Month: March 2016

Late-inning home runs rally Blue Devils to 11-10 Jayhawk win

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College pounded out 16 hits including three home runs in an 11-10 Jayhawk Conference win over Fort Scott Tuesday but then gave up 21 hits in an ll-5 second game setback.

The games were played at the WyCo Sports Complex where the Blue Devils are scheduled to be home again today against Ottawa JV and again Thursday for a pair of night games against a University of Kansas Club team at 6 and 8 p.m.

Trailing 8-5 in the opener, the Blue Devils rallied with a pair of home runs in the bottom of the fifth inning for the 11-10 win.

Winning pitcher Brittany Gustin started the rally with a 3-run game-tying home run after back-to-back leadoff singles by Geena Harris and Kennedy Rasmussen.

After singles by Sam Sudac and Kaylynn Stratton helped put the Blue Devils in front 9-8, Tiffany Killam delivered what proved to be the winning runs with a 2-run round-tripper.

The homer gave Killam a perfect day at bat, a single, two doubles and the home run while Harris and Rasmussen each added three singles and Stratton two.

Mekayla Guerrero got the Blue Devils in front with a solo home run in the first and KCKCC added two more on a double by Killam and run-scoring singles by Harris and Rasmussen.

The Blue Devils other two runs came in the third on consecutive singles by Killam, Morgan Oroke, Harris and Rasmussen.

Fort Scott put the tying and lead runs on base with none out in the seventh before Gustin retired the final three Greyhounds.

Fort Scott scored four runs in the first inning and five more in the third in the 11-5 nightcap.

Killam and Stratton each had a pair of hits for KCKCC but the big blow was a 3-run double by Harris in a 4-run fourth inning. It was Harris’ fourth RBI of the game.

Storms in today’s forecast

The main threats of the storm will be wind and hail. (National Weather Service graphic)
The main threats of the storm will be wind and hail. (National Weather Service graphic)

The tornado threat will quickly decrease with time and eastward progress of the storm. (National Weather Service graphic)
The tornado threat will quickly decrease with time and eastward progress of the storm. (National Weather Service graphic)

Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this evening and through the early overnight hours, according to the National Weather Service.

A line of thunderstorms may develop from Wichita, Kan., to Manhattan, Kan., by late afternoon, and track eastward during the evening hours, the weather service said.

For extreme eastern Kansas and western Missouri, the severe risk increases after 7 p.m. tonight and will spread eastward with time, according to the weather service.

Large hail, damaging winds and heavy rain are the main threats; however, a small threat for tornadoes does exist, but will decrease substantially with time and as the storms move east, the weather service said.

The weather service said the chance of showers and storms, mainly after 2 p.m., will be 40 percent during the daytime. The high will be near 71. A south wind of 13 to 17 mph may gust as high as 26 mph.

Tonight, the chance of precipitation increases to 80 percent, according to the weather service. Showers and thunderstorms are possible, mainly before 1 a.m. The low will be around 49. A south southwest wind of 8 to 17 mph will gust as high as 26 mph

On Thursday, it will be partly sunny with a high near 61, the weather service said. A west northwest wind of 9 to 14 mph will gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday night, the low will be around 38, according to the weather service. A light west northwest wind will become northwest 8 to 13 mph after midnight.

Friday, the high will be near 54 with mostly sunny skies and a northwest wind of 10 to 13 mph, the weather service said.

Friday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 35, according to the weather service.

Saturday’s forecast is sunny with a high near 62, the weather service said.

Mayor to hold final listening tour meeting March 30

Business West will play host to Mayor Mark Holland’s final meeting to listen to how business leaders would spend the extra $12 million that will be available in 2017 after the Village West sales tax bonds are paid off.

The session will be from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, in the auditorium at the West Wyandotte Library, 1737 N. 82nd St., Kansas City, Kan.

There will be no charge for the March 30 meeting; however, reservations are strongly suggested. Light refreshments will be served. Telephone 913-766-4300 or 913-406-6266 (cell phone) or e-mail [email protected] to make reservations.

The other co-sponsoring organizations include the Kansas City, Kan., Area Chamber of Commerce, the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce, the Kansas City, Kansas, Women’s Chamber of Commerce, the Leavenworth Road Association, the Argentine Betterment Corporation, the Central Avenue Betterment Association, the Rosedale Development Association, the Argentine Neighborhood Development Association, the Fairfax Industrial Association, the Wyandotte Economic Development Council and the Downtown Shareholders.