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By RICK PETERSON
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The Washburn Ichabods picked up an 83-77 men's basketball win over Missouri Western on Saturday in St. Joseph, Mo., surviving a 19-2 run midway through the second half to improve to 6-4 and 2-2 in the MIAA.
Sophomore Sam Ungashick scored a career-high 26 points in Saturday's 83-77 Washburn win at Missouri Western. [Fie photo/TSN]
Washburn will host Northeastern State at 4 p.m. on Tuesday prior to leaving for Christmas break.
Washburn led 62-47 with 12:31 to go after back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers by Sam Ungashick, Jake Schadegg and Brady Christiansen before the Griffons came back with their big run after they hit eight of 11 shots while the Ichabods were limited to one of 10 shooting as Missouri Western took a 66-64 lead with 5:48 to go.
Michael Keegan hit a 3-pointer to put the Ichabods back in front, but two free throws by Missouri Western (8-3, 3-3) put the Griffons back in front, 68-67.
Buckets by Christiansen and Ungashick pushed Washburn's lead back to four at 72-68 with 4:24 remaining, but the Griffons hit a 3-pointer to get back within a point.
From the 3:34 mark to the end of the game, Washburn connected on four of its final five shots, including a 9-0 run to take an 81-71 lead with 1:13 left.
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By RICK PETERSON
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After graduating a stellar senior class and returning only three seniors, perennial Class 6A girls basketball power Washburn Rural is off and running again.
Washburn Rural senior Zoe Canfield (15) scored a game-high 18 points in Saturday's 52-26 win over Kapaun Mt. Carmel. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Washburn Rural freshman Maddie Vickery scored 16 points in Saturday's 52-26 win over Kapaun Mt. Carmel. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Kevin Bordewick's Junior Blues wrapped up the 2023 portion of their schedule with a 52-26 non-league romp past Kapaun Mt. Carmel in Saturday's Rural home-opener, improving to 4-1 on the season.
"I thought today we saw vast improvements, even since Tuesday, and Kapaun's not that bad of a team,'' Bordewick said. "I thought we moved the ball well, I thought we had a better understanding of defense and how we're defending people.
"I thought rebounding was a little bit better, even though we've still got to get better, and people that don't score a lot, like Tenly (Bunck) and Kate (Hinck), they do a really good job for us on defense, just kind of disrupting things. And those two kind of set the tone for our defense a lot of times.''
Washburn Rural, which has won three straight games, jumped out to a 16-5 first-quarter advantage over the Crusaders and led 29-17 at the half before putting the game out of reach with an 11-3 third quarter.
Rural, No. 7-ranked in 6A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, finished off the decisive win with a 12-6 scoring edge over the final eight minutes as the Junior Blues used 12 players, with eight cracking the scoring column.
Rural senior Zoe Canfield led all scorers with 18 points, including three 3-pointers, while freshman Maddie Vickery added 16 points.
Kapaun Mt. Carmel did not have a player score more than six points.
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By JUSTIN BURKHARDT
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Highland Park's boys, ranked No. 3 in Class 5A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, continued their hot start to the season Friday night, rolling past Kansas City-Wyandotte 76-30 in a Meadowlark Conference road contest.
Ja'Corey Robinson
Tamir Anderson
The Scots got a breakout game from junior Ja'Corey Robinson, who had a 26-point night against the Bulldogs.
“Corey’s mix of length, skill and athleticism really helps us in so many phases,'' Highland Park coach Michael Williams said. "He caused turnovers, got guys the ball, finished plays, started offense for us and he controlled the glass.”
The Scots also got 19 points from senior Tamir Anderson.
“Tamir only had three 3s on the night, (but) they came in a big stretch to open the third quarter and he found other ways to contribute, getting free throws and layups,” Williams said.
The Scots had eight players crack the scoring column, with Hi Park getting six points each from senior Mister Cameron and junior Mikey Williams, five from senior Amari Taylor and two points apiece from senior Bryson Thrasher, junior Jamon Wilson and freshman JoJo Kingcannon.
“We are in the part of the season where we are accumulating data, what we are good at, what haven’t we seen, how are they gonna play us, what can we improve on, what we are doing well?'' Michael Williams said. "That and so many more questions you constantly answer.
"We’re in the midst of that right now, but all for the greater good of becoming the best basketball team we can possibly be.”
The Scots are headed to the holiday break 3-0 and will return for their home-opener against Class 4A No. 3 Atchison on Jan. 5.
HAYDEN BOYS 61, KC-BISHOP WARD 60 (OT)
Hayden scored 11 points in overtime to pull out a 61-60 non-league decision at Kansas City-Bishop Ward Friday night.
Senior Cooper Colboch and junior Jacob Deister scored 14 points apiece to lead Hayden, with Colboch canning three 3-pointers.
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By KEVIN HASKIN
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Musings at the mid-month:
• Just cut the crap.
• That’s what all of us have been saying about the Chiefs receivers.
• Yet the crap escalated with a Patrick Mahomes flare-up after the Chiefs’ loss to the Bills.
• Kadarius Toney, looking and thinking like a kid wanting to gain an edge in the school sack race, didn’t bother to check the scrimmage line.
• The refs threw a flag wiping out Toney’s TD off a dazzling backward pass from Travis Kelce. Yet suddenly, the refs were wrong.
• We all know the refs were right. Warning. No warning. Glance to the side judge. No glance. Whatever. Toney lined up offside.
• Stop with excuses. The Chiefs lack discipline. They lack firepower. They lack hands. They lack their previous play-caller. They lack their previous mystique.
• They are mortal, and in this case, mortal means they’re mired among a pack of AFC teams looking to reach the Super Bowl.
• So, cut the crap. If the Chiefs really must “clean up” things, to use a worn expression from Andy Reid, do it.
• Take accountability. You’ve spent too much time wasting the talents of a surprisingly stout defense, a generational quarterback and a gifted, but Swiftly aging, tight end.
• As presumptive favorites in their last four games, the Chiefs can go on a run and salvage their season with a hot streak.
• But their minds better be on how to go about it.
• Broken record for this space but when high schools struggle to find those to officiate events, the problem will affect every level of every sport.
• By all means, however, go ahead, rant incessantly about officiating on social media. That should improve things.
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By JUSTIN BURKHARDT
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Highland Park's girls, ranked No. 7 in Class 5A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, jumped out to a 33-4 first-quarter lead over Kansas City-Wyandotte Friday night and never looked back, posting an 85-17 Meadowlark Conference win at Highland Park.
The Lady Scots allowed just one point in the second quarter to take a 56-5 lead into halftime and rolled from there en route to the 68-point win.
Junior Amelia Ramsey scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in Highland Park's 85-17 win over Wyandotte Friday night. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Coach Rob Brown's Highland Park girls improved to 3-0 with Friday's 85-17 Meadowlark Conference win over KC-Wyandotte. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
“I’m excited for us to get our first conference win, that’s a big deal for us,'' Highland Park coach Rob Brown said. "I feel like the girls played the right way from start to finish. We are 3-0 going into Christmas break, we are going to have good practices during the break and keep grinding.”
The Lady Scots got big nights again from junior Ameila Ramsey and freshman Pearmella Carter.
“I’m excited about these two,'' Brown said. "Mella being a freshman and Millie being a veteran, she has been a great leader in helping Mella transition to high school ball and you can see she is starting to get comfy.”
