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By Rick Peterson
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Highland Park's boys basketball team faced an uphill battle against Kansas City, Mo.-Central in Friday's battle of state-ranked teams, with the Scots trailing the Eagles for much of the night, including an eight-point halftime deficit.
HIghland Park junior Ja'Corey Robinson (23) scored 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Friday's 65-60 win over KC-Central. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But Highland Park, No. 3-ranked (Class 5A) by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, is no stranger to facing, and overcoming, adversity and showed that meddle Friday at Topeka West, rallying for a 65-60 win over Central, ranked No. 4 (Class 4) by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association.
"We've been having a lot of ups and downs,'' said Scot junior standout Ja'Corey Robinson, who turned in a monster 27-point, 11-rebound performance. "We don't even have a gym (due to water damage), we can't even play on our home court, but we're just fighting through adversity.''
Central, which fell to 15-6, took a 17-14 lead at the end of the first quarter and opened up a 32-24 advantage at the halftime break.
But Highland Park junior Mikey Williams ignited a Scot rally with 12 third-quarter points, incuding three 3-pointers, as Hi Park taking a 49-45 lead into the final quarter.
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Shawnee Heights junior wrestling standout Madison Freeland and Washburn Rural junior bowler Logan Glinka have been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Stars of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2023-2024 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Freeland and Glinka over the past week:
Shawnee Heights junior Madison Freeland is the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency girls Rising Star of the Week after helping lead the T-Birds to a fifth straight UKC team title last Saturday. [File photo/TSN]
MADISON FREELAND, Shawnee Heights
A junior wrestler, Freeland won the 135-pound United Kansas Conference individual championship last Saturday at Shawnee Heights.
Freeland improved to 22-2 on the season with a perfect 3-0 record with three pins.
The T-Bird standout, a Class 6A-5A state runnerup as a sophomore, helped lead Shawnee Heights to its fifth straight UKC team championship.
Washburn Rural junior Logan Glinka is the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency boys Rising Star of the Week after earning the city championship with a 729 series last Friday. [File photo/TSN]
LOGAN GLINKA, Washburn Rural
Glinka, a junior, bowled a 729 three-game series last Friday, including a 279 game, to earn the boys individual championship in the inaugural Topeka Shawnee County High School Championships at Gage Bowl.
Glinka won the Topeka High triangular with a 729 series earlier last week and also took first place in Wednesday's Washburn Rural quadrangular with a 694 series.
Glinka placed seventh in the Class 6A state meet as a sophomore while helping lead the Junior Blues to the state team championship.
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Packson Bettis, Washburn Rural (56)
Josh Nitschke, Topeka West
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Editor's note: Following is a list of college football signees that have been reported to TopSports.news. If Shawnee County coaches have additional signees email the information to
Player, high school College Ht. Wt. Pos.
Jace Banks, Topeka West Coffeyville CC 5-9 170 DB
Callen Barta, Seaman Kansas State 6-2 180 DB
Packson Bettis, Washburn Rural North Dakota 6-2 230 DE
BJ Canady, Topeka High Cal 6-6 255 DE
Carter Charvat, Hayden Benedictine 6-2 225 OL
Branton DeWeese, Washburn Rural Washburn 6-0 185 QB
Christian Gonzales, Shawnee Heights Washburn 6-1 275 DL
Jaren Heim, Washburn Rural Washburn 6-2 220 LB
JC Heim, Washburn Rural Washburn 6-3 225 LB
Isaac Hochard, Seaman Concordia 6-0 155 DB
Isaiah Kincade, Topeka High Washburn 6-0 195 DB
Jamond Lane, Washburn Rural Washburn 6-0 280 DL
Jaki Lee, Shawnee Heights MidAmerica Nazarene 5-9 210 OL/DL
Jacob Malcom, Shawnee Heights Coffeyville CC 6-1 200 WR/DB
Josh Nitschke, Topeka West Garden City CC 6-1 180 WR/DB
Emmanuel Nwakpuda, Washburn Rural Ottawa 6-4190 WR
Titan Osburn, Washburn Rural Benedictine 6-3 180 WR
Blake Redmond, Silver Lake Washburn 5-9 160 RB
Kyrece Robinson, Topeka West Hutchinson CC 6-2 230 DL
Drew Taylor, Washburn Rural MidAmerica Nazarene 6-3 210 L
Kris Thomas, Topeka West Coffeyville CC 6-2 240 OL/DL
Josiah Todwong, Hayden Washburn 6-0 265 OL/DL
Ryeki Tuley, Shawnee Heights Coffeyville CC 6-0 180 QB
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By RICK PETERSON
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About a minute after having their three-year Centennial League boys swimming and diving championship reign ended by Manhattan a year ago, Washburn Rural's returning swimmers set their sights on taking that title back in the 2024 league meet.
Washburn Rural's swimming team poses with its Centennial League championship trophy Thursday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Junior Blues made that happen on Thursday at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, winning eight of 12 events while setting four Centennial League records on the way to a 484-439 victory over Manhattan, giving Janson Garman the team title in his first year as Rural's coach.
Senior Will Powell won four gold medals on the day and had a hand in three league records while seniors Brogan Meier and Jack Miranda captured three gold medals on the day, with Meier was a part of two league records and Miranda one.
"We were ready this time,'' Powell said. "We were so prepared. It was all about racing and we came back and took it.''
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The Washburn University men's basketball team rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to take a 64-63 MIAA win over Missouri Western on Wednesday night in Lee Arena, with Jarmell Johnson canning the second of two free throw attempts with 2.7 seconds left for the game-winning point.
Washburn junior Andrew Orr scored a game-high 25 points in the Ichabods' 64-63 win over Missouri Western Wednesday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Michael Keegan slams home a dunk in Wednesday's 64-63 MIAA win over Missouri Western Wednesday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
After Johnson's free throw the Griffons' inbounds pass was picked off by Brady Christiansen, sealing the win for the Ichabods, who improved to 10-0 in home games this season.
Johnson had missed free throws with a chance to send a game to overtime early in the season, but this time the sophomore emerged as the hero.
"I felt like I had the same free throw routine, but this time I just finished on my toes,'' Johnson said. "We've practiced a lot of free throws in practice this week, too, so I feel like we prepare right for that.''
Wednesday's dramatic win gave Washburn a much-needed bounce-back win after a disappointing 75-66 loss at Northeastern State last Saturday.
With the win the Ichabods improved to 15-7 overall and 11-5 in the MIAA, with WU surpassing its victory total from the 2022-2023 season.
Junior Andrew Orr, who scored just two points in Saturday's loss, led all scorers with 25 points, hitting 11 of 19 shots while adding six rebounds and a block with 17 of his points coming in the second half.
"I went out there (at Northeastern) and my energy going into the game was not the same that I bring to every game,'' Orr said. "I knew that and I think that's part of the reason we played so poorly because not just me but as a team we knew that Northeastern wasn't a great team and we thought we were just going to go out and beat them, but in the MIAA you can't do that.
"Everybody's good and it really motivated not just me but the entire team. We knew that we needed a bounce-back game from that because that was a bad loss for us.''
