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February 15, 2019

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Vol. 60 Issue 14

Of kings and queens:

By Pablo Sanchez Campus Editor

Hutchinson Community College students can have a hard time finding a club to join, but various campus clubs do exist.

The chess club has been a part HutchCC for years, and has often had solid numbers.

Kody Herrman is the president of the chess club, as “each club needs a president, sponsor, and two or three active members to be consider an actual club at campus,” Herrman said.

“Two years ago, I actually wanted to get better at chess, so it was a personal goal, and I saw fliers around campus, so I had to look for it, but once I saw it, I was like ‘Yeah, that’s me, I got to check that out.’”

Meetings take place in the Walnut Room inside Parker Student Union.

They take place Thursdays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. “ … Three hours and you can come, and go as you please,” Herrman said. “You can show up for 10 minutes. You don’t even have to play chess if you don’t want to, just

Checking out the chess club

Photo by Pablo Sanchez/Collegian Brendan Jones (left) and Matthew Garrett play a game of chess in Parker Student Union.

hang out. You can play two games and leave, or there are a few of us that stay the entire three hours and sometimes we even go past 8.”

Herrman as been part of chess club for the past four semesters. Before, the club’s sponsor was Duane Schmidt, a longtime HutchCC instructor who moved to Oregon.

“The club hasn’t been quite the same without him honestly,” Herrman said. “He

was very organized.

He pretty much ran the entire thing by himself.

He went out to neighboring areas in Hutchinson, found schools that would accept our club, we started teaching students how to play chess and he had organized it all.

So it’s been pretty difficult without him. He was very sociable, more than putting it together.

He was the heart of the club. He made everyone

welcomed. We a lot of fun with him.”

The chess club isn’t just for experts and intellectuals. The club often recruits and accepts novices and newbies.

Christopher Henning is a club member and says chess isn’t as intimidating as you might think.

“I have been doing chess for since I joined this club last year,” Henning said. “Chess is not as difficult as

people think it is. It’s a matter of finding what you enjoy in the game and playing to whatever style you like. You don’t have to take the game super seriously, you don’t need to be a grand master to enjoy the game, you can just play with your friends and just see who wins.

It is not a complicated game where everyone sits down all boringly and thinks for 10 minutes on a move you

don’t have to play like that.

Planning tournaments in advanced is something Herrman is still working on.

“We usually plan it on in advanced,” Herrman said. “We need to order chess sets, and we do give out prizes and we order pizza because if you show up.”

Justin Riggs, the HutchCC cross country coach, is the current club sponsor.

Dr. Rigsby to speak at first 2019 Dillon Lecture Series

By Brenna Eller Editor in Chief

Rick Rigsby has been sharing the knowledge and lessons that he learned throughout his life, from his third-gradedropout father to thousands of people nationwide. Rigsby has been talking at high schools, colleges, and is an ordained minister.

On Feb. 19, Rigsby will be sharing his inspiration and messages with Hutchinson Community College at

the first Ray and Stella Dillon Lecture Series of 2019 at the Sports Arena.

In his talks, Rigsby emphasizes on the fact that his father is a thirdgrade dropout, because he says his father is the smartest man in the world, even though he and his brother got degrees and successful careers, whereas their father didn’t even get a GED. By showing him what a real man is like, leaving school to take care of his family and

Upcoming events

Feb. 19 — Dillon Lecture Series- Dr. Rick Rigsby 10:3011:30 a.m at Hutchinson Sports Arena.

Feb. 19 — Baseball vs. Redlands at noon at Hobart-Detter Field.

Feb. 19— Community Forum - Mission, Vision, and Values 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. in Alumni Room at Parker Student Union.

Feb. 20— Women’s and Men’s Basketball vs. Barton 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. at the Sports Arena.

teaching himself how to read and write, Rigsby’s father gave him inspiration to be who he is today, and helped him through the toughest times of his life.

Rigsby, President and CEO of Rick Rigsby Communications, and a “USA Today”, Amazon, and “The Wall Street Journal” best-selling author who wrote, “Lessons of a Third Grade Dropout” gave the speech of a lifetime at the 2017 Cal Maritime Commencement ceremony.

With that speech, he reached more than 200 million viewers. In the commencement speech, he made several points about being the best you can be.

“Good enough isn’t good enough if it can be better, and better isn’t good enough if it can be best,” Rigsby said.

Toward the end of his speech, Dr. Rigsby asked one question that really brought impact on the crowd and many who have watched it. He asked, “How you living?”

Photo by Pablo Sanchez/Collegian Public speaker, Dr. Rick Rigsby will be speaker at the Dillon Lecture Series February 19.

The happenings around campus

Blue Dragons weekend forecast

Friday —High: 25 Low: 15 Saturday—High: 33 Low: 21 Sunday —High: 32 Low: 13

Don’t let this be you: Bundle up and stay warm!

Inside Scoop

Black History Month:

Interview with Carolyn Parson on Page 3.

Opinion

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Why do we stay up till 3:30 a.m. every night?

Our view College students tend to stay up very, very, very, late.

Or should we say early.

Most of the staff and other college students say that they tend to stay up way later than they should.

But they seem to continue this routine every night, even though it will most likely hurt them the next day when they have to wake up.

Several of us find it a reoccurring struggle to wake up every single morning, especially when it’s an 8 a.m. class that’s not our favorite.

So, why is it that we stay up super late knowing that it will hurt us later? Well, to be quite honest, we don’t

really know.

For some us, it’s because we are staying up late doing homework, because it’s the only time of day that we are free.

For others, it’s a time to just relax and have fun.

There is also the fact that mental health issues contribute to this procrastination to go to sleep.

Each reason may seem unreal to those who have semi-normal sleeping schedules, but it’s just a regular occurrence in a college kid’s life.

There’s really no true answer, to this question because everyone’s answer is different or they don’t have an answer at all.

So how do we change

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our bad sleeping habits into normalized routines? It’s not as easy as it sounds, but we need to be able to turn off our brains somehow, someway.

Whether that be turning off our phones, mediating, or just laying our heads down, there is a way for us to finally get a good night sleep. We can do this.

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The Women’s Corner

Where is the female representation?

About a week ago, I was walking around Walmart, just wasting time with Shea Hubbs, who is a new addition to our newspaper staff. We really don’t have time to be wasting as busy college students, but sometimes you just have to walk around Walmart aimlessly.

After going through all of the home decor, we came to the toy section. I may be an “adult”, but I will forever love going down toy aisles and pointing out things I want.

We were passing by the action figures section when I noticed some for

Remember when the CEO of Starbucks said he wanted billionaires to be referred to as “people of means” and decided to run for President? Wow, what a time to be alive.

Howard Schultz, who is running for President of the United States as an independent in 2020, is a billionaire without a cause. His only messages, as put forth by an advisor on “Meet the Press”, are a lame dig at Trump – “make America a better place,” and a weak harkening back to the glibness of Obama: “risk the imagination of a new type of possibility.”

These phrases are emblematic of a campaign that has bought its way into the conversation by a man whose idealistic hubris of fixing everything by doing nothing will be his downfall.

The main problem with Schultz’s campaign is his reliance upon the vagueness

Columnist

Tabitha Barr “Incredibles 2”. I was really excited because your girl loves anything Disney. But my smile quickly faded to a frown as I noticed something disappointing.

All of the single action

figures were the male characters and none of the females. This may seem so insignificant to some people, but it’s things like this I notice a lot. And, to be quite frank, I get really tired of seeing.

I loved “Incredibles” growing up, because who didn’t? But my favorite character by far was Violet.

She could turn invisible anytime she wanted and that was the one superpower I had always wished for.

If I was going through these aisles as a child, I would be devastated that there wasn’t a Violet.

Which may seem like a “so what?” moment, but it strikes a chord for me.

Every girl growing up finds a role model they want to be. These mainly come from watching movies a lot and picking characters that we want to be or have similar traits to.

I always like Violet and her ability to become invisible because I kind of was her.

I was the shy little girl, who did what she was supposed to and didn’t venture out to explore more. To most, I was that invisible kid.

Even as an adult, going

past those toys and not seeing any female representation quite simply hurt. Because even though I don’t believe it, the question arises that if those superhero females can’t even be appreciated, how can I ever be?

This is also true in the Marvel universe as female depiction is horribly lacking. I never see any Black Widow, Gamora, Scarlet Witch or Pepper Potts merchandise in stores. There aren’t even any females Star Wars characters that are sold a lot.

It’s absolutely ridiculous

Starbucks CEO just brew it Columnist

Aaron Strain of “radical centrism,” a political philosophy which posits that most people situate themselves somewhere between two hyper partisan parties, and that the solutions to political problems lie in the molding of these two incredibly contrasting ideologies.

The campaign’s belief in the popularity of centrism relies upon an ungrounded theory: the growing number of voters registered “Unaffiliated” means voters are becoming more moderate.

While it is true that

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more people are starting to not officially identify with either party, they are in actuality becoming more partisan and tend to lean more leftward, towards a Bernie Sanders-style Social Democracy.

This can be seen in the recent elections of more progressive candidates like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez who replaced centrist Democrats, and the starting of more presidential campaigns with a commitment to policies like Medicare for all.

What little Schultz actually stands against is not as much the rise of Trumpist nationalism and xenophobia, but rather this leftward shift of American politics.

This is because he understands what a more progressive government means for him – a higher marginal tax rate scraping the froth off his $4.6 billion made from overpriced coffee.

In a sense he is more comfortable with Trump,

because, under his administration, existing power structures and trickle-down tax policies stay in place, and both continue to benefit him tremendously.

When asked on CNBC on Jan. 28 if he would support undoing recent federal tax cuts and raising corporate tax rates, he said, “I don’t want to talk in the hypothetical about what I would do if I was president.” When given the fact that a Medicare-forall system would save the American people $2 trillion over 10 years, according to studies by the Mercator Institute and others, Schultz simply said, “this is not true,” and called the plan “unAmerican.”

In a Jan. 30 interview on CNN, he said he left the Democratic Party because it started “shifting so far left to progressive policies that are as false as …

Trump telling the American people … that the Mexicans were going to pay for the

Staff

Editor In Chief: Brenna Eller Campus editor: Pablo Sanchez Opinion page editor: Tabitha Barr Sports editors: Rebecca Carney and Amanda Carney Digital Content Coordinator: Cody Schroeder.

Social Media Editor: Emily Fehrman Adviser: Brad Hallier Staff members: Kathrine Collins, Jared Shuff, Breann Rogers, Rachel Lyons, Shealynn Hubbs, Aaron Strain, Kenneth Ryan.

Editorial board: Brenna Eller, Pablo Sanchez,

wall.” Not only is this a false equivalency, between policies of social uplift and the building of a wall to keep out otherness, it is flat out incorrect. Single-payer healthcare, tuition-free universities, and public housing and transportation have all existed in most European countries with great success.

There is one thing he gets right: American politics is broken – it’s not because politicians disagree dramatically on policy, but rather that moneyed interests have corrupted political processes against the will of the people. Even Meghan McCain on “The View” told him that, “You have to be a billionaire to run as an independent.”

Schultz responded, “you can’t buy the presidency,” and laughter from the panel and crowd followed. People can see right through Schultz’s charade – he paid his way into relevance, and he is the problem he refuses to

that women characters in huge movies, are shown as less important to their male counterparts.

To think that a little girl who notices the same lack of representation could ever feel that way, pushes me to write these type of columns and practice what I preach.

I want any age of female to know that they are valued in this society and that their role models are there for them.

Tabitha Barr is a Nickerson freshman studying Media Communications and Production

identify.

All of this emptiness from the campaign has resulted in a 4 percent approval rating and an unfortunate social media response. Every tweet posted by Schultz has been ratioed, meaning the negative responses to them have outnumbered the amount of retweets and likes.

This included a punny response from @EJDuboisL7444: “Dear Baristain-Chief: We’ve already bean here. Not to suggest you’re all froth and no substance. But this year we’ll be looking for candidates with a latte more government experience — one who’s percolated through the grinder...”

On CBS This Morning, Schultz said, “I must be doing something right to garner this much attention.”

Aaron Strain is a Hutchinson freshman studying Media Communications and Production

Tabitha Barr.

Editorial cartoonist: Izzy Caldwell.

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Theatre alumnus helps direct 24 Hour Plays

By Jared Shuff Staff Writer After the dramas of high school, most people hope to avoid it once they get to college.

Others plan to make a career out of drama.

Jack Greenwood, a 2018 Hutchinson Community College graduate, has a passion for theatre, and plans to make a living from it.

Greenwood went to Valley Center High School before attending HutchCC. While he originally only intended to stay for two years, a shift in his major added another year to his college experience in Hutchinson.

“I originally started out as a secondary education major with emphasis in theatre, and then I changed to just straight theatre,” Greenwood said. “I didn’t want to teach high school anymore.”

HutchCC was Green-

wood’s first college choice for many reasons. Not only had his father attended the college, but he had also taught at the Newton location for some time. Greenwood received reduced tuition because of this.

When it came to his experience at HutchCC, Greenwood had nothing but positive things to say.

“I spent most of my time with the fine arts and theatre faculty and I loved that. It really prepared me for a four-year university,” Greenwood said.

Besides being involved in theatre, Greenwood also wrote for The Hutchinson Collegian. He was also involved with the Dragon’s Tale Magazine, as well as the Gay/Straight Alliance, otherwise known as the GSA. A few of his writings were also published in “The Tulgey Wood”, a literary magazine that showcases student publications on

campus.

Greenwood was asked

by Deidre Mattox, a theater instructor and Director of Theatre at HutchCC, to help direct one of the shows for the 24-Hour Plays, a collection of shows all written and rehearsed in a period of 24 hours.

“This was my fourth 24Hour production,” Greenwood said. “I had acted twice, written once, and then I directed this year.”

Greenwood said the shows were a success.

There are a total of six small shows that take place.

Greenwood was confident with how smoothly his show ran. He was excited for the opportunity in the first place, since he hopes to direct theatre at a college level in the future.

The 24-Hour Plays give everyone a chance to explore other aspects of theatre. People that normally ran tech could act, while some actors took the chance

to write or direct the shows.

“It’s an opportunity to do something other than what they are used to,” Greenwood said.

Greenwood directed “Seven Questions for Wilma Jean,” a play written

by Robert Yates, another HutchCC graduate.

Now at Emporia State University, Greenwood is still avidly working towards a career in theatre. He makes it clear that the theatre program at HutchCC is to thank for his passion and success.

“There’s a lot of pressure sometimes to go directly to a four-year [university] after high school, especially for theatre students, but I think that my time at HutchCC was better than what I would have gotten had I gone to a four year for my entire degree,” Greenwood said.

Maybe avoiding drama in college isn’t the best thing after all.

Photo by Dustin Curiel/Collegian Emporia State theatre student and Hutchinson Community College alumnus Jack Greenwood came back to HutchCC to help direct the 24-Hour Plays.

King’s effect still felt by Parson

By Kat Collins Staff writer Our national Holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, was celebrated last month, across the nation.

On a later date that week Carolyn Parson an Academic Advisor at Hutchinson Community College spoke in an Interview with the Collegian about Martin Luther King Jr., and black history and why it is important.

As an African American woman, history is very important to her.

“Why black history is important to me is that certainly that I know my own history, and know how I came here,” Parson said.

“That it was not necessarily free choice, and that it took the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation for us to be somewhat free. So, it’s important that we understand our own personal histories and our own personal struggles.”

She also mentioned what King had done for others and how that affects her now.

“Because I am a person who live during the time that he was alive,” Parson said. “I’m not going to always find myself in situations where I am among others who look like me, either in work, in business, or in school.

So, what Dr. King taught me is that I belong to be wherever I am.

So, knowing that I am not fearful of being the only one in terms of numbers.”

Parson had thought back to when she was a girl living in the southern United States, she remembers what happened in the South was that in certain places, people and businesses did not accept African Americans. So, they created their own environment. Where they could educate their own, they relied on their

Photo KJ Ryan/The Collegian Carolyn Parson, an academic advisor at Hutchinson Community College, a 1988 HutchCC alumna, is affected by the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, even today. churches to understand politics. In the black community, they would grow their own food and share with others.

They just developed their own subculture, so that they could function and didn’t have to rely on businesses or go to the city.

We created our own communities where we lived and helped each

other.” Parsons Said.

Coming up for February, there are several events for Black History Month. On Feb. 1, at the Reno County Museum, the opening reception of the exhibit “Past, Present & Future: African American Community in Reno County” will be on display.

On Feb. 16, a contest opens

to USD 308 elementary students, named The Scharlotte Minnis “Tell Us About It” Poster and Display Contest, where students will learn about a famous African American person and write a speech and make a poster. And present their speeches and posters, to have a chance to win a gift card.

On Feb. 19 at 10:30 a.m., at

Student commuter not pleased with driving to school in bad weather

By Emily Fehrman Social Media Editor

As amazing as Hutchinson Community College can be, it has a downside, to the students anyway.

The college has been known for not canceling classes on snowy or icy days.

To the students, not only those who walk from the dorms, it’s sometimes a dangerous drive that they have to make, especially if they have to drive on highways.

Brooke Livingston, Pretty Prairie sophomore, said she believed that the cancelation of classes Feb. 7 was to make up for not canceling Feb. 6. Roads and weather conditions were shoddy that Wednesday. By noon on Thursday – the day classes were cancelled – everything was melted and the sun was shining, unlike the day before where the freezing drizzle and sleet were still coming down pretty heavy throughout the whole day.

Typically, those who attend Hutchinson High live within city limits. Since it’s in town, the roads are usually in better condition.

Livingston is about 35-40 minutes from Hutchinson.

Here is a Q&A with Livingston, on her thoughts commuting when roads are shoddy.

Hutchinson Collegian: In your opinion how rare is it for HutchCC to cancel classes?

Brooke Livingston: Canceling classes seems extremely rare HC: Was it a shock that classes were canceled Feb. 7?

BL: I was very surprised that classes were cancelled last week, I was fully expecting to have to drive to class on ice.

HC: Do you think that they mainly canceled class on Thursday to make up for not canceling the day before? Seeing how the roads were worse the day before.

BL: I’m sure they thought it was going to be worse the second day than the first, so yeah I expect they cancelled due to the day before.

HC: You live outside of town. Would you consider it being worth it to drive to campus when the roads are bad?

BL: Absolutely not worth it. I’m always so disappointed when I drive all the way to Hutch and find that a class is cancelled, although part of me is always super excited about it.

HC: Do any of your instructors ever get upset that you have to miss a class due to the weather, if you’ve had to miss any or know of their policy?

BL: My instructors are pretty chill so they don’t mind if I miss class.

HC: Was it a relief when they canceled class on Thursday?

BL: It was absolutely a relief when they cancelled classes on Thursday. It meant I could sleep in until I had to go to work.

the Hutchinson Sports Arena, Rick Rigsby will give a presentation for the Dillon Lecture Series, on hearing wisdom of past generations, saying what should be truly important and meaningful, wisdom that shall inspire, and motivate and empower you of make an impact rather than an impression.

Roundup

• Continued from Page 4 All-American posted the sixth-fastest time in Blue Dragon Indoor history.

The Blue Dragon women will also return to Pittsburg on Friday and Saturday to compete in the Region VI Indoor Championships. Heading into Regionals, the Blue Dragon women have four national qualifiers.

Women’s Basketball – The women’s basketball team reached the 25-victory mark for the 13th time in team history Monday night.

The Blue Dragons survived a tough offensive first half and 19 turnovers for the game as the No. 10 ranked HutchCC women com-

pleted the season sweep of the Pratt Beavers winning 75-62.

The Blue Dragons improve to 25-1 overall and maintained their tie with Seward County atop the Jayhawk West at 16-1 Sophomore Dejane Roebuck posted her seventh double-double of the season and 21st of her career 19 points and 10 points to lead the Blue Dragons.

Freshman Makayla Vannett finished with 14 points and three assists. Sophomore Jada Mickens added 11 points and six assists.

Abby Ogle closed with eight points, six rebounds, seven assists and tied a career high with six steals.

The Blue Dragons travel to Colby Saturday afternoon, with a 3 p.m. tip-off.

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Competitive fire

Athlete of the week

(Feb. 3-9) Keeley Tini, Men’s basketball

Photos by Bre Rogers/The Collegian Hutchinson Community College’s guard Abby Ogle looks to pass the ball around Dodge City defense during a game Wednesday at the Sports Arena.

Baldwin City freshman brings a burning passion to the Blue Dragons

By Amanda Carney Co-Sports Editor

Competitive is not just another word for Hutchinson Community College freshman basketball player Abby Ogle.

Both offensively and defensively, Ogle is competitive. However, this is not the only time Ogle is competitive.

“I try to be as competitive as I possibly can,” Ogle said.

Ogle grew up with

two older siblings and one younger, which only added to the competitiveness.

Anytime even so much as Monopoly or Scrabble was brought out, Ogle wanted to win.

“Any game I tend to like to win,” Ogle said. “I don’t really like losing. Any board game I want to win.”

Coming from Baldwin City, Ogle was coming off a Clas 4A Division 2 state championship win, which was bonus for Blue Drag-

ons coach John Ontjes.

“Coming in, Abby was coming in off a state championship, and we thought she could provide a lot for us,” Ontjes said.

While recruiting, Ontjes knew immediately that one word described Ogle - competitive.

“When we recruited Abby, we saw a kid that was very competitive,” Ontjes said. “We saw a kid that played more athletic than she appeared. She

does a lot of little things for us, things that teams need, like getting on the floor, getting loose balls, steals for layups. That is what she provides for.”

Since coming to Hutchinson Community Colleged, Ogle has improved has a basketball player especially as a shooter.

“My shot has definitely improved since being here,” Ogle said. “I was not a shooter at all in high

school, I really didn’t need to. I would drive and pass the ball off. My defense has improved a lot, even though I still foul a lot.”

Ogle’s competitiveness leads to one down side, fouls.

Ogle has managed spot in the staring line up helping lead the Blue Dragons to a 25-1 record for the 2018-2019 season.

She is averaging 8 points, 3.5 assists and 3.2 rebounds a game.

The week: Tini had a great week in leading the Blue Dragons to a pair of wins.

Against Northwest Kansas tech, Tini Tini poured in 20 points on 9 of 12 shooting and she added five rebounds and an assist, as the Blue Dragons won 100-69.

Then she added eight points in a 95-53 win against Garden City She added seven rebounds and another assist.

The season: Tini, a 6-foot native of Auckland New Zealand, has been a solid player for the Blue Dragons.

She’s averaging 7.0 points and 5.3 rebounds a game, while shooting a sizzling 59 percent from the field.She has five games scoring in double figures, with 20 points being her season best.

Roundup: Blue Dragon men’s basketball achieves landmark win

By Rebecca Carney Co-Sports Editor

The Hutchinson Communtiy College men’s basketball team made NJCAA history Monday night by becoming the first men’s basketball program to reach 1,800 wins.

To reach that milestone win, the No. 22-ranked Blue Dragon’s had to rally from deficits as large as nine points to defeat the Pratt Beavers 74-70 at the Dennis Lesh Sports Arena.

The Blue Dragons also reached 20 wins for the 53rd time in program history. Hutchinson improves to 20-6 overall and 11-6 in Jayhawk West play.

Sophomore James Rojas scored a game-high of 24 points with nine rebounds and eight of nine shooting from the free-throw line to lead the Blue Dragons.

Rheaquone Taylor had 15 points and seven rebounds

with Malique Jacobs adding 10 points.

The Blue Dragons travel to Colby on Saturday to take on the Colby Trojans, with tip-off being at 5 p.m.

Men’s Track – The men’s track and field team ran its season total of NJCAA Indoor qualifiers to 16 on Saturday with more four more tickets punched.

The Blue Dragons were split on Saturday competing at the Gorilla Classic at the Plaster Center in Pittsburg and the Scottie Classic at Walter’s Wellness Center in Highland. Brett Hillabrand, a cross country All American, qualified for the mile with a time of 4 minutes, 22.94 seconds.

Freshman Sylvestre Kibarar also qualified when he posted a national-qualifying time in the 5,000 meters. His time of 15 minutes, 12.77 seconds is the second-fastest time in

team indoor history.

Already qualified for nationals, the Blue Dragon men’s 4x400 relay team posted the ninth-fastest time in the nation on Saturday.

The relay of Dusty Torres, Denilson Whitmore, Donovan Whitmore and Elijah Smith ran of time of 13 minutes, 17.72 seconds.

The Blue Dragons will compete at the Region 6 Indoor championships on Friday and Saturday at the Plaster Center in Pittsburg.

Women’s Track – The women’s track and field team did not pick up any new national qualifiers on Saturday, but several athletes did move up on the historical Blue Dragon performance charts. The women’s team was also split between the Gorilla Classic in Pittsburg and the Scottie Classic in Highland.

In Pittsburg, sophomore Jewel Bolden, who ran 8.99

Photos by Bre Rogers/The Collegian Boubacar Kamissoko goes in for a shot against Northwest Kansas Tech. On Monday in pratt, the Blue Dragons became the first NJCAA team to reach 1800 wins. seconds in qualifying for the 60-meter hurdles, lowered that time on Saturday posting 8.97 seconds in the

preliminaries.

Freshman Gabby Collins ran a time of 2 minutes 27.31 seconds in the Gorilla

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

Baseball

(doubleheaders indiciated by a 2) Feb. 2, at Coffeyville W 11-8, L 9-7 Feb. 13, COFFEYVILLE, W 7-2. L 17-4 Feb. 15, at Northeast Texas, 6 p.m.

Feb. 16, at Northeast Texas, 2 p.m.

Feb. 17, at Northeast Texas, noon Feb. 19, REDLANDS, (2), 1 p.m.

Feb. 22, at Rose State, Feb. 23, at Rose State (2), 1 p.m.

Feb. 28, CLOUD COUNTY, (2), 1 p.m.

March 2 at Cloud County (2), 1 p.m.

March 7, at Butler (2), 1 p.m.

March 9, BUTLER (2), 1 p.m.

March 12, at Redlands, 1 p.m.

March 14, BARTON (2), 1 p.m.

March 16, at Barton (2), 1 p.m.

March 19, COWLEY, 2 p.m.

March 21, at Dodge City (2), 3 p.m.

March 23, DODGE CITY (2), 1 p.m.

March 26, at Cowley, 2 p.m.

March 28, GARDEN CITY (2), 1 p.m.

March 30, at Garden City, (2), 1 p.m.

April 3, STERLING JV (2), 3 p.m.

April 4, STERLING JV (2), 3 p.m.

April 9, at Seminole State, 5:30 p.m.

April 11, at Pratt (2), 1 p.m.

April 13 PRATT (2), 1 p.m.

April 16, COFFEYVILLE (2), 2 p.m.

April 18, SEWARD COUNTY (2), 1 p.m.

April 20, at Seward County (2), 1 p.m.

April 23, BARTON, 5:30 p.m.

April 25, at Colby (2), 1 p.m.

April 27, COLBY (2), 1 p.m.

Basketball, men’s

Nov. 2, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA, W 99-62 Nov. 3, NEO, W 68-54 Nov. 6, at Northern Oklahoma-Enid, W 109-68 Nov. 9, vs. Spring Creek Academy at Great Bend, W 111-83 Nov. 10, vs. Redlands at Great Bend, W 117-85 Nov. 16, vs. Murray State at El Dorado, W 88-55 Nov. 17, vs. Labette at El Dorado, W 105-98, OT Nov. 20, NORTHERN OKLAHOMA-ENID, W 105-69 Nov. 24, HESSTON, W 103-83 Nov. 28, at Coffeyville, L 78-67 Dec. 1, INDEPENDENCE, W 83-51 Dec. 5, at Neosho County, W 86-81 OT Dec. 8, BUTLER, W 78-56

Dec. 12, at Cloud County, L 72-64 Jan. 5, at Allen, W 102-86 Jan. 12, COWLEY, W 85-76 Jan. 14, at NW Kansas Tech, W 85-78 Jan. 16, GARDEN CITY, L 70-69 Jan. 19, PRATT, W 60-57 Jan. 23, at Dodge City, W 98-90 OT Jan. 26, COLBY, W 95-76 Jan. 30, at Barton,L 102-87 Feb. 2, SEWARD COUNTY, L 87-79 Feb. 6, NW KANSAS TECH, W 8168 Feb. 9, at Garden City, L 93-58 Feb. 11, at Pratt, W 74-70 Feb. 13, DODGE CITY, W 94-53 Feb. 16, at Colby, 8 p.m.

Feb. 20, BARTON, 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 23, at Seward County, 8 p.m.

Basketball, women’s

Nov. 1, BETHANY JV, W 107-32 Nov. 9, vs. Murray State at Great Bend, W 88-65 Nov. 10, vs. NEO at Great Bend, W 82-57 Nov. 14, at Washburn JV, W 84-53 Nov. 17, at Central Christian JV, W 85-29 Nov. 20, LAMAR, W 102-35

Nov. 24, HESSTON, W 92-48 Nov. 28, at Coffeyville, W 81-45 Dec. 1, INDEPENDENCE, W 53-41 Dec. 5, at Neosho County, W 87-78 Dec. 8, BUTLER, W 78-56 Dec. 12, at Cloud County, W 60-49 Dec. 28, IOWA WESTERN, W 71-50 Dec. 29, ELLSWORTH, W 95-22 Jan. 5, at Allen, W 102-67 Jan. 12, COWLEY, W 60-49 Jan. 14, at NW Kansas Tech, W 105-51 Jan. 16, GARDEN CITY, W 87-56 Jan. 19, PRATT, W 69-38 Jan. 23, at Dodge City, W 65-35 Jan. 26, COLBY, W 98-59 Jan. 30, at Barton, W 93-48 Feb. 2, SEWARD COUNTY, L 70-54 Feb. 6, NW KANSAS TECH, W 100-69 Feb. 9, at Garden City, W 95-53 Feb. 11, at Pratt, W 75-62 Feb. 13, DODGE CITY, W 59-51 Feb. 16, at Colby, 6 p.m.

Feb. 20, BARTON, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 23, at Seward County, 6 p.m.

Softball

Feb. 8, at Northern Oklahoma-Enid, L 11-4 Feb. 13, CLOUD COUNTY, W 6-4,

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W 6-1 Feb. 21, at Neosho County, 2 p.m.

Feb. 22, at Allen, 1 p.m.

Feb. 25, at Northern Oklahoma-Enid, 1 p.m.

Feb. 28, at Hesston, 3 p.m.

March 2, BUTLER, 2 p.m.

March 6, at Barton, 1 p.m.

March 7, TABOR JV, 2 p.m.

March 12, FORT SCOTT, 2 p.m.

March 13, OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN JV, 2 p.m.

March 16, COLBY, 2 p.m.

March 20, at Independence, 2 p.m.

March 23, PRATT, 1 p.m.

March 27, GARDEN CITY, 1 p.m.

April 3, at Butler, 2 p.m.

April 6, DODGE CITY, 2 p.m.

April 7, at Seward County, 2 p.m.

April 10, BARTON, 3 p.m.

April 13, at Pratt, 1 p.m.

April 14, INDEPENDENCE, 2 p.m.

April 17, at Sterling JV, 3 p.m.

April 24, at NW Kansas Tech, 2 p.m.

Indoor track

Feb. 15-17, at Region 6 Championships March 1-2, at NJCAA Indoor Championships