The Hutchinson Community men’s cross country team won the Region VI championship and the Blue Dragon women placed second Friday. Both teams are Jayhawk Conference champions. (Blue Dragon Sports).
The Hutchinson Community men’s cross country team won the Region VI championship and the Blue Dragon women placed second Friday.
The meet took place at the Kansas Veterans Home course in Winfield.
The Blue Dragon men’s team placed runners second, third, fifth, 10th, 15th, 19th, 31st, 34th and 40th and scored 35 points. The HutchCC men also are the Jayhawk West champions and Jafet Molinares was named Coach of the Year.
The Butler Community College women tallied 69 points to win the Region VI women’s championship. They edged out Hutchinson by 1 point. Hutchinson scored 70 points. The Blue Dragon women also are Jayhawk West champions.
HutchCC’s Dennis Cheruyiot placed second in the 8,000-meter men’s race with a time of 23 minutes, 46.8 seconds.
Butler CC’s Emmanuel Otis won the Region VI men’s individual title with a time of 23:40.45.
Cheruyiot was followed by Cornelius Kogo, third place, 23”30.6; Titus Kiprotich, fifth, 23:59.; Farrin Mangelson, 10th, 24:49.8; Thaddeus Rotich, 15th, 25:12/9; Kaden Lohrentz, 19th, 25:44.3; David Ultreras, 31st, 26:24.6; Leo LeGrand, 34th, 26:30.3; and Blake Yoder, 40th, 27:13.3.
HutchCC freshman Faith Jepchirchir ran away from the pack to win the Region VI women’s individual title. Jepchirchir posted a time of 17 minutes, 8.43 seconds to win the women’s 5,000-meter race.
Hutchinson’s Jordyn Picolet paced sixth with a time of 17:48.8, followed by Abigail Grantham, 16th place, 19:06.76; Ava Lemaster, 27th, 20:04.37; Laura Avila, 31st, 20:22.56; and Rio Kirven, 41st, 21:10.35.
Hutchinson’s Lilian Mateo Torrez did not finish the race.
Butler Community College placed second in the men’s competition with 51 points, Fort Hays Tech Northwest 84, Garden City 105, Cowley College 159, Cloud County 174, Colby 195, Allen CC 224, Barton CC 248, Dodge City 253, Neosho County 275, Coffeyville 295, Hesston College 351 and Fort Scott CC 400.
Dodge City placed third in the women’s competition with 73 points, followed by Cloud County 76, Garden City 110, Cowley College 116, Barton CC 170, Neosho County 207 and Fort Scott 241.
HutchCC men’s golf team, Charlie Box first at NJCAA National Preview
The Hutchinson Community College men’s golf team captured first place in the NJCAA National Preview tournament, which took place Thursday and Friday at Sand Creek Station in Newton.
The third-ranked Blue Dragons, hosts of the 54-hole tournament, posted a 21-over-par score of 885 (292-296-297). The Blue Dragons beat second-place Western Texas (296-311-298-905) by 10 strokes.
McLennan CC and Garden City tied for third at 909, followed by Odessa 913, Dodge City 918, Indian Hills 918. New Mexico JC 919, Weatherford 922, North Idaho 932, Eastern Wyoming 954, Eastern Arizona 957, New Mexico Military 1000, Otero JC 1001 and Mesalands CC 1058.
Hutchinson’s Charlie Box claimed the first-place individual title and teammate Jaydon Carruthers tied for third.
Box fired a 69 in the first round, 68 in the second round and 72 in the third round for a 209 score. Carruthers shot 72-72-75 for a 219 score.
Hutchinson’s Louis Ross finished 11th (75-78-73-226), David Razinkas placed 25th (76-78-78-232) and Jack Northgraves tied for 39th place (77-82-77-236).
Two Blue Dragon golfers competed as independents. Tyler Walker tied for 25th place (76-80-76-232) and Cal Schultz placed 62nd (83-80-85-248).
HutchCC volleyball team downs Seward County on Parents Night
The Hutchinson Community College volleyball team swept the Seward County Saints on Parents Night Friday at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.
The Blue Dragons won the match 25-15, 25-15, 25-19. Hutchinson rallied back from a 16-11 deficit with a 14-9 run (including an 10-1 spurt).
HutchCC’s Shelbi Wilson served up an ace on match point. McKenzie Murphy’s kill gave HutchCC a 21-17 lead.
Hutchinson (17-18-1 overall, 6-7 in Kansas Jayhawk Community College matches) plays Pratt Community College at 6 p.m. Saturday.
HutchCC wraps up the KJCCC season Wednesday at Barton Community College (6 p.m.) and Nov. 2 at Colby Community College (2 p.m.).
Seward County, 8-16 overall (4-10 KJCCC), hosts Dodge City on Wednesday and Garden City on Nov. 2. Both matches start at 6:30 p.m.
First-round games in the Region 6 Volleyball Tournament begin on Nov. 6.
Garden City CC to forfeit six wins due to ineligible player
The Garden City Community College athletic department announced Friday that the football program must forfeit all regular season victories to date for the 2024 season due to an ineligible student-athlete.
“First and foremost, we completed a thorough eligibility check on the student-athlete in question prior to the start of the season,” Director of Athletics Mike Pilosof said in a statement. “All processes and procedures were followed to the letter of the law by the standards set forth by the NJCAA.
“However, it was discovered that information was not disclosed to Garden City Community College. Once we were made aware of the situation, our athletic department immediately contacted the national office.”
The National Junior College Athletic Association’s ruling means that Garden City must vacate victories over Dodge City, Coffeyville, Ellsworth, Community Christian, Independence and Butler.
Garden City will play out the remainder of its schedule beginning with second-ranked lowa Western on Saturday at Broncbuster Stadium.
Kickoff is set for 11 a.m.