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Seaman's boys started Friday night's United Kansas Conference game at Topeka West short-handed and things got worse for the Vikings when No. 8-ranked Topeka West took a nine-point lead midway through the second quarter.
Junior KaeVon Bonner scored a game-high 17 points as Seaman knocked off No. 8-ranked Topeka West 60-57 Friday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
But a 13-0 run to end the first half reversed the Vikings' fortunes, with Seaman never trailing again and surviving a late West rally to take a 60-57 United Kansas Conference decision over the Chargers at West.
Seaman senior Bryer Finley (2) had 13 points in the Vikings' 60-57 UKC win at Topeka West Friday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman, which played without key injured reserves Matthew McConnaughey and Axton Brewer, got a game-high 17 points from junior KaeVon Bonner, 13 from senior Bryer Finley and 11 points from senior Dalton Smith while junior Landon Wiltz and junior Griffin Zuniga added 8 and 7 points, respectively.
"We were a little short on the bench, but the other guys just held it together enough to get it done,'' Seaman coach Craig Cox said. "It's always going to be difficult against a team like Topeka West that's going to be a active as they are with their length and athleticism.
"We had a lot of turnovers and we forced some shots, but we overcame that and we can build off of that as we move forward.''
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The underdog Topeka West girls scored the first basket Friday night and were still within four points of top-ranked Seaman with two and a half minutes remaining in the opening quarter.
But the rest of the night belonged to the defending Class 5A champs, with the Vikings improving to 3-0 overall and in the United Kansas Conference with an 80-33 romp past West on the Chargers' home floor.
Junior Maddie Gragg (32) scored a game-high 21 points in Seaman's 80-33 UKC win at Topeka West Friday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Seaman senior Anna Becker puts up a shot in Friday's 80-33 UKC win at Topeka West. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
"We talked about it before the game, 'What are three things that we want to accomplish this game that after the game we said we did a good job of those things?' '' Seaman coach Matt Tinsley said. "One was running our offense, which means not settling just for any shot and I thought the girls ran their offense the best we've run so far all year, so they accomplished that.
"And we talked about limiting paint touches and (the Chargers) didn't get too many, so we handled that, and our goal was 60 percent from the field and 75 percent from the line was a goal and I thought our goals played great tonight.''
Seaman ended the first quarter with a 13-0 run and extended the run to 25 straight points with the first 12 points of the second stanza before West (0-2, 0-2) finally scored with 4:45 left in the half.
Seaman ended the half with a commanding 44-14 advantage and scored the final 13 points of the third quarter go in front 71-22 and force a running clock over the final eight minutes.
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Hayden junior wrestling standout Jude Krentz and Washburn Rural sophomore girls basketball standout Maddie Vickery have been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2024-2025 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Krentz and Vickery over the past week:
Hayden junior Jude Krentz (facing) has been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency male Rising Star of the Week after winning the 175-pound title in last Saturday's Highland Park Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
JUDE KRENTZ, Hayden
Krentz opened the 2024-2025 wrestling season with the 175-pound championship in last Saturday's Highland Park Invitational.
Krentz went 3-0 on the day with three wins by fall, recording pins in 3 minutes, 23 seconds, 59 seconds and 1:38.
A two-time state qualifier, Krentz was also named to the All-Shawnee County Top 22 this fall after helping lead Hayden to its second straight 3A state championship game.
Washburn Rural sophomore Maddie Vickery has been named the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency female Rising Star of the Week after leading Rural to a 3-0 start with 70 points in the three games. [File photo/TSN]
MADDIE VICKERY, Washburn Rural
The 6-foot-1 Vickery has led Washburn Rural to a 3-0 start to the 2024-2025 season, scoring 70 points over the three games.
Vickery opened the year with a 26-point, 12-rebound performance in a 44-43 win over Blue Valley Northwest last Friday before scoring 17 points in a 45-42 win over Liberty, Mo. on Tuesday and 27 points in Thursday's 68-44 win over Topeka High in the semifinals of the De Soto Hardwood Classic.
As a freshman Vickery received All-Shawnee County and All-Centennial League first-team honors and was named the county and league newcomer of the year.
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DE SOTO -- Centennial League rivals Washburn Rural and Topeka High squared off Thursday in the first of what will be a minimum of three times this season and the Junior Blues drew first blood, rolling to a 68-44 win over the Trojans in a De Soto Hardwood Classic semifinal.
Sophomore Maddie Vickery scored a game-high 27 points in Washburn Rural's 68-44 win over Topeka High Thursday night in the De Soto Hardwood Classic. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
With Thursday's win the 3-0 Junior Blues will play for the tournament championship at 3 p.m Saturday while the 1-2 Trojans will play for third place at 12 p.m.
Maddie Vickery, a 6-foot-1 sophomore, continued her red-hot start to the season for Washburn Rural with a game-high 27 points, including four 3-pointers and a 5 of 6 performance at the free throw line.
Vickery was one of three double-figure scorers for the Junior Blues, with senior Kate Hinck and junior Ella Hirschi adding 11 points each.
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Wednesday's nine-school Hayden Invitational swimming meet didn't end the way Washburn Rural wanted it to, with the Junior Blues 'A' team being disqualified in the meet-ending 400-yard free relay after posting an apparent victory by a big margin.
Washburn Rural senior Luke Lemke posted individual and relay wins in Wedneday's Hayden Invitational as Rural won th team title. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But fortunately for Rural, the Junior Blues had done enough earlier in the day to take the team championship by a decisive 488-367 margin over Piper at the Capitol Federal Natatorium.
"It happens,'' Rural coach Bob Burdick said of the DQ. "It's a learning experience and I'd rather do it here than city, league or state.''
Andres Morao-Jaspe helped lead Washburn Rural to the team title in Wednesday's Hayden Invitational. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural got a one-two-three finish from Luke Lemke, Andres Morao-Jaspe and Thomas Appuhn in the 200-yard individul medley, with Lemke winning in 2 minutes, 11.91 seconds, and a one-two finish in the 500 freestyle from Morao-Jaspe and Appuhn in the 500 free, with Morao-Jaspe winning in 5:27.65.
And the Junior Blues' foursome of Lemke, Castle Wallace, Morao-Jaspe and Appuhn won the 200 medley relay 1:50.19.
Overall, Washburn Rural posted top-three finishes in 10 of 11 events that were contested, including a second-place finish by Rural's 'B' entry in the 400 free relay.
"They had a tough workout yesterday so they came in with burning legs, that's the best way to put it,'' Burdick said. "I didn't expect best times or people to drop a lot of whole lot of time because we're at the endurance building phase of the season.
"Time drops should probably start happening in January, but we had a few kids that dropped some time, which was great and overall they did great. They swam well and they're starting to get their heads in the right place.''
Hayden finished fifth as a team, getting a fourth-place finish from Palmer Heskett in the 500 freestyle, a fifth from Heskett in the 200 individual medley and a fifth from Ryan Carson in the 100 butterfly.
The Wildcat foursome of Liam Stegman, Brek Wahlmeier, Carson and Heskett finished fourth in the 400 free relay.
Topeka West finished eighth as a team, getting a seventh-place individual finish from Brady Clark in the 100 freestyle.
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