior. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Senior Tagen Rodriguez finished third in the city meet with a 120 for runnerup Hayden while Washburn Rural's Michael Wilson placed fourth (123) and Rural's Hawks and Tagan Monasmith and Seaman's Alex Flanagan tied for fifth (124).
Hayden's Nick Gorman and Seaman's Bradley Williamson tied for eighth (125) while Hayden's Austin Bean (127) rounded out the city's top 10.
Olathe Northwest won the team title in the Topeka Country Club Invitational by a stroke over Blue Valley West (302-303).
Nick VanWyngardner of Olathe Northwest claimed the individual title with a 70.
TOPEKA CITY GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
LAWRENCE -- Friday’s Leitel Legacy Invitational Track Meet, hosted by Lawrence Free State, included 23 teams from across Kansas with five local schools participating - Hayden, Shawnee Heights, Seaman, Topeka West and Washburn Rural.
Seaman junior Ryin Miller won the 3,200 and 800-meter runs Friday night at Free State. [File photo/TSN]
Ryin Miller continued her undefeated season with a season-best 10:17.74 in the 3,200 meters. It was the 29th best time in the United States this season.
“I was pretty happy with the race and have progressively built on each race. I’m trying to peak where I’m supposed to peak, which is the goal this season,” Miller said.
Miller’s second race of the day was in the 800 meters where she finished first in a time of 2:11.65, setting another season-best and also the 64th best time in the United States this season. Miller has her mind on an even faster time.
“I’ve been trying to break 2:10 this season and hoping that at some point this season, I’ll get there,” Miller said.
The Washburn Rural boys and girls swept the 4x800-meter relay races.
Rylee Ismert helped Washburn Rural's girls win the 4x800 relay Friday night at Free State. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Isaiah Terry helped Washburn Rural win the boys 4x800 relay Friday at Free State. [File photo/TSN]
The girls -- Emily Graf, Payton Fink, Brooklyn Nolte and Rylee Ismert -- posted a season-best time of 9:35.40, while the boys -- Brooks Kehoe, Ben Buesing, Draden Chooncharoen and Isaiah Terry -- won in a time of 8:05.48.
Hayden senior Jensen Schrickel won the long jump and 400 dash Friday at Free State. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Jensen Schrickel of Hayden had two first-place finishes, in the 400 meters and long jump. He ran the 400 in a personal-best time of 48.30 seconds and had a season-best jump of 22-6 in the long jump.
Senior Molly Worley of Washburn Rural finished first in the high jump with a personal best of 5-4.
Washburn Rural sophomore Eve Luea had a personal-best throw of 107-11 in the discus to finish third.
Junior Morgan Ray of Washburn Rural won the girls javelin with a personal best of 133-9, which is the 44th best in the United States this season.
Other local highlights:
By RICK PETERSON
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Hayden star senior pitcher and cleanup hitter Cooper Grace was asked after Friday's Centennial League doubleheader against Junction City what he gets most excited about -- a dominating performance on the mound or a big hit at the plate.
Hayden senior Cooper Grace turned in a banner performance in Friday's doubleheader sweep over Junction City. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Grace went with option No. 3 -- success as a team.
"I get excited when you get a big win to be honest with you,'' Grace said. "That's kind of the ultimate thing that I care about.
"It's fun to have some individual goals for myself, but as a team, I get excited about the wins.''
Grace achieved all three of those goals, Friday, allowing just three hits and striking out 12 in 6 2/3 innings in the first game and stroking two doubles and a triple in the nightcap as Hayden improved to 12-0 overall and 6-0 in the league with a 6-0, 3-2 sweep over the Blue Jays (6-10, 1-5).
"I know it's a cliche, but you've just got to play them one at a time,'' Hayden coach Bill Arnold said. "I felt like all our pitchers today did a really good job, but we've got to clean some stuff up.''
In the opener, Grace gave up just three singles and struck out every hitter in the Junction City lineup at least once before senior Liam Annand came on in relief to record the final out and preserve the shutout.
Junction City junior starter Conrado Gomez shut out Hayden over the first four innings, but the Wildcats broke the game open with a five-run fifth, sending 10 hitters to the plate in the inning.
Hayden got a two-run single from senior Brady Heinen and a run-scoring single from Annand while the Wildcats also scored a pair of runs on Blue Jay wild pitches.
Hayden sophomore shortstop Mason Becker (left) throws out a runner in Friday's doubleheader sweep over Junction City. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Hayden added its final run in the sixth when sophomore shortstop Mason Becker doubled and came around to score.
Senior Jett Wahlmeier got the pitching start for Hayden in the second game and picked up the win, shutting out the Blue Jays over the first four innings and working into the fifth before being relieved by junior Connor Hanika.
Hayden jumped on top in the first when Becker singled and scored on a Grace triple.
The Wildcats added a run in the third when junior Aiden Roberts singled, stole second and scored on a Heinen sacrifice fly and scored their final run in the fourth when Grace doubled and scored on a single from junior Kade Mitchell.
