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  • TSN Shawnee County high school girls track honor roll May 14

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    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

    KeimaraMarshall2025 2Keimara 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

    RyinMillerCityTrack 1Ryan 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

     

  • TSN Shawnee County high school boys track honor roll May 14

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    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

    IsaiahTerry2025 1Isaiah 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 

    BrodyAnderson2025 7Brody 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 

    TylerWedl2025 4Tyler 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

    JensenSchrickelSTATE 1Jensen 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

  • TSN city high school girls swimming and diving honor roll May 13, 2025

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly girls swimming and diving honor roll for Topeka high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    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

    GenevieveMirandaSWIMMING 1Genevieve 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

    JoslynnGraceSWIM RISINGSTATE 2Joslynn 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

  • Seaman's Burghart paces city contingent in United Kansas Conference golf

    Todd Fertig

    By TODD FERTIG

    TopSports.news

    The Seaman boys finished fourth at the United Kansas Conference golf tournament at Shawnee Country Club Monday, the top finisher among the league’s three Topeka schools.

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    Pacing the Vikings was junior Jordan Burghart, who shot 77, just one stroke out of first place. Burghart finished in a three-way tie for third, his best finish of the season.

    “It was fun today. Tough competition. A lot of good golfers,” Burghart said. “I think I did pretty well aside from one blow-up hole. Other than that, it was pretty good.”

    The junior’s 77 was his best round of the season and the third-place finish was his highest finish. He now looks forward to the Class 5A regional meet to be held at Lake Shawnee next Monday.

    “I’ve just got to shot what I did today, or in the low 80s, to go to state,” Burghart said. “I’ve got to have my driver. If that’s not going, it’s not going well.”

    De Soto claimed the league crown by shooting 318 as a team. Basehor-Linwood finished two strokes back. Seaman finished a shot behind Lansing, which posted a 329.

    “This was our best team score of the year, so it’s always nice to shoot your best score going into the end of the year,” said Seaman coach Rick Rineberg. “I’m really proud of the development of the team. I told them before the meet, they’re a really fun group to be around and hopefully we get to play for two more weeks, not just one more week.

    “To qualify for state as a team, we just have to play our game and just kind of understand who we are as golfers. We don’t have anybody on the team that is going to out and light it up and shoot six, seven under par. But we have a lot of guys that can grind it out and shoot in the high 70s and low 80s.”

    Basehor-Linwood senior Logan Anderson and Lansing senior A.J. Allen finished tied for first with an 18-hole score of 76. They dueled in a playoff hole that saw Anderson par for the win.

    Joining Seaman’s Burghart in the top 10 was Topeka West’s Blaze Schultz. The Charger sophomore finished in a four-way tie for seventh was a round of 80.

    “I felt pretty good,” said Schultz, whose best round of the season was a 79 at Western Hills, good for second in that meet. “I played good in the back, one over. Front nine was a little rough, but I finished strong.

    Schultz reflected on his prospects to qualify for state in light of his finish in the UKC meet.

    “I’ve got to shoot low 80s, 85. That’s the goal,” Schultz said about next week’s regional meet. “I’m feeling pretty good (about my development). I can’t wait to keep improving.”

    Leading way for Shawnee Heights was junior Ayden Valdivia, who carded an 81, earning a spot on the All-United Kansas Conference Second Team.

    UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

  • Rural tennis claims title in 6A regional, Seaman qualifies entire team for 5A state

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Junior doubles champions Cale Deutscher and Dylan Willingham led the way Saturday as Washburn Rural captured the team championship in a Class 6A tennis regional at Wichita. 

    WRuraltennis2025Regionals 2Washburn Rural tennis won a Class 6A regional title Saturday in Wichita after previously winning city and Centennial League championships. [Washburn Rural tennis]

    Deutscher and Willingham downed Derby's Collin Bale and Garrett Haupt 6-4, 6-3 in the championship match, improving to 21-1 on the season.

    The Junior Blues also got third-place regional finishes from junior Keegan Knudtson and from juniors Ben Tryhus and Kieffer O'Connor in doubles as Rural won the team title by an 18-14 margin over Manhattan.

    TresLassiter2025tennis 5Topeka High junior Tres Lassiter finished second in singles in Saturday's Class 6A regional in Wichita. [File photo/TSN]

    Topeka High junior Tres Lassiter advanced to the singles final, dropping a 6-1, 6-3 decision to Manhattan freshman Jay Hoke in the championship match as Hoke improved to 29-4 while Lassiter is now 26-5.

    Rural's Knudtson (19-9) took a 6-4, 6-1 decision over Derby's Tyler Bradt in the third-place singles match while Tryhus and O'Connor (13-10) took a 6-2, 6-2 win over Topeka High senior Alex Raymond and junior Christian Sink (18-10) to finish third in doubles.

    Washburn Rural has now swept city, Centennial League and regional team titles entering Friday and Saturday's 6A state tournament at Junction City while High's Lassiter will finish off his first season of high school tennis with a state appearance and Raymond and Sink qualified for state in their first year as a doubles team.

    Seamantennis2025 2Seaman tennis followed up its UKC team title with a runnerup finish in Saturday's Class 5A regional tournament, qualifying its entire team for state. [File photo/TSN]

    Vikings qualify entire team for 5A state

    Seaman followed up its United Kansas Conference championship with a strong performance in Saturday's Class 5A regional at Bonner Springs, with the Vikings finishing second as a team while qualifying their entire team for state.

    The Vikings got third and fifth-place finishes in singles from freshman Camden Dutton and senior Ethan Winters while Seaman juniors Dayton Schneider and Owen Stewart finished third and junior Wesley Budge and freshman David Budge placed fifth in doubles.

    Dutton (23-9) took a 6-0, 6-0 win over Piper's Chri Htoo in the third-place singles match while Winters (24-7) finished fifth with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Topeka West senior state qualifier Mark Cianciarulo (23-8 ) in the fifth-place match.

    Schneider and Stewart (26-11) took a win over Topeka West senior Julian Ramcharan and freshman Collin McGee (25-12) in the third-place doubles match (score unavailable) while Budge and Budge (20-9) finished fifth with a 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-3 win over Basehor-Linwood's Luke Broxterman and David Barnett.

    The 5A state meet will be contested Friday and Saturday in Salina.

    BrockCorley2025Tennis 7Shawnee Heights' Brock Corley qualified for the Class 5A state tournament in singles with a fifth-place regional finish Saturday in De Soto. [File photo/TSN]

     T-Birds' Corley earns 5A state berth

    Shawnee Heights senior Brock Corley posted a fifth-place singles finish in Saturday's Class 5A regional at De Soto, earning a berth for Friday and Saturday's state tournament at Salina.

    Corley, the United Kansas Conference singles champion, took a 6-2, 6-1 win over Spring Hill's B. Browning in the fifth-place regionals match. 

    Corley will take a 22-9 record into the state tournament. 

     

     

  • Hayden's Gregg pulls off rare double, Rural wins 22nd straight team title in city girls swimming

    Todd Fertig

    By TODD FERTIG

    TopSports.news

    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.

    KayleeGregg2025City 1Hayden 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.”

    JoslynnGrace2025City 2Seaman 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.”

    AudreyAppuhn2025City 1Audrey Appuhn captured four gold medals Friday, helping Washburn Rural win the city team championship. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

    GenevieveMirandaSWIMMING 1Genevieve 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

  • Washburn Rural rides depth to sweep of team titles in Joe Schrag City Championship

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    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.

    WRuralgirlsTF2025 1

    WRuralboysTF2025 1Washburn 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.''

    IsaiahTerry2025trackCity 6Washburn 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).

    MollyWorly2025City 4Washburn 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]

    MorganRay2025City 1Washburn 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: 

    RyinMiller2025City 8Seaman 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.''

    KeimaraMarshall2025City 4Topeka 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).

    AdrianLehman2025trackCity 1Topeka 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

  • TSN Shawnee County high school boys track honor roll May 8

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    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

    IsaiahTerry2025 1Isaiah 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 

    BrodyAnderson2025 7Brody 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 

    TylerWedl2025 4Tyler 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

    JensenSchrickelSTATE 1Jensen 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

  • TSN Shawnee County high school girls track honor roll May 8

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    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

    KeimaraMarshall2025 2Keimara 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

    RyinMillerCityTrack 1Ryan 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

  • T-Birds roll to 15-0, 15-2 UKC softball sweep over Chargers

    Todd Fertig

    By TODD FERTIG

    TopSports.news

    The Shawnee Heights softball team reeled off 15 runs in each of its two games against Topeka West Tuesday, rolling to two mercy rulings at Hummer Sports Park.

    The T-Birds exploded for nine runs in the first inning of the first game, making a statement that they had come to hit the ball all over the yard.

    GraceProctor2025Softball 4Senior Grace Proctor was the winning pitcher and hit a home run in Shawnee Heights' 15-0 first-game win over Topeka West. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

    CiannaGraves2025softball 1Senior Cianna Graves is congratulated by Shawnee Heights coach Tara Griffith after hitting a home run in Shawnee Heights' 15-0 first-game win over Topeka West. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

    Starting pitcher Grace Proctor and catcher Cianna Graves each blasted home runs in the first game that was called with a 15-run T-Bird lead after just three innings.

    After rapping out 18 hits in just three innings in the 15-0 opener, the T-Birds added 14 more base hits in the second contest to win 15-2.

    TaylorBrees2025Softball 1Taylor Brees (2) had three extra-base hits in Shawnee Heights' 15-0, 15-2 softball sweep over Topeka West. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

    The T-Birds racked up 16 extra base hits on the day, three each by Proctor, Graves and Taylor Brees.

    “If felt good,” Brees said of the offensive outburst. “We kind of expect that from ourselves now. If you would have asked me a few games into the season if I thought we’d be where we are now, I would have said, ‘No way.’ But we have worked very hard every day, and we’ve really bonded and gotten super close, and I think that’s definitely helped.”

    Brees singled, doubled and tripled in the opener. She picked up another double in the second game. The Washburn University softball commit said she likes the direction the team is headed.

    “Like I said, I was kind of nervous at the beginning, but now I’m really excited for postseason, and I think we can really make a run,” Brees said. “I think our offense kind of just depends on the day, but our defense is always solid. Our pitching is always solid. So we can always kind of depend on that.”

  • Seaman rallies from slow start to win its first UKC boys tennis title

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Seaman's boys tennis team took some lumps early in Monday's United Kansas Conference championships at Kossover Tennis Center, with the Vikings coming up short in their bid to advance to the title matches in either singles or doubles.

    But Seaman was at its best down the stretch, with Jamie Robinson's Vikings rallying to claim their first UKC team crown by a 57-55 margin over Topeka West.

    Seamantennis2025 2Seaman rallied from a slow start to capture its first UKC boys tennis championship Monday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    "We lost some early matches that I thought we could win,'' Robinson said. "We lost a heartbreaker in a tiebreaker when we were up in the tiebreaker with one of our doubles teams, but we were able to rebound in the last few rounds and that was enough. It was close and that was a lot of fun.''

    Seaman got third and fifth-place singles finishes from Ethan Winter and Camden Dutton while Dayton Schneider and Owen Stewart took third in doubles and Wesley Budge and David Budge rounded out the Viking lineup with a ninth-place doubles finish.

    Robinson said the Vikings have continued to grow as a team as the season has progressed.

    "I knew we had depth this year,'' he said. "I didn't know if we had any big, big juggernauts, but we had depth and that came through. We had a lot of success early in the year and I thought, 'Wow, we're for real.' ''

    BrockCorley2025Tennis 7Shawnee Heights' Brock Curley fought through cramping issues to win the UKC singles championship Monday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Shawnee Heights also had a UKC title to celebrate, with Brock Corley overcoming mid-match cramping issues to take an 8-4 win over Topeka West's Mark Cianciarulo in the singles championship match.

    "Usually I really don't have cramps, but today I was dehydrated so I was cramping up,'' Corley said.

    Corley returned to action after being forced to take a short break and was able to take control down the stretch for the victory.

    "I was drinking electrolytes and eating salt to help the pain go away and it went away after I took the salt,'' he said.

    Corley said he tried to play with a sense of urgency after the cramping problems.

    "I was like, 'Lets just go end it now. Lets go end it so we don't have to worry about it any more,' '' Corley said. "It felt good to win.''

    In addition to Cianciarulo's second-place finish, team runnerup West also posted a second-place finish in doubles, with Julian Ramcharan and Collin McGee dropping an 8-2 decision to Piper in the final.

    Seaman and Topeka West will compete in a Class 5A regional tournament on Saturday at Bonner Springs while Shawnee Heights will compete the same day in a regional at De Soto. 

    The 5A state tournament will be contested May 16-17 at Salina.

    UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCCITY BOYS TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

  • Big innings help Topeka High to non-conference sweep of West

    By NICHOLAS GAINEY

    Special to TopSports.news

    Runs came in bunches for the Topeka High softball team on Friday evening, as the Trojans swept city rival Topeka West by 10-4 and 12-2 scores in a doubleheader at Hummer Sports Park.

    LondonBackman2025softball 1 London Backman turned in a big day at the plate as Topeka High softball swept city rival Topeka West 10-4 and 12-2 Friday at Hummer Sports Park. [File photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]

    After a scoreless first inning in Game 1, the Trojans got on the board first in the top of the second, with Campbell Dawson’s leadoff single resulting in a sacrifice fly to center field by Taimane Isaia.

    West answered with a run of their own in the bottom half of the inning after Callie Jones came around to score on a Trojan error after opening the inning with a walk and a stolen base.

    The Chargers took their first lead of the evening in the bottom of the third inning.

    After the first two batters went down on strikes, catcher Addaline Hall kept the inning alive with a double to left field. Jones gave the Chargers their second consecutive extra-base hit in the form of a triple to right field, scoring Hall and giving the hosts a 2-1 lead.

    T-High found its first big inning of the day in the top of the fourth, pushing across four runs to take a lead it would not relinquish.

    The Trojans’ London Backman hit a hard line drive that hit directly off the left leg of Charger starting pitcher Ahlexis TenEyck, scoring pinch runner Masyn Chard.

    Despite staying in the game, TenEyck was not rewarded for her toughness, as two more runs came around to score on an error and a fourth crossed the plate on an RBI single by Dawson, putting the Trojans up 5-2 entering the bottom of the fourth.

    West cut the deficit to two in their half of the fourth with an RBI single to left field by Breonnah Keeling. T-High tacked on two more runs in the fifth on a wild pitch and a groundout, and added three more in the sixth, courtesy of RBI singles by Backman and Madilyn Poole.

    The Chargers scored one final run in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 10-4, but couldn’t mount a late rally.

    The Trojans rattled off 13 hits in the contest, with Backman tallying four hits in five at-bats with two runs driven in.

    Poole and Adrianna Adame also drove in two runs each for T-High.

    CampbellDawson2025softball 1Campbell Dawson went the distance for the pitching win in Topeka High's 10-4 first-game win over city rival Topeka West Friday at Hummer Sports Park. [File photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]

    Dawson went the distance in the circle for the Trojans, allowing three runs on seven hits while striking out eight batters.

    Hall went 3 for 4 to lead the Chargers in the loss, while Keeling drove in a pair of runs.

    In Game 2, the Trojans opened with an offensive onslaught, putting up 10 runs in the top of the first inning.

  • Vikings' Ryin Miller turns in record-setting performance in Camien/Welch Relays

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Seaman junior track star Ryin Miller continues to carve out her place among Kansas' all-time greats and took a major step in that journey in the Bob Camien/Claudia Welch Relays.

    RyinMiller2025track 10Seaman junior Ryin Miller set meet records in the 1,600 and 800 Friday at Seaman while running the second-fastest time in Kansas history in both events. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    The Viking four-sport athlete captured three gold medals in Friday's 30-school meet while setting meet records in the 1,600 and 800-meter runs and climbing to the No. 2 spot on Kansas' all-time list in both events.

    Miller said she does pay attention to where she ranks all-time as she continues to re-adjust her goals.

    "Sometimes I kind of use it as motivation,'' Miller said. "If I'm having a day where I'm like, 'Man, I just don't feel like running,' I kind of remember (the all-time list) and remember that I've been chasing that and working for that all winter, so I definitely look at that.''

    Miller began her record-setting day with a dominating 24-second win in the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 41:47, eclipsing the previous meet record by more than nine seconds.

    Miller moved from fourth to second on the all-time list and now trails only former Shawnee Mission West star Ali Cash, who clocked a 4:38.28 in a time that was converted from yards (4:39.98) to meters.

    Later in the evening, Miller got a battle from Leavenworth's Kelsie Kudzia for much of the race in the 800 before Miller took control down the stretch to win in 2:09.28. Kudzia was second in 2:11.20, moving into the No. 9 spot all-time.

    "Kelsie is one of my teammates for Hot Beat, so it's always fun to race against her,'' Miller said. "She's been getting progressively better every meet so it's been fun to see that and kind of cheer her on.

    "It was definitely nice to have her kind of on my heels and push me to finally break 2:10.''

    Miller topped the previous meet record, set by former Seaman star Bethany Druse in 2022, by nearly six seconds while moving from fifth to second all-time.

    Miller now sits No. 2 in the 800 behind former Shawnee Heights star Trisa Nickoley, who ran a 2:06.67 in 2004.

    In the final girls event of the night Miller teamed with seniors Taylie Heston, Jaida Stallbaumer and Ally Steiner to win the 4x400 relay in 4:04.86, with Miller running the anchor leg.

    Other meet highlights:

    • Topeka High sophomore Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton was a double individual winner Friday, sweeping the long jump and triple jump titles while setting a school record in the process.

    AhsieyrhuajhRayton2025track 1Topeka High junior Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton won the long jump and triple jump Friday at Seaman while setting a school record in the long jump. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Rayton, who already held the school record in the triple jump, went 18 feet, 6 inches on Friday's final attempt to set the High long jump mark and win the event.

    "It felt good,'' Rayton said. "My team motivated me to jump because I scratched both of my first two jumps, so my confidence got low, but they told me that I know how to jump and I just went out and gave it my best effort.'' 

    Rayton only got off one jump in the triple jump before aggravating a leg injury in the 4x100 relay but won the event with an effort of 38 feet, 3.25 inches.   

    • Washburn Rural star senior sprinter Isaiah Terry has been locked in a battle with Hayden's Jensen Schrickel for the Shawnee County lead in the 400-meter dash this spring, with both standouts holding the top spot at different times.

    IsaiahTerry2025track 1Washburn Rural senior Isaiah Terry (left) won the 400-meter dash and anchored the Junior Blues' 4x400 relay to a victory Friday at Seaman. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN] 

    Schrickel, who competed at Shawnee Heights Friday, took a slight lead into the week, but Terry regained the lead with a winning time of 48.20 seconds Friday night at Seaman.

    "I pay attention to where I am compared to everyone else,'' Terry said. "I love comp. I think I run my best when I'm going against people who run the same time as me, so I honestly hope I get to race (Schrickel) and other fast people because that's going to make me my best.''

    Terry's win in the 400 was one of two big highlights on the night, with Terry teaming with Matthew Houser, Liam Morrison and Draden Chooncharoen to win the 4x400 relay in a meet-record time of 3 minutes, 20.70 seconds.

    Rural, which won by more than nine seconds, broke the previous meet record, a 3:21.8 by Topeka High in 1992, by more than a second.

    • Seaman's Bryce Cochran won the boys 200-meter dash in 21.87 seconds and finished third in the 400 in 49.06.

    Peyton Holmes took second in the 100 dash in 10.73.

    AdrianLehman2025track 1Topeka West seniors Adrian Lehman (left) and Mark Wilkie went one-two in the 1,600 Friday at Seaman. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN] 

    • Topeka West's Adrian Lehman and Mark Wilkie went one-two in the 1,600 meters, with Lehman winning in 4:20.80 and Wilkie second in 4:24.81.

    Wilkie also finished second in the 800 in 1:57.23 while Lehman placed third behind Washburn Rural's Brooks Kehoe (9:16.96) in the 3,200 (9:16.98). 

    BOB CAMIEN/CLAUDIA WELCH SEAMAN RELAYS

  • Balance carries Washburn Rural to second straight boys city tennis championship

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    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.

    GreysonJones2025tennis 1Greyson 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]

    TryhusOConnor2025tennis 2Ben 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.

    TresLassiter2025tennis 2Topeka 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.''

    FayBuchenau2025tennis 5Cair 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

  • TSN city high school girls swimming and diving honor roll April 30, 2025

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly girls swimming and diving honor roll for Topeka high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    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

    GenevieveMirandaSWIMMING 1Genevieve 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

    JoslynnGraceSWIM RISINGSTATE 2Joslynn 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

     

               

  • TSN Shawnee County high school boys track honor roll April 29

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    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

    IsaiahTerry2025 1Isaiah 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 

    BrodyAnderson2025 7Brody 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

    AdrianLehman2025 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 

    TylerWedl2025 4Tyler 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

    JensenSchrickelSTATE 1Jensen 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

  • TSN Shawnee County high school girls track honor roll April 29

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    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

    KeimaraMarshall2025 2Keimara 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

    RyinMillerCityTrack 1Ryan 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

  • Tadd Armstrong, Washburn Rural claim city boys golf championships

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    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.

    WashburnRuralgolf2025city 1Washburn 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.''

    TaddArmstrong2025City 1Washburn 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.''

    JamesKuta2025City 4Hayden 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

  • Double individual winners Miller, Schrickel pace local track contingent at Free State

    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. 

    RyinMiller2025 9Seaman 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.

    RyleeIsmert2025 4Rylee Ismert helped Washburn Rural's girls win the 4x800 relay Friday night at Free State. [File photo/TSN]

    IsaiahTerry2025KU 1Senior 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. 

    JensenSchrickelCityTrack 2Hayden 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:

    • Senior Bella Reid of Hayden finished third in the 100-meter hurdles in a time 16.57 seconds.
    • Washburn Rural sophomore Christian Hartman-Babb finished second in the 100 meters with a personal-best time of 10.94 seconds.
    • Freshman Henry Laubach of Washburn Rural finished third in the 3,200 meters in a personal-best of 9:41.18.
    • Washburn Rural’s girls 4x100-meter relay team finished third with a time of 51.10 seconds.  
    • Seaman senior Jaida Stallbaumer placed third in the 300-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 48.44 seconds.
    • Junior Liam Morrison of Washburn Rural finished second in the 300-meter hurdles in a season best time of 40.05 seconds.
    • Seaman junior Brody Anderson finished third in the 1,600 meters with a time of 4:20.34.
    • The girls 4x400 meter relay team from Seaman finished third in a time of 4:08.88.
  • Seaman softball rides hot bats to UKC sweep of Topeka West

    By NICHOLAS GAINEY

    Special to TopSports.news

    The Seaman Vikings softball team had thunder in their bats Thursday in 4-2 and 14-2 United Kansas Conference  victories over city rival Topeka West, tallying 26 hits across the two games at Seaman.

    AubreyWarren2025TW 1Junior Aubrey Warren had three hits with a double in the first game and a home run and three RBI in the second game as Seaman took a 4-2, 14-2 UKC sweep over Topeka West. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Ace pitcher Kaelyn O’Rourke set the tone to start Game 1 of the twinbill for the Vikings, striking out the side in the top of the first.

    Seaman put a run on the board in the bottom half of the inning, with Aubrey Warren crossing the plate on a Natalee Simpson single.

    The visiting Chargers looked to answer, putting together back-to-back singles from Mya Miller and Christina Briggs to put pressure on the Vikings, but O’Rourke struck out opposing pitcher Jordyn White, a freshman, to put an end to the threat.

    The Seaman offense went back to work in the bottom of the third, with Warren scoring again on a Simpson single and courtesy runner Phoebe Brodine coming around to score on an error to give the Vikings a 3-0 lead.

     KaelynORourke2025TW 2Seaman senior pitcher Kaelyn O'Rourke struck out six hitters in Thursday's 4-2 first-game win over Topeka West, [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    After three shutout innings from O’Rourke, Seaman coach Dan Ruda turned to freshman Kynnedi Kitzman to start the top of the fourth.

    Topeka West found its first run of the game in the frame, with Callie Jones drawing a leadoff walk and scoring on a Briggs single to cut the deficit to 3-1.

    After Kitzman shut down the Chargers in the top of the fifth, Seaman added an insurance run in the bottom half, with Simpson recording her third RBI of the game on a sacrifice fly to center field.

    Topeka West showed signs of life to begin the top of the sixth when Jones launched a home run over the left-field fence to make it a 4-2 game.

    After giving up the solo shot, Kitzman settled in and recorded the final six outs without allowing a hit or walk to earn the save for the Vikings.

    Seaman recorded 11 hits in Game 1, with Warren leading the way with a 3 for 4 outing. Simpson went 2 for 2 for the Vikings, driving in a run in each of her three plate appearances.

    O’Rourke earned the win in the circle, striking out six over three innings pitched.

    CallieJones2025Sea 1Topeka West senior shortstop Callie Jones scored both of West's first-game runs in a 4-2 loss to Seaman. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Isabella Kutina and Briggs each had two hits in the loss for Topeka West, while Jones tallied both runs scored for the Chargers.

    In Game 2, the Vikings sent out another freshman pitcher, Lydia Dreher, who retired the Chargers in order in the top of the first.

    Seaman got on the board early again, jumping out to a 2-0 lead with a Raegan McConnell RBI double and an O’Rourke RBI single.

    The hosts tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the second, with Kayleigh Neill driving in Addison Sibley after Sibley’s leadoff double.

    A few batters later, McConnell added her second RBI in as many innings with a single up the middle to give Seaman a 4-0 lead.

    After a third hitless inning from Dreher in the top of the third, the Vikings broke the contest open with a seven-run bottom of the third.

    With the bases loaded following two singles and a walk, Sibley hit a sacrifice fly to center field to push the Seaman lead to 5-0.

    With two outs in the inning, the Vikings rattled off five consecutive hits, including a two-run double from Anna McLaughlin and a two-run home run to center field by Warren.

    O’Rourke and Simpson each added RBI doubles before the Chargers managed to record the final out of the inning.

    Topeka West chipped away at the deficit in the top of the fourth, starting the inning with three straight singles.

    Jones drew a walk with the bases loaded, and Addaline Hall came in to score on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 11-2.

    Seaman added three more runs in the bottom of the inning, starting with a leadoff single from Kinsley Smith.

    The Vikings took advantage of four Charger errors in the inning to reach the final score of 14-2.

    The hosts had 15 hits in the nightcap, with each starter recording at least one hit.

    Warren drove in three runs in a 2 for 4 effort, while McConnell went a perfect 3 for 3 with two runs driven in.

    Dreher went the distance in the circle, going five innings while allowing only two runs and striking out five.

    With O’Rourke working her way back from a minor shoulder injury, Ruda was pleased with the way his two freshman pitchers took the pressure off of their star senior.

    “(Kitzman and Dreher) have done a really good job of stepping up in (O’Rourke’s) absence, and getting that varsity experience right away,” Ruda said. “(We're) trusting all of our pitchers to go in and get the job done, and just trying to keep kids healthy for the long run.”

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