Sock wins Junior U.S. Open tennis title

After winning the Junior U.S. Open tennis title last week, Blue Valley North (Overland Park) senior Jack Sock couldn't wait to get his hands on the tournament's trophy.

"That's probably the coolest trophy I've ever won," Sock told the Lincoln Journal Star following his 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Denis Kudla. "When I saw that, I was pretty excited to hold it."

Sock, who also played mixed doubles at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., earned entrance into the tournament by taking home the top prize at the USTA National 18s Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.

Sock became the first American to win the title since Andy Roddick claimed the championship in 2000. He went 6-0 in the junior portion of the tournament.

ANOTHER STREAK FALLS FOR REDMEN
Norton was the last team to do it in 2003. Now it was Phillipsburg's turn.

Sean Newlan sealed the deal for the Panthers when he connected with Sheldyne Brown from 19 yards out in the fourth quarter Friday, securing a 19-14 regular season win over Smith Center and marking the end of an era of futility for Redmen opposition.

Smith Center's 79-game winning streak came to a halt last November when Centralia edged the Redmen 20-12 in the Class 2-1A state championship game. By edging the Redmen last weekend, the Panthers stopped the Mid-Continent Conference football power’s regular season winning streak, putting the skids on another Smith Center streak for the second time in three games.

Phillipsburg lost to Smith Center, which moved up to Class 3A this season, six times since 2004 before getting Friday’s win. From 2004-07, the Redmen went 4-0 against Phillipsburg, outscoring the Panthers 191-29. Phillipsburg lost to the Redmen in 2008 and 2009, as well, but by only a 50-35 margin of victory collectively.

Truitt Kuhlmann opened the game's scoring in the first quarter with a 1-yard plunge. But Phillipsburg came back on the arm of Newlan, who tossed second quarter touchdown strikes of 20 and 39 yards to Matt Schneider and Seth Derr respectively to earn a 13-6 advantage at intermission.

Zach Eaton put the Redmen back on top 14-13 in the third quarter with a 31 yard run, before Newlan’s fourth quarter strike to Brown.

OAKLEY GETS RATH WIN NO. 100
Levi Hefner and Nate Cox scored two touchdowns apiece as Oakley football coach Randall Rath claimed his 100th win in a 38-0 blanking of Sublette. Hefner scored on runs of 39 and 19 yards. Cox hauled in a 29-yard strike from Plainsmen signal caller Patrick Loftus and scored on a 19-yard run. Kody Gabel rounded out the scoring with a 39-yard romp.

LAST WEEKEND'S TOP FOOTBALL PERFORMERS
RUSHING
Hunter Heiland of Spearville ran the ball 32 times for 278 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 36-30 loss to Ingalls… Guy Fullmer of Dighton rushed for 256 yards and three touchdowns on 27 carries in a 40-36 win over Golden Plains… Coleman Kingsley of Newton ran the ball 28 times for 238 yards and three touchdowns in a 49-40 win over Andover… Clearwater's Jarred Nickelson ran the ball 17 times for 230 yards and three scores in a 28-14 win over Augusta… Jonathan Miller of Greeley County (Tribune) ran the ball 37 times for 230 yards and three touchdowns in a 38-28 win over Moscow… Quinter's Joe Simon ran for 206 yards and five touchdowns in a 60-14 win over Wheatland-Grinnell… Ben Heeney of Hutchinson rushed for 204 yards in a 42-14 win over Derby.

PASSING
D.J. Bronson of Northern Heights (Allen) completed 19 of 21 passes for 435 yards and seven touchdowns in a 52-20 win over Chase County… Andrew Westerfield of Sunrise Christian Academy (Bel Aire) connected on 20 of 35 passes for 401 yards and a pair of scores in a 54-33 loss to Christ Prep Academy… Dayton Walter of Lincoln completed 30 of 47 aerials for 351 yards and six touchdowns in a 60-58 loss to Sylvan-Lucas… Osawatomie's Seth Jones completed 19 of 35 passes for 345 yards and three touchdowns in a 56-22 loss to Independence… Derek Racette of Trinity (Hutchinson) connected on 15 of 19 passes for 311 yards and six touchdowns in a 55-16 win over Ell-Saline… Liberal's McVey Slader completed 25 of 41 passes for 294 yards and four touchdowns in 42-32 win over Guymon (Okla.)… Skyler Windmiller of Mill Valley (Shawnee) connected on 10 of 14 passes for 290 yards and a score in a 42-25 win over Bonner Springs… Minneola's Brandy Shumate connected on 24 of 45 aerials for 285 yards and five touchdowns in a 72-44 loss to Kiowa County.

RECEIVING
Bo Westerfield of Sunrise Christian Academy caught eight passes for 196 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 54-33 loss to Christ Prep Academy… Osawatomie’s Brandon Oakes caught seven aerials for 182 yards and a pair touchdowns in a 56-22 loss to Independence… Dalton Pabst of West Franklin (Pomona) reeled in four passes for 177 yards and a pair of scores in a 14-13 win over Herington… Halstead's Dakota Becker hauled in six passes for 171 yards and a touchdown in a 33-26 loss to Hesston… Nick Mendez of Northern Heights caught seven aerials for 159 yards and five touchdowns in a 52-20 win over Chase County… Trinity's Austin Rea caught eight passes for 139 yards and a pair of scores in a 55-16 win over Ell-Saline… Dylan Floyd of Mill Valley caught four passes for 135 yards in a 42-25 win over Bonner Springs… Jon Bellerive of Stockton caught five balls for 133 yards in a 33-30 win over Northern Valley… Hesston's Kyle Perry caught five aerials for 133 yards and a pair of touchdowns in a 33-26 win over Halstead.

Note: The Top Performances used in this section were borrowed from the Wichita Eagle, Topeka Capital Journal and the Kansas City Star, as well as MaxPreps' statistics section.

KANSAS FOOTBALL RANKINGS
(Ranking, team, record, points scored, points allowed, previous ranking)
TOP 10
1. North (Olathe) (2-0) 59 29 1
2. Heights (Wichita) (2-0) 56 0 2
3. Gardner-Edgerton (Gardner) (2-0) 101 25 3
4. Hutchinson (1-1) 70 50 4
5. Manhattan (2-0) 80 13 5
6. Junction City (2-0) 44 14 7
7. East (Olathe) (2-0) 63 14 8
8. Blue Valley (Stilwell) (2-0) 112 7 6
9. West (Shawnee Mission) (1-1) 59 42 10
10. Bishop Miege (Shawnee Mission) (2-0) 96 7 9

CLASS 6A
1. Olathe North (2-0) 59 29 1
2. Wichita Heights (2-0) 56 0 2
3. Manhattan (2-0) 80 13 3
4. Junction City (2-0) 44 14 4
5. Olathe East (2-0) 63 14 5
6. Shawnee Mission West (1-1) 6
7. Topeka (2-0) 82 53 9
8. Dodge City (2-0) 70 17
9. Washburn Rural (Topeka) (2-0) 93 40
10. Lawrence Free State (Lawrence) (2-0) 97 30

CLASS 5A
1. Gardner-Edgerton (2-0) 101 25 1
2. Hutchinson (1-1) 70 50 2
3. Blue Valley (2-0) 112 7 3
4. Bishop Miege (2-0) 96 7 4
5. Aquinas (Overland Park) (2-0) 105 41 5
6. Carroll (Wichita) (1-1) 59 21 6
7. McPherson (2-0) 102 46 7
8. Kapaun Mt. Carmel (Wichita) (2-0) 67 16 –
9. Hays (2-0) 83 19 9
10. Central (Andover) (2-0) 26 19 –

CLASS 4A
1. Hayden (Topeka) (1-1) 35 26 1
2. Louisburg (2-0) 68 6 2
3. Andale (2-0) 74 21 3
4. Buhler (2-0) 63 10 4
5. Abilene (2-0) 69 21 5
6. Baldwin (2-0) 77 14 6
7. Holton (1-1) 88 53 7
8. Colby (2-0) 89 24 10
9. Concordia (2-0) 56 46 –
10. Perry-Lecompton (Perry) (2-0) 83 28 –

CLASS 3A
1. Collegiate (Wichita) (2-0) 69 40 1
2. Silver Lake (2-0) 76 14 2
3. Conway Springs (2-0) 136 0 3
4. Scott (Scott City) (2-0) 61 14 4
5. Garden Plain (2-0) 103 10 6
6. Trinity (Hutchinson) (2-0) 117 29 7
7. Galena (2-0) 72 22 8
8. Rossville (2-0) 69 20 9
9. Norton (2-0) 61 16 10
10. Phillipsburg (2-0) 69 29 –

CLASS 2-1A
1. St. Mary's-Colgan (Pittsburg) (2-0) 88 0 1
2. Olpe (2-0) 57 44 3
3. Oakley (2-0) 96 6 4
4. Centralia (1-1) 54 57 1
5. Meade (1-1) 56 36 7
6. Ellis (1-1) 22 23 8
7. Valley Heights (Blue Rapids) (2-0) 24 15 9
8. Oswego (2-0) 77 12 10
9. LaCrosse (2-0) 106 34 –
10. Washington County (Washington) (2-0) 62 21 –