Jan. 26, 2018

What the Tide?!

Cosmo Cramer

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NOT for eating!

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Blue Dragon women’s basketball player, Sara Cramer, describes playing from a small-town league to the college level.

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January 26, 2018

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Vol. 59 Issue 12

The long road to snow day decions

By Merissa Anderson Collegian Editor

For many students ranging from elementary school to college, winter school days can seem frozen and bleak but the distant hope for a potential snow day always remains.

On Jan. 16, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Hutchinson Community College and the surrounding areas blessed their

students and staff with a four-day weekend so that nobody would be injured traversing the slick roads in 20-degree weather.

However, snow days aren’t all fun and games and cancelling an entire day’s worth of work is the last thing that HutchCC President Carter File wants to do.

“We don’t like to call snow days because we do lose classroom

time with the students,” File said. “For me,it’s all about safety. The last thing I want to do is not call a snow day when I should and have somebody injured while coming to school or a pile up in the parking lot because people can’t get around.”

The decision to cancel school for a college isn’t an easy one to make. And takes a night full of communication between Brett Bright,

A recent snow fall on the HutchCC campus covered the main lot but it was quickly cleared by maintenance.

Snow days are typically called during dangerous conditions.

Vice President of Student Services; Cindy Hoss, Vice President of Academic Affairs; Julie Blanton, Vice President of Finance and Operations; Steve Porter, Vice President of Workforce Development and Outreach; and File.

Ultimately, File is the one who makes the final call.

“We try to make the call as soon as we can,”

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Brace yourselves

Brenna Eller/Opinion Editor A Kansas National Guard Black Hawk helicopter prepares to land in the Sports Arena parking lot on Wednesday, as people make room for the landing. The National Guard offered select civillians rides during a demonstration and recruiting opportunity throughout the morning.

Mitch Holthus to share “Success in Being Different” in Hutch

By Brenna Eller Opinion Page Editor

Mitch Holthus comes to the Dillon Lecture Series Feb. 6 at the Sports Arena.

At 10:30 a.m. on Feb. 6 in the Sports Arena, the man who paints pictures with his words as the “Voice of the Kansas City Chiefs”, Mitch Holthus will be speaking at this year’s first Dillon Lecture Series.

Admission is free for all Hutchinson Community College students. The college will be on Assembly

Schedule that day.

Robin Woodworth, the Administrative Assistant to the President at Hutchinson Community College and the Dillon Lecture Series Coordinator shared her experience talking to Mitch Holthus saying, “I am very excited about this one. He really puts a lot of thought into his audience before he prepares his speech and this one has some good topics for students.”

Holthus is most known for his booming charisma while announcing the Chiefs’ football games, and for sharing his talents in college basketball on ESPN. As far as accomplishments go, Holthus has been named Kansas Sportscaster of the Year eight times, top play-by-play sportscaster in Kansas nine times, and in 1996 he was awarded the Hod Humiston Award of Excellence in

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Kansas Sports casting.

Aside from announcing, Mitch Holthus also hosts two shows, one that reaches five states – “Minute with Mitch”, and the “Chiefs insider” television show.

He has been the Chiefs’ announcer since 1994. Before that, he was the play-by-play announcer for the Kansas State Wildcats for 13 years.

Mitch graduated from

Kansas State University in 1979, receiving a degree in business administration in 1980. Holthus is a Smith Center native and always gives shout outs to Smith Center’s football games, he also occasionally mentions his alma mater during Chiefs games. His wife, Tami Johnson, is a former K-State women’s basketball player. Together they have two children, Brian and Hayley.

What are your Super Bowl plans?

Upcoming events Jan. 27 — Women’s basketball at Coffeyville, 5 p.m.; men’s basketball at Coffeyville, 7 p.m.

Jan. 31 — Women’s basketball vs.

Neosho County, 5:30 p.m.; men’s basketball vs. Neosho County, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 2 —Instrumental Jazz Ensembles: Bryce Luty Jazz Festival Concert, 7:30 p.m., B.J. Warner Recital Hall.

“I plan on just chilling with my guys and watching the game.”

“What is the Superbowl? Is that where they score goals?”

— Jeremiah Fordham, Memphis

— Aaron Kough, Abeline

“Going to the dome and then going to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the game.”

— Tyrus Butler, Jefferson, Louisiana

“ Since I’m not a particular fan of either team this year, I plan on making a ton of snacks and watching the game with some family and friends.”

— Rachel Wright, Little River

“I didn’t do anything to prepare. I assumed that it wasn’t going to be that big of a deal anyhow.”

— Marie Dandurand, Goddard Kansas

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What has this world come to?

Our view

Recently there have been issues with several teenagers eating Tide PODS. Yes, the small detergent packs that you use to WASH LAUNDRY. First of all, what makes someone think, wow this mini detergent looks tasty, I’m going to eat one? It’s sad to think this all came from a Tide POD challenge on social media. If you see a video where someone is “eating” something that is poisonous, most likely they are not actually eating it.

Also, just because a video tells you to do something, it doesn’t mean they were being serious and that you should buy a box for dinner. If eating Tide PODS is now a trend, humanity really is in trouble.

On the box or container of poisonous products, there is usually a warning of not consuming and if consumed, to call a poison hot-line.

There are also warnings about getting the detergent in eyes and to immediately rinse your eyes out. If anything says immediately call this num-

ber if consumed, it’s a safe bet that you shouldn’t eat the product.

Another aspect is that the products should be used for what they say on the package. Does it say anywhere that it is a nutritious treat or food product?

No. So why are kids eating them? The “cool” factor doesn’t really pertain to this. No one with a conscience would view this as a cool thing to do. This society has too much trust in social media. They think that what they are seeing is normal and that is not okay.

When people watch a fictional movie, do they think, hey I have the same accessories, now I should be able to do that? Hopefully not, because then there would be people trying to fly and run through walls, which is why the movies should have something along the lines of, “Do not try this at home”.

Law and order is a common problem in this world. When people are told they can’t do something, it most likely encourages them to do it much more because

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Toxic PODS

they want to rebel against orders.

If you are told not to do something, don’t do it. That goes for anything from illegally doing drugs,

committing a crime, or Kourtney Sweet/Collegian Cartoonist eating Tide PODS that something you shouldn’t eating a Tide POD. The should only be used for be doing, don’t join in. risk is definitely not worth washing your clothes.

Once again, please do it and will not be as “cool” So next time some not make a statement by as you expected. idiot posts a video about

The unfortunate events of Brenna

On Jan. 9, 1999 at 9:09 a.m., in Colby, I, the fabulous Brenna Rose Eller, was born.

I was the New Year’s baby of Rawlins County.

At this point in my life, I was pretty lucky. I had saving bonds and my name in the paper. So when did I get the luck that I have now?

I think I need to peg it down to my fifth birthday.

I was in Kindergarten and was finally getting my first party, so naturally, I wanted everyone to come. It was Strawberry Shortcake themed and the morning had gone great. Mom was making my desserts, and I was really excited to have a birthday party with all of

My birthday experiences

my friends.

Then my dad came inside and told my mom that some of the parents went into the ditch a couple miles from our house, so we had to call some mothers and tell them they probably won’t want to drive on the icy road. I did, however, have three friends over and still had a party as planned.

The next memorable birthday was when I turned 16. My sisters made this celebration extra special with colorful decorations, pop guns, masks, light up balloons and fancy drinks.

We made a cotton-candy drink with ginger ale. It was delicious, and I drank a lot of it.

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Brenna Eller

The downside was that I ate a lot of spaghetti, as requested, for my birthday dinner. Well, too much running around and drinking a lot of the cotton candy drink did not seem like a good idea when I sprinted to the bathroom and threw

up. The worst part was the spaghetti. Apparently, the noodles weren’t completely digested because some definitely came up, and it was a horrible feeling. So let that be a life lesson – never eat a lot of spaghetti before drinking a lot of sweet concoctions.

I do, however, get to say I partied so hard on my “sweet 16” that I threw up.

This year was a special birthday in particular since I turned 19 on Jan. 9, but too bad it’s not 2019 or that would be awesome, turning 19 in 2019.

I kicked off this birthday wonderfully because at 11:55 p.m. on Jan. 8, my best friend and I were getting gas in McPherson

when we got pulled over for a headlight being out.

So, I can now say I was in a car that got pulled over on my birthday. The whole way home, she had the car’s lights on bright because she was scared that we’d get pulled over again. She was yelling, “Sorry” to anyone driving by us on the opposite side.

On the bright side, I have had several fantastic birthdays and love all of my days, even though unfortunate events occur on them.

One birthday, I had a skating party and invited a bunch of friends. I loved it. Another birthday was a basketball game my sophomore year when I

was playing and we won against Wakefield the night of their Homecoming.

So believe it or not, I don’t always have unfortunate events, they just stand out much more than the fortunate events do.

Brenna Eller is a Little River freshman studying journalism.

Eller Sisters/ Courtesy Photo My sisters and I with our cotton candy drinks, colorful masks and me with a party hat on the right.

“The Post”highlights today’s political atmosphere The Fourth Estate, an unofficial, and often unrecognized part of our society, is the concept that there is a fourth segment to our government in addition to the judicial, legislative and executive branches.

This fourth estate, most often recognized as the news media, was deemed by our forefathers to be necessary in order to maintain a balanced, and checked, government for the people.

Recently, Hollywood produced yet another outstanding, journalism-centered blockbuster, “The Post”. This movie, starring acting giants, Tom Hanks

and Meryl Streep, focuses on the Supreme Court battle between The New York Times and The Washington Post against the Nixon Administration.

During this ongoing conflict between the free press and the United States government (sound familiar?), Nixon attempts to quash all attempts made

by The Washington Post to publish the lies and secrecy about the Vietnam War that Nixon attempted to keep under wraps.

Ultimately, the free press won in an enormous victory for the First Amendment and, less than a decade afterwards, The

The Hutchinson

Collegian

The Hutchinson Collegian is the official student newspaper of Hutchinson Community College.

It is created by the Newspaper Production class each week during the academic year, except for when school is not in session, or during final exams.

Columnist

Merissa Anderson Washington Post demolished what was left of Nixon’s holier-than-thou attitude toward the press when they uncovered and revealed to the American

public the infamous Watergate scandal which spelled the end of Nixon’s failed presidency.

But why is this relevant in today’s political atmosphere? Simple answer – President Trump. Love him or hate him, I don’t care which, it’s fairly mutually agreed that Trump has a personal grudge with the current state of American news.

And it doesn’t take a liberal or a conservative to see that, yes, there are so many things that can be reformed within several news stations BUT, and I emphasize this point requesting change from the

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Editor: Merissa Anderson Opinion page editor: Brenna Eller Sports editor: Lucas Barlow Adviser: Brad Hallier Staff members: Pablo Sanchez, Emma Cox, Amanda Carney, Jack Greenwood, Allie Schweizer, Kourtney Sweet.

news media is much different, and much more democratic, than attempting at any cost to completely discredit and destroy all forms of free press. Silencing the free press because it caused damage to his backwards goals and reputation is what Nixon attempted in the 70s and it’s happening again today by our current president.

The First Amendment, and the virtually uncensored newspapers that we can create with it, is how we, as the American people, should arm ourselves against any government attempting to lead us astray by claiming that We The

People’s news is false and that we would be better off listening to Trump TV’s “Real News Update”.

Let me leave you with a quote spoken by Judge Hugo Black after the 1971 Supreme Court victory in favor of the free press, “In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.”

Merissa Anderson is a Lindsborg sophomore studying secondary English and Journalism Education.

Letters to the editor: The Hutchinson Collegian welcomes letters to the editor. Letters must include the author’s signature, address and phone number. The Collegian reserves the right to edit letters for style, legality and length. Letters may not exceed 300 words.

Send letters to hallierb@hutchcc.edu.

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HutchCC club getting involved in business world

By Pablo Sanchez Staff writer

Matt Smith, a business teacher at Hutchinson Community College, has a burning passion for business.

Smith has many different fields that he teaches. Smith was in the industrial field for farm equipment and did accounting for 10 years, went to Phoenix for two years, and then saw a job opening at HutchCC and decided to take it.

Smith is in charge of the business club. What he wants out of the business club is to see his students reach their goals and make their dreams come true.

Smith also helps out at Hutchinson High School, with an event called “hawk tank” something similar to “shark tank”.

Deca, a business club at the high school, does a scenario in which you are given a role, and you have to show how you would take that action in a responsible way. Deca has some money and they give it Smith to the students to help out with their business. What the students do is they run a food business to raise money, but they also have to pay that loan back. With whatever money is left over they keep.

What Smith wants out of the business club is to see his students reach their goals and make their dreams come true.

“If you’re interested in net

work outside school, if you’re interested in the business world, come join us” Smith said.

Anthony Gallardo, a HutchCC student business club member, loves to help people and give to the community, Anthony is also a track athlete at HutchCC, what he wants to do in the business field is to create a business that will help other people, and one day will be higher than the other businesses that are out there. Another trait that Anthony has is he is a great problem solver, and also likes being respected.

Sophie Bowman, business club accountant, keeps track of everything that happens in the business club. Bowman’s major is art and music, but wants to do a four or more years in the business field. She even has her own busi-

ness, Art Commission, where she makes and sells art.

Kameron Miller, a business-club member, took a tour of a business called Dice Crew, and it was related to sheet metal.

He said he loved it because it had to do with machines and he cared about the idea of machines.

Kameron wants to own a business someday that is related to sheet metal, took some classes last semester on business and liked it. Math and financial are his two favorite subjects.

While many students don’t start thinking of business until they get to college, the opportunity to explore business exists before.

“I love being able to teach business, because no matter what profession you choose in life

National Guard demonstration

having, that knowledge of how business work is valuable,” said Clayton Evans, a business teacher at Hutchinson High and is in charge of Deca.

Deca goes to other schools and does a scenario in which you are given a role, and you have to show how you would take that action in a responsible way. Deca has some money and they give it to the students to help out with their business. What the students do is they run a food business to raise money, but they also have to pay that loan back. With whatever money is left over they keep.

The HutchCC business club has a upcoming tour at Luminous Neon on Feb. 6, but will be meeting in Smith’s office at 2:15 p.m. and depart at 2:30 p.m.

Ensembles ready for the start of the 2018 season

By Amanda Carney Staff Writer

Brenna Eller/Opinion Editor

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Brenna Eller/Opinion Editor Top left: National Guard parked their advertisement truck for the day and allowed for select people to enter the truck for the insights of the National Guard.

Top right: Two Black Hawks were used in the demonstration in which only a certain group could receive a ride in. They were landing in the Sports Arena parking lot.

Bottom left: Passengers climb into the first helicopter for a ride over Hutchinson.

Bottom right: This image was a courtesy photo taken by a passenger on the ride. They got to see what Hutchinson looks like from the sky.

Campus blood drive helps fight winter blood shortage

By Merissa Anderson Collegian Editor

With winter weather comes flu season and this year’s monster flu season means that many people who regularly donate blood have been ineligible to donate which only aids in the annual winter blood shortage.

To help those in medical need, Hutchinson Community College and the American Red Cross are working together to encourage heathy college students and staff to give the gift of life and donate blood on Tuesday, Jan. 31 from 9 am to 2 pm.

“Winter weather and illness can make it difficult for the American Red Cross to maintain a sufficient blood supply at this time of year,” The American Red Cross said in an email sent to many past donors.

“Healthy, eligible donors are urged to give now.”

It’s well known that

college students and faculty members have busy schedules and in order to save time, donors can use RapidPass.

“Don’t forget to save time by using RapidPass to complete your pre-donation reading and health history online before you come to your appointment,” The American Red Cross’s email urges.

To schedule your donation appointment,

visit www.redcrossblood. org using the sponsor code “HutchCC” to view available times.

For those already planning to donate, encourage friends to join you in your life saving efforts.

January is National Blood Donor month and, for many donors, knowing that you helped to save three people’s lives is the perfect way to start 2018.

Merissa Anderson/Collegian Editor HutchCC student, Mariah Reynolds, donates blood for her second time during the winter blood drive in Febrary 2017. Each donation saves up to three lives.

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SNOW

• Continued from Page 1 File said. “But, if it’s a more difficult decision, then I may be up till 3 in the morning looking at the weather to see what it will do.”

After the final call is made, Bright sends out a campus-wide email, the HutchCC text alert messages its subscribers and local television and radio stations are notified.

But what all has to happen before school is actually cancelled? In the four winters that File has been president of HutchCC, he has only had to call snow days a couple of it.

“There’s not a perfect science to it,” File said.

“The most recent snow day we called was because the weather stations were predicting wind chills from 6 a.m. to noon of negative 20 degrees. We wanted to protect our faculty, staff and students from those kinds of chilling temperatures.”

In the case of snow, when it snows and how much it snows depends

Instrumental Jazz Ensembles is a splendid way to spend a Friday night.

Instrumental Jazz Ensembles will perform a wide variety of jazz, such as classical and standard jazz along with some modern-day jazz.

Instrumental Jazz Ensembles is an instrumental group that preforms various styles of jazz. This group is determined through auditions, but anyone is welcome to join. The main focus of the group is to become better musicians and have fun. “The more people that join the merrier,” Alison Ediger, a member of Instrumental Jazz Ensembles.

Dr. Nick Schroeder is the director of Instrumental Jazz Ensembles. Schroeder and other local professionals help students improve and expand as musicians.

Jazz Ensembles meets three times a week, for an hour each time to prepare for concerts. Outside of these practices students are encouraged to practice on their own to improve their own parts. Students are also encouraged to practice with in their own sections. Sections are split up by the instrument being played, such as; trumpets, trombones, saxes, and rhythm. This way students improve their own pieces.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend Instrumental Jazz Ensembles. Hutchinson Community College students and staff get in free with id.

General tickets start at $10. Senior citizens tickets start at $8 and high school student tickets start at $5.

Instrumental Jazz Ensembles presents their first concert for the 2018 Spring semester Friday, February 2nd from 7:30 to 8:30. Come and enjoy the jazz music!

on whether school is cancelled. Overnight snow under three inches can typically be cleared by campus maintenance before class begins but anything over three inches requires a contracted service that can handle the large amounts of snow.

If it’s snowing heavily during the morning hours, then clearing the parking lots and sidewalks are more difficult and will more likely result in a snow day.

File also takes into consideration what nearby school districts are also doing.

“We have a lot of employees who have children in the USD system so if they close then that creates a hardship on our employees who then have to find childcare,” File said.

Despite college employees and students being given a free pass on snow days, contracted services such as the security guards and Great Western Dining in the cafeteria still perform their duties to provide for the students that live in the dorms.

“They are great to

work with,” File said. “We have students who are over in the dorms who that’s their only form of nourishment and if we aren’t serving food in the cafeteria on snow days then they go without eating.”

In most instances, the city is able to clear major roads quickly so that nonschool employees across the city can reach their jobs.

“They have the same issues and the same challenges that they have to get around and sometimes it’s difficult on snow and ice,” File said. “But they’ve always done a great job making sure our students get served in the cafeteria. I have never had an instance where the food service has not been able to provide at least some level of service.”

As much as the student body may enjoy snow days, File says he’s not willing to give in to student bribery.

“Would I give into a candy bribe for additional snow days?” File asks with a laugh. “Probably not... might depend on the candy! I do like Milky Way bars.”

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Athlete of the week

(Jan. 14-20) Devonte Bandoo, men’s basketball The week: Bandoo was steady in two home Jayhawk Conference victories.

During an 83-60 win Bandoo against Seward County, Bandoo scored 18 points, grabbed seven rebounds and dished out three assists. Then, in an easy 95-63 win against Cloud County, Bandoo had 15 points, eight rebounds and three assists.

The season: Bandoo is one of the Blue Dragons’ top players, averaging 15 points and 6.3 rebounds a game.

Track team gets many Freshman from small town has been pleasant surprise national qualifiers Allie Schweizer/Collegian

Hutchinson Community College freshman Sara Cramer goes up for a shot in a game earlier this season at the Sports Arena. A three-sport start at tiny Dighton, Cramer has become one of the top players for the Blue Dragons.

By Lucas Barlow Sports Editor

Athletes at Hutchinson Community College come from all parts of the country. From Florida, to Georgia, and all the way to the west coast, the demographic is diverse. Many even travel over 1,000 miles, from places such as Australia and Europe.

However, Hutchinson women’s basketball player, Sara Cramer, comes from a much different place.

The up-and-coming freshman grew up in Dighton which is one of the smaller towns in the state.

In 2016, it was estimated the town had just 970 residents. HutchCC has roughly four-times as many full-time students than Dighton has residents.

Cramer grew up on a farm while attending Dighton’s school system. She was a talented allround athlete, as she competed in volleyball, basketball and track.

Her basketball team went to the

state tournament three out of her four years in high school. After winning the first state championship in Dighton history in 2016, Cramer received many awards. She was All-Area Garden City Telegram Player of the Year her junior year, and after her senior year, she participated in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association all-star game.

Her volleyball team also earned a spot to the state tournament twice, and the Dighton women’s track team finished third in the state meet, impressive considering Cramer and only one other girl competed.

After her outstanding high school tenure, Cramer decided to continue her basketball career at Hutchinson.

“After a lot of prayer, I chose Hutch because I wanted to be a part of one of the best junior college girls basketball teams in the nation,” Cramer said. “I’ll also have the chance to improve and expand my abilities, and prepare

me for the next level. This ball program has one of the best coaching staffs that dedicate so much time to push you as an individual and teammate to be the best you can on and off the court.”

Cramer also appreciates the overwhelming support the team has from the community.

However, this wasn’t smalltown Dighton. Playing at such a prestigious community college in Hutchinson wasn’t going to be easy. She would have to adapt to the challenges of college basketball, while also accepting her new role on the court.

“There’s always quite a big jump from high school to college in all-around speed, physicality, and athleticism,” Cramer said. “In college, you are playing against every high school’s best player, most of the people I play against are taller than what I played against in high school.”

Cramer said practices were not too different from high school, but there are more opportunities to

practice her shot, which has been a big factor for her. She believes it has helped her become a better player and she appreciates that the coaches will work with her at any time, no matter what her schedule looks like.

The Blue Dragons are currently 16-3 and a solid 12-3 in the conference.

“Our team is very young, so we had a slow start, but we have improved so much, and I’ve really enjoyed playing at Hutch,” Cramer said. “I think there is still a lot of room for improvement for both myself and the team. However, as long as everyone puts in the work there’s nothing we can’t accomplish.”

Cramer has big goals for the rest of the season, including claiming the Region 6 title, and winning a national championship.

Catch Cramer, and the rest of the women’s basketball team, Saturday night, as the Blue Dragons travel to Coffeyville to take on the Red Ravens.

Blue Dragon basketball teams still in hunt for conference titles

By The Collegian staff The Hutchinson Community College basketball teams remain in the thick of the Jayhawk Conference races, as both the men and women are one game out of first place following their Wednesday home wins against Pratt.

The men improved to 17-3 overall and 13-3 in the conference, right behind Barton Community College, after they dismantled Pratt 104-84 Wednesday night at the Sports Arena, while the women have the same record after they

also comfortably beat Pratt, 71-47.

The men overcame the loss of second-leading scorer, sophomore Devonte Bandoo, who missed the game with injury. Sophomore J.J. Rhymes picked up the slack, scoring 28 points and surpassing 1,000 career points in the process.

Rhymes, who now has 1,009 career points, is the 17th Blue Dragon in history to score 1,000 points.

Rhymes had a good all-around game, adding six assists and two steals.

Sophomore Tiylar Cotton, making his second career start,

Rhymes Roebuck had 17 points and a career-high 12 rebounds to go with six assists.

Hutchinson trailed early 9-8, but a six-point burst gave the Blue Dragons the lead for good.

The women’s victory kept

them one game behind co-leaders Seward County and Cowley, and the win was the 500th women’s victory inside the Sports Arena.

Sophomore Dejanae Roebuck led HutchCC with 20 points, her second straight such game. She added three boards and three steals.

Freshman Jada Mickens added 13 points and eight rebounds.

The wins wrapped up a four-game homestand for the Blue Dragons. They’ll go on the road Saturday to Coffeyville before returning home Wednesday to take on Neosho County.

By The Collegian Staff Hutchinson Community College’s women’s track and field team had its first qualifier for the NJCAA national indoor track meet, as Adrianna Janic qualified in the high jump Jan. 19 in Overland Park.

Janic won the event, clearing 5 feet, 3 1/4 inches.

The men’s team, ranked No. 7 nationally, qualified several for the national championship at the meet Feb. 13 in Highland. Freshman Richard Newman won the high jump with a best leap of 6-10 3/4. He was just the seventh Blue Dragon in indoor history to clear 6-10.

Newman also qualified for the long jump and won the event with a distance of 23-3 1/2.

Sprinters Kadrin Williams and Devon Henderson qualified by finishing first and second in the 55-meters. Both finished in a time of 6.36 seconds.

The Blue Dragons also took the top two spots in the 55-meter hurdles.

Sophomore Jeffrey Muiruri won in a time of 7.33, while freshman Tre’juan Cash was .01 behind.

Michael Bryan also qualified in the weight throw, winning the event with a toss of 15.92 meters.

Blue Dragon sports schedules, results. All home games, events in caps.

Men’s basketball

Nov. 1, FRIENDS JV, W 102-56 Nov. 3, NORTH LAKE, W 87-62 Nov. 4, NEO A&M, W 87-42 Nov. 7, at Tabor JV, W 125-61 Nov. 11, at Seward County, W 76-69 Nov. 15, at Cloud County, L 82-79 OT Nov. 18, at Pratt, W 109-100 Nov. 21, COFFEYVILLE, W 99-62 Nov. 25, at Neosho County, W 76-64 Nov. 29, COLBY, W 89-65 Dec. 2, at Garden City, W 68-64 Dec. 6, at Butler, W 82-81 Dec. 9, BARTON, W 81-73 Jan. 3, at Cowley, L 81-74 Jan. 6, ALLEN, W 103-75 Jan. 10, at Independence, W 76-74 Jan. 13, DODGE CITY, L 72-70

Jan. 17, SEWARD COUNTY, W 83-60 Jan. 20, CLOUD COUNTY W 95-63 Jan. 24, PRATT, W 104-84 Jan. 27, at Coffeyville, 5 p.m.

Jan. 31, NEOSHO COUNTY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 4, at Colby, 4 p.m.

Feb. 7, GARDEN CITY, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 10, BUTLER, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 14, at Barton, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 17, COWLEY, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 21, at Allen County, 8 p.m.

Feb. 24, INDEPENDENCE, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 26, at Dodge City, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s basketball

Nov. 1, BETHANY JV, W 81-35 Nov. 7, LAMAR, W 82-45 Nov. 11, at Seward County, L 60-47 Nov. 15, at Cloud County, L 70-63

Nov. 18, at Pratt, W 64-31 Nov. 21, COFFEYVILLE, W 63-53 Nov. 25, at Neosho County, W 75-62 Nov. 29, COLBY, W 90-46 Dec. 2, at Garden City, W 73-59 Dec. 6, at Butler, W 59-53 Dec. 9, BARTON, W 72-53 Dec. 29, Santa Fe, at Bradenton, Florida, W 67-57 Dec. 30, at Florida Southwestern, W 60-56 Jan. 3, at Cowley, W 78-70 Jan. 6, ALLEN, W 77-54 Jan. 10, at Independence, W 56-53 Jan. 13, DODGE CITY, W 74-47 Jan. 17, SEWARD COUNTY, L 62-49 Jan. 20, CLOUD COUNTY, W 66-64 OT Jan. 24, PRATT, W 71-47 Jan. 27, at Coffeyville, 5 p.m.

Jan. 31, NEOSHO COUNTY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 4, at Colby, 2 p.m.

Feb. 7, GARDEN CITY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 10, BUTLER, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 14, at Barton, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 17, COWLEY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 21, at Allen County, 6 p.m.

Feb. 24, INDEPENDENCE, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 26, at Dodge City, 5:30 p.m.

Track and field (indoor)

Jan. 13, at Highland, men 1st, women 1st Jan. 19, at B&B Brace KC Night Relays Jan. 26, at Lawrence Feb. 3, at Fred Beile Classic, Crete, Nebraska Feb. 9-10, at Gorilla Classic, Pittsburg Feb. 15-16, at Region 6 Championship, Highland March 2-3, at NJCAA Championship, Lubbock, Texas