Editor’s note: These photos originally ran on Saturday, May 6.
Photos by Cole Oakland
Month: May 2017
Faith news
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Judson Baptist Church, 8300 State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, will hold Sunday morning services at 11 a.m. on the first Sunday of the month, and at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on the other Sundays, and Sunday school is at 9:45 a.m. The church website is http://judsonbaptistchurchkck.com/.
A Gospel Non-Violence Study Group will meet from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 8, at the Keeler Women’s Center, 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. A Scripture Group and Bible Study will meet from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 10, at the Keeler Women’s Center. Bible sharing, reflection, lectio and journaling will be led by Heather Neds, pastoral minister. The Keeler Center is a ministry of the Benedictine Sisters. To register for programs, call 913-906-8990.
A bike safety program, Hawks, Helmets and Handlebars, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 20, at the New Bethel Church, 745 Walker Ave., Kansas City, Kansas. At the free event, there will be a bike safety course, a Baby Jay appearance, a remote live broadcast by 99.6 The Point, and an appearance by Johnson County Consolidated Fire Department 2. The first 150 children to attend will receive a free KU bike helmet. The children must be present to receive the helmet.
Parkway Baptist Church, 12320 Parallel Parkway, plans a Community Blood Service blood drive from 3 to 7 p.m. June 19 at the church classrooms. To schedule a donation, visit www.esavealifenow.org or call 816-753-4040.
Stony Point Christian Church, 149 S. 78th St., is planning a Vacation Bible School June 22 and 23.
St. Patrick Catholic Church, at 94th and State Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima with a Mass at 8 a.m. Saturday, May 13. After Mass, the rosary will be prayed for the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima. Mass times on Sunday, May 14, include 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., and 11:30 a.m. In addition, there will be a Mass in Spanish at 2 p.m. Sunday in the church and a Mass in Burmese at 2 p.m. Sunday in the school.
Members of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1300 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kan., will observe the fifth Sunday in the Easter season at 10 a.m. May 14. A Bible study class will meet at 11:30 a.m.. The service in Spanish will be at 1 p.m.
Garden City forces KCKCC into playoff showdown Sunday
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Kansas City Kansas and Garden City Community Colleges will go right down to the final wire Sunday for the right to advance to next week’s Region VI super-regional playoffs in Wichita.
Garden City forced a third and deciding game Saturday by building up an early 7-1 lead on the way to a 9-6 triumph. The championship game will be played Sunday at 1 p.m. with Chad Cox the expected KCKCC starter.
The Blue Devils outhit the Broncbusters 16-10 but left 11 runners on base and were unable to score the final six innings. Seven of Garden City’s 10 hits came in the first two innings off starter Shea Stephens. After two singles to start the game, the Broncbusters got 2-run doubles from Jesse Gonzales and Rafael Villeia to take a 5-0 lead and they got another 2-run double from Gonzales for a 7-1 lead in the second.
KCKCC closed to 7-6 after three innings but could not score again against reliever Connor Burns, who scattered seven hits, struck out three and walked one in six scoreless innings.
Tyler Pittman led the Blue Devils 16-hit attack with a triple and three singles while Chase Redick ripped three doubles. Alex Phillips also had three hits and L.A. Woodard two.
KCKCC started its comeback in the first, scoring once on back-to-back singles by Pittman, Phillips and Corey Combs and then added three more with two out in the second. The first of Redick’s three doubles, a walk and a Woodard single scored one run and Pittman tripled in two more.
The Blue Devils closed to 7-6 with two runs in the third, A single by Easton Fortuna, Redick’s second double and an error kayoed Garden City starter Kendrick Catron and Brandon Green greeted reliever Mitchell Savine with an RBI single.
But that’s all the Blue Devils could muster against Burns, who got out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth with a ground ball and deep fly to left and then got a double play ball after singles by Woodard and Phillips in the eighth.
The Blue Devils (39-19) got a standout relief effort from Corey Cowan, who allowed just one hit in four scoreless innings. Stevens took the loss, allowing nine hits and nine runs including a solo home run by Alex Eskridge in the fourth. He struck out seven and walked two.