Just a day after hearing that Rockhurst’s (Mo.) unscored-upon streak stood at an intimidating 23 games, the St. Thomas Aquinas boys soccer team went out and ruined it with a 3-2 triumph in front of a large crowd at the Top Dawg tournament held at the Blue Valley District Activities Center last week.
Rockhurst took a 1-0 advantage before Aquinas’ Thomas Schermoly rained on the Hawklets parade by scoring on his own rebound after he headed the ball off of the Rockhurst post. The junior forward then gave the Saints the lead with a second straight goal.
“We found out (about the streak) yesterday,” Schermoly told the Kansas City Star. “It just really encouraged us to work harder.”
Jordan Zarse booted the game-clincher in the second half for the Saints, who snapped a 32-game winning streak by the Hawklets.
Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League ready to increase membership
The state’s largest league is about to get bigger. With the addition of three new schools over the next two years, the four-division league will increase from 24 schools to 26 in time for the 2011-12 school year. When all is said and done, the two biggest divisions of the league will play home to seven schools each, while the two smallest divisions will include six schools apiece.
Despite opening its doors this fall, Maize South won’t compete against a league schedule until 2011-12, as will Goddard Eisenhower, which opens in the fall of 2011. Wichita Collegiate was placed in the AV-CTL by the Kansas State High School Activities Association and begins conference competition in 2010.
Goddard Eisenhower will be placed in Division II once its doors open. Maize South and Wichita Collegiate will compete in Division IV. Kingman will drop out of Division IV next fall to begin competition in the newly formed Central Kansas League. Campus and Newton will move up to Division I, the league's big-school division, while Goddard drops into the Division II ranks. Winfield drops one division to Division III. Andover and Andover Central will make the move from Division III to Division II, while Rose Hill moves up a notch to Division III.
Goessel runners medal in sportsmanship
Flinthills cross country runner Sarah Dains was among the race leaders at the Canton-Galva Invitational last week when she suffered a severe asthma attack. Fortunately, help was around the corner. Goessel runners Brittny Czarnowsky and Kristen Hoffman, as well as Dain’s teammate Angela Merwin put aside any individual achievements they envisioned for the day, and stopped to help Dains, who had collapsed and was found unconscious, according to the Wichita Eagle.
Czarnowsky raced back to the starting line to inform meet officials and emergency medical assistance soon arrived. Czarnowsky finished the race in 24 minutes, 36 seconds. Dains, Hoffman and Merwin arrived at the finish line some time later.
“I think during any meet that it’s more important for the people to be safe and everybody doing well than to just place,” Hoffman told the Wichita Eagle. “You can place at any meet. But to make sure everybody is healthy is entirely different. That’s the priority.”
Top performers
Bryce Paden of Wathena rushed for 295 yards and five touchdowns on 23 carries in a 41-8 win over McLouth…Axtell’s Jesse Taylor rushed for 227 yards and five touchdowns on 20 carries in a 46-6 win over Pike Valley…Brian Gellinger of Bennington rushed for 208 yards in a 42-27 win over Inman…Hiawatha’s Camron Leupold rushed for 345 yards and five touchdowns on 35 carries in a 39-14 win over Sabetha…Jordan Tice of Osage City rushed for 342 yards and three touchdowns on 34 carries in a 39-12 win over Council Grove…Lyndon’s Derek Banzhaf rushed for 230 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries in a 42-13 win over West Franklin…Matt Hager of Pleasant Ridge rushed for 225 yards and three touchdowns on 23 carries in a 40-22 win over Valley Falls.
Mikabe Erdman of Kingman threw for 338 yards in a 47-32 loss to Circle…Central-Burden’s Bo Savage threw for 322 yards in a 48-42 loss to Argonia…Ethan Corday of Coffeyville threw for 284 yards in a 41-40 win over Columbus…Salina Central’s Trey Dallas threw for 280 yards in a 48-13 win over Goddard…Braden Barret of Eureka completed 11-of-37 passes for 275 yards and two touchdowns in a 47-12 loss to Neodesha…St. Thomas Aquinas’ Richard Davila completed 13-of-23 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns in a 28-12 win over Blue Valley West…Blake Jablonski of Wichita Collegiate completed 16-of-27 passes for 255 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-12 win over Smoky Valley…Chaparral’s Justin Wilcox threw for 243 yards in a 32-14 loss to Medicine Lodge.
Cameron Craig of Coffeyville was credited with 257 yards in receptions in a 41-40 win over Columbus…Central-Burden’s Jacob Lawson was credited with 192 yards in receptions in a 48-42 loss to Argonia…Thomas Lowe of Eureka caught four passes for 164 yards and two touchdowns in a 47-12 loss to Neodesha…Waverly’s Josh Teal caught five passes for 163 yards and three touchdowns in a 50-48 win over Hartford…Richard Mould of Circle was credited with 155 yards in receptions in a 47-32 win over Kingman…Kingman’s Blake Berkamp was credited with 145 yards in receptions in a 47-32 loss to Circle…Jesse Wassenberg of Salina Central was credited with 141 yards in receptions in a 48-13 win over Goddard…Valley Falls’ Riley Bunde caught four passes for 136 yards and two touchdowns in a 40-22 loss to Pleasant Ridge.
Kansas Football Rankings
Class 6A
1. Olathe North (4-0) 180 45 1
2. Junction City (4-0) 178 56 2
3. Manhattan (4-0) 124 31 3
4. Dodge City (4-0) 188 42 5
5. Blue Valley Northwest (4-0) 144 72 7
6. Lawrence Free State (3-1) 134 61 -
7. Shawnee Mission West (3-1) 110 59 4
8. Olathe East (2-2) 91 96 9
9. Shawnee Mission Northwest (3-1) 104 63 -
10. Derby (2-2) 81 72 6
Class 5A
1. Hutchinson (4-0) 200 47 1
2. McPherson (4-0) 187 41 2
3. Gardner-Edgerton (4-0) 200 36 3
4. Salina Central (4-0) 147 74 4
5. Wichita Bishop Carroll (4-0) 149 61 5
6. St. Thomas Aquinas (4-0) 95 51 6
7. Emporia (3-1) 124 69 9
8. Hays (4-0) 104 56 -
9. Newton (3-1) 116 51 8
10. Kansas City-Turner (3-1) 110 75 7
Class 4A
1. Bishop Miege (2-2) 134 68 1
2. Buhler (4-0) 215 53 2
3. Andale (4-0) 154 37 3
4. Holton (4-0) 158 48 4
5. Rose Hill (4-0) 177 14 6
6. Louisburg(3-1) 126 60 5
7. Andover (3-1) 132 90 9
8. Abilene (3-1) 128 89 10
9. Hugoton (4-0) 185 30 -
10. Basehor-Linwood (3-1) 133 51 -
Class 3A
1. Conway Springs (4-0) 157 39 1
2. Silver Lake (4-0) 140 23 2
3. Garden Plain (4-0) 222 28 3
4. Marysville (4-0) 202 14 4
5. Wichita Collegiate (4-0) 153 61 5
6. Scott City (4-0) 132 21 6
7. Norton (3-1) 107 48 7
8. Pleasant Ridge (4-0) 155 34 8
9. Galena (4-0) 147 62 10
10. Hutchinson Trinity (4-0) 213 12 -
Class 2-1A
1. Smith Center (4-0) 152 26 1
2. St. Marys (4-0) 126 47 2
3. Olpe (4-0) 177 12 3
4. Oakley (4-0) 108 20 4
5. Pittsburg-Colgan (3-1) 171 59 5
6. Meade (4-0) 193 34 6
7. Ellis (3-1) 126 42 7
8. Ell-Saline (4-0) 163 48 9
9. Oswego (4-0) 135 6 10
10. St. Francis (2-2) 90 90 8
Class 8-Man I
1. Baileyville B&B (4-0) 192 14 1
2. Madison (4-0) 171 12 2
3. Clifton-Clyde (3-1) 224 88 3
4. Colony-Crest (4-0) 220 54 4
5. Quinter (3-1) 176 64 5
6. Minneola (4-0) 196 56 6
7. Pretty Prairie (4-0) 172 50 8
8. Goessel (3-1) 150 62 7
9. Macksville (2-2) 106 112 -
10. Lebo (4-0) 180 48 10
Class 8-Man II
1. Victoria (4-0) 202 110 1
2. Hanover (3-1) 160 108 2
3. Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton (4-0) 172 80 5
4. Ashland (4-0) 84 38 6
5. Sharon Springs-Wallace County (3-1) 150 102 4
6. Otis-Bison (4-0) 234 90 7
7. Quivira Heights (2-2) 204 126 8
8. Norwich (3-1) 140 74 9
9. Hope (4-0) 178 60 10
10. Sylvan Grove (4-0) 188 76 -
