Month: March 2016

U.S. Men’s Team to play soccer match May 28 at Children’s Mercy Park in KCK

Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kan., will be the host an international friendly between the United States Men’s National Team and Bolivia at 7 p.m. May 28, U.S. Soccer announced Tuesday.

The match will be the United States’ final tune-up before playing host to the Copa America Centenario, a marquee tournament headlined by the U.S., Mexico, Argentina and Brazil that features 16 nations from CONMEBOL (South America) and CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean).

The U.S. Men’s National Team will return to Children’s Mercy Park for the fifth time since the state-of-the-art venue opened in 2011.

The stadium has welcomed the U.S. MNT for two CONCACAF Gold Cups (2011, 2015) and two World Cup qualifiers (2012, 2013) while also hosting the U.S. Women’s National Team in 2011 and 2014. The Men’s and Women’s National Teams are unbeaten in 12 combined visits to Kansas City all-time.

Children’s Mercy Park has also served as the site for several high-profile club and international matches, including Olympic qualifiers, the 2012 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, 2013 MLS All-Star game, 2013 MLS Cup and 2015 Men’s College Cup.

U.S. National Teams in Kansas City
Nov. 2, 1968: U.S. MNT vs. Bermuda (W 6-2 at Municipal Stadium)
Oct. 7, 1999: U.S. WNT vs. Finland (W 6-0 at Arrowhead Stadium)
Aug. 20, 2000: U.S. WNT vs. Canada (T 1-1 at Arrowhead Stadium)
April 25, 2001: U.S. MNT vs. Costa Rica (W 1-0 at Arrowhead Stadium)
Oct. 22, 2003: U.S. WNT vs. Italy (T 2-2 at Arrowhead Stadium)
Oct. 16, 2004: U.S. WNT vs. Mexico (W 1-0 at Arrowhead Stadium)
June 9, 2011: U.S. MNT vs. Guadeloupe (W 1-0 at Children’s Mercy Park)
Sept. 17, 2011: U.S. WNT vs. Canada (T 1-1 at Children’s Mercy Park)
Oct. 16, 2012: U.S. MNT vs. Guatemala (W 3-1 at Children’s Mercy Park)
Oct. 11, 2013: U.S. MNT vs. Jamaica (W 2-0 at Children’s Mercy Park)
Oct. 15, 2014: U.S. WNT vs. Trinidad & Tobago (W 1-0 at Children’s Mercy Park)
July 13, 2015: U.S. MNT vs. Panama (T 1-1 at Children’s Mercy Park)
May 28, 2016: U.S. MNT vs. Bolivia

Sporting Kansas City season ticket members interested in securing a ticket to the match on May 28 will have access to an exclusive pre-sale before tickets are available to the public. In addition, those who place deposits for season tickets or group tickets for the 2016 season will also receive priority consideration during the pre-sale opportunity.

Led by head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, the U.S. will play two friendly matches — the first against Ecuador on May 25 in Frisco, Texas — before facing Colombia (June 3), Costa Rica (June 7) and Paraguay (June 11) in the Copa America Centenario group stage. Sporting Kansas City captain Matt Besler and winger Graham Zusi were both named to the U.S. Men’s National Team roster this month and are in contention to feature at the tournament.

The Copa America Centenario will be played in 10 cities across the U.S. from June 3 to 26. The competition is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of CONMEBOL and the Copa America, and will be the first edition of the tournament played outside of South America.

– Story from Sporting KC

Piper results

Piper High School – swimming at Washington
– 200 Medley Relay. 4th Wolf, Fletchall, Courtney, Cabrera. 6th Forrester, Walters, Jenkins, Wiles
– 100 Fly 4th Mallorie Courtney
– 200 Free Relay 7th Brakkovic, Fletchall, Walters, Cabrera
– 100 Back 7th Mallorie Courtney
– 100 Breastroke 8th Maggie Wolf
– 400 Free Relay 4th Courtney, Wiles, Jenkins, Wolf
Piper High School – baseball vs. Washington
– Varsity games only
o Game 1, Piper 10-0
o Game 2, Piper 25-0
Piper High School – soccer at Sumner Academy
– Piper varsity won 4-1
o Goals by Gooch, Thomas, and Wallace (own goal)
o Assists by Thomas, Rodriquez, and Wilson
– Piper JV won 6-0
o Goals by Barnett (4), Dean, and Zimmerman
o Assists by Dean, Meyer, and Barnett
o S/O by Andrade

Piper High School – softball vs. Lansing
– April 11th
– 4 p.m. JV, followed by V (all games will be played on varsity field)
Piper High School – baseball
– Piper varsity vs. Lansing April 11th (one game only)
o Piper JV will not make-up game vs. Lansing
– Piper JV vs. Washington April 4th at Washington

– From Doug Key, Piper High School activities director

Nobel Prize recipient speaks at Kansas City University research symposium

Science took center stage in Kansas City, Mo., last week as Nobel Laureate Dr. Randy Schekman arrived to celebrate the 100-­year history of Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) and nurture medical students who will carry on the tradition into the future.

Dr. Schekman is a cell biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Dr. James Rothman and Dr. Thomas C. Südhof for their groundbreaking work on cell membrane vesicle trafficking.

Dr. Schekman spoke to medical and biosciences students at KCU about his own research and took part in student and faculty presentations in a research symposium on campus.

“It was a pleasure to present to the KCU community during the University’s Centennial Research Symposium,” Dr. Schekman said. “I love teaching. … It’s a marvelous way to introduce young students to the magic of biochemistry and cell biology.”

KCU medical student and Sarnoff Fellow Ryan Coute presented his own research showing regional variations among those who suffer cardiac arrest and the possibility that improving community CPR education can increase survival rates.

“This was an awesome opportunity to hear from Dr. Schekman,” Coute said. “Plus, it offered a great opportunity for students like myself to show our scientific work alongside Dr. Schekman and some highly accomplished people.”

This year’s symposium featured five oral presentations and 45 posters on a variety of research in biomedical or clinical science.

“Our 2016 Research Symposium marked a century in medical and scientific research at KCU,” said Marc B. Hahn, DO, KCU president and chief executive officer. “We were honored to host Dr. Schekman as this year’s keynote speaker and appreciated the tremendous insights he shared. We are proud of our students and faculty who continue to commit themselves to the pursuit of scientific inquiry, and who made our Centennial Research Symposium a great success.”