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  • State tournament teams dominate 2025 All-Shawnee County softball team

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    State tournament qualifiers Silver Lake, Seaman, Shawnee Heights, Washburn Rural and Topeka High combined to earn 15 of 16 spots on the 2025 TopSports.news All-Shawnee County softball first team.

    Silver Lake, the Class 3A runnerup for the second straight season, put four players on the first team, including Shawnee County player of the year Kendra Cook, while 5A state qualifiers Seaman and Shawnee Heights combined for six first-teamers and 6A state runnerup Washburn Rural and fellow 6A state qualifier Topeka High combined for five first-teamers.

    KendraCook2025 1Kendra Cook, Silver Lake

    Topeka High freshman London Backman and Hayden freshman Blakely Walter were named the co-county newcomers of the year while Washburn Rural coach Joy Marie Galliart and Silver Lake coach Nick Hamilton share the county coach of the year award for the second straight year.

    LondonBackman2025softball 1 London Backman, Topeka High

    BlakelyWalter2025 1Blakely Walter, Hayden

    Cook is joined on the All-Shawnee County first team by Eagle seniors Taylor Zordel and Kira Lowrey and junior Kailyn Hanni after Silver Lake recorded a 25-7 record.

    TaylorZordel2025Softball 1Taylor Zordel, Silver Lake

    KiraLowrey2025Softball 1Kira Lowrey, Silver Lake

    KailynHanni2025SoftballState 1Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake

    Seaman put seniors Kaelyn O'Rourke, Raegan McConnell and Anna McLaughlin and junior Aubrey Warren on the first team after the Vikings posted a 20-9 record, including a 3-2 17-inning loss to Maize South in the opening round of the 5A state tournament.

    Seaman senior Kaelyn O'Rourke pitches against Maize South in the 5A State Softball Tournament held at Wilkins Stadium in Wichita on Thursday, May 29, 2025.Kaelyn O'Rourke, Seaman

    RaeganMcConnell2025TW 4Raegan McConnell, Seaman

    Seaman senior Anna Mclaughlin slides safely to first base against Maize South in the 5A State Softball Tournament held at Wilkins Stadium in Wichita on Thursday, May 29, 2025.Anna McLaughlin, Seaman

    AubreyWarren2025TW 4Aubrey Warren, Seaman

    Washburn Rural, which went 22-8 and advanced to the 6A championship game before dropping an 8-7 decision to Olathe West, put Centennial League player of the year Olivia Koch, a sophomore, on the all-county first team along with juniors Henley Rapp and Reagan Chapman.

    OliviaKoch2025StateOW 2Olivia Koch, Washburn Rural

    ReaganChapman2025STATE. 2Reagan Chapman, Washburn Rural

    HenleyRapp2025 2Henley Rapp, Washburn Rural

    Shawnee Heights, which posted a 20-7 record and dropped a 3-2 decision to eventual 5A state champion St. Thomas Aquinas in the first round of the 5A state tournament, is represented by seniors Taylor Brees and Grace Proctor.

    Shawnee Heights senior Taylor Brees races to third base in the game against St. Thomas Aquinas in the 5A State Softball Tournament at Wilkins Stadium in Wichita on Thursday, May 29, 2025.Taylor Brees, Shawnee Heights

    Shawnee Heights senior Grace Proctor pitches against St. Thomas Aquinas in the 5A State Softball Tournament at Wilkins Stadium in Wichita on Thursday, May 29, 2025.Grace Proctor, Shawnee Heights

    State qualifier Topeka High put Backman and senior Jo'Mhara Benning on the all-county first team while Hayden senior Keira Carswell rounds out the all-county squad.

    JoMharaBenningSOFTBALL 2Jo'Mhara Benning, Topeka High

    KeiraCarswell2025WR 2Keira Carswell, Hayden

    2025 ALL-SHAWNEE COUNTY SOFTBALL

  • Co-players of the year Cooper Grace, Deacon Pomeroy top 2025 All-Shawnee County baseball

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Hayden senior Cooper Grace and Shawnee Heights senior Deacon Pomeroy headline the TopSports.news 2025 All-Shawnee County baseball team.

    CooperGrace2025Baseball 1Cooper Grace, Hayden

    Shawnee Heights' Deacon Pomeroy bats  against Hays in the 5A State Baseball Tounament at Eck Stadium in Wichita on Thursday, May 29, 2025.Deacon Pomeroy, Shawnee Heights

    Grace has been named the co-county player of the year for the second straight season while Pomeroy is a four-time all-county first-team pick.

    Grace, a pitcher and third baseman, helped lead Hayden to a county-best 23-1 record and the Centennial League championship this spring while Pomeroy, a pitcher and catcher, helped lead Shawnee Heights to the United Kansas Conference title and a Class 5A state tournament berth. 

    Grace was earlier named the player of the year in the Centennial League and the co-player of the year in 4A by the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches while Pomeroy was named the UKC player of the year and a KABC All-5A first-team selection.

    Hayden sophomore Caleb Menke, a first-team All-Centennial League pick at designated hitter, was named the Shawnee County newcomer of the year while Shawnee Heights' Jason Brown was named the county coach of the year after leading the T-Birds to a 21-8 record and a 5A state tournament berth in his first season as Heights' head coach.

    Grace and Silver Lake senior infielder Dysen Schooler are both three-time all-county first-team selections while Seaman senior catcher David Dobbs is a first-team repeater.

     DysenSchoolerSLbaseball2025 1Dysen Schooler, Silver Lake

    DavidDobbs2025Baseball 1David Dobbs, Seaman

    AxtonBrewer2025 4Axton Brewer, Seaman

    KadeMitchell2025Baseball 1Kade Mitchell, Hayden

    Dobbs is joined on the all-county first team by sophomore pitcher/designated hitter Axton Brewer and Grace and Menke are joined on the first team by Wildcat senior infielder/pitcher Liam Annand and Hayden junior outfielder Kade Mitchell.

    LoganCathcart2025 1Logan Cathcart, Silver Lake

    Silver Lake senior catcher Cooper Campidilli and senior pitcher Logan Cathcart join Schooler on the all-county first team after the Eagles advanced to the 3A state tournament.

    CamdrenFloberg2025 2Camdren Floberg, Shawnee Heights

    Shawnee Heights junior Cambren Floberg, named the UKC pitcher of the year, was a first-team selection along with teammate Pomeroy while 6A state tournament qualifier Washburn Rural is represented on the first team by junior pitcher Isaac Ansley and junior infielders Austin Ditch and Nate Selm.

    IsaacAnsley2025 2Isaac Ansley, Washburn Rural

    AustinDitchWR2025 1Austin Ditch, Washburn Rural

    NateSelmWR2025 1Nate Selm, Washburn Rural

    Rossville, a 2A-1A state tournament qualifier, is represented on the first team by junior pitcher Cameron Miller and junior infielder Canann Mitchell.

    CameronMiller2025 1Cameron Miller, Rossville

    2025 ALL-SHAWNEE COUNTY BASEBALL

  • Class 5A three-event state champ Ryin Miller heads 2025 All-Shawnee County girls track and field

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Seaman junior Ryin Miller, who has established herself as one of Kansas' all-time distance greats in three high school seasons, headlines the 2025 All-Shawnee County girls track and field team after sweeping Class 5A state titles in her three individual events last weekend at Wichita.

    RyinMiller2025State800 4Ryin Miller, Seaman

    Miller, who has now won five 5A state track titles over the past two seasons, won Friday's 3,200 meters in 10 minutes, 19.53 seconds before doubling up in Saturday's 1,600 meters in 4:57.33 and the 800 in 2:11.14 and adding a fourth state medal when she anchored the Vikings' 4x400 relay to a fourth-place finish (4:03.44).

    MorganRay2025State 1Morgan Ray, Washburn Rural

    AhsieyrhuajhRayton2025State 1Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka HIgh

    PaytonFink2025State 1Payton Fink, Washburn Rural

    Miller was Shawnee County's only state champion, but Washburn Rural junior Morgan Ray was the state runnerup in the 6A javelin (138 feet, 1 inch) and Topeka High sophomore Ahsieyrhuajh finished second in the 6A triple jump (37-4.25) and Rural senior Rylee Ismert, junior Emily Graf, senior Brooklyn Nolte and senior Payton Fink finished second in the 4x800 relay (9:29.84).

    Fink also finished fifth in the 3,200 (10:59.39) and fifth in the 1,600 (5:09.90) while Rural sophomore Kailyn Petersen was fourth in the discus (124-6) and seventh in the shot put (36-6.75) and senior Molly Worley placed seventh in the long jump (17-2.75) and eighth in the high jump (5-2).

    Seaman seniors Taylie Heston, Jaida Stallbaumer and Ally Steiner teamed with Miller for the fourth-place finish in the 5A 4x400 relay while the Vikings also put senior Grace Jowers and sophomores Kinley Robinson and Brynn Spencer on the all-county team.

    Hayden senior Bella Reid, Rossville junior Rylee Dick and Silver Lake freshman all earned state medals in the 100-meter hurdles en route to earning all-county berths while also earning first-team spots were Topeka High junior Keimara Marshall, Highland Park senior Ke'Ahjahnae Rice, Silver Lake sophomore Ali Gerber and Rural junior Kenzie Maddox, who were all state qualifiers.

    KeimaraMarshallSTATEKeimara Marshall, Topeka High

    All-Shawnee County selections were picked on the basis of meeting minimum standards established by local coaches as well as coaches' recommendations and performances in postseason competition.

    ALL-SHAWNEE COUNTY 2025 GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

  • Rural state champions headline 2025 All-Shawnee County boys track and field team

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Washburn Rural, which captured three Class 6A state championships, including a state-meet record, headlines the 2025 All-Shawnee County boys track and field team.

    IsaiahTerry2025State400 4Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural

    LiamMorrison2025State 1Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural

    RuralRelay2025 2Matthew Houser, Liam Morrison, Draden Chooncharoen, Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural

    Rural senior Isaiah Terry won the 6A state title in the 400-meter dash in 47.92 seconds and junior Liam Morrison won the 300 hurdles in 37.68 before Morrison and Terry teamed with senior Matthew Houser and junior Draden Chooncharoen for a 6A meet-record time of 3:16.23 in the 4x400 relay.

    PeytonHolmes2025State 5Peyton Holmes, Seaman

    BryceCochran2025State 6Bryce Cochran, Seaman

    BrodyAnderson2025 5Brody Anderson, Seaman

    Seaman senior Peyton Holmes was the 5A runnerup in the 100 dash (10.82) while Viking senior Bryce Cochran finished third in the 400 (48.85) and Seaman junior Brody Anderson placed third in the 800 (1:55.52).

    BenRoeder2025State 1 Ben Roeder, CPLS/Topeka High

    Senior Ben Roeder, who competed for Cair Paravel Latin in postseason after running for Topeka High in the regular season, finished third in the 2A 400 (49.37).

    Silver Lake's foursome of seniors Trent Rollenhagen and Evan Scheid and juniors Joel Miller and Braxton Rupp posted a third-place finish in the 3A 4x100 relay (42.57).

    JensenSchrickel2025City 4Jensen Schrickel, Hayden

    Despite missing the state meet after an injury at regionals, Hayden senior multi-time state champion Jensen Schrickel earned All-City honors for the fourth straight season.

    In addition to its state champions, Washburn Rural put seniors Braylon Badger, Ben Buesing, Connor Olsen and Chris Quarles, junior Brooks Kehoe and sophomore Christian Hartman-Babb on the All-City team.

    AdrianLehman2025trackCity 2Adrian Lehman and Mark Wilkie, Topeka West

    Topeka West is represented on the All-City team by senior distance standouts Adrian Lehman and Mark Wilkie, who were both 5A state medalists, while Shawnee Heights senior Liam Benz and Seaman sophomore Jack Esser were also state medalists.

    All-Shawnee County picks were based on meeting minimum performance standards as well as coaches' recommendations and postseason performances.

    ALL-SHAWNEE COUNTY 2025 BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

  • Repeat picks Armstrong, Donovan, Kuta, Rodriguez headline 2025 All-Shawnee County golf

    Rick Peterson

    All Cityboysgolf2025 1The 2025 All-Shawnee County boys golf team: From left -- Jack Donovan, Rossville; Higgins Hawks, Washburn Rural; Tadd Armstrong, Washburn Rural; Tagan Monasmith, Washburn Rural; Tagen Rodriguez, Hayden; James Kuta, Hayden. Not pictured: Mateo Garcia, Hayden. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    First-team repeat selections Tadd Armstrong of Washburn Rural, Jack Donovan of Rossville and Hayden's James Kuta and Tagen Rodriguez headline the 2025 All-Shawnee County boys golf team. 

    Seniors Armstrong and Kuta finished one-two in the city tournament, with Armstrong winning the title in a playoff, while Kuta and Rodriguez, a junior, both posted top-10 finishes in the Class 4A state tournament as Hayden finished second as a team and Donovan was a regional champion as a junior and earned a sixth-place tie in 2A-1A, his second straight state medal

    Washburn Rural, which won its 15th straight city team championship, is also represented on the All-Shawnee County team by senior Tagan Monasmith and junior Higgins Hawks while Hayden also put junior Mateo Garcia on the first team.

    All-Shawnee County capsules:

  • Sixteen city players earn All-United Kansas Conference soccer recognition

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Sixteen city soccer players earned All-United Kansas Conference recognition, including nine first-team picks.

    Seaman is represented on the first team by junior forward Ryin Miller, senior midfielder Anna Becker, senior goalkeeper Maegan Mills, junior forward Ava Golightley, and junior defender Addyson Shipp while Shawnee Heights put senior defender Bayli Benson, senior forward Izzy Van Fleet, senior midfielder Lailah Benz and sophomore midfielder Nina O'Neill-Bolanos on the first team.

    RyinMiller2025Soccer 2Ryin Miller, Seaman 

    AnnaBecker2025SOCCER 2Anna Becker, Seaman

    IzzyVanFleet2025Soccer 1Izzy Van Fleet, Shawnee Heights

    BayliBenson2025SOCCER 1Bayli Benson, Shawnee Heights

    Miller and Becker are first-team All-UKC repeat picks for Seaman while Benson and Van Fleet are first-team repeaters for Shawnee Heights.

    Seaman, a Class 5A quarterfinalist, put senior defender Kinley Wilhelm, junior forward Savannah Nelson and junior midfielder Maya Martin on the second team while four city players earned honorable mention. 

    ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE SOCCER

  • All-UKC baseball: Two-time player of the year Deacon Pomeroy leads city first-team picks

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Conference champion Shawnee Heights swept the 2025 All-United Kansas Conferencindividual baseball honors, led by senior Deacon Pomeroy , who wasnamed the UKC player of the year by conference coaches for the second straight season.

    Shawnee Heights' Deacon Pomeroy was named the UKC player of the year for the second straight season. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]Shawnee Heights' Deacon Pomeroy was named the UKC player of the year for the second straight season. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]

    CamdrenFloberg2025 1Shawnee Heights junior Cambren Floberg has been named the UKC pitcher of the year by conference coaches. [File photo/TSN]

    T-Bird junior Cambren Floberg was named the conference pitcher of the year while first-year Heights coach Jason Brown was tapped as the coach of the year after leading the T-Birds to a Class 5A state tournament berth.

     

    Pomeroy, a standout pitcher and catcher, was named to the All-UKC team as a utility player, and is joined on the first team by junior pitcher Brody Cooper and junior outfielder Makade Orton.

    Seaman is represented on the first team by sophomore Axton Brewer, who was named to the UKC team at pitcher and designated hitter.

    Shawnee Heights and Seaman combined to put six players on the All-UKC second team, with the T-Birds represented by Floberg and senior infielders Braeden Johnston and Carson Garner while the Vikings put senior catcher David Dobbs, junior infielder Cooper Hayes and senior infielder Max Huston on the second team.

    Fivcity players earned All-UKC honorable mention.

    ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE BASEBALL

  • Donovan, Johnson, Hanni and Miller named Rising Stars of the Year for 2025

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Silver Lake's Dayne Johnson and Kailyn Hanni, Rossville's Jack Donovan and Seaman's Ryin Miller, who recently completed their junior years of high school, were honored Tuesday night at The Foundry as the Dan Key Farmers Insurance Agency 2025 Rising Stars of the year.

    RisingStars2025 1Silver Lake's Dayne Johnson and Rossville's Jack Donovan were named the Dan Key Farmers Agency 2025 co-male Rising Stars of the Year Tuesday night while Silver Lake's Kailyn Hanni and Seaman's Ryin Miller were named the co-female winners. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Donovan and Johnson were named the co-boys winners while Hanni and Miller shared the girls honor.

    The four overall winners were picked from five girls and boys finalists chosen from weekly Rising Stars who were selected through the 2024-2025 school year.

    Johnson was a football, basketball and baseball standout for the Eagles while Donovan was a football and basketball standout and a state golf medalist for the Bulldawgs.

    Hanni helped lead Silver Lake to runnerup Class 3A state finishes in basketball and softball this past season and has been a state champion in basketball and golf while Miller won three individual 5A state track championships last weekend in Wichita, was the state runnerup in cross country and basketball and was a 5A state basketball champion as a sophomore.

  • All-UKC softball: Vikes' Warren named player of year, T-Birds' Proctor pitcher of the year

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    City schools Seaman, Shawnee Heights and Topeka West had 21 players receive All-United Kansas Conference softball recognition, led by junior player of the year Aubrey Warren of Seaman and senior pitcher of the year Grace Proctor of Shawnee Heights.

    AubreyWarren2025TW 2Seaman junior infielder Aubrey Warren has been tapped as the United Kansas Conference player of the year by conference coaches. [File photo/TSN]

    Shawnee Heights senior Grace Proctor pitches against St. Thomas Aquinas in the 5A State Softball Tournament at Wilkins Stadium in Wichita on Thursday, May 29, 2025.Shawnee Heights senior Grace Proctor has been named the United Kansas Conference pitcher of the year by conference coaches. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]

    Shawnee Heights' Tara Griffith was named the UKC coach of the year after leading the T-Birds to a 20-8 record on the season.

    TaraGriffith2025 1Shawnee Heights softball coach Tara Griffith has been named the United Kansas Conference coach of the year by conference coaches. [File photo/TSN]

    Class 5A state tournment qualifiers Seaman and Shawnee Heights combined for eight of the 15 spots on the all-conference first team.

    The Vikings led the UKC with five first-team selections -- infielder Warren, senior pitcher Kaelyn O'Rourke, senior catcher Reagan McConnell, senior outfielder Anna McLaughlin and junior designated player Avery Phelps.

    Shawnee Heights is represented on the first team by Proctor, senior infielder Taylor Brees and junior outfielder Addison Cooper. 

    Seaman put freshman pitcher Lydia Dreher and senior infielder Kayleigh Neill on the second team while Shawnee Heights is represented by junior outfielder Shylee Harrington and senior utility player Dayana Miller.

    Nine city players received All-UKC honorable mention, including junior Addaline Hall senior infielder Callie Jones, junior infielder Christina Briggs, junior infielder Isabelle Kutina, freshman outfielders Kendall Munoz and Mya Miller and freshman pitcher Jordyn White of Topeka West and sophomore infielder Natalee Simpson and junior utility player Addison Sibley of Seaman.

    ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE SOFTBALL

  • State boys track: Rural claims three Class 6A titles to pace county contingent

    By CHARLES SPURLOCK

    Special to TopSports.news

    WICHITA -- Washburn Rural's boys claimed three state championships to highlight championship Saturday for the Shawnee County contingent in the state track and field championships at Wichita State. 

    RuralRelay2025 5Washburn Rural celebrates after setting the Class 6A state meet record in the 4x400 relay Saturday night in Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    RuralRelay2025 2Washburn Rural's Matthew Houser, Liam Morrison, Draden Chooncharoen and Isaiah Terry set the Class 6A state meet record in the 4x400 relay Saturday night in Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Senior Isaiah Terry won the 400-meter dash, followed by junior Liam Morrison's win in the 300 hurdles and wrapping things up with a record-setting performance by senior Matthew Houser, Morrison, junior Draden Choonchareon and Terry in the 4x400-meter relay.

    Terry started Rural's late-meet gold medal haul with his win in the 400 in 47.92 seconds.

    IsaiahTerry2025State400 4Washburn Rural senior Isaiah Terry won the Class 6A state title in the 400-meter dash in 47.92. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    "It felt great,'' Terry said. "I switched up my stride a little bit and decided to go back to my roots... and felt way better. I actually got off fast this time and the rest was history.

    ''I'm so ectstatic after last year when I absolutely did horrible and got fifth place, the worst day of my life. Ever since sophomore year when I said I would quit cross country and start running track all year around I've been dreaming of moments like this and it feels good for it to come true.''

    LiamMorrison2025State 9Washburn Rural junior Liam Morrison (3779) ran on Rural's record-setting Class 6A 4x400 relay after winning the title in the 300 hurdles Saturday in Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Morrison followed with the state championship in the 300 hurdles with a time of 37.68. He also finished sixth earlier in the day in the 110 hurdles with a time of 14.52.

    “I feel great with the (personal record) in the state championship race,'' Morrison said. "The 110 didn’t go as I wanted, but I definitely knew it would be a great opportunity to show that I deserve to be here. I know what I can do and I’m happy that I was able to go out and do it.”

    Houser, Morrison, Chooncharoen and Terry then went out and captured Rural's second straight state championship in the 4x400 in a meet record time of 3:16.23. 

    "After our league meet at Junction (City) we saw the time we got and we were like, 'We can definitely do this, we can get this record,' '' Chooncharoen said. "My teammates, we push each other every day. Everyone did their part and it was amazing.''

    Houser came on board this season as Rural's leadoff runner, joining returners Morrison, Chooncharoen and Terry from the 2024 state winners.

    "We've been training all season since the start so we could try to get this record because that was our mindset all year,'' Houser said. "I've been training all summer and winter with Isaiah so I could get better for this exact reason and I guess it helped out at the end.'' 

    Saturday's other county medalists:

    • Senior Peyton Holmes of Seaman finished second in the Class 5A 100 meters in a time of 10.82 seconds after placing sixth in Friday's long jump.

    PeytonHolmes2025State 5Seaman senior Peyton Holmes (3767) finished second in the Class 5A 100 dash Saturday in Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    “I was really hoping to get first,'' Holmes said. "Second is good and my goal was to get in the top three. I thought I had it for a little bit, but he (Jack Guthridge) is really tough.”

    • Seaman junior Brody Anderson finished third in a tough 5A 800 meters field in a time of 1:55.52.

    BrodyAnderson2025State800 2Seaman junior Brody Anderson (3760) posted a third-place finish in the Class 5A 800 meters Saturday in Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Anderson battled on the second lap and held on for the third-place finish.

    “I don’t think I could have done it if I hadn’t prepared all week with the help of coach (Luke) Wiens,'' Anderson said. "Every rep this week, I simulated the race situation and it set me up to be where I wanted to be today.”

    • Senior Bryce Cochran of Seaman finished third in the 5A 400 meters with a time of 48.85.

    BryceCochran2025State 6Seaman senior Bryce Cochran (3763) finished third in the Class 5A 400 while Shawnee Heights senior Liam Benz (3733) was seventh Saturday in Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    “I feel awesome and I got a little emotional after the race seeing that all the hard work pay off,'' Cochran said. "To do what I dreamed of after not even making it to state last year, I’m just appreciative of everyone that’s worked with me in the offseason to get me here. I’m just proud of myself.”

    • Senior Adrian Lehman of Topeka West finished fourth in the 1,600 meters with a time of 4:16.70.

    AdrianLehman2025State 1Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman (3785) posted a fourth-place finish and set a West school record in Saturday's Class 5A state meet in Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Lehman broke the 50-year-old West school record of 4:17.7 set by Bill Myers in 1975.

    "(That's) two school records this season, not bad for only his second season of high school track,'' West coach Donnie Palmer said of Lehman.

  • State boys track: Medalists pace county contingent on Day 1

    By CHARLES SPURLOCK

    Special to TopSports.news

    WICHITA - On Day 1 of the KSHSAA State Track Meet at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium, several local boys competed in preliminary races in an attempt to qualify for the finals on Saturday. There were also some field event finals on Friday.

    Qualifiers for Saturday’s Finals

    Senior Ben Roeder of Cair Paravel qualified fifth in the Class 2A 400 meters with a time of 50.40 seconds.

    Senior Evan Scheid of Silver Lake qualified second in the 3A 200 meters in a time of 22.32 seconds.

    Silver Lake’s 4x100-meter relay team (Brandon Rupp, Evan Scheid, Joel Miller and Trent Rollenhagen) qualified fourth in 43.46 seconds.

    Seaman senior Bryce Cochran qualified fifth in the 5A 400 meters in a time of 49.04 seconds.

    Shawnee Heights senior Liam Benz qualified seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 49.86 seconds.

    Washburn Rural senior Braylon Badger qualified fifth in the 300 meter hurdles in a time of 40.40 seconds.

    Washburn Rural junior Liam Morrison qualified second in the 110 meter hurdles in a time of 14.64 seconds. He also qualified third in the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 40.05 seconds.

    Washburn Rural senior Isaiah Terry qualified fourth in the 400 meters in a time of 49.32 seconds.

    DradenChooncharoen2025State 1Washburn Rural junior Draden Chooncharoen competes in the Class 6A 4x400 relay prelims Friday night in Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Washburn Rural’s 4x400 meter relay team (Matthew Houser, Liam Morrison, Draden Choonchareon, Isaiah Terry) qualified second with a time of 3:22.61.

    Medalists from Friday’s Finals

    PeytonHolmes2025State 1Seaman senior Peyton Holmes finished sixth in the Class 5A long jump Friday in Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Seaman senior Peyton Holmes finished sixth in the 5A long jump with a distance of 22 feet, 1 inch.

    AdrianLehman2025State 1Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman finished fifth in Friday's Class 5A 3,200 meters at Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman finished fifth in the 6A 3,200 meters with a time of 9:18.60.

    BrooksKehoe2025State 2Washburn Rural junior Brooks Kehoe finished fifth in Friday's Class 6A 3,200 meters at Wichita. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Washburn Rural junior Brooks Kehoe finished fifth in the 3,200 meters with a time of 9:20.97.

    The remaining events will be contested beginning Saturday morning at 8:30 with the preliminaries for the 100 meters for girls and boys. 

  • Four-event state qualifier Ryin Miller paces city contingent in Class 5A track regional

    By CHARLES SPURLOCK

    Special to TopSports.news

    ANDOVER -- On a sunny May afternoon, nine Class 5A schools (Andover, Andover Central, Arkansas City, Emporia, Kapaun Mt. Carmel, Newton, Seaman, Topeka West and Valley Center) competed at Andover Central in one of four regional track meets across the state on Thursday and Friday.

    The top three finishers in each event qualified for the state meet next weekend in Wichita. The next four best finishers across all four regional meets will also qualify for the state meet. Those results will not be known until the regional meets at Blue Valley Northwest and Mill Valley on Friday evening.

    RyinMiller2025City 1Seaman junior Ryin Miller qualified for next week's Class 5A state track meet in Wichita in four events in Thursday's regional meet in Andover. [File photo/TSN]

    Seaman junior Ryin Miller qualified in four events on Thursday.

    She won the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 13.98 seconds, the 1,600 meters in 5:01.64 and the 3,200 meters in 11:23.87. She was also the anchor leg of the Vikings' 4x400-meter relay team that finished third in a time of 4:06.58.

    Competing in four events on the day played a role in Miller’s strategy during the meet.

    “Definitely regionals are survive and advance,'' Miller said. "I wasn’t trying to run a personal best today. The goal in the mile was to do enough to move on and I did that. Also doing four events in one day is pretty rough. I’m excited for next week.”

    The Seaman boys were the regional runnerup to Kapaun Mt. Carmel, amassing 80.5 points during the meet.

  • TSN Shawnee County high school girls track honor roll May 22

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    GIRLS

    100 METERS

    Keimara Marshall, Topeka High            12.43

    Jurnee Cole, Highland Park                   12.75

    Karys Deiter, Silver Lake                        12.76

    Ciarra Hartz, Highland Park                  12.77

    Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights   12.80

    KeimaraMarshall2025 2Keimara Marshall, Topeka High

    200 METERS

    Keimara Marshall, Topeka High          25.72

    Molly Worley, Washburn Rural           26.10

    Ally Steiner, Seaman                           26.20

    Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights 26.58

    Jurnee Cole, Highland Park                 26.68

    400 METERS

    Ryin Miller, Seaman                           56.81

    Keimara Marshall, Topeka High         59.96

    Ali Gerber, Silver Lake                        60.91

    Madison Blanco, Washburn Rural      61.65

    Sofia Harper, Hayden                         61.81

    RyinMillerCityTrack 1Ryan Miller, Seaman

    800 METERS

    Ryin Miller, Seaman                         2:09.28  

    Payton Fink, Washburn Rural           2:21.21

    Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural          2:21.99

    Kinley Robinson, Seaman                 2:24.07

    Emily Graf, Washburn Rural              2:24.19

    1,600 METERS

    Ryin Miller, Seaman                         4:41.47

    Payton Fink, Washburn Rural           5:08.00

    Emily Graf, Washburn Rural             5:08.24

    Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural          5:09.15

    Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural      5:20.69

     3,200 METERS

    Ryin Miller, Seaman                         10:17.74

    Payton Fink, Washburn Rural           10:51.62

    Emily Graf, Washburn Rural             11:20.40

    Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural     11:28.78

     Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural     11:32.65

    100-METER HURDLES

    Bella Reid, Hayden                            15.83

    Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman               15.84

    Karys Deiter, Silver Lake                   16.45

    Rylee Dick, Rossville                         16.87

    Kelcie Schneider, Washburn Rural   17.61

    Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman

    300-METER HURDLES

    Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman               47.63

    Ke'Ahjahnae Rice, Highland Park      47.96

    Rylee Dick, Rossville                          50.33

    Karys Deiter, Silver Lake                    51.27

    Kelcie Schneider, Washburn Rural    51.39

    4x100-METER RELAY

    Topeka High                                     50.15

    Washburn Rural                               50.36

    Seaman                                            50.93

    Silver Lake                                        51.06

    Topeka West                                     53.17

    4x400-METER RELAY

    Seaman                                          4:01.58

    Washburn Rural                              4:13.32

    Silver Lake                                       4:13.34

    Shawnee Heights                            4:37.27

    4x800-METER RELAY

    Washburn Rural                               9:35.40

    Seaman                                          10:13.11

    Hayden                                           11:10.63

    Shawnee Heights                            11:33.41

    HIGH JUMP

    Molly Worley, Washburn Rural         5-4

    Journey Manhart, Silver Lake            5-2

    Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High   5-0

    Alexis Burns, Washburn Rural           5-0

    Tahtionna Broils, Highland Park        4-8

    Klara Wilson, Washburn Rural          4-8

    Jaiden Wise, Silver Lake                    4-8

    POLE VAULT

    Grace Jowers, Seaman                    11-0

    Emme Blanco, Washburn Rural        8-9

    Taylor Hanshaw, Shawnee Heights   8-0

    Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka HIgh

    LONG JUMP

    Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High     18-6

    Molly Worley, Washburn Rural            17-7.75

    Jayana Washington, Topeka High        17-5

    Maddie Blanco, Washburn Rural         16-6.50

    Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake                     16-3.5

    TRIPLE JUMP

    Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High          38-3.25

    Ali Gerber, Silver Lake                               34-3.75

    Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake                           33-4

    Grace Funk, Hayden                                  32-7.75

    Brinley Pottorf, Rossville                            32-7.50

    SHOT PUT

    Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural       35-1

    Alexis Rutherford, Hayden                 33-6

    Kayleigh Kruger, Silver Lake               33-5

    Kylie Hanni, Silver Lake                      32-3.5

    Eve Luea, Washburn Rural                  31-6

    DISCUS

    Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural        126-5

    Kayleigh Kruger, Silver Lake               112-7

    Eve Luea, Washburn Rural                  109-3

    Rayleigh Alonso, Silver Lake                104-10

    Alexis Rutherford, Hayden                  103-6

    JAVELIN

    Morgan Ray, Washburn Rural              135-10

    Peyton Henry, Seaman                         110-6

    Payton Alexander, Seaman                  105-8

    Jillian Goetz, Shawnee Heights             105-1

    Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake                       100-0

  • TSN Shawnee County high school boys track honor roll May 22

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    BOYS

    100 METERS

    Peyton Holmes, Seaman                             10.73

    Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 10.82

    Evan Scheid, Silver Lake                              11.13

    Ben Roeder, Topeka High                            11.17

    Sean LeDuc, Washburn Rural                       11.18

    200 METERS

    Bryce Cochran, Seaman                               21.87

    Jensen Schrickel, Hayden                            21.92

    Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural                       22.02

    Evan Scheid, Silver Lake                               22.22

    Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural               22.37

    IsaiahTerry2025 1Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural

    400 METERS

    Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural                     48.20

    Jensen Schrickel, Hayden                          48.30

    Bryce Cochran, Seaman                             48.43

    Liam Benz, Shawnee Heights                     49.63

    Ben Roeder, Topeka High                          49.82

    BrodyAnderson2025 7Brody Anderson, Seaman

    800 METERS

    Brody Anderson, Seaman                       1:56.22

    Mark Wilkie, Topeka West                       1:57.23

    Ben Buesing, Washburn Rural                 1:58.87

    Adrian Lehman, Topeka West                  1:59.08

    Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural               2:00.38

    1,600 METERS

    Adrian Lehman, Topeka West                    4:18.07

    Brody Anderson, Seaman                          4:18.55

    Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural                 4:19.77

    Mark Wilkie, Topeka West                          4:21.37

    Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural                4:34.44

    3,200 METERS

    Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural                 9:16.96

    Adrian Lehman, Topeka West                    9:16.98

    Brody Anderson, Seaman                          9:34.99

    Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural               9:41.18

    Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural                   10:03.37

    110-METER HURDLES

    Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural                  14.59

    Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural   15.50

    Desean Lunkins, Topeka High                       15.80

    Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights                       15.84

    Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural                   15.93

    300-METER HURDLES

    Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural                    38.83

    Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural                   40.60

    Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights                        41.07

    Michael Hurla, Seaman                                  41.29

    Kellan Parcaro, Seaman                                  41.86

    4x100-METER RELAY

    Silver Lake                                                       43.16

    Seaman                                                           43.48

    Topeka High                                                    43.48

    Washburn Rural                                               43.49

    Topeka West                                                    44.50

    4x400-METER RELAY

    Washburn Rural                                            3:17.38

    Topeka West                                                 3:24.56

    Topeka High                                                  3:24.64

    Hayden                                                          3:25.32

    Seaman                                                         3:26.21

    4x800-METER RELAY

    Washburn Rural                                         8:01.63

    Shawnee Heights                                       8:31.70

    Seaman                                                      8:43.94

    Topeka High                                               8:46.69

    Silver Lake                                                  8:54.17

    HIGH JUMP

    Jack Esser, Seaman                                      6-5

    Blake Toyne, Seaman                                   6-2

    Brooks Ballard, Washburn Rural                  6-0

    Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake                           6-0

    Cody Quy, Seaman                                      6-0

    Rondell Harris, Hayden                                6-0

    Tad McGee, Seaman                                     6-0

    Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake                      6-0 

    TylerWedl2025 4Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights

    POLE VAULT

    Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights                   12-6

    Luke Deering, Washburn Rural                 10-6 

    Desmond Grindol, Washburn Rural           9-6

    Emery Kearney, Seaman                             9-6  

    Caleb Schwartz, Washburn Rural               9-6

    Quinton White, Seaman                             9-6

    JensenSchrickelSTATE 1Jensen Schrickel, Hayden

    LONG JUMP

    Jensen Schrickel, Hayden                            22-7

    Peyton Holmes, Seaman                             22-6

    Elijah Berg, Topeka West                             21-8

    Te'Vante Ewing, Topeka High                      21-5

    Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park                  20-11

    Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural                      20-11

    TRIPLE JUMP

    Kaden Whitehurst, Seaman                       42-8

    Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake                    42-5.5

    Cody Quy, Seaman                                     41-11

    Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake                         41-8

    Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural                    40-7.50

    SHOT PUT

    Brogen Brown, Seaman                              50-11

    Amir Bass, Shawnee Heights                      47-3.5

    F. Anguiano, Hayden                                  44-10

    Adrian Shuler, Shawnee Heights                 44-9.5

    Clayton Johnson, Seaman                           44-5

    DISCUS

    Brogen Brown, Seaman                            146-0

    Myles Fisher, Silver Lake                          144-5

    Treyton Tetuan, Hayden                           137-4

    Samuel Scott, Washburn Rural                 136-0

    Zachary Hancock, Washburn Rural           135-11

    JAVELIN 

    Kelton Meier, Hayden                              162-5

    Oliver Perez, Washburn Rural                   155-2

    Andre Johnson, Rossville                          155-1

    Jackson Haas, Hayden                              153-7

    Gabriel Taylor, Washburn Rural                 148-10

  • TSN city pre-state high school girls swimming and diving honor roll

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly girls swimming and diving honor roll for Topeka high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY

    Washburn Rural                2:01.75

    Hayden                              2:07.36

    Seaman                             2:07.38            

    Topeka High                      2:11.23

    Shawnee Heights              2:15.41

    200-YARD FREESTYLE

    Audrey Appuhn, Washburn Rural     1:55.60

    Joslynn Grace, Seaman                     2:01.37

    Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights   2:06.15

    Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights   2:17:02

    Kaelyn Gerdel, Hayden                      2:21.23    

    200-YARD INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY

    Audrey Appuhn, Washburn Rural     2:10.28

    Joslynn Grace, Seaman                     2:10.69

    Hara Del Castillo, Topeka High         2:25.04

    Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights   2:35.31

    Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights   2:35.91

    GenevieveMirandaSWIMMING 1Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural

    50-YARD FREESTYLE

    Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural  25.43

    Joslynn Grace, Seaman                       26.46

    Ashtynn Landry, Shawnee Heights      26.74

    Kaylee Gregg, Hayden                         27.67

    Clara Sobba, Shawnee Heights            28.08

    ONE-METER DIVING

    Kaylee Gregg, Hayden                         231.60

    Sydney Thomann, Seaman                  224.45

    Rhiannon Good, Washburn Rural        224.05

    Maddie Gregg, Hayden                       183.05

    Giselle Soto, Washburn Rural               163.50

    JoslynnGraceSWIM RISINGSTATE 2Joslynn Grace, Seaman

    100-YARD BUTTERFLY

    Joslynn Grace, Seaman                         1:00.12

    Genevieve Miranda, Washburn Rural   1:01.66

    Kaitlyn Aldridge, Shawnee Heights       1:07.53

    Kaya Hamilton, Washburn Rural           1:17.70

    Makenna Russell, Topeka West             1:25.52

  • Seaman golf earns Class 5A state tournament berth

    Todd Fertig

    By TODD FERTIG

    TopSports.news

    It took a clutch effort and some hand wringing, but the Seaman Vikings rode a team effort to qualify as a team for the Class 5A state boys golf tournament next week at Emporia.

    Seamangolf2025 1Seaman's boys golf team earned the final team berth for next week's Class 5A state tournament in Emporia. [Photo by Todd Fertig/TSN]

    With the team’s fate in question, Seaman senior Bradley Williamson came down to the last hole believing he needed a par to qualify for state as an individual. With a crowd watching the final group come in, Williamson drew a long putt to within three feet of the hole, then drained it for a par.

    When the final scores were entered, a tie with Basehor-Linwood became apparent. Williamson’s par had been crucial for the entire team.

    “Going into 18, my coach mentioned that he thought the (individual) cut line was going to be in the 84, 85 range,” said Williamson, who finished with an 83. “He didn’t know how the rest of the team was doing. He didn’t let me know that. I just knew I had to get a good score to give myself a chance. I felt a lot of relief draining it. There was a lot of pressure standing over it because we had a gallery.”

    The tie with Basehor-Linwood was broken by the score of the fifth man of each team. Seaman’s Alex Flanagan had carded an 88 while the Bobcats’ fifth man recorded a 92.

    “It’s a lot more fun to take the whole group down,” Seaman coach Rick Rineberg said. “Over the past few weeks, we’ve played our best golf and it really came out today in a big way. They are a tight-knit group. So, it makes it all the more fun to be able to take everybody down with us.”

    Leading the Vikings with an 82 was sophomore Evan Michalski. He will be making his first trip to state.

    It’s really exciting,” Michalski said. “I started off kind of rough through the first couple of tournaments. I’m just happy I’m starting to go on the scoring for the team.

    “I think today my head was in the game. There were mistakes I definitely made, but I think I can get a lot better if I stop making those mistakes that I know I can fix.”

    Rineberg was quick to praise assistant coach Jeff Schuh for his contribution to the team’s success.

    “Four out of the six kids on this year’s state-qualifying team either spent all last year on the JV or part of the year on JV,” Rineberg said. “So, Coach Schuh deserves a huge shoutout for the development of our quote-unquote “farm system” to get those kids ready for when they meet the challenges like today.

    Joining the Vikings at state will be Shawnee Heights’ Ayden Valdivia, who makes his second trip to state. The T-Bird junior hopes the fates are kinder this year than they were last.

    Valdivia was in Newton, site of last year’s 5A state meet, the night before the event when the town was hit by a tornado. A gust of wind lifted Valdivia off his feet and threw him roughly to the ground. He was treated in the local emergency room, which was operating without electricity.

    Valdivia took the course the next day with a severe abrasion on his right hip.

    “I wound up playing pretty well,” Valdivia recalled. “I birdied like six holes, but I just had to tough it out. I hope I can just show how much I’ve improved and shoot better than I did with the injury.”

    Valdivia is carrying on the family legacy. His brother Justice won Class 4A state playing for Hayden in 2011. Brother Alex took sixth at 5A state for Shawnee Heights in 2023. His sister Lauryn, a Shawnee Heights sophomore, has already made two trips to state.

    “It’s just an everyday thing,” Valdivia said. “We go out and play tournaments with my family. It’s been part of our family for as long as I can remember.”

    The Class 3A Regional meet was held at Lake Shawnee simultaneous to the 5A event. Silver Lake served as host but failed to qualify as a team or to send any individuals to the state meet. Coach Johnny Roberts reflected on the improvement he saw in the team during the season.

    "I would say it was a season of growth and development,” Roberts said. “We had a lot of guys who hadn’t had varsity experience, and they needed to get that experience, to know what it feels like. So, we had some peaks and valleys. We’ve got some young guys that we’re trying to develop, so next year looks better.”

  • Double individual winner Ryin Miller paces city track contingent in UKC meet

    By CHARLES SPURLOCK

    Special to TopSports.news

    LEAVENWORTH -- On the warmest day of the 2025 track season, Leavenworth High School hosted the United Kansas Conference track meet on Thursday. 

    RyinMiller2025City 9Seaman junior Ryin Miller was a double UKC individual champion in Thursday's conference meet at Leavenworth. [File photo/TSN]

    Seaman junior Ryin Miller continued her winning ways this season with a sweep of the 1,600-meter (4:47.54) and 800- meter (2:22.53) races.

    “I was happy with the 1,600 and the main goal was to secure the points for our team,'' Miller said. "In the 800, once I noticed that Kelsie (Kudzia of Leavenworth) wasn’t running, I decided to run a smarter race and get the 10 points for the team.”

    BrodyAnderson2025City 1Seaman junior Brody Anderson (1) won the 800 meters in Thursday's UKC meet at Leavenworth. [File photo/TSN]

    Seaman junior Brody Anderson came back after a fourth-place finish in the 1600 meters to win the 800-meter championship in a time of 1:57.70.

    He commented on his comeback after the 1,600 meter race:

    “I wasn’t mad, I just gotta come back strong, can’t give up and have to have a positive mindset,'' Anderson said. "It was a great competition and I'm thankful to race these other guys. I’m looking forward to getting a little more out of myself over the next couple of weeks.”

    Seaman senior Bryce Cochran won the 400-meter title with a time of 48.43 seconds.

    Cochran commented on his preparation not only during the season but last offseason:

    “The race went well,'' Cochran said. "I like running against tough competition like Austin Lindsay (De Soto). I’ve worked really hard this past offseason and the hard work is paying off.”

    He came back later in the evening to finish second in the 200 dash with a time of 22.10 seconds.

    AdrianLehman2025trackCity 1Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman won the 1,600 UKC title in Thursday's conference meet at Leavenworth. [File photo/TSN]

    Topeka West senior Adrian Lehman followed up on his exciting victories in the 1,600 meters and 3,200 meters at last week’s city meet by winning the 1,600-meter race in a time of 4:20.77. He also placed fourth in the 800 meters with a time of 1:59.08.

    Other local highlights

    • Seaman senior Ally Steiner finished third in both the 100-meter (13.00) and 200-meter (26.29) races.
    • Seaman sophomore Brynn Spencer finished second in the 3,200 meters with a time of 11:50.86.
    • Seaman senior Stella Applehanz finished third in the 3,200 meters in a time of 11:52.89.
    • Seaman senior Jaida Stallbaumer placed second in the 100-meter hurdles (16.28) and third in the 300-meter hurdles (48.89).  
    • The Seaman girls 4x100 meter relay team finished third in 50.93 seconds.
    • The Seaman girls 4x400 meter relay team finished second in 4:01.58.
    • Seaman senior Grace Jowers placed third in the pole vault with a height of 9-6.
    • Seaman junior Peyton Henry finished third the javelin with a throw of 109-6.
    • Senior Peyton Holmes of Seaman finished second in the 100 meters in 10.92 seconds. He also finished third in the long jump with a jump of 21-1.
    • Senior Liam Benz of Shawnee Heights finished third in the 400 meters with a time of 49.63.
    • Senior Mark Wilkie of Topeka West finished second in the 800 meters with a time of 1:58.39 and second in the 1,600 meters in 4:21.37.
    • Junior Kellan Parcaro of Seaman finished third in the 300-meter hurdles in 41.86 seconds.
    • Senior Kaden Whitehurst of Seaman finished second in the triple jump with a jump of 41-6.
    • Freshman De’drian Keeling of Topeka West finished third in the triple jump with a jump of 39-8.
    • Junior Brogen Brown of Seaman finished third in the shot put with a put of 47-9.
  • Cair Paravel, Hayden doubles teams advance to state semifinals

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    Cair Paravel Latin juniors Eric Buchenau and Drew Fay had to sweat out a few anxious moments in their Class 3A-1A quarterfinal doubles match Friday at Kossover Tennis Center, but the Lion standouts got the job done, advancing to Saturday's 9 a.m. state semifinal. 

    FayBuchenau2025State 1Cair Paravel Latin's Drew Fay (left) and Eric Buchenau advanced to the Class 3A-1A doubles semifinals Friday at Kossover Tennis Center. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Buchenau and Fay, the No. 3 seed, went 2-0 on the day, including a 6-2, 6-4 quarterfinal win over Central Plains' Paxton Dody and Peyton Dody to improve to 28-1 on the season and will face No. 2 seeds William Farha and Vihaan Ganganola of Wichita Collegiate in the semis.

    After a 6-0, 6-0 romp in their first match of the day, Fay and Buchenau jumped in front 5-2 in the second set of the quarterfinals before Dody and Dody cut their deficit to 5-4.

    Central Plains seemed to have some momentum at that point, but the Lions were able to hold serve and close out the win.

    "It was definitely frustrating,'' said Buchenau about the close second set, "but even if you play bad you have to find a way to win and we did that.''

    Fay agreed.

    "It definitely wasn't how we wanted it to go and we struggled for sure, but we were just scrapping out every point and got the win,'' Fay said. 

    "We hopefully got the bad bullets out today so we can just play our game tomorrow.''

    ColeFay2025State 6Cair Paravel freshman singles player Cole Fay advanced to Saturday's Class 3A-1A medal matches with a 3-1 day. [Photo by Rick Peterson/TSN]

    Cair Paravel freshman singles player Cole Fay also advanced to Saturday's medal matches, going 3-1 on the day.

    Cole Fay moved on to Saturday with an 8-5 win over Phillipsburg senior Nathan Fischer and can still finish as high as fifth place.

    BlaserGeorge2025tennis 1Hayden seniors Chase Blaser (left) and Evan George will compete in a Class 4A doubles semifinal Saturday in Winfield. [File photo/TSN]

    Hayden's Blaser and George in 4A semis

    Hayden regional doubles champions Chase Blaser and Evan George won both of their Class 4A doubles matches Friday in Winfield to advance to Saturday's 9 a.m. semifinals.

    The fourth-seeded Wildcat seniors, now 25-6, advanced to the semifinals with a hard-earned 3-6, 7-6 (7-5 tiebreaker), 6-3 win over McPherson.

    Blaser and George will face No. 1 seed Asher Deutschendorf and Braiden Liechty of Hesston in the semifinals.

  • TSN Shawnee County high school girls track honor roll May 14

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    GIRLS

    100 METERS

    Keimara Marshall, Topeka High            12.43

    Jurnee Cole, Highland Park                   12.75

    Karys Deiter, Silver Lake                        12.76

    Ciarra Hartz, Highland Park                  12.77

    Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights   12.80

    KeimaraMarshall2025 2Keimara Marshall, Topeka High

    200 METERS

    Keimara Marshall, Topeka High          25.72

    Molly Worley, Washburn Rural           26.10

    Ally Steiner, Seaman                           26.20

    Morgan Robinson, Shawnee Heights 26.58

    Jurnee Cole, Highland Park                 26.68

    400 METERS

    Ryin Miller, Seaman                           56.81

    Keimara Marshall, Topeka High         59.96

    Ali Gerber, Silver Lake                        61.05

    Madison Blanco, Washburn Rural      61.65

    Sofia Harper, Hayden                         61.81

    RyinMillerCityTrack 1Ryan Miller, Seaman

    800 METERS

    Ryin Miller, Seaman                         2:09.28  

    Payton Fink, Washburn Rural           2:21.21

    Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural          2:21.99

    Kinley Robinson, Seaman                 2:24.07

    Emily Graf, Washburn Rural              2:24.19

    1,600 METERS

    Ryin Miller, Seaman                         4:41.47

    Payton Fink, Washburn Rural           5:08.00

    Emily Graf, Washburn Rural             5:08.24

    Rylee Ismert, Washburn Rural          5:09.15

    Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural      5:20.69

     3,200 METERS

    Ryin Miller, Seaman                         10:17.74

    Payton Fink, Washburn Rural           10:51.62

    Emily Graf, Washburn Rural             11:20.40

    Kenzie Maddox, Washburn Rural     11:28.78

     Brooklyn Nolte, Washburn Rural     11:32.65

    100-METER HURDLES

    Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman               15.84

    Bella Reid, Hayden                            16.07

    Karys Deiter, Silver Lake                   16.45

    Rylee Dick, Rossville                         17.21

    Kelcie Schneider, Washburn Rural   17.61

    Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman

    300-METER HURDLES

    Jaida Stallbaumer, Seaman               47.63

    Ke'Ahjahnae Rice, Highland Park      47.96

    Rylee Dick, Rossville                          50.33

    Kelcie Schneider, Washburn Rural    51.39

    Elliot Wrench, Hayden                       52.68

    4x100-METER RELAY

    Topeka High                                     50.15

    Washburn Rural                               50.36

    Silver Lake                                        51.06

    Seaman                                            51.06

    Topeka West                                     53.40

    4x400-METER RELAY

    Seaman                                          4:04.86

    Washburn Rural                              4:13.32

    Silver Lake                                       4:13.34

    Shawnee Heights                            4:37.27

    4x800-METER RELAY

    Washburn Rural                               9:35.40

    Seaman                                          10:21.42

    Hayden                                           11:10.63

    Shawnee Heights                            11:33.41

    HIGH JUMP

    Molly Worley, Washburn Rural         5-4

    Journey Manhart, Silver Lake            5-2

    Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High  5-0

    Alexis Burns, Washburn Rural           4-10

    Tahtionna Broils, Highland Park        4-8

    Klara Wilson, Washburn Rural          4-8

    Jaiden Wise, Silver Lake                    4-8

    POLE VAULT

    Grace Jowers, Seaman                    11-0

    Emme Blanco, Washburn Rural        8-9

    Taylor Hanshaw, Shawnee Heights   8-0

    Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka HIgh

    LONG JUMP

    Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High     18-6

    Molly Worley, Washburn Rural            17-7.75

    Jayana Washington, Topeka High        17-5

    Maddie Blanco, Washburn Rural         16-6.50

    Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake                     16-3.5

    TRIPLE JUMP

    Ahsieyrhuajh Rayton, Topeka High          38-3.25

    Ali Gerber, Silver Lake                               33-8

    Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake                           33-4

    Grace Funk, Hayden                                  32-7.75

    Kylie Podlena, Silver Lake                          32-6

    SHOT PUT

    Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural       35-1

    Alexis Rutherford, Hayden                 33-6

    Kayleigh Kruger, Silver Lake               33-5

    Kylie Hanni, Silver Lake                      32-3.5

    Izzy Davis, Washburn Rural                31-0

    DISCUS

    Kailyn Petersen, Washburn Rural        126-5

    Kayleigh Kruger, Silver Lake               112-7

    Eve Luea, Washburn Rural                  109-3

    Rayleigh Alonso, Silver Lake                104-10

    Alexis Rutherford, Hayden                  103-6

    JAVELIN

    Morgan Ray, Washburn Rural              135-10

    Peyton Henry, Seaman                         110-6

    Payton Alexander, Seaman                  105-8

    Kailyn Hanni, Silver Lake                       100-0

    Rhys Brading, Seaman                           96-1

     

  • TSN Shawnee County high school boys track honor roll May 14

    Rick Peterson

    By RICK PETERSON

    TopSports.news

    NOTE: Top.Sports.news will compile a weekly track and field honor roll for Shawnee County high schools throughout the 2025 season. Coaches are asked to email updated times and marks or any corrections to Rick Peterson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Coaches should designate whether times were fully automatic (FAT) or hand-timed. FAT times are considered .024 of a second faster than hand times. TopSports.news will rank the Top 5 in each event.

    BOYS

    100 METERS

    Peyton Holmes, Seaman                             10.73

    Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural 10.94

    Evan Scheid, Silver Lake                              11.13

    Ben Roeder, Topeka High                            11.17

    Tremaine Savage, Highland Park                 11.22

    200 METERS

    Bryce Cochran, Seaman                               21.87

    Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural                        22.07

    Evan Scheid, Silver Lake                               22.22

    Jayden Lindsey, Topeka West                       22.43

    Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural               22.48

    IsaiahTerry2025 1Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural

    400 METERS

    Isaiah Terry, Washburn Rural                     48.20

    Jensen Schrickel, Hayden                          48.30

    Bryce Cochran, Seaman                             49.06

    Ben Roeder, Topeka High                          49.82

    Matthew Houser, Washburn Rural            50.27 

    BrodyAnderson2025 7Brody Anderson, Seaman

    800 METERS

    Brody Anderson, Seaman                       1:56.22

    Mark Wilkie, Topeka West                       1:57.23

    Ben Buesing, Washburn Rural                 2:00.10

    Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural               2:00.38

    Adrian Lehman, Topeka West                  2:02.10

    1,600 METERS

    Adrian Lehman, Topeka West                    4:18.07

    Brody Anderson, Seaman                          4:18.55

    Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural                 4:19.77

    Mark Wilkie, Topeka West                          4:22.29

    Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural                4:34.44

    3,200 METERS

    Brooks Kehoe, Washburn Rural                 9:16.96

    Adrian Lehman, Topeka West                    9:16.98

    Brody Anderson, Seaman                          9:34.99

    Henry Laubach, Washburn Rural               9:41.18

    Clayton Fink, Washburn Rural                   10:03.37

    110-METER HURDLES

    Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural                  14.64

    Christian Hartman-Babb, Washburn Rural   15.50

    Desean Lunkins, Topeka High                       15.80

    Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights                       15.84

    Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park                    16.18

    300-METER HURDLES

    Liam Morrison, Washburn Rural                    38.83

    Braylon Badger, Washburn Rural                   40.62

    Isaac Song, Shawnee Heights                        41.07

    Michael Hurla, Seaman                                  41.29

    Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park                     42.25

    4x100-METER RELAY

    Silver Lake                                                       43.28

    Seaman                                                           43.48

    Washburn Rural                                               43.49

    Topeka High                                                    43.87

    Topeka West                                                    44.50

    4x400-METER RELAY

    Washburn Rural                                            3:19.01

    Topeka West                                                 3:24.56

    Topeka High                                                  3:24.64

    Seaman                                                         3:26.21

    Hayden                                                          3:27.06

    4x800-METER RELAY

    Washburn Rural                                         8:01.63

    Shawnee Heights                                       8:31.70

    Seaman                                                      8:43.94

    Topeka High                                               8:46.69

    Silver Lake                                                  8:54.17

    HIGH JUMP

    Jack Esser, Seaman                                      6-5

    Blake Toyne, Seaman                                   6-2

    Brooks Ballard, Washburn Rural                  6-0

    Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake                           6-0

    Cody Quy, Seaman                                      6-0

    Rondell Harris, Hayden                                6-0

    Tad McGee, Seaman                                     6-0

    Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake                      6-0 

    TylerWedl2025 4Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights

    POLE VAULT

    Tyler Wedl, Shawnee Heights                   12-6

    Luke Deering, Washburn Rural                 10-6 

    Desmond Grindol, Washburn Rural           9-6

    Caleb Schwartz, Washburn Rural               9-6

    Quinton White, Seaman                             9-6

    JensenSchrickelSTATE 1Jensen Schrickel, Hayden

    LONG JUMP

    Jensen Schrickel, Hayden                            22-7

    Peyton Holmes, Seaman                             22-6

    Elijah Berg, Topeka West                             21-8

    Te'Vante Ewing, Topeka High                      21-5

    Rayshon Pollard, Highland Park                  20-11

    Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural                      20-11

    TRIPLE JUMP

    Kaden Whitehurst, Seaman                       42-8

    Cody Quy, Seaman                                     41-11

    Deondre Razzano, Silver Lake                    41-11

    Bryson Burgos, Silver Lake                         41-8

    Ethan Surey, Washburn Rural                    40-7.50

    SHOT PUT

    Brogen Brown, Seaman                              50-11

    Amir Bass, Shawnee Heights                      45-6

    F. Anguiano, Hayden                                  44-10

    Clayton Johnson, Seaman                           44-5

    Dorian Rhoten, Topeka West                       44-3

    Sam Scott, Washburn Rural                          44-3

    DISCUS

    Brogen Brown, Seaman                            146-0

    Myles Fisher, Silver Lake                          144-5

    Treyton Tetuan, Hayden                           137-4

    Samuel Scott, Washburn Rural                 136-0

    Zachary Hancock, Washburn Rural           135-11

    JAVELIN 

    Kelton Meier, Hayden                              162-5

    Oliver Perez, Washburn Rural                   155-2

    Andre Johnson, Rossville                          155-1

    Jackson Haas, Hayden                              153-7

    Gabriel Taylor, Washburn Rural                 148-10

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