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MIAA champion Washburn men dominate all-conference team
By RICK PETERSON
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MIAA regular-season champion Washburn University earned seven awards from the conference coaches Tuesday, including the Defensive Player of the Year, the MIAA Coach of the Year, two first-team All-MIAA selections, a third-team All-MIAA pick, an MIAA honorable mention selection and an MIAA All-Defensive team pick.
Junior guard Jack Bachelor was named first-team All-MIAA along with sophomore forward Dillon Claussen. Junior guard Jeremiah Jones was honored three times, being named the MIAA Defensive Player of the Year, a member of the MIAA All-Defensive Team and a third-team All-MIAA selection.
Earning honorable mention All-MIAA honors was senior guard Bryson Smith and Ichabod coach Brett Ballard was named the MIAA Coach of the Year for the second straight season in a row.
Jack Bachelor, WashJburn University
Bachelor is a repeat first-team selection, averaging 15.1 points with 127 assists (4.4 per game). He is 19th in the nation in assist to turnover ratio and 31st in the nation in 3-pointers made with 79.
Dillon Claussen, Washburn University
Claussen leads the Ichabods in scoring at 15.4 points per game and averages a team-high 6.2 rebounds with 43 total blocks. He is 12th in the nation in field goal percentage at 61.5 percent.
Jeremiah Jones, Washburn University
The Ichabods recorded their second straight MIAA Defensive Player of the Year as Jones joins Jacob Hanna from last season.
Jones leads the nation in steals with 87 and his 3.00 steals per game is third overall. Jones also averages 9.6 points with 4.6 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.
Bryson Smith, Washburn University
Smith has averaged 11.3 points with 2.7 rebounds and 3.2 assists this season through 29 games. In his lone season as an Ichabod, Smith scored a career-high 26 points against Rogers State on Feb. 21 earlier this season.
Brett Ballard, Washburn University
Ballard repeated as the MIAA Coach of the Year after leading the Ichabods to a second consecutive MIAA regular season title after going 18-1 in MIAA play and 28-1 overall.
For the second season in a row the Ichabods won their first 22 games of the season and were ranked No. 1 in the nation for six weeks and currently ranked No. 3.
Last season, Ballard led the Ichabods to a 30-4 overall record with the 2025 NCAA Central Regional title and an appearance in the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time since 2001.
Former Seaman star Ty Henry, a junior at Missouri Western, was named to the All-MIAA third team.
The Ichabods will open the MIAA Championship Tournament in Kansas City, Mo. on Thursday night at 6 p.m.
ALL-MIAA MEN'S BASKETBALL
State champion Daniel Allen, seven-time defending team champ Rural top All-City swimming
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Washburn Rural earned nine of 11 spots on the 2026 All-City boys swimming and diving team, led by Class 6A state champion Daniel Allen, after the Junior Blues capturned their seventh straight city team championship.
The 2026 All-City boys swimming first team -- Front, from left: Alexander Jeffries, Washburn Rural; Davin Potts, Washburn Rural; Braeden Montgomery, Washburn Rural; Benjamin Allen, Washburn Rural; Andres Morao-Jaspe, Washburn Rural. Back, from left: Kinser Barbosa, Seaman; Daniel Allen, Washburn Rural; Thomas Appuhn, Washburn Rural; Zain Chaudhry, Washburn Rural; Castle Wallace, Washburn Rural; Will Stewart, Topeka High. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The 2026 All-City boys swimming and diving second team -- Front row, from left: Quenten Jessop, Washburn Rural; Henry Sterling, Cair Paravel/Hayden; William Toland, Topeka High; Wyatt Ratteree, Topeka High; Jackson Wills, Topeka High; Owen Gann, Shawnee Heights. Back row, from left: Patrick Luke, Hayden; Joseph Jensen, Washburn Rural; Miller Reid, Hayden; Camp LeDuc, Seaman; Theron Carlson, Seaman. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Allen capped his junior season with the state title in the 100-yard butterfly while also placing third in the 100 backstroke and swimming on the Junior Blues' fourth-place 200 medley relay and seventh-place 200 free relay.
Sophomore Thomas Appuhn also earned four medals in the state meet, posting fourth-place finishes in the 200 individual medley and the 100 backstroke and swimming on Rural's fourth-place 200 medley relay and seventh-place 200 free relay.
Junior Andres Morao-Jaspe and sophomore Castle Wallace also earned 6A state medals as Washburn Rural placed sixth as team and are joined on the All-City team by Benjamin Allen, Zain Chaudhry, Alexander Jeffries, Braeden Montgomery and Davin Potts.
Appuhn, Morao-Jaspe and Wallace are all first-team All-City repeat honorees while D. Allen made the team as a freshman before sitting out his sophomore high school season.
Seaman's Kinser Barbosa and Topeka High's Will Stewart are also repeat first-team All-City selections.
All-City capsules:
A1 Lock & Key Performers March 2, 2026
By RICK PETERSON
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Jack Donovan
JACK DONOVAN, Rossville
A senior boys basketball player, Donovan scored 47 points on Friday as Rossville opened postseason with a 90-28 Class 2A sub-state home quarterfinal victory over McLouth. A returning All-Shawnee County pick, Donovan hit 17 of 28 shots on the night with nine 3-pointers while also going 4 of 4 at the free throw line and topping the 40-point mark for the second time this season.
Brecken Garrett
BRECKEN GARRETT, Washburn Rural
Garrett, a junior boys bowler, shot a 739 three-game series last Wednesday in a Class 6A regional tournament at Royal Crest Lanes in Lawrence to capture the individual championship and lead the Junior Blues to the team title by a 3,614-3,341 margin over Mill Valley. Garrett bowled games of 216, 258 and 265.
Cianna Graves
CIANNA GRAVES, Shawnee Heights
A senior 155-pound girls wrestler, Graves captured her first Class 5A individual state championship Saturday in Park City, capping a 35-2 season with a second-period pin in the title match while helping lead the T-Birds to a third-place team finish for the second straight season. Graves finished her high school career as a four-time state medalist.
