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Created: 19 October 2025

By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news

Rossville scored 22 fourth-quarter points to rally past Olpe 36-22 in a Class 1A District 2 showdown Friday night at Olpe.

Canann Mitchell, Rossville

The Bulldawgs, now 6-1 overall and 4-0 in the district, trailed 16-14 at the end of the third quarter before taking the lead for good on a 34-yard touchdown run from senior quarterback Canann Mitchell and a 2-point conversion pass from Mitchell to senior Cameron Miller, giving Rossville a 22-16 lead.

With 4:26 remaining senior Conner Bush returned an Eagle punt 85 yards for a TD (conversion failed) to give the Bulldawgs a 28-16 lead.

Then, after Olpe (5-2, 3-1) scored on a 25-yard pass, Rossville scored its final TD on an 81-yard run from Mitchell with 1:48 left and Mitchell added a 2-point conversion pass to Andre Johnson to account for the final margin.

Rossville and Olpe were tied 14-14 at the half, with the Bulldawgss getting first-half touchdowns on a 71-yard Bush run and a 32-yard run from senior Jack Donovan.

Rossville will close out its regular season at home Friday against Wabaunsee.

Wildcats remain undefeated with 48-7 district rout at Perry-Lecompton

Hayden improved to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in Class 3A District 4 with Friday's 48-7 road win over Perry-Lecompton (1-6, 0-3).

The Wildcats will be back at home next Friday to host Jefferson West in a showdown for the district title. The Tigers, 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the district, are coming off a 50-12 non-district win over Atchison County.

T-Birds post second straight UKC victory

Shawnee Heights improved to 3-4 overall and 3-3 in the United Kansas Conference with a 42-8 road victory at Lansing Friday night.

Shawnee Heights will be at home on Friday to close out its regular season against Kansas City-Turner. 

Lions pick up second win in 54-13 district win

Cair Paravel Latin notched its second victory of the season Friday, taking a 54-13 Class 1A District 2 road win over Maranatha  Academy.

The Lions, now 2-5 overall and 1-3 in the district, will close out their regular season at Yager Stadium Saturday night against Olpe.

Unbeaten Basehor-Linwood rallies past Seaman, 47-40

Basehor-Linwood improved to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in the United Kansas Conference last Friday night at home, rallying from a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter to take a 47-40 conference victory over Seaman.

The game was tied at 7-all after one quarter and Seaman led 17-14 at the half.

Basehor-Linwood led 24-17 at the start of the fourth quarter before both teams scored 23 points over the final 12 minutes.

Seaman junior Cale Ketter completed 24 of 44 passes for 390 yards and five touchdowns, while junior Coy Barta had five catches for 149 yards and three TDs, junior Jack Becker had eight catches for 85 yards, junior Josh Brown had seven grabs for seven catches for 97 yards and a TD and senior Noah Kobuszewski caught three passes for 53 yards and a score.

Viking sophomore Quentin Moravec carried the ball 17 times for 61 yards. 

The Vikings, who fell to 3-4 overall and 3-3 in the UKC, will travel to De Soto next Friday to close out their regular season.

Leavenworth rolls past Topeka West 56-6 for sixth straight win

Leavenworth posted its sixth straight victory, improving to 6-1 overall and 6-1 in the United Kansas Conference with a 56-6 win over Topeka West Friday night at Hummer Sports Park.

West, now 1-6 overall and 1-6 in the UKC, will close out its regular season next Friday at Piper.

Trojans fall to Centennial League foe Manhattan

Topeka High fell to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in the Centennial League with a 50-0 Friday night loss at Manhattan in the Trojans' final league game of the season.

Manhattan improved to 5-2 overall and 2-1 in the league entering a game next Friday at Washburn Rural.

Topeka High will be at Hummer Sports Park next Friday to face Pittsburg in a non-league contest.

By TODD FERTIG

TopSports.news

With three state championships, 16 semifinal appearances and 23 quarterfinal appearances, including 18 of the last 20 seasons, the Washburn Rural boys soccer program is one of the most successful in all of Kansas.

Washburn Rural senior Dylan Willingham is closing in on Rural's single-season and career scoring records. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]

Year after year, it produces some of the best players in the state. Holding any type of record in such a program is quite an accomplishment.

Senior Dylan Willingham is on the verge of establishing himself as the program’s all-time greatest scorer. The next time Willingham puts a shot in the net, he will tie the school record for goals scored at 57. And he needs four goals to tie the mark for scores in a single season.

The Junior Blues have two more games left on the regular season schedule – at Topeka High on Monday, and at Blue Valley North on Thursday – and figure to play several postseason matches after that. The chances are high that Willingham will eclipse both records before he’s done.

“He’s one of the most talented kids to ever come through our program,” said Washburn Rural coach Brian Hensyel. “He has an unbelievable work ethic, wants to get better, super competitive.

“To get these records, he’s going to be up there with some of the great kids that we’ve had. It’s just cool to see a great kid like him, a really good student, be the person who could potentially hold those records.”

Last year’s Centennial League Player of the Year and an All-State first-team selection, Willingham now stands among the best goal scorers around. But it’s been a slow, steady build to this point. He scored just three goals as a freshman despite being a starter. He scored 12 as a sophomore, then 15 as a junior. He has scored 26 times thus far as a senior.

“When he was a freshman, I wouldn’t have thought of him as a goal scorer,” Hensyel said. “He played midfield for a couple of years. Now he’s playing forward. He was just a really good technical soccer player who has turned into a really good finisher.”

Willingham is excelling at scoring, but he doesn’t necessarily think of himself as a scorer.

“I was playing center-mid (my first two years) and I like to be more of a playmaker,” Willingham said. “But scoring goals is a fun thing to do. That’s the role that this team needs for me now, to play forward.”

Hardly a ball hog, Willingham also ranks high on the school list for assists.

“I think I play better as a whole when I just think about having us as a team winning, scoring goals as a team,” Willingham said. “In reality, it doesn’t matter who scores the goal. It just matters that the ball goes in the net.”

Hensyel said Willingham’s personality has helped him reach this point as a player.

“Sometimes when he was younger, he was a little bit tough on himself, if he made a mistake or missed a shot or whatever,” Hensyel said. “But it’s been pretty rare for me to see a team rally around one guy as much as I’ve seen them rally around him. His biggest fans are his teammates. They’re like, ‘We’ve got to get the ball to Dylan! We need to keep feeding him!’ ”

Willingham is chasing the season goals record of 30 set by Austin Halsey in 2014. He needs just one goal to match the career total of 57 held by Halsey and Easton Bradstreet.

“To reach those kind of totals, it means, number one, you’ve got to probably be on the team for four years. And then you’ve got to play a big role for four years,” Hensyel said.

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By RICK PETERSON

TopSports.news

Sunday was a frustrating day for Washburn University soccer in some respects, with the Ichabods having a first-half goal taken off the board and having to come from behind after Rogers State scored early in the second half.

But in the end Washburn found a way to earn a 1-1 tie at Yager Stadium, stretching its unbeaten streak to nine games.

Washburn freshman Kate Hinck (7) battles Rogers State's Kelsey Hogan for the ball in Sunday's 1-1 tie at Yager Stadium. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

"I thought the performance was really good,'' Washburn coach Davy Phillips said. "We out-shot them 17-4 and in the game of soccer it's hard to score goals and a ref takes one away from you it makes a big difference on the game.

"But I'm proud of the mentality and the performance. There's probably 20 minutes in the second half we weren't at our best, but other than that I thought it was a really good performance from us. It's just turning performance into wins, which is really, really hard in soccer.''

Washburn is now 8-2-3 overall and 5-0-2 in the MIAA while Rogers State is 1-5-6 overall and 1-3-3 in the MIAA.

Sunday's game was scoreless at the half after Washburn had a goal ruled out due to a foul on the Hillcat goalkeeper.

Washburn recorded 12 shots in the half, with a shot off the post and two others on goal, and out-shot Rogers State 17-4 on the day, with all of the Hillcats' shots coming in the second half.

But it was Rogers State that drew first blood two minutes into the second half on a free kick that bounced around and eventually found the net.

Washburn would have control of the ball for the rest of the contest and finally pulled even in the 80th minute, scoring from a corner by way of Shaye Taylor, who scored her second career goal.

Washburn will be back at home on Friday as the Ichabods host the Central Missouri Jennies in a 6 p.m. MIAA contest at Yager Stadium.