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By CHARLES SPURLOCK
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MANHATTAN -- The cross country season began for Highland Park, Seaman, Topeka, Topeka West and Washburn Rural Saturday on a beautiful “Chamber of Commerce” day in Manhattan.
Manhattan Invitational champion Ryin Miller congratulates Payton Fink, Rylee Ismert and Emily Graf, who finished second, third and fourth individually to lead Washburn Rural to the team title. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/Special to TSN]
BOYS VARSITY
Seaman junior Brody Anderson won the first race of the season with a personal best time of 15 minutes, 35.77 seconds. Following the race, Anderson commented on his preparation, “I really felt that all of the summer work was worth it and everything I’ve done leading up to this has paid off. I went out pretty fast and it was easy on my legs. When I reached the two-mile mark I heard I was a little under 10 minutes and the third mile I knew I had to hammer it home.”
Washburn Rural was the top team finisher of the city schools, finishing in fourth place with three runners finishing in the top 20. The Junior Blues were led by freshman Henry Laubach, who played fourth in a time of 16:29.33.
Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman (right) posted a third-place individual finish in Saturday's Manhattan Invitational. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/Special to TSN]
Topeka West’s Adrian Lehman finished third overall with a time of 16:12.16. Stuart Campbell led Topeka High in a time of 18:10.11, finishing in 37th place.
Final Team Standings : Lawrence 67, Manhattan 69, Wamego 72, Washburn Rural 73, Olathe Northwest 134, Topeka West 138, Seaman 155, Topeka 207.
Seaman : Brody Anderson (15:35.77; 1st); Conner Bloom (17:44.33; 29th); Corbin Murrow (18:26; 45th); Drake Spurlock (18:43.10; 49th); Alex Newell (19:09.78; 52nd).
Topeka West : Adrian Lehman (16:12.16; 3rd); Tony Lloyd (17:40.87; 26th); Mark Wilkie (17:56.56; 34th); Jayden Sigle (18:21.09; 42nd); Ezra Phelps (18:56.51; 51st).
Topeka High : Stuart Campbell (18:10.11; 37th); Gregory Njorgoe (18:30.55; 46th); Easton Davis (18:37.18; 48th); Will Toland (18:45.42; 50th); Oliver Snethen (20:50.24; 55th); Tayleon Flores (21:50.53; 56th).
Washburn Rural : Henry Laubach (16:29.33; 4th); Christopher Quarles (17:03.16; 12th); Connor Olsen (17:07.39; 13th); Duke Graf (17:29.29; 23rd); Bodie King (17:41.77; 27th); Anderson Leinwetter (17:43.32; 28th); Wesley Meek (18:01.80; 36th).
Seaman junior Ryin Miller ran the fourth-fastest time in Kansas history on Saturday en route to the win in Manhattan Invitational. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/Special to TSN]
GIRLS VARSITY
Seaman junior star Ryin Miller opened her season with a personal-best time of 16:59.46. Her time was the fourth-fastest time in state history.
“The goal was to win and not really worry about the time,'' Miller said. "It’s a tough course and usually really hot because we run after the junior varsity races. The time was the cherry on top. Breaking 17 minutes was a goal, but I thought it would be at Kanza, didn’t think it was attainable here. To have that goal knocked out here, I feel good about it.”
Manhattan Invitational champion Ryin Miller congratulates Payton Fink, Rylee Ismert and Emily Graf, who finished second, third and fourth individually to lead Washburn Rural to the team title. [Photo by Charles Spurlock/Special to TSN]
The Washburn Rural girls won the team championship, with all five of their scoring runners finishing in the top 14, led by senior Peyton Fink, who finished second in a time of 18:14.98. Rylee Ismert finished third with a time of 18:57.35, followed by Emily Graf in a time of 19:21.99. Kenzie Maddox finished seventh with a time of 20:01.13.
Seaman sophomore Brynn Spencer finished sixth in a time of 19:54.64 and senior Stella Applehanz was ninth with a time of 20:10.38.
Peyton Rice led Topeka West by finishing in 19th place in a time of 21:09.06. Chloe Phelps finished in 37th with a time of 22:55.83.
Topeka High’s Victoria Reynaga finished in 45th in a time of 31:05.91.
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Brody Anderson
BRODY ANDERSON, Seaman
A junior cross country star, Anderson opened his 2024 season with the boys individual championship in Saturday's Manhattan Invitational at Warner Park. Anderson, a returning Class 5A state qualifier, posted a winning five-kilometer time of 15 minutes, 35.77 seconds, taking the victory by 28 seconds.
Tevante Ewing
TEVANTE EWING, Topeka High
Ewing, a senior running back, scored three touchdwns in Topeka High's 52-19 season-opening non-league road victory over Wichita West on Friday. Ewing scored the Trojans' first touchdown on a 70-yard pass from Zane Smith and also scored on a pair of runs as Topeka High rolled to a win in Jason Filbeck's debut as High's coach.
John Hoytal
JOHN HOYTAL, Washburn Rural
A junior quarterback, Hoytal made his first career start in Friday's 42-21 non-league home win over Shawnee Heights. Hoytal completed 14 of 21 passes for 234 yards and four touchdowns while also rushing for 47 yards on 10 carries. Hoytal completed TDs of 2, 42 and 7 yards to Kellan Roth and16 yards to Brody Schwinn.
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By JUSTIN BURKHARDT
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Friday was a beautiful evening to start the high school football season for the Highland Park Scots.
Highland Park senior Jamon Wilson scored three touchdowns in Friday's 52-0 win over KC-Wyandotte, including a 90-yard kickoff return. [File photo/TSN]
The Scots, who finished 7-3 a year ago, wanted to come out and make a statement to open their 2024 season and Highland Park accomplished that goal with a 52-0 Meadowlark Conference romp past Kansas City-Wyandotte at Hummer Sports Park.
“To have a group of players that I have had for four years and for them to really develop and mature and to the point where we can get everybody the ball with so many dynamic players on offense is really special,” Highland Park coach Jermaine Monroe said.
“The boys wanted to make a statement in the first game and wanted to be consistent, not just big plays but be respectful to the officials and other team and its just those little things that they are focusing on that makes it bigger then football.”
The Scots started the game off with a bang to get the season started, getting a 90-yard kickoff return from senior Jamon Wilson.
“Last year Jamon didn’t get the opportunity to play in this game and I told him you have to make a big statement the first time you get the ball and the first play he gets it and took off,” Monroe said.
“The game plan was for me to come out hot and I wanted to give my team the spark we needed and I feel like I did that on the first play.” Wilson said.
That isn’t all the senior would do for his team on the night as Wilson would add two huge touchdown runs with 60-yard and 30-yard touchdown runs, looking like another No. 5 of old for the Scots in former star running back Naji Shinskia.
Wilson would finish the night with 90 return yards, 90 rushing yards and three touchdowns.
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By RICK PETERSON
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LIBERTY, Mo. -- Washburn University volleyball capped off an undefeated first week of the season with a 3-0 sweep over William Jewell on Saturday to finish off the Kansas City Classic.
Washburn volleyball wrapped up a 3-0 start to the 2024 season with a sweep over William Jewell on Saturday. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
It was a consistent effort for Washburn (3-0), with the Ichabods winning each set over the Cardinals (0-4) by at least seven points. WU finished the match with final set scores of 25-15, 25-18 and 25-17.
It was a slow beginning for the Ichabods as William Jewell won the first four points on its home floor.
Washburn responded with five points in a row, taking the lead on a block by Jalyn Stevenson and Alex Dvorak.
Midway through the set a kill from Austin Broadie extended the Washburn lead to six at 16-10. The Cardinals were limited to just a .044 hitting percentage in the first set by the Ichabods. Down the stretch Washburn took four of the final five points to take the set.
Once again it was William Jewell out in front early in the second set. Seven straight points by the Ichabods, which began with a kill from Bella Limback, put the set back in their control at 9-4.
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Cair Paravel Latin and Topeka High head football coach Jason Filbeck both made a little bit of history with season-opening road victories Friday night.
Cair Paravel notched its first-ever 11-man victory in a 44-0 win at West Franklin while Filbeck posted his first victory at Topeka High in his debut with the Trojans as High rolled to a 52-19 win over Wichita West at Friends University.
CPLS dominated its 11-man debut from start to finish, using a 21-point second quarter to open up a 28-0 halftime advantage and adding its final two TDs in the fourth quarter.
Ben Roeder
The Lions scored the only points they would need midway through the opening quarter when senior Ben Roeder scored on a 4-yard run and CPLS standout senior quarterback Jase Pavlik ran for the 2-point conversion to give his team an 8-0 lead.
Roeder returned a punt return 73 yards for a TD to give Cair Paravel a 14-0 lead with eight minutes left in the first half and Chase Hastert added interception returns of 46 and 50 yards to put the Lions in control at the half.
Tobias Bonura added an 85-yard interception return and Pavlik hit Roeder for a 2-point conversion early in the fourth quarter before Roeder scored his third TD on a 3-yard rush (Pavlik run) to complete the Lions' scoring with six minutes left.
Topeka High rolled to a 52-19 road win over Wichita West Friday, giving Jason Filbeck a victory in his debut as the Trojans' head coach. [File photo/TSN]
The Trojans made sure Friday was a happy night Filbeck, who accepted the Topeka High job in the offseason after 10 years at Augusta, with High scoring the first 20 points and never looking back.
Topeka High never trailed after Zane Smith and Tevonte Ewing connected with a 7-yard TD pass with 7:33 left in the first quarter.
Smith threw his second touchdown pass with 4:31 left in the opening quarter and Ewing scored again to put the Trojans in front 20-0 early in the second quarter.
Later in the first half Ewing scored for the third time to give the Trojans a 26-6 lead and Smith hit Jayden Norman for a 90-yard TD to put High up 32-6 at the half.
Detrick Johnson put Topeka High up 46-6 at the 7:46 mark of the third quarter and the Trojans cruised the rest of the way.
