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Rossville senior Alex Sherer is making the most of his first and only shot at a state tennis championship, advancing to Saturday Class 3A-1A state semifinals with a pair of straight-set victories Friday at Wichita's Riverside Tennis Complex.
Rossville senior Alex Sherer advanced to Saturday's Class 3A-1A singles semifinals at Wichita with a pair of straight-set victories Friday. [File photo/TSN]
Sherer, who played for Hayden as a co-op player during the regular season, opened his state bid with a 6-0, 6-1 win before knocking off previously-unbeaten Peyton Ryan of Central Plains in the quarterfinals, 6-0, 6-4.
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There's still work to be done, but Hayden's boys tennis team has already guaranteed itself of a successful weekend in the Class 4A state tournament at Kossover Tennis Center.
Junior Michael Sandstrom and sophomore Gus Glotzbach advanced to Saturday's doubles semifinals with two straight wins while senior Johnny Holloway and junior Patrick Gorman assured themselves of state medals with a 2-1 record Friday.
Hayden doubles partners Gus Glotzbach (front) and Michael Sandstrom slap hands after closing out Friday's quarterfinal doubles victory in the Class 4A state tennis tournament at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
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Four Shawnee Heights
Makenna Pritchard helped lead the way as Washburn Rural's girls followed up their 18th straight city swimming championship with the Centennial League title Thursday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium.
Pritchard had a hand in both the Junior Blues' victories as Rural claimed the league team title by a 434-377 margin over Manhattan.
Pitchard won the 100-yard freestyle in 55.55 seconds and two events later teamed up with Aubrey Fritsch, Jeissca Ndungu and Mara Bare to take a victory in the 200 freestyle relay in 1 minutes, 47.32 seconds. Pritchard also finished second in the 50 free in 25.66.
As they had in last week's city meet, the Junior Blues also showed their depth, posting top-three finishes in eight of 12 events in the league meet.
Seaman finished third as a team while posting a meet-high four victories.
Seaman freshman Avery Walz captured a paif of individual victories in Thursday's Centennial League girls swimming championships. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Freshman Avery Walz was a double gold medalist for the Vikings, winning the 200 individual medley by nearly five seconds in 2:12.00 and the 100 breaststroke by more than three and a half seconds in 1:06.50.
Avery's twin sister, Tauren, won the 50 freestyle in 25.39 while Gabby Grace won the 100 backstroke in 1:00.94. Tauren Walz added a close second-place finish in the 100 butterfly (1:02.77).
Topeka West's Kadence Jeffries also captured a pair of individual victories, with the returning two-event state champion continuing to dominate her events.
Topeka West state champ Kadence Jeffries won the 200 and 500 freestyle events in Thursday's Centennial League swimming meet. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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A mere three inches were the difference between a banner day and a so-so one for Washburn Rural junior Zsamar Sipple in Thursday's Centennial League track and field meet at Rural.
The Junior Blues' standout jumper was a double league champion with wins in the long jump and triple jump by a combined three inches over Highland Park sophomore Tre Richardson, helping lead Rural to a second-place team finish behind Manhattan (197.25-128).
Washburn Rural junior Zsamar Sipple had a big day in Thursday's Centennial League meet, capturing the boys long jump and triple jump titles by a total of three inches. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Sipple won the long jump with a personal-best of 22 feet, 4.50 inches, two inches further than Richardson (22-2.50), and then waged an even closer back and forth battle with Richardson in the triple jump, needing a career-best jump of 46-1 to edge his Highland Park rival by exactly an inch (46-0).
Highland Park sophomore Tre Richardson placed second in the Centennial League long jump and triple jump and won the 200-meter title Thursday at Washburn Rural. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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Four Shawnee Heights athletes earned individual United Kansas Conference championships in Thursday's UKC track and field championships at Heights.
On the boys side, Aidan Hicks won the javelin event with a throw of 154 feet, 3 inches to lead a 1-2-3 T-Bird finish while Jacob Myers added a win in the pole vault at 11 feet.
Shawnee Heights' Jacob Myers won the pole vault championship in the United Kansas Conference with a vault of 11 feet. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Nadia Emperley and Shelby Butterfield picked up wins for Shawnee Heights in the girls division, with Emperley winning the javelin with a toss of 125-10 and Butterfield winning the 300-meter hurdles in 48.42 seconds.
