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Shawnee Heights boys basketball handles Turner down the stretch in 76-54 UKC win
By VINCE LOVERGINE
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Kansas City-Turner kept things close most of the way Tuesday night at Shawnee Heights until the fourth quarter when the T-Birds opened the flood gates en route to a 76-54 United Kansas Conference win.
Shawnee Heights freshman Quincy Dixon scored a game-high 20 points in Tuesday's 76-54 UKC win over KC-Turner. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
“The finish of the final quarter was dominating and we did it with defense,” Heights coach Ken Darting said. “What we’re not grasping is that when you’re basically playing five guys for 32 minutes, you have to play 100 percent all the time and nothing less. We have to get more help off the bench or we’re going to be in trouble.”
Junior Cam Ross scored 18 points in Shawnee Heights' 76-54 UKC win over KC-Turner Tuesday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Junior Cam Ross had himself a nice first quarter drilling a triple early on to push the T-Birds to a 5-0 lead, and senior JaiMarion Cook made it 10-5 before Ross had a steal and went coast to coast, threw down a dunk with one hand with a defender all over him. He then would hit a three late in the quarter to make it 17-7 and SHHS led 19-10 after one.
The Bears would go on a 9-0 run to begin the second quarter after Xaire Davis hit a three to make it 20-19. Shawnee Heights would quickly regain the lead after freshman Quincy Dixon converted an and-one opportunity.
The lead would get back to five after another Cook three from the left wing but Darion McBride tied the game at 28 for Turner after he, too, converted an and-one and that's where the game stood at halftime, 28-28.
The game would go back and forth for a little bit in the third quarter but then the T-Birds built a lead once again thanks to senior Ja’Veon Alston and Dixon, creating a 10-2 run and forcing the Bears into a timeout at 43-35.
After another Ross dunk and a Aiden Scott buzzer-beating layup, Shawnee Heights led by 10, 47-37 going into the fourth.
The Bears would bring its deficit down to seven after a Cedric Scott three, but after that Turner committed several turnovers leading to transition points along with fastbreak opportunities and the lead grew to 63-47 before Turner called another timeout.
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
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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.
