By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Hayden senior basketball player Trent Duffey and Seaman sophomore basketball player Taylin Stallbaumer have been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Athletes of the Week for last week.
Duffey scored 60 points in three Hayden games on the week, including a career-high performance, while Stallbaumer helped lead Seaman to upset victories over a pair of state-ranked teams.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Duffey and Stallbaumer last week:
TRENT DUFFEY, Hayden
Duffey, a 6-foot-2 senior, scored 60 points in three games on the week as the Wildcats won two of the three.
Duffey scored 19 points in Hayden's 58-35 non-league win over Tonganoxie last Monday, had nine points in Tuesday's 51-48 overtime Centennial League loss to No. 2-ranked (Class 5A) Topeka West and scored a career-high 32 points in Friday's 66-57 league win over Topeka High on Senior Night at Hayden.
TAYLIN STALLBAUMER, Seaman
A 5-foot-6 sophomore, Stallbaumer turned in a pair of 19-point games as then-No. 8-ranked Vikings (Class 5A) knocked off state-ranked teams Topeka High and Lansing.
Stallbaumer had 19 points with three 3-pointers in Seaman's 50-42 win over previously-unbeaten and No. 2-ranked (6A) Topeka High last Tuesday and turned in another 19-point game and four 3-pointers on Friday in the Vikings' 56-46 non-league win over then-No. 4-ranked (5A) Lansing.