Month: February 2016

KCK resident wins $200,000 in Powerball

A Kansas City, Kan., resident came forward today to claim a $200,000 Powerball cash prize he won in the Jan. 30 drawing, according to Kansas Lottery officials.

The winner, who did not want to reveal his identity, matched four of the first five numbers and the Powerball to win $50,000. Since his $3 Quick Pick ticket included Power Play, and the Power Play number for that drawing was four, he won four times the amount for a total of $200,000, lottery officials said.

The winning numbers in the Jan. 30 Powerball drawing are 05-12-16-31-43 Powerball 18. The winner’s winning numbers were 05-16-29-31-43 Powerball 18.

The winning ticket was purchased at Hen House 27, at 8120 Parallel Parkway, in Kansas City, Kan. For selling the $200,000 winning ticket, the store is eligible for a $1,000 selling bonus.

Also today at the Kansas Lottery, a Fort Riley soldier came forward today to claim a $1 million Mega Millions cash prize he won in the Jan. 29 drawing, which also happened to be his birthday. The Geary County resident, who wished to remain anonymous, matched the first five Mega Millions numbers, but not the Megaball on a $1 Quick Pick ticket to win the large cash prize.

Piper results

Piper High School –bowling at KC Bowl
– Varsity boys 1st place, Varsity girls 3rd place, JV boys 2nd place
– Varsity boys
o 1st Romero (bowls new Piper record of 751), 3rd Boyle, 6th Buckridge, and 7th Trowbridge
– Varsity girls
o 7th Crowe
– JV boys
o 2nd Jo. Talkin and 4th Davis
Piper Middle School – boys basketball vs. Lansing
– 8th A won 59-24; B won 37-31
– 7th A lost 18-53; B lost 23-28

– From Doug Key, Piper High School activities director

KCKCC women, 21-2, in pivotal home games Wednesday, Saturday

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College’s seeding in the Region VI women’s Division II playoffs will almost certainly be decided over the next 10 days.

Home against fourth place Hesston (3-3) Wednesday at 5 p.m., the No. 8 ranked Lady Blue Devils (3-2) will play host to No. 7 Highland Saturday at 2 p.m. and then go to No. 1 Johnson County Wednesday. While KCKCC and Hesston will be squaring off for undisputed possession of third place, JCCC (23-0) will be the host of Highland (21-1) in a battle for first place in Overland Park.

Playing their second game in 26 hours following a lengthy road trip Sunday didn’t slow the Lady Blue Devils in an 84-22 win over William Penn JV in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Ahead 16-2 after one quarter, the Blue Devils gave up only five field goals in posting their fifth straight win and 21st in 23 starts this season.

Sophomore Cheyenne North had her 10th double double of the season with game highs of 18 points and 14 rebounds while freshman Brooklyn Wagler had her fifth with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Valencia Scott added 12 points, Sierra Roberts 10, Erin Anderson 9 and Brie Tauai 8 for KCKCC, which led 33-7 at the half.

The Region VI playoffs will begin Saturday, Feb. 27. The top two teams in each division will receive byes with the third and four place finishers being the hosts for the fifth and sixth place teams. The seventh place team will not be playoff eligible. The top two teams then will serve as hosts for semifinal games Tuesday, March 2, with the championship game and a berth in the NJCAA Division II national tournament at Hartman Arena near Wichita Thursday, March 4.

Alan Hoskins is the sports information director at KCKCC.