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Tayson Horak
TAYSON HORAK, Rossville
A senior quarterback, Horak scored three touchdowns as Rossville's football team advanced to the Class 1A state quarterfinals with a 42-0 win over McLouth Friday night. Horak scored on runs of 3, 55 and 28 yards as the Bulldawgs improved to 7-3 on the season with their seventh straight victory.
Max Huston
MAX HUSTON, Seaman
Huston, a senior quarterback, had a hand in five touchdowns Friday night as 8-2 Seaman advanced to the Class 5A football quarterfinals with a 43-16 home win over Valley Center. Huston rushed for 117 yards on 14 carries against the Hornets, scoring touchdowns on runs of 1, 51, 4 and 8 yards and completed 16 of 25 passes for 272 yards, including a 39-yard TD pass.
Andrew Orr
ANDREW ORR, Washburn University
A senior frontliner, Orr scored a total of 40 points as Washburn men's basketball opened the season with a pair of double-digit wins. Orr scored 21 points (9 of 11 shooting from the field) in the Ichabods' 89-71 win over Sioux Falls on Friday and scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds on Saturday as WU knocked off defending Division II national champion Minnesota State, 85-68.
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By RICK PETERSON
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Washburn University's soccer match against Fort Hays State wasn't as much about revenge as it was about advancing in the MIAA Tournament.
The No.1-seeded Ichabods accomplished both things Sunday at Yager Stadium, avenging an earlier 2-1 loss at Hays while advancing to the MIAA semifinals with a 2-1 quarterfinal victory.
Washburn senior star Khloe Shuckman (middle) scored what proved to be the game-winning goal in Sunday's 2-1 MIAA Tournament quarterfinal win over Fort Hays State. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn celebrates Khloe Schuckman's goal in Sunday's 2-1 MIAA Tournament quarterfinal win over Fort Hays State. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The tournament now moves to Wichita's Stryker Sports Complex where the Ichabods will face Central Oklahoma in a Thursday semifinal contest.
Fort Hays State handed the MIAA regular-season champion Ichabods their lone conference loss on Oct. 27, but Washburn coach Davy Phillips was confident his No. 16-ranked Ichabods could turn the tables in Sunday's rematch.
"To be fair to my team, when we played them (the first time) they didn't play a Friday night game and we played (Central Missouri in Warrensburg, Mo.) and we spent a lot of energy in that game,'' Phillips said. "I like who we are when all things are even against them.
"I told the girls, just play to our identity, what our DNA is. We have a makeup that we're looking to accomplish certain things every single day, whether it's training or game, and I thought they did a really good job of staying true and playing with our identity.''
Washburn, now 14-3-2, never trailed against the Tigers (7-8-4), getting a first-half goal from Sam Searcey at the 27:48 mark and a second-half goal from Khloe Shuckman at the 68:22 mark to take a 2-0 lead before Fort Hays State scored its lone goal with just over six minutes remaining.
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The 2024 All-Shawnee County boys cross country team: Front row, from left -- Evan Carter, Shawnee Heights; Bodie King, Washburn Rural; Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural; Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural; Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural; Brody Anderson, Seaman. Back row, from left -- coach Matt Swedlund, Washburn Rural; Connor Olsen, Washburn Rural; Connor Baldwin, Hayden; Max Esquibel, Shawnee Heights; Adrian Lehman, Topeka West; Mark Wilkie, Topeka West. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
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Three state medalists and five first-team repeat picks headline the 2024 All-Shawnee County boys cross country team.
Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman and Seaman junior Brody Anderson finished seventh and ninth individually in the Class 5A state meet while Washburn Rural freshman Henry Laubach finished 14th in 6A in his first state meet.
Lehman and Anderson are both all-county first-team repeat selections along with Shawnee Heights senior Evan Carter, Washburn Rural junior Brooks Kehoe and Rural senior Conner Olsen.
Washburn Rural, which won the city team championship, is also represented on the all-county team by senior Bodie King and freshman Clayton Fink, who helped the Junior Blues qualify for the 6A state meet as a team, while Rural coach Matt Swedlund was named the city boys coach of the year.
Topeka West's senior Mark Wilkie, Hayden junior Connor Baldwin and Shawnee Heights junior Max Esquibel were named to the all-county team for the first time.
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The 2024 All-Shawnee County girls cross country team: Front row, from left -- Stella Appelhanz, Seaman; Kinley Robinson, Seaman; Ryin Miller, Seaman; Brynn Spencer, Seaman; Sofia Harper, Hayden; Elliot Wrench, Hayden. Back row, from left -- coach Matt Swedlund, Washburn Rural; Emily Graf, Washburn Rural; Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural; Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural; Payton Fink, Washburn Rural; Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
By RICK PETERSON
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A whopping nine first-team repeat selections and seven state medalists headline the 2024 All-Shawnee County girls cross country team.
Leading the way are top-five individual state finishers Ryin Miller of Seaman and Rylee Ismert and Payton Fink of Washburn Rural, with Miller, a junior, the Class 5A runnerup and seniors Ismert and Fink finishing third and fifth in 6A.
Hayden senior Elliot Wrench posted a sixth-place finish in 4A while junior Emily Graf placed 14th in 6A and Seaman senior Stella Appelhanz and sophomore Brynn Spencer finished 17th and 18th in 5A.
Miller, Ismert, Fink, Wrench, Graf, Appelhanz and Spencer are all first-team All-Shawnee County repeat picks along with Washburn Rural senior Brooklyn Nolte and Hayden sophomore Sofia Harper.
Earning first-team all-county honors for the first time are Washburn Rural junior Kenzie Maddox and Seaman sophomore Kinley Robinson.
Washburn Rural coach Matt Swedlund was named the girls Shawnee County coach of the year after his Junior Blues swept city, Centennial League and Class 6A regional team titles and tied for the 6A team championship, finishing second to five-time champion Olathe West on a tiebreaker.
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Washburn University volleyball finished off its home regular-season schedule with a Lee Arena sweep over Fort Hays State Saturday on Senior Day.
Washburn volleyball celebrates an assist during Saturday's Senior Day sweep over Fort Hays State. [Photo By Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Ichabods will close out their regular season on the road, beginning with Central Oklahoma at 6 p.m. on Friday.
Cair Paravel product Taryn Pridgett (18) was honored Saturday at Lee Arena as part of Washburn volleyball's Senior Day festivities. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Former Seaman standout Maddie Steiner (17) was one of five Washburn seniors recognized Saturday on Senior Day. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Before Saturday's match Washburn honored seniors Emma Williams, Jalyn Stevenson, Maddie Steiner, Taryn Pridgett and Austin Broadie.
After the celebration the Ichabods (19-5 overall, 10-4 MIAA) got to work with 25-13, 25-15 and 25-17 set victories over the Tigers (12-11, 4-10).
The first four points of the match all went to the home squad as Stevenson and Bella Limback combined for a block for the fourth point.
Back-to-back kills by Alex Dvorak pushed the lead to 9-2 in favor of Washburn. The lead grew to double digits as part of a 5-0 run to make it 21-10. Both sides traded blows down the stretch as the Ichabods eased into a 12-point victory.
A 6-1 run capped off by a kill from Emery Keebaugh gave Washburn an 8-3 lead in the second set.
Fort Hays State hung within four points until a kill by Stevenson began another 6-1 stretch to help WU go up 18-9. The Ichabod offense hit .364 as a team with 14 kills in the set as they took a commanding 2-0 lead with a 25-15 win.
