Piper High School – golf at Prairie Highland
– 3rd place as a team
– E. Pahls (72) 2nd place
– N. Delaquila (80) 8th place
– From Doug Key, Piper High School activities director
Month: April 2016
Harris’ dramatic 2-run home run rallies KCKCC past JCCC 3-2
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Sophomore Geena Harris delivered one of the biggest blows in recent Kansas City Kansas Community College softball history Wednesday, a dramatic two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning that rallied the Lady Blue Devils to a 3-2 win over arch-rival Johnson County.
The win gave the Blue Devils a split in the Jayhawk Conference twin bill, JCCC winning the resumption of a suspended game 5-4 in nine innings. The game was tied 2-2 when rain stopped play in the top of the seventh inning. The Cavaliers scored three times in the top of the ninth and then choked off a Blue Devil rally by leaving the tying run stranded at third.
The split left the Blue Devils at 17-8 heading into a stretch of three straight doubleheaders on the road – at Cowley Friday, Independence Saturday and Haskell University Monday before returning home against Allen County on Tuesday.
A first baseman from Bonner Springs, Harris’ game-winning home run to left field came on a 2-2 pitch and scored Morgan Oroke, who had walked on a full count with one out. It was Harris’ third hit and third RBI. Her two-out single following an error scored KCKCC’s only other run in the fourth. Winning pitcher Brittany Gustin had the only other Blue Devil hit.
Gustin gave up just three hits and errors figured in both of the Cavaliers’ runs in the fifth and sixth innings. She struck four and walked none in earning her 11th win.
JCCC’s 3-run rally in the ninth inning of the 5-4 opener came on a hit batsman, two singles and a ground ball out. Until then, the Cavaliers had been held scoreless since the third inning.
The Blue Devils rapped out 11 hits against two JCCC pitchers. LaTisha Thomas led the way with three singles while Kennedy Rasmussen doubled twice, Morgan Oroke singled and doubled and Harris doubled.
Trailing 5-2, the Blue Devils rallied in the bottom of the ninth, scoring twice on a walk and singles by Kalynn Stratton and Thomas before the Cavaliers escaped with a strikeout and fly ball. KCKCC’s first two runs came on a single by Thomas and run-scoring doubles by Rasmussen and Oroke.
Sunny, cool and windy weather today
Today will be a windy and dry day, with temperatures reaching a high of 62 in Wyandotte County.
A northwest wind of 9 to 14 mph will increase to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon, gusting as high as 30 mph, according to the National Weather Service forecast.
As humidity values once again drop into the 25 percent to 30 percent range, it will create an elevated fire danger this afternoon, the weather service said. Residents are asked to refrain from outdoor burning.
Freezing temperatures are expected Saturday morning in the region, posing a risk to sensitive vegetation, the weather service said.
In Wyandotte County, the low on Friday night is expected to be around 34, according to the weather service. A north northwest wind of 9 to 16 mph will become east after midnight, and winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
Saturday will be mostly sunny with a high near 64, the weather service said. An east wind of 9 to 16 mph will gust as high as 24 mph. Saturday night, the low will be around 54, with a south wind of 14 to 16 mph gusting to 24 mph.
Thunderstorms are possible late in the weekend. On Sunday, there is a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms, the weather service said. Hail and strong winds are the primary hazards expected.
Sunday’s high will be near 76. Sunday night, the low will be around 48, with a 50 percent chance of rain, the weather service said.
Monday, it will be partly sunny with a high near 59, according to the weather service. Monday night, the low will be around 35.
