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Topeka High School will induct its inaugural class into the Sports Hall of Honor on Thursday night.
An invitational only recognition ceremony will be held on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the Topeka High student cafeteria and inductees will also be recognized during halftime of Friday's home boys basketball game between the Trojans and Hayden.
A permanent Hall of Honor display will be placed in the West Hall, adjacent to the THS main gym.
Inductees were nominated and selected in five categories:
• Trojan Award -- Athletes with great accomplishments during high school and possibly beyond.
• Black and Gold Award -- Post graduation achievement award who attained their athletic success after graduating Topeka High.
• Hoy Hoy Award -- Topeka High coaches who achieved great success while coaching at Topeka High.
• Spirit Award -- Teams who achieved great success at Topeka High.
•Three Cheera Award -- Support staff who make extraordinary contributions to the success of a team, athlete and/or Topeka High athletics.
Topeka High Hall of Honor capsules:
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Rossville's boys basketball team rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to take a 60-57 Mid-East League win over Riley County Friday night.
Rossville sophomore Jack Donovan scored 13 points Friday night as the Bulldawgs rallied for a 60-57 Mid-East League win over Riley County. [File photo/TSN]
Brandon McDonnell's Rossville boys basketball team improved to 3-4 Friday night with a 60-57 win over Riley County. [File photo/TSN]
Riley County led 21-14 at the end of the opening quarter and took a 35-27 advantage to the locker room at halftime before the Bulldawgs outscored the Falcons 33-22 in the second half.
Rossville still trailed 46-41 at the start of the fourth quarter but outscored the Falcons 19-11 over the final eight minutes to improve to 3-4 overall and 1-1 in the league.
Sophomore Jack Donovan and junior Mason Jones scored 13 points apiece to lead the Bulldawgs while junior Tayson Horak added 11 points with a pair of 3-pointers and sophomore Cameron Miller and junior Kameron Badura scored 10 points apiece.
ROSSVILLE GIRLS 40, RILEY COUNTY 33
Rossville and Riley County were deadlocked 20-20 at halftime before the Bulldawgs outscored the Falcons 20-13 in the second half to pull out the Mid-East League victory.
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Newman's men's basketball team did a pretty good Steph Curry imitation Saturday in Lee Arena, canning seven 3-pointers in the first half and 13 on the day.
Junior Michael Keegan slams down a dunk on the way to a double-double in Washburn's 92-83 MIAA win over Newman. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Junior standout Andrew Orr led Washburn with 21 points in Saturday's 92-83 MIAA win over Newman. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
But Washburn continued to stick with its game plan, which paid off down the stretch in a 92-83 MIAA win over the Jets, with the Ichabods improving to 9-4 overall and 5-2 in the conference.
"They were hitting some crazy shots,'' Washburn junior standout Andrew Orr admitted. "We kept our composure and I think that was important. We knew going into halftime that we didn't play as well as we were supposed to or as we can. We had just beat the No. 12-ranked team in the country (Central Oklahoma), so we know how good we can play.
"We came out a little bit flat but we ended up able to pick up in the second half. It's a long game so we were able to play the long game and we did what we needed to do.''
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On Thursday, Washburn University women's basketball needed a last-second shot from senior Aubree Dewey to escape with a two-point win over two-win Central Oklahoma.
Playing another two-win team on Saturday, Lora Westling's Ichabods rode a 28-point third quarter to pull away for an 84-58 MIAA win over Newman in Lee Arena.
Sophomore Yibari Nwidadah scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds in Saturday's 84-58 MIAA win over Newman. [Photo courtesy of Washburn Athletics]
"We have a lot of respect for them,'' Westling said. "That's a young team and it wasn't a fluke that they beat Emporia. When young kids get confident on the right night they're dangerous so we just wanted to make sure we kept their confidence low and made some good adjustments.
"I thought our players did a great job of that after halftime and then we did a much better job of coming out ready to play in the third.''
Washburn improved to 10-3 overall and 5-2 in the MIAA, with the Ichabods now within a win of equaling last season's win total, with WU not posting win No. 10 until Feb. 14 a year ago.
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Topeka West returned from its winter break to face the No. 4-ranked (Class 5A) and United Kansas Conference-leading DeSoto, with the Chargers falling to 4-3 overall and 4-2 in the UKC with the 76-30 loss.
Sophomore Keimani Paul slams home a dunk in Friday's 76-30 Topeka West loss to De Soto. [Photo by Kyle Manthe/Special to TSN]
The first quarter was very competitive, with both teams shooting very well from the field. De Soto was 5-8 from the field, including 4-6 from 3-point range and Topeka West shot 5-10 from the field. The quarter ended with DeSoto leading, 17-12.
The Wildcats continued their hot shooting into the second quarter going 10-15 from the field and 3-4 from long distance. The Chargers trailed 24-18 midway through the quarter, but DeSoto ended the first half on a 16-1 run and led 40-19 at halftime.
