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Calf craze

Agriculture department shares excitement for newborn calves

Photos by Cody Schroeder/Collegian Hutchinson Community College’s Livestock Judging Coach and Cowherd Manager, Pat Arkfeld shares news of the agriculture department’s newborn calves. Arkfeld also gives insight on what the students do to prepare for this and how the class opperates in terms of feeding, selling, breeding, and managing cattle.

By Emily Fehrman Social Media Editor

A lot of students at Hutchinson Community College are either athletes, city kids or yeehaw buckaroos.

That being said, most of the student body and faculty have little idea what the agriculture pro-

grams have to offer. Pat Arkfeld, HutchCC Assistant Livestock Judging Coach and Cowherd Manager, is here to help clarify what it is they do for those who are still unaware.

HutchCC has about 450 acres of farmable land available for its ag students to learn from.

Upcoming events

March 2 — Softball vs. Butler (DH) 2 p.m. - 7 p.m. at Fun Valley.

March 4 — Current student enrollment begins 8 a.m. - 9 a.m.

March 5 — Dillon Lecture Series - Denise Kiernan 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at Hutchinson Sports Arena.

March 7 — Outdoor track at Southwestern invitational 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. at Winfield.

March 7 — Baseball vs. Tabor Colelge JV (DH) 2 p.m. 7 p.m. at Fun Valley.

When Arkfeld first arrived in Hutch two years ago, the program had 50 purebred angus cows. Of the 50, seven were designated as the donors. From there, they super ovulate, and breed them. So, instead of one embryo, they’ll get on average 10 to 12. Then they inseminate the re-

mainder of the cows.

“Just like in humans, you can have a recipient, so some of the ‘poor end’ cows we can utilize as good moms,” Arkfeld said.

Since Arkfeld’s arrival, they’ve started to do more of the Simmental breed, and have begun having two breeds just to reach and branch out to more people and buyers.

They have an online heifer sale, Live Stock Sales, that Ben Williams teaches and is in charge of. The sale is usually in November, but this year it went great, grossing just more than $20,000.

The class sell bulls, right now they’re working on potentially having their own bull sale. In the past years they usually sold bulls with a local

The happenings around campus

producer.

The remainder of the calves they will feed out or sell at weaning, with a handful of them at the feedyard currently being, well, fed. Come May, they will hopefully harvest those and sell the meat.

Arkfeld is also hoping to generate some sales among some of the HutchCC staff.

“Not a whole lot of people know we have a bunch of cows out here,” Arkfeld said. “I believe us and Colby are the only schools in Kansas that have anything sort of like farm and cow heard. It’s rare, especially in Kansas, there’s a handful of colleges that do it, and it’s rare that any community colleges do it.”

Blue Dragons weekend forecast

Friday —High: 46 Low: 19 Saturday—High: 31 Low: 7 Sunday —High: 13 Low: 0

Bundle up this weekend! It’ll be a rough one.

The other half of his job is to help with the livestock judging team.

They find it lucky to have so much student interaction to the point that the cows are tame.

“We kind of train the next generation of cattle men, the next generation of agriculturists, how to take care of cattle, how to sell cattle, breed, manage, and kind of try to use this as hands on tool for a lot of our ag classes,” Arkfeld said.

The sales class students do everything from breaking them to halters, haircuts, feeding, selling and talking to buyers.

It’s a hands on learning opportunity, not many colleges can say they teach this stuff to their students.

Inside Scoop Page 2 - Women’s Corner and editorial on Jason Brown.

Page 3- Early enrollment starts on Monday.

Page 4- Pepsi vs. Coke, part two

Opinion

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The Hutchinson Collegian Friday, March 1, 2019

Cold people be like: This was Jason Brown’s last chance Our view With the recent resignation of Independence Community College head football coach, Jason Brown, it seems like a prime time to talk about his recent controversies.

Brown was a polarizing figure from the Netflix original series, “Last Chance U”. Brown – who is straight outta Compton (literally) – was a brash and straightto-the-point character, and even at times coming off as harsh and demeaning to others around him.

Last week, the Montgomery County Chronicle reported that Brown sent a text message to a German player in which he stated that, “I’m your new Hitler.”

That seems pretty bad right?

Well, it was later found out that he also would refer to the German student as “u German f---.”

That is a disgusting use of language and pathetic for a head football coach to address a player in that manner. To make matters

even worse, the young German player was actually informed that he was cut from the football team because his scholarship had gotten revoked.

In an interview done with the student, Alexandros Alexiou, by the Montgomery County Chronicle, he said he felt as if nobody was there to stand up for him. Alexiou even stated that, “...there are a lot of other incidents on the team that do not get reported.”

Now, there is a fine line for ways a coach can speak to his or her athletes. This wasn’t just some normal situation in which Brown defenders can say the student was just being weak and should toughen up. Alexiou was being treated poorly and discriminated against due to his nationality.

This whole situation also makes us wonder if there are other examples of this happening at ICC, and if any more people will come out and speak about how they were treated so poorly. Truthfully, it wouldn’t really be all too surprising either.

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The Women’s Corner

Telling us to smile will result in the opposite This week’s column is really only going to make sense to those who have lived through it before. And to those who haven’t, you’ll most likely call me a radical feminist.

But, to be quite honest, if you believe that I’m being too extreme, you clearly don’t understand the uncomfortable feeling that comes with it.

Now, you’re probably wondering why I ranted for a good paragraph without acknowledging the topic.

But when this has been brought up before, many tend to see me as overdramatic.

Columnist

Tabitha Barr However, when strange men randomly tell women they’ve never met to “smile”, it’s utterly disgusting and wrong. Not only does it make us extremely uncomfortable but it also leaves us feeling thorough-

ly violated.

So let me tell you something straight up. First of all, a man telling me smile will definitely not encourage me to.

I will absolutely lose all emotion and look at him with disgust. He has no idea who I am, what I’m doing, how I’m feeling and no reason to tell me what I need to be doing.

For me, it goes back to the olden days when women were supposed to be happy all of the time and the reason men smile.

Which is so irrational and ignorant that it hurts me to think that women had to go

through that.

It also hints back to when men could tell women what to do and the women just have to listen to them because that’s what was expected.

But thankfully in today’s society, women are their own persons and can do whatever they please without a man’s consent.

But, for some reason, some men still think it’s necessary to comment that women should be smiling, because why shouldn’t we?

I think the main reason this still happens is because men don’t understand why

it’s such a bad thing. They think they are doing us a favor when in reality they are just being complete garbage.

Most men don’t realize that it’s harmful and naive of them to assume they can make a girl happier by simply telling her to smile.

That’s so not how that works.

Telling her to smile only makes the situation worse, as it usually pisses her off to no end.

And some women will feel completely uncomfortable and say nothing while walking away, while others will straight up call them on

their bullshit.

Either way, men need to not tell women to smile because it’s just positively ridiculous.

And the next time that the situation arises, please, please call the man out on his rudeness and show him the correct way to treat women by not telling us what to do.

Tabitha Barr is a Nickerson freshman studying Media Communications and Production

Independence coach does not have my approval I stay away from controversy because well, I don’t like to get heated.

Unfortunately, I feel like we should address the ethical issues behind the actions of the Independence Community College football coach who recently stepped down.

I have a great amount of respect for Independence and its programs, but Jason Brown’s actions I do not. I was taught in one of my high school classes about a set of important values.

Among the eight main

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Rachel Lyons values taught, “Be Principled”, “Sound Judgment”, and “Responsibility” all were completely left to the wayside in Brown’s actions.

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resources at Indy, I would have asked for Brown’s resignation or fired him immediately after the controversial message – which Brown told a German student-athlete that Brown texted, “I’m your new Hitler” was brought forward.

I saw his letter of res-

ignation and his list of accomplishments on Twitter.

If you had sound judgment, were principled, and acted responsibly you would not have sent the message(s) in question.

I can understand being upset about the media making your conversation public, but the media did

“I have a great amount of respect for Independence and its programs, but Jason Brown’s actions I do not.”

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,

not take your ability to successfully do your job.

If I was in the HR department at a company that you applied at, and while researching items on your resume, I came across these media stories, as well as information from references that cause me to believe that you are not a positive role model or influence to have around players.

I would not hire you, because I want players to have someone that they can look up to as a positive figure they may not have

had at home.

Maybe I am asking too much as a member of a HR department, but at the end of the day, my decision affects more than just myself as an individual employee.

The decision affects the department that you enter, the team of people you work with, and the image and atmosphere of the company you work for.

Rachel Lyons is a Newton freshman studying Business

Tabitha Barr.

Editorial cartoonist: Izzy Caldwell.

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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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Girl Scouts visit welding school

Photos Courtesy of Greg Siepert/HutchCC Welding

A Wichita Girl Scout troop visited Berger Industrial Technology Center on February 17

Early enrollment sneaking up on current students

By Jared Shuff Staff Writer

For current Hutchinson Community College students returning, early enrollment is crucial.

It is important for students to get their schedules thought out and organized so they can stay on track to graduate at the desired time. Classes can fill up quickly, and only take place at certain times during the day, so getting enrolled in the required classes should be on the top of every student’s priority list.

However, for something so important, there seems to be little notice when it comes to the start of early enrollment.

There are rarely emails sent out about it, and students don’t always think to check the online calendar.

Sage Williams, a freshman from

Hutchinson, was unaware of when early enrollment began.

“I know it starts for next semester at the end. I saw it on the calendar, but I’m not sure other than that,” Williams said.

There is an enrollment day for new students in late April, which is most likely what Williams had seen. When it came to enrollment for current students, she couldn’t say for sure when it started.

Early enrollment for current students begins on Monday, sooner than many students probably believe. There are advisors who have sent reminders to students about enrollment days. Advisors are a vital resource for students when it comes to figuring out their college plans.

Bernadett Dillon, a HutchCC advisor, was able to share some important aspects of her job.

“We reach out to our students, espe-

cially those who are getting those attendance warnings, have office hours so that students can talk and reschedule their classes, as well as being an ear for students who need to vent or need some guidance in their Dillon plans,” Dillon said.

Students should take advantage of these resources, and some students do. Williams has nothing but positive things to say about her advisor, Neal Allsup.

“He’s helpful with scheduling classes,” Williams said. “We’ve figured out what classes I need to stay a full-time student and he also helps with the steps I need to take to get to a certain college.”

Basically, she makes it clear that Allsup has helped her figure out what she is doing with her life, a difficult task for most stu-

dents at the college level. This is something that advisors are amazing at.

“We’re all very knowledgeable about what the college can do for every individual, whether that’s going the vocational tech route, getting an Associate’s degree, or using what you’ve gotten here at HutchCC to transfer to a four-year university,” Dillon said.

All advisors go through training so they can do the best job for the students, which is what matters most. The success of the students coincides directly with the success of the college.

Dillon also explained why enrolling early is so important.

“You just have a better option of getting into the classes you’re wanting to get into that will work best with your work schedule, practices and other activities,” Dillon said.

Computer Connections opportunity for students to make contacts with area businesses Pablo Sanchez Campus Editor Computer Connections, an event for companies around Hutchinson to talk and meet Hutchinson Community College students, is scheduled for 10:20 a.m. Wednesday at the Justice Theater inside Shears Technology Center.

HutchCC Computer Science Instructor and Coordinator Matt Magee said that the event is geared toward getting companies that informs students of not what the companies do, but for what

they look for in hiring new employees.

“Our computer support specialist degree area is who is running the show,” Magee said.

“It was my idea and Jackie (Long), Magee Jill (Cunningham), Jesse (Newberry), Rod (Alexander) and Jeff (Heminway) who all contributed together to put it together.

Magee said each of the companies is going to be given 15-20

minutes, and that the event should be finished in and hour or so.

“We are scheduled for an hour and a half, so if there’s questions from the students to ask the companies,” Magee said.

“We already have a career connection for everybody, but we wanted to get something more specific to our area over here. They don’t know that there’s jobs available in Hutchinson, Kansas, for programing and web design.”

HutchCC career development and placement coordinator Jackie

Long, who is also an advisor and instructor, said “We are hoping to get the word out on campus and especially through instructors. It seems that if instructors announce opportunity in their classrooms we always have a better response,” Long said.

“To have four major companies come to campus to talk to our students … what I’d want to see is that the job market is in a very good place for anyone preparing for a careers. Our connection to them is through that computer support advisor,

but they have jobs in everything from accounting support, business office, automation, graphics, and lots of opportunities to learn from.”

Long said employers are known to contact the college for ways to connect with students, and that they are attending the April 4 job fair, but they really want to get to know students early and personal.

“In the past, we try accommodate employers by saying ‘come to my class and talk 10-15 minutes to them,’” Long said.

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‘At mic’ Denise Kiernan

New York Times writer to speak at Tuesday’s Dillon Lecture Series

By Tabitha Barr Opinion Page Editor

Writing vividly is a hard task to accomplish in world that likes simple tastes. But Denise Kiernan knows how to attract readers with her compelling words and interesting fiction and non-fiction stories.

For more than 20 years, Kiernan has been writing stories and publishing them out in the world. And she plans to keep writing whatever sparks her passion.

Kiernan, who on Tuesday will be in Hutchinson for the second Dillon Lecture Series of 2019, took her education through New York University and graduated with a B.A. in 1991. She then went back in 2002 to receive her M.A. The items she studied while taking her master’s centered on culture and human development.

This focus led her to writing more realistic stories that had true backstories.

What: Dillon Lecture Series Who: Author, Denise Kiernan Why: To speak about her bestselling book, “The Girls of Atomic City” When: March 5, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.

Where: Sports Arena One of her most popular stories uses this technique as the story based on true events unfolds page after page. “The Girls of Atomic City – The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II” follows the true story of women who had no idea that they were a part of the development for the first atomic bomb.

It’s a book that follows the lives of those who worked without question, but also about smart and independent women that worked their way

up the ladder to prove women were just as strong as men.

This book written in 2013 is a five-time bestseller and prompted Kiernan’s career to skyrocket.

Even before “The Girls of Atomic City”, she was succeeding in writing stories through different news outlets such as The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Ms. Magazine, Village Voice, Discover, Reader’s Digest and more. Plus, she has written for ABC’s “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, and produced for

television networks ESPN and MSNBC. She is verse in many areas in the world of media and knows her way around the business.

Not only has she written and published stories for herself, but she is also a ghostwriter for many important social stars, including those who are famous in athletics, social media and film. She is known in the journalism

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world and continues to make her name known by continuing to write and speaking around the nation about her journey.

Kiernan has won many awards based on her journalistic skills and empowering stories. She currently travels around the nation to speak about her books that changed the way people view an important historical event.

Pepsi wins bid over Coca-Cola

By Brenna Eller Editor in Chief

The dominating soft drink companies, Coca-Cola and Pepsi, have been rivals for decades.

Whether you notice the local pop machines on campus or not, you might have been upset or confused as to why there are only certain options in the vending machines to choose from. That is due to a contract Hutchinson Community College has with Pepsi that states that the company has exclusive product availability rights.

A copy of the contract with the college was obtained from Julie Blanton, Vice President of Finance and Operations at HutchCC. When explaining the contents of the contract, Blanton said, “The Pepsi agreement is actually between the Educational Facilities

Authority of Reno County, HutchCC, USD 308, and Pepsi Beverage Company.”

Blanton said the contract term is from Feb. 1, 2016 to April 30, 2024, an eight-year contract.

“No competitive products can be sold, dispensed, served or made available at our facilities except in very limited situations, i.e. our daycare facility can buy milk and bottled water elsewhere,” Blanton said. “The college and all affiliated organizations which sell beverages at our facilities must purchase all products, cups, lids, etc. from Pepsi Beverage Company.”

How does the college benefit from this contract? In return for buying its products, Pepsi has agreed to pay a sponsorship fee of $231,000 over eight years to HutchCC and gives the college free products for the athletic department, and because the college sells

Pepsi products, the college receive 25 percent commission.

Since the students are only at HutchCC for a few years, the college faculty was the subject in question.

According to the RFP Beverage Dispensing Equipment Lease provided by Blanton, both Pepsi and Coke presented bids to HutchCC. Pepsi happened to have more to give in terms of commission and athletic sponsorship. However, Coca-Cola presented a reward system where students would use a Coca-Cola card/mobile wallet before purchasing a drink which would eventually add up to students earning a free drink every now and then.

While Coca-Cola’s bid only extended to five years, Pepsi agreed to eight years, paying the college more.

After going over the bids, the HutchCC and USD 308 representatives, HutchCC president. Carter File,

former USD 308 superintendent Shelly Kiblinger, and HutchCC chairman of the board of trustees Darrell Pankratz agreed to the lease with Pepsi, and the rest is history.

John Pendergrass, HutchCC Specialist, Technical Training and head of Skills USA, prefers Pepsi over Coke.

“Coke is just too strong. I use it to clean batteries,” Pendergrass jokingly said, referring to the acidity of Coca Cola.

Pendergrass was unaware of the contract with Pepsi, but doesn’t mind Pepsi products, and for the most part doesn’t even use the vending machines often, and said water is much healthier anyways.

If the position were in reverse and only Coke products were sold on campus, Pendergrass said, “If I did want pop, I would bring my own from home.”

PFLAG Hutchinson will host Drag Queen Bingo event

By Emily Fehrman Social Media Editor

At 6 p.m. on March 8, at the Atrium Hotel & Conference Center, the Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG Hutchinson) will host Drag Queen Bingo Mardi Gras Style.

There will be plenty of food, prizes, a raffle and gifts available for patros.

The event has been ongoing for the last 10 years. It started with the Kansas Equality Coalition. Since 2012, most of the drag-queen-bingo events have been affiliated with PFLAG. Last year, Charles Kerschen helped to merge PFLAG with

Is Juul really cuul?

By Shea Hubbs Staff Writer

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E-cigarettes are devices that operate by heating a liquid solution to a high enough temperature so that it produces an aerosol that is inhaled.

Solutions typically include nicotine, flavoring and a humectant, such as propylene glycol, to retain moisture and create an aerosol when heated.

While using an e-cigarette is often called “vaping,” the devices produce an aerosol, not a vapor. Unlike vapor, which is simply a substance in gas form, the aerosol from an e-cigarette can contain tiny chemical particles from both the liquid solution and the device (e.g., metals from the heating coil).

JUUL, e-cigarettes claim the product has a nicotine content like traditional cigarettes, and that it delivers the nicotine up to 2.7 times faster than other e-cigarettes. While that may make them more attractive to smokers as an alternative to cigarettes, it increases the potential for youth addiction and suggests such products should be carefully regulated to reduce youth access and use.

Truth Initiative study found that among current youth, JUUL users, only 37 percent knew that the product always contains nicotine.

Between 2011 and 2017, e-cigarette use significantly increased among youth in high school and middle school.

The 2017 National Youth Tobacco Survey found that 11.7 percent of high school students and 3.3 percent of middle school students used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days.

Using e-cigarettes has been shown to increase the likelihood of smoking cigarettes meaning this could lead to more nicotine products that may be used in more dangerous nicotine products.

Many young e-cigarette users do not know what is in the products they are using.

A recent study found that 98.7 percent of all e-cigarette products sold at convenience stores, supermarkets and similar outlets contain nicotine. Yet, many young people aren’t aware that the products they use contain nicotine.

In fact, 60 percent of teens incorrectly reported e-cigarettes as being comprised of mostly flavoring.

Since e-cigarettes are still fairly new, the last effects of them aren’t widely known.

Juul owns about 70 percent of the e-cigarette market At least 60 chemical compounds have been found in e-liquids, and more are present in the aerosol produced by e-cigarettes.

Pride (Salt CIty Pride, Inc.).

“The event is marketed to whoever wants to come and have an entertaining evening playing bingo with drag queens calling out numbers,” said Kerschen, Religion and Philosophy Instructor at Hutchinson Community College.

They have various prizes, food, and for those old enough, alcoholic drinks at the cash bar. It’s a fundraiser for outreach to the LGBTQ+ community and for other community groups in need.

The event is for all, including for bachelor or bachelorette parties, birthday parties, or just a girls night out. All proceeds will go to PFLAG/Hutchinson Salt City Pride a 501c3 non profit.

Ambassadors, the faces of HutchCC

By Kat Collins Staff Writer

The Hutchinson Community College Ambassadors are, in many ways the faces of the college.

Many of the them are posted about on the college admissions Instagram - @hutchccadmissions. They are an important part of recruiting new students, providing individual campus visits, and helping with group tours.

What does it take to become an ambassador? Corbin Strobel, HutchCC Admissions Director, said that students should express an interest in the program through the HutchCC Strobel scholarship application or an inquiry with someone in the admissions office.

“Students are required to complete the HutchCC college scholarship application, as well as the Student Ambassador application,” Strobel said. “We interview the top candidates from the applicant pool and make our selections from that group. Current HutchCC Student Ambassadors do not need to reapply to the ambassador program if they plan to return, and they have fulfilled all requirements to keep their

ambassador scholarship.

“We believe that the most successful ambassadors are those students that demonstrate pride in the college, communicate well with others, are dependable and adaptable, and show a strong commitment to their role in the recruitment of future Blue Dragon” What would you need to learn if you become an ambassador? The college provides trainings before the beginning of classes in August. During the training process, ambassadors learn as much as they can about HutchCC. The training tries to provide information about programs, departments, activities, facilities, resources and processes, so that ambassadors can share that information with prospective students and their parents while on a campus visit.

This also will allow an ambassador to know the different contact people on our campus.

How can someone be recruited as an ambassador? The college actually doesn’t actively recruit ambassadors.

HutchCC is interested in students who want to pursue this opportunity for themselves. They believe that current ambassadors recruit potential new ambassadors by doing a great job on their campus visits and other activities at the college.

Sports

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Dragons bedevil Allen to advance Photos by Bre Rogers/The Collegian

Hutchinson Community College men 98, Allen 88

(Above) Hutchinson Community Colleg’s D.J. Mitchell celebrates a basket during the first round of the Region 6 Tournament on Wednesday at the Sports Arena. The Blue Dragons will play Sunday in Park City against Cowley in the quarterfinals. (Below left) Boubacar Kamissoko goes in for a layup. (Below right) Tyler Brown attacks the basket early in the first half.

Hutchinson Community College women 89, Allen 40

(Left) Kelsey Brett goes in strong to the basket and scores two points during the first round of the Region 6 Tournament at the Sports Arena. (Above) Abby Ogle (2), Tia Bradshaw (12) and Dejanae Roebuck (right) react to a basket during the second half. The Blue Dragons advanced to Saturday’s quarterfinals at Park City against Independence.

Sports

• Continued from Page 6 new Jayhawk West opener at Butler on March 7 in El Dorado.

Softball – The Hutchinson Community College softball team showed plenty of resiliency in the renewal of a suspended

game at Northern Oklahoma-Enid on Monday afternoon.

The Blue Dragons scored two runs while down their final strike in the top of the seventh, but the Jets walked off for a 16-15 victory at the NOC-Enid softball field. The game was suspended on Feb. 5 after 3 1/2 innings because of darkness.

Down 15-12 after five innings, AJ

Briones singled with one out in the sixth to pull within two runs. Then in the seventh, Cassidy Prucha – who doubled in her previous at-bat – singled and went to third on Shelby Felvus’ hit. Alexis Way had an RBI single and then Jamison singled home Felvus with the tying run to make it 15-all.

The Blue Dragons outhit NOC-

Enid 23-13. The 23 hits ties for the third-most in team single-game history. The Blue Dragons couldn’t overtime five errors that led to seven unearned runs.

Megan Davis (1-1) took the loss. She worked 5 1/3 innings and allowed seven hits, eight runs, five were earned with two strikeouts and two walks.

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Shot at redemption

Athlete of the week (Feb. 17-23) Logan Santori, Baseball

Photo by Bre Rogers/The Collegian Hutchinson Community College’s Makayla Jonson looks to pass the ball into the post during the Blue Dragons’ game Sunday at Seward County. The Blue Dragons lost and finished second in the Jayhawk West behind Seward County.

Blue Dragons hopeful to nab auto bid to NJCAA Tournament

By Amanda Carney Co-Sports Editor

The Hutchinson Community College women’s basketball enters the Region 6 Tournament with a No. 3 seed and a 28-2 record.

The Blue Dragons routed Allen County 89-40 on Wednesday night at the Sports Arena in the first round of the Region 6 Tournament. The Blue Dragons finished a game out of first place in the Jayhawk West, which would have given them a first-round bye.

But with an advantage of a home game Wednesday, Blue Dragons coach

John Ontjes hopes to gain momentum.

“It’s nice to have a home game to open up, and we are hoping to gain some momentum and get to Wichita,” Ontjes said.

Ontjes hopes with the loss from Sunday this will help prepare the Blue Dragons for the Region 6 Tournament.

“Hopefully, we learned from our experience (Sunday) being in a close game, great environment and hopefully that will help with us the Region tournament,” Ontjes said.

The Region 6 winner gets an automatic bid to the NJCAA national

tournament, although both Hutchinson and Seward County would get strong consideration for at-large bids if they don’t win the tournament.

With an almost-conference title, the Blue Dragons are ready for redemption. The Blue Dragons plan on meeting Seward again but this time leaving with a win.

“We are expecting to see Seward again. They say it is hard to beat a team three times.” Forward Jada Mickens adds.

The road won’t be easy, with a Saturday quarterfinal with Independence at Park City, and a potential

semifinal Monday against Jayhawk East champ Butler.

Both of the Dragons losses this year came from Seward County, and they are ready to face the Saints again, but this time with a different outcome.

“The losses Sunday was very tough. It was hard to keep my emotions out of the picture, but we fought really hard,” said Mickens, a Liberal native. “We all wanted it, but it didn’t play in our favor. We always knew that we belonged with Seward.

I can’t even tell you what it is. We are there we just haven’t found the thing that we are missing.”

The week: Sartori hit safely in all four games, three of which were Blue Dragon wins. He was 1 for 4 with a run and Sartori RBI in an 11-7 win at Northeast Texas. Then, he went 5 for 11 in a three-game series against Rose State.

He drove in six runs in the three games, including two wins.

He also belted two home runs and scored six runs.

The season: Sartori, a native of Lincoln, Neb., is off to a strong start for the 7-3 Blue Dragons. He’s batting .417 with an .806 slugging percentage. He has four home runs and 19 RBIs while scoring 16 runs. He has also swiped 12 bases already. He is one of the top returning players for the Blue Dragons and in the Jayhawk West.

Roundup: Women’s basketball team falls in regular-season finale

By Rebecca Carney C-Sports Editor The Hutchinson Community College women’s basketball team battled back from a 14-point deficit to force overtime, but the Seward County Saints scored the first five points of overtime and the Blue Dragons couldn’t recover again.

No. 2 Seward County repeated as Jayhawk West champion on Sunday in Liberal with a 77-69 victory over No. 6 Hutchinson at The Green House. The Blue Dragons fall to 28-2 overall and 19-2 in the Jayhawk West.

The Blue Dragons finish second in the Jayhawk West.

The Blue Dragons were 28-of68 shooting, hitting 7-of-20 from 3-point range and 6-of-14 from the foul line. Dejanae Roebuck posted her eighth double-double of the season with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Mikayla Vannett hit 4-of-8 3-pointers and finished as the only other Blue Dragon in

Baseball

double figures with 14 points.

Men’s Basketball – For the second time this season, the HutchCC men’s basketball team had a slow start against the Seward County Saints. The No. 13-ranked Saints prevailed and earned its first season sweep of HutchCC since 2014 with a 94-75 win.

The Blue Dragons fall to 23-7 overall and finished tied with Barton for second in the Jayhawk West 14-7. The Blue Dragons will be the second seed from the Jayhawk West for the Region 6 Tournament.

Just six minutes into the game, Seward County led 18-2.

Saequon Singleton and Malique Jacobs had 12 points each to lead the Blue Dragons.

James Rojas finished with 10 points. Rheaquone Taylor and Josh Perkins each added eight points. The Blue Dragons were 29-of-64 from the field and were held to a season low one 3-point goal on 11 attempts.

HutchCC was 16-of-25 from the free-throw line. The Blue Dragons did hold a 42-38 rebounding advantage but had 17 turnovers.

Baseball – With two potential straight weeks off, the Hutchinson Community College baseball team picked up a pair of games at a neutral site with a turf field.

The Blue Dragons will play Jayhawk East opponent Labette in a double-header at Pittsburg State University’s Oroloni Field at noon on Tuesday On Saturday, the Jayhawk Conference announced that the opening round of conference games set for the this weekend will be moved to the final week of the season because of the continual winter weather. HutchCC will now play Cloud County on May 2 and May 4, and the opening round of Region 6 Tournament is pushed back on week. The next scheduled games for HutchCC will be the See Sports, Page 5

Photo by Bre Rogers/The Collegian Hutchinson Community College’s Fred Odhiambo goes in for a dunk Sunday during a game at Seward County.

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

(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, W 18-14 Feb. 16, at Northeast Texas, W 6-3 Feb. 17, at Northeast Texas, W 11-7 Feb. 21, at Rose State, L 4-2, W 17-5 Feb. 22, at Rose State, W 12-7 Feb. 26, vs. Labette at Pittsburg, W 18-2, W 7-1 March 1, at Crowder (2), 2 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.

May 2, CLOUD COUNTY (2), 1 p.m.

May 4, at Cloud County (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 81-68 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, W 93-86 Feb. 20, BARTON, W 82-65 Feb. 24, at Seward County, L 94-75 Feb. 27, ALLEN, W 98-88^ March 3, vs. Cowley^ at Park City, 5 p.m. ^ - Region 6 Tournament

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 59-31 Feb. 16, at Colby, W 75-62 Feb. 20, BARTON, W 87-49 Feb. 24, at Seward County, L 77-69 OT Feb. 27, ALLEN, W 89-40^ March 2, vs. Independence^ at Park City, 5 p.m. ^ - Region 6 Tournament

Softball

Feb. 5, at Northern Oklahoma-Enid,

L 11-4, L 16-15 Feb. 13, CLOUD COUNTY, W 6-4, W 6-1 Feb. 21, at Neosho County, ppd Feb. 22, at Allen, ppd Feb. 25, at Northern Oklahoma-Enid, W 4-1 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

March 1-2, at NJCAA Indoor Championships