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Hayden came up with big performances in all three phases of the game Friday night, advancing to the Class 3A state semifinals with a 64-19 road romp past Parsons.
The Wildcats, who improved to 11-0 on the season, will host familiar rival Holton, a 35-22 winner over Frontenac, next Friday night.
Hayden sophomore Kade MItchell had a pair of touchdowns, including a 99-yard kickoff return, in the Wildcats' 64-19 Class 3A playoff win over Parsons. [File photo/TSN]
Hayden's defense set the tone for the night when it forced a missed field goal attempt by Parsons after the Vikings recovered a Wildcat fumble on the opening kickoff at the Hayden 25-yard-line.
Hayden's offense then responded with a six-play, 80-yard scoring drive, capped by a 42-yard touchdown run from sophomore Kade Mitchell (Mason Becker kick).
Parsons got within a point at 7-6 after a 75-yard, seven-play drive that produed a 19-yard TD pass from Tra Mack to Cade Brown (kick failed) but Hayden answered with a seven-play, 80-yard scoring match, with senior Finn Dunshee scoring on a 6-yard run (Becker kick) that put the Wildcats up 14-6 with 1:48 left in first quarter.
After forcing a Parsons punt, Hayden drove 57 yards in 11 plays for a Dom Ridley 5-yard run (Becker kick) as the Wildcats went in front, 21-6.
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FRIDAY'S GAMES
Class 6A
Senior Branton DeWeese threw for three touchdowns in Washburn Rural's 27-20 Class 6A playoff win over Junction City last Friday. [File photo/TSN]
WICHITA EAST (8-2) at WASHBURN RURAL (10-0)
Washburn Rural, the No. 1 West seed, is coming off a 27-20 home playoff win over Junction City last Friday while Wichita East advanced with a 48-28 win over Wichita Northwest. Rural has won 10 straight games for the first time since a perfect 12-0 season in 1989 and has won 10 games in a season for the first time since 1992. Rural senior quarterback Branton DeWeese threw for three touchdowns against Junction City, including a 69-yard game-winning strike to senior Calvin Hayes with 6:15 left in the game. Senior JC Heim scored a pair of TDs and starred defensively for the Junior Blues in last week's win while junior King Leonard had a pair of pass interceptions. Washburn Rural will be playing a Wichita East team that it faced in the opening game of the 2023 season, with the Junior Blues taking a 26-25 win in that game at Bowen-Glaze Stadium. The winner of Friday's game will advance to the 6A sub-state round to face the winner of Friday's game between Manhattan (9-1) and Derby (9-1) at Manhattan. With a win Friday Rural will be at home for the sub-state contest.
Class 5A
Seaman junior quarterback Max Huston helped lead the Vikings to a 31-28 upset win over No. 1 Class 5A seed De Soto last Friday. [File photo/TSN]
SEAMAN (6-4) at MILL VALLEY (8-2)
Seaman, the No. 9 seed in the 5A East, posted its second straight Class 5A road playoff win over a higher seed last Friday, knocking off No. 1 East seed De Soto 31-28 on junior Ethan Geiger's 25-yard field goal with 7:08 remaining. Four-time defending state champion Mill Valley advanced with a 56-7 win over Spring Hill. Seaman junior quarterback Max Huston ran for two touchdowns and threw for two TDs in the win over De Soto. Huston has completed 188 of 309 passes for 2,774 yards and 34 touchdowns while senior Callen Barta has caught 63 passes for 1,254 yards and 16 TDs and junior Bryer Finley has 43 receptions for 529 yards and nine TDs and senior Holden Finley has 41 catches for 548 yards and six TDs. Huston is also Seaman's leading rusher with 581 yards and seven TDs on 115 attempts. Mill Valley senior Tristan Baker has carried the ball 161 times for 1,132 yards and 16 touchdowns while
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By KEVIN HASKIN
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Musings at the mid-month:
The Big 12 needs editors even worse.
- I read its original tiebreaker rule to break a multiple tie for a Big 12 championship berth and could only scratch my head.
- But the rule was there, in-season, and permitted just about any team at the top of the conference race a shot to reach the championship game.
- Then came a November correction that makes mail-in ballot counters blush.
- Brett Yormark yelled “get me rewrite” and boom, a revision became law.
- Only Yormark still needed an editor. The correction was made this week, in season, and yet the Big 12 had the audacity to state it did not change any rules.
- Should teams advance first and foremost by head-to-head outcomes? Absolutely.
- I don’t disagree with the amendment. I just wonder why the Big 12 didn’t catch its error until mid-season and then lied by stating its tiebreaker rule did not change.
- Just come clean, state you made a correction, and acknowledge the Big 12 regrets the error.
- I understand the amendment didn’t favor K-State. But strange things can happen with two games left in a tight conference race.
- We’re seeing the oddities that exist with more league members, no divisions and no pods when attempting to decide championship game participants in football.
- Get used to it.
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The No. 1-seeded Washburn University soccer team heads to Wichita Thursday to face rival Emporia State in an MIAA Championship semifinal (3 p.m. start) at the Stryker Sports Complex.
Washburn's soccer team will face Emporia State for the third time this season in the MIAA Tournament semifinals Thursday at Wichita. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The No. 7 nationally-ranked Ichabods will face No. 4 MIAA seed Emporia State for the third time this season, with Washburn winning 1-0 at ESU earlier in the season and the Hornets topping WU in the regular-season final, 1-0.
The Washburn-Emporia State semifinal will follow the first semi between No. 2 tourney seed Central Missouri and No. 3 Fort Hays State.
The championship match will be played at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Stryker Complex.
Washburn is currently 16-2-1 on the season and won the second MIAA regular-season championship in program history.
The Ichabods went 9-1-1 in the MIAA with the only loss coming to the Hornets.
Washburn set a new program record with its 16th win last Friday night in the opening round of the MIAA tournament, breaking the pervious high set in 2006 when WU went 15-1-6.
With a win Washburn will advance to the MIAA Championship Tournament for the first time in program history.
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Twenty city boys soccer players have received recognition on the 2023 All-United Kansas Conference team, including five first-team selections.
Seaman senior Jacob Anderson (11) was one of five city soccer players to earn All-United Kansas Conference first-team honors. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka West senior Isaac Gonzalez-Talavera (right) represents the Chargers on the All-United Kansas Conference soccer first team. [File photo/TSN]
Jack Martin (7) was one of three Shawnee Heights soccer players to earn first-team All-United Kansas Conference honors. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights senior Jack Phillips (27) earned a first-team spot on the All-United Kansas Conference soccer team. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights senior Roscoe Poyner (1) earned a first-team spot on the All-United Kansas Conference soccer team. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights, a Class 5A regional champion, is represented on the first team by senior defender Jack Phillips, senior forward Jack Martin and senior midfielder Roscoe Poyner while Seaman senior defender Jacob Anderson and Topeka West forward Isaac Gonzalez-Talavera also earned first-team honors.
Shawnee Heights senior AJ Hamby, Topeka West junior defender Jafet Rodriguez, Seaman senior forward Jace Brake and Seaman senior midfielder Phoenix Cannon were named to the All-UKC second team while 11 city players received honorable mention.
Piper senior forward Carlos Renteria was named the UKC player of the year while De Soto's Drew Proctor, a Washburn Rural graduate, was named the conference coach of the year.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE SOCCER
| Position | 1st Team | School | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Mason Porter | Piper | 10 |
| Defender | Gibson Daise | De Soto | 12 |
| Defender | Robert (Harper) Foley | Lansing | 11 |
| Defender | Brady Johnson | Piper | 12 |
| Defender | Jacob Anderson | Seaman | 12 |
| Defender | Jack Phillips | Shawnee Heights | 12 |
| Forward | Carson Johnson | Basehor-Linwood | 12 |
| Forward | Jamie Kneebone | De Soto | 12 |
| Forward | Carlos Renteria | Piper | 12 |
| Forward | Jack Martin | Shawnee Heights | 12 |
| Forward | Isaac Gonzalez-Talavera | Topeka West | 12 |
| Midfielder | Andrew Powers | De Soto | 12 |
| Midfielder | Jeremy Quintanilla | De Soto | 12 |
| Midfielder | Connor Torres | Leavenworth | 12 |
| Midfielder | Roscoe Poyner | Shawnee Heights | 12 |
| Midfielder | Brandon Barrera | Turner | 11 |
| Position | 2nd Team | School | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Shawn Sullivan | Leavenworth | 12 |
| Defender | Kyan Rice | De Soto | 12 |
| Defender | Grant Paul | Piper | 12 |
| Defender | AJ Hamby | Shawnee Heights | 12 |
| Defender | Jafet Rodriguez | Topeka West | 11 |
| Defender | Jordi Salas | Turner | 11 |
| Forward | Brayden Conrad | De Soto | 12 |
| Forward | Dylan Narayan | De Soto | 10 |
| Forward | Yael Navarrete | Lansing | 11 |
| Forward | Jayden Henry | Piper | 12 |
| Forward | Jace Brake | Seaman | 12 |
| Midfielder | Mastin Burchyett | Lansing | 12 |
| Midfielder | Anh Tuan Do | Piper | 12 |
| Midfielder | Dave Thomas | Piper | 12 |
| Midfielder | Jacob Mena | Piper | 12 |
| Midfielder | Phoenix Cannon | Seaman | 12 |
| Position | Honorable Mention | School | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Joe Pate | Basehor-Linwood | 11 |
| Midfielder | Cayden Johnson | Basehor-Linwood | 12 |
| Midfielder | Michael Janouschek | Basehor-Linwood | 12 |
| Defender | Eli Boehm | De Soto | 12 |
| Goalkeeper | Lucas Porras | De Soto | 12 |
| Midfielder | Brady Lum | De Soto | 11 |
| Defender | Riley Dilka | Lansing | 9 |
| Forward | Xavier Perez | Lansing | 10 |
| Goalkeeper | CJ Yedlinski | Lansing | 11 |
| Midfielder | Andrew Ferguson | Lansing | 10 |
| Midfielder | Jacob Dennis | Lansing | 10 |
| Defender | Andrew Martin | Leavenworth | 11 |
| Defender | Brady Waters | Leavenworth | 12 |
| Forward | Joaquin Davila | Leavenworth | 12 |
| Midfielder | Matt Ayers | Leavenworth | 12 |
| Defender | Xavier Lee | Piper | 12 |
| Midfielder | AJ Ammons | Piper | 12 |
| Defender | Dalton Smith | Seaman | 11 |
| Defender | Ethan Geiger | Seaman | 11 |
| Forward | Blake Toyne | Seaman | 11 |
| Goalkeeper | Tyler Siverston | Seaman | 12 |
| Midfielder | Kaelin Loy | Seaman | 11 |
| Midfielder | Logan Townsend | Seaman | 11 |
| Forward | Camden Granado | Shawnee Heights | 10 |
| Midfielder | Juan Garcia | Shawnee Heights | 10 |
| Midfielder | Mason Haas | Shawnee Heights | 9 |
| Defender | Kyren Padilla | Topeka West | 12 |
| Midfielder | Brendan Komma | Topeka West | 12 |
| Defender | Nason Romero | Turner | 12 |
| Forward | Alex Cadena | Turner | 10 |
| Midfielder | Essai Morales | Turner | 12 |
Player of the year -- Carlos Renteria, Piper.
Coach of the year -- Drew Proctor, De Soto.
