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Double individual winners Miller, Schrickel pace local track contingent at Free State
By CHARLES SPURLOCK
Special to TopSports.news
LAWRENCE -- Friday’s Leitel Legacy Invitational Track Meet, hosted by Lawrence Free State, included 23 teams from across Kansas with five local schools participating - Hayden, Shawnee Heights, Seaman, Topeka West and Washburn Rural.
Seaman junior Ryin Miller won the 3,200 and 800-meter runs Friday night at Free State. [File photo/TSN]
Ryin Miller continued her undefeated season with a season-best 10:17.74 in the 3,200 meters. It was the 29th best time in the United States this season.
“I was pretty happy with the race and have progressively built on each race. I’m trying to peak where I’m supposed to peak, which is the goal this season,” Miller said.
Miller’s second race of the day was in the 800 meters where she finished first in a time of 2:11.65, setting another season-best and also the 64th best time in the United States this season. Miller has her mind on an even faster time.
“I’ve been trying to break 2:10 this season and hoping that at some point this season, I’ll get there,” Miller said.
The Washburn Rural boys and girls swept the 4x800-meter relay races.
Rylee Ismert helped Washburn Rural's girls win the 4x800 relay Friday night at Free State. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Isaiah Terry helped Washburn Rural win the boys 4x800 relay Friday at Free State. [File photo/TSN]
The girls -- Emily Graf, Payton Fink, Brooklyn Nolte and Rylee Ismert -- posted a season-best time of 9:35.40, while the boys -- Brooks Kehoe, Ben Buesing, Draden Chooncharoen and Isaiah Terry -- won in a time of 8:05.48.
Hayden senior Jensen Schrickel won the long jump and 400 dash Friday at Free State. [File photo/TSN]
Senior Jensen Schrickel of Hayden had two first-place finishes, in the 400 meters and long jump. He ran the 400 in a personal-best time of 48.30 seconds and had a season-best jump of 22-6 in the long jump.
Senior Molly Worley of Washburn Rural finished first in the high jump with a personal best of 5-4.
Washburn Rural sophomore Eve Luea had a personal-best throw of 107-11 in the discus to finish third.
Junior Morgan Ray of Washburn Rural won the girls javelin with a personal best of 133-9, which is the 44th best in the United States this season.
Other local highlights:
- Senior Bella Reid of Hayden finished third in the 100-meter hurdles in a time 16.57 seconds.
- Washburn Rural sophomore Christian Hartman-Babb finished second in the 100 meters with a personal-best time of 10.94 seconds.
- Freshman Henry Laubach of Washburn Rural finished third in the 3,200 meters in a personal-best of 9:41.18.
- Washburn Rural’s girls 4x100-meter relay team finished third with a time of 51.10 seconds.
- Seaman senior Jaida Stallbaumer placed third in the 300-meter hurdles in a season-best time of 48.44 seconds.
- Junior Liam Morrison of Washburn Rural finished second in the 300-meter hurdles in a season best time of 40.05 seconds.
- Seaman junior Brody Anderson finished third in the 1,600 meters with a time of 4:20.34.
- The girls 4x400 meter relay team from Seaman finished third in a time of 4:08.88.
LaBarge turns in performance for the ages as Ichabods, Hornets battle to twinbill split
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
The Washburn and Emporia State softball teams battled to a standoff in Saturday's final doubleheader of the regular season while individually the day belonged to Ichabod senior first baseman Jaden LaBarge.
Washburn senior Jaden LaBarge had four home runs and eight RBI in Saturday's twinbill split with ESU. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Washburn senior Jaden LaBarge is congratulated by her teammates after hitting her third home run in Saturday's 8-0 first-game win over ESU. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
LaBarge, who was one of six Ichabods honored between games on Senior Day at Gahnstrom Field, hit three home runs in as many at bats in Washburn's 8-0 five-inning first-game win and added a fourth homer in the second game, a 4-2 eight-inning Emporia State victory.
In the opener LaBarge tied a school record with her three home runs and seven runs batted in.
In the first inning, LaBarge connected on her first long ball of the day, scoring fellow seniors Alexis Tanguma and Kaylee Wagner.
When LaBarge came up in the third inning, after a single from Wagner, LaBarge hit another round-tripper as Washburn stretched its lead to 5-0.
LaBarge's third at-bat of the day was a homer down the left-field line, scoring Wagner, as Washburn went up 7-0.
The Ichabods closed out the run-rule win when Erin Boles and Dalaney Anderson both walked and then Maddie McGee's hit scored scored Ashley Gaughan, who entered as a pinch runner, for the eighth run of the day and the 8-0 win.
LaBarge's three home run game was the first by an Ichabod since Taylor Zimmerman had three at Lincoln on March 4, 2016. It was only the fourth time in program history an Ichabod had a three-homer day.
Her seven RBI tied a school record and was the first seven RBI game since Taylor Kirk had seven at Lincoln on March 3, 2018. Saturday was the eighth time an Ichabod drove in seven in a single game.
Junior Sadie Walker pitched a four-hitter in Saturday's 8-0 first-game WU win over ESU. [Photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
In the pitcher's circle, junior Sadie Walker improved to 15-8 while scattering four hits and striking out two in the win.
Scots' Micah Williams the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Rising Star of the Week
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By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Highland Park sophomore soccer star Micah Williams has been selected by the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency as the Rising Star of the Week.
The Dan Key Agency will recognize top Shawnee County underclassmen throughout the bulk of the 2024-2025 school year.
Here’s a brief look at the accomplishments of Williams over the past week:
Highland Park sophomore Micah Williams, the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency Rising Star of the Week, scored six goals in Tuesday's 7-2 win over KC-Washington and seven goals in Thursday's 7-4 victory over KC-Wyandotte. [File photo/TSN]
MICAH WILLIAMS, Highland Park
Williams scored 13 goals in two Highland Park soccer wins on the week, raising her season total to 20 goals.
Williams, a first-team All-City pick as a freshman in 2024, scored six goals in Tuesday's 7-2 home Meadowlark Conference victory over Kansas City-Washington on Tuesday and followed that up with a seven-goal performance in Thursday's 7-4 conference road win over KC-Wyandotte as Highland Park improved to 3-6-1 on the season.
Williams now has 43 goals in her career for the Scots.
