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Tricia Paramore brings her expertise from the classroom to the campus as she accepts the position as Hutchinson Community College’s new Vice President of Academic Affairs.
As a professor within the science department, Paramore routinely connects the analytical world to the human mind. Now, within Academic Affairs, she will practice the same balance by connecting faculty and staff with the analytical data of the collegiate world. Despite 25 years as an educator at HutchCC and an intricate knowledge of the classroom, Paramore’s expertise isn’t limited to within those walls. She has also served as HutchCC’s Department Chair for the Natural Sciences, Social Science, and Mathematics Department since 2006 and coordinates the college’s strategic planning efforts, and the New Faculty Teaching Academy. Her administrative and analytical experience will allow her to connect these fields back to educators.
“I look forward to learning more about all of our programs and working with our excellent faculty and department chairs to serve HutchCC students,” said Paramore, who takes over for Cindy Hoss, whose retirement became official on Tuesday. “I’m looking forward to getting organized so that we can best convey the good things we’re doing, identify areas we can improve, and work with everyone to make plans for how we can best make those improvements
to serve students in the best way we can.”
While Paramore identifies the faculty of HutchCC as the greatest strength of Academic Affairs, she said she will strive to improve the usefulness of data collection in order to best reach both students and teachers.
“We can always make processes more efficient, reduce paperwork, (and) reduce steps needed to accomplish things,” she said.
Furthermore, she lists accreditation as a top priority, another need she will fulfill alongside supporting staff and students.
With the announcement of Paramore’s new position just last week, she enters a transitional phase of leaving behind her role as Department Chair and learning the inner workings of a new role, which serves to oversee the organization and establishment of educational programs at the college.
“I have a lot to learn about the position, the things that need to be accomplished, (and) timelines,” she said. “I’ll be working to get my sea legs quickly to be as effective as I can be for the students, faculty, and the college.”
Regardless, HutchCC President Carter File approaches this transitory period with confidence.
“Dr. Paramore will do a terrific job for HutchCC as the Vice President of Academic Affairs and I look forward to working with her,” File said.
Paramore, similarly retains optimism about the
future of her role.
“This seemed the right position at the right time with the right people, and definitely the right college,” she said.
The Kansas City Chiefs are going back to the Super Bowl.
After narrowly losing out on a spot in the biggest sports event in America last year to the Cincinnati Bengals, the Chiefs came back with a vengeance in a nail-biting AFC Championship rematch that ended in a 23-20 victory for the Chiefs.
As exciting as it was for the millions of fans watching the game unfold on TV, it was even more exciting for Grant Whipple, a Hutchinson freshman who attended the game in Arrowhead Stadium.
“It was definitely exciting to watch, especially with my friend from Cincinnati, who I met up with before the game started,” Whipple said.
Of course, anyone who’s watched a game take place at Arrowhead Stadium knows that the venue is notorious for its massive levels of noise coming from the crazed football fans. How loud does it get
at Arrowhead? During a 2014 Monday Night Football game against the New England Patriots, Arrowhead Stadium earned a Guinness World Record for the world’s loudest stadium, hitting 142.2 decibels. That’s as loud as a commercial jet taking off, and it’s just as loud in person as it is seems on TV.
“Anyone who knows about Arrowhead knows how loud it gets,” Whipple said, “but when you’re there in the heat of the moment, surrounded by thousands of fellow Chief fans, it’s something that you hardly even think about.”
Fans of the Kansas City Chiefs will once again be able to cheer their team on as they make their way to Super Bowl 57 at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. It’s their fifth Super Bowl appearance, and if they win, it will be the Chiefs third Super Bowl victory, after winning Super Bowl 54 against the San Francisco 49ers, and Super Bowl 4 against the Minnesota Vikings.
Feb. 3 — Bryce Luty Jazz Festival @ Stringer Fine Arts. 7 p.m.
Feb. 4 — HutchCC basketball, ‘Think Pink Night’ vs Butler @ 5:30 p.m.
Feb. 11 — Baseball vs Southeast Nebraska 1 p.m. @ HobartDetter Field
Feb. 11 — One Day Play Festival @ Stringer Fine Arts, 7 p.m.
Friday
Let’s talk about the workplace taking advantage of good employees.
Why is it that the most hard-working people are the ones who get burnt out so quickly? I’ll tell you, and I’m sorry if you relate. Good employees show up to work, do their job well, help others when they can, and go out of their way to make things the best that they can. Employers see this and most see it as an opportunity.
“So-and-so is really killing it, let’s add to their list of responsibilities without raising their pay. Oh, let’s also have them pick up the slack of the other workers who really aren’t cutting it. However, we aren’t going to reprimand the slackers nor will we pay the good worker any more money.” Sound familiar?
I understand that when you agree to a job, it’s a responsibility and it takes a good person to be willing to jump in when needed to keep things running smoothly.
Unfortunately, there is a fine line between being dependable and being
taken advantage of.
Too many good employees are not getting the appreciation they deserve. I am not asking for everyone to get an award for simply doing their job. That’s why you’re there, duh. But I am asking for employers to call out their lazy employees and stop expecting their good employees just to play pick-up.
They are only doing themselves a disservice by allowing slack-off behavior by never having initial expectations and losing motivated employees.
In the beginning of motion picture history if you wanted to watch the latest film or serial, you had to go to this place called a theater. There you’d sit in a dark room with a bunch of strangers, an overpriced drink in one hand and a bag of overpriced popcorn in the other.
Then television came along allowing companies to broadcast shows and movies directly into people’s homes.
Then something revolutionary happened, VHS was born. They were big black blocks that let you watch your favorite movies at home.
Unfortunately they weren’t all that practical. They had poor picture quality, got damaged easily, and you needed two separate tapes to watch the entirety of ‘Titanic’. So, VHS was replaced by DVD. DVDs were smaller, had better picture quality, more storage space, menus, and gone were the days of “be kind and rewind”. Blu Rays and 4K soon followed, which were DVDs but with better picture quality and even more space, however they didn’t replace DVDs like what had happened to VHS.
The three ways all existed together in harmony. The theater is where you’d go to watch the latest movies, on the big screen. The TV is where you’d watch the newest episode of your favorite show, week after week. And if there was a movie or show you really loved, you’d buy a physical copy to rewatch over and over again.
Then one day, something terrible hap-
pened. A serpent had slithered into the entertainment industry with promises of being able to watch a plethora of movies and shows whenever and wherever, for a small monthly fee, but instead brought destruction. I’m of course talking about streaming services.
Right now you’re probably thinking, what’s so bad about streaming services? Since streaming services have taken off, television has been almost totally wiped out. Many across the world are cutting cable, but that’s not the issue. In fact, streaming seems like the natural evolution of television. There are usually no ads, you don’t have to watch new episodes live, and you can watch older shows with relative ease.
The problem is that streaming is overstepping its territory.
Picture this, you’re at Walmart and you decide to take a little detour to the DVD section. It used to take up almost half, or at least a third of the electronics section, all those years ago… But now it’s a single aisle, and a few scattered discount bins, or at least it was the last time you were here, but this time however, you notice an entire shelf has been wiped clean of all DVDs and blu rays, and is now a barren wall with nothing on it but a few stacks of Netflix gift cards and some ‘Stranger Things’ nick-nacks.
Streaming killed broadcast television, and its next target is physical media. Most people wouldn’t care like a certain economic professor who I will not
name, but as time goes on streaming services get worse and worse.
Trust is a hard thing to come by these days, us journalists know that better than anyone else, and yet people put a lot of trust into the mountain of streaming platforms they’re subscribed to. A while back my family and I were watching ‘ALF’ on Amazon Prime, but one day it suddenly became unavailable, fortunately the entire show is on DVD. But this isn’t exclusive to this 80s sitcom, plenty of movies and shows have been plucked from many streaming services over the years. Sometimes it seems like it’s random, other times it’s being moved to another platform because it was doing too well. Now you’re paying for Peacock just to watch ‘The Office’. HBO max stirred a lot of controversy when they removed almost all of their animated content.
Usually these movies and shows have some sort of physical release, but what about the original content? As far as I’m aware, the only service consistently putting out their original shows on DVD is Paramount Plus ... But who wants to say they own Halo on DVD? The other streaming services don’t though.. “What’s the problem?” You might be wondering, well there’s a number of problems. As I’ve already said, streaming services love removing shows, so how long before they remove their original content just because it’s not doing well enough, or maybe the show gets Twitter canceled. The latter is certainly silly, but
in this day and age I expect it eventually. There’s also the fact that streaming services rely on the internet, so when the internet decides to go out, you can’t watch your favorite show… but I can watch mine.
And maybe one day, streaming will crash and burn, erasing movies and shows from existence with no physical way to watch it.
This all certainly sounds far-fetched, but there are plenty of advantages to DVDs and blu rays. One little payment and it’s yours forever, special features are more abundant, and obscure movies and shows that never have and never will be streamable are common.
How long before streaming takes over and wipes out physical media completely? Or how long before streaming falls and takes your favorite show with it?
The safest thing to do now is to help out the physical media industry.
Let’s start this week with a statement. A very easy to understand, digestible, and completely factual statement.
Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Nonbinary people do not owe you androgyny. If that pisses you off?
Get over yourself. I am sick and tired of watching the right demonize trans people every single day. They are not groomers. They are not pedophiles. They are not rapists, they are not ill, they are people. Regu-
lar. People. The fact that they were born in a body not corresponding to their gender is irrelevant.
I’m going to work through every single common transphobic argument and tell you why they’re wrong. It’s a very easy process to work through.
“Trans people are grooming children.” It is absolutely wild that many in the Republican Party would try to claim this, despite the fact that they routinely strike down laws restricting child marriages. The right doesn’t give a hoot about children. If they did, they would pass laws to stop school shootings, or stop removing the right to abortions, or any number of other things.
“They are lying to assault people in bathrooms.” The statistics simply don’t line up. More trans women are assaulted in bathrooms than cis, and more often than not men don’t need to dress up to get into the women’s bathroom. They can just walk right in. It’s a stupid anti-point.
“It’s basic biology.” Yeah sure, your high school teacher may have taught you that there’s two sexes. But there is something called advanced biology. Or literally any class passed basic biology that acknowledges that gender and sex are separate things. And also that Intersex people exist. There are literally not even two sexes. Just because your baseline biology class didn’t mention it doesn’t mean that science does not back them up.
Read a textbook for once in your life and maybe you’ll learn something about your stupid echoed talking points.
There is essentially no argument that Republicans can give that aren’t either stupid, hypocritical, both, or just flat out wrong.
sex, disability, religion, age, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law, or by college policy. For inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies contact: Christopher Lau, Coordinator of Equity & Compliance 1300 N. Plum Hutchinson, KS 67501 (620) 665-3500 equity@hutchcc.edu (www.hutchcc.edu/equity)
Living in a dormitory can be one of the best parts of college life, but being surrounded by people every waking hour can cause privacy issues.
Most students living in the Elland and Kent halls at Hutchinson Community College share a room with another student, unless they are willing to pay the extra $400 to secure a single room. This proves to be a problem at times for students when they need to make a private phone call, sleep in peace or even just have an hour to themselves.
Nestus Burger, a freshman from Perth, Australia is new to the school this semester and said the living situation in Elland Hall isn’t for the quiet kind.
“I don’t get much downtime in the dorms as it is very loud,” he said. “If I was on a private call, I go into the lobby where I can be by myself.
“The dorm rooms at night can get very loud as the walls are extremely thin - you can most definitely hear the dorm rooms next to you and above you. It can be very hard to sleep some nights,” said Burger.
Noise is not only a complaint of those living in the men’s halls, as Cheney freshman Brynn McCormick said.
“Weekends are typically loud,” McCormick said. “It depends on the
day of the week.
“My neighbor and I communicate pretty well, so if one of us is too loud, we’ll let each other know. But we can’t control what happens in the hall, so yes, it can get pretty loud at night sometimes.”
McCormick also noted the thin walls of Elland
“Falling asleep with the noise was a struggle at the beginning of the first semester, but I’ve gotten used to it now,” McCormick said.
Despite having her own room this semester, McCormick said that sometimes she can hear a movie her neighbor will be watching, or dice being dropped over and over from the room above.
“One way the dorm privacy could improve would definitely be to be more strict on the quiet hours,” McCormick said. “And have guest bathrooms that can actually be accessible to guests.” The visiting hours in the dorms are until 12am on school nights and then unrestricted on weekends.
Lack of privacy is a common feature of all college dormitories across the globe, and HutchCC is no different. If students so wish, they are able to request to live in the suites of Elland or Kent, which are more spaced out and have private bathrooms, or to live in off-campus apartments to help deal with privacy issues.
Once a year, the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) selects one person from a two-year institution and one from a fouryear institution to receive the Ron Brandolini Award for Excellence. The purpose of this is to recognize educators for their contribution to honors education. Being presented with this award is a great honor in the teaching community as it requires many recommendations and winning previous awards.
This year, Hutchinson Community College’s own Ryan Diehl was the recipient.
“Honestly, I had hoped that maybe in 10 years or so I would be the recipient of the award,” Diehl said. “But I never would have guessed I would have received the honor at this point in my career.”
Diehl has been involved with the honors program at HutchCC since 2008 and became the Honors Program Coordinator in 2011. Additionally, he teaches English and political science courses at HutchCC, and has mentored many students along the way.
“There have been many great memories that have been made; however, easily the best times have come from my playing a small role in the lives of honors students at HutchCC,” Diehl said. “There have been so many fantastic students I have met over the years who have both inspired me and changed my life for the better.”
Many of his students have won national scholarships and been accepted into selective programs around the country.
In addition to his work at HutchCC, Diehl works with honors programs on state, regional, and national levels. He’s a member of many different committees that work to improve honors programs around the country, including the Kansas Honors Council, which he co-founded.
This isn’t the first time Diehl has been recognized for his work, as he was named Dragon Educator of the Year in both 2011 and 2012.
“Working in education is easily one of the most rewarding careers one can have,” Diehl said. “Every day is an adventure, and my students always find a way to put a smile on my face.”
The Bryce Luty Jazz Festival happening Friday at Stringer Fine Arts should be a good show. Pulling guest artists from multiple states and taking months of work to put together, the performance could be one to remember.
According to Greg Weis, jazz band director at Hutchinson Community College, the festival “is one of the biggest events that the music department hosts each year.”
The festival is a chance for young musicians from across the state to come together and work with a guest artist.
This year, the guest artist is Greg Gisbert, who Weis called “an amazing trumpet player.”
Weis has also put together something called the Bryce Luty Jazz Fest All-Star Big Band. Two other guest artists, Zach Rich and Derek Watson, will be perform -
In Kansas, November through February are the coldest months of the year, and this year has been no exception.
January provided two snows, and negative-degree wind chills. So why are there people wearing shorts on campus?
As people rush from class to class, many are surprised to catch sight of multiple people with nothing covering their lower legs. Although he can’t speak for everyone, Cody Yust, Kingman freshman, said that “cold is a mindset”.
On Jan. 30, the Hutchinson wind chill in the morning was minus-9 degrees, and most people can barely handle the walk from Rimmer Learning Resource Center to Parker Student Union, or the dorms to the Science Hall, when they’re bundled up in coats.
But Yust said that “(I) don’t get cold that easily. There is a point where your body is legitimately cold,” but that rarely happens during a walk from building to building.
ing. Some of the music the big band will be playing has been composed or arranged by Weis and Rich.
An event this large takes months to prepare for. Jacob Waters, a Salina sophomore and a trumpet player in the jazz band, said preparations have been going on for months.
“We started rehearsing … back in November and have been working non stop since then,” Waters said.
These months of practice have allowed the jazz band to put together some difficult pieces. According to Weis, he intentionally chose difficult pieces because he wanted to challenge students.
Weis is proud of his students’ preparation.
“They’ve done an excellent job rising to the occasion and I hope that shows in their performance on Friday night,” Weis said.
The performance is scheduled to start at 7 p.m.
Yust said that he doesn’t wear shorts everyday, but he does most days, just because they are “more comfortable and easy to move in.” Which makes sense. Jeans can be tight and uncomfortable, but jeans also keep you warmer.
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just short against Barton, losing 78-74 on Saturday at the Kirkman Activities Center.
The Cougars came out tough in the first half, leading the Blue Dragons 5034 at halftime and shooting 70 percent.
Hutchinson appeared to be making a comeback after an 11-2 run in the third quarter, cutting Barton’s lead to 65-53. Freshman forward Monae Duffy came out with a three-point play with 3:37 left, pulling the score to 71-68 and closing that to 76-74 with a shot at 33 seconds left.
Barton was quick to respond, closing out the win with two free throws in the
Even though the weather has been miserably cold for the last couple weeks, and “Shorts Guys” have stood out across campus, it won’t be that way for long. The weather for the upcoming week reveals that the heavy coats can be shed, lighter jackets can be pulled from the back of the closet, and more and more students will be spotted wearing shorts.
final 9 seconds of the game.
Sophomore guard Mya Williams jumped to the top five on the Hutchinson scoring list with 13 points this game. Sophomores Morgan Browning also had 13 points and Kali Howard had nine points.
Men’s Basketball - Despite strong efforts, the men’s basketball team just couldn’t keep up with Barton, falling 97-89 on Saturday at the Kirkman Activities Center.
The Cougars opened the game with a 16-5 run in the first three minutes of regulation. The Blue Dragons were quick to respond with a 15-4 run, taking a 20-19 lead with 11 minutes left in the first half. The power struggle continued, but a score from freshman Dadrevius Weathers gave the Blue Dragons a 4544 lead.
The Hutchinson Community College softball team started the year strong with two wins over Ottawa University on Friday, giving the Blue Dragons a 2-0 start for the third-straight season.
Sophomore Aspen Goetz brought Hutchinson back from a 2-0 deficit with two home runs alongside freshman third baseman Olivia Sandoval who went 4 for 4 with five RBI’s, earning the Blue Dragon a 14-5 victory in game one.
HutchCC catcher, sophomore Allie Stipsits, went 3 for 5 with two doubles and an RBI.
Sophomores Ella Dougherty and Madison Grimes each had two hits. Freshman Annie Kealey drove a triple with bases loaded, bringing the Dragons to a 7-2 lead.
HutchCC pitcher, sophomore Emily Munson, worked the first three innings striking out four, giving up three hits, and earning two runs. Sophomore Kierstan Weitze followed up by pitching three innings with four strikeouts, three hits, and allowed one unearned run.
Game two brought a run-rule 13-4 victory with eight different Blue Dragons driving in at least one run each. Ottawa’s pitching gave Hutchinson nine walks, six of which resulted in scores.
The Blue Dragons will play a doubleheader against McPherson College at Bulldog Park at 1 p.m. Friday.
Women’s Indoor TrackThe women’s indoor track team continued to show success while at the Herms Wilson Invitational at Wichita State University on Saturday, finishing with three national qualifiers and several program career top-10 performances.
Freshman Kaylee James qualified for nationals with a time of 9.03 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles, posting the fourth-best time for the event in Blue Dragons women’s history.
Freshman Taylor Hoskinson and Gracie Lambert both earned national qualifications in the 1,000 meters, placing fifth and seventh and taking the thirdand fifth-best times in program history.
Goddard freshman Madelyn Hernandez made a statement with two top-10 finishes. With a time of 9.46 seconds, she earned sixth place in the 60-meter hurdles at the invitational and the seventh-best time in team history. Hernandez also took fourth in the high jump, clearing 5 feet 5 inches, tying for the fifth-best height in team history.
The Blue Dragond had three other top-10 finishers including freshman Serenity Larson, Ellie
Van Zelfden, and the 4x400-meter relay team consisting of James, Hoskinson, Lambert, and Keneah Romney.
Larson finished in seventh place in the 3,000 meters. Van Zelfden placed 10th in the 1,000 meters. The 4x400 relay team finished in fourth.
The Blue Dragons will compete in Topeka for the Washburn Open on Friday and Saturday.
Men’s Indoor Track - The men team prevailed with two more national qualifiers at the Herm Wilson Invitational.
Hutchinson sophomore Ezekiel Seamster took home the gold and a national qualification in the 60 meters with a time of 6.82 seconds, leaving a 0.001-second difference between first and second place.
Super sophomore Sharim Hamilton also won an event Saturday, winning the 400 meters with a time of 49.88.
Caleb Manning Men’s Track & Field
The Week:
Hillsboro freshman Nathanial Hein became the fifth Blue Dragon to earn a national qualification, clearing 14 feet 7.5 inches in the high jump.
Other top-ten finishers included freshman Christian Darrah, sophomores Christopher Brown and Alex Holt, and super sophomores Darrien Holloway and Brayden Peterson.
Darrah placed seventh in the 3,000 meters with a time of 9:13.11.
Brown threw his season-best throw with 51 feet 0.75 inches earning a second-place finish. Holt tied for 10th in the high jump and finished fifth in the 60 hurdles.
Peterson finished tenth in the pole vault.
Women’s Basketball - The Blue Dragons women’s basketball team fell to 4-5 on the road this season after coming up
Manning qualified for nationals in the triple-jump. He jumped 46 feet, 8.25 inches at the Herm Wilson qualifier in Wichita. He is the third Blue Dragon to qualify for nationals this season.
Manning
This Season: Manning is a Sophomore from Kansas City, Mo. It is early in the season but Manning has been impressive. He won the Herm Wilson triple-jump and has done well at other meets this season. Manning will head with the Blue Dragons to Topeka the next two weeks, as they’ll compete this week at the Washburn Open, and then return for the Ichabod Open.
The Hutchinson Community College men’s basketball came back home, needing a bounce back win. After two tough losses the week prior, coach Tommy DeSalme and his team took on Cowley on Wednesday at the Sports Arena.
The Blue Dragons lost the last time they took on the Cowley Tigers , who beat the Blue Dragons 111-95. The Blue Dragons needed all the fire they could get out of the mouth of their high-powered scoring offense. It ended up being the defense that won HutchCC the game as they pulled out a 91-65 victory.
The second year HutchCC head coach was at Cowley for 12 years before taking over for the Blue Dragons. In 2021, DeSalme led the Tigers to the
Baseball
NJCAA national championship game.
Coming into this game, Hutch had the worst scoring defense in KJCCC. A new looking defense was on the court in the first half. Hutch held Cowley to only 28 points in the first half, which is a season low for a half.
The Tigers only made 38% of their shots in the first half and missed all nine of their 3-point attempts. HutchCC had four steals in the first half and dominated the rebounding area 22-16.
The Blue Dragons’ offense sputtered in the first half. They only scored 45 points, which for the conference-leading offense is considered a low number. Redshirt freshman Aaron Franklin had 13 of those points, while sophomore
Jayden Garrison had eight.
Hutch led Cowley by 17 at half
All dates are doubleheaders unless noted
Feb. 9 at Southeast Nebraska, 1 p.m.
Feb. 11, SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA, 1 p.m.
Feb. 17, at Temple, Texas (one game), 2 p.m.
Feb. 18, at Hill, Texas (one game), 1 p.m.
Feb. 19, at McLennan, Texas (one game), 1 p.m.
Feb. 21, TABOR JV, 1 p.m.
Feb. 24, at Rose State, Okla. (one game), 3 p.m.
Feb. 25, at Rose State, Okla, 1 p.m.
Feb. 28, at Northern Oklahoma-Enid (one game), 2 p.m.
March 2, COFFEYVILLE, 1 p.m.
March 4 at Coffeyville, 1 p.m.
March 9, DODGE CITY, 1 p.m.
March 11, at Dodge City, 1 p.m.
March 16, at Pratt, 1 p.m.
March 18, PRATT, 1 p.m.
March 23, SEWARD COUNTY, 1 p.m.
March 25, at Seward County, 1 p.m.
March 30, at Butler, 1 p.m.
April 1, BUTLER, 1 P.M.
April 6, CLOUD COUNTY, 1 p.m.
April 8, at Cloud County, 1 p.m.
April 11, at Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa (one game), 2 p.m.
April 13, COWLEY, 1 p.m.
April 15, at Cowley, 1 p.m.
April 17, STERLING JV (one game), 4 p.m.
April 20, at Garden City, 1 p.m.
April 22, GARDEN CITY, 1 p.m.
April 24, at Sterling JV (one game), 2 p.m.
April 27, BARTON, 1 p.m.
April 29, at Barton, 1 p.m.
May 4, at Colby, 1 p.m.
May 6, COLBY, 1 p.m.
45-28.
Rolling into the second half, there were no adjustments made by the Cowley offense as the Tigers ended the game with 65 points. HutchCC had eight steals and forced 14 turnovers.
The offense caught on fire for the Blue Dragons in the second half as key bench piece Aaron Potter had 15 points in the second half. The freshman had 22 points overall and shot 5-8 from 3-point range.
Star player Aaron Franklin continued to do what he has done all season. The Kansas City, Mo. native finished with 26 points on 50% shooting. Franklin also added eight rebounds and five assists. Franklin is averaging 23.2 points and 8.1 rebounds which are towards the top in the KJCCC.
The Blue Dragons earned that much needed bounce back
Basketball, men’s
Nov. 1, FORT SCOTT, W 124-101
Nov. 4, TRITON, W 113-105
Nov, 5, NEO, W 117-107
Nov. 9, LABETTE, W 139-84
Nov. 11, vs. Victoria at Great Bend W 121-95
Nov. 12, vs. Wilbur Wright, at Great Bend, 112-
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win and look to keep the momentum moving as they finish out regular season play.
Blue Dragon women 91, Cowley 70 - The Blue Dragon women looked to get back to their winning ways Wednesday night as they took on Cowley.
It was the 55th meeting between these two teams with the Blue Dragons leading the series 30-24. In their first meeting this season, the Tigers pulled out a win 55-49 in Arkansas City, Ks.
The offense was electric for the Blue Dragons as they scored the most points they scored all season in their 91-70 victory. The Blue Dragons shot 52.7% from the field and 31.3% from three-point range. Coach John Ontjes, who is in his 16th season, saw a staunch defensive unit force 21 turnovers.
Sophomore Mya Williams
Feb. 22, at Seward County, 6 p.m.
March 1, GARDEN CITY, 5:30 p.m. Basketball, women’s
Nov. 1, BETHANY JV, W 88-44
Nov. 4, MINERAL AREA, W 84-48
Nov. 5, NEO, W 84-61
Nov. 9, WASHBURN JV, W 90-51
Nov. 11, Labette at Great Bend, W 74-63
Nov. 12, vs, Redlands at Great Bend, W 64-58
Nov. 16, INDEPENDENCE, W 61-53
Nov 19,
climbs closer and closer to the all-time leading scorer in school history. She tallied 17 points on 6 of 8 shooting while adding four rebounds and seven assists. She is now only 120 points shy of Kalani Purcell’s record.
Sophomore guard Leata Te Nana-Williams was a nice spark off the bench for Ontjes and his staff. Williams had 12 points and two steals in 16 minutes of action. Monae Duffy was the story in this one tonight. The 5 foot, 11 inch freshman had 24 points and seven rebounds on 12-19 shooting. Her 24 points were a career high. The Louisiana native is almost averaging a double-double. She puts up 11.5 points and 9 rebounds per game. Duffy is now third in the conference in rebounding and has six double-doubles this season.
Nov. 16, INDEPENDENCE, W 99-94
Nov 19, at Cloud County, L 90-75
Nov. 22, at Pratt, W 120-118
Nov. 26, BARTON, L 101-75
Nov. 30, at Cowley, L 111-95
Dec. 3, at Butler, L 68-63
Dec. 7, COFFEYVILLE, L 104-100
Dec. 10, at Dodge City, W 113-112
Dec. 12, COLBY, W 96-81
Jan. 4, at Northwest Kansas Tech, W 90-87
Jan. 7, SEWARD COUNTY, W 86-75
Jan. 14, at Garden City, L 117-97
Jan. 18, at Independence, W 115-94
Jan. 21, CLOUD COUNTY, W 88-82
Jan. 25, PRATT, L 130-126, OT
Jan. 28, at Barton, L 97-89
Feb.
Jan. 18, at Independence, W 82-58
Jan. 21, CLOUD COUNTY, W 75-56 Jan. 25, PRATT, W 88-57 Jan. 28, at Barton, L 78-74 Feb.
