By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Shawnee Heights junior Henry Schattilly bowled a perfect 300 game in Tuesday's high school bowling meet at Lawrence, earning the individual title while leading the T-Birds to the team crown.
Schattilly bowled his 300 in his second game after a first-game 182 and finished his series with a 212 to take individual honors by two pins over Ottawa's Shane Circle with a 693 series.
The T-Birds also got a fourth-place individual finish from Caden Cochrane (680) and a fifth-place showing from Trey Donath (662) en route to the team championship by a 2,703-2,342 margin over Free State.
Chevy Stallbaumer added a 634 series for Shawnee Heights while Donovan Davis had a 597 and Cooper Brown a 552.
Shawnee Heights also won the girls team title in Tuesday's event by a 2,068-2,020 margin over Lawrence Free State.
Reese Bell posted a fourth-place individual finish for the T-Birds with a 533 series.
T-Birds sweep titles in home quadrangular
Shawnee Heights swept the individual and team titles in Wednesday's home quadrangular at Gage Bowl.
Junior Henry Schattilly won his second individual championship in as many days, rolling a 643 three-game series to claim top honors by five pins over teammate Chevy Stallbaumer (638).
Trey Donath also posted a top-five finish, placing fourth with a 591 series, as the T-Birds finished first as a team by a 2,479-2,306 margin over Piper. Topeka West finished fourth as a team with a 2,197 team score.
Shawnee Heights sophomore Addison VanMetre won the girls individual title with a 540 series as the T-Birds edged Piper by a 1,953-1,942 margin in the team standings. Topeka West was fourth with a 1,417 total.
Heights' Sophie Scheve finished fifth individually with a 482 series.
Manhattan wins titles in Topeka High bowling quad
Manhattan dominated Tuesday's Topeka High bowling quadrangular at Gage Bowl, sweeping both the girls individual and team championships.
Manhattan's boys swept the top five individual spots on the way to a 2,603-2,212 margin over Highland Park, while Topeka West (2,109) was third and Topeka High (2,030).
Cristian Reyes led Highland Park with a 579 series while Allen McCracken had a 572 series and Aaron Poe a 565 for the Scots.
Alec Rutschmann led Topeka West with a 556 series while Austin Mitchell paced Topeka High with a 551.
Manhattan went one-two individually in the girls division on the way to a 1,997-1,469 margin over Topeka West in the team standings. Highland Park finished third with a 1,336 team score while Topeka High was fourth at 1,297.
West's Kaitlyn Leeburg finished third with a 459 series while Highland Park was led by Thalia Villanueva, who finished fifth with a 434.
Lilly Krohe led Topeka High with a 380 series.
Lady Scots bounce back with 23-point Meadowlark Conference win
Highland Park girls basketball, which suffered its first loss on Tuesday to USD 501 rival Topeka High, bounced back with a 61-38 Meadowlark Conference victory over Atchison Wednesday night.
Sophomores Zayah Kincade and Pearmella Carter scored 15 points apiece to lead Highland Park, which Carter also grabbed 15 rebounds with five steals and Kincade connected on four 3-pointers.
Highland Park improved to 7-1 with a perfect 5-0 record in the Meadowlark Conference.
West boys tune up for tourney with 50-49 UKC win over Bobcats
Juniors Malakyah Duncan and Keimani Paul combined for 30 points Tuesday night as No. 7-ranked Topeka West held on for a 50-49 United Kansas Conference win over Basehor-Linwood.
Duncan scored 18 points to lead the Chargers while Paul added 12 points as West improved to 6-2 overall and in the UKC with its fourth straight win.
West led 10-9 at the end of the first quarter and used a 16-10 second quarter to take a 26-19 halftime advantage.
West went up 42-33 after three quarters and held on for the win after Basehor-Linwood closed with a 16-8 fourth quarter.
Topeka West is competing Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Topeka Invitational Tournament at Topeka High.
Rossville boys roll to 76-24 tourney win
Rossville opened its Valley Falls tournament bid with a 76-24 rout over Jefferson County North on Tuesday.
The Bulldawgs led 14-8 at the end of the first quarter and then outscored the Chargers 62-16 over the final three quarters.
Junior Jack Donovan led the Bulldawgs with 16 points, backed by senior Kameron Badura with 14 points and junior Jakoby McDonnell with 10 points.
CPLS boys drop 50-48 heartbreaker to Mission Valley
Cair Paravel Latin boys basketball was in position to pull out a victory over Mission Valley in Tuesday's first-round game in the Flint Hills League Tournament at Emporia's White Auditorium, but couldn't get a late shot to fall in a 50-48 loss to the Vikings.
The Lions, now 4-6, were down by a point with the ball but couldn't get a potential game-winning shot to go.
Caleb Cleverdon led Cair Paravel with 19 points, including five 3-pointers, whil Jase Pavlik had 15 points for the Lions.
Silver Lake girls, boys post big tourney wins
Silver Lake's girls and boys opened tournament play in the Burlington Invitational on Tuesday with double-digit victories.
The Eagle boys rolled to an 88-65 win over Labette County while Silver Lake's girls took a 70-37 win over Ottawa.
Lady Lions fall 30-28 to West Franklin in nailbiter
Cair Paravel Latin's girls took West Franklin down to the wire Wednesday in a game that was close throughout before dropping a 30-28 decision in the consolation round of the Flint Hills League Tournament at Emporia's White Auditorium.
West Franklin took a 10-7 first-quarter lead over the Lions and led 17-13 at halftime and 21-17 at the start of the fourth quarter before CPLS held an 11-9 advantage over the final eight minutes.
KellyAnn Chada led Cair Paravel with 12 points while Erianna Donaldson added 8 points.