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Washburn Rural's 2021 baseball season got off to somewhat of a rocky start, with the Junior Blues suffering injuries to a pair of key players and stumbling out of the gate to a 2-4 record.
But now the Junior Blues are playing the way Rural coach Jay Mastin knew they could, giving themselves a chance at the Centennial League championship with 12 wins in their last 13 games, including a 17-1, 20-1 sweep over Highland Park Tuesday at Hummer Sports Park.
Next up for the 14-5 Junior Blues is a trip to Manhattan Wednesday to complete a suspended game (3-3 in the top of the second), with the winner of that contest taking the league title.
"We feel real good,'' Mastin said. "These guys have got a lot of fight in them. We're playing for a league title and there's a chance to host a regional as well, so we have a lot to play for. This is an exciting time of the year and knowing that our last game of the (regular season) is for league title just adds a lot.
"I knew we were going to be competitive, I knew we had some talent, and getting off to that slow start kind of surprised me a little bit, but I knew the fight was in them, I knew the desire was there.''
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Seaman's baseball team is in the position it wants to be heading into Class 5A postseason, putting together a solid 17-3 campaign and earning the right to host a Class 5A regional tournament with a No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the East.
Now the aim for Trent Oliva's Vikings, who closed out their regular season Tuesday with a 10-2 Centennial League win at Hayden, is to step up their game another notch or two for their postseason run.
Regional sites will be determined on Saturday, with regional tournaments contested next week. Seaman has assured itself of at least the No. 2 seed and is still in the running for the top East seed depending on the outcome of Blue Valley Southwest's game at Lawrence Thursday. Southwest is 16-3 after a 3-1 win over Blue Valley West Tuesday.
"There's some things out there we can clean up and get better at,'' Oliva said. "We had some base-running errors today, we weren't clean fielding the ball and we had some walks here and there, and that's going to happen, but we obviously have a lot of things we can clean up and we're looking to keep getting better each day.''
Seaman baseball coach Trent Oliva talks to his team Tuesday after the Vikings wrapped up a 17-3 regular season with a 10-2 Centennial League win at Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
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Shawnee Heights' boys golf team dominated Monday's United Kansas Conference tournament at Shiloh Springs Golf Course in Platte City, Mo., putting five players in the top eight places individually en route to winning the team title by a 329-339 margin over Basehor-Linwood.
Shawnee Heights poses for a team picture after winning Monday's United Kansas Conference golf tournament by 10 strokes over Basehor-Linwood. [Submitted]
Sophomore Alex Valdivia was the UKC runner-up with a 77 and sophomore Aiden Jones tied for fourth with an 83, while Shawnee Heights also got a strong performances from seniors Ethan Rottinghaus, Kyler Ortiz and Tyler Peterson as the T-Birds captured what was believed to be their first league golf title since 1999.
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Olivia Bruno
OLIVIA BRUNO, Washburn Rural
A senior, Bruno had a monster week as Washburn Rural's softball team rolled to doubleheader sweeps over Centennial League foes Seaman, Manhattan and Junction City. Bruno hit seven home runs with 13 runs batted in on the week and had three-home run days against Manhattan and Junction City. Bruno, who will play collegiately at Kansas, also went 4-0 as a pitcher with 34 strikeouts while not allowing a run.
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Topeka West freshman Victoria Reed (middle) is the Shawnee County leader in the girls 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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NOTE: TopSports.news plans to compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2021 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at
GIRLS
100 METERS
Reed, Topeka West 12.2
Hillebert, Hayden 12.69 (12.6)
Brooks, Topeka West 12.6
200 METERS
Reed, Topeka West 25.99
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 26.39
Brooks, Topeka West 26.77
Hillebert, Hayden 26.82
Ingram, Washburn Rural 27.1
400 METERS
Reed, Topeka West 57.94
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 58.52
Foster, Rossville 59.91
Bray, Washburn Rural 62.82
Rottinghaus, Silver Lake 63.59
800 METERS
Druse, Seaman 2:21.0 (2:21.02)
Wagner, Washburn Rural 2:24.63
Foster, Rossville 2:24.94
Carter, Washburn Rural 2:26.08
Bird, Washburn Rural 2:29.23
Seaman sophomore Bethany Druse (right) leads Shawnee County girls in the 800 meters and ranks No. 2 in the 1,600. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
