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Created: 31 October 2025

By RICK PETERSON

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The No. 19-ranked Washburn University soccer team is on the road for a pair of MIAA contests this weekend at Northwest Missouri and Missouri Western, beginning with a Friday game with the Bearcats that has MIAA title implications.

Washburn junior Kylie Hinrichs is congratulated by her teammates after scoring the game-winning goal in Sunday's 2-1 win over Fort Hays State. [File photo/TSN[

The Ichabods will face Northwest Missouri in a 3 p.m. game Friday before playing a 1 p.m. contest on Sunday at Missouri Western.

Washburn is 10-2-3 overall and 7-0-2 in the conference and currently atop the MIAA regular-season standings with 23 points with three games left to play.

Northwest Missouri is 10-4-0, 7-2-0, and is tied for second in the conference with 21 points, while the Griffons are 9-2-4, 5-2-2 entering a Friday contest with Emporia State. 

"We're looking forward to the opportunity to test ourselves against really good competition this weekend,'' Ichabod coach Davy Phillips said. "(Northwest) is always well coached and a good team, and will be another good MIAA test for our group.

"I really love coaching this group, and I'm excited that our ladies continue to get the chance to play in important games this late in the season. It's so fun to be a part of."

Washburn is unbeaten in 11 straight matches and is coming off a successful two-week homestand with three wins and a tie, including a 1-0 victory over then-No. 12 Central Missouri.

Washburn had three different goal scorers this past weekend, all scoring their first goals of the season.

Former Washburn Rural star Mackinly Rohn, a junior, scored the game-winner against Central Missouri last Friday, while freshman Bricelyn Betts and junior Kylie Hinrichs scored their first career goals in Sunday's 2-1 win over Fort Hays State.

Washburn has outscored opponents 26-12 and outshot them as well 203-113.

Northwest Missouri has outscored its opponents 23-8, but has been outshot 179-172. In conference play, the Bearcats have losses to Central Missouri (2-1) and Pittsburg State (1-0).

Washburn leads the all-time series 16-10-5, and the series is split in Maryville 7-7-2.

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Created: 31 October 2025

By RICK PETERSON

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After finishing third in last year's Class 4A state tournament, No. 6 seed Hayden is back in the title hunt after a perfect 3-0 day Friday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

Corrinne McGreevy's Wildcats, 32-9 on the season, claimed the Pool II championship with three straight-set victories.

Hayden volleyball is headed to the Class 4A state semifinals Saturday after a perfect 3-0 record in pool play at the Hutchinson Sports Arena. [File photo/TSN]

Hayden opened its day with a 25-16, 25-19 win over No. 3 seed McPherson and then knocked off No. 2 Clay Center, 25-14, 26-24 before clinching the pool championship with a 25-20, 25-13 win over No. 7 seed Buhler in the Wildcats' final match of the day.

Hayden will now face Pool I runnerup Paola (27-10) in the semifinals, with the Panthers advancing on a tiebreaker despite a 1-2 record in pool play.

No. 1 seed and Pool II champion Andale (34-1) will face Pool I runnerup Clay Center (40-3) in the other semifinal.

The championship and third-place matches will begin 25 minutes after the conclusion of the final semifinal.  

Rural comes up short in bid for 6A semifinals

After splitting its first two matches Friday, No. 4 seed Washburn Rural pushed two-time defending Class 6A state champ and top seed Mill Valley to three sets in the Junior Blues' final pool match of the day at the Tony's Pizza Event Center in Salina before Mill Valley escaped with a 25-27, 25-18, 25-17 win.

Mill Valley, 2-1 on the day, advanced to Saturday semifinals as the Pool I runnerup while Washburn Rural ended its season with a 31-9 record on the year. 

Bulldawgs go 1-2 in 2A pool play

No. 8 seed Rossville split its first two Class 2A state pool play matches at Dodge City's United Wireless Arena and went to three sets in its final match against No. 5 seed Hillsboro, but came up short in its bid to advance to Saturday's semifinals. 

The Bulldawgs dropped a 25-12, 25-13 decision to top seed and undefeated Ellinwood in its opening match before taking a 19-25, 25-19, 25-15 victory over No. 4 Humboldt.

After dropping a 25-20 first-set decision to Hillsboro Rossville answered with a 25-15 win in the second set, but the Trojans took the match with a hard-earned 26-24 win in the third set.

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Created: 30 October 2025

By TODD FERTIG

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The Cair Paravel Latin boys soccer team recorded a first in school history Thursday night, winning a Class 4-1A regional championship.

Cair Paravel celebrates its first-ever boys regional soccer title Thursday at Berean Academy. [Photo by Jan Pabitzky/Special to TSN]

Having won a playoff game on Tuesday for only the second time in school history, the Lions traveled to face Berean Academy of Elbing Thursday. They took along a big group of fans who watched the team win 3-0, claiming the regional title and qualifying for the quarterfinal round next week.

Cair Paravel, one of just eight schools classified as 2A or 1A to field boys soccer teams, released its classes early Thursday, allowing a large portion of the student body to make the trip to Elbing, a small town near Newton, to attend the game.

“We had the stands packed full of friendly faces, which was great,” said Cair Paravel coach Mark Congdon. “It was a great win. A really exciting game.”

The Lions beat Circle High School 6-2 on Tuesday to advance to the regional final. They drew another 2A opponent, one with an advantage over Cair Paravel, which also fields a football team in addition to soccer.

“Berean Academy doesn’t have a football program, so they have got a lot of athletes,” Congdon said. “They started only juniors and seniors, whereas we start several underclassmen. They are a big, tall, physical team and it was a hard-fought battle. I think we just had the better finishers up top, which is what made the difference.”

Cair Paravel's Nathan Keys (right) celebrates his goal in Thursday's 3-0 regional game at Berean Academy with teammate Henry Sterling, who also had a goal in the win. [Photo by Jan Pabitzky/Special to TSN]

Judah Congdon scored a goal in Cair Paravel's 3-0 regional win at Berean Academy. [Photo by Jan Pabitzky/Special to TSN]

Nathan Keys’ bicycle kick put the Lions on top early. Henry Sterling notched the Lions’ second goal on a pass from Judah Congdon. Leading 2-0 for much of the contest, the Lions received an insurance goal from Judah Congdon with about 10 minutes remaining.

Coach Congdon praised junior Ben Bolze, the Lions’ goalkeeper, for keeping the Warriors off the board.

“Ben notched six saves and pitched a shutout,” Congdon said. “He was fantastic. He was probably our MVP of the game.”

Cair Paravel will face another 2A school – Classical School of Wichita – next Monday at SCHEELS Stryker Complex in Wichita.

“The little schools ride these waves of athletes and participation,” Congdon said. “I was looking forward to this season starting about four years ago. I could foresee that certain stars were going to align, and we were going to be peaking this year.

“It’s been an investment over the last couple of years. The seniors on this team, in their freshman year, got one win. They were 1-14 that year. So, to watch this senior class grow from that 1-14 freshman season to this is storybook. They are on cloud nine. They are bonding really well. I think we’re playing our best soccer of the season. We’re peaking at the right time.”

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Created: 30 October 2025

By TODD FERTIG

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Shawnee Heights came up one goal short against perennial soccer power St. Thomas Aquinas Thursday, bowing out of the Class 5A playoffs in a regional final.

Shawnee Heights senior Camden Granado battles for the ball in Thursday's 1-0 Class 5A regional loss to St. Thomas Aquinas. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]

The teams battled through a scoreless first half on a cold night at Bettis Family Sports Complex. Fifteen minutes into the second period, the Saints’ Brody Siebert charged into the T-Bird defense and was flipped over on a high-speed collision in the penalty area. The senior then punched a penalty kick past the Shawnee Heights’ goalkeeper for a 1-0 advantage that ended up being the game's only goal.

The Saints narrowly avoided permitting the T-Birds to tie it up, but Shawnee Heights came up empty on several attempts.

“(Our guys) executed what we wanted to execute. But we just couldn’t come up with finding the back of the net tonight,” said Shawnee Heights coach Nic Simons. “When you play a team like Aquinas who is battle tested, game in and game out, in the (Eastern Kansas League), you’ve got to make those plays.

“And the frustrating thing about soccer is you can dominate a game at times and get great chances and still not score. That’s kind of where we were at tonight. For the last 25 minutes, I thought we had the run of play, and we just couldn’t find the back of the net. We were, quite honestly, inches away from putting that ball in tonight. It was just a close, evenly matched game.”

Among the T-Birds who came up empty Thursday was senior Camden Granado, who on Tuesday became Shawnee Heights’ single-season record-holder for goals with 36. Granado notched a hat trick in a win against Basehor-Linwood to claim the record. Granado became the school’s career scoring leader earlier in the season.

“I’ll give Aquinas credit,” Simons said. “I think they frustrated us at our game. Free kicks, corners, set pieces in general. I thought they played very similar to us and defended it well. We had some great chances. There were a couple that we headed to the keeper or headed wide or just couldn’t get on the tail end of it that were there.”

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