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Trojans end victory drought with 65-60 Centennial League win at Hayden
By JUSTIN BURKHARDT
TopSports.news
Rewind to a year ago and the Hayden boys where in the same position as Topeka High found itself in Tuesday night as the Wildcats entered the game on a 12-game losing streak and would leave by beating the Trojans 57-42.
Junior Elisha Guest scored 15 points with three 3-pointers in Topeka High's 65-60 Centennial League win over Hayden. [File photo/TSN]
Fast forward to Tuesday as Topeka High would be the team needing a win and the Trojans would find just that, picking up their first win of the season with a 65-60 road Centennial League victory over Class 4A No. 4-ranked Hayden .
The start of the game would be in favor of the Wildcats as they would get off to the hot start with a 14-12 lead at the end of the first quarter and take a 33-27 lead into halftime, led by junior Connor Hanika, who would have 12 of his team high 16 points at halftime.
High would come out of halftime fighting as they would be down 54-47 at the end of three with a huge momentum swing right at the buzzer when junior Elisha Guest would hit a 3 to end the third and help his team get hot going into the fourth.
The Trojans would out-score the Wildcats 18-6 in the fourth to rally for the 5-point victory.
The Trojans would get a big night from Topeka West transfer Guest, who would score 15 points.
Guest, who spent the last 2 seasons at West made the move to High over the summer and has been a huge help for coach Geo Lyons and the Trojans.
“He is a basketball junkie, he is a gym rat, he is the kid I talk to the most,'' Lyons said. "He watches a lot of film, he is a sponge and wants to absorb as much as he can. We do a lot of film sessions one on one, and he has came in and helped push the guys that where here before he got here. He has been a great spark for us coming over from West.''
“It has been crazy,'' Guest said. "The pressure, the challenge of coming in and starting, I am glad to be doing it. I love basketball.”
Junior Octavian McFadden led Topeka High with a game-high 18 points in Tuesday's 65-60 Centennial League win at Hayden. [File photo/TSN]
The Trojans also got a big night from junior Octavian McFadden, who would lead all scorers with 18 points.
“I am proud of my teammates, all my points came off of assists from my teammates,'' McFadden said. "Coach just kept telling us we were right there and remained calm and kept telling us we were right there. Every game we’ve been there and then we slipped, but this one we started slipping and big guys came in and made big plays, and defense led to offense.”
Top-ranked Hayden girls top host El Dorado 64-15 in tournament opener
By JUSTIN BURKHARDT
TopSports.news
El Dorado -- In the first round of the 32nd annual Lady Cat Classic, the top-seeded and Class 4A No. 1 Hayden Wildcats went up against the host El Dorado, rolling to the tournament semifinals with a 64-15 win Thursday.
Freshman Hailey Schmidtlein scored a game-high 21 points in Hayden's 64-15 win over El Dorado on Thursday. [File photo/TSN]
Hayden started the game on a 13-0 run before El Dorado would answer with a floater to make it 13-2.
The Lady Cats would go on to out-score El Dorado 51-13 over the final three quarters of play to take a 64-15 decision and advance to play in the 7:45 p.m. semifinal Friday against (6-4) Gardner-Edgerton, which beat Goddard, 48-46.
The Wildcats had a near perfect night from there 6-foot freshman, Hailey Schmidtlein, who went 10-12 from the field to lead all scorers with 21 points.
“She went all out tonight, got some points off our defense and did a really nice job finishing,” Hayden coach Carvel Reynoldon said.
“I can’t thank my teammates enough,'' Schmidtlein said. "They were finding me when I was out ahead, seeing me, giving me those great passes. I didn’t do much but run up the court and get the ball and score.”
Top-ranked Seaman girls cruise to 56-15 win in Glacier's Edge opener
By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
EMPORIA -- The Class 5A top-ranked Seaman Lady Vikings cruised past the Wichita Northwest Grizzlies 56-15 on Thursday in the first round of the Glacier’s Edge Tournament hosted by Emporia High School.
Matt Tinsley's Seaman girls basketball team improved to 11-0 Thursday with a 56-15 win over Wichita Northwest. [File photo/TSN]
The Lady Vikes improved to 11-0 on the season and will face the fourth ranked team in Class 6A, the Shawnee Mission South Raiders, in the tournament semifinals at 7:45 p.m Friday.
Nine players scored for Seaman with two scoring in double figures.
The game started with Seaman jumping out to a 7-2 lead in the first four minutes. In the quarter, Seaman assisted on four of their five baskets and led 11-5 after the first eight minutes.
The first three minutes of the second quarter was very sluggish -- several turnovers and missed shots from both teams. A short jump shot from senior Kinley Wilhelm was the only basket until the four-minute mark of the quarter when sophomore Maddie Gragg hit a 3-pointer to extend Seaman’s lead to 16-5. The Lady Grizzlies were held scoreless for the quarter and the Lady Vikes led at the half, 26-5.
