Rick Peterson Jr.
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Lewis’ buzzer-beater sends Ichabods to 80-78 win at Fort Hays State
HAYS — With a little improvisation, Washburn got the ball in the right guy’s hands in the final seconds of Thursday’s opener at Fort Hays State.Down a point and inbounding on the side with 2.8 seconds left, the Ichabods managed to work the ball to sharpshooter Jalen Lewis on somewhat of a broken play.Lewis took one dribble to his left and buried a clean look from the wing at the buzzer, sending… → Read More
USD 501 basketball teams get go-ahead to start practice; wrestling still on hold
Highland Park, Topeka High and Topeka West’s basketball teams got the partial go-ahead from the Unified School District 501 school board in its virtual meeting Thursday night to begin the 2020-21 season, while district wrestling teams remain on hold.The USD 501 board approved district basketball teams, which had missed the first four days of preseason practice, to begin practicing, but the… → Read More
MIAA basketball coaches tab WU men third, women eighth in preseason polls
Washburn’s men’s basketball team was picked third in the MIAA preseason coaches poll released Wednesday while the Ichabod women were tabbed eighth.Both Washburn teams will open the 2020-21 season, which has undergone significant changes due to the coronavirus, with MIAA road games at Fort Hays State on Nov. 19.Northwest Missouri was picked as the men’s team to beat with 13 first-place votes and… → Read More
Blue Valley trips Rural 2-1 in 6A third-place game
Playing in Saturday’s Class 6A third-place game was a tough turnaround for Washburn Rural’s soccer team, particularly after coming within 31 seconds of having a chance to play for a state championship.But although the Junior Blues ended a 16-4-1 season with a 2-1 loss to Blue Valley at Hummer Sports Park, Rural coach Brian Hensyel was extremely proud of the effort his short-handed team turned in… → Read More
Ridley honors Baldwin coaching legend Venable with new book
Topekan Chris Ridley will never forget Merle Venable and the impact the charismatic Baldwin High School coaching legend had on his life.Ridley is hoping → Read More
CapFed Best News: Washburn’s dream for indoor facility becomes a reality
After a decade of planning, Washburn’s new multimillion-dollar indoor athletic facility is, to use a sports analogy, in the home stretch.The $20.6 million project, which broke ground in April, is scheduled to be completed next month, and Washburn plans to host its first event in the facility in early December.The facility, which has nearly 150,000 square feet of finished floor spare, will… → Read More
Peyton Williams: To Russia with game
Former Cair Paravel Latin and Kansas State multi-sport star Peyton Williams’ news that she is headed to Moscow, Russia, to launch her professional basketball career has been met with some interesting reactions.After all, the United States has had a very complicated relationship with that country.But the 6-foot-4 Topekan, who received All-Big 12 recognition in both basketball and volleyball for… → Read More
West's Bloomquist reaches 500-win milestone
At this point, Rick Bloomquist's eight-year run as boys basketball coach at Topeka West is the shortest of the head coaching jobs he's had in a distinguished career. But you can make a case that his West stint means the most to the 65-year-old Bloomquist, who notched career victory No. 500 as a high school varsity coach Friday night with a 54-48 Charger non-league victory at Olathe Northwest.… → Read More
Washburn women roll past Bethel, 87-46
Washburn's women's basketball team accomplished what it needed to in Thursday's home opener at Lee Arena. The 2-1 Ichabods got a decisive win, rolling to → Read More
Highland Park to induct '19 Hall of Fame, Wall of Honor classes
Highland Park will honor four graduates, two Hall of Fame and two Sports Wall of Honor inductees, in ceremonies Saturday in the Highland Park library. → Read More
CapFed Best News: Topeka Stars' Special Olympics team looking for second straight North American crown
The players for the Topeka Stars’ Special Olympics men’s softball team have never backed away from a challenge, either in life or sports.And → Read More
Brown pleased with Tigers' first practice
Judging by the first practice, Chris Brown could tell complacency wasn’t an issue for Fort Hays State football in the offseason.The ninth-year FHSU → Read More
Brown pleased with Tigers' first practice
Judging by the first practice, Chris Brown could tell complacency wasn’t an issue for Fort Hays State football in the offseason.The ninth-year FHSU → Read More
Kansas A to Z: 'C' is for WaKeeney Christmas
WAKEENEY — Hailed as the Christmas City of the High Plains, the holiday spirit can be discovered year-round in WaKeeney.The city’s annual tree lighting and downtown Christmas display is known as the largest between Kansas City and Denver, but even a trip to the city in the summer will bring reminders of Christmas.A vacant lot located in the 100 block of Main Street has been transformed into the… → Read More
Kansas A to Z: 'C' is for WaKeeney Christmas
WAKEENEY — Hailed as the Christmas City of the High Plains, the holiday spirit can be discovered year-round in WaKeeney.The city’s annual tree lighting and downtown Christmas display is known as the largest between Kansas City and Denver, but even a trip to the city in the summer will bring reminders of Christmas.A vacant lot located in the 100 block of Main Street has been transformed into the… → Read More
Cox, Hesseltine push Seaman to 1-0 victory, spot in 5A semifinals
WICHITA — Senior Trent Cox may be Seaman's No. 9 hitter, but he takes pride in being able to deliver from the bottom of the Viking lineup.Cox never delivered anything bigger than he did Thursday night, with his second-inning single accounting for the game's only run in Seaman's 1-0 victory over Arkansas City in the opening round of the Class 5A state baseball tournament.With the victory, 18-5… → Read More
Seaman's Pietro Perego leads 19-player city contingent to state tennis
In about three weeks, Seaman star tennis player Pietro Perego will board a plane and return to his home in Sesto San Giovanni, a small town close to Milan → Read More
Lysaught, Washburn women's tennis savoring 'dream season'
Washburn tennis coach Lance Lysaught expected his women’s team to be good this spring, but the Ichabods have surpassed even Lysaught’s lofty expectations.Washburn claimed the MIAA regular-season championship with a perfect 9-0 record, started the week fifth in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings and No. 1 in the Central Region, and ended the regular season with a glossy 21-2 overall… → Read More
Topekan Tatyana Legette, Fort Hays State women win MIAA title game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last major MIAA accomplishment on the checklist for the Fort Hays State women’s basketball program has been crossed → Read More
Topekan Tatyana Legette, Fort Hays State women win MIAA title game
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The last major MIAA accomplishment on the checklist for the Fort Hays State women’s basketball program has been crossed → Read More