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How students who live in the dorms are bringing a taste of home to HutchCC.

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Kevin Lockett visits Hutchinson for Dillon Lecture Series.

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Teaching shortage impact reaches home

By Laci Sutton Managing Editor - Content

There are currently 42 job openings posted on the Hutchinson Community College website. Of those 42 listings, 20 are for instructor positions.

HutchCC is not the only institution struggling to fulfill its staffing needs.

The teaching shortage has hit crisis levels nationwide.

Jesse Newberry is a computer support associate professor and program coordinator at HutchCC. He has worked in education for 10 years now and has never seen a teaching shortage like the country is in now.

“In Kansas, I believe there are around 1,400 open positions, which is quite a bit considering Kansas is a smaller state population wise,” said Newberry, who also serves as Faculty Senate President.

There are many factors influencing the lack of educators. Newberry credits finances as being the majority of those factors.

The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the consumer price index (a measure of the average change of prices over time) as 6.8% in 2021.

In 2019 that number was just 2.1%.

The average minimum wage has not changed more than $1.00 since the mid-90’s.

“Right now, I think the starting wage

for a public teacher is fairly close to what someone would make at Starbucks,” Newberry said.

Cynthia Hoss is the vice president of academic affairs for HutchCC. She has worked in education for 47 years.

In her current position, she works directly with eight department chairs in five academic departments to provide them support and resources.

Hoss attributes more than just money influencing the shortage, including the COVID-19 pandemic, at-home jobs, over-regulation by federal and state agencies, and less faith in importance and potential for higher education to improve.

“There is no easy solution for this complex issue. Hiring competition is fierce throughout the nation,” Hoss said. “One way to lessen our shortage at HutchCC is constant recruitment, hiring, and orientation/professional development in the teaching profession.”

Newberry echoed some of Hoss’ thoughts.

“Education funding at the state level is in pretty bad shape.” Newberry said.

“I know that teachers just don’t get paid enough.”

While these factors would turn most sane people away from even considering teaching, for Newberry and Hoss, it’s all about the students.

“It’s very fulfilling. It’s also very

Collegian file photo Kelly Clasen, an English professor at Hutchinson Community College, is seen teaching an English Composition class behind a lectern.

challenging.” Newberry said. “It’s hard but it is very fulfilling. You get to help people, you get to see those looks on their faces when they understand a concept and everything clicks together. It just feels good knowing you’ve helped them understand that concept.”

“Most faculty choose education as a career because they enjoy learning.

They want to promote an interest in their chosen field of expertise; they love seeing the “lightbulb” come on with students.” Hoss said. “They are dedicated public servants who want the best for their students. They deserve respect and appreciation commensurate with salaries that are equitable to business and industry and other professional fields.”

Education students hopeful for their future

Photo by Lee Wellman/Collegian Eric Stambaugh, director of the Hutchinson Community College Wind Symphony and pep band, goes over the piece lineup for halftime for a football game. This is Stambaugh’s first year at the college after teaching at Buhler schools.

Those interested in teaching explain lure of profession.

By Lizzie Kipp Staff Writer

It takes a special kind of person to be a teacher.

Anyone can just stand in a classroom and read information out loud to a group of children, but teaching is so much more than that.

It requires not only knowledge but patience and – maybe most importantly – desire to teach.

Due to America’s teacher shortage

being at an all-time high, good educators are needed badly in all areas of study, at all levels of education.

Hutchinson Community College sophomore Sloan Hayden is studying to be a physical education/weights teacher.

“My older brother is a football coach and taught weights at the high school I went to,” Hayden said. “He told me the reason he went into education was to make a positive impact on kids’ lives. That’s kind of what I want to do as well.”

Hayden observes PE/Weights classes at Hutchinson High School and Graber Elementary School.

“The thing I look forward to the most about my career is getting to be around

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sports, which is my passion,” Hayden said. “And I get to wear shorts every day.”

After HutchCC, Hayden said he plans on playing football for an undecided institution.

Cassidy Mahoney, an elementary education major, shares Hayden’s desire to be a positive role model for children. She intends to teach the fourth grade.

“I chose to teach because I know teachers are needed right now, and it’s a job that moves around if I decide to relocate,” Mahoney said.

After receiving her associate degree at HutchCC, Mahoney plans on attending Wichita State and becoming a paraeducator while doing so.

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“I look forward to teaching America’s youth, because that is our future,” Mahoney said. “I want to have the honor of getting to know those kids and giving them a safe place to be.”

HutchCC student Katelyn LaPoint plans on possibly attending Wichita State and teaching kindergarten in the future.

“I chose to teach because teaching little kids seemed like a fun job,” LaPoint said. “I also love little kids.

They’re so fun to be around and I always get along with them.”

LaPoint also observes classes at Graber Elementary on a weekly basis.

Being an educator requires a great deal of both heart and tolerance. Future generations rely on them.

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A slew of Australian slang Columnist

Victoria Lewis When I made the decision to move to the United States for college, I definitely geared myself up for a bit of a culture shock, but what I didn’t realize was that I was entering a country that spoke a different language.

Now don’t get me wrong, English is the official language of Australia (which I have actually had to confirm for a few), and it is the only language I can speak. Though, in

my day-to-day conversations in America, I sometimes feel like I need to hire a private translator.

There are a few words here and there that I will blurt out, that elicit a reaction so great in Americans that it stops the conversation in its tracks.

Oftentimes when this happens, someone will turn to me with the most perplexed look on their face, raise their brow and ask “sorry, but what did you just say?”

For reference, here are are some of my favorite Australian phrases that have gotten lost in translation during their trip across the pond.

Keen Clue: As a very enthusiastic person, this has to be one of my all time favorite, and most used words.

In a sentence: I’m so keen to watch the home volleyball

game next week.

Translation: To say I’m keen means I’m excited or looking forward to doing something.

Commonly paired with ‘as a bean’ for maximum impact.

Yonks Clue: I can’t even give a hint for this one. I have no idea how we Australians came up with it.

In a sentence: I haven’t seen a beach in yonks.

Translation: One of the more niche Australian words in my vocabulary, yonks essentially means a big length of time.

Mozzy Clue: One thing I was not expecting about my move to Kansas was how many bugs there are here. I thought I was supposed to be moving away from the bugs.

In a sentence: It is safe to

say that I hate mozzies.

Translation: A mozzy is a mosquito. If you have not already sensed a theme with Australian slang, it is that we absolutely refuse to say a word that is above two syllables.

Togs Clue: Any guesses? Any at all? This is the one that will stump Americans every single time. Some guesses I’ve had in the past were a towel, a type of shoe or a toad, all of which are wrong, of course.

In a sentence: I have packed my togs for my trip to the beach.

Translation: Surprise!

Togs are basically any kind of swimsuit such as a bikini, one piece, board shorts and the like.

Rockmelon Clue: It’s in the name.

In a sentence: I love when

they serve fresh rockmelon in the cafeteria.

Translation: Americans would call rockmelon a cantaloupe, which I must say is a massive missed opportunity for you all, seeing as the fruit quite literally looks like a rock from the outside.

No So, Australians and Americans do both use the word no, but there must be something about the way that the word sounds in an Australian accent, because there will always be an occasion where an American will make fun of me after I say it. If you are American and wondering how I sound when I say the word, just pronounce it ‘naur’ and you’re spot on (apparently).

Victoria Lewis is a Brisbane, Australia sophomore sudying Journalism. She is also a center for the Blue Dragons woman’s basketball team

The one trilogy to rule them all When you think of the greatest movies of all time, what do you think of?

“The Godfather”? “The Shawshank Redemption”? For me, there is one trilogy that stands out among the movies I’ve seen in my life. One might call it the one trilogy to rule them all.

In preparation for the release of Amazon’s foray into the world of J. R. R. Tolkein, I took the time to rewatch, for the first time in a long while, Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.

It was during this rewatch that I found myself reminded that these movies are, in my honest opinion, the single greatest movies of all time. From casting, to cinematography, to visual effects, to the amazing soundtrack composed

by Howard Shore, I believe the LOTR Trilogy exemplifies how to create the perfect adaptation of book to movie.

Going back and rewatching the trilogy reminds me of how absolutely stunning the movies are on a visual level alone. The gorgeous sweeping landscapes of New Zealand combined with the creation of miniature versions of certain locations create a superbly enjoyable experience to watch, add onto that a cast including legends like Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, and Sir Ian McKellen and you already have a masterpiece in the making. On top of that there’s the lovely chemistry

Motion Capture in movies (And the among the cast, my favorite example first time an actor was robbed of an of which being the hobbits Merry and oscar for some kind of involvement Pippin, played by Dominic Monaghan with animation, something we still see and Billy Boyd respectively, who met today). on set for the filming of LOTR, and Last to mention, the sheer amount of remain each others best friends to this hilarious stories to come out day, more than 20 years of these films. Please look after they first met. up each of these, they are all In terms of loyalty to amazing. There’s the time source material, Peter Mortensen kissed Monaghan Jackson’s certainly deeply behind the camera, as good an attempt as the time Mortensen got he could to keep as a tooth knocked out by a much book content in sword while filming, the fact as possible, but what that when filming scenes many Tolkein Scholars on top of a mountain, Sean who hate the movies Bean refused to ride in a for their inaccuracies helicopter to the site of fail to realize is that filming and instead rode a the books are hugely Braedon Martin ski lift, and then hiked in his inaccessible, on account full Boromir costume to the of how wordy they are, set, the moment when Christopher Lee and a vast majority of those blocks of (an ex special forces member during text simply cannot be made to fit in World War 2) had to correct Peter movies that even with the content cuts Jackson on what it sounded like when made still run up a combined total of someone was stabbed in the back, 9 ½ hours (and that’s for the theatrical release). And Tolkein scholars who can the legendary fun fact that torments realize that are shown to be HUGhugeE anyone who has watched The Two Towers. fans of the films (Just look at Stephen During the scene where Aragorn Colbert, self proclaimed as one of the mourns the believed loss of his hobbit greatest Tolkein fans around.) friends, Mortensen kicked a real steel This goes without mentioning the helmet, breaking two toes, and the stunning performance of Andy Serkis scream that followed was a genuine and Gollum, one of the first uses of

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scream of pain, which ended up in the movie. Speaking of on set injuries, during the gorgeous scenes where Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli trek across the land of Rohan, all three actors were filming those running scenes were injured, Mortensen with the aforementioned two toes, Bloom with a broken rib, and the scale actor for Gimli, Brett Beatie, had blown out both of his knees. Oh, and of course the fact that a ton of scenes that required flat land (Like the Battle at the Black Gate in Return of the King) were filmed on a New Zealand Military detonation range, with genuine concern about still live landmines and undetonated bombs buried in the sand where they were filming. Incredible.

No trilogy since (or in the future) will ever have that sheer level of heart, dedication, and on site filming put into it. “The Lord of the Rings” is, in my opinion, the single greatest cinematic experience anyone can ever have.

Screw Marvel and it’s corny humor and like 8 different movies to make sense of one, I’ll take Peter Jackson and the rest of the Lord of the Rings crew ANY. DAY. Braedon Martin is a Hutchinson sophomore studying journalism. He is the Collegian’s Opinion Page Editor and Managing Editor-Design

We’re not in high school anymore, Toto All through high school, I had As and a few Bs here and there.

Coming into college, I naively thought the same thing. I assumed I would go into class, do my work, go home and repeat the process the next day. To be truthful, I had a rude wakeup call right off the bat. I didn’t realize the struggle I would have in balancing both work and school and thought it would be a breeze.

I knew because of my school schedule, I would need Wednesdays off, and I took 8 a.m. classes to make sure that I would have enough time for work after. In the first week, I realized a few things. One, there would be homework or just catch up for every class every night. Two, I would have to dedicate quite a few hours to just sitting down

and working on school. And three, I was going to need more days off if I didn’t want to be up until 4 a.m. every night.

I sincerely don’t regret taking 8 a.m. classes. I love them. I get up earlier and in turn, can end my work day at around 5 or 6 p.m. most days.

The issue was balancing. By the second week of school, I had to have at least two days off and usually was scrambling to ask if I could have another or call in. Luckily for me, I work for my family, which puts me at a huge advantage over most students and I’m very grateful for that. My family was understanding and a great support group for me.

Another big thing I realized was having a social life was going to be

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difficult. I love hanging out with my friends whether it’s just going for a drive, going out for dinner, or just hanging out at the house. For the first two weeks of school, I had a hard time stepping away from my social life and getting my work done. I spent a lot of time hanging out rather than doing work that was due the next day, which had me up till 2 a.m. most nights. I now know that I don’t have to put my social life on hold but I do need to understand when I have homework that needs to be done, and I can’t just go out. I underestimated the amount of homework and work we just had to figure out on our own, and I think that was my biggest problem/mistake.

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school, and I was naive to think it would be the same.

I’m working now on trying my best and not loading myself with things I can’t take, and am very Mariah McGarraugh appreciative of my family and friends for the help.

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Mariah McGarraugh is a Hutchinson freshman studying Business.

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Puzzles e-book vs. textbook

By Carly Thompson Staff Writer

With the rise of technology, e-books have become more popular in college settings. Reasons for e-books over physical books include lower prices, study features, less weight in the bookbag, and immediate access.

However, looking at the e-book’s pros and cons from different viewpoints can show you why opinions vary.

“Copyright can be very problematic, it can create issues on what you are allowed to do with the book such as printing off certain parts of it or sharing. If you buy a physical book, you own it, it’s yours. You can do what you want with it,” said Melissa Emo, Public Service Librarian at Hutchinson Community College. “But with an e-book, there are still rules to it, so you don’t fully own it in the same way.”

However, even with the rise of e-book usage, Emo said she still believes that the library will remain a frequently visited place.

“The library is typically used for a lot of other things …(students) still need the physical books for research, computer access, Wi-Fi, and study spaces.

A lot of times they also need help accessing our e-books and databases,” Emo said.

As for the campus bookstore at Parker Student Union, there will most likely be an increase in e-books and hopes for a better way of accessing them.

“My hope is that it will be via a different platform. But that is entirely

left up to faculty and department chairs to make those adoptions,” said Lynita Ummel, Campus Store Manager.

“Personally, I believe that faculty and department chairs select the course material and I think the students should be able to choose the format of the book that they want to use.”

While the library and bookstore might not be severely affected, professors that are in the classrooms have direct interactions with the students and their choice of e-book or textbook. Kelly Clasen, an English professor, offers her preference.

“I think it depends on the area of study and type of course. In English classes, for example, I don’t mind at all if students use a digital handbook as a reference tool to tackle grammar, style, and documentation issues,” Clasen said. “I also think it would be handy to have a digital handbook automatically available in every online composition class. However, I feel differently when it comes to literature and, especially, novels. There’s nothing quite like holding a weathered campus bookstore edition of a class novel in hand, making annotations as you sink into the plot, and reviewing the handwritten insights of past students. That is something special, and the experience is lost when students use digital formats.”

Clasen said she is OK with the use of digital textbooks but will “continue to discourage using cellphones to access ebook content during class.”

While opinions vary on e-books, most staff can agree that it should be up to students and whatever works best for them and their learning styles.

Small business spotlight: Smallville, and Game On have vast entertainment

By Mason Poepperling Staff Writer

There’s a common misconception that there’s nothing to do in Hutchinson, that it’s a town of about 30 chain restaurants, a nearly-empty mall, and that’s about it.

However, if you know where to look, that’s simply not the case.

Deep within the halls of the once-bustling Hutchinson Mall stands one story that simply trounces all of the rest - Game On. As Hutchinson’s entertainment utopia, Game On has pretty much any form of modern entertainment up for sale. Movies, television shows, collectables, card games, vintage sports magazines, and much more.

But the cherry on top of this sundae is the store’s vast collection of video games. You can find everything from the earliest Atari 2600 games to the latest Playstation 5 titles, and even some great classic consoles as well.

If you want to find your next great gaming experience, you can find all of this and more at Game On. “This is memory lane,” said Jeff Ball, a Game On employee. “We deal in a lot

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and that’s where he got hooked. The owner from Rusty’s Last Chance in Manhattan came up to him and wanted to partner up and open the same sports bar in Kansas City.

“I got to a point where I was making more than I was playing and then

of older stuff, and a lot of people come to just look at it and remember what they had when they were kids and look for it.”

Game On might be the best store in the mall, but there’s still one other place you might want to check out as well.

What if you’re into comic books and are tired of reading digital ones on your phone. What if you want a real, physical comic book? Look no further than Smallville, a comic book shop. Every brand of comic, from Marvel and DC to lesser known comic companies, is here and accounted for. On top of that, Smallville also has an extensive arrangement of tabletop games.

Also, a new edition to Smallville came in the form of the recently implemented game room, where, for a small fee, customers and friends can rent out a video game console that they may not have had access to before.

“We have comics, board games, card games, and everything in between,” Remy Ramboo, a Smallville employee, said.

Stores like these show that there’s a little more to the city of Hutchinson than what’s on the chain-restaurant-covered exterior.

I was hooked,” Lockett said.

After the NFL he has used his background in finance to work in early stage investing.

In Kevin’s speech he talks about times where the road could’ve gone left or right, things in his life even all the way back to age 16 that affected the outcome of so many things. He talked about almost leaving football,

and getting talked into playing by family, coaches and friends at Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Kevin Lockett has added to the “Lockett Legacy” a great deal - to The K-State family, a great business person in the business world, and a headache that’s lasted 30 years to the University of Kansas football family.

Bringing home to Hutchinson

By Sam Ojeda Staff Writer

Every fall, around 6,000 people arrive at Hutchinson Community College for new opportunities and a new school year. Move-in day comes, and students are excited.

After the newness wears off, the homesickness sets in, and people miss home.

Students can still find ways for their Hutch home to feel like their natural home.

Some students bring their pillows and blankets from home, others their family pictures. Some students bring creative and memorable items for them.

Colin Cymbalista is a Freshman at Hutch CC. He is an international student from Ontario, Canada, which is a 19-hour car ride home. Bringing home to Hutch was essential to him.

“Hockey was a massive deal where I am from, so I brought my little kid hockey sticks with me as a reminder of my roots,” Cymbalista said.

That was not all Cymbalista brought.

He brought a Canadian flag, and other Canadian memorabilia.

Many students like Cole Hillman is a Freshman baseball player from Pella, Iowa, brought flags of their favorite local sports teams.

Rece Wilson is an Andover native.

He is a Freshman this year and he brought the couch he spent much time on growing up to keep him reminded of his house.

All these students spoke of how the things they brought with them kept

them reminiscing about their time before college.

Aimee Maher is a sophomore soccer player from Ireland. She brought large amounts of pictures of family and friends from back home.

“I put them on boards on the wall like a collage,” she said.

She looks at them often and helps her remember the people who helped her get there.

“I look at them every day, and when I see my people from back home, it reminds me why I am here - to make them happy and proud,” Maher said.

With a significant presence of international students at HutchCC, it is easy to miss home from many hours away. For students closer to Hutchinson, it is more accessible to go home to their family and friends, but for many, it is hard to go back as often as they can. Many students bring bits and pieces of their upbringing to school.

Bringing home to Hutchinson can help bring peace to students and a reminder of why they are receiving a degree.

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K-State legend speaks at DLS

Photos by Josie Schrag/Collegian Kevin Lockett stands on stage in front of the Dillon Lecture podium in the Hutchinson Sports Arena.

Kevin Lockett was college standout before moving to NFL, business world

By Ben Short Staff Writer

Kevin Lockett, who is well known around Kansas for being a football legend for Kansas State, and then continuing his career at Kansas City, stopped by Hutchinson to be the speaker at the Dillon Lecture Series on Tuesday.

Lockett was at Kansas State from 1993 to 1997, playing four years under Bill Snyder.

“It was actually a process of elimination” Lockett said when asked why he chose K-state. “From the moment I stepped off the plane, everybody was greeting me. They knew who I was, they knew my history, they knew where I was from, and it was just a completely different environment, so when people talk about family in Manhattan in 48 hours I really got that feeling. I remember flying back home and an hour after I got home I called coach Snyder and let him know I was coming to Kansas State.”

After his time at Kansas State was over,

Kevin Lockett speaks to media during his pre-lecture press conference at the Sports Arena.

the “Lockett legacy” didn’t end there. His brother Aaron Lockett spent four years at the university right after him, and then just short of a decade later, his son Tyler Lockett joined the Wildcats and helped them win a Big 12 championship in 2012.

But it doesn’t stop there. Sterling Lockett is a freshman on the football team this year.

“When we went there for a 10-year window, it was a no-brainer when it came time for Tyler to select where he wanted to go,” Kevin said.

During his time in the NFL, in year three, he got approached with a business venture, See Lockett, Page 3

Athlete of the week

(Sept. 11-17) Serenity Larson, Cross Country The week: Larson ran her first collegiate race on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb., and she Larson finished with the second fastest time in school history. Larson ran the 5,000-meter course in 18 minutes, 41 seconds. That enabled Larson to finish in 38th place overall.

Hutchinson was the highest-finishing juco at fourth place, and Larson was the highest-placing juco runner.

The season: Larson, a Dodge City native, is one of the top runners on a Blue Dragon team that entered the first NJCAA cross country poll ranked No. 2. In high school, Larson was one of Class 6A’s top runners at Dodge City, where she competed at state her senior year.

Women’s soccer conquers Conquistadors

By Colin Shields Online Editor

The Hutchinson Community College women’s soccer team continued its hot start with a 6-0 win over Dodge City on Sept. 14 to move to 7-0 on the season.

Sophomore Aimee Maher attributes the teams early success to the amount of experience the Blue Dragons have returned.

“I think this year the chemistry is much better on the team and that’s helped us get these wins. We’re working for each other now, it’s much different from last year,” Maher said.

Maher led the charge with her first career hat trick with goals coming in the 58th, 59th, and 70th minutes of play.

“(Coach) Sammy (Lane) has been trying to get me and Julia (De Souza) up forward more to get in those goal scoring positions and today it paid off,” Maher said.

Lane said he was pleased with the increased production from the midfielder as well.

“It’s something that we’ve been trying to stress as far as trying to get our midfielders up closer to the forwards and closer to the penalty area so we can get more scoring from them” Lane said. “Everybody knows we’re trying to get the ball to Hadlie (Lowe). So Dodge sat back tonight with seven players.

If our midfielders didn’t join in we would have been attacking with two players against their seven, which makes it very hard to score.”

Sophomores Hadlie Lowe and Julia De Souza had career highs with three assists each. The Blue Dragons have now scored 13 goals in their last three matches.

Defensively, the Blue Dragons completed their third straight shutout behind a strong performance from sophomore goalkeeper Olivia Felix-Cardona, totaling three saves throughout the night.

The Blue Dragons’ undefeated start ended when they fell to the Johnson County in a 3-1 contest before beatibng Cowley 2-1 on Wednesday.

The Blue Dragons will be back at home at the Salthawk Sports Complex on Saturday, Sept. 24 as they face the 7-1-1 Coffeyville Community College Red Ravens at 2 p.m.

Photo by Sabrina Anzo /Collegian Hutchinson Community College’s Aimee Maher kicks the ball past a fallen Dodge City defender during a Jayhawk Conference game Sept. 14 at the Salthawk Sports Complex.

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.

Golf

Sept. 19-20, at Walking Stick GC, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Sept. 27-28, at Sand Creek Station, Newton Oct. 3-4, at The Club at Indian Hills, Elkhorn, Neb. Oct. 10-11, at Cresview CC North, Wichita

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, W 6-0 Sept. 17, at Johnson County, L 3-1 Sept. 21, at Cowley, W 2-1 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, W 3-1 Sept. 21, GARDEN CITY, W 3-1 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 State-West 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.