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By RICK PETERSON

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Cair Paravel Latin had a big day in Friday's Class 3A-1A regional tennis tournament at Kossover Tennis Center, sweeping the singles, doubles and team titles.

Caid Paravel tennis won the team championship in Friday's Class 3A-1A regional by a 15-13 margin over Kansas City Christian. [Cair Paravel Athletics]

Freshman Cole Fay won the singles championship for the Lions and juniors Drew Fay and Eric Buchenau captured the doubles crown as CPLS won the team title by a 15-13 margin over Kansas City Christian.

Cair Paravel freshman Cole Fay won the singles championship in Friday's tennis regional at Kossover Tennis Center. [Cair Paravel Athletics]

Cole Fay earned a regional title and his first 3A-1A state tournament berth with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Kansas City Christian's Isaac Seitz in the final, improving to 20-7 on the season.

Cair Paravel junior Drew Fay (above) teamed with Eric Buchenau to win the doubles championship in Friday's regional tennis tournament at Kossover Tennis Center. [File photo/TSN]

Cair Paravel juniors Drew Fay and Eric Buchenau won the doubles championship in Friday's regional tennis tournament at Kossover Tennis Center. [File photo/TSN]

City champions Drew Fay and Eric Buchenau won the regional doubles championship with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Bishop Seabury's Sabastian Borjas and Gabe Rinnert, with the Lion duo improving to 26-1.

Cair Paravel will compete in the 3A-1A state tournament Friday and Saturday at Kossover.

Hayden seniors Chase Blaser (left) and Evan George won a Class 4A regional doubles title Friday at Harmon Park. [File photo/TSN]

Wildcat duo wins 4A regional doubles title

Hayden seniors Chase Blaser and Evan George, now 23-6 on the season, won the doubles championship in Friday's Class 4A regional tennis tournament at Harmon Park, taking a 7-5, 6-2 decision over Clay Center seniors John Alton and Anthony Davies in the final.

Hayden senior Chase Blaser (above) and doubles partner Evan George will take a 23-6 record into the Class 4A state tournament. [File photo/TSN]

The Wildcats also qualified senior singles player Palmer Heskett and junior William Luke for the state tournament, with Heskett (11-15) taking a 6-3, 6-4 win over Luke (13-7) in the fifth-place match.

Clay Center won the regional team championship by a 21-19 margin over Bishop Miege, with Hayden third with 13 points.

The 4A state tournament will be played Friday and Saturday in Winfield.

By RICK PETERSON

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On a night that included four meet-record performances, Washburn Rural used its depth to sweep the team titles in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship at Hummer Sports Park.

Washburn Rural swept the team titles in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship, winning 11 events and posting top-three finishes in 30 events. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

The Junior Blues posted a total of 11 event wins on the night (six girls, five boys), but more importantly had top-three finishes in 30 events (16 boys,14 girls) en route to a 227-133 win over Seaman for the Washburn Rural boys and a 219-141 victory over the Viking girls in the team standings.

"We do put an emphasis on this meet,'' Rural coach Keith Wetzel said. "We want to keep the golden shoes (championship trophies) in our trophy cases and we talk to the kids about the importance of this meet and doing well at this meet as it really is the beginning of the big four weeks of league, regional and state.

"Everyone contributes and we talk to the kids about how we need our depth and our depth is an advantage. Our kids have just been steadily improving each week and quietly putting together really good seasons.''

Washburn Rural senior Isaiah Terry (right) edged Hayden senior Jensen Schrickel for the win in the 400-meter dash in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

Highlights for the Rural boys included a city-meet record from Matthew Houser, Liam Morrison, Draden Chooncharoen and Isaiah Terry in the 4x400-meter relay (3:19.01) and a meet record in the open 400 from Terry (48.37) as well as a pair of wins from Morrison in the 110 hurdles (14.64) and 300 hurdles (38.83) and a victory in the 4x800 relay (8:16.84).

Washburn Rural's Molly Worley was a double winner in Friday's Joe Schrag City Championship, including a win in the long jump at 17-7.75. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

Washburn Rural's Morgan Ray won the city title in the girls javelin Friday with a school-record throw of 135-2. [Submitted photo/TSN]

On the girls side, Rural got a pair of wins from wins from Molly Worley in the high jump (5-4) and the long jump (17-7.75), a school-record victory from Morgan Ray in the javelin (135-2), a win from Kailyn Petersen in the discus (126-5), a one-two-three finish in the 1,600 from Payton Fink (5:08.00), Rylee Ismert (5:19.84) and Brooklyn Nolte (5:21.55) and a win from Ismert in the 800 (2:21.99).

Other top performances:

Seaman junior Ryin Miller set city meet records in the 400 and 3,200 Friday night and also holds city marks in the 800 and 1,600. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]znzn

• Seaman junior Ryin Miller set city meet records in the girls 400 and 3,200 while also anchoring the Vikings' 4x400 relay to a victory.

Miller set the city record in the 400 in 56.81, which was also a school record, and obliberated the 39-year-old 3,200 meet record by 55 seconds with a winning time of 10:23.26.

Miller also teamed with Taylie Heston, Jaida Stallbaumer and Ally Steiner for a win in the 4x400 relay in 4:09.05 while Stallbaumer had a hand in three wins on the night, sweeping the titles in the 100 hurdles (15.88) and 300 hurdles (47.63).

The highlight of Miller's day was her performance in the open 400, an event she rarely runs and is not scheduled to run again this spring.

"That was kind of my goal of the night, to try to shoot for our school record in that,'' Miller said. "I think I just beat it so I was happy with that and also got the meet record, so that was kind of a bonus.

"The 400 was definitely my main focus tonight.''

Topeka High junior Keimara Marshall (middle) won the 100 and 200-meter dash in Friday's city meet. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

• Topeka High junior Keimari Marshall swept the titles in the girls 100 (12.43) and 200 (25.96), finished second in the 400 (59.96) and also ran on the Trojans' winning 4x100 relay (50.15).

Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman swept the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs in Friday's city meet. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

• Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman overcame a strong field to sweep the boys 1,600 and 3,200, clocking a time of 4:18.07 in the 1,600 and a time of 9:40.93 in the 3,200.

Lehman came from behind to top Wasbhburn Rural standout Brooks Kehoe (4:19.77) in the 1,600 and took control on the final laps to pull away from Rural's Henry Laubach (9:46.51) in the 3,200.

"I felt good,'' Lehman said. "I really wanted to have a stronger mile (1,600) and then come out and just win the two mile (3,200), so I'm happy with how it went.''

Lehman said that it's enjoyable for him to be able to see all the top local distance runners together in the city meet.

"I love seeing these guys, seeing how they've progressed through this year and it's just a lot of fun racing them,'' Lehman said. "They're my friends, too, so it's fun seeing them.''

Lehman's West teammate, Mark Wilkie, finished second in the 800 (1:58.81) and third in the 1,600 (4:22.29).

• Silver Lake's girls turned in a solid third-place team finish with 101 points, including a on-two-three finish from Ali Gerber (33-6), Kailyn Hanni (33-4) and Kylie Podlena (32-6) in the triple jump.

The Eagles also got second-place finishes from Kayleigh Kruger in the shot put (32-10) and the discus (112-7) while Journey Manhart finished second in the high jump (5-2).

On the boys side, Myles Fisher was the discus champion (141-6).

JOE SCHRAG CITY CHAMPIONSHIP