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Topeka High to induct third annual Sports Hall of Honor class Thursday night
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Topeka High will induct 12 individuals and two Trojan teams into the Sports Hall of Honor at 7 p.m. Thursday in Hoehner Auditorium.
Thursday's honorees will be inducted in four categories -- Athletes-Trojan Award, Post-Graduate Achievement-Black and Gold Award, Support Staff-Three Cheers Award and Team-Spirit Award.
Trojan Award inductees include 1956 Topeka High graduate John "JB'' Littlejohn (football), 1974 graduate Dan Wieser (football, basketball, baseball), 1975 graduate Nannette Lee Hicks (track and field), 1982 graduate Rosemary Burnett (basketball), 1986 graduate David Proctor (baseball, basketball) and 1995 graduate Beau Vest (wrestling).
Black and Gold Award honorees include 1946 graduate Joe Douglas (softball), 1972 graduate Ted Evans (basketball), 1997 graduate Carmen Wright Rojas (track and field) and 2000 graduate Anjanae Wilson Toney (track and field).
Three Cheers Award inductees include 1958 graduate Davd Fisher (statistition) and 1972 graduate Jim Riggert (athletic trainer) while Spirit Award honorees will be the 1969-70 boys gymnastics team and the 1986 boys basketball team.
Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. Thursday (South main doors and Western Street doors).
On Friday the inductees will be recognized at halftime of the boys varsity Centennial League basketball game against Washburn Rural.
College signings: Hayden golf's Borjon, Glotzbach sign with Iowa Western
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
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Hayden senior golf stars Lauren Borjon and Izzy Glotzbach signed college letters of intent with Iowa Western Community College Tuesday at Hayden.
Lauren Borjon, Hayden
Izzy Glotzbach, Hayden
Both Borjon and Glotzbach were three-time All-Shawnee County selections and helped lead Hayden to back-to-back Class 4A state state championships in 2023 and 2024 before a fourth-place finish this past fall.
Borjon earned her fourth straight medal in the 2025 4A state meet with a tie for 12th, was the runnerup in the city tourney, fifth in the Centennial League, eighth at regionals and was a second-team All-State pick in 4A.
Glotzbach Glotzbach tied for fifth in the 4A state tournament after finishing third in the city tournament, fourth in the Centennial League, tying for second at regionals and earning first-team All-4A recognition.
Aiden Scott, Shawnee Heights
AJ Gallegos, Shawnee Heights
T-Bird standouts to sign college football letters
Four Shawnee Heights football seniors are scheduled to sign college football letters of intent on Wednesday at Heights.
Aiden Scott will sign a letter of intent with Washburn University while AJ Gallegos will sign with Baker, Blake Coffman with Emporia State and Camden Granado with Iowa Western Community College.
Scott and Gallegos were All-Shawnee County Top 22 picks last fall while Coffman and Granado received honorable mention.
T-Bird star Tyren Parker signed earlier with Kansas and enrolled at the school for the spring semester.
A1 Lock & Key Performers Feb. 2, 2026
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Daniel Allen
DANIEL ALLEN, Washburn Rural
Allen, a junior boys swimmer, captured four gold medals in Thursday's Topeka City Swimming Championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium as Washburn Rural extended its city championship streak to seven straight with a dominating 609-371 margin over Seaman. Allen won individual titles in the 100-yard butterfly (52.22 seconds) and 100 backstroke (52.82) and swam on the Junior Blues' winning 200 medley relay (1:41.75) and 400 free relay (3:24.55) teams.
BRYNN ANDERSON, Washburn Rural
A freshman basketball standout, Anderson was named the Most Valuable Player in the Glaciers Edge Tournament at Emporia after scoring a game-high 20 points in the championship game as Washburn Rural captured the tournament title with a 48-42 win over Wichita Southeast. Anderson hit 5 of 10 shots from the field, including a 3-pointer, and went 9 of 10 at the free throw line for the 10-4 Junior Blues.
Madi Blanco
MADI BLANCO, Washburn Rural
Blanco, a girls wrestling star, went 3-0 on the day with three pins to capture the 140-pound championship in Saturday's 20-school Washburn Women's Invitational. Blanco, a two-time Class 6A state medalist, needed just 37 seconds in the championship match to win the title after beginning the day with 1:31 and 2:14 pins. Blanco was ranked No. 3 in 6A and No. 5 in the All-Class rankings by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association.
