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Carter Cool
CARTER COOL, Topeka West
Cool, a sophomore, won the No. 1 singles championship in his first city tennis tournament last Thursday at Kossover Tennis Center, helping the Chargers win the city team title. Cool took an 8-2 win over Shawnee Heights' Jaden Rodriguez in the final, clinching Topeka West's 28-27 win over Washburn Rural. Cool added second-place finishes in Saturday's Emporia tournament and Monday's Centennial League meet.
Ian Cusick
IAN CUSICK, Topeka West
A sophomore, Cusick teamed with his twin brother, Miles, to win the No. 1 doubles championship in last Thursday's city tournament at Kossover Tennis Center, helping lead West to the city team crown. The Cusicks took an 8-1 win over Nick Luetje and Mason Casebeer of Washburn Rural in the final. The Cusicks also won a tournament title last Saturday in Emporia and claimed the Centennial League doubles crown with an 8-6 win on Monday.
Miles Cusick
MILES CUSICK, Topeka West
Cusick, a sophomore, teamed with twin brother Ian, to win the No. 1 doubles championship in last Thursday's city tournament at Kossover Tennis Center, helping West win the city team championship by a point. The Cusicks took an 8-1 win over Nick Luetje and Mason Casebeer of Washburn Rural in the final. The Cusicks also won a tournament title last Saturday in Emporia and claimed the Centennial League doubles crown Monday with an 8-6 win.
Bethany Druse
BETHANY DRUSE, Seaman
Druse, a sophomore, posted a pair of girls distance wins in last Friday's Bob Camien/Claudia Welch Seaman Relays to remain undefeated, winning the 1,600 meters in a personal-best time of 5 minutes, 19.90 seconds and returning later in the evening to take the win in the 800 in 2:22.64.
Luke Leonetti
LUKE LEONETTI, Washburn Rural
Leonetti, a junior, followed up his city boys golf championship with the individual title in Monday's Centennial League tournament at Village Greens Golf Course, shooting a 74 to win by two strokes. Leonetti led the Junior Blues to the Centennial team crown by 11 strokes (312-323) over Emporia.
Sam Shonka
SAM SHONKA, Washburn Rural
Shonka, a senior, claimed the boys high jump title in last Friday's Bob Camien/Claudia Welch Seaman Relays, posting a five-inch improvement over his previous season-best with a clearance at 6 foot, 6 inches.
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Topeka West freshman Victoria Reed (middle) is the Shawnee County leader in the girls 100 and 200-meter dash and ranks No. 3 in the 400. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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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
Brooks, Topeka West 26.77
Hillebert, Hayden 26.82
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 26.82
Ingram, Washburn Rural 27.1
400 METERS
Rottinghaus, Shawnee Heights 58.67
Foster, Rossville 59.91
Reed, Topeka West 59.99
Wright, Washburn Rural 63.85
Bray, Washburn Rural 63.97
800 METERS
Druse, Seaman 2:21.0 (2:21.02)
Foster, Rossville 2:24.94
Bird, Washburn Rural 2:29.23
Wagner, Washburn Rural 2:31.07
Rezac, Washburn Rural 2:31.58
Seaman sophomore Bethany Druse (right) leads Shawnee County girls in the 800 and 1,600 meters. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
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Shawnee Heights sophomore Jeremiah Smith is the Shawnee County boys leader in the 100 and 200-meter dashes and the 110 hurdles. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
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BOYS
100 METERS
Smith, Shawnee Heights 10.36
Rezac, Rossville 10.68
Renfro, Silver Lake 10.90
January, Shawnee Heights 10.92
200 METERS
Smith, Shawnee Heights 21.85
Rezac, Rossville 22.03
Renfro, Silver Lake 22.50
January, Shawnee Heights 23.04
400 METERS
Arnold, Shawnee Heights 51.68
Kaniper, Silver Lake 54.04
Mitchell, Washburn Rural 54.35
Myers, Shawnee Heights 53.41
Rochford, Hayden 54.85
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Anyone who has a sibling knows it's nearly impossible to get along ALL the time, especially when you're together ALL the time, and Topeka West twin brothers Ian and Miles Cusick admit there's been instances where they haven't always necessarily been on the same page this spring as doubles partners for West's tennis team.
But those times have been far outweighed by an impressive run of success by the sophomore pair, who rolled to the No. 1 doubles championship in last Thursday's city meet at the Kossover Tennis Center, helping lead Kurt Davids' Chargers to their first city team crown.
Topeka West sophomore twin brothers Miles Cusick (left) and Ian Cusick have put together a banner season in doubles this season, winning the No. 1 city title and helping lead the Chargers to the team crown. [File photo/TSN]
"I think we try to get along well,'' Miles Cusick said. "There's some times it's a little bit tougher than others, but I think we definitely manage it very well. That's obviously one of the things we've worked on is making sure we're communicating with each other.
"If we get mad it doesn't help the team and there's nothing you can really do about it. Just get rid of it.''
Ian Cusick agreed there are challenges at times, but he said he feels he and Miles are growing as a doubles team, and brothers.
"Sometimes it's actually really hard to play with him because we're brothers and we have that bond, but you're more comfortable so it's easier to get mad at him,'' Ian Cusick explained. "You can't brush it off like you would with someone you're not as close with.
"We have lost a couple of hard matches this season and you get a little upset, but we're definitely getting closer.''
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Nothing really came easy for Washburn's baseball team in its weekend MIAA series against Newman, but after dropping a one-run game to the Jets on Friday, the Ichabods rebounded on Senior Day Saturday with a pair of 7-6 victories, the second in 11 innings, to clinch their fourth straight series win.
Cole Emerson (28) is congratulated by his Washburn teammates after scoring in the Ichabods' 7-6 first-game win over Newman Saturday. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Washburn took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third in Saturday's first game, with catcher Kros Bay a doubling and scoring on a wild pitch and Cole Emerson getting hit by a pitch, stealing second base and scoring on Eric Hinostroza's run-scoring single.
Newman capitalized on two Washburn errors to take a 3-2 lead and went up 5-2 in the fifth on a two-run homer from Hayden Van DePol.
Washburn began its rally in the bottom of the fifth with a run-scoring sacrifice fly from Parker Dunn and a run-scoring single from Brett Ingram and the Ichabods tied the game 5-5 in the seventh when Peter Shearer plated the tying run with a sacrifice fly.
Newman reclaimed the lead in the top of the eighth, but Shawnee Heights product Emerson walked to open the bottom of the eighth and scored the tying run on back-to-back wild pitches.
Hinostroza singled to right center, stole second base and went to third on a throwing error before scoring the game-winning run on Zion Bowlin's groundout.
Washburn Rural proeuct Dalton Huggins earned his first career win after working the eighth inning and Braden Minor came on to pitch the ninth for Washburn and recorded a 1-2-3 inning in seven pitches to get the save.
Ichabod starting pitcher Brock Gilliam worked the first seven innings in his no-decision, throwing 137 pitches and allowing six runs (four earned) and four hits and four walks while tying a career-best 13 strikeouts.
Hinostroza and Bay both went 2 for 4 at the plate in the first game and scored once. Ingram was also 2 for 4 and drove in a run while Emerson scored three runs and drew two walks.
Washburn, 16-20 overall and 15-15 in the MIAA, fell behind 5-0 in the nightcap after four and a half innings, but the Ichabods loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth and Xavier De Leon knocked in two runs with a single.
De Leon scored on Hinostroza's double and Bowlin singled to plate another run to cut WU's deficit to 5-4.
The Ichabods took their first lead of the game in the seventh after back-to-back RBI singles from Bowlin and Dunn but Newman (8-21, 7-20 MIAA) scored the tying run in the top of the ninth.
Still locked in a 6-6 tie, Casey Steward entered the game as Washburn's pitcher in the 11th and recorded a 1-2-3 inning.
