Nov. 11, 2022 Hutchinson Collegian

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School spirit soars with Jahim Ross

By Lizzie Kipp Staff Writer

People who attend sporting events can’t help but also watch the cheerlead ers and dance team do their thing. It can be fun to watch them soar through the air and wonder, “Are people supposed to be that flexible?” before they yell “woo-hoo” and do a cool flip.

But, a lot of effort goes into those cool flips and “woo-hoos.”

There’s a popular quote from Mat shoma Dhliwayo that reads, “A star does not compete with the other stars around it - it just shines.”

Jahim Ross, a HutchCC sophomore, is a perfect example of this.

Ross is a nursing major and a co-cap tain of the Blue Dragons’ spirit squad. He is becoming known for his conta gious enthusiasm during performances and practices alike.

“Jahim is an all-around asset to our team,” said Blue Dragons’ spirit squad coach, Sami Bell. “He’s not only skilled but a great captain and leader as well.”

As a captain, Ross has many respon sibilities regarding the team.

“I work very closely with the other captains and coach Sami in order to ensure team communication and good mental health,” Ross said. “Sometimes, I feel like a cheer dad.”

The sport can be incredibly stress ful and demanding, but this cheer dad makes it clear that there is no place he would rather be. Ross said he empha sizes that the team’s attitude and energy are what keep him motivated through out the season.

“It has been one hectic, busy, and physically demanding year,” Ross said. “But everyone is just embracing each other through it. The team’s family-like energy, on and off the mat, is some thing I can’t help but appreciate.”

Ross began his cheer career when he was a kid. He holds a lot of love for the sport, as it is a big part of what made him who he is today.

“He drives the team and encourages them,” Bell said. “And he will always do whatever he can to enhance the game

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Blue Dragon spirit squad gets elite invitation to Daytona

By Laci Sutton Managing Editor- Content

For the first time since 2008, the Hutchinson Community College spirit squads are head ing to Daytona Beach, Florida.

Following the halftime performance at the HutchCC vs. Highland football game on Oct. 29 at Gowans Sta dium, the spirit squads were surprised with a video from Navarro College cheerlead ing coach, and Netflix series “Cheer” star Monica Aldama, announcing that the teams will be competing in the National Cheerleading Association and National Dance Alliance Col lege Nationals in April 2023.

“When her face first popped up on the screen, I was so shocked I felt like I couldn’t move,” HutchCC freshman and cheer co-captain Ajae Hender son said. “It was so crazy Mon ica would take time out of her day to talk about HutchCC.”

While the HutchCC cheer leading squad has competed in Daytona previously, this will be the Dragon Dolls’ NDA debut.

The NCA and NDA College Nationals is an annual compe tition for collegiate cheer and dance teams held in Daytona Beach. The competition fea

tures not only junior college teams, but also NCAA Divi sion 1, Division 2, and some times NAIA programs.

Teams must qualify to com pete by earning a bid at camps throughout the summer.

“Unlike other sports that have to win throughout the season to qualify for their na tional championship,” Hutch CC spirit squad head coach Sami Bell said, “we execute skills in the summer to set the tone for our team’s capabilities and then work to build and execute throughout our season until April (nationals).”

A cheerleading competition routine consists of many different elements, creating the skeleton of the routine. These elements include quad stunts, standing tumbling, running tumbling, jumps, baskets, co-ed stunts, pyramids, and dance, all packed and perfected in two minutes.

Dance routines consist of synchronized choreography and skills and are scored based on overall impression and en ergy brought into the routine.

The teams are putting in countless hours to prepare for the fierce atmosphere they will face next spring, currently practicing four days a week, typically early mornings, but

are ready to increase if nec essary. These long hours can lead to athletes feeling over whelmed and overworked, but they never lose sight of the end goal. They are hungry and striving for success.

“I feel like the atmosphere is where everyone wants the best for each other, then because of that we all push each other to be the very best because that’s what we all want,” HutchCC sophomore Dragon Doll squad member Maggie Strobel said.

Competition routine prep will begin in December and they are pulling out all the stops. The dance routine will feature a powerful, different kind of hip-hop this year.

Bell said that she plans to bring in a choreographer, well-known in the competitive cheerleading industry, to craft a unique cheer routine.

“Daytona is different because the experience and energy as a whole is so much more intense. Let alone you’re competing and practicing in the elements,” Bell said. “All outdoors with the coast wind and sand - you have to be ready for whatever Daytona throws at you. We have to prepare for worst-case scenarios and how the teams

will overcome if they faced errors on the mat.”

In the midst of preparing for nationals, the spirit squads continue to support Blue Drag on athletics. They plan to host a cheer and dance showcase sometime in the spring, bring

ing their talent and athleticism into the spotlight.

The last few years have brought many trials and tribu lations for the spirit squads but they have persevered and are ready to take their skills to the famous bandshell.

day experience and get people excited.”

can be really hard to stay positive and motivated, especially at this point during the semester. But Ross said he keeps his head held high and is deter mined to help the team reach its goals, especially when the team travels to

Dayton Beach, Florida in April for the NCA and NDA College Nationals

“It doesn’t take much to get pumped up about the things you love,” Ross said. “A backflip, a couple of flashy stunts, and a little projection of my love for the sport are all it takes, baby.”

Photo by Lee Wellman/Collegian

Photo by Lee Wellman/Collegian Jahim Ross stretches before another day co-captaining for the Blue Dragons’ spirit squad at a football game.

Spirit squad co-captain Jahim Ross poses on the track at the Gowans Stadium.

Photo by Sabrina Anzo/Collegian

Ajae Henderson is being held by her squad mates during a Blue Dragon basketball game at the Sports Arena.

It’s time, the most wonderful time of the year, to listen to Christmas music

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beyond tradition what is its purpose?

Yeah, I love getting to see my family as much as the next guy, but I can celebrate Thanksgiving when it comes, three weeks into November and also build as much Christ mas spirit as I can before and after that.

Braedon Martin

Ladies and gentlemen here it is. My hottest take. The most controversial I will ever get. Christmas season? Starts at 12:01 p.m. Nov. 1.

The second that clock ticks over we defrost Mariah Carey, and all I want for Christmas is you. And by you I mean snow, cold, and good ol’ Christmas music.

Some people may think “but what about Thanksgiv ing?” And to those people I pose the question - What hype is there in Thanksgiv ing, what music does it have,

Michael Buble, Mariah Carey, Frank Sinatra, their Christmas music comprises about 9,000,000% of what I listen to from Nov. 1 to (honestly) Jan. 3 or Jan. 4. There is no point in denying it. The best genre of Christ mas music is the stuff from about 1980-2010. I’ll blast “Have Yourself a Merry Lit tle Christmas” at deafening volumes as I drive around town all I want, and no one can stop me because this is America and I am free to do whatever I want, as long as it’s not hurting anyone.

And good Christmas music never hurt anyone. In fact it does quite the opposite. Good Christmas music heals

all wounds.

Broken leg? Listen to some Michael Buble you’ll be walk ing again in no time.

Depression? Can’t be sad listening to Mariah Carey’s hit “All I Want for Christmas is You”. It’s scientifically impos sible. And I prove that every Nov. 1.

Allow me to be nostalgic for a moment. I’ve earned it.

On top of my love for Christmas music and the sea son, I also harbor within me a great love for Charlie Brown, specifically the Christmas and Thanksgiving specials. (That’s right,I celebrate Thanksgiving for my family and especially for Charlie Brown.)

When I was younger, my grandma gifted me a replica of Charlie Brown’s perfect christmas tree. And if you think I don’t spend a few hours cleaning my room and setting it up in plain sight while blaring the Xmas tunes, you are entirely incorrect. It’s the single sweetest gift I’ve

ever received and even think ing about it makes me giddy with happiness.

Anyways. Christmas. I don’t care what you say but for me, the season starts Nov. 1 and ends … really whenever I want it to. I cannot be stopped and I will replace all holidays with

Christmas, given enough time.

Braedon Martin is a Hutchinson sophomore studying journalism. He is the Collegian’s Opinion Page Editor and Managing Editor for Design.

Greek stories you may not know about

Most people are familiar with the story of Hercules, or at least a version of it, thanks to Disney. People have heard of Achilles and the Trojan War. But what about the stories that have too little fighting and too much tragedy? Stories of poets, cynics, and dreamers, and the fate that strikes them down. Stories like that of Orpheus and Eury dice.

I’ll confess, I didn’t know much about their story until I heard “Ha destown: The Musical,” but after listen ing to the music, an unlikely combina tion of Greek tragedy and New Orleans jazz, I was hooked.

“Hadestown” is a cycle - the audi ence is told in the first song that the sto ry will be tragic, and that line is repeat ed in one of the closing songs. There’s

no avoiding the tragedy, just as there’s no avoiding growing connected to the characters. But for me, there’s something beauti ful about refusing to stay quiet just because the story hurts. Change happens and things hurt, but if there’s one thing I took away from this musical, it’s that it’s important to continue to tell the story, continue to remember in spite of the hurt, and choose to remem ber the good. “Hadestown,” despite being a retelling of a tragedy, doesn’t focus on the tragedy. It remembers how happy Orpheus and Eurydice were, how close they came.

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Of course, when it comes to a musical, a good story isn’t the only important part. The music, set, and lighting are all critical to making an impact on the audi ence. The set isn’t clean, but dark and somewhat rundown, almost feeling like a speakeasy. The characters are close-knit, playing soulful jazz in dark, desperate times. And the lighting brings all of it to life. Brightening when Perse phone arrives and darkening after she leaves. Becoming almost pitch black when Orpheus travels to Hadestown. The lighting helps the audience feel

as if they’re on the journey with the characters.

There were so many moments that took my breath away. When Orpheus was traveling through the dark with lights swinging around him. When the wall opened to let him in. When he turned around a moment too soon, right as you were thinking, “maybe, just maybe.”

There was not a single moment that I wasn’t invested in, not a single moment when I didn’t want to know what happened next, even though I already knew how it ended.

As Hermes says “It’s a tragedy, and we’re gonna sing it anyway.”

A good war time film

By Connor Keating Staff Writer

Look, I get it. You’re tired of read ing my constant reviews for monster movies that are a decade, or four, old. So to compensate, today I’m reviewing a brand-new movie that isn’t a monster movie, but don’t worry, they’ll be back to our regularly scheduled program next week.

Anyways, Netflix is distributing a German remake of “All Quiet on The Western Front”.

Now, I haven’t read the original book or seen the 1930 film, but I do know the general idea of that original film. A group of impressionable boys are convinced by their teacher to fight in the war, being told it’ll be a great adventure, but quickly realize the true nature of war. There’s even this scene where one of the boys returns to his teacher and tells him and his students what war is really like, before being sent back out.

Now I can’t comment on the quality of that film necessarily, since I’ve only

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seen bits and pieces, but what I have seen is great and come on, it’s a classic film.

This new film follows this storyline a bit, however the stuff with the teach er is pretty much removed. There’s a scene early on where someone rallies the men, and tells them how great war is, but this is after they’ve already decided to join.

The first chunk of the movie is pretty solid, though rushed. We see the boys go from wide eyed and ready to fight, to scared and crying to go home. Then there’s an 18 month time skip and the movie starts going down hill.

Not only do we follow the main sol dier character Paul, we also cut to his scary commander in his nice mansion, overlooking the battlefield. But wait there’s more, because we also follow the German and French higher ups as they sign a peace treaty to end the war.

It can get messy, and all of the time skipping, and the way the soldiers jump from one location to another can make the film a bit hard to follow some of the time.

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It may be trying to show the chaos of war, but it makes the film just seem sloppy.

The film ends up feeling like a series of scenes haphazardly stitched together. Nothing really flows, it all feels some what random, and it’s very slow. One scene the soldiers are in a trench, then the next they’re chilling at a nice little farm.

When it comes to the characters, most of them aren’t all that great; they’re just passable. Most of the more interesting characters die early on, and some of the later deaths just feel… silly.

I should probably say, this isn’t a bad movie!

The film looks gorgeous, it does a great job of showing the brutality of war, it doesn’t hold back, the film does a great job of making you not want to fight in a war, but the action scenes are spectacular. Bonus points for having the St. Chamond (That’s the French’s big tank with the funny nose).

The film does well to get its anti war message across, by showing the

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brutality of war. And at the same time, it does well to give the audience some great action scenes and so suspenseful and even gut wrenching scenes.

The 2022 adaptation of “All Quiet on The Western Front” is a solid movie, but there are plenty of better war movies. This film does a great job of showing us how much World War I sucked, and gives us some great action scenes, but the pacing is all over the place, and the story structure is messy.

I give this film seven war crimes out of 10.

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Lynn Spahr is a Hutchinson freshman in general studies

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Rimmer’s resource - Ms. Paula

By Sam Ojeda Staff Writer

Rimmer Learning Resource Center has many tutoring opportunities for students.

On the campus of Hutchinson Com munity College, there is a building between Lockman Hall and the Smith Science Center that offers educational opportunities to students on campus. This building provides the opportunity for students to come and advance their education and work on getting schol arships to four-year schools.

Paula Freeman is an Evening Supervisor and Paraprofessional inside the Rimmer. She has worked at HutchCC for 11 years and has much experience in many different fields of study, including math, English and science, among others. She said that she believes Rimmer is for more than students wanting to raise a grade.

“Here at Rimmer, we welcome students who need a grade raise and also students who have that 4.0 GPA.” Freeman said.

Freeman, who goes by Ms. Paula, said she wished more students would take advantage of Rimmer’s capabilities.

Rimmer offers more than just tutoring.

“Here at Rimmer, we offer maga zines and many books for research and great references,” Ms. Paula said.

Rimmer is for more than just stu dents, though.

“Teachers use our facilities here a lot,” Ms. Paula said, “They order many books and come in to research

ways to make their classes better.”

Rimmer offer resources to students at all hours, for those who maybe can’t get in during normal school hours.

“I am here from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. every single day offering to tutor, and offer all sorts of bits of help to stu dents,” Ms. Paula said.

She was clear that even though she was there until 1 a.m., students came in that late.

“With a large presence of athletes on campus, we leave the center open till 1 a.m. so that they will always be able to work around their busy schedules,” Ms. Paula said.

Most students need to learn where tests are proctored if they need to make up something they missed. It turns out Rimmer is where it goes down. The center is around all day to schedule and monitor makeup tests students need.

Overall, Rimmer Resource Center offers all levels of math and English, and they bring in specific tutors for subjects that students request. The school pays for these tutors so students can learn and keep their grades at a successful level.

Rimmer is not being used to its full potential, and Ms. Paula wishes stu dents came in more often.

“I have had past students call me and thank me for how valuable the Center was as a resource,” she said.

She has encouraged students in the past and will continue to encourage students to come in and use The Rim mer Resource Center as often as they can.

Student Ambassadors know the ins, outs of Hutchinson Community College

By Carly Thompson Staff Writer

Ambassadors are often unsung heroes for recruiting prospective students to colleges. What goes unnoticed by many is their dedication to their jobs.

To begin the process of becoming a student ambassador at Hutchin son Community College, students must fill out an application. After the ap plications are reviewed, the selected applicants are interviewed. Each year, the school looks for 20 to 24 staff mem bers with an equal balance of Reno County graduates and out-ofcounty graduates.

Lynnette Hilty is the Assistant Director of Admissions at HutchCC and looks for students with friendly personal ities.

“We just want students who can be welcoming, be excited about sharing their experiences as a Blue Dragon, and hope fully, allow that visitor to see how they could fit in here as a student,” Hilty said. “Someone who hopes to get more out of the experience than they may have put into doing the job. We want them to be their genuine self.”

Because ambassadors

may be the first person prospective students meet on campus, it is important that they get a great first impression.

Ambassadors have set shifts during the week in the admissions office where they could be giving tours or helping with other office du ties. Ambassadors are also required to attend bi-monthly meetings, followed by call nights. Call nights are dedicated to reaching out to poten tial students and inform ing them of upcoming events or simply thank ing them for speaking with one of the admis sions representatives.

Mason Weathers, a Hutchinson sophomore, spends anywhere from two to six hours a week on his ambassadorship. He said that he enjoys meeting prospective stu dents and helping them get to know HutchCC.

Weathers answers a variety of questions such as what the dorms are like, the food in the cafeteria, and types of activities on campus.

“I feel that ambassa dors are the face of the college and having the program really helps ‘sell’ the college,” Weathers said

The ambassador staff also tries to give back to

the community through fundraising for local charities and volunteer ing for local events.

Ambassadors have a week of training before the school year begins.

Samantha Dark, an Attica sophomore, was one of the ambassadors that moved into the dorms a week early to accustom herself to the ins and outs of all of the HutchCC programs and buildings.

“This was a great opportunity to expand my knowledge of where everything was located,” Dark said. “Moving in a week early and training with the other ambassa dors really helped settle my nerves as a fresh man, as I felt a lot more comfortable.”

Aside from tours and office hours, ambassa dor responsibilities also include welcoming new students on recruitment day.

“This experience has been so amazing for me. Not only have I met so many awesome, inspir ing friends and campus staff, I’ve fallen in love with the college and community,” Dark said. “I would do it all over again if I could. Hutch has become my home away from home, and that’s truly a blessing.”

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Theatre Department prepares next week for One Act Plays

By Mason Poepperling Staff Writer

Fans of the Hutchinson Communi ty College Theatre Department have more to look forward to this month in the form of “An Evening of One Act Plays”.

Following their production of “Mac beth” last month, HutchCC Theatre is shining a spotlight on a new form of theatrical performance: the one act play.

While a standard, hour-long play usually consists of multiple acts with a largerm overarching story, one act plays are shortened to 20-40 minutes and are usually a more condensed, simpler story.

“What I find particularly interesting about producing one acts is that you can establish so much about the world that is being viewed in this play (as an audience member), in so little time,” said Damien Page, the director of the Night Of One Act Plays event. “In just 10-15 minutes, you receive a full story about a full world of characters that a full-length play would achieve in about 1-2 hours.”

While it may seem less complex than a longer play on paper, perform ing multiple one-act plays back to back and changing characters every time, all while performing in front of a live audience with only one chance a night to nail every single moment per fectly can be challenging for an actor.

“In order to prepare a series of one act plays, the directors must choose what plays to group together from which playwrights,” Page said. “In some cases, directors will choose to group plays together based on theme. In the case of our produc tion, our Director of Theatre chose plays written by fellow students in her MFA Playwriting class. Once the plays have been selected, then rehearsals begin where the various plays are rehearsed separately and eventually come together. They are eventually rehearsed together and performed in a recital/showcase like fashion.”

Anyone interested in attending “An Evening of One Act Plays”, it will be on from 7-9 p.m. on Nov. 18-19 from 7-9 p.m. and Nov. 20 from 2-4 p.m.

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Paula Freeman, better known as Ms. Paula, assists students Jack Gardener (left) and Gus McKay (right) as they work on English assignments. Mrs. Paula’s office is located in the Rimmer Learning Resource Center

Running down a dream

Blue Dragon women’s cross country team looking for second national title

By Colin Shields Online Editor

The No. 3 nationally ranked Hutchinson Community Col lege women’s cross country team is set to run in the NJCAA Championships this Saturday in Tallahassee, Florida.

The Blue Dragons have used a combination of fresh legs and experienced sophomores to climb to as high as No. 2 in the national rankings and currently sit at No. 3 heading into the final race of the year.

Sophomore Louise Cocking credited the Blue Dragons fresh man class of runners for the team’s success. “Those fresh

men came in all guns blazing. They really put the work in, I remember my freshman year, I tried really hard but these girls really stepped up.” Cocking said. “It’s a big jump from high school to college and they did it.”

Blue Dragons coach Justin Riggs has also seen the fresh man class improve for the Blue Dragons.

“We’ve had some huge contri butions from our freshman class but also some good things from our sophomores as well.” Riggs said. “Some of the younger ones have come in and looked really good right off the bat. We have a really good sophomore up

front in Louise Cocking, she has a lot of experience for us, she finished fifth her freshman year at nationals and has also been an All American in track. So she has a lot of experience to know how to approach the race.”

Riggs is also optimistic about the Blue Dragons’ chances of capturing a national title. The Blue Dragons were the Division 2 national champions in 2001.

“Cross country is a sport where you have to have all five runners,” Riggs said. “You can’t have one or two people carry the team as a star player or star runner. It’s about getting five across the line as fast as you can and you’re scored on that. It’s a

whole team effort.”

With the team departing for Tallahassee on Tuesday morn ing, the Blue Dragons will train along the way in order to stay ready for the big race.

“We’ll train the whole way.” Riggs said. “We’ll stop each day to try and keep as much of a routine as possible. On Thurs day and Friday we’ll have an opportunity to run on the course we’ll be racing on.”

The Blue Dragons will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Apalachee Re gional Park in Tallahassee.

Livestream information can be found at www.njcaa.org, and the Blue Dragons Twitter account will post a link as well.

Athlete of the week (Oct. 30-Nov.

Men’s basketball

The week: Franklin had a big start to the seaosn in lead ing the Blue Drag ons to three wins in three games. Franklin scored 82 points, get ting at least 20 points in every win. He started with 28 points on 11 of 22 shooting, and 8 rebounds, in a 124-101 win voer Fort Scott. Then, Franklin had 34 points, on 16 of 23 shooting, and 8 rebounds in a 113-105 win over Triton. He fin ished the week with 20 points and 13 rebounds in a 117-107 win over Northeast ern Oklahoma A&M.

The season: Franklin, a 6-foot-5 redshirt freshman guard from Raytown, Missouri, is averaging 27.3 points, 9.7 re bounds and 2.7 assists per game for the Blue Dragons.

Blue Dragons ready for season’s biggest test at Iowa Western

By Ben Short Sports Editor

The Hutchinson Communi ty College football team has dominated the opposition thus far and are one game left from a perfect regular season.

But this regular-season finale on Saturday means more with it being Iowa Western, last year’s NJCAA runner-up.

Iowa Western was undefeat ed and ranked No. 2 last week.

Since Saturday’s 23-7 loss to Coffeyville, the Reivers have dropped to No. 4, and another loss might drop them out of the top four and out of the NJCAA semifinals next month.

“I think we all know it’s a big game,” said sophomore running back Dylan Kedzior. “We know they’re playing to keep their chances of making the (national semifinals) alive so they’re gonna give us their best shot. You can feel the en

Basketball, men’s Nov. 1, FORT SCOTT, W 124-101

Nov. 4, TRITON, W 113-105 Nov, 5, NEO, W 117-197

ergy at practice, in the locker room, and meetings, we all know this game is important. With all that being said, all we need to do is go out there and play like we can and the results will take care of itself.

This game holds a lot of meaning in the current rank ings, yes, but also last year Iowa Western got into the playoffs ahead of Hutchinson, who finished fifth in the final regular-season poll. That left a bad taste in the mouths of the Blue Dragons and their fans.

If the Blue Dragons win, they will continue to the NJCAA playoffs as the likely overall No. 1 seed. That would mean the Blue Dragons would host a national semifinal on Dec. 3.

A loss doesn’t necessarily drop the Blue Dragons out of the top four, but it could get sticky.

It all starts at 1 p.m. Satur day in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Jan. 18, at Independence, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 21, CLOUD COUNTY, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 25, PRATT, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 28, at Barton, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 1, COWLEY, 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 16, INDEPENDENCE, 5:30 p.m.

Nov 19, at Cloud County, 2 p.m.

Nov. 22, at Pratt, 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 26, BARTON, 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 30, at Cowley, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 15, at Colby, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 18, NORTHWEST KANSAS TECH, 2 p.m.

Feb. 22, at Seward County, 6 p.m.

March 1, GARDEN CITY, 5:30 p.m.

Cross country

Nov. 9, LABETTE, W 139-84 Nov. 11, vs. Victoria at Great Bend 3 p.m. Nov. 12, vs. Wilbur Wright, at Great Bend, 3 p.m. Nov. 16, INDEPENDENCE, 5:30 p.m. Nov 19, at Cloud County, 2 p.m. Nov. 22, at Pratt, 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 26, BARTON, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 30, at Cowley, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 3, at Butler, 2 p.m. Dec. 7, COFFEYVILLE, 5:30 p.m. Dec. 10, at Dodge City, 1 p.m. Dec. 12, COLBY, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 4, at Northwest Kansas Tech, 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7, SEWARD COUNTY, 5:30 p.m. Jan. 14, at Garden City, 2 p.m.

Feb. 4, BUTLER, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 8, at Coffeyville, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 11, DODGE CITY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 15, at Colby, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 18, NORTHWEST KANSAS TECH, 2 p.m.

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, 1 p.m. Nov. 12, vs, Redlands at Great Bend 1 p.m.

Dec. 3, at Butler, 2 p.m.

Dec. 7, COFFEYVILLE, 5:30 p.m.

Dec. 10, at Dodge City, 1 p.m.

Dec. 12, COLBY, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 4, at Northwest Kansas Tech, 7:30 p.m.

Jan. 7, SEWARD COUNTY, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 14, at Garden City, 2 p.m.

Jan. 18, at Independence, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 21, CLOUD COUNTY, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 25, PRATT, 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 28, at Barton, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 1, COWLEY, 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 4, BUTLER, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 8, at Coffeyville, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 11, DODGE CITY, 5:30 p.m.

Nov. 12, at NJCAA Championships, Tallahas see, Fla.

Football Aug. 27, NAVARRO, Texas, W 42-0 Sept. 3, at Ellsworth, Iowa, W 70-7 Sept. 10, IOWA CENTRAL, W 31-28, OT Sept. 24, at Coffeyville, W 14-9

Oct. 1, BUTLER, W 27-19 Oct. 8, at Dodge City, W 47-14

Oct. 22, at Garden City, W 65-7 Oct. 29, HIGHLAND, W 31-7 Nov. 5, INDEPENDENCE, W 53-0 Nov. 12, at Iowa Western, 1 p.m. Dec. 3, NJCAA playoffs or Salt City Bowl, TBA

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

5) Aaron Franklin,

Franklin

Photo by Sabrina Anzo/Collegian

The Hutchinson Community College women’s cross country team huddles up prior to the Terry Masterson Twilight Classic on Sept. 1 at Fun Valley Sports Complex. The Blue Dragons are ranked third headed to the NJCAA Championships this Saturday in Tallahassee, Fla.

Hutchinson Community College’s Jaden Mosley (32), Ja’Mez Drummer (7) and Javar Strong (1) com bine to tackle a Highland player during a game Oct. 29 at Gowans Stadium.

Photo by Josie Schrag/Collegian