Month: May 2017

T-Bones open exhibition games tonight in KCK

The Kansas City T-Bones kick off the 2017 season with a series of exhibition games starting tonight, according to a T-Bones spokesman.

The game begins at 7:05 p.m. May 9 against Lees Summit at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kansas.

The regular season opener is at 7:05 p.m. May 19 against the Lincoln Saltdogs at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.

Other exhibition games at CommunityAmerica Ballpark will include games on Wednesday and Thursday against the Gary SouthShore Railcats, and games on Sunday and Monday against the Winnipeg Goldeyes, a T-Bones spokesman said.

The ticket prices for exhibition games will be the same as for regular games. Tickets range from $6.50 each for berm seating on the lawn, to $9 for bleacher select seating, $11 for select seating in the lower level reserved areas, $13 for choice seating in the lower level reserved area between dugouts, and $16 for prime seating close to home plate, with padded seating. There is a $2 surcharge for tickets purchased on game day.

The T-Bones telephone number for tickets is 913-328-5618 and the website is www.tbonesbaseball.com/tickets/singlegametickets/. The box office is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The season schedule is posted on the T-Bones’ website.

Piper results

Piper High School – high school forensics at Washburn Rural (state)
– 1st place state champions
o Emmett Lockridge took 1st in poetry and 2nd in dramatic interpretation
o Chris Baumli took 3rd in poetry
o Abby Neal took 3rd in impromptu Speaking and 4th in informative speaking
o Maggie Wolf took 3rd in humorous interpretation
o Sheridan Smith took 4th in prose
o Alena Riley took 5th in prose
o Isaia Wilcoxen took 11th in prose
o Jana Zeeb took 12th in prose
– At the state festival, the following students earned a 1 ranking:
o Andrew Flory -extemporaneous
o Miles Lockridge -prose
o DeAvion Lynch -poetry
o Mary Winzer-info
o Emma Bertrand-prose
o Ally Viera and Marisa Sanchez-duet
o Diana Fittro and Tyler Ratterman-duet
o Ally Viera-HSA
o Tyler Ratterman-HAS
– 2 rating
o Elijah Hooks-prose
o Bailey Spencer-prose
o Martha Wolf-prose
o Taran Kerst-info
o Andrew Flory-impromptu

High school – girls soccer vs. Baldwin
– Varsity won 3-0
o Goals by Thomas, Wilson and Rodriquez
 Assists by Rodriquez, Thomas, and Molder
o S/O by Morgan
– JV tied 0-0

Piper High School – boys golf
– Varsity at Falcon Lakes (KVL)
o Appl 4th place with a 84

– JV at Ottawa
o Giese 8th place with a 48

Piper High School – girls soccer vs. Emporia
– Varsity won 5-1
– JV won 1-0
– Information from Doug Key, Piper High School activities director

BPU to meet May 10

The Board of Public Utilities is scheduled to meet Wednesday, May 10, at the BPU administrative offices, 540 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas.

The work session will begin at 5 p.m. On the agenda is a board update, a general manager update and an information technology review.

At 6 p.m., the regular session is scheduled. On the agenda is a visitors’ time, election of officers, annual audit report, the 2016 and 2017 financial reports, board comments, general manager comments, and an executive closed session.