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City squads roll into league swim finals By Ben Ward Journal-World Sports Writer
OLATHE — The Free State High and Lawrence High swim teams had plenty of solid times Friday evening at the preliminary round of the Sunflower League meet. But when the lanes were cleared and many swimmers still lingered about the pool, it was evident that while Friday was important, it’s all about the finals, which start at 1 p.m. today at California Trail Middle School. “I just wanted to get today over with, to be honest,” said FSHS senior Reilly Moore, who easily qualified first in the 100 breaststroke at 1:11.09
for a slot in the championship onds and also dropped three seconds in the 100 backstroke finals today. “(Finals) are really when I to notch a state-qualifying get that fire in my belly and time. “Hopefully you can see get to race the girls I’ve (opposing wanted to race swimmers) the whole sea(Finals) are really arms,” son.” when I get that fire in Odrowski said Annie of h e r v i ew Odrowski had my belly … ” during the a stellar day for backstroke. the Lions, fin- — Free State’s Reilly Moore “ Yo u d o n’ t ishing third in wa n t to s e e the 500 freestyle (5:28.44) and sixth in their feet.” Odrowski also anchored the 100 backstroke (1:03.64) — both of which earned her a two of Lawrence’s relay teams, the fifth-place qualifyslot in today’s finals. Odrowski, who already had ing 200 medley relay team qualified for state in the 500 (with Rachel Buchner, Mallofreestyle, still cut her time in ry Neet and Miranda Rohn), the event by nearly six sec- and the sixth-place 400 free
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relay team (with Rohn, Buchner and Neet). Rohn earned two spots in the finals after qualifying third in the 100 backstroke (1:02.50) and sixth in the 200 IM (2:23.45). Moore also qualified fourth in the 50 freestyle at 25.47 for FSHS, and Kara Mishler qualified fourth in the 100 fly at 1:01.86. Only one of the FSHS relay teams reached the finals — the No. 5-qualifying 400 free relay team (Misher, Moore, Morgan Miller and Caroline King) — though the Firebirds’ 200 medley relay team and 200 free relay team each made the consolation finals by qualifying seventh.
Sunflower League prelim results 200 medley relay — 5. LHS (Rachel Buchner, Mallory Neet, Miranda Rohn, Annie Odrowski), 2:02.20; 7. FSHS (Hana Arch, Kara Mishler, Reilly Moore, Kate McCurdy), 2:03.58. 200 free — 11. Kate McCurdy, FSHS, 2:10.48; 23. Marilee Neutel, FSHS, 2:28.79; 24. Emma Norwood, FSHS, 2:34.29; 27. Sierra Wilkens, LHS, 2:37.38; 32. Kyleigh Turner, LHS, 2:40.81; 38. Tara Rasing, LHS, 2:55.64; 39. Maddie Martinez, LHS, 2:57.82. 200 IM — 6. Miranda Rohn, LHS, 2:23.45; 8. Kara Mishler, FSHS, 2:24.49; 17. Rosemary Black, FSHS, 2:44.43; 23. Maggie Arensberg, FSHS, 2:56.40; 28. Eisenhower-Summey, LHS, 3:31.98. 50 free — 4. Reilly Moore, FSHS, 25.47; 26. Katie Kimbrough, FSHS, 29.86; 29. Mackenzie Rhodes, LHS, 30.10; 30. Maddie Ruder, LHS, 30.45; 33. Chandler McElhaney, LHS, 30.63; 35. Liesel Reussner, FSHS, 30.74; 40. Catherine Norwood, FSHS, 31.23; 43. Jenny Xu, LHS, 33.06. 100 fly — 4. Kara Mishler, FSHS, 1:01.86; 17. Caroline King, FSHS, 1:10.90; 23. Maggie Arensberg, FSHS, 1:21.53. 100 free — 18. Rosemary Black, FSHS, 1:03.91; 26. Hana Arch, FSHS, 1:07.65; 32.
Maddie Ruder, LHS, 1:09.20; 34. Mackenzie Rhodes, LHS, 1:10.20; 38. Sierra Wilkens, LHS, 1:11.71; 42. Ashlee Bourdon, LHS, 1:17.34. 500 free — 3. Annie Odrowski, LHS, 5:28.44; 20. Marilee Neutel, FSHS, 6:40.77; 24. Sharon Zavala, FSHS, 7:18.45; 25. Kyleigh Turner, LHS, 7:19.73; 26. Lesley Giullian, LHS, 8:13.01. 200 free relay — 7. FSHS (Rosemary Black, Katie Kimbrough, Caroline King, Morgan Miller), 1:53.36; 10. LHS (Rachel Buchner, Mackenzie Rhodes, Chandler McElhaney, Mallory Neet), 2:01.68. 100 back — 3. Miranda Rohn, LHS, 1:02.50; 6. Annie Odrowski, LHS, 1:03.64; 17. Hana Arch, FSHS, 1:11.93; 34. Tara Rasing, LHS, 1:27.33; 35. Cassandra Barrett, FSHS, 1:27.65; 36. Maddie Martinez, LHS, 1:32.06; 38. Claire Murphy-Beach, FSHS, 1:34.59. 100 breast — 1. Reilly Moore, FSHS, 1:11.09; 11. Mallory Neet, LHS, 19. Katie Kimbrough, FSHS, 1:25.82; 21. Katy Thellman, FSHS, 1:27.33; 32. Lesley Giullian, LHS, 1:33.13; 35. Emma Norwood, FSHS, 1:34.33. 400 free relay — 5. FSHS (Morgan Miller, Caroline King, Kara Mishler, Reilly Moore), 4:05.47; 6. LHS (Miranda Rohn, Mallory Neet, Rachel Buchner, Annie Odrowski), 4:07.01.
Free State baseball rallies to 7-3 victory
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pitcher Trent Johnson in the fourth inning and promptly struck out six of the first seven batters he faced. He also led off the fifth inning with a towering home run to tie the game at 3. “As soon as the bat hit the ball, you knew,” Hill said. “It was well over 400 feet to leftcenter.” Free State (13-5) will play host to Lawrence High at 5 p.m. Monday.
OVERLAND PARK — After a sluggish start, Free State High’s baseball team badly needed a lift Friday night at Shawnee Mission North. Good thing Colin Toalson was readily available. Toalson entered in relief and earned the win on the mound, while also blasting a 400-foot home run, and the Firebirds rolled past the Indians, 7-3, on Friday night. “Colin took the game over,” Free State 7, SM North 3 000 230 2 — 7 Free State coach Mike Hill FSrMeeNSotrathte 102 000 0 — 3 said. “He changed the whole W—Colin Toalson (5-2): 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 6 K. F S H S h i g h l i g h t s : Dylan Perry 2-for-3, 3B, 2 atmosphere and was certainly SB; Cody Kukuk 2-for-4, SB; Montana SamuelsRBI, 1a catalyst.” for-1, 2 BB, 2 RBI; Dane McCollough 1-for-2, 2B, RBI; Colin Toalson 1-for-3, HR, BB. Toalson relieved starting
LHS shot putter wins again J-W Staff Reports
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O V E R L A N D P A R K — Blake Hocking won the shot put to pace Lawrence High’s boys track and field team to a sixthplace finish at the 25-team Shawnee Mission North Relays on Friday. Hocking won with a toss of 58 feet, 10 inches. The LHS girls — paced by Krista Costa’s fifth-place finish in the high jump — were 20th.
SHAWNEE MISSION NORTH RELAYS Top finishers for LHS Boys LHS finished sixth out of 25 teams 4X800 relay — 8. 8:31.73 (Nathan Stringer, Gavin Fischer, Josh Shump, Reid Hildenbrand) 100 — 7. Trent Edwards 11.24 4X100 — 7. 43.79 (Gari Jones, Chris Gaston, Austin Flory, Trent Edwards) Triple jump — 2. Austin Flory 43-7-1/2, 8. Steven Hill 42-5-1/2 Shot put — 1. Blake Hocking 58-10, 8. Martin Williams 48-4 Discus — 5. Hocking 149-10. Girls LHS finished 20th out of 25 100 hurdles — 7. TaMiya Green 16.29 4X400 — 6. 4:12.85 (Alexis Scheibler, Emily Davidson, Kelsey Broadwell, Green). High jump — 5. Krista Costa 5-1.
LAWRENCE HIGH JUNIOR BLAKE HOCKING puts the shot during the prelims of the Kansas Relays in this photo from April 22.
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father. Michael Hocking put the shot 56 feet, according to his son, as a high school athlete in St. Joseph, Mo., and competed for one year at Missouri State, then known as Southwest Missouri State. Hocking, 17, surpassed his father’s mark for the first time when he pulled off an upset and won the AAU Nationals in Norfolk, Va., last summer. Having a father knowledgeable in his passion was Hocking’s first break. His second: Lawrence High track and field coach Jack Hood’s area of expertise happens to be the throwing events.
“That’s very helpful,” Hocking said. “He’s a great technician.” Hood also has helped Hocking fortify his academic transcript by convincing him to take an advanced-placement history class he teaches, which Hocking said requires at least one hour of studying, seven nights a week. Former LHS thrower Scott Penny, now a medical student throwing the hammer for Kansas University after a three-year career at Oregon, also took the class. Said Hood: “I told them both, ‘You’re big-time athletes who are going to be recruited by big-time schools, and you better be prepared when you get there.’ It’s the hardest class I’ve ever had to prepare for, and for the
students it’s as challenging as anything they’ll do in high school.” During the summer, Hocking and his father traveled as far east as Virginia, as far west as Washington, plus to nearby states Oklahoma, Missouri and Iowa during a summer devoted to weight training, attending clinics and meets, all for the purpose of becoming a better shot putter. Predicted to finish second in the state meet last year, he placed sixth. “That’s been a huge motivator,” he said. The first thing he did was switch his technique from gliding, a more forgiving method, to spinning, which allows for a higher ceiling but is more difficult to execute consistently.
He hit the weights harder than ever. “A lot of the season is already won based on the offseason,” Hocking said. He also knows college coaches dangling scholarships look at more than results: “Do kids look at how they did last year and think they’re going to do better just by sitting around the couch, or do they work hard and get in the weight room when everybody else is at movies or living the good life?” Hocking’s version of living the good life is setting the goal of competing in the Olympics, a la Nieder, and doing everything within his power to make that goal seem more realistic all the time.
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securing the regional singles championship in his first season of high school tennis. “It feels awesome,” Irick said. Craig said his ground strokes weren’t sharp enough to win and that he let the wind affect him too much. “That’s the one thing that gets in my head,” Craig said. With the first-place finish, Irick will earn a top seed at the state tournament. He said that didn’t really matter, though. “Anybody can beat anybody at any one time,” Irick said. “I feel as though it’s a great accomplishment, but I don’t mind playing whoever shows up.” The state tournament starts Friday in Topeka at the Kossover Tennis Facility.
day we can go to state, which it what it’s all about.” Schmidt said he was elated that he finally qualified for state. “For a little bit there, I was thinking, ‘Hey, this could be the last time I’ll ever play tennis,’” Schmidt said. Marshall was also proud of the way Irick played. In the singles championship, Irick jumped to an early lead and held on to win the first set. He took a 5-1 lead in the second set, but Craig stormed back to force a tiebreaker. Irick pushed past Craig, ● Results on page 8B
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