Washburn Rural showed off its doubles depth in capturing team titles at both the Topeka City Championships and Centennial League meet, both held at Kossover Tennis Center in Topeka.
 
At the City Championships last Thursday, the Junior Blues swept the doubles titles as Dylan Willingham and Cale Duetscher cruised to the No. 1 title and Ben Tryhus and Kieffer O’Connor got their second straight No. 2 crown.
 
Willingham and Deutscher dropped only four games in taking the No. 1 title, beating Topeka West’s Collin McGee and Zander Rice 8-3 in the championship match. Tryhus and O’Connor duplicated that performance, also losing only four games and taking an 8-3 win over Seaman’s Aaron Sampson and Cooper Hopeck.
 
Their showing helped Rural take the team title by a 30-27 margin over Seaman.
 
At Monday’s Centennial League meet, there was only one division for singles and doubles and that led to an all-Rural showdown in the doubles finals. And though Willingham and Deutscher have held down the No. 1 spot, it was Tryhus and O’Connor who came out victories in their title showdown, taking a 1-6, 6-1, 10-8 marathon victory.
 
“Cale and Dylan played really well and it was an honor to be able to play them in the final,” Tryhus said. “It’s always hard playing your teammates and you’ve got to look past that and just play your game.”
 
The 1-2 doubles finish along with a third in singles from Greyson Jones led Rural to the league team title as they finished three points ahead of Manhattan.
 
The Indians were led by singles champion Jay Hoke, who beat Topeka High’s Tres Lassiter 6-2, 6-0 in the singles finals.

Cair Paravel's Drew Fay captured the singles title at the Topeka City Meet, beating Topeka's Lassiter 8-3 in the finals. Fay is 22-1 this season.
 
The runner-up doubles showing by Topeka West’s McGee and Rice at the city meet capped a week that saw the duo go 13-3 and take titles at the Topeka High Invitational and Seaman Quad as well as a sixth at the Goddard Invitational.
 
GOLF STANDOUTS

• Santa Fe Trail captured its third tournament title of the season, winning the St. Marys Invitational with a team score of 316 to edge Nemaha Central by just two shots. Brody Buessing won his second tournament of the season, shooting a 74 and winning a playoff with Nemaha’s Layton Thomas and Colten Coby, who also had 74a. Cale Anshutz shot a 75 to finish fourth.
• After picking up his first win of the season at the Jefferson West Invitational last week with a 77, Holton’s Easton Moulin enjoyed a career day in winning the title at the Holton Invitational on Monday. Moulin shot a career-low by eight strokes, posting a 3-under 67 to win the title by four shots over Nemaha Central’s Layton Thomas. Moulin has five top-five finishes this season and won the Jefferson West tourney by three shots.

 

 

• Onaga captured the title at the Valley Heights Invitational, putting four players in the top 10 to finish with a team score of 330 to win by 23 shots over Centralia. Graham Valburg led the way for the Buffaloes, shooting a 1-over 71 to tie his best high school tourney score ever. Maddix Blacksmith (sixth, 85), Josh Daniels (seventh, 86) and Koy Nider (ninth, 88) also made the top 10.
• Wamego’s Regan Kueker fired back-to-back 67s last week, winning the Hesston Invitational title with a 4-under round and taking second at the Hutchinson Invitational with a 5-under round.
• Topeka West’s Blaze Schultz won the title at the Salina South Invitational, shooting a 2-over 72 to win by four strokes.