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Hunter Bentley
HUNTER BENTLEY, Washburn University
Bentley, a 5-foot-9 senior guard out of Bishop Miege, scored a game-high 27 points and hit 9 of 9 free throw attempts as Washburn's women's basketball team bounced back from a pair of tough MIAA losses to take a 76-66 home victory over Northeastern State. Bentley scored 41 points on the week as the 7-8 Ichabods split games.
Tyler Geiman
TYLER GEIMAN, Washburn University
A 6-1 senior point guard, the former Blue Valley star scored a game-high 29 points, including 21 in the second half, as Washburn, using just seven players due to injury and illness, improved to 12-3 with an 88-77 come-from-behind MIAA home victory over Rogers State. Geiman also had 8 assists and 7 rebounds for the Ichabods and scored 12 straight points in the second half to spearhead the win.
Hailey Horton
HAILEY HORTON, Silver Lake
A freshman, Horton won the 155-pound title in Friday's Division II District Girls Wrestling Tournament at Marysville, helping the Eagles win the district team championship by an 88-73 margin over Holton. Horton won her first match with a 23-second pin before taking a 7-2 decision over Atchison County's Hannah Simmers in the finals.
Daigan Kruger
DAIGAN KRUGER, Silver Lake
Kruger, a junior, won the 170-pound championship in Saturday's Class 3A-1A District Boys Wrestling Tournament at Silver Lake, posting three straight pins to help the Eagles win the team title. Kruger, now 41-1 on the season, posted pins in 36 seconds and 2 minutes, 36 seconds to reach the finals and pinned Mission Valley's Justice Dunbar in 1:09 to win the 170 title.
CJ Powell
CJ POWELL, Highland Park
Powell, a 6-7 senior, scored 59 points in two games on the week as Highland Park's boys basketball team extended its winning streak to five games with Centennial League victories over Emporia and Seaman. Powell scored 31 points in the Scots' 63-58 win over Emporia and followed that up with a 28-point performance in the Scots' 55-47 overtime win over Seaman on Friday, forcing the OT with a clutch 3-point loss.
Marque Wilkerson
MARQUE WILKERSON, Topeka West
Wilkerson, a 6-2 senior, scored a game-high 25 points as Topeka West's boys basketball team took over sole possession of the Centennial League lead with a 63-46 home Centennial League win over Washburn Rural. Continuing a recent hot streak, Wilkerson scored 16 points in the first half and hit 11 of 14 field goal attempts on the night as the Chargers improved to 11-2 overall and 8-1 in the league.
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After going one-two in the Mid-East League wrestling tournament, Silver Lake and Rossville finished the same way in Saturday's Class 3A-1A District Boys Tournament at Silver Lake, with the Eagles winning the team championship by a 205-169 margin over the Bulldawgs.
Silver Lake won five individual titles and had 11 wrestlers post top-four finishes to qualify for regional competition, while Rossville had three individual winners and nine regional qualifiers.
Silver Lake got district wins from junior Justin Rakestraw at 132 pounds, senior Kai Allen at 138, junior Daigan Kruger at 170, junior Triston VandeVelde at 182 and junior Preston Gillen at 195 pounds.
Daigan Kruger
Rakestraw improved to 12-3 on the season, while Allen is now 31-3, Kruger 41-1, VandeVelde 36-4 and Gillen 34-6.
Also qualifying for regionals for the Eagles were junior Devin Dultmeier (second at 120), sophomore Tyler Cook (fourth at 126), junior Caleb Taylor (third at 145), freshman Chase Root (third at 152), junior Eli Herkenrath (fourth at 160) and sophomore Kaden Walker (second at 220).
Earning district champions for Rossville were freshman 106-pounder Mason Broce, senior 145-pounder Layne Hurla and junior 152-pounder Sam Twombly while junior Colby Hurla (132), sophomore Krew Lacock (138), junior Corey Catron (160) and freshman Barrett Lietz (195) all posted second-place finishes..
Broce improved his record to 14-8 on the season while Hurla is is 21-3 and Twombly 11-2.
Also advancing to regionals for Rossville were sophomore Aryon Kleseth (third at 126), senior Joe McGrath (third at 170).
DIVISION II GIRLS DISTRICT AT MARYSVILLE
Senior Grace Fitzgerald won the 120-pound championship and freshman Hailey Horton won at 155 pounds to lead Silver Lake to the team title by an 88-73 margin over Holton in Friday's Division II Girls District Tournament at Marysville.
Fitzgerald improved to 18-9 on the season while Horton improved to 29-9.
Hailey Horton
Rossville also claimed an individual title, with freshman Keera Lacock winning at 115 pounds to improve to 13-3 on the season.
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Seven Hayden wrestlers advanced to Class 4A regional competition with top-four finishes in Saturday's 4A District 5 tournament at Holton, led by seniors Will DeVader and Clayton Stephenson, who captured district titles.
DeVader won the 182-pound championship to improve to 17-4 on the season while Stephenson won the 220-pound title and is now 26-5.
Hayden senior 220-pounder Clayton Stephenson, a Centennial League champion, added a Class 4A district title Saturday. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
DeVader earned a 10-3 decision over Jefferson West sophomore Keaton Shelman in the 182-pound final while Stephenson pinned Holton freshman Dalton Roush at the 2:53 mark of the 220 championship match.
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Washburn's women's basketball team felt like it let a win slip away in Thursday's 3-point MIAA home loss to Rogers State.
Fortunately for the Ichabods, they didn't have to wait long to wipe out the sour taste of that defeat, bouncing back with a 76-66 win over Northeastern State Saturday afternoon at Lee Arena.
WU, which improved to 7-8 overall and in the league, had struggled offensively in its 53-50 loss to Rogers State, but put togher a solid performance Saturday as senior Hunter Bentley, freshman Lauren Cassaday and junior Nuria Barrientos combined for 56 points and the Ichabods shot 86.7 percent from the free throw line (26 of 30).
Washburn senior Hunter Bentley scored 27 points in Saturday's 76-66 MIAA home win over Northeastern State. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
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Rossville's girls basketball team won for the third time in its last four games Friday night, taking a 53-40 Mid-East League win over Wabaunsee as freshmen Kinsey Perine and Emma Mitchell and senior Julia Streit combined for 46 points.
The Bulldawgs, who improved to 4-7, led 9-8 after one quarter and 22-17 at the half before opening up some breathing room with a 14-6 third quarter.
Perine led Rossville with 18 points, followed by Mitchell with 15 points and a pair of 3-pointers and Streit with 13 points. Perine and Streit also connected on 3-pointers for the Bulldawgs.
