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By RICK PETERSON
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GIRLS
100 METERS
Reed, Highand Park 12.6
Brooks, Topeka West 13.23
Estudillo, Washburn Rural 13.2
Benz, Shawnee Heights 13.63
Hillebert, Hayden 13.93
Highland Park sophomore Victoria Reed is the Shawnee County leader in the girls 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
200 METERS
Reed, Highland Park 26.5
Benz, Shawnee Heights 27.44
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 27.64
Fredrickson, Washburn Rural 27.4
Brooks, Topeka West 27.66
400 METERS
Reed, Highland Park 60.4
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 61.43
Foster, Rossville 63.89
Fredrickson, Washburn Rural 64.0
Wonnell, Rossville 66.13
800 METERS
Druse, Seaman 2:21.5
Ismert, Washburn Rural 2:32.5
Fink, Washburn Rural 2:32.6
Farmer, Silver Lake 2:37.29
Heston, Seaman 2:38.4
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By RICK PETERSON
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BOYS
100 METERS
Reed, Highland Park 10.5
Richardson, Highland Park 10.5
Peoples, Topeka High 10.6
Lee, Topeka West 11.21
Renfro, Silver Lake 11.21
Highland Park's Tyrell Reed (left) and Tre Richardson (middle) rank one-two in Shawnee County in the boys 100-meter dash and Richardson ranks No. 1 in the 200. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
200 METERS
Richardson, Highland Park 21.6
Renfro, Silver Lake 22.67
Santiago, Washburn Rural 23.1
Matlock, Topeka High 23.4
Arantes, Rossville 23.94
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By RICK PETERSON
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Highland Park junior Tre Richardson and Topeka High senior NiJaree Canady have been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Athletes of the Week for last week.
Richardson opened his track and field season with three wins and a second-place finish in Washburn Rural's Jerry Beardslee Invitational while Canady made her 2022 softball debut with a pair of pitching wins and a home run in a doubleheader sweep over Topeka West.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Richardson and Canady last week:
A four-sport standout for Highland Park, junior Tre Richardson won the long jump, triple jump and 200-meter dash in last Friday's Jerry Beardslee Invitational. [File photo/TSN]
TRE RICHARDSON, Highland Park
Richardson, a junior, made his 2022 track and field debut in last Friday's Jerry Beardslee Invitational with three individual victories and a second-place finish in Washburn Rural's Jerry Beardslee Invitational.
Richardson won the long jump with a best of 22 feet, 2 inches, the triple jump win at 43-6 and the 200-meter dash in 21.6 seconds. Richardson added a second-place finish in the 100 dash in 10.5.
Richardson, who has received All-Shawnee County recognition in football and basketball, doubles up in track and field and baseball in the spring.
Topeka High senior NiJaree Canady opened her senior softball season with a pair of pitching wins, 28 strikeouts and a home run in the Trojans' doubleheader sweep over Topeka West. [File photo/TSN]
NIJAREE CANADY, Topeka High
Canady, the reigning Kansas Gatorade Softball Player of the Year, opened her senior season last Thursday with an outstanding performance in the pitching circle and at the plate in Topeka High's 11-1, 6-1 doubleheader sweep over Topeka West.
Canady, who has committed to Stanford, picked up the pitching wins in both games, striking out a total of 28 batters while allowing just two hits and two runs on the day.
Canady hit a homer and doubled in the Trojans' first-game win.
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NiJaree Canady
NIJAREE CANADY, Topeka High
Canady, the reigning Kansas Gatorade Softball Player of the Year, opened her senior season last Thursday with an outstanding performance in the pitching circle and at the plate in Topeka High's 11-1, 6-1 doubleheader sweep over Topeka West. Canady, who has committed to Stanford, picked up the pitching wins in both games, striking out a total of 28 batters while allowing just two hits and two runs on the day. Canady hit a homer and doubled in the Trojans' first-game win.
Emmerson Cope
EMMERSON COPE, Washburn Rural
A junior, Cope pitched a five-inning perfect game and hit a three-run walkoff home run in Washburn Rural's 10-0 first-game softball win over Hayden last Tuesday, finishing with 11 strikeouts and four runs batted in. Cope, an All-Class 6A first-teamer last season, added a double in the Junior Blues' 8-1 win over the Wildcats in the second game.
Parker Dunn
PARKER DUNN, Washburn University
Dunn, a senior right-fielder, went 4 for 4 with 4 runs scored and 5 runs batted in for Washburn's baseball team last Saturday as the Ichabods took a 15-4 victory over No. 4-ranked Central Missouri at Falley Field. Dunn hit a pair of home runs for Washburn, which handed Central Missouri its first MIAA loss of the season and ended the Mules' 19-game winning streak while snapping a three-game losing streak.
Victoria Reed
VICTORIA REED, Highland Park
A sophomore sprinter, Reed made her debut for Highland Park with three individual wins in last Friday's Jerry Beardslee Invitational track and field meet at Washburn Rural. Reed won the 100-meter dash in 12.6 seconds, the 200 in 26.5 and the 400 in 60.4 seconds.
Tre Richardson
TRE RICHARDSON, Highland Park
Richardson, a junior, made his 2022 track and field debut in last Friday's Jerry Beardslee Invitational with three wins and a second-place finish. Richardson won the long jump with a best of 22 feet, 2 inches, took the triple jump win at 43-6 and won the 200-meter dash in 21.6 seconds. Richardson added a second-place finish in the 100 in 10.5.
Zach Sulzen-Watson
ZACH SULZEN-WATSON, Washburn Rural
A senior thrower, Sulzen-Watson opened his 2022 track and field season with a pair of wins in last Friday's Jerry Beardslee Invitational at Rural. Sulzen-Watson recorded a personal best with a throw of 52 feet, 5 inches in the shot put and added a win in the discus with a winning throw of 161-1 in the discus. Sulzen-Watson placed fifth in the Class 6A discus as a junior.
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By KYLE MANTHE
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Washburn baseball rebounded from a three-game losing streak in just about the biggest way possible Saturday afternoon posting a 15-4 run-rule victory over No. 4 Central Missouri.
“We came out Friday night and gave some runs away, and we knew that if we would have kept it close we had some opportunities,” said Washburn coach Harley Douglas. “To go out and compete and do it the way we did and kind of flush what had been going on I thought it (showed) the resilience of this team.”
The Ichabods dropped Game 1 of the series 9-3 and fell behind 4-1 in Game 2 before scoring the final 14 runs of the game to end it early.
“Any time you got a chance to beat a team of that caliber and the scores that we had today that’s a pretty big accomplishment,” said senior Parker Dunn who had five RBI in the game.
The Mules entered the day with a 19-game winning streak, including a perfect 18-0 MIAA record, which was snapped by a sterling starting pitching performance from sophomore Casey Steward and the hot bats of Washburn led by Dunn.
Washburn pitcher Casey Steward turned in a strong pitching performance Saturday as the Ichabods topped No. 4-ranked Central Missouri, 15-4. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Washburn celebrates a run Saturday's 15-4 MIAA victory over No. 4-ranked Central Misouri. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
“I think Casey did a really good job of settling in and giving us a chance to get that offense going. And then once we started going it just kept riding pretty well,” Douglas said. “When that happens you see this team is as good as anybody if we lock in and play.”
Early on it was the Ichabods who did damage first, with Dunn hitting a solo shot over the right-field wall in the first inning. That would be all of the scoring for Washburn in the first three innings.
Steward struggled with command early, hitting two batters in the second inning, both of which came around to score on doubles. A third run in the inning scored on a wild pitch.
A walk and another wild pitch put a runner on third in the third inning, with the run scoring on an error in the field to make it a 4-1 ballgame after three.
“At that point when we were down, you just got to think like, it’s a game, you got to go out there and have fun because that’s really all it is,” Steward said.
The Ichabods began their comeback in the fourth inning, scoring five runs on four hits. Two walks began the inning and sophomore Otto Jones made them count with a single, scoring one. Junior Cal Watkins was able to dash home on a groundout by senior Kros Bay.
Senior Tyler Clark-Chiapparelli continued his strong season with a home run into left field, giving Washburn the lead. Seniors kept swinging the bats as Dunn and Brett Ingram followed with back-to-back doubles to complete the five-run inning.
“We had a lot better bat speed at pitches in the zone throughout the lineup and a lot of guys played a big part in today’s game and I think that was the difference,” Dunn said.
Sophomore Connor Scott jumped on the second pitch he saw in the fifth inning for a leadoff home run. Two walks and a single from Watkins loaded the bases for Dunn who was hit by a pitch, scoring Watkins.
Two more runs were scored after an error by the Mules on a ball put in play by Ingram. Senior Zion Bowlin walked moving Ingram to second and Dunn to third.
Both scored on a single from Scott, picking up his second hit of the inning and putting Washburn up 12-4 after five.
Steward finished his day on the hill after a scoreless top of the sixth inning, allowing only one hit over his final three innings pitched and striking out a pair in the game.
“(I was) Just trying to trust my pitches and take it one pitch at a time and not try to think ahead, let my defense work a little bit,” Steward said. “As long as I can get ahead, stay ahead and just try to make them get weak contact, that is what I was focusing on”
The Ichabods loaded the bases with no outs to begin the sixth inning but a double play took one baserunner away before Dunn came up. He sent a 3-0 pitch over the right-field fence for his second home run of the day, fourth hit, and racked up five total RBI with the swing.
Senior Washburn Rural product Dalton Huggins came on to protect the 15-4 lead and did just that, striking out the side to complete the comeback, setting up a rubber match on Sunday.
“To be able to get today, and show that we are capable of playing with anybody in the country, that is what we have been trying to get our guys to understand and see,” Douglas said. “These are the games you live for, to try and go out and get a series win against a nationally-ranked team.”
Dunn’s 4-4 day was aided by three hits and three RBI from Scott and three hits from Jones. Ingram also finished with two hits.
Steward picked up the win, moving to 3-0 on the year after giving up just three runs over six innings of work.
The win moved Washburn to 22-10 on the year and 13-6 in conference play with the series finale against Central Missouri at 1 p.m.
WASHBURN 15, CENTRAL MISSOURI 4
Central Missouri (24-4) 031 000 0 – 4 4 1
Washburn (22-10) 100 563 x – 15 14 2
WP – Steward (3-0). LP – Little (1-1). 2B – Washburn: Dunn, Ingram Central Missouri: Young, Pennington. HR – Washburn: Dunn 2, Clark-Chiapparelli, Scott.
