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The No. 16-ranked Washburn University women's soccer team will continue its MIAA Tournament bid at 3 p.m. Thursday with a semifinal showdown with Central Oklahoma at Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita.
Washburn senior Khloe Schuckman (11) leads the Ichabods with nine goals entering Thursday's MIAA Tournament semifinal against Central Oklahoma. [File photo/TSN]
The Ichabods, who won the MIAA regular season championship to earn the top tournament seed, are coming off a 2-1 home win over Fort Hays State on Sunday in the quarterfinal round.
Washburn avenged its only MIAA loss with Sunday's win over Fort Hays State and now has a chance to avenge its only conference tie, an 0-0 draw with the Bronchos on Sep. 27 at Yager Stadium.
"We caught them earlier in the season so I think this is kind of like a revenge match for us,'' WU senior midfielder Cloe Quintana said. "That's our head space going in that we want to be able to get that result over them, so I feel like that helps to motivate us and I think we're all really excited to play in the semifinals again.
"I feel like we've been preparing for this moment all year and now it's just knowing who we are, executing our game model and being able to push through any adversity that we face during each game.''
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Silver Lake stars Kendra Cook, Ella Bolan and Alana Brewster will sign college letters of intent at 2:45 p.m. Thursday at the school.
Silver Lake senior softball star Kendra Cook, who is headed to Washburn University, will hold a signing ceremony at 2:45 p.m. Thursday at Silver Lake. [File photo/TSN]
Eagles softball star Kendra Cook will sign with Washburn University while Ella Bolan will sign a volleyball letter of intent with Butler County Community College and Alana Brewster will sign with Johnson County Community College.
Cook helped lead the Eagles to a runnerup finish in the Class 3A state softball tournament last spring while Bolan and Brewster helped Silver Lake finish third in the 3A volleyball tournament in 2023 and win a regional title this fall.
West's Jones to sign softball letter with Cloud County
Topeka West senior softball standout Callie Jones will sign a letter of intent with Cloud County on Thursday at Topeka West.
Callie Jones
Jones is scheduled to sign her letter of intent at 3:15 p.m. Thursday in Topeka West's Leadership Studies room.
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City schools dominate the 2024 All-United Kansas Conference boys soccer team, with Seaman, Shawnee Heights and Topeka West combining for 11 first-team selections.
Seaman senior forward Blake Toyne was named to the All-United Kansas Conference soccer first team. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka West senior defender Jafet Rodriguez (23) was named to the All-UKC first team. [File photo/TSN]
Topeka West's Valentin Del Real (3) was the lone freshman to be named to the All-UKC soccer first team. [File photo/TSN]
Seaman is represented on the All-UKC first team by senior defenders Bryce Cochran and Dalton Smith, senior midfielder Logan Townsend and senior forward Blake Toyne while Topeka West also put four players on the first team, with the Chargers represented by junior goalkeeper Gage Kindred-Noragon, senior defender Jafet Rodriguez, freshman Valentin Del Real and sophomore forward Diego Gonzalez-Talavera.
Topeka West coach Josh Kutter was selected as the UKC coach of the year.
Shawnee Heights junior defender Jason Slay was named to the All-UKC soccer first team. [File photo/TSN]
Shawnee Heights sophomore Mason Haas has been named to the All-UKC soccer first team after helping the T-Birds win the conference title. [File photo/TSN]
UKC champion Shawnee Heights put junior defender Jason Slay, sophomore midfielder Mason Haas and junior forward Camden Granado on the first team.
Kansas City-Turner senior forward Brandon Barrera was named the conference player of the year.
Shawnee Heights put junior defender Thomas Aragon, sophomore forward Brayan Diaz and senior forward Jackson Freeman on the All-UKC second team while Seaman senior midfielder Kaelin Loy and Topeka West junior midfielder Giancarlo Valenzuela were also second-team selections.
Seven city players earned all-conference honorable mention.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE SOCCER
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Meadowlark Conference coaches took notice of Jamon Wilson's outstanding senior season, with the Highland Park star named the conference offensive and special teams player of the year while earning first-team recognition at two positions.
Highland Park senior Jamon Wilson (5) has been named the Meadowlark Conference offensive and special teams player of the year after helping lead the Scots to a 6-3 record. [File photo/TSN]
Wilson was a named a first-team pick at running back and kick returner in addition to his dual player of the year honors.
Senior linebacker Ricky Crawford and junior defensive back Tremaine Savage received first-team All-Meadowlark recognition for the second straight season after helping lead the Scots to a 6-3 record while junior Andres Ochoa-Perez was a first-team pick in the offensive line after receiving honorable mention as a sophomore.
Scot sophomore running back G'Honi Montgomery and senior lineman Adrian Burney were named to the All-Meadowlark second team while nine Highland Park players received all-conference honorable mention.
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Senior Layla Collins, who led Washburn Rural to the league championship and a Class 6A state tournament berth, was voted the Centennial League 2024 volleyball player of the year as city schools garnered six of eight first-team spots.
Washburn Rural senior Layla Collins was voted the Centennial League volleyball player of the year by league coaches. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Collins is joined on the first team by senior teammate Kate Hinck while Topeka High senior Jo'Mhara Benning also earned first-team all-league honors.
Hayden, which placed third in the Class 4A state tournament, put a league high three players on the first team -- senior Reagan McGivern and freshmen Hailey Schmidtlein and Blakely Walter.
Hayden freshman Blakely Walter was named the newcomer of the year by Centennial League volleyball coaches. [File photo/TSN]
Walter was also voted the Centennial League newcomer of the year while Washburn Rural's Kevin Bordewick and Hayden's Corrinne McGreevy were named the league co-coaches of the year.
Rounding out the first team were Manhattan's Bailey Busch and Emporia's Jade Xu.
City schools also dominated the all-league second team, with Topeka High's Campbell Dawson, Washburn Rural's Kasyn Horyna, Stella Kelly and Dayne Shriver and Hayden's Ella Foster earning second-team spots.
ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL
