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The Washburn Ichabod football team picked up its first win of the 2024 season in a 24-16 MIAA decision over Missouri Western Saturday in St. Joseph, Mo.
Washburn's defense limited Missouri Western to a single touchdown while picking up its first win of 2024 with a 24-16 road victory. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
After the teams traded punts, the Ichabod defense forced a turnover on downs and the Ichabods (1-3 overall, 1-2 MIAA) took a 7-0 lead to cap a nine-play, 60-yard drive when quarterback Keller Hurla converted a 3rd-and-13 for a 23-yard run for the score.
Western (2-3, 2-3) would get on the board with 2:58 left in the opening half on a 52-yard field goal by Cody Watson, cutting Washburn's lead to 7-3.
Washburn came up empty on its next drive and the Griffons would march 84 yards in three plays to take a 10-7 lead with under a minute to play in the opening half.
Receiving the ball in the second half, the Ichabods went 69 yards in nine plays, capped by a Lucas Oitker 1-yard touchdown run to regain the lead at 14-10 with 10:14 to play in the third quarter.
On the ensuing Griffon drive, WU's Daniel Chavez recorded a quarterback sack, forcing a fumble that was recovered by L.J. Minner Jr., setting up a 42-yard field goal by Trenton Brehm to push the Ichabod lead to 17-10 with 7:01 to go in the third.
Again the Ichabod defense stymied the Griffons to force a punt, Washburn went up 24-10 after an 8-yard touchdown run by Cam Robinson, marching 99 yards in 10 plays while taking 5:19 off the clock.
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Saturday was a long, but very productive day for the Seaman volleyball team.
The 21-1 Vikings, defending Class 5A state champion, dominated its Seaman Invitational with a perfect 6-0 record in the seven-school round-robin event while winning 12 straight sets and pushing their winning streak to 21 matches.
Seaman posed for a team picture after going 6-0 on the day to win the championship in Saturday's Seaman Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman opened its day with a 25-14, 25-19 win over Lansing before taking a 25-22, 25-14 win over city rival Hayden, a 25-10, 25-15 victory over Bishop Carroll, a 25-19, 25-18 win over Spring Hill, a 25-16, 25-19 triumph over Bishop Miege and a 25-14, 25-17 win over Maize South.
"I feel really good about today,'' Seaman coach Tatiana Dowling said. "I think that there's a lot of talented teams here and the girls really stepped up and played together and it was awesome to see. It was a lot of fun.
"I think that they're really playing their best volleyball together. I think that they love each other, which is a huge deal, and they respect each other and they want to play well for each other. A lot of these girls have been on varsity since their freshman year, so to see them get to have this type of success at the end of their Seaman careers I think is really cool.''
Seaman senior Ava Esser (21) celebrates a kill with her teammates during Saturday's Seaman Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Seaman senior Maegan Mills (23) was named the MVP of Saturday's Seaman Invitational volleyball tournament. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Viking senior Maegan Mills was named the tournament most valuable player by virtue of receiving the most points in all-tournament balloting by opposing coaches while seniors Kinley Wilhelm, Campbell Chabot and Ava Esser received all-tournament honorable mention.
Hayden, the smallest school in the field, also had plenty to celebrate on Saturday, with the Wildcats finishing second in the tournament with a 5-1 record.
The Wildcats' lone loss came against champion Seaman and Hayden survived three three-set matches.
"Overall, I am so proud of our team because a lot of times in volleyball it's a game of momentum and we would call time out when we got down and say, 'Hey, it's heart right now and you either want it or you don't,' '' Hayden coach Corrinne McGreevy said. "And they would come out of that time out and they wanted it and they worked for it, they came together as a team and the momentum shifted and they just didn't give up on each other. It was awesome.''
Hayden, now 21-2 on the season, picked up its first win of the tournament over two-time defending 4A state champion Bishop Miege (25-22, 25-23) and the Wildcats also earned wins over Maize South (25-16, 25-18), Spring Hill (18-25, 25-21, 26-24), Lansing (25-27, 25-16, 27-25) and Bishop Carroll (17-25, 25-22, 25-14).
Hayden freshman Hailey Schmidtlein (right), an All-Tournament pick, is congratulated by her teammates after a kill in Saturday's Seaman Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Hayden senior Reagan McGivern (4) earned All-Tournament recognition after helping the Wildcats post a 5-1 record in Saturday's Seaman Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Hayden senior Reagan McGivern and freshman Hailey Schmidtlein were named to the all-tournament team and junior Ella Foster, senior Bella Reid and freshman Blakely Walter received honorable mention.
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Topeka High improved to a perfect 4-0 on the season Friday night, riding a 27-point second quarter to a 47-14 road victory at Emporia's Welch Stadium in the Trojans' Centennial League opener.
Topeka High junior quarterback Zane Smith had a big game Friday night as the Trojans improved to 4-0 with a 47-14 Centennial League road win over Emporia. [File photo/TSN]
After a scoreless first quarter, Topeka High got on the scoreboard just 43 seconds into the second period on a 25-yard run from Courtney Sanders (Jayden Norman kick).
The Trojans added to their advantage just over two minutes later when Zane Smith connected with Saron Carter for a 78-yard touchdown strike and Smith scored on a 9-yard run midway through the quarter (Norman kick) to put High in front 20-0 and Norman ended the second-quarter onslaugt with a 24-yard TD strike from Smith just 1:08 before halftime (Norman kick).
Carter scored on a 29-yard run early in the second half and Robert Dingle tacked on an 11-yard TD run midway through the third quarter (Norman kick) before Tevante Ewing ended the Trojans' scoring midway through the final stanza (Norman kick).
Emporia scored both of its touchdowns in the final quarter, including the Spartans' final TD with just 1:20 remaining.
Ewing rushed for 169 yards on 13 attempts while Smith completed five of eight passes for 191 yards and Carter caught two passes for 144 yards.
Topeka High will host city and Centennial League rival Washburn Rural next Friday at Hummer Sports Park.
TOPEKA HIGH 47, EMPORIA 14
Topeka High (4-0, 1-0) 0 27 13 7 -- 47
Emporia (0-4, 0-1) 0 0 0 14 -- 14
Topeka High -- Sanders 25 run (Norman kick)
Topeka High -- Carter 78 pass from Smith (conversion failed)
Topeka High -- Smith 9 run (Norman kick)
Topeka High -- Norman 24 pass from Smith (Norman kick)
Topeka High -- Carter 29 run (conversion failed)
Topeka High -- Dingle 11 run (Norman kick)
Emporia -- Crowell 1 run (B’Hymer kick)
Topeka High -- Ewing 1 run (Norman kick)
Emporia -- Crowell 1 run (B’Hymer kick)
Individual statistics
Rushing -- Topeka High: Ewing 13-169, Smith 2-22, Sanders 2-23, Carter 1-29, Dingle 1-11. Emporia -- Crowell 20-61, Gray 8-13, Telfer 5-15, LeBlanc 1-(minus)-3).
Passing -- Topeka High: Smith 5-8-1, 191 yards. Emporia: Gray 7-14-0, 69; Seidl 2-3-0, 40.
Receiving -- Topeka High: Carter 2-144, Ewing 2-23, Norman 1-24. Emporia -- Crowell 1-4, Arndt 3-32, Seidl 1-9, Kirk 2-2, Gardner 1-48, Franklin 1-14.
WAMEGO 31, HAYDEN 28 -- Brody Graber kicked a game-winning 27-yard field goal to cap Wamego's comeback in a 31-28 win over Hayden in a non-league game at Wamego.
Hayden, which fell to 3-1, led 7-0 after a 16-yard pass from Jett Wahlmeier to Jensen Schrickel (Mason Becker kick) and the Wildcats led 14-7 after Conner Hanika found Schrickel for a 50-yard score on a double pass (Becker kick).
Hayden led 14-7 at the half but Wamego (3-1) opened the second half with a 99-yard kickoff return from Jackson Supps.
Hayden broke the tie on a 7-yard TD run from Jackson McGivern (Becker kick) and after a Wildcat interception, Wahlmeier found Kade Mitchell for a 40-yard TD (Becker kick) to put Hayden in front by a 28-14 margin.
The fourth quarter started with Hayden still in front 28-14 but Wamego got a big spark on a 3rd and long play when sophomore quarterback Logan Fulton picked up an errant snap in the end zone and found Tate Warren down the sideline for a 21-yard first down.
Wamego then marched down the field for a 7-yard Warren TD to get within seven points and then the Red Raiders tied the game at 28 on a 12-yard Warren TD with 4:59 remaining after Wamego recovered a Hayden fumble.
After getting the ball back Wamego took the lead on Graber's field goal. Hayden completed two passes on its final drive before running out of time.
Unofficially, Wahlmeier passed for 156 yards and a touchdown while Mitchell rushed for 53 yards on 10 attempts and Schrickel caught four passes for 93 yards and two TDs.
Wamego's Warren carried the ball 28 times for 148 yards and Fulton passed for 232 yards.
Hayden will host Hiawatha next Friday.
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Washburn University volleyball opened MIAA conference play on Friday night in Maryville, Mo. with a tough 3-2 loss on the road to Northwest Missouri State in a match that lasted more than 150 minutes.
Freshman Brynne Topolski registered a career-high 22 kills in Washburn's five-set loss at Northwest Missouri on Friday. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods finish out their road trip against Missouri Western on Saturday at 6 p.m.
After taking the first set 25-18, Washburn (9-2 overall, 0-1 MIAA) fell to the Bearcats (7-4, 1-0) in each of the next two sets, 28-26 and 25-19.
The Ichabods forced a fifth set with a 25-19 victory but came up short, falling 15-12 in the fifth set.
Both losses for Washburn this year have come in the fifth set.
Early on the Ichabods used a 6-0 run, sparked by a kill from Jalyn Stevenson to take an 8-2 lead.
A 4-0 burst shortly after made the score 13-6. Washburn registered 16 kills while hitting .273 in the set and down the stretch it was the offense that led the way with a kill by Austin Broadie and an ace from Corinna McMullen finishing out the first set.
The Ichabods went up 3-0 in the second set after a kill by Stevenson from McMullen.
Both offenses were rolling in the second set with both teams hitting over .300 in the frame with only five combined errors.
Within the first 18 points of the set there were seven ties. Washburn created some space with three kills from Brynne Topolski, Natalie Hedlund and Broadie to go up 16-13.
Northwest Missouri won three straight points to tie the set at 18. After the Ichabods had set point at 24-23 the Bearcats responded to tie it, and again after Washburn went up by one two more times. The third time began a 3-0 set-winning burst for Northwest Missouri.
The third set began much like the second, with six ties within the first 20 points of the set.
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The Washburn Ichabod soccer team opened MIAA conference play with a 0-0 draw against Central Oklahoma on Friday night at Yager Stadium.
Washburn goalkeeper Hailey Beck and the Ichabod soccer team recorded its fifth straight shutout on Friday in an 0-0 deadlock with Central Oklahoma. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
The Ichabods will remain at home to face Newman on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Washburn (3-2-2 overall, 0-0-1 MIAA) nearly took an early lead after earning a corner kick, but a Josie Boyle header was saved in the center of the goal.
The teams were equal in terms of offensive production, with each side taking three shots in the first half.
Washburn Rural product Hailey Beck, the Ichabods' goalkeeper, recorded three saves in the half for the Ichabods.
