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Newcomer Lassiter helps Topeka High tennis go 3-0 to win West quadrangular
By RICK PETERSON
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After graduating just one senior off last year's varsity team and sporting a 50-player roster, veteran Topeka High boys tennis coach Duane Pomeroy expected his Trojans to field a deep and competitive team this spring.
Topeka High junior Tres Lassiter went 3-0 in No. 1 singles Tuesday as the Trojans went 3-0 as a team to win the Topeka West tennis quadrangular at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
And the outlook got a lot brighter with the addition of junior No. 1 singles player Tres Lassiter, who went a perfect 3-0 on Tuesday as Topeka High went 3-0 as a team to win the Topeka West quadrangular at Kossover Tennis Center.
Lassiter is a home school student who is playing for High this season as a result of the Kansas State High School Activities Association rule that permits home-schoolers to play for the high school team in their attendance district.
"He called me and said, 'You might remember me from working at the (Kossover) clubhouse,' '' Pomeroy said. "He asked, 'Do you have room on your varsity for another player?' Then I was hearing from other people how good he was and I definitely had room for somebody of that caliber.''
Lassiter is now 5-1 on the season after taking an 8-4 win over Shawnee Heights' Brock Corley, an 8-3 win over Topeka West's Will Hitch and an 8-1 victory over Basehor-Linwood's Gannon Suarez on Tuesday.
"It's a new experience for him,''Pomeroy said. "He plays in the summer in USTA tournaments but he was nervous his first time out because, as he said, he's never played for a school.
"He's just a super nice kid. He's better than anybody else on the team, but he cares about all other kids, including the rookies.''
Topeka High's Christian Sink (left) and Alex Raymond went 3-0 in No. 1 doubles Tuesday as the Trojans went 3-0 as a team to win the Topeka West tennis quadrangular at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
The Trojans also got a 3-0 day from No. 2 singles player Victor Arriaga and the No. 1 doubles team of Alex Raymond and Christian Sink.
Topeka High took a 4-0 win over Shawnee Heights and 3-1 wins over Topeka West and Basehor-Linwood while Heights went 2-1, with the T-Birds' lone loss coming against High.
West's Ayden Gore and Butch Graham went 3-0 on the day in No. 2 doubles.
TOPEKA WEST TENNIS QUADRANGULAR
Rural softball takes Centennial League twinbill from Hayden
By TODD FERTIG
TopSports.news
The Washburn Rural softball team was anxious to get some time on the field after playing just one doubleheader in the last 13 days. They found their groove at the plate at Hayden, scoring two Centennial League wins Tuesday at Hayden.
Sophomore Oliva Koch blasts a home run in Washburn Rural's 13-5 second-game softball win over Hayden. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Sophomore Oliva Koch (1) is mobbed by her teammates after hitting a home run in Washburn Rural's 13-5 second-game softball win over Hayden. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
“Our schedule has been pretty inconsistent,” Washburn Rural coach Joy Marie Galliart said. “We’ve only been able to play once a week for the four weeks of the season, so it’s hard when you only see live pitching and are in game situations only once a week. You try to simulate it as best you can in practice, but there’s really no replacing a game. We talk about that we have to control what we can control.”
The Junior Blues got solid pitching and produced some big rallies in the sweep of the Wildcats.
Washburn Rural junior Reagan Chapman slides into home plate Tuesday as Hayden senior Keira Carswell applies the tag. [Photo by Doug Walker/Special to TSN]
Reagan Chapman threw the first four innings of the opener and bashed a home run in an 11-5 victory. The junior homered again in the second game.
Pitcher Olivia Koch went the distance in the second game and belted a homer of her own in a 13-5 victory.
“I think the day went really good,” Koch said. “Our energy was up for a lot of the game. We did have some little mistakes, but we picked each other up as a team. I think today can help get us on the right track.”
A1 Lock & Key Performers April 14, 2025
By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Cianna Graves
CIANNA GRAVES, Shawnee Heights
A junior catcher, Graves had four doubles on the day Friday as Shawnee Heights' softball team swept a 17-2, 13-3 United Kansas Conference home twinbill from Kansas City-Turner. Graves doubled in all three of her at bats in the first game and added another double in the nightcap as the T-Birds improved to 6-2 on the season. Graves also placed third in the 2025 Class 5A state wrestling tournament.
Adrian Lehman
ADRIAN LEHMAN, Topeka West
Lehman, a senior distance runner, was a double individual winner in Friday's Bobcat Relays at Basehor-Linwood, winning the 1,600-meter run in 4 minutes, 24.40 seconds and the 3,200 meters in 9:56.79. Lehman also posted a third-place finish for the Chargers in the 800 meters in 2:02.10.
Keimara Marshall
KEIMARA MARSHALL, Topeka High
Marshall, a junior sprinter for the Topeka High track team, continued her red-hot start to the 2025 season, posting three individual victories in Friday's Lansing Invitational. Marshall won the 100-meter dash in 12.44 seconds, the 200 in 26.09 seconds and the 400 in 62.37 at Lansing and is the Shawnee County leader in the 100 and 200.
