Month: April 2019

Today’s weather: High in the mid-70s

Today’s high will be near 76 as a weak cold front moves through the area, according to the National Weather Service.

A south southwest wind of 10 to 14 mph will become west in the afternoon, the weather service said.

Tonight, it will be mostly cloudy, with a low of 49 and a north northwest wind of around 11 mph, according to the weather service.

Tuesday, it will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 63 and a north northeast wind of 9 mph, the weather service said.

Tuesday night, it will be partly cloudy with a low of 48, and a northeast wind of 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening, according to the weather service.

Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 72 and a calm wind becoming east around 5 mph, the weather service said.

Wednesday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 52, according to the weather service.

Thursday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 77, the weather service said.

Thursday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 52, according to the weather service.

Friday, it will be sunny with a high near 74, the weather service said.

Friday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 56, according to the weather service.

Saturday, there is a 40 percent chance of showers, with a high near 77, the weather service said.

Saturday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 55, according to the weather service.

Sunday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 75, the weather service said.

Wyandotte County athletes compete at 92nd Kansas Relays

Piper’s Devon Marshall crossed the finish in the boys 4 x 100-meter dash preliminaries. The team took second place in the Sunflower Showdown, a race among the top Kansas high school teams in the meet. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

The 92nd Kansas Relays held Wednesday through Saturday at Rock Chalk Park in Lawrence, Kansas, attracted some Wyandotte County athletes. 

The Relays draws high school and college athletes from across the Midwest.

Participation is highly selective, and athletes have to obtain a qualifying mark in their event to enter.

Top 10 finishers included:

  • Piper High School, 2nd place, boys 4 x 100-meter Sunflower Showdown, 43.56 seconds
  • LeMoses White, Piper, 4th place, boys discus throw, 168 feet 4 inches
  • Cooper Beebe, Piper, 6th place, boys shot put, 55 feet 5 inches
  • Nasjon Porter, Bonner Springs, 6th place, boys long jump, 21 feet 8 3/4 inches
  • Nahshon Houston, Sumner, 7th place, boys long jump, 21 feet 8 1/4 inches
  • Nasjon Porter, Bonner Springs, 9th place, boys triple jump, 44 feet 3 1/4 inches
Bonner Springs senior Nasjon Porter took off in the boys long jump. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper senior LeMoses White took fourth place in the boys discus throw. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper senior Cooper Beebe released his throw in the boys shot put. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Sumner senior Nahshon Houston launched in the boys long jump. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper senior LeMoses White went into his spin in the boys shot put. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Turner’s Markeshia Pauley passed the baton to Krystian Conway in the girls 4 x 100-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Wyandotte senior Yaseen Chapell ran in the boys 100-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper’s Owen Roellchen ran in the boys 4 x 800-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

The Wyandotte boys relay team passed the baton in the 4 x  100-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Sumner senior Nahshon Houston ran in the boys 100-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper’s Evelyn Vazquez ran the anchor leg of the girls 4 x 100-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Schlagle’s girls relay team passed the baton in the 100-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Sumner’s Rickey Brown ran the opening leg of the boys 4 x 100-meter relay. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

 

Piper sophomore Kinley Brown raced in the girls 400-meter dash. (Photo copyright 2019 by Brian Turrel)

KCKCC still solid third despite two losses at No. 10 Cowley

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Perennial power Cowley College flexed its muscle Saturday, pounding out 27 hits in a sweep that all but ended Kansas City Kansas Community College’s hopes of a Jayhawk Conference championship.

The wins, 12-2 in a 5-inning opener and 12-4 in the 9-inning nightcap, inched Cowley (21-3) closer to a fifth straight Jayhawk East championship and the eighth in 11 years.

Only No. 11 ranked Johnson County (19-5) has a legitimate chance to overtake the No. 10 ranked Tigers heading into their four-game series this week.

Despite the losses, KCKCC (20-8) stayed firmly in third place heading into the Blue Devils’ final conference games of the season, at Coffeyville Thursday and home against the Red Ravens Saturday at 1 p.m. The Blue Devils resume non-conference play Tuesday, playing host to Rockhurst junior varsity at 3 p.m.

Home runs by J.T. Goodfellow in the second inning and Eduardo Acosta in the fifth were the only runs the Blue Devils (34-13) could muster against Brandon Jordan in the 5-inning 12-2 opener. Jordan allowed only one other hit, a first inning single by Jose Sosa, and allowed only Acosta’s home run in retiring 12 of the final 13 hitters he faced.

Cowley (34-8) took a 3-0 lead against Osvaldo Mendez in the first inning and led 4-1 before breaking the game open with five runs in the fourth inning. Mendez gave up eight hits and eight runs, walking two and striking out four. The Tigers added one run off Jose Amaro and then closed out the win by scoring three runs on two hits off Matt Fred in the fifth inning.

The Tigers had 15 hits off four Blue Devil pitchers in the 12-4 second game while five Cowley pitchers combined to strike out 12. Eight of the nine KCKCC starters had hits with Brady Holder the only Blue Devil with two.

Cowley jumped on starter Victor Gotay and reliever Gaby Ramos for nine hits and nine runs in the first two innings. Cade Stephens had the big blow, a bases-loaded triple in a 7-run second inning. Zavier Morin worked 2 1/3 innings, allowing four hits and three runs before Hunter Paxton finished out, giving up two hits in 2 2/3 scoreless innings.

The Blue Devil runs came one at a time. The first came in the third on a walk, single by Acosta and Eric Hinostroza’s RBI ground ball. Holder singled in the fifth and scored on a Tyler Henry single, then singled in a run in the sixth after hits by Goodfellow and Griffin Everitt. Hinostroza doubled and scored on an error for the final run in the ninth.