Zach Watkins' Washburn Ichabods will be looking to pick up their first MIAA win in Saturday's Family Day contest with Nebraska-Kearney. [File photo/TSN] Washburn sophomore linebacker JC Heim, a former Washburn Rural star, leads the MIAA in tackles with 59 and sophomore L.J. Minner Jr. is second with 48, with the Ichabod duo ranking third and fourth, respectively, in the NCAA Division II-2 national rankings.
Minner has recorded double-digit tackles in each of his last seven games dating back to last season. The seven-game double-digit tackle streak is the longest since Grant Gould had at least 10 tackles in seven straight from the final game of the 2004 season to the first six games of the 2005 season.
Chase Allen-Jackman's four touchdown receptions lead the MIAA and is 13th in the NCAA D2 ranks.
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Silver Lake junior volleyball standout Kylie Hanni and Seaman sophomore football standout Quentin Moravec have been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2025-2026 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Hanni and Moravec over the past week:
Kylie Hanni, Silver Lake
KYLIE HANNI, Silver Lake
A 5-foot-3 setter, Hanni has helped lead Silver Lake to a 22-1 record and the No. 1 spot in the Kansas Volleyball Association Class 3A state rankings for the last three weeks.
Hanni, who is among the state's assist leaders for all classes, helped Silver Lake post a perfect 5-0 record last Saturday on the way to the championship in the Rossville Invitational, with wins over Holton, Jefferson West, Ottawa, Valley Falls and Wamego, including straight-set wins in four or its five matches on the day.
Hanni and the Eagles, whose lone loss came against 5A Shawnee Heights, followed up the tourney title with Big East League wins over Jefferson West and Sabetha.
Quentin Moravec, Seaman
QUENTIN MORAVEC, Seaman
Moravec, a 6-foot, 180-pound running back, carried the ball 17 times for 196 yards and two touchdowns last Friday night at Hummer Sports Park as Seaman notched its first victory of the season in a 61-0 United Kansas Conference win over Topeka West.
Moravec, who has given the Vikings a big lift after an opening-game injury to standout Kaden McKinney, scored on runs of 39 and 44 yards as the Vikings improved to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in the UKC.
Through four games Moravec has carried the ball 58 times for 426 yards and six touchdowns.
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It was Homecoming for Topeka West before Thursday's United Kansas Conference football game as the Chargers would host the Lansing Lions on a beautiful fall night at Hummer Sports Park.
West, which was looking for its first win of the season, built a 20-14 halftime advantage, but the Lions scored 22 fourth-quarter points to pull out a 36-20 win.
Topeka West sophomore quarterback Josiah Wilkie threw for two touchdowns in Thursday's 36-20 loss to Lansing. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Nas Williams-Brown scored on a run and a pass reception for Topeka West in Thursday's 36-20 loss to Lansing. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The Lions would start the game off with the ball and score with a Jaxon Pollard run.
The Chargers would get the ball and move it down the field through the air with their sophomore quarterback Josiah Wilkie as Wilkie would find fellow sophomore Nas Williams-Brown for a 12-yard touchdown strike.
The Chargers would force the Lions to punt on their next possession and would take advantage and find the end zone on a 48-yard run by Williams-Brown.
The Chargers and Lions would find themselves full of emotions as they would get into a tussle on the West sideline, which would force four Chargers and three Lions to the locker room early.
“Thing’s like that happen, it’s the game, it’s a physical game,'' Topeka West coach Trey Parker said. "Your guys are hitting and bumping bodies, going to the ground. Tempers are going to flare from time to time.
"You have to reset and refocus. And I think for a moment our guys did, but towards the end we started to lose that focus.”
The Chargers would be outscored 28-6 after the tussle, with the Lions scoring 22 points in the fourth quarter.
The Chargers would find the end zone right before halftime as standout senior receiver Gad Munganga would haul in a a 21-yard pass from Wilkie.
Parker on Munganga: “He is a kid that is just learning football, he continues to put in the work, and now we are starting to see the benefits of that. He was just a basketball player and he stepped out on a limb to come play football, and he has became one of our leaders, and he is a really great kid.”
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Seaman's girls tennis team had put itself in position to win the city championship the previous two seasons, only to fall just short.
Seaman's girls tennis team poses for a picture after winning the city championship Thursday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
And Jamie Robinson's Vikings had to sweat another down-to-the-wire finish again on Thursday at Kossover Tennis Center, but this time Seaman got the job done, earning its first city title since 2015 by a 32-28 margin over Washburn Rural.
"We're happy,'' Robinson said. "This is what our goal was at the beginning of the year, to win city. It kind of got to the point where we didn't want to talk about it. We didn't want to jinx ourselves because we were so pumped up to win city this year.
"We'd been snakebit in the past and were so close, so it meant a lot to the girls. Look at them, they're excited.''
Seaman junior Emma Sweeney won the city No. 1 singles title Thursday, posting three 8-0 wins on the day. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman senior Molly Gorman won the city No. 2 singles title Thursday for the city champion Vikings. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Viking junior Emma Sweeney rolled to the No. 1 singles title without dropping a game in her three matches on the day, including an 8-0 win over Topeka High's Madeline Deters in the finals, while senior Molly Gorman won her second straght No. 2 singles championship, outlasting Hayden freshman Lena Hull in the title match, 8-7 (7-2 in a tiebreaker).
Seaman also got runnerup doubles finishes from Peyton Henry and Camryn Lux in No. 1 doubles and from Kaylyn Hiebsch and Cadence Speer in the No. 2 bracket.
Sweeney agreed with her coach that the city title meant a lot to the Vikings.
"We talk about it every year,'' Sweeney said. "We're always so close and our coach really wanted it because he'd never won city since he's been coaching. We always talk about it and we were ready.
"It means so much and we're all so excited.''
Washburn Rural put itself in the city title picture with a sweep of the doubles championships.
Washburn Rural's Julia Katzer teamed with Halle Owen to win the city No. 1 doubles title Thursday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural's Halle Owen (left) teamed with Julia Katzer to win the No. 1 doubles city title Thursday. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Julia Katzer teamed with Halle Owen to take an 8-3 win over Seaman's Henry and Lux in the No. 1 final while Alizah Chedzoy and Annie Henderson took an 8-3 win over Seaman's Hiebsch and Speer in the No. 2 title match.
Hayden, the 2024 city champion, finished third as a team with 23 points, one point ahead of fourth-place Topeka High, as the Wildcats posted top-four finishes in all four divisions.
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