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Easton Bradstreet
EASTON BRADSTREET, Washburn Rural
The Washburn Rural senior forward was named the Centennial League soccer player of the year after scoring 29 goals and leading the Junior Blues to a 16-5 record and a fourth-place finish in the 6A state tournament. Bradstreet finished his high school career with a share of Rural's career scoring record with 57 goals.
Levi Braun
LEVI BRAUN, Washburn University
A 6-foot-4 sophomore guard, Braun tied his career high with 21 points in just 19 minutes of action as Washburn men's basketball rolled to a 96-63 non-conference win over Ottawa on Saturday at Lee Arena. Braun, a former Hayden standout, hit 7 of 10 field goals overall and 6 of 8 3-pointers against Ottawa while hitting his last six shots of the game.
Brooklyn DeLeye
BROOKLYN DELEYE, Washburn Rural
Deleye, a 6-2 senior, was named the Centennial League volleyball player of the year for the second straight season after helping lead Washburn Rural to the 2022 Class 6A state championship and a 45-1 record. DeLeye was a multi-time All-Class 6A first-team selection, helping Rural finish first, second, third and fourth in four state tournament appearances.
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Hayden Catholic High School will induct its 2022 Hall of Fame class of three individuals and a state championship team on Saturday at Hayden.
Hayden will honor Father Tim Haberkorn for Alumni Achievement, Jerry Simecka for Staff Achievement, Tim Morrisey for Contributor Achievement and the 1982-83 boys basketball team as the inductees for Hayden Student Athletic/Activity Achievement.
Former Hayden coach and administrator Jerry Simecka (left) visits with Wildcat coaching legend Ben Meseke during Hayden's 2021 Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Simecka and Meseke's 1982-83 boys basketball team will be inducted Saturday night as part of the 2022 Hayden Hall of Fame class. [File photo/TSN]
Hayden High School and the Hayden High School Foundation serve as the sponsoring organizations of the Hall of Fame.
Nominations for the 2022 were accepted from the public at large from December 4, 2021, thru July 31, 2022.
Doors for Saturday's festivities will open at 5 p.m., followed by dinner at 5:30 and the induction ceremony at 6:30 p.m..
Hall of Fame inductee capsules:
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Washburn University's men's basketball team will open MIAA play on Monday night in Tahlequah, Okla., facing Northeastern State at 7:30 p.m. in the NSU Events Center.
The 3-3 Ichabods will be making a quick turnaround after a 96-63 win over Ottawa in their non-conference finale on Saturday at Lee Arena, while the 3-1 RiverHawks are coming off a 99-65 win over Haskell. NSU's first two games of the season were canceled because of winter weather in Bismark, N.D.
Junior Connor Deffebaugh leads 3-3 Washburn men's basketball with a 12.8 scoring average and 4.3 assists per game. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Washburn sophomore Andrew Orr scored 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Saturday's non-conference win over Ottawa. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
"We have a long (trip) out of the gate they're a good team,'' Washburn coach Brett Ballard said. "They're well-coached and have a lot of guys back.
"They've got a good group. They're very poised and have very good guard play so it will be a bigtime challenge. There's no easy ones in the league but certainly when you go on the road and play a good team it will be a good one for us.''
The Ichabods are 21-11 all-time in MIAA openers since joining the league and have won 10 of their last 12.
Washburn will be looking to snap a two-game slide to the RiverHawks, falling in both matchups last season. Prior to last year, the Ichabods had won eight in a row over the RiverHawks.
Connor Deffebaugh leads the Ichabods with a 12.8 scoring average while sophomores Andrew Orr and Levi Braun average 11.8 and 10.3 points per game.
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Washburn University women's basketball will play its first road game of the season on Monday, opening MIAA play with a 5:30 p.m. tilt at Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Okla.
The Ichabods posted a 12-point victory over Haskell Indian Nations University on Wednesday to improve to 3-2 on the young season. Northeastern State defeated Haskell, 81-58, on Friday and is now 3-1.
Junior Aubree Dewey (3) leads 3-2 Washburn with a 9.8 scoring average and 3.4 assists per game entering Monday's MIAA opener at Northeastern State. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Freshman Natalia Figueroa, a native of Madrid, Spain, is averaging 8.8 points for Washburn, including 13 points in last Wednesday's 63-51 win over Haskell. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
This is NSU's best start to the season since 2017-18 when it also began the season 3-1.
Washburn swept the regular-season series last year against Northeastern State, winning 61-50 at NSU and then picking up a 71-49 decision at Lee Arena.
The Riverhawks were 7-21 (5-17 MIAA) last season while Washburn was 14-16 (11-11 MIAA).
In this season's MIAA Coaches Preseason Poll, Washburn was picked 10th and Northeastern State 12th.
Junior Aubree Dewey leads the Ichabods with a 9.8 scoring average to go with a 41.7 field goal percentage, 4.0 rebounds per game and a team-high 3.4 assists per game.
Freshman Natalia Figueroa averages 8.8 points and is coming off a 13-point game against Haskell.
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Washburn guard Levi Braun missed three of his first four shots, including a pair of 3-point attempts, over the opening 2:55 of Saturday's non-conference finale against Ottawa.
Former Hayden standout Levi Braun led the way with a game-high 21 points, including six 3-pointers, in Washburn's 96-63 win over Ottawa on Saturday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
But that was the last time the 6-foot-4 sophomore Hayden product would miss, hitting 7 of 10 shots on the day, including 6 of 8 3-pointers, while tying his career-high with a game-high 21 points in 19 minutes of action to lead the way as Washburn snapped a brief two-game losing streak with a 96-63 romp at Lee Arena.
"I try not to let that (early misses) play any part in my mental process,'' Braun said. "If I'm open I shoot. I try to free myself up for shots and I have faith I'm going to make those shots so missing my first couple is not really going to faze me at all.''
The Ichabods, who evened their record at 3-3, never trailed in the game, jumping out to a 17-5 lead over the first six-plus minutes of the game while hitting 7 of 12 shots and 3 of 6 shots from 3-point range.
Braun led the charge with eight points and a pair of 3s en route to his big day.
Washburn would go on to lead by as many as 18 points midway through the first half before an 8-0 run by the Braves, who played the game as an exhibition, trimmed the lead back to 10 at 39-29 with 2:38 to play in the half.
The Ichabods answered with a 9-3 run of their own to close out the half with a 16-point lead at 48-32.
Washburn would lead by 35 points with under a minute to play in the second half after hitting 16 of 27 shots from the field at a 60 percent clip as well as a 14 of 17 performance at the free throw line.
Connor Deffebaugh scored 17 points, including a 7 of 9 performance at the free throw line, in Washburn's 96-63 win over Ottawa on Saturday at Lee Arena. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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Sophomore Andrew Orr scored 13 points and grabbed nine rebounds off the bench in Saturday's 96-63 win over Ottawa. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Junior Connor Deffebaugh backed Braun with 17 points and sophomores Andrew Orr and Jayden Hibbitt added 13 a piece off the bench. Freshman Brady Christiansen and Orr both grabbed nine rebounds.
