A fast start wasn’t enough for Kansas City Kansas Community College to get past Labette in Jayhawk Conference volleyball play in Parsons Wednesday night.
The Lady Blue Devils surged to a 25-8 opening set win only to have the Lady Cardinals rally for 25-19, 26-24 and 25-13 wins.
The loss dropped the Blue Devils to 13-9 overall and 2-5 in conference play heading into the Ramada Classic in Columbus, Nebraska, Friday and Saturday.
KCKCC will play North Platte at 4 p.m. and Bismarck State at 6 p.m. Friday and Northeast at 10 a.m. and Central Nebraska at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
The Blue Devils then return home to play host to Fort Scott next Wednesday and conclude their home season Wednesday, Oct. 17, against Highland.
Alex Gordon (Photo by Jason Hanna, Kansas City Royals)
Kansas City Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, who was a part of the 2015 World Series team, will drive the pace car to lead the Hollywood Casino 400 field to the green flag on Sunday, Oct. 21.
“I look forward to having Alex at Kansas Speedway and as a part of the Hollywood Casino 400 race day festivities,” Kansas Speedway President Patrick Warren said. “Alex and his family have been a big part of Kansas City for years and I know our race fans will enjoy seeing him on race day.”
Gordon, who has patrolled left field for the Royals since 2007, has racked up the accolades over the years, including being named to the American League All-Star team in 2013, 2014 and 2015; winning the Rawlings AL Gold Glove in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2017; winning the Rawlings AL Platinum Glove in 2014, being named the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year in 2014 and 2017, and won the Hutch Award in 2014.
The Nebraska native, who attended the University of Nebraska, was drafted second overall in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft and currently sits fourth on the Royals all-time home run leaders list.
Gordon is the second Royals player to be named the honorary pace car driver, following former teammate Drew Butera, and he follows current Kansas City Chiefs player Anthony Sherman, who drove the pace car in May, and former Kansas City Chiefs player Derrick Johnson, who drove the pace car in May 2017.
All Kansas Speedway tickets are on sale by calling 866-460-RACE (7223) or by logging onto www.kansasspeedway.com.
Neosho County scored twice in the final six minutes Tuesday to rally to a 3-1 Jayhawk Conference soccer win over Kansas City Kansas Community College in Chanute, Kansas.
The loss dropped the Blue Devil men to 3-3 heading into a big home showdown with Jayhawk Conference leader Cowley College Friday evening. The kickoff will follow a women’s clash starting at 4:30 p.m.
KCKCC led 1-0 at halftime at Neosho County thanks to a goal by Reed Axthelm on an assist from Kenar Huntington at the 27:00 mark.
But Neosho tied it nine minutes into the second half on a goal by Paolo Richa assisted by Jakovljevic and then broke the tie with six minutes remaining on a goal by Renan Santos assisted by Alfie Belcher.
The Panthers added their final goal with two minutes left on an unassisted kick by Alexandre Novas. Neosho goalkeeper Hugo Blanckaert had seven saves as the Blue Devils got off 12 shots.
Fabian Keiblinger turned away three shots in goal for KCKCC.
