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Created: 29 January 2024

By RICK PETERSON

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Jaxon Cowdin

JAXON COWDIN, Topeka High

A junior, Cowdin won his third straight city one-meter diving title in last Thursday's city championships at the Capitol Federal Natatorium, dominating the event with a winning score of 207.85 while helping the Trojans finish third as a team. Cowdin is also the reigning Centennial League diving champion and placed 10th in Class 6A as a sophomore.

Brylee Meier

BRYLEE MEIER, Hayden

A 6-foot junior, Meier help No. 2-ranked (Class 3A) Hayden post three straight double-figure victories en route to the tournament championship in the Hiawatha Invitational. An All-Tournament selection, Meier led the 11-1 Wildcats in scoring in two of the three tournament games, including 17 points in Saturday's 55-45 win over Lafayette, Mo. in the tournament championship game. Meier also led Hayden with 14 points in a 58-25 first-round win over Jackson Heights.

 Emma Mitchell

EMMA MITCHELL, Rossville

A 5-foot-11 senior. Mitchell reached the 1,000-point milestone for her career in Saturday's Jefferson North Invitational championship game, scoring 16 points as the third-ranked (Class 3A) Bulldawgs improved to 11-1 with an 87-39 over North. An Emporia State recruit, Mitchell was named to the all-tournament team after scoring 49 points in the Bulldawgs' three tournament games, with 17, 16 and 16-point outings.

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Created: 29 January 2024

By RICK PETERSON

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In a tournament that drew more than 300 competitors representing 32 schools, it was the host Washburn Rural girls wrestling team that stole the show in Saturday's fourth annual Washburn Women's Invitational.

Washburn Rural junior 105-pounder Molly Spader puts herself in position for a pin in Saturday's championship match against Great Bend's Camdyn Post. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

Led by individual champions Molly Spader and Emily Funk, Damon Parker's ninth-ranked (Class 6A-5A) Junior Blues rolled to the team championship by a 426.5-294 margin over Olathe North, with Spring Hill (280), Fort Scott (277.5) and Manhattan (263) rounding out the top five.

And with the Centennial League, regional and state meets coming up, Parker feels like the three-time and defending state-champion Junior Blues are putting themselves in position to challenge for another title next month.

"We've told them since five years ago that the way you win a team championship is to stop worrying about winning the team state championship, just get better every day and they have absolutely done that and they showed it today,'' Parker said.

"Olathe North is ranked higher than us, Great Bend is ranked higher than us, Manhattan's ranked higher than us and we beat them all by more than 100 points so we're not going anywhere.''

Spader, a junior, capped a 5-0 day in the 105-pound division with a win by fall at the 4 minute, 31-second mark of the championship match over Camdyn Post of Great Bend, Spader's third pin of the day as she improved to 23-2 on the season.

"I feel like I've gotten better since the beginning (of the season),'' Spader said. "I'm more confident.''

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Created: 28 January 2024

By Rick Peterson

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Highland Park's boys basketball team has only played one home game this entire season and that's not likely to change any time in the immediate future due to recent flooding in the Hi Park gym.

Junior Ja'Corey Robinson scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Highland Park's 93-53 win over KC-East Friday night. [File photo/TSN]

Junior Mikey Williams scored 18 points in Highland Park's 93-53 win over KC-East on Friday. [File photo/TSN]

But the Scots continue to roll up victories, with No. 3-ranked (Class 5A) Highland Park bouncing back from its lone loss of the season to post three regular-season wins in four days last week, capped by Friday night's 93-53 non-league road victory over Kansas City, Mo.-East.

Highland Park opened the week with a 66-46 non-league win at Eudora, followed by a 58-19 Meadowlark Conference win at KC-Schlagle on Thursday and the Friday night win over KC-East.

Junior Ja'Corey Robinson scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against East, followed by junior Mikey Williams with 18 points.

Also cracking double figures for the Scots were senior Amari Taylor with 14 points and freshman Jojo Kingcannon with 11 points.

Junior guard Jamon Wilson dished out 11 assists Friday night.

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Created: 28 January 2024

By RICK PETERSON

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The Washburn Ichabods led for all but 67 seconds at Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday, with five players cracking double figures in an 89-68 win over the Lopers.

After the Lopers (5-13 overall, 2-11 MIAA) led 3-2, Washburn came back with seven straight points to take a 9-3 lead before Nebraska-Kearney tied the score at 10-10 with 13:11 left in the opening half.

Junior Andrew Orr scored a game-high 21 points in Washburn's 89-68 road win at Nebraska-Kearney Saturday. [File photo/TSN]

Freshman Brayden Shorter scored 20 points with four 3-pointers in Washburn's 89-68 win at Nebraska-Kearney on Saturday. [File photo/TSN]

The Ichabods responded with a 10-0 run including eight in a row by freshman Brayden Shorter with a pair of 3-pointers, pushing the lead to 11 at 23-12.

UNK would hang around with an 11-point deficit before the Ichabods reeled off 11 straight points to close the half with a 45-27 lead.
 
Starting the second half, the Ichabods (13-6, 9-4) kept the run going with five more points in the first 57 seconds of the second half, building a lead of 25 points at 52-27 for their largest lead of the game. UNK would not get closer than 17 the rest of the game.

Junior Andrew Orr led the Ichabods with 21 points on 9 of 12 shooting from the field and added 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.

Shorter finished with a career-high 20 points on 7 of 9 shooting while hitting 4 of 5 3-pointers.

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