Year 46, No. 9

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College breaks ground for Food Science & Safety program addition Maria Lara Editor Construction of a new laboratory specifically designed for the Food Science and Safety program started on March 23 on the west side of the Hobble Academic Building at Seward County Community College/Area Technical School.

The lab will provide space for the courses to take place in.

The $442,950 base bid, funded by the STEM grant, for the Food Science and Safety program went to French Construction.

Equipment is ready to be moved into the new space as soon as it gets done, which will be Fall 2015.

The classes currently manage to work around the absence of a lab by using the math and science labs, but Chris Guyer, Food Science and Safety Program specialist, said that it’ll be nice to have a specific space for the students.

“Food Science and Safety involves food chemistry and food microbiology, so it will be nice to have a dedicated space to support the program curriculum,” said Dr. Suzanne Campbell, STEM project director/Medical Lab Technician instructor.

Food science is all about helping people keep food safe and in good quality.

Everyone eats. Everyone has a relationship with food. And that’s what got Guyer into it. He wanted a career where he felt like he was helping people.

“Hardly anything helps people more than helping them get their foods safe. And what’s cool about it is that, we do a pretty good job of doing that in U.S.,” he said.

Guyer has taught at SCCC/ATS for four years. He was in the science department before being hired into the position he holds now.

He worked eight years in the industry before he taught at SCCC/ATS. He also worked in

food science labs, doing mostly microbiology, testing foods for such things as salmonella. He found satisfaction in helping people. “It’s pretty fascinating,” he said.

Currently, three students are enrolled in the Food Science and Safety program, and there are hopes that the new lab will bring awareness to the program and the enrollment numbers will increase.

All of the food science courses at SCCC/ATS can apply to food science majors, but can also be an elective to any student wanting to take the courses who is not a food science major.

According to Guyer, when students look for classes when enrolling, a lot of it is “chance” that they see that there are courses for food science.

“This is considered a career program, so we have an advisory board just like any career programs, filled with local professionals;National Beef, Seaboard, Kansas Dairy Ingredients. They are hungry for employees trained in food science; they want more employees,” Guyer said.

Guyer sees this program filling in an area of need and that the industry is only going to grow.

With laboratory experience, students will be competitive when applying for positions in a laboratory with facilities.

“We are actively marketing and promoting careers in food science and safety; students with an interest in food and science should strongly consider this as a major,” Campbell said.

Crusader photo/Maria Lara

A tractor was on the west side of SCCC/ATS on March 23 digging a hole where the new lab for the Food Science & Safety building will be. The new building is estimated, by Dr. Suzanne Campbell, STEM project director/medical lab technician instructor, to be finished this upcoming fall.

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Blueprints to the floor plan being created for the lab show it will be similar to the labs in the math and science department. The entrance will be where the window is located next to the IT offices in the Hobble hallway.

Food Science is all about helping people keep food safe and in good quality.

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– Chris Guyer FSS program specialist

Crusader photo/Sachie Shiba

Phi Theta Kappa students from Seward County Community College pose as a group at the ‘Bowl for Kids Sake’ event that raised a total of $3,300 for BBBS.

Students and staff raise money for kids sake Jevyn Voss Crusader staff

Crusader photo/Diana Chavira

Children from surrounding towns visit Seward County Community College and are educated on farm related topics from students such as Logan Hernandez, right, beside former Seward student Veronica Zamora.

Farm Education Day upskill children at SCCC/ATS Daisy Torres Crusader staff The Seward County Community College agriculture building was visited by children of Liberal, Kismet and Plains kindergartens for Farm Education Day where they were able to interact with farm animals and learn about agriculture.

The Farm Bureau Association organized the event with the help of SCCC’s ag department, Southwestern Heights High School’s Future Farmers of America, the Farm Service Agency and Natural Resource Conservation Service.

Carolyn Quillin, president of the Farm Bureau and Seward County conservation district manager, said “farming is very important and that’s why we’re out here trying to educate them at

a young age so they will know the right stuff, not what’s just put out there in the media.”

Starla Young, Farm Bureau Association county coordinator, said “I had a little kid already today tell me he that he didn’t realize his egg came from the chicken.”

SCCC/ATS agriculture students, Southwestern Heights FFA members, the Farm Bureau Board, the Kansas State University extension, NRCS, FSA and Seward County Soil Conservation volunteered to provide different activities other than just showing off farm animals and crops.

These included activities about soil, safety about tractors and equipment, how to take care of animals and what goods animals produce, as well as a water shed that the Southwestern Heights

FAA students presented and explained where the water the comes from.

About 550 children in total were scheduled to attend Farm Education Day. Leslie Spikes, the organization manager, appreciates the help SCCC students provide. “It takes a lot of people and a lot of help, having the college kids is huge.

We love the college kids that were here last year and they’ve been really good this year, too, working with the groups” Quillin also added, “It’s a fun day for us, trying to educate younger audiences.”

The Farm Bureau Association not only tries to educate children but also supported higher education by donating $500 towards the SCCC/ATS Foundation’s agriculture scholarship fund.

Students and staff of Seward County Community College/ Area Technical School went big before they went home on March 27 and 28 at AYR Lanes/Billy’s Mexican Grill and Q. The Saints Educational Support Professionals, Phi Theta Kappa, and several student led organizations and athletic teams raised money to support the local branch of Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters and enjoyed an evening of bowling.

Freshman pre-med major

Ruben Pando had never been a part of Bowl for Kids’ Sake before but has been active in several activities with Big Brothers Big Sisters through Phi Theta Kappa as the leadership representative.

“As a member of PTK we’re required to participate in a number activities during the school year and I chose this because it’s a great cause because it helps underprivileged children,” Pando said.

As a part of the event each team was asked to donated $100 per member. The funds raised for the evening go to-

ward the support of local children who are currently paired up with “bigs” as well as those who are waiting to be paired up with a “big.”

SCCC/ATS students raised a total of $3,300 for the local branch of BBBS. Big Brothers Big Sisters works to help broaden children’s perspectives and help them learn how to make good choices in life. The organization is accepting applications for future “bigs” to help a child start on their path to fulfilling their potential and succeeding in school and life.

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Sheldynn Reynolds looks for a shot as she is about to roll the ball on the bowling lane.

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Phonathon raises scholarship money

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Alex Burciaga, top right, and Marina Ourn, bottom left, SCCC/ATS students, along with other SCCC/ATS students participate in this year’s phonathon to help their student organizations raise money for on campus.

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With the help of many student organizations, the Seward County Community College 2015 phonathon has had a successful start.

The phonathon has also brought along competition between organizations and so far the SCCC baseball team has raised the most money with over $10,000 in just two hours. However, there is still a long list of organizations waiting for their turn to participate.

The baseball team, HALO, Phi Theta Kappa, the Crusader, ENACTUS, cheerleaders and more have worked the phones to raise

as much money possible for future scholarships.

“I had such a fun experience working the phonathon,” ENACTUS member Ana Rodriguez said, “It was a great way to reach out to the alumni and supporters.”

"The Phonathon seemed weird at first but after awhile it became really fun and I’m sure students who haven’t done it yet will feel the same,” HALO member Sindy Humaran said.

The 2015 phonathon will continue through April 10 with participation from the Student Government Association, Student Nursing Association, Block and Bridle agriculture club, and other athletic teams.

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REPORTERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS

Total Lunar Eclipse, April 4 Total Lunar Eclipse or “Blood Moon,” will enter full eclipse around 6:57 a.m. on April 4 and will be visible in most of North America. The moon will be totally eclipsed for about 5 minutes.

— Maria Lara

Grant Glaze Magaly Guerrero Lanre Hassan Alexandra Loya Nacole Miller Kim Nguyen Efren Rivero Sachie Shiba Tania Valenzuela Jevyn Voss

Poetry Night contest deadline is April 15 Poetry Night will be hosted on April 29. Prizes in the poetry contest include cash, gift cards, scholarships worth $100, certificates and an opportunity for the best poetry entries to be read at the annual Poetry Night.

Two categories are available for contestants to enter. The first category is the Open Category. Open to anyone from the age of fourteen years and older, and is residing in Seward County, its neighboring counties or a students of SCCC/ATS. The second category is the Scholarship Category which allows juniors and seniors currently enrolled in a public or private high school in Kansas or bordering states to enter for a chance to win scholarships.

The entry deadline is midnight on April 15 for both groups.

For more information, contact Janice Northerns on her phone 620417-1456 or email janice.northerns@sccc.edu.

— Lanre Hassan

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Returning students will be able to meet with their advisors on Thursday, April 16 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. to discuss summer/fall enrollment, degree checks and transfer plans.

— Maria Lara

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Return to the Forbidden Planet coming An alien with grasping tentacles will take the stage along with the cast of “Return to the Forbidden Planet” April 23 - 25 in the Showcase Theatre.

The unusual “cast member” will join the drama and music students in a spring musical wrapped with space adventure, tied in with rock ‘n’ roll and blasted with a touch of Shakespeare.

Tickets will go on sale April 7 in the humanities building. Students get in free with their current student IDs, but to guarantee a seat, tickets should be picked up in advance.

— Maria Lara

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Spring Fiesta, April 26 The annual Spring Fiesta will be Sunday, April 26 from 1-4 p.m.

There will be carnival games, face paintings, live music, competitions, inflatable games, prizes, hair and nail styling, and concessions.

— Maria Lara

Security Report Feb. 20 – Security reports negligent driving and an attempt to elude on SCCC/ATS main campus and tech school. A fine was added to transcript fee.

Feb. 6 – At 11:04 p.m., possession of alcohol incidents were reported for 16 persons in the Student Living Center. They were fined, service and counseling was provided, and one evicted.

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Members of Sigma Chi Chi, from left, Chase Miller, Angel Corral, Marcos Gonzalez and Jessica Guerrero pose for a picture Wednesday during the Xtreme Challenge on campus at SCCC/ATS.

Sigma Chi Chi travels to nationals Magaly Guerrero Crusader staff Sigma Chi Chi traveled to Nashville, Tenn., for the American Criminal Justice Association National Conference on March 21.

The group was there for a week and attended events that consisted of a crime scene challenge, standardized testing, a firearms competition and physical agility course.

Ten people went on the trip, two of which were the instructors, Cristy and Dennis Mulanax, and Carlos Hernandez, Angel Corral, Maria Hernandez, Robert Hoskinson, Chase Miller, Jessica Guerrero, Stephanie Guirola and Marcos Gonzalez.

Guerrero said she enjoyed the crime scene challenge.

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Participants also got to fill out warrants and experience the process of report writing.

Another competition consisted of physical agility. It was a small course that had to be completed in five minutes.

“I started to realize how much work it was going to take in the future, not only physically but also mentally,” Guerrero said.

She was nervous and doubting whether she would be able to complete it. According to Guerrero, “to complete the agility course you had to flip a tire, go through a small cave, jump hay bales, and save a very heavy dummy.”

Guerrero was able to finish the agility course in 2 minutes and 36 seconds; she said she enjoyed how people were supporting even though they were strangers.

The conference also featured events about photography, forensic anthropology and a cadaver lab.

First year criminal justice, student Miller said, “We were

awarded two academic awards and a trophy for physical agility.”

Last year in regionals, Corral and Gonzalez won awards, in firearms and investigation. Next year, the American Criminal Justice Association National Conference will be in California.

Cristy Mulanax, adviser, told her members to not be scared to speak to people, to connect.

Guerrero said she took this into consideration because attendees might come across someone who might want to hire them or give them an internship.

Both Guerrero and Corral mentioned how the trip brought Sigma Chi Chi members closer.

Guerrero stated the long road time hours gave them the time to know each other.

This is Guerrero’s first year in criminal justice.

“It was fun and I learned a lot in the conference that I didn’t know before.” n Portions of story interviews contribued by Maria Lara.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon Say no to ’poo for healthier hair evokes reflection Daisy Torres

Crusader staff torres@crusadernews.com

Everyone strives for hair full of life, bounce, volume and shine, but it seems like we just can’t get it right.

How can we get our hair to be healthy again? How many more shampoos do we have to try until we get the right one? And how much more money do we have to spend?

Recently on the new Snapchat update, I stumbled upon a Cosmo column about a woman that had gone without shampooing for six years.

I honestly had never heard about the ‘no poo’ movement. I did hear my mom often talk

about how unhealthy it is to silky, waiver and frizz free, shampoo hair everyday but I al- which is what I would call my ways thought that my hair got hair goals but first I would have way too greasy if I went even a to go through the first dreadful day without washing. I’ve cut to weeks, the time when hair is adwashing every justing to the other day. Mostchange and still ly. over producing The ‘no poo’ moveBut the ‘no sebum, the natument is not about not poo’ has been get- washing your hair; it is ral oil produced ting bigger and by skin. bigger, even just not using shampoo, The ‘no poo’ celebrities are or not using shampoo as movement cutting the chemi- often. claims that the cals. Some of overproduction these include: of sebum is Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson, caused by constant washing with Adele, Jessica Simpson, damaging chemicals, and if you Gwyneth Paltrow and others. want to get into the chemistry of The ‘no poo’ movement is not it, the damage is caused by the about not washing your hair; it is misbalance of pH (potential of just not using shampoo, or not Hydrogen) levels. using shampoo as often.

The two common alternatives According to the columnist, to shampoo are baking soda and after a few weeks of foregoing apple cider vinegar, and what shampoo, her hair started to look those are supposed to do is bal-

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ance the pH of your hair and keep it at a level of 4.5 - 5.5 which is the average pH for skin and hair. If you can manage to keep it at that level your hair will be healthy.

As I was researching, I came across with people who oppose to wash with baking soda because of its pH level of 9.5, extremely acidic and it seems to be damaging.

I have yet to try it, so I cannot add my personal experience to the mix, but I think it seems worth trying.

If you’re still unsure about the ‘no poo’ movement, but still want to see a change in the health of your hair, look at the ingredients of your shampoo and check that the first or second ingredient is water, change to organic hair products, or to low lather shampoos, or after all you may totally want to go ‘no poo’.

Perspective on conflict Explanation towards lines Last fall, we were told that problems surrounding parking lot lines on campus were going to be fixed sometime this spring.

Since spring is here, we followed up this past week with Dennis Sander, dean of finance and operations, and Roger Scheib, director of buildings grounds and security, to ask about plans and to get some insight into the situation.

The problems started last summer after the main campus parking lots were sealed. An employee for SCCC/ATS was hired to do the painting of parking lines and use the college’s equipment.

According to Sander, the employee got offset with the markings and some parking spaces ended up being wider and others smaller. They were just not consistent. “ We stopped him in the middle of the painting, it was apparent that we had an issue,” Sander said.

Right before school began new gravel was put down. The gravel was still fresh when school started, so it made it almost impossible to re-paint the lines because of the cars in the parking lots, according to Sander.

The whole situation caused a lot of frustration, not only to students but to the staff in charge as well.

Complaints came from drivers because cars were getting doordinged, and there was no space to get out of cars in some narrow spaces. Other lines offered general confusion as to parking spaces.

Sander and Scheib are both aware of the frustration that it has caused and want to clear some waters and give an explanation.

Winter came with its snowstorms throughout the last couple of months, but the full intent to get the parking lots painted that winter break were still there.

For break, the plan was to block the old paint and cover it with new paint. But then the weather did not permit for this to take place.

“You can’t paint in cold temperatures because the paint is

water-based. The surface of temperature of the asphalt has to be warm,” said Scheib. This winter, with the snowstorms, prevented any progress with the new painting, he said.

Inconveniences proceeded to follow into spring semester and the next goal was spring break.

The temperature was warm enough where the paint could’ve been done, but, according to Scheib, just to measure and mark the parking lot takes a total of two days and then another two days to paint.

“We would’ve needed the whole break to get it done. And Mother Nature came and gave us another one. She has something out for us this year,” Sander said. So the parking lots were not painted during spring break.

From here on out until summer, Scheib plans on sectioning off areas of the parking lot, on both sides, with less traffic, in order to start striping. The section that will probably not get started before summer will be at the Student Living Center.

Maybe a third time will be a charm. Both Scheib and Sander anticipate the parking lot to be painted and done before the next fiscal year.

In regard to costs, $400 was paid for labor at the beginning and there will be no additional costs because both Scheib and Sander plan to stripe the parking lot with their staff.

“We probably spent $300 on paint, we used 15 gallons of paint and $100 for 5 gallons,” Scheib said.

According to Sander, it would’ve been inconvenient to hire a company to stripe the parking lots because a company will come in and say that they will need the parking lots cleared, and right now, with students and faculty needing to park outside, it wouldn’t have worked out. “We need the parking lot for everyone.”

Hopefully warmer weather and fewer cars in the parking lots will pave the way for this problem to be resolved.

have been men who have preached their beliefs of likeness among races and acted on their virtues.

Crusader staff On Sept. 22, 1862, President voss@crusadernews.com Abraham Lincoln presented the Emancipation Proclamation; Racism continues to be one of making all slaves within any the biggest downfalls of our soci- state or designated part of a state ety. It’s 2015, and yet I hear peo- in the United States of America ple making racial slurs and dis- free men. Nearly half of the concriminating remarks toward peo- tinent’s slaves were immediately ple with a different skin color on free. a daily basis.

On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin In early March, a video of the Luther King Jr. presented his “I Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity Have A Dream” speech and reof the University of Oklahoma minded the world that all men are was leaked for the world to see. created equal. He addressed the In the video, some fraternity Constitution and the Declaration members were chanting deroga- of Independence and noted that tory remarks toward African in these documents all men were Americans and stating that black guaranteed “unalienable rights” males would never be members of “life, liberty and the pursuit of of the fraternity. happiness.”

As a fraternity man myself, I King had a dream that his chilfound the actions of these partic- dren would one day live in a naular young men to be appalling tion where they and unacceptable. were not judged Fraternities are by the color of I find it sickening that we their skin but by based off of a brotherhood that is continue to judge others their character. centered around by their skin color.

Lincoln believed improving one’s that it was right self and those for all men to be around them by following an ex- treated equally and even Rodney ample and bettering the futures King made a plea for everybody for those who may follow after. to just get along.

The actions of these men not I find it sickening that we cononly went against building and tinue to judge others by their skin bettering their brotherhood, but color and discriminate against they were a perfect example of them. The human race has been what I continue to be disgusted in existence long enough to by. It’s as if the Ku Klux Klan is know better, but we continue to still a vital member of our culture fight that we were created in and never fell from their at one God’s image. We are all one time, high graces. species with one goal and one Let’s not get twisted in this sin- purpose on this earth. gle occasion though. There are I am no saint, I am no leader far worse events that we have and I certainly can’t sit here and witnessed as a county and events tell you that I am perfect. I have that continue to echo through had my own faults and I have time. acted out in one inappropriate acJust last August, 23-year-old tion or another toward another African-American, Michael race, but I have learned and conBrown was shot and killed by tinue to learn how to approach white police officers in Ferguson, each situation in a better way.

Missouri. What followed in days, All that I want for our society weeks and months after was is to find a way to push away the speculation of racial inequality judgment of others and to be and profiling which led to rioting more open to equality and a fair in Ferguson after an officer was opportunity for every sex, race, not indicted on any charges. The and sexual orientation. We are all same happened in 1992 after one and we need to find a way to Rodney King was beat to near be more accepting of each other. death and the jury acquitted the Why can’t we find our acceptwhite officers of their charges. ance?

One can’t blame racism on a Until there is an answer found single race, color, or side of and we live our lives with one virtue. Racism is a seed that is dream and coexist as God’s cresewn into the soil of everybody ations, I will continue to merely and it either lays dormant or it imagine a wonderful world blossoms into a hideous monster where it doesn’t matter if you’re that is capable of tearing the very black or white and we all have fabric of our humanity to pieces. the same love.

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College decisions stressful for senior Alex Loya Crusader staff loya@crusadernews.com

I am in a panicked state of mind. As a senior in my last semester of high school, all I have running through my mind is deciding on how and where I should go to college.

Do I stay here and attend my local community college and save $25,000 (yeah, just for one year) or do I go ahead and go off to a four-year university?

Stress—It happens before, during and after college.

What is there to stress about before college? How about acceptance letters, scholarship applications, and decisions about what you want to do with the rest of your life.

Acceptance letters are the starting step on the college path.

Since the time I can remember I’ve had one college in mind.

A big fear is getting that rejection letter in the mail. For many weeks I put off sending in my application for that exact reason.

The deadline was coming up. I knew I had let the fear get to me, and it was time to send in my application.

Those couple of weeks of waiting to hear back were the worst.

Worried about what I would do if I got rejected, or where would I go from there.

That is when I started looking into SCCC. It was then I was able to see how much they have to offer.

Even though I was accepted to my first choice, I now face the stress of deciding which school is the best for me.

College is expensive; however, I have the opportunity to get “free money.”

Scholarship donors are just waiting to hand out money, yet I have to take the time to show why I deserve that money. Then there is the time it takes to search for the scholarships to which I qualify.

None of these are easy tasks, but we all have to do what is better for our future.

In the end my decision on where I will go to college depends upon where I am offered the most scholarships.

Corporations pull unexpected pranks for public on April Fools’ Day Google: Google Maps gave the option to play pacman across the streets of the world by clicking on an added feature.

Google completely reflected the site. com.google even reflects the results on Google images.

Google Japan introduced the Google Panda. A cute panda bear stuffed with Google’s most notable characteristic. Ask the cute toy and the toy shall answer.

Honda: Honda introduced a new car called the HR-V SLF to be released this summer.

The HR-V SLF is equipped with 10 selfie cameras both inside and outside the vehicle to attract younger buyers.

Connect a smartphone to HondaLink to easily take and share the taken selfies.

For safety precautions, the cameras only work when the car is in park mode.

PlayStation: PlayStation introduced a new underwater gaming experience.

The player will not be limited to their living room but will be able to go to the nearest pool and fully experience underwater gaming.

The new technology is composed of sensors that attach to biceps and thighs along with Project Morpheus goggles and a portable self dryer to get back to playing fast.

BMW: BMW New Zealand announced an April Fools’ special: The first person to ask for Tom would get to exchange their old car for a brand new one.

What appeared to be a joke to see who would risk embarrassing themselves for a new car ended up being a legitimate promotion.

The lucky winner got to leave her 15-year-old car behind and took home a brand new BMW.

Galaxy: Galaxy introduced a new and innovative kitchen utensil that uses technology to make life easier.

The Galaxy BLADE edge was introduced to the public. This new utensil is water and fireproof, it has a finger recognition mechanism that retracts the sharp blade at the presence of a finger and also a blood sensor that will alert the authorities in case of a bloody accident.

Amazon: Amazon took a trip down memory lane and showed the website as it appeared circa 1999.

The website featured famous April Fools’ jokes at the bottom of this retro page, like BBC’s spaghetti-tree hoax and 1962 DIY- Color TV. The links connected to products related to these pranks: nylon stockings and spaghetti.

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Covering the Courts with Saints & Lady Saints tennis Saints tennis W W W W L

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Just looking forward to a great end in the season and hopefully the national title is coming home to liberal.

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Our season is not over yet so we are still working hard every day to make sure we all reach our goals as a team.

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Seward loses No. 3 ranking spot Diana Chavira Sports editor For three consecutive tournaments, the Saints tennis team pulled a 9-0 score against their opponents, and that same consistency followed them to Great Bend last Tuesday.

The Saints took the tournament 8-1 against the Barton County Cougars, keeping their season record to a clean and undefeated 6-0.

Doubles play proved to be a team strength yet again as Tare Mariga and Paul Arslanian took No.3 with a score of 8-0 over Barton’s Trevor Carey and Tristan Jones. Followed by Ronzai Saurombe and Vitor Galvao in the No.1 spot also taking a major win over Titans Alvaro Martinez and Vitor Schueler 8-1.

The Saints had no trouble sweeping their competition in singles which ultimately placed them ahead of the Crusader photo/Maria Lara Cougars 8-1. Saurombe Vitor Galvao tossing for his serve during the Saints first easily took No.1 in singles home tournament against Tabor College.

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doubles partner Galvao in No.2. who took a win over Schueler 6-1, 6-0.

The rest of the team followed in suit taking every place left from third to sixth. Alvaro Rengifo defeated Dominick Fabiano for the No. 3 spot 6-1, 6-0.

Trailing after Rengifo came Felipe Casares in No. 4, Mariga for the No. 5 spot and Arslanian brought in the last win of the tournament for Seward in No. 6.

Seward had only lost seven matches in total after playing Barton and was ranked as No. 3 in the nation, but they unfortunately dropped a place in ranking after their face-off with the Cowley County Community College Titans.

Freshman Christian Kurz shared that the Saints’ hard loss to Cowley was not as a result of being unprepared.

According to Kurz, Seward had not yet been faced with a team that matched their level of intensity, but they found more than they were used to in their Cow-

ley opponents.

Cowley, who had been ranked at No. 4 in the nation, swapped places with then No. 3 Seward after going head-to-head, but Kurz had little concern over the matter.

“Ranking doesn’t really matter,” Kurz said, “all of the top teams are close competition-wise, and matches could go either way.”

Teammate and sophomore Tare Mariga had a different perspective for Sewards’ loss to Cowley.

Mariga shared that the results of the tournament “did not reflect” how good the Saints are as a team.

“Going down 3-0 in doubles kind of put us down to win in singles and that affected how we played in our singles matches,” Mariga said.

Mariga continued by stating that matches don’t always go their way, but “it’s a learning process,” is sure that in upcoming matches the Saints will play better and “not repeat what hap-

pened.”

As far as ranking, Mariga had the same standpoint as Kurz.

Change in ranking has not changed goals or desire to win for Seward Mariga shared.

“We will try not to worry too much about rankings, but staying in the top 10 leading into nationals will be great,” Mariga said.

Seward, although falling short in their matches to the Titans, still put up a fight.

Beginning in doubles, Seward’s three duos were knocked out of their usual No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 spots. Singles play was only half as successful for the Saints as well.

Galvao took No. 2 from Marcelo Baldarama, followed by teammate Mariga in No. 5 and Arslanian to once again bring in No. 6.

Dropping in ranking has not affected the Saints’ hopes of making it to nationals and bringing the title home.

Lady Saints struggles continue Jevyn Voss Crusader staff Seward County Women’s tennis was mauled 6-3 by the Cowley Tigers on March 28 when they traveled to Arkansas City after they had just improved to .500 on the season as a team after an 8-1 routing of the Barton Cougars on March 24.

Seward’s No. 1 singles player (3) Paula Lopez is on a hot streak this spring and continues to prove that she is one of the best in the nation. She defeated Cowley’s (8) Anna Butuktan 6-3 and 7-5 in her match.

No. 2 singles player (10) Paula Coyos has kept her mark as one of the best in the nation as well as she won in mighty fashion over

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Cowley’s Eva Fornetron 6-2 and 6-1.

The remaining Lady Saints struggled against their counterparts at Cowley College. Xochitl Gonzalez was handled easily in the No. 3 singles slot against Lady Tiger Shali Shoepflin with a 6-1 and 6-0 loss as well as a 6-0 and 6-4 loss in the No. 5 slot against Loryn Sullins.

Naomie Bukassa finished the day with a 6-3 and 6-0 loss to Logyn Williams in the No. 4 slot and Grace Golden was devoured

by Stormi Tipton as she fell 6-1 and 6-0 in her No. 6 singles matchup.

Seward County had an identical win to loss percentage in doubles and singles. The No. 1 dou-

bles partners of Lopez and Coyos handled Cowley’s Butuktan and Fornetron with a score of 8-1.

The No. 2 doubles of Gonzalez and Peters failed to score against the Lady Tigers’ Williams and Sullins as they fell 8-0. Bukass and Golden also ended the day without a win in their No. 3 doubles match against Schoepflin and Tipton as the Tigers took the match up 8-0.

Seward County dropped from their .500 mark on the season to 3-4 as a team but stayed afloat individually with a 32-31 record.

The Lady Saints will be in action again on April 3-4 at the Seminole Dual Match Classic in Oklahoma City, Okla.

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Lady Saints mark 500 wins Diana Chavira Sports editor The Lady Saints have not only succeeded in keeping a 10 game winning streak, but also in helping coach Andrea Gustafson reach her 500th career home win on Lady Saints turf.

Things started out slow for both the Lady Saints and their double header opponents, the Dodge City Lady Conquistadors.

The first four innings of the game were almost scoreless as neither team could catch a break or score a run.

It wasn’t until freshman Grace Petersen took her turn at the plate and hit a home run that the Lady Saints started picking up the momentum.

Alexa O’Brien made sure to keep the Lady Conquistadors at bay and pitched a scoreless fifth innings for Seward.

The sixth inning of their double header made it impossible for the Lady Conquistadors to have a chance at winning.

Making a move on a DCCC error, the Lady Saints scored six runs with the help of Vanessa Oakden, Joe Ann Rapoza, Tiffanie Bolanos and Hannah Clark.

The quick turnaround put Seward at 7-0 opening the seventh inning.

O’Brien left Dodge with no chance to make a run and closed the game in the 7th inning 7-0.

A change in pitcher for the second game against the Conquistadors did not stop the Lady Saints from taking the lead once again.

Jaclyn Wagner pitched a scoreless first inning and then Seward covered the bases to take the first lead 2-0.

The game showed to be more

competitive in the top of the third inning as the Lady Conquistadors scored their first two runs of the day. Although, their victory did not last long because at the bottom of the third, Seward came back with the help of Koby Hamilton and Oakden both producing RBI singles.

Seward and Dodge both lost a bit of momentum through the fourth and fifth innings of the game, but the Lady Saints returned More RBI singles from Clark and Danielle Orr put Seward up 6-2 in the sixth. Shortly after, teammates Jaidyn Mawhinney, Orr and Kennedy Brunson to bump the team up two more runs at 8-2 to finish the game.

The double header win ended with celebrating Lady Saints and coach Gustafson drenched with the team cooler of water.

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While a strong pitching game is what has helped the Saints in recent victories, a strong performance at the plate with many players getting hits was the key to the victory against Frank Phillips.

Seward’s offense seemed to click after getting 15 hits against the Plainsmen despite allowing 14 hits on defense.

Seward quickly jumped to the lead in the top of the first inning making it 5-0. Yet the Plainsmen also did quite some work on the offense to close the lead to 5-2.

At one point of the game, the Saints held a 10-3 lead but the

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Plainsmen again cut the lead after getting three runs in the 4th inning to bring the game to 10-6.

It wasn’t until the 7th inning where both teams made a run to bring the score to 11-7. That would be Sewards last run of the game while the Plainsmen still tried to cut the lead. Finally in the 8th inning, the Plainsmen scored a pair of runs to bring the game within two runs with an inning left.

In the bottom of the 9th, it was Grant Glaze who earned his first career save while holding the Plainsmen back to lock down the win for the Saints.

Alec Isaac led the Saints with a pair of doubles and 4 RBI’s in the win that had a total of 29 hits in the game, 15 for the Saints and 14 for the Plainsmen. Also adding to the score were Alex White, Brandon Urquizo, and Brent Williams who each had a solo home run.

In the pitching game, Thomas Garland improved to 2-1 on the mound after getting the win.

Also, the seven pitchers for the Saints combined for 10 strikeouts and had 14 hits allowed.

This win now tallies five games that the Saints win in a row and they finally reach the .500 mark again with a record of 17-17 overall and 8-8 in the conference.

While the Saints have struggled this season to go over the .500 mark, this victory now marks four out of the last five games that the Saints win by at least two scores or more.

Seward will return this weekend to the Brent Gould Field to host Colby in a four game conference set. A doubleheader starting Friday at 1 p.m. will get the series going and they will end it with another doubleheader at 1 p.m. on Saturday.

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10th annual Xtreme Challenge Students from nine area high school participated in the 10th annual Xtreme Challenge on the campus of Seward County Community College/Area Technical School Wednesday.

Elkhart High School won the Overall First Place Award, meaning its students had the most points from the

challenges. Meade High School won the Recognition of Excellence award, meaning students’ averaged points were the highest.

Additional photos and videos of the events will be posted on CrusaderNews.com. Follow the hashtag #Xchallenge15 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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During the nail art challenge, Rebecca Bridenstine of Turpin, Okla., designed a penguin on an artificial nail. Students could choose from 17 academic categories to compete for prizes. An overall high school award and a recognition of excellence were awarded as well.

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Seward County ambassador Axelle Bernard escorts several students from different area high schools to their classrooms during the initial challenge. A total of nine schools attended with 351 students registered for the event. Regional schools that competed include Rolla, Hugoton, Meade, Liberal, Moscow, Sublette, Elkhart, Balko, Okla., and Turpin, Okla.

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Students study examples in the food science challenge to identify seeds in a competition in the agriculture building.

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A Meade High School team rushes to complete an anatomy model quicker than the other team. The Xtreme Challenge competitions ranged from surgical technology, math, diesel mechanics and food science to hair braiding and nail art. Winners from all of the categories will be posted on CrusaderNews.com and Facebook.

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Tai Bush and Melissa Sanchez, both from Elkhart, prepare and review notes in the news writing challenge.

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