Even two extra periods couldn’t decide a winner Thursday as Kansas City Kansas Community College and State Fair battled to a 1-1 tie in the opening contest for both teams.
The Blue Devils took a 1-0 lead 28 minutes into the game on a goal by freshman Elijah Bathily on an assist from another frosh, Vitor Lo. The Blue Devils made the lead stand up for more than 40 minutes only to have the Roadrunners tie it in the 79th minute.
“I was happy, I thought we played well for an opening game,” KCKCC head coach Ruben Rodriguez said. “We had several scoring opportunities but just could not score.”
KCKCC had 17 shots to just seven for State Fair. Defensively, Blue Devil goalkeeper Bosco Pery had three saves as opposed to five by the Roadrunners.
“A good effort,” assistant coach Burke Slusher said. “We just have to finish when we have opportunities.”
The Blue Devils are back in action Wednesday when they play host to Crowder at 7 p.m. followed by a Sunday clash with Iowa Central at 2 p.m.
The Kansas Supreme Court today affirmed Samuel Chavez’ stalking and criminal threat convictions from Wyandotte County District Court.
The court also rejected Chavez’ challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the stalking conviction.
The court also held Chavez was not entitled to a jury instruction on the victim’s implied waiver of a protection from abuse order because a protected person cannot unilaterally modify or extinguish a court order.
Chavez was convicted of aggravated burglary, stalking and criminal threat stemming from events that took place between him and his estranged spouse in 2014.
The Court of Appeals earlier reversed the aggravated burglary conviction, and today the Supreme Court upheld the Court of Appeals’ action reversing it, while also upholding the stalking and criminal threat convictions.
The decision is online at http://www.kscourts.org/Cases-and-Opinions/opinions/SupCt/2019/20190823/115602.pdf.
The first of two goals by KCKCC freshman Corrine Hughes came off a well-placed kick by Caroline Rutledge and helped the Blue Devils to a 2-0 lead on the way to an opening 5-0 win over State Fair Thursday. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC
Kansas City Kansas Community College’s women’s soccer team opened the 2019 season Thursday with a 5-0 blanking of State Fair that even impressed coach Shawn Uhlenhake.
“Pleasantly surprised,” said Uhlenhake. “For the first game, I thought we looked well organized. We came out with a lot of effort but I thought after 15 minutes we might slack off a little. Instead, we kept pressure on them the entire 90 minutes.”
Freshmen scored all five Blue Devil goals. Madison Broeker of Lincoln (Nebraska) North Star got the first and Corrine Hughes of Grand Valley and Katrina Sargent of North Star added two each as KCKCC dominated ball possession from start to finish
Meanwhile, the Blue Devil defense led by freshman goalkeeper Jaidyn Takaishi of Olathe North and team captain Sydney Guerra, a sophomore from Perry, Iowa, gave up only one shot on goal while the Blue Devils were peppering State Fair goalkeeper Samantha Curphey with 19 shots.
“As a group, I thought it was one of the best defensive efforts I’ve seen,” Uhlenhake said. “Sydney Guerra really did a good job of organizing the back line. And I was impressed by our depth. Our level of play did not drop off when we made changes in the lineup.”
KCKCC broke a scoreless deadlock 33 minutes into the first half, Broeker maneuvering a shot past Curphey on a corner kick from SM West freshman Kayley Pedersen. Hughes then scored back-to-back goals for a 3-0 halftime lead. The first came on a perfect assist from Mill Valley freshman Caroline Rutledge, whose kick hit Hughes in full stride.
“A great kick,” said Hughes, who then added her second goal on an assist from Topeka Seaman freshman Jaidyn Yingling with 13 minutes left in the half.
Sargent’s first goal 22 minutes in the second half was unassisted.
“She battled her way to the goal,” said KCKCC assistant coach Sara Matthews. Rutledge got her second assist on Sargent’s second goal.
The Blue Devils return to action Sunday, Sept. 1, when they play host to Iowa Central in a noon start. The KCKCC men also play Iowa Central at 2 p.m.
KCKCC freshman Madison Broeker scored the first goal of the season Thursday, maneuvering a corner kick from Kayley Pederson past State Fair goalkeeper Samantha Curphey in the Blue Devils 5-0 win. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)
