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Conner Bush
CONNER BUSH, Rossville
A 5-foot-11, 176-pound junior, Bush scored three touchdowns and a 2-point conversion in Rossville's 43-0 Class 1A District 2 victory over Mission Valley Friday night. Bush scored on a 4-yard touchdown pass from Tayson Horak, a 74-yard run and a 30-yard interception return as Rossville improved to 2-3 overall and 2-0 in the district.
Layla Collins
LAYLA COLLINS, Washburn Rural
Collins, a 6-foot senior, was a force at the net throughout Saturday's Centennial League volleyball tournament at Topeka High, helping lead the Junior Blues to a perfect 5-0 record and a fourth straight league championship. Collins helped Rural win the Class 6A state title as a sophomore and was a first-team All-Shawnee County pick as a junior as Rural qualified for state.
Bryer Finley
BRYER FINLEY, Seaman
A 6-foot-5, 190-pound senior, Finley caught 12 passes for 298 yards and three touchdowns in last Friday's 43-22 United Kansas Conference victory over Lansing. Finley caught touchdown passes of 14, 12 and 78 yards from Max Huston as the Vikings improved to 4-1 overall and remained unbeaten in the UKC.
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Former Shawnee Heights multi-sport star Gary Woodland will be inducted into the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame on Monday night at the Marriott in Overland Park.
Shawnee Heights product Gary Woodland, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, will be inducted into the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame Monday night in Overland Park. [PGA Tour]
The Kansas Golf Foundation will be inducting Woodland and fellow professionals Woody Austin and Matt Gogel as part of its 2024 Hall of Fame class.
In addition to starring in high school golf, the 2002 Shawnee Heights graduate helped lead the T-Birds to a pair of Class 5A state basketball championships.
Woodland went on to play basketball at a freshman at Washburn University before transferring to the University of Kansas and concentrating on golf.
After finishing his career with the Jayhawks Woodland turned professional and was won four PGA Tour events, including the U.S. Open in 2019.
Woodland, a member of the Topeka Shawnee County Sports Hall of Fame, will be joined in the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame by fellow PGA Tour winners Austin and Gogel.
The Kansas Golf Hall of Fame was founded in 1991 to honor men and women who have made outstanding contributions to golf in Kansas.
Past inductees include Kansas golf greats like Tom Watson, Wally Beets, Frank Kirk, Ross Randall, Marge Page and Jim Colbert.
Categories of Hall of Fame members are amateur player, professional player, club professional, golf course superintendent, coach and contributor to the game.
Austin, Gogel and Woodland will be honored under the Professional Player category.
Monday's induction ceremony will follow a 6 p.m. dinner.
Hall of Fame capsules:
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The Washburn Ichabod football team fell behind early and could not recover in a 51-34 MIAA loss to Northwest Missouri on Hall of Fame Saturday in Yager Stadium.
Former Highland Park star Tre Richardson compiled 201 all-purpose yards and scored two touchdowns in Washburn's 51-34 MIAA loss to Northwest Missouri. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
The Ichabods will be on the road next week at Fort Hays State with a 7 p.m. kickoff.
The Bearcats (4-2 overall, 4-1 MIAA) jumped out to a 20-0 lead midway through the second quarter after Northwest Missouri used two first-quarter touchdowns and two second-quarter field goals to start the game.
The Ichabods (1-4, 1-3) scored two touchdowns in the final 1:50 of the opening half to cut the lead to a one score game at 20-14 going into the break.
The first score came on a 13-yard touchdown strike from Sam Van Dyne, who saw his first action of the season, to Maury Sullivan with 1:50 to go in the second quarter.
Former Washburn Rural star JC Heim returns a fumble to the Northwest 2-yard-line in Saturday's 51-34 Washburn loss to the Bearcats. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Keller Hurla scores on a 5-yard run in Washburn's 51-34 MIAA loss to Northwest Missouri on Saturday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
On Northwest's ensuing drive, L.J. Minner Jr. sacked the Bearcats' Chris Ruhnke and forced a fumble and freshman JC Heim, a Washburn Rural product, recovered it and rushed 58 yards before being tackled at the Northwest 2-yard-line. Two plays later Keller Hura scored from five yards out with 34 seconds to play cut the Bearcat lead to 20-14 going into the break.
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Washburn Rural's volleyball team went a perfect 5-0 on the day in Saturday's Centennial League tournament at Topeka High, with the Junior Blues capturing their fourth straight league championship.
Washburn Rural's volleyball team poses for a picture after winning its fourth straight Centennial League championship Saturday at Topeka High. [Washburn Rural volleyball]
The Junior Blues, ranked No. 5 in Class 6A by the Kansas Volleyball Association, won 10 of their 11 sets on the day, with only Manhattan winning a set from the champions.
Washburn Rural celebrates its deciding point in Saturday's three-set victory over Manhattan at Topeka High. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Manhattan, Rural's third of five opponents in the round-robin event, defeated the Junior Blues 25-18 in the first set, but Washburn Rural bounced back to take 25-13 and 25-23 wins to close out the match.
Washburn Rural returns a shot in Saturday's Centennial League volleyball tournament at Topeka High. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Washburn Rural senior Layla Collins spikes the ball during Saturday's Centennial League tournament at Topeka High. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Rural, now 18-2, opened its tournament bid with a 25-19, 25-18 win over Hayden, top-ranked in 4A, followed by a 25-15, 25-17 win over Junction City, the win over Manhattan, a 25-18, 25-14 victory over Topeka High and clinching the league crown with a 25-12, 25-21 triumph over Emporia in its final match of the day.
Emporia (18-8) went 4-1 on the day to finish second, while Manhattan was third with a 3-2 record. Hayden went 2-3 in the tournament while host Topeka High posted a 1-4 record and Junction City was winless in its five matches.
Hayden junior Ella Foster sets the ball during Saturday's Centennial League tournament at Topeka High. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Hayden freshman Hailey Schmidtlein spikes the ball in Saturday's Centennial League tournament. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Hayden, now 23-5, posted a 25-16, 25-18 win over Topeka High and a 25-16, 25-9 win over Junction City while the Wildcats took Emporia to three sets.
Topeka High notched its lone win with a 25-16, 25-19 win over Junction City.
CENTENNIAL LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL
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The Seaman Invitational cross country meet took place on a warm Saturday morning at Shawnee North Community Park with teams from Lawrence High, Piper, Shawnee Heights, Topeka High, Topeka West, Washburn Rural and Seaman competing.
Seaman junior Ryin Miller captured her fifth straight individual cross country title in Saturday's Seaman Invitational. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/TSN]
Girls varsity
Seaman junior Ryin Miller continued her amazing season with her fifth straight victory with a five-kilometer time of 17 minutes, 21.5 seconds.
Miller commented on the race: “I was happy with it. Our course definitely isn’t an easy course, but I was a little bummed with my time. The goal was to have fun and we had Homecoming last night, so my legs didn’t feel the best today. I was still happy with my effort and pushing through.”
The Lady Vikings finished 1-2-3 individually, with sophomore Brynn Spencer second in 19:37.96 and senior Stella Applehanz third in 19:47.47. Overall, Seaman placed five runners in the top 10.
Topeka West placed both of its runners in the top 15, with senior Chloe Phelps in 12th (21:49.78) and junior Payton Rice in 14th (21:52.85).
Topeka High’s top two finishers were sophomore Juliahanna Savago in 15th (22:47.09) and freshman Emma Womack in 16th (22:50.74).
Shawnee Heights placed two runners in the top 20 -- senior Elizabeth Hogan finished in 18th (22:54.58) and sophomore Abigail Lewis in 19th (22:57.45).
Washburn Rural’s top two finishers were junior Michka Mejia in 21st (23:10.6) and freshman Reese Beardslee in 22nd (23:16.05).
Final team standings
Seaman 22, Lawrence 64, Piper 66, Washburn Rural 101, Topeka High 103
Seaman: Ryin Miller (17:21.5, 1st); Brynn Spencer (19:37.96, 2nd); Stella Applehanz (19:47.47, 3rd); Kinley Robinson (21:41.98, 7th); Avery Villines (21:44.36, 9th); Hannah Wempe (21:51.24, 13th); Abigail Cooper (22:58.06, 20th); Emma Gonzalez (24:16.52, 26th).
Shawnee Heights: Elizabeth Hogan (22:54.58, 18th); Abigail Lewis (22:57.45, 19th); Kinsley Mohan (24:41.57, 28th); Adelaide Davis (25:20.43, 30th).
Topeka High: Juliahanna Savago (22:47.09, 15th); Emma Womack (22:50.74, 16th); Victoria Reynaga (24:07.92, 25th); Kimberly Cortez (29:10.08, 34th); Mackynzie Murray (31:34.84, 35th).
Topeka West: Chloe Phelps (21:49.78, 12th); Payton Rice (21:52.85, 14th).
Washburn Rural: Michka Mejia (23:10.6, 21st); Reese Beardslee (23:16.05, 22nd); Jazlyn Badger (23:48.72, 23rd); Kailey Dorzweiler (24:54.79, 29th); Harper Tenbrink (25:27.74, 31st).
Seaman junior Brody Anderson notched his third individual cross country title of the season in Saturday's Seaman Invitational. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman was the individual runnerup in Saturday's Seaman Invitational. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/TSN]
Boys varsity
Local schools swept the top three places in the boys varsity race. Junior Brody Anderson of Seaman finished first with a time of 15:44.35 while senior Adrian Lehman of Topeka West was second with a time of 16:22.02 and freshman Henry Laubach of Washburn Rural was third in a time of 16:42.04.
Saturday was Anderson's third victory in five races and he discussed his thoughts on the race: “I think the race went well. The goal today was to finish the race after last week at Rim Rock where my legs gave me trouble. I kept it smooth and went out more conservatively than normal and felt good overall.”
Seaman also had three other runners finish in the top 20. Sophomore Conner Bloom finished 15th (17:36.17), senior Alex Newell finished 16th (17:36.45) and senior Corbin Morrow finished 19th (17:50.18).
