Month: March 2016

Piper results

Piper High School – soccer vs. Basehor-Linwood
– Varsity won 1-0
o Goal by Wilson, assist by Gray. S/O by Morgan
– JV won 3-0
o Goals by Wallace, Do, and Barnett. S/O by Andrade

Piper High School – forensics at Baldwin
– Cailin O’Mara came in 1st in Extemporaneous Speaking and qualified for State Champs.
– Anissa Brantley and Scott Ladish came in 1st in Improvised Duet Acting and qualified for State Champs. Scott also came in 3rd in Prose and qualified for State Champs in that event.
– Audrey Wenzl came in 1st in Serious Solo Acting and 4th in Poetry. She qualified for State Champs in both of those events.
– Aly Barnet came in 1st in Informative Speaking and qualified for State Champs. She also came in 3rd in Oration.
– Keelon Vann came in 2nd in Poetry and qualified for State Champs
– Kristen Warner came in 5th in Prose.
– Anne Schneider came in 5th in Humorous Solo Acting.
– Chris Baumli came in 5th in Serious Solo Acting.
– Ian Smith and Ariana Williams came in 5th in Improvised Duet Acting. Ian also came in 6th in Prose.

– from Doug Key, Piper High School activities director

Blue Devils rally for 12-10 win after 9th inning 4-3 setback

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College’s late-inning magjc ran out in an opening game 4-3 loss at Independence Thursday but the Blue Devils were up to their usual late heroics in a 12-10 win in the nightcap.

The Blue Devils and Pirates were right back at it today in a 1:30 p.m. doubleheader moved up a day from its originally scheduled Saturday doubleheader.

Deadlocked 2-2 in the top of the ninth inning of the opener, the Blue Devils went ahead 3-2 on Albert Woodard’s 2-out single following a hit batsman and a walk only to have Indy rally in the ninth with three straight hits, the last a two-run game-winning double by Brock Zanca with no outs.

The Blue Devils were limited to just six hits. Gatlin Watson worked the first eight innings, allowing five hits, one earned run and striking out nine.

“Their pitcher was really tough on us but we still had a chance to win with a 3-2 lead in the top of the ninth,” said KCKCC coach Matt Goldbeck. “We hit a line drive to third that could have scored two runs and gave us some breathing room but Indy is a good, scrappy team.”

KCKCC took a 1-0 lead in the first on Eli Lovell’s two-out triple following a walk and then got a second run in the fourth on a Travis Stroup double and an outfield error. Stroup also singled, the only Blue Devil with more than one hit. Dustin Eby allowed eight hits and two runs in six innings and Avery Fliger had two scoreless innings before Tanner Vestal was tagged with the loss in the ninth.

The Blue Devils had to choke off a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh of the nightcap. The Pirates scored one run and had the bases loaded before Chad Cox ended the game by getting a popup to shortstop. Cox gave up three hits and one run in two innings of relief of Dustin Eby,

Conor Behrens had three doubles, Lovell a home run and double, Stroup a triple and a double and Ryan Fisher two singles in a 13-hit attack although the biggest blow was a 2-out, 3-run double by Zach Mahoney in the third inning after Lovell had homer to lead off the second.

The Blue Devils followed with back-to-back four-run innings. Behrens and Lovell had doubles and Fisher a 2-run single in the fourth while Chase Redick and Drew Holtgrieve had singles and Stroup tripled in the fifth.

Bonner Springs music education program receives national recognition

by Kaela Williams, Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Schools

The Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Public Schools have received the Best Communities for Music Education designation from the NAMM Foundation for outstanding commitment to music education.

The school district joins 476 districts across the country in receiving the award in 2016, and is one of only three Kansas districts to be honored. The other two are Blue Valley and Wichita.

The Best Communities Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. Districts that have been recognized by NAMM Foundation are often models for other educators looking to boost their own music education programs.

“Music is such an important part of our district and community,” Superintendent Dan Brungardt said. “Our outstanding music educators, talented students and supportive community help make music programs in USD 204 so successful and something we are all very proud of.”

To qualify for the Best Communities designation, the district answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music making programs. Responses were verified with school officials and reviewed by The Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas.

Kaela Williams is the communications coordinator with the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Public Schools.