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Silver Lake had no answer for Rock Creek standout Dawson Zenger in Wednesday's Burlington Invitational boys semifinal, with Zenger scoring a game-high 30 points as the Mustangs rolled to a 59-37 victory over the Eagles.
Silver Lake trailed by just a 12-10 margin at the end of the first quarter, but Rock Creek used an 18-11 second quarter to take a 30-21 halftime lead and then put the Eagles away with a 20-8 third quarter.
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Shawnee Heights swept the team titles in Wednesday's Topeka West triangular at West Ridge Lanes, with the T-Bird boys winning by a 2,311-2,198 margin over West while Heights' girls took a 1,939-1,841 victory over the Chargers.
Shawnee Heights' Aidan VanMetre took boys individual honors with a three-game series of 620 while Topeka West's Megan Wood was the girls champion with a 596 series.
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Washburn Rural bounced back from a 13-point loss in the opening round of the Basehor-Linwood Invitational to rout Olathe North 64-38 in a Wednesday consolation game.
The Junior Blues, who will play for fifth at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, dropped a 62-49 decision to Olathe West on Monday, but took control early on against Olathe North, doubling the Eagles up 14-7 in the first quarter and taking a 31-19 halftime advantage.
Washburn Rural finished off the rout with a 33-19 scoring edge after the break.
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Highland Park boys basketball coach Michael Williams is quick to admit that the early portion of the 2020-21 season wasn’t what he expected for his Scots, who were coming off a 15-8 record and a trip to the Class 5A state tournament last season.
But after an inconsistent start, Highland Park enters this week’s Topeka Invitational Tournament at Topeka High on a high note after topping Topeka West 57-54 in overtime last Friday, with the Scots handing the Chargers their first loss.
“It was kind of getting to us mentally a little bit and we were looking around at each other and kind of questioning some things,’’ said Williams, whose team improved to 3-3 with the win over West. “I think a game like (last Friday) can kind of help our mindset and to get back on track.
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Topeka West's boys and Washburn Rural's girls bowling teams turned in dominating performances in Tuesday's Topeka High quadrangular at Gage Bowl.
Topeka West won the boys team championship by 154 pins over Washburn Rural (2,653-2,499) while West's Zach Phillips and Justin Brookens went one-two individually, rolling 704 and 656 series, respectively.
Washburn Rural's girls, meanwhile, swept the top four individual spots on the way to a 375-pin victory over Topeka High (2,230-1,855), with Logan Wiesendanger taking individual honors with a 559 series. Rural's Hannah Casto finished second with a 548 series, while Kaitlyn Doyal was third (547) and Callie Hart fourth (520).
