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Washburn's women's basketball team has announced that transfers Emma Chapman and Mya Johnson will join the Ichabods for the 2021-22 season.
Johnson is a 6-foot-1 senior who is transferring from Northwestern Oklahoma State while the 6-3 Chapman has spent the past two seasons on Kansas State's roster.
Johnson played in 19 games with 10 starts in the 2020-21 season for Northwestern Oklahoma State and averaged 10.3 points, 7.9 rebounds and 18.4 minutes while recording a 59.3 field goal percentage.
Johnson started her collegiate career at Collin County Community College in Plano, Texas, where she played in 25 games and averaged 13.5 points and 8 rebounds on her way to earning first-team All-America honors. At Parkway North High School in St. Louis, Mo. she earned first-team All-America accolades her senior year in 2016.
"Mya is a very talented post player," Washburn coach Ron McHenry said. "She can score, defend well, and is a very skilled inside player. With her ability to score, rebound, and just play the game she gives us a big threat inside."
Chapman, a 6-3 forward originally from Columbia, Mo., appeared in 22 games with 125 minutes of action for Kansas State in 2019-2020. She totaled 15 points, 22 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals.
She made her career debut against Omaha and notched two points, one rebound and one steal. Off the court, Chapman was named to the 2019-20 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team and was a two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Chapman opted out of the 2020-21 season.
Prior to joining the Wildcats, Chapman was a four-year varsity member of the Hickman High School basketball team. As a senior, she averaged 16 points and shot 54 percent from the field and 33 percent from 3-point range, 9 rebounds, 1.8 blocks, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals.
"Emma shoots the ball well, she can put the ball on the floor, and is very athletic," McHenry said. "She gives the ability for us to put bigger guards on the floor. We're excited to get the length from the perimeter and skill level she will add. She can shoot the ball well from three, she adds in length, and she adds in skill. She will be another kid that will come in right away and be an impact player."
Washburn went 12-12 (11-11 MIAA) last season and advanced to the MIAA Tournament semifinals.
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The Topeka Junior Golf Association kicked off its 2021 Summer Series Monday with the first round of competition at Cypress Ridge Golf Course.
Maddox Hight and Gavin Wilhelm, competing in the 15-17-year-old division, shot the low boys rounds of the day, with both Hight and Wilhelm carding 74s, while Turner Depperschmidt was third with a 77.
Anderson Helmer shot a 78 to set the pace in the 13-14 boys class in Round No. 1 while Evan Jones (11-12) shot a 46, Kaden Leonetti (9-10) finished with a 53 and Jase Head (8 and under) shot a 48.
Kaitlyn Crough shot an 82 in the girls 15-17 age group while Avery Scott was second with an 85 and Mallory Nelson third with an 88.
Bailey Anschutz shot a 44 over nine holes to lead the 13-14 girls division in round No. 1 while Addison Fechter carded a 63 to lead the 10 and under girls.
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2021 Summer Series Round No. 1
At Cypress Ridge Golf Course
MONDAY'S RESULTS
15-17 boys -- 1. Maddox Hight, 74; 2. Gavin Wilhelm, 74; 3. Turner Depperschmidt, 77; 4. Gabe Kastner, 80; 5. Colbey Farrant, 83; 6. Jacob Florance, 84; 7. Andrew Burdett, 84; 8. Cam Zimlich, 84; 9. Hayden Glynn, 85; 10. Bryan Tyrell, 85.
15-17 girls -- 1. Kaitlyn Crough, 82; 2. Avery Scott, 85; 3. Mallory Nelson, 88; 4. Aliyah North, 89; 5. Anna Lacy, 95; 6. Kate Roeder, 101; 7. Raegan Peterson, 106.
13-14 boys -- 1. Anderson Helmer, 78; 2. Tadd Armstrong, 87; 3. Tagan Monoasmith, 88; 4. Michael Wilson, 92; 5. Ayden Valdivia, 92; 6. Peyton Goehring, 98; 7. Nate Selm, 110; 8. Higgins Hawks, 122.
13-14 girls -- 1. Bailey Anschutz, 44; 2. Izzy Glotzbach, 48; 3. Lauren Cox, 53; 4. Lauren Borjon, 58; 5. Jayce Zimmerman, 60.
11-12 boys -- 1. Evan Jones, 46; 2. Brody Buessing, 47; 3. Cale Anschutz, 47; 4. Nick Hill, 49; 5. DJ Ortega, 52; 6. Brecken Garrett, 54; 7. Camden Ismert, 57; 8. Cole Stafford, 58; 9. Hunter Gerhardt, 59; 10. Grady Rodgers, 61.
10 and under girls -- 1. Addison Fechter, 63; 2. Kinley Frost, 65; 3. Avenley Head, 65; 4. Preslee Goehring, 68.
9-10 boys -- 1. Kaden Leonetti, 53; 2. Camden Swords, 54; 3. Carson Herrman, 62; 4. Graham Figuerres, 66.
8 and under boys -- 1. Jase Head, 48; 2. Nikhil Rao, 54; 3. Arjun Rao, 57; 4. Daxton Garrett, 62.
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Due to COVID-19, former Drake University tennis standout Thomas Hands' fledgling professional career has consisted of a lot more practice than competition over the past several months.
But the 81st Jayhawk Open Tennis Tournament at Kossover Tennis Center was a chance for Hands to get back in the swing of things and the 2019 Drake graduate took full advantage, with the No. 2 seed claiming the men's open singles title with a 6-3, 6-2 win over top seed Ray Lo of Wichita State on Sunday.
Former Drake standout Thomas Hands claimed the men's open singles championship in the Jayhawk Open Tennis Tournament Sunday, taking a 6-3, 6-2 win over Wichita State's Ray Lo in the final. [Photo by Jeff Jacobsen/Action Images Photography]
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Ben Moser didn't look at Sunday's championship match against Rachel Stous in the Topeka Golf Association City Match Play tournament as a battle of the sexes.
Instead, he approached it as a match against an exceptional player he knew was capable of beating him or any other player in the city.
"A fantastic golfer,'' Moser said of Stous. "She's unreal. Watching her play, she doesn't really make any mistakes, she hits it down the middle and she makes putts.
"I looked at her as another golfer that can come out here and whoop my butt if I don't play good."
Going into the final two holes of the final at Cypress Ridge Golf Course, it appeared as if Stous, two up at that point, was poised to become the first-ever female to win the City Match Play event.
But after playing virtually error-free golf all day, the former Topeka High star faltered a bit down the stretch and Moser took advantage of three straight Stous bogeys to win his fourth Match Play title, believed to be the most in city history.
Ben Moser (right) exchanges a hug with Rachel Stous after he won the TGA City Match Play championship on the 19th hole Sunday at Cypress Ridge. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]
Moser, a Washburn Rural and Washburn University product, claimed the final two holes of regulation to force an extra hole and then took the title when Stous lipped out a short parr putt on the No. 1 19th hole.
"I'm happy to win, not happy to win that way, but always happy to win,'' said Moser, who had won three straight Match Play crowns from 2016-18.
Stous holed a long putt on No. 15 to go 1-up and then took a two-hole advantage on No. 16 when Moser lost his ball off the tee, but was unable to close out the win.
"It was just great to be able to come out here and play in the finals in this, just go out and have fun,'' Stous said. "I just didn't quite get it done. I just made a bad couple of shots when it counted.''
Stous is hoping to turn professional in the coming months and said her performance in the City Match Play tournament was another step in that direction.
"This honestly didn't hurt my confidence at all,'' Stous said. "I'm still feeling pretty good. I was pretty solid most of the day until the end, so I'll just work on a couple of things and keep going.''
Scot Duddy won the President's Flight championship with a 4 and 2 win over Dustin Caldwell.
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Championship flight final
Ben Moser def. Rachel Stous, 19 holes
President's flight final
Scot Duddy def. Dustin Caldwell, 4 and 2
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The 2020-21 high school sports year began last fall with a great deal of uncertainty due to COVID-19 and ended late last month with general optimism about the future.
In between there were a lot of frustrating times as administrators, coaches, athletes and fans were forced to deal with a school year like none other, but '20-'21 also produced moments that all 10 Shawnee County high schools can be proud of, particularly in light of the circumstances.
Shawnee County schools combined to claim four state team championships while 15 county standouts, including eight underclassmen, claimed 18 individual titles.
And while a case could be made for any number of stories to sit at the top of the list, here's one opinion on the Top 10 Shawnee County stories of '20-'21:
Washburn Rural's boys wrestling Coach Damon Parker delivered the news that the Junior Blues had clinched their first-ever state team title during the Class 6A state tournament in February. [Photo by Jeff Jacobson/Action Images Photography]
1. RURAL RULES -- Washburn Rural became the first school in Kansas to win girls and boys state wrestling championships in the same season while producing five state individual champs. The Junior Blue girls won their second straight Division I championship by a 100-74 margin over Wichita North while Rural win its first-ever Class 6A boys title in a 159.5-112 margin over Olathe North after finishing second two of the previous three seasons.
Rossville junior quarterback Torrey Horak helped lead the Bulldawgs to the Class 2A state championship, the school’s fourth state title since 2014. [File photo/TSN]
2. DAWG DOMINANCE -- Derick Hammes’ Rossville Bulldawgs captured their fourth state football title since 2014, capping a perfect 13-0 season with a 27-20 win over previously-unbeaten Hoisington in the Class 2A state championship game. Rossville had earlier won three straight state championships in '14, '15 and '16.
