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Washburn University's football team will close out its 2022 home season against undefeated and No. 5-ranked Pittsburg State in Saturday's 1 p.m. Senior Day game at Yager Stadium, with the Ichabods set to honor 21 seniors.
Former Shawnee Heights standout Christian Clark (25) is one of 21 seniors who will be recognized on Washburn's Senior Day Saturday at Yager Stadium. [File photo/TSN]
Former Washburn Rural standout Hunter Browning will be honored during Saturday's Senior Day festivities at Yager Stadium. [File photo/TSN]
Among the honorees are WU record-holder James Letcher Jr. and national tackles leader Grant Bruner as well as former Topeka prep standouts Hunter Browning (Washburn Rural), Christian Clark (Shawnee Heights), Jack Hamilton (Washburn Rural) and Collin Wilson (Washburn Rural) and Peter Afful, Kevin Neal Jr., Derrick McClendon, Nicholas Wright, Jamison Phelps, Micah Skebo, Channon Ross, Brendan Harden, Jared Taylor, Peyton Lane, Alex Thomas, Landen Urban, Braden Rose, Je'Shon Edwards and Daniel Piburn.
Many of this year's seniors have been a part of the Washburn program for at least four years, including the canceled 2020 season due to COVID, an NCAA Playoffs appearance in 2021 and its third straight winning season this fall.
"This group is a special group,'' Washburn coach Craig Schurig said. "Because of COVID you went through that together and a lot of them have been around for five, six falls. You've gotten to know them really well and the ups and downs and you've been through a year that didn't exist football-wise and you had to battle through that.
"It's such a great group. A lot of them have graduated and they're going to be on to their careers after we're done this season so it's a very close-knit group.''
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Washburn Rural seniors Avery Scott and Mallory Nelson and Hayden junior Hannah Reynoldson earned first-team spots on the 2022 All-Centennial League girls golf team, based on performances in the league tournament.
Avery Scott
Mallory Nelson
Hannah Reynoldson
League champion Emporia put Avary Eckert, Olivia Eckert and Elise Eckert on the all-league firt team, with A. Eckert being named the league player of the year after winning the indiviual championship and Spartan coach Rick Eckert being named the Centennial coach o the year.
Washburn Rural, the runner-up in the league meet, put Raegan Petersen and Natalie Peterson on the all-league second team while Hayden put Avery Grunert and Izzy Glotzbach on the second team.
Rural's Lauren Cox was named the league newcomer of the year.
ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE GOLF
First team
Avary Eckert, Emporia; Olivia Eckert, Emporia; Avery Scott, Washburn Rural; Mallory Nelson, Washburn Rural; Hannah Reynoldson, Hayden; Elise Eckert, Emporia.
Second team
Raegan Petersen, Washburn Rural; Avery Grunert, Hayden; Izzy Glotzbach, Hayden; Lily Bahr, Manhattan; Natalie Peterson, Washburn Rural; Kaitlyn Lagabed, Manhattan.
Player of the Year -- Avary Eckert, Emporia
Newcomer of the Year -- Lauren Cox, Washburn Rural
Coach of the Year -- Rick Eckert, Emporia
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Five city players were named to the all-tournament teams for last weekend's Class 6A and 5A state tournaments by the Kansas Volleyball Association.
Washburn Rural senior Brooklyn DeLeye earned Class 6A all-state tournament honors for the fourth straight season after helping lead the Junior Blues to the state volleyball title. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Taylor Russell
Jada Ingram
Brooklyn Gormley
Maegan Mills
Washburn Rural's Brooklyn DeLeye, a 6-foot-2 senior, earned all-state tournament honors for the fourth straight season and is joined on the All-6A team by senior teammate Taylor Russell (6-1) and junior teammate Jada Ingram (6-0) after the Junior Blues won the state championship with a 45-1 record and 44 straight victories.
Seaman, which finished fourth in the 5A state tournament, is represented on the all-tournament team by junior Brooklyn Gormley (6-1) and sophomore Maegan Mills (6-0) after the Vikings finished a 32-11 season.
KANSAS VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION
ALL-STATE TOURNAMENT TEAMS
Class 6A
(listed in alphabetical order)
Name, school Ht. Pos. Year
Brooklyn DeLeye, Washburn Rural 6-2 OH Sr.
Ella Florez, Mill Valley 5-11 S/Opp Fr.
Victoria Gelles, Blue Valley 5-9 S Sr.
Janelle Green, Blue Valley North 5-9 S Jr.
Connelly Kilgore, Blue Valley 5-11 OH Sr.
Julia Kinney, Blue Valley 6-0 OH Sr.
Jada Ingram, Washburn Rual 6-0 MB Jr.
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(All games at 7 p.m.)
CLASS 6A
WASHBURN RURAL (7-2) at GARDEN CITY (7-2)
Washburn Rural senior Branton DeWeese threw for four touchdowns and ran for a TD in last Friday's 36-0 Class 6A playoff victory over Dodge City. [File photo/TSN]
Washburn Rural, the No. 6 West seed, is coming off an 36-0 opening-round playoff win over Dodge City while No. 3 Garden City beat Campus, 35-14.
Rural junior Branton DeWeese threw for 214 yards and four touchdowns, three to junior Titan Osburn, against Dodge City and Rural rushed for 328 yards as a team, including 193 yards on 24 carries from senior Ma'Kenttis Adams.
Rural took control after the Junior Blues' defense came up with a huge goal-line stand while nursing a 2-0 lead late in the opening quarter and Rural held the Red Demons to 80 total yards, including minus-10 yards rushing.
Garden City senior Zack Keosengphet has rushed for 821 yards and 14 touchowns on 155 carries while Caleb Wiese has completed 23 of 40 passes for 478 yards and six touchdowns.
The winner of Friday's Rural-Garden City game will advance to face the second-round winner between 7-2 Derby and 6-3 Lawrence.
CLASS 5A
SHAWNEE HEIGHTS (5-4) at MILL VALLEY (8-1)
Shawnee Heights junior Allen Baughman (5) has rushed for 1,432 yards and 20 touchdowns for the 5-4 T-Birds this fall. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights bounced back from a five-point loss to Leavenworth in its regular-season finale to take a 28-21 playoff win over Lansing, the T-Birds' second win of the year over their United Kansas Conference rival.
Heights, the No. 8 East seed faces a tough test Friday night against Mill Valley, the No. 1 seed in the 5A East. The Jaguars are coming off a 69-0 first-round playoff win over Kansas City-Harmon.
T-Bird junior Allen Baughman rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns on 32 attempts against Lansing and has rushed for 1,432 yards and 20 touchdowns on the season on 207 attempts.
Senior Nick Freeland went 7 of 9 passing for 122 yards and a touchdown last Friday while junior Jacob Malcom caught four passes for 99 yards and a TD. Freeland has completed 45 of 83 passes for 417 yards and a TD.
Junior Alex Dittman leads Shawnee Heights with 66 tackles while Sean Wunder has 59 stops and Jon Scott 54.
Mill Valley senior Hayden Jay has completed 74 of 123 passes for 1,087 yards and 10 touchdowns while senior Hayes Miller has caught 32 passes for 452 yards and five TDs.
Junior Tristan Baker has carried the ball 153 times for 941 yards and 13 TDs.
The Shawnee Heights-Mill Valley winner will advance to play the winner of the game between KC-Sumner (7-2) and Pittsburg (6-3).
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No matter what the destination, traveling to the Class 6A state tournament is a semi-regular early November trip for the Washburn Rural soccer team.
Senior standout Easton Bradstreet and the 16-3-0 Washburn Rural soccer team will take on Mill Valley in a 7 p.m. Class 6A state semifinal Friday at Wichita. [File photo/TSN]
This weekend that trip is to Wichita's Stryker Complex, with Brian Hensyel's Junior Blues competing in the state semifinals for the third straight season and the 15th time overall.
Washburn Rural, 16-3-0, will face 15-1-1 Mill Valley in a 7 p.m. semifinal Friday night.
"We lose people every year and what we take pride in is that every year Washburn Rural is going to be in the Final Four, that's our job,'' Rural coach Brian Hensyel said. "We had a goal in mind, we took care of it, and we probably exceeded expectations but there's no reason we can't go there now and make some noise.''
Washburn, second in 2021, advanced to the Final Four with a 3-2 win over Derby Tuesday night at McElroy Field while Mill Valley survived a 3-2 marathon with Shawnee Mission East, taking the win with a 5-4 edge in penalty kicks.
