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HutchCC men’s golf team pursues its third straight NJCAA national title

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Banned books break brains

By Ainsley Trunkhill Staff Writer

“To Kill a Mockingbird”, “Catcher in the Rye”, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. Most commonly seen in a high school English classroom, these historically targeted texts exist in the forefront of minds when it comes to banned books.

Nowadays, however, fewer people bat an eye at Atticus and Scout Finch.

Instead, books that target Black and LGBTQIA+ voices are being challenged at an exponential rate, with 729 challenges across 1,597 different titles recorded in 2021 alone, according to the American Library Association.

During Banned Books Week, which runs from September 18-24, libraries and schools nationwide celebrate intellectual freedom and marginalized voices while combating censorship.

In 2021, the most challenged book was “Gender Queer” by Maia Kobabe, censored for LGBTQIA+ content. In 2020, “George” by Alex Gino held that spot, for transgender content and “conflicting with a religious viewpoint,” according to the ALA. The current divisive political climate allows discriminatory groups to infiltrate spheres of society through book bannings. With a wider availability of voices represented in modern literature

Photo by Ben Short/Collegian A collection of some banned or challenged books that readers are encouraged to check out during Band Book Week

comes a stronger push from largely Christian conservatives to silence them.

It often only takes one person’s opinion to silence the voices of a community.

Most libraries maintain an application for individuals to challenge a book, which then trickles up to a director or school board. The unprecedented increase in book bannings, however,

partially exists due to an evolution of the traditional process.

“We have seen legislative things being pushed that also determine whether or not a book can stay in a public library,” said Melissa Emo, a Hutchinson Community College librarian. “This is a new territory.”

The “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida

and outlaws on Critical Race Theory in Oklahoma display instances of widespread censorship. In these cases, just as in book bannings, Black and LGBTQIA+ communities are disproportionately affected. “(It) is ridiculous,” said Stella See Books, Page 3

A look at books that have been banned or challenged in U.S.

By Laci Sutton Managing Editor-Content

Title: Where The Wild Things Are Author: Maurice Sendak Year Released: 1963 Where has it been banned/challenged? Mostly in the southern parts of the U.S. Reason for ban/challenge: The book’s supernatural themes raised concerns in parents. They also felt the illustrations promoted witchcraft. Some even said they thought it could be psychologically damaging to young children, instilling fear of abandonment.

Title: Harriet the Spy Author: Louise Fitzhugh Year Released: 1964 Where has it been banned/challenged? Southern U.S. Reason for ban/challenge: Adults felt the book set a bad example by encouraging children to spy on others, lie and talk back/disrespect their parents.

Title: Where’s Waldo?

Author: Martin Hanford Year Released: 1987 Where has it been banned/challenged? Sever-

al schools across the country, and some prisons in Texas.

Reason for ban/challenge: A drawing of a woman sunbathing topless was hidden in the corner of one of the illustrations.

Title: Captain Underpants (series) Author: Dav Pilkey Year Released: 1997 Where has it been banned/challenged? A Michigan elementary school, among others across the U.S. Reason for ban/challenge: Crude language, violence and some cases also challenged due to the possibility of the main character being gay.

Title: Gossip Girl (series) Author: Cecily Von Ziegesar Year Released: 2002 Where has it been banned/challenged? Initially, a Florida public library challenged the book in 2008 with others following their lead.

Reason for ban/challenged: There are mentions of underage drinking and alcohol use, drug use, violence, and sexual content.

Title: The Handmaid’s Tale Author: Margaret Atwood

Year Released: 1985 Where has it been banned/challenged? Portugal, Spain, and several public libraries and schools (mostly in the southern U.S.) Reason for ban/challenge: Some found it degrading to the Christian and Islamic religions, in addition to the vulgarity and sexual overtones.

Title: The Hunger Games (series) Author: Suzanne Collins Year Released: 2008 Where has it been banned/challenged? Several public schools across the U.S. Reason for ban/challenge: Anti-ethnic, anti-family, insensitivity, offensive language, cult-like behavior and violence. Parents said it caused their children nightmares and felt it encouraged violent and murderous acts.

Title: Of Mice and Men Author: John Stienbeck Year Released: 1937 Where has it been banned/challenged?: Ireland and several schools and libraries in the U.S. Reason for ban/challenge: Vulgarity, racism, homosexual overtones and the poor treatment of women.

New band, same Stambaugh

By Lynn Spahr Staff Writer

When a band program gets a new director, there’s always a transition period as students learn the new director’s expectations and the director learns about the students.

The director’s attitude can make all the difference.

After being the head band director at Buhler High School for more than 15 years, Eric Stambaugh brings new energy and excitement to the Hutchinson Community

College’s band program.

“Kids are hungry, they want to be great,” Stambaugh said. “I like the atmosphere of kids starting their new chapter in their life, that’s fun to watch.

And it also excites me to see where this program can go long term.”

Stambaugh’s excitement about the program is infectious, and the students have taken notice. “He’s interesting, very ecstatic about what he does, and I’m very glad for that. Makes your day better when he’s ec-

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static about what he does,” said Joey Clark, McPherson freshman.

Stambaugh uses personal stories, such as memorable gifts from his son, to teach music or lighten the mood, and it works. These stories inspire laughter and seem to help students understand what he’s asking of them.

“There’s a lot of positivity I think … He’s gonna make you do what you’re supposed to, but overall it’s going to be welcoming,” said Harrison Morris,

a Buhler freshman.

This balance of pushing students while remaining patient and positive is helping to create a comfortable atmosphere.

Stambaugh has some long-term plans for the band, as well.

“Yeah, I’ve got an 8 to 10-year plan,” he said. “I kinda keep it to myself because it really depends on the amount of kids that come in. And the long-term plan is based on my recruitment within the next couple years.”

The happenings around campus

Photo by Lee Wellman/Collegian Stambaugh stands holding his instrument of choice, or as he calls it, “God’s Instrument”, the alto saxophone.

College Student Weather Report Friday High: 91; Low 70 Same old stupid hot crap.

Saturday High: 92; Low 71 1 degree can make all the difference. In the worst way Sunday High: 99; Low 70 And it only gets worse.

Weather source: Accuweather

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The Hutchinson Collegian Friday, September 16, 2022

My gameday lens: Australian edition romantic comedy movies. So it was safe to say I had no idea what to expect when attending my first college game over the weekend, when our Blue Dragons played Iowa Central at Gowans Stadium.

Watching with my teammates, like a true foreigner, I had many questions about the game. Here are some of the most pressing.

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Victoria Lewis I have been in Kansas all of two-and-a-half weeks, after a 27-hour flight from my hometown in Brisbane, Australia to play basketball here at Hutchinson Community College.

Coming from a foreign country, my knowledge of American football only goes so far as the final scene of most high school

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Do they really need all the padding?

The helmets and shoulder pads, while very fashion forward, seem extreme. I couldn’t help but think of how long it would take each of them to get ready for the game. I can totally appreciate that it is necessary for the players’ safety, but I have to say, as someone who has only ever seen rugby or Australian

Rules Football (AFL), it does seem a touch over the top.

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Why are there so many of them?

Another peculiarity of American football to me was the fact that all the substitutes were standing all along the sides of the field. This only made it all the more obvious that the number of players on an American football team is comparable to that of the live audience. I can definitely say that never in my life have I seen a sports team that has over sixty people. It’s quite a sight.

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How does everyone else know where the ball is?

Tried as I did, I could not for the life of me figure out where the ball was most of the game.

I still managed to cheer along with the crowd for Hutchinson, but I must confess, every play was followed up with a whisper in my teammate’s ear; “Wait, what just happened?”

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Whose idea was it to ‘mic up’ the referees?

I only ask this question really because I think it is an absolutely fantastic idea. I felt so lost the entire game, and frequently do when the sport I’m watching doesn’t have an orange ball and hoop involved. But when the referees turned to the home-side bleachers and actually explained what was going on, it was music to my ears. Also, another noteworthy referee action was the throwing of the flags. Though it isn’t the same as the flag waving that goes on in AFL (which if

you haven’t yet seen, you really ought to), I liked the added flair this gave the process. It is much more dramatic than carding someone.

I knew I couldn’t fully immerse myself in United States college life without attending a game of American football, and no better way than an overtime matchup. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my first-ever American football game, and cannot wait for the next home game, which won’t be until Oct. 1 when we play Butler.

Glad to say I have ticked this off the American college experience bucket list.

Victoria Lewis is a Brisbane, Australia sophomore studying journalism. She is also a center for the Blue Dragons women’s basketball team.

Queen Elizabeth sucks

Queen Elizabeth II is dead. Aged 96, having been on the throne for 70 of them. Many people are spending this time in mourning, and sure, a historical figure having been alive that long in and of itself is pretty notable.

But here’s something a lot of people haven’t really thought about. Queen Elizabeth was kind of awful.

Before you go on about me ‘speaking ill of the dead’ or whatever, just sit down and think. You don’t speak ill about people’s dead family, sure, but that concept does not apply when you were the face of British colonialism for 70 years, and was responsible for the horrible mistreatment of millions.

I’m not trying to say that people cannot mourn their monarch, however it is important for those people to also realize that the person they are mourning was nowhere near this ‘kind-hearted grandma’ they try to make her out to be.

For instance, under her reign, the British military was complicit in atroc-

ities during events like the Mau Mau pened during the period of 1952-1960. rebellion, where freedom fighters in the These actions happened in a postBritish colony of Kenya rose against World War 2 world, a post-Holocaust the oppressive occupation world. And nothing was of their land. It was during done to stop these actions that rebellion that the Britwhile they happened, and ish suspended civil libervery little has been done ties for the Kenyan people, relating to them after the interring 80,000 people, fact. and a further 160,000And just to hammer that 320,000 people forced into final point home again. concentration camps. Most The attorney general of the of the rest were victims of British administration in the “villagisation” proKenya described the misgram, where they were treatment of the interred held in enclosed villages. as “distressingly reminisWhile some of the victims cent of conditions in Nazi Braedon Martin were Mau Mau guerillas, Germany or Communist the majority of them were Russia”. victims of collective punishment. Many When the one of the perpetrators of were tortured to force them to renounce an event compares it to Nazi Germany their allegiances to the guerillas. or the Soviet Union, you have to realOne of the victims of this torture ize you are in the most absolute sense was Hussein Onyango Obama, the the bad guys. grandfather of former president Barack That is barely scratching the surface Obama. Oh, and by the way, this hapof the military response to an indepen-

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dence movement in one country under Elizabeth’s rule, which came early in her reign. These sort of actions went on unhindered by the Queen. Sure, she didn’t colonize anything directly, but Elizabeth II was, as her ancestors, the face of the British Empire, and thus, the face of it’s colonialism and the head of a state willing to commit numerous atrocities in the name of its empire, and a symbol of that refusal to stop these things from happening.

Once again, I’m not telling anyone not to mourn, but the idea that Elizabeth was just “Britain’s grandma” or some sweet innocent old lady is far from the truth. Elizabeth was a perpetrator and face of British crimes, some of which eliciting thoughts of, not to beat a dead horse or anything, Nazi.

F—ing. Germany.

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

Movie review: ‘Pacific Rim’ hits hard When I was a kid, whenever I felt bored, I would look up at my dad’s movie collection of all the great classic movies, and wonder what great movies would be released during my lifetime. Turns out there wasn’t going to be much. I was 10 when the last great movie came out.

“Pacific Rim” being the last great movie is a pretty bold statement to make, but we’re living in a time where studios would rather brutally murder your favortite franchises, than risk making a new one.

Have there been great movies since “Pacific Rim” in 2013? Yes, I can name four, “1917”, “Shin Godzilla”, “Lake Michigan Monster”, and “Girls Und Panzer Der Film”, though only one of those is a major Hollywood production, while two of them are foreign and the other is an indie film. That’s pretty rough.

If you’ve never seen “Pacific Rim” or haven’t seen it since its initial release, you’re probably wondering what’s so great about it. So I’ll give you a refresher.

Giant monsters, called “Kaiju”, are popping out of a portal in the Pacific Ocean called the breach, and then they go and destroy our cities. So the world decided to band together and make giant robots called “Jaegers” to fight them.

Things go well for a while until they don’t and the program is shut down in favor of the Pacific Wall. So all the remain-

ing Jaegers are sent to Hong Kong, where they’ll try one last time to stop the kaiju once and for all.

The movie opens with a big “Dune” 1984 style lore dump, but the difference here is that it’s actually done well. The whole movie takes place at the very end of the war, so there’s a lot of catching up to do, but the film manages to do this in a quick, clean, and entertaining way that makes the world of the film feel huge.

The story and characters are very good.

While big robots punching big monsters isn’t the most original idea, it’s presented in a pretty unique manner.

The stereotype of monster movies is that the human characters are there to do nothing more than eat up screen time and dump exposition, here that’s far from the case. All the characters in the film have lots of personality and character. Stacker Pentecost is such a cool leader in this, and while Chuck Hansen comes off as the typical bully character, he’s at least given a reason for it, since he sees the main character Raleigh Becket as part of the reason the Jaeger program is being shut down.

Speaking of the main characters , Raleigh and Mako Mori are both great characters. We live in a day and age where filmmakers love strong female characters, but end up just making Mary Sues. Fortunately, Mako is not a Mary

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Sue. Sure she’s tough and fights for her dream of being a Jaeger pilot, but Pentecost holds her back. Because he’s a jerk?

No, because she’s his adopted daughter.

When she does get the opportunity it’s not without consequences as she almost blows the place up after having PTSD to the time a crab ate her family. She does get her second chance though and kicks butt.

Her, and all the other characters have flaws, but are still all enjoyable characters to watch.

The stand out characters though have to be Newt, Dr. Gottlieb, and Hannibal Chau. They play off each other well, and the subplot about drifting with a kaiju is fun and fits into the story well.

Another important aspect of monster movies is of course the action, and this is where “Pacific Rim” excels. There are very key things you have to get right for a monster movie. First is cinematography, low angles make the Jaegers and Kaiju look huge. You’ve also got to make the fights clearly visible, don’t put the fight in pure darkness and no quick rapid edits of shaky cam.

Next you’ve got to make the fighters move slow, but have impacts behind their hits. This makes each attack feel like an event. When Gipsy Danger punches Knifehead in the face it feels like a big deal.

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Then of course, you need to make it cool. The kaiju and robot gore in this is fantastic, and makes the fights feel brutal.

Music is also very important and come on, everyone knows “Pacific Rim” has great music.

Speaking of cool, the designs of the Jaegers and Kaiju are some of the best.

Each one feels distinct, even the ones that appear in the opening for a millisecond are more interesting than any of the Jaegers or Kaiju in “Pacific Rim: Uprising”.

So yeah, “Pacific Rim” is one Connor Keat of the greatest films ever, one of the last good and original films to come out of Hollywood, and I almost cried.

I give it nine dead Jaeger pilots out of 10.

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Early-morning classes are hit and miss with students

By Mariah McGarraugh Staff Writer

The talk of 8 a.m. classes usually brings up the constant debate of whether or not they are liked/enjoyed.

Let’s be honest - the few 8 a.m. classes that are left are filled with students who really didn’t have any other choice.

Other than having a later school day and interfering with work, or trying to cram it into your next semester. Getting to school on time means most students have to get up around 7 a.m. which can make a pretty long school day especially, when you have work after.

“I took an 8 a.m. class because I had a full schedule and needed to get my math credit,” said Cassidy Mahoney, Hutchinson freshman. “Getting up in the morning can be tough since most nights I work until about 10. Almost every morning I get up around 7:50 and just barely make it to school on time or I’m late.”

Getting up early doesn’t always have to be a bad thing.

“I can benefit from my 8 a.m. class too,” Mahoney said, “It helped me with

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time management, planning out my day better and I get more time at home after school.”

Max Carroll, an English instructor at HutchCC, said when asked if he would encourage students to take 8 a.m. classes, “It depends. natural morning people yeah. Very often people are more alert and make faster connections in the morning. I would say if they work at night no, working a night job plus school can be tough.”

There’s a common dislike amongst students when it comes to 8 a.m. classes. Having an 8 a.m. class really comes down to the person. If a student is naturally a morning person, are good at staying organized and can have a constant bed time to be ready in the morning, they could benefit from an earlier class schedule. However, if you’re not a morning person and typically stay up late due to work or just being a night owl, an 8 a.m. class probably isn’t best.

Of course, for those who are stuck in an early class for schedule or credit reasons HutchCC does have a coffee shop for your caffeine needs.

Kansas State football legend Kevin Lockett coming to DLS

By Carly Thompson Staff Writer

On Tuesday, Kevin Lockett will be coming to Hutchinson for the Dillon Lecture Series, the third talk of the year.

Lockett is a partner and Chief Financial Officer at Fulcrum Global Capital.

Lockett is also a Kansas State University alumnus who broke records as a football player and was named Academic All-American, twice. He then went on to play professional football for several NFL teams, including four seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Lockett will be delivering his speech titled “Leadership Within and Investing in Yourself” for the Barbara Peirce Memorial Lecture. Peirce was the founder of the Dillon Lecture Series.

“Kevin was very successful when he was at Kansas State University, on and off the football field,” said Robin Woodworth, Administrative Assistant To The President at HutchCC and Dillon Lecture Series Coordinator. “(He) was very successful academically. He has since then been very successful as he furthered his athletic career with professional football and as an entrepreneur. His speech will be about what he achieved in his life and how it helped him become the man he is today.”

The focus of his speech is going

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and member of the transgender community. “I was shown straight media for the entirety of my developing years and none of it had any effect on my current gender identity and sexual orientation … It’s a clear sign of general ignorance on the part of conservatives.”

Despite attempts to erase minority experiences with single-sided narratives, movements such as Banned Books Week help fight back. Protestors occupied the streets of Florida with banners and chants at the “Don’t Say Gay” bill’s announcement, and the New York Public Library created a program allowing free, unlimited access to Ebooks nationwide.

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to target students who could greatly benefit from his knowledge and experience.

“When you look at very successful teams, there is sort of this cohesiveness that exists. There is this idea that a bunch of people within a locker room are centered around a common goal,” said Lockett in an interview with Startup Grind in 2018. “All of that stuff is the same when we talk about entrepreneurs.”

The lecture will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Sports Arena. For students, admission is free with a school ID. All other attendees will be charged $10.

At HutchCC’s JFK Library, Emo and the other librarians created a powerful display for Banned Books Week that amplifies targeted voices, complete with books within the library that are currently challenged in schools.

“I think just stand united,” Emo said, suggesting a way to push back against politicians and puppeteering groups. Her advice parallels the 2022 Banned Books Week theme - “Books unite us. Censorship divides us.”

Furthermore, Emo warns that people should recognize the broader threat to intellectual freedom and individual rights.

“Even if someone doesn’t particularly care about this issue. . . it doesn’t take much for this censorship to go to other things that they do care about,” she said. “This is just the beginning.”

HutchCC students keep it real on new app

By Colin Shields Online Editor

BeReal has capitalized off of Snapchat while adding its own little twist, posting a two sided photo just one time a day.

Many of the BeReal app’s nearly 21.6 million daily users are drawn in due to the ability to “be real” with friends and upload a photo using both sides of the cell-phone camera in between a randomly selected two-minute window.

For Hutchinson Community College sophomore Sloan Hayden, he is especially drawn to the app’s randomness.

“I love how it pops up at random times everyday, and how excited me and my friends get to post on (BeReal) together.” Hayden said.

Freshman Jake Parker finds the ability to see what his friends are doing as a big plus.

“It’s a fun way to interact with all your friends and see what they are doing,” Parker said.

The popularity of BeReal has skyrocketed, going from around 10,000 users in 2021 to over 21.6 million users in 2022.

Hayden and Parker found out about the app from their friends, who encouraged them to give it a try.

“I found out about BeReal from my friends in school,” Parker said.

Users have embraced the app and have created a rush to make the best “BeReal.”

This has encouraged Hayden to get

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creative in his posts.

“I try to come up with new ideas for the pictures to make them different everyday,” Hayden said. Some examples of “BeReal’s” include people attending concerts, asking random strangers to take your BeReal and capture them in the image as well, and one of the most popular, people taking a BeReal in an ambulance on the way to a hospital.

With the app’s popularity growing, both Hayden and Parker encourage new users to give the app a try.

“It’s something that’s new and different, it’s definitely worth giving it a shot,” Hayden said.

BeReal can be found in both the iOS App store and Google Play store and can be downloaded for free.

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Looking for a threepeat

Photo by Sabrina Anzo/Collegian The Hutchinson Community College men’s golf team, from left, Louis Galvin, Joey Langstraat, Dominic Clemons, coach Chris Young, Blake Saffell, Addison Alonzo and Brooks Sauder celebrate with their national championship rings, which were presented on Saturday at Gowans Stadium. The Blue Dragons have won consecutive NJCAA national championships.

Golf team starts quest for another national championship

By Sam Ojeda Staff Writer

The Hutchinson Community College golf team has been phenomenal for the last few years.

Over the last two seasons, the Blue Dragons have won two NJCAA national championships, and Blue Dragons coach Chris Young said believes his team has the ability to win a third.

“We have the same formula,” Young said. “The chemistry seems to be good so far, and as long as we can keep growing that chemistry, the team’s ability shows to be successful.”

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season ranked No. 1 in the NJCAA. This ranking comes after a 2021-2022 campaign that had them dominate the standings, which saw them win the national championship by 20 strokes.

The reigning champions will return two first-team All-Americans: Dominic Clemons and Blake Saffell. Saffell said how excited he was for this upcoming season.

“This team has the chance to be extremely successful,” Saffell said.

He said he was excited about the team’s success and his role on the team.

“This season provides me the opportunity to lead, and that is something I look forward to doing,” Saffell said.

Coach Young also spoke about leadership.

We have guys who can be leaders by example, and that is what I am looking for,” Young said. “(The returners) have done an excellent job so far. They have helped get guys there on time and appreciate their opportunities.”

The international presence is high for this year’s team, just like in years past, as 16-yearold Irish freshman Louis Galvin said, “Even though I have never

played golf here, the game does not change,” Galvin said. “Another international player from England, Louis Ross, is fired up for this season.

“We have some real oppor tunities this season,” Ross said. “I want a ring, but it will take the right hard work to get there.”

Young said he believes in his team and sees the potential. His athletes are excited and ready to get to work. The Blue Dragons will begin their road to a threepeat in Pueblo, Colorado, this Monday with hopes of a successful season and eyes set on another ring.

Athlete of the week (Sept. 4-10) Julia Dias De Souza, Soccer

The week: De Souza scored a pair of goals and added two assists in lead- De Souza ing the Blue Dragons to a pair of wins last week, both coming in Jayhawk Conferece play. De Soutz first had a goal and two assists, all coming in the second half, as the Blue Dragons pulled away for a 5-0 win over Garden City.

Then, De Souza had a goal in the Blue Dragons’ 2-0 win over Neosho County.

The season: De Souza, a sophomore midfielder from Brazil, has two goals and four assists so far this season for the undefeated and 20th-ranked Blue Dragons. Both marks are better already than her freshman season, when De Souza had one goal and three assists.

Bye week arrives for football team Odd scheduling leaves Blue Dragons waiting for conference opener.

By Ben Short Staff Writer

The Hutchinson Blue Dragons football team has opened the season with some impressive wins, but still have yet to play a Jayhawk Conference game, the only team in the conference yet to do so.

After beating Navarro, Texas, and then Iowa teams Ellsworth and Iowa Central, the second-ranked Blue Dragons are 3-0 overall. This week is a bye week, and then they will travel to Coffeyville to play the first conference game of the year, a week before October.

“100% we will be prepared,” said running back Jaheim Simmons. “We take it one game at a time, focusing on the details, watching film like crazy, studying the opponent … we will be good. We practice hard so on game day, it’s easy, even when we don’t have suc-

cess. We know how to handle it, keep playing, and cheer for your brothers.”

The Blue Dragons have continued their success from last year by blowing out Navarro and Ellsworth, and then winning in overtime against Iowa Central, 31-28.

Despite not playing a conference opponent yet, Simmons said he doesn’t believe it changes much going into conference play.

“I don’t think it changes football,” Simmons said. “At the end of the day, I just feel it’s about what team is more focused and more prepared”.

The Blue Dragons took home hardware last year, winning the Jayhawk Conference championship against Garden City, a season after going undefeated and winning the national championship.

“Yes, I feel like there’s a target on our back, but we got all types of weapons, down to special teams so you better hit every target or we will upset you because you never know who is going to pop off at any time,” Simmons said.

Photo by Sabrina Anzo/Collegian Blue Dragon kicker Cole Segraves kicks at extra point during a game against Iowa Central at Gowans Stadium.

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

Cross country

Sept. 1, TERRY MASTERSON TWILIGHT, women second, men 10th Sept. 17, at Greeno/Dirksen Invitational, Lincoln, Neb. Sept. 30, at Chili Pepper Festival, Fayetteville, Ark. Oct. 14, at Ollie Isom Invitational, El Dorado Oct. 28, REGION 6, at Prairie Ridge Park Nov. 12, at NJCAA Championships, Tallahassee, 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, 7 p.m.

Oct. 1, BUTLER, 7 p.m.

Oct. 8, at Dodge City, 1 p.m.

Oct. 22, at Garden City, 1 p.m.

Oct. 29, HIGHLAND, 7 p.m.

Nov. 5, INDEPENDENCE, 1 p.m.

Nov. 12, at Iowa Western, 1 p.m.

Soccer

Aug. 26, vs. Western Nebraska at Sterling, Colo., W 3-2 Aug. 27 at Northeastern Colorado, W 4-3, OT Aug. 31, at Kansas City, W 3-1 Sept. 4, WESTERN WYOMING, W 1-0 Sept. 7, at Garden City, W 5-0 Sept. 10, NEOSHO COUNTY, W 2-0 Sept. 14, DODGE CITY, 6 p.m.

Sept. 17, at Johnson County, 5 p.m.

Sept. 21, at Cowley, 5 p.m.

Sept. 24, COFFEYVILLE, 2 p.m.

Oct. 1, at Butler, 6 p.m.

Oct. 5, BARTON, 6 p.m.

Oct. 8, GARDEN CITY, 2 p.m.

Oct. 12, at Dodge City, 6 p.m.

Oct. 19, COWLEY, 6 p.m.

Oct. 22, at Barton, 1 p.m.

Volleyball

Aug. 19-20, at Reiver Classic, vs. Indian Hills, Iowa, L 3-2; vs.Jefferson,Mo., L 3-0; vs. Missouri State-West Plains, W 3-2; vs. Iowa Western, W 3-2 Aug 22, OTTAWA JV, W 3-0; NEOSHO COUNTY, W 3-0; BETHEL JV, W 3-1 Aug. 24, at Dodge City, W 3-0 Aug. 26-27, at TJC Classic, vs. Eastern Wyoming, W 3-1; vs. Frank Phillips, Texas W 3-1; vs. Clarendon, Texas, W 3-1; vs. Casper, Wyo., W 3-0 Aug. 31, at Seward County, L 3-1 Sept. 2, CLOUD COUNTY, W 3-0; FRIENDS JV, W 3-0 Sept. 7, at Pratt, W 3-0 Sept. 9, at NJC Classic, vs. Casper, W 3-0; vs.

Western Nebraska, L 3-1 Sept. 10, at NJC Classic, vs. Indian Hills, L 3-0; vs. Northeastern Colorado, W 3-1

Sept 14, at Colby, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 21, GARDEN CITY, 6 p.m.

Sept. 23, JEFFERSON, 4 p.m.; IOWA WESTERN, 8 p.m.

Sept. 24, MINERAL AREA, Mo., 11 a.m.; TRINITY VALLEY, 4 p.m.

Sept. 26, at Barton, 6:30 p.m.

Sept. 28, DODGE CITY, 6 p.m.

Oct. 1, SEWARD COUNTY, 2 p.m.

Oct. 5, at Cloud County, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 7, at Grizzly Classic, vs. Missouri StateWest Plains, 1 p.m.; vs. Trinity Valley, 7 p.m.

Oct. 8, at Grizzly Classic, vs. Tyler, Texas, 11 a.m.; vs. Jefferson, 5 p.m.

Oct. 12, BUTLER, 6 p.m.

Oct. 15, COLBY, 3 p.m.

Oct. 17, PRATT, 6 p.m.

Oct. 22, at Garden City, 6 p.m.

Oct. 26, BARTON, 6 p.m.

Oct. 28, at Butler, 6 p.m.