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Veritas drops twinbill J-W Staff Reports
Cair Paravel boys 67, Veritas 45 TOPEKA — Chad Stieben scored 16 points, and Mark Weinhold added 10, but Veritas Christian suffered a 67-45 high school boys basketball loss to Topeka Cair Paravel on Tuesday night. Micah Edmondson contributed nine points for John Young/Journal-World Photo the Eagles. “Our kids played hard,” FREE STATE SENIOR KEITH LONEKER, CENTER, HEAVES THE BALL DOWN-COURT after Veritas coach Blake Mudd stealing it away from Topeka Seaman’s Joe Miller, left, during the Firebirds’ 71-48 vicsaid, “and we just lost to a tory Tuesday at FSHS. better team tonight.” Veritas (2-3) will play BOX SCORES Topeka Heritage at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Eudora Free State boys 71, Seaman girls 53, Rec Center. Free State 39 Seaman 48
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LAWRENCE HIGH’S MAKAYLA BELL (11) SHOOTS over Junction City’s Brenna Waterman in the Lions’ 66-63 loss Tuesday at LHS.
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“there was one second left, and we’re trying any way possible to get a shot up.” Last week, in Lawrence’s season opener, Emporia won 47-45, and the Lions missed a potential game-winner in the final seconds. “We’ve just got to continue to learn and grow,” Wood said, “and keep fighting the fight, and we’ll be all right.” The Lions showed that kind of ability in their comeback. They trailed, 37-35, at halftime before taking the lead in the third quarter, when six players scored, including senior guard Jolona Shield, backup freshmen Lemus and Skylar Drum, and sophomore Brook Sumonja. Drum’s basket late in the quarter put LHS ahead, 49-41. “That third quarter, we were playing great,” Wood said. “At that moment, we needed to grab the game and take it, do those little things: box out, stop dribble penetration, value the ball on offense. We didn’t for about a two-minute stretch, and that let them get back in the game. So that hurt us.” With senior forward Kionna Coleman (eight points, three rebounds and five fouls) in foul trouble throughout the loss to JCHS (1-0), senior forward Makayla Bell asserted herself in the second half. Bell scored 11 of her 16 points in the fourth quarter and accounted for all but one of Lawrence’s points in the final eight minutes before fouling out as well with 1:10 to play. “You want to play,” Bell said after a 12-rebound effort. “I was really upset.
JUNCTION CITY (66) Kealee Rains 2-5 2-2 7, Shadaja Gamble 6-12 3-14 15, Breanna Waterman 1-5 2-2 4, A’Kia Fain 7-13 6-12 21, Kori Kamm 0-5 0-0 0, Abryana Dixon 3-6 2-4 8, Cassidy Meadows 1-3 7-8 9, Allison McKenzie 0-3 1-2 1, Grace Craft 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 20-53 24-46 66. LAWRENCE (63) Makayla Bell 4-14 8-16 16, Marissa Pope 0-6 1-4 1, Matia Finley 1-4 5-10 7, Kionna Coleman 3-7 2-2 8, Jolona Shield 2-11 2-5 8, Olivia Lemus 2-9 2-2 7, Skylar Drum 2-4 2-2 7, Jaycie Bishop 1-5 0-0 2, Brook Sumonja 2-5 0-0 5, Alexis Boyd 1-1 0-1 2, Nesreen Iskandrani 0-0 0-2 0. Totals 18-65 22-44 63. Junction City 21 16 14 15 — 66 Lawrence 11 24 16 12 — 63 Three-point goals: Junction City 2-6 (Rains, Fain); Lawrence 5-27 (Shield 2, Lemus, Drum, Sumonja). Fouled out: Junction City, Kamm, Meadows; Lawrence, Coleman, Bell, Finley. Turnovers: Junction City 16, Lawrence 17.
The one time I try to take a charge, I didn’t get it.” She did gather offensive rebounds in bunches in the fourth quarter, though, scoring all three of her late field goals on put-backs and getting to the freethrow line for five more points in second-chance opportunities. “It was good that we were able to push the defenders down low and get the rebound,” Bell said of the LHS frontcourt (Matia Finley added 10 rebounds), “and then go back up strong and get an and-one or two shots.” Junction City’s fourthquarter free-throw shooting (4-for-15) kept Lawrence alive. But senior forward Shadaja Gamble, who had missed seven straight at the foul line in the fourth, made one with 14 seconds left to give JCHS a three-point edge and force Lawrence to take a more challenging shot in the final seconds. Watching from the bench, Bell thought Lemus just might send the Lions to overtime. “I mean, there was one second on (the clock),” Bell said of the nail-biting scenario. “We had to get it up fast.” Lawrence will play at Blue Valley Southwest at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Veritas 7 16 15 7 — 45 Cair Paravel 15 15 19 18 — 67 Veritas scoring: Chad Stieben 16, Miles Dressler 6, Micah Edmondson 9, Mark Weinhold 10, Seth Hale 4. Cair Paravel scoring: Hass 24, Anderson 10, Haiggins 17, Marsh 2, Nagus 5, Key 5, Nasseri 2, Stovall 2.
Cair Paravel girls 54, Veritas 32 TOPEKA — Veritas’ girls team fell behind by 14 points in the first quarter. Alyssa Krestan scored 20 points to lead the Eagles. “They hit us pretty hard right out of the gate, and turnovers were a big reason,” said Veritas coach Kevin Shelton, whose squad committed 33 turnovers. “We’re a very young team, and that showed. I really thought we settled down after that first quarter. We played much better in the second half.” The Eagles (2-2) will play at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Shawnee Midland Adventist. Veritas 5 10 8 9 — 32 Cair Paravel 19 9 14 13 — 54 Veritas scoring: Hannah Gloss 2, Ashley Boland 2, Macie Dressler 8, Alyssa Krestan 20. Cair Paravel scoring: Peyton Williams 28, Kristian Guenthen 8, Amanda Hiebert 11, Kaitlin Coker 3, Gabby Kentch 2, Claudia Hickman 2.
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ball-handlers, the Firebirds did allow the Vikings to hit 21 of 41 field-goal attempts. Seaman’s Reid Morgart scored most of his game-high 15 points in the paint, while Joe Miller scored from inside and out en route to 11 points. “I thought our defense was OK,” Law said. “It is going to have to get a lot better for what we have coming up the rest of the week.” Cole Moreano, who led Free State with 13 points on 6-of-9 shooting, liked the hustle of his team’s defense, but was not satisfied with the final result. “Our press is more aggressive this year, and we can get easy layups, and that is what we wanted to do,” he said. “Our goal is to try to keep teams below 50 points. It was pretty close. It was not our best effort, but it was OK.” Blake Winslow was the only other Firebird in double figures with 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting as Free State connected on 30 of 60 shots and seven of 10 free throws. “We had a game under
TOPEKA SEAMAN (48) Clancy 0-2 0-0 0, Miller 5-9 0-0 11, Bauer 2-4 0-0 4, Morgart 7-8 1-3 15, Poort 2-7 0-0 4, Hazim 1-4 1-5 3, Frye 2-3 1-2 5, Fehr 2-3 1-2 5, Moylan 0-1 0-0 0, Mumford 1-1 1-2 0, Totals 21-41 4-14 48. FREE STATE (71) Winslow 4-5 2-2 10, Moreano 6-9 0-0 13, Loneker 2-4 2-5 6, Caro 1-2 0-0 2, Lane 3-8 0-0 6, Narcomey 3-5 1-1 8, Hack 2-6 0-0 4, Garber 3-3 1-1 8, McKinney 0-0 0-0 0, Anavberokhai 4-11 0-0 9, Cordes 1-5 1-1 3, Keating 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 30-60 7-10 71. Topeka Seaman 6 14 13 15 — 48 Free State 17 18 21 15 — 71 Three-point goals: Topeka Seaman 2-8 (Miller 1, Fehr 1), Free State 4-15 (Moreano 1, Narcomey 1, Garber 1, Anavberokhai 1). Turnovers: Topeka Seaman 17, Free State 10. Total Fouls: Topeka Seaman 14 (fouled out: Fehr), Free State 18.
TOPEKA SEAMAN (53) Searcy 2-4 0-0 4, Thomas 2-4 1-2 5, Heald 3-6 5-6 11, Legette 7-12 2-4 16, McMillan 2-8 1-4 5, Henry 2-3 4-4 10, Hiegert 0-0 1-2 1, Smith 0-1 1-2 1, Totals 18-38 15-24 53. FREE STATE (39) Jadlow 0-2 0-0 0, Piper 3-13 6-6 13, Wiebe 2-8 1-2 6, Shade 4-17 4-4 15, Kahler 1-3 0-1 2, Hickman 0-0 0-0 0, Shoemaker 0-2 0-0 0, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, McClorey 0-1 0-0 0, Hickman 1-1 1-1 3, Totals 11-47 12-14 39. Topeka Seaman 23 9 12 9 — 53 Free State 9 7 18 5 — 39 Three-point goals: Topeka Seaman 2-6 (Henry 2), Free State 4-27 (Shade 3, Piper 1). Turnovers: Topeka Seaman 7, Free State 7. Total fouls: Topeka Seaman 15 (fouled out: McMillan), Free State 16 (fouled out: Wiebe)
our belt, and we were able to do some things while they were trying to figure things out,” Law said about Seaman playing its first game.
at the end of the half, Free State started the second half on a 10-1 run with better ball movement, which resulted in making four of its first five shots. Less than three minutes into the second half, Free State trailed just 33-26. Topeka Seaman then went on an 11-5 run. “We came out and battled and made a game out of it in the third quarter, but the problem is we got in such a big hole,” Free State coach Bryan Duncan said. “We are not real deep on the bench, and we lost that energy pretty quickly after three to four minutes in the third, and we were pretty worn out.”
Seaman girls 53, Free State 39 Free State’s girls found themselves in a deep hole in the first quarter, trailing 20-5 after a 12-0 run by Topeka Seaman. Without the firepower, depth and experience of last year’s team, the young Firebirds did not quit and actually threatened the Vikings early in the second half before falling. Down 23-9 at the end of the first quarter and 32-16
KU volleyball gets regional nods J-W Staff Reports
Four Kansas University players made the first team of the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region Team, Tayler Soucie was named the region’s Freshman of the Year, and Ray Bechard was tapped Midwest Region Coach of the Year for the second straight year. Bechard last year became the first KU coach to earn the regional COY honor. He has led KU — 25-7 and headed to the first Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament in school history — to consecutive 25-win
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seasons for the first time since 1980-81. “I’m excited that my assistant coaches, my volunteer coach and myself can all share in an award that represents all the hard work this coaching staff has done,” Bechard said. KU’s regional firstteamers were: senior middle blocker Caroline
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Jarmoc, senior setter Eric McNorton; and junior outside hitters Chelsea Albers and Sara McClinton. Jarmoc is a three-time all-regional pick, while the other three are firsttimers. Soucie is KU’s first regional Freshman of the Year. “I’m happy for the
k i d s , ” Bechard said. “It’s an extension of our weekend, I think. The team performed Soucie at a high level and we had a number of kids that stepped up. There’s some great momentum going within the program right now and when you advance to this level, you will have some opportunities for your team to get recognized.” Kansas will face Washington at 7 p.m. Friday in Los Angeles.
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Kansas baseball lands 10 signees EHS edges Harmon J-W Staff Reports
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Boys Eudora 59, K.C. Harmon 52 EUDORA — Mitchell Ballock scored 23 points and Austin Downing added 17 as Eudora High defeated Kansas City (Kan.) Harmon on Tuesday night in the Cardinal Invitational. Zach Scroggin scored 12 points for Eudora. The Cardinals (1-2) will play KC Ward at 7 p.m. Thursday in Eudora. Harmon 12 16 8 16 — 52 Eudora 7 19 17 16 — 59 Harmon scoring: Gaines 10, Johnson 6, Carson 16, Holliday 2, Allen 2, Richardson 16. Eudora scoring: Trey Byrne 1, Grant Elston 2, Austin Downing 17, Mitchell Ballock 23, Zach Scroggin 12, Austin Wellman 3, Mason Fawcett 1. Other Cardinal Invitational scores: Harrisonville, Mo. 61, Kansas City Ward 56; Paola 65, Bonner Springs 38.
Silver Lake 66, Kansas University Perry 62, 2 OT signed 10 student-athletes PERRY — Silver Lake to baseball letters of intent pulled away in the second during the early signing overtime. period, coach Ritch Price Perry 13 10 13 16 4 6 — 62 announced Tuesday. Silver Lake 13 11 15 13 4 10 — 66 KU signed eight high Perry-Lecompton: Scrimsher 7, Morgison 12, Besler 6, Surface 12, school seniors and two Johanning 10, Linquist 12, Hemelrick 3 transSilver Lake: Boyd 3, Freeman 8, junior-college Matzke 3, Vega 5, Smith 32, Redman 15. fers, with an emphasis on pitching: Six of the 10 Girls signees are pitchers. “We are thrilled with our Perry-Lecompton 48, 2014-15 recruiting class,” Silver Lake 38 Price said. “We expect to PERRY — Madison Hess lose several impact junior scored 21 points to lead position players in addition the Kaws. Perry-Lecompto our entire weekend rotaton (2-0) will host Santa Fe Trail on Friday. Perry-Lecompton scoring: Kai Jones 7, Madison Hess 21, Annie Mehl 3, Dani Bowser 3, Taylor Fuller 6, Lauren Jamison 7, Halsten Coyle 1. Silver Lake scoring: Johnson 2, White 3, Wegner 8, Lane 9, Gifford 14, Kirkwood 2.
tion and our closer (to the The signing class is: MLB Draft). Our coach- Tyler Condie, 6-foot-1, ing staff is excited about 180-pound right-handed the depth pitcher This is potentially this class from Las provides on the best recruiting Vegas Desthe mound class that we have ert Oaas well as had since I started sis High/ in the field. Southern This is po- here at Kansas.” Nevada tentially the CC; Tanbest recruit- — KU baseball coach Ritch Price ner Gragg, ing class a 6-0, that we have 195-pound had since I started here at right-handed catcher from Kansas, and if we survive Blue Valley West High; the professional draft in Ryan Jackson, 6-3, 190, LHP June, we have a chance for from Las Vegas Green Valthese guys to put us in the ley High; Brandon Jacktop 25.” son, 6-4, 230, RHP from
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Las Vegas Faith Lutheran High; Ben Krauth, 6-0, 170, LHP from Concord Calif. North Gate High and Diablo Valley CC; TJ Martin, 6-0, right-handed catcher from Blue Valley Southwest High; Matt McLaughlin, 6-1, 185, righthanded infielder from San Jose (Calif.) Leland High; Ryan Ralson, 6-4, 225, RHP from Blue Valley West; Owen Taylor, 6-2, 185, right-handed/switch-hitting infielder from Grand Junction (Colo.) High; and Blake Weiman, 6-4, 190, LHP from Littleton (Colo.) Columbine High.