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Seaman High School's baseball program will induct its inaugural Hall of Honor class on Friday at approximately 5:30 p.m. at the Optimist Field, north of Seaman High School.
The Hall of Honor ceremony was originally scheduled to follow Seaman's varsity game against Washburn Rural, but due to COVID-19 protocols, that game will not be played Friday. Instead, the ceremony is not scheduled to follow a C team game.
Seaman will induct two former head coaches, a contributor, a state championship team and nine former Viking players in the on-field Hall of Honor ceremony.
Among the inductees will be a pair of former Seaman head baseball coaches, the late Duane 'Blackie' Melvin, who coached the Vikings in 1986 and '87, and Phil Loomis (1988-98), as well as longtime program contributor Dan Carlson.
Former Viking standout players being inducted include Ben Carlson (Class of 2006), Chris Carlson (Class of 2002), Eric Cheray (Class of 2011), Ryan Colombo (Class of 2013), Rick DeHart (Class of 1986), Robbie Rea (Class of 2009), Chad Rodriguez (Class of 1992), Richard Thomas (Class of 1989) and Ryan Zeferjahn (Class of 2016).
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The Topeka Area Football Coaches Association will host a Junior Day Combine on May 4 at Shawnee Heights for football players who will be seniors in the 2021 season.
The TAFCA, along with Rebound Sports Performance, will offer a chance for players interested in playing at the collegiate level to test their ability in a combine.
There will be representatives from NCAA Division II, NAIA and junior college programs in Kansas and the Midwest area at the combine and prospect information and combine results will be available to every college that recruits the Topeka area.
The combine will be conducted from 4 to 5:30 p.m. and players need to bring running shoes, cleats, a mask and water.
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The No. 18-ranked Washburn University men's golf team posted a second-place team finish out of 10 conference teams in the MIAA Championships, which concluded Tuesday at the Shangri-La Golf Course and Resort in Monkey Island, Okla.
Washburn went 20-over par for a final three-round score of 884, finishing 10 strokes behind MIAA champion Central Missouri.
The Ichabods have finished the MIAA Championships as high as second place multiple times, with the last time before Tuesday coming in the 2016-17 season.
Washburn’s Griffin Mott finished second among the 50 participants, going 2-over-par for the event.
Griffin Mott finished second individually in the MIAA Championships, helping lead Washburn to a second-place team finish. [Photo courtesty of Washburn Athletics]
Mott, a former Blue Valley standout, shot a 76 in Tuesday's third round to finish with a 54-hole total of 218.
Andrew Beckler and Jackson Wexler tied for third place with three others players at 3-over par.
Beckler shot a 73 in his third round and Wexler a 72 to finish at 219.
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Washburn freshman Jaycee Ginter hit a grand slam home run in the first game and picked up her 11th pitching victory in the second game of Monday's twinbill sweep over Lincoln. [File photo/TSN]
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The Washburn University softball team's string of six games in three days didn't get off to a great start, but after a pair of losses to nationally-ranked Central Oklahoma on Saturday, the Ichabods bounced back for four straight wins, including a 9-3, 4-2 doubleheader sweep over Lincoln Monday at Gahnstrom Field.
Now the Ichabods get a brief one-day break Tuesday before continuing their grind of 20 games in 14 days with a twinbill at Missouri Southern on Wednesday in Joplin, Mo.
The Ichabods were supposed to face Northwest Missouri on Wednesday, but because of wet weather and snow in parts of Missouri and Kansas, that doubleheader has been pushed back to Thursday in Maryville, Mo. and the Southern twinbill, originally slated for Friday, has been slotted in for Wednesday (3 p.m. start).
Washburn, 23-6 overall and 9-3 in the MIAA, enters the back-to-back doubleheaders on a high note after completing its homestand with Monday's wins over the Blue Tigers.
The Ichabods jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning of Monday's opener, with Ashton Friend hitting a two-run home run and Bri Francis doubling and scoring on a single from Kamryn Garvie.
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NiJaree Canady
NiJAREE CANADY, Topeka High
A junior, Canady pitched a three-hitter with 17 strikeouts in a 5-0 win over Centennial League rival Washburn Rural last Tuesday and followed that up with a two-hit, 11-strikeout performance in a 10-0 second-game win over the Junior Blues while also hitting a home run. Canady added two more pitching wins over Olathe West and Shawnee Mission North and allowed just one earned run on the week while hitting three home runs.
Tyler Clark-Chiapparelli
TYLER CLARK-CHIAPPARELLI, Washburn University
Clark-Chiapparelli, a sophomore left-fielder, had a big day at the plate as Washburn's baseball team split a doubleheader with Rogers State Sunday to win its second straight MIAA series. Clark-Chiapparelli went 3 for 4 in the opener with a home run, two runs batted, a stolen base and three runs scored and went 3 for 3 in the second game with a three-run homer, a run-scoring double and four RBI.
