Today is Presidents Day, a federal holiday, and several offices are closed.
Federal offices are closed on Monday.
Presidents Day is not listed as an official state of Kansas holiday, although employees have a discretionary day available.
The Unified Government is observing Presidents Day, and UG offices are closed today, according to an announcement on its website.
Local school districts also are closed for Presidents Day. There is no school in the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, Piper Public Schools, Turner Public Schools and Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Public Schools.
Classes are scheduled to be in session Feb. 21 at Kansas City Kansas Community College, according to an announcement on the website.
Wyandotte County District Court is closed on Monday, Feb. 21, for Presidents Day, according to a note on its website.
The U.S. Postal Service is closed on Monday, Feb. 21, in observance of Presidents Day.
Today’s high: 70, tonight’s low: 28 (Photo by Steve Rupert)Monday’s maximum temperatures. (National Weather Service graphic)Temperatures will fall Tuesday, according to the forecast. (National Weather Service graphic)Light rain and drizzle is possible Tuesday in Wyandotte County. (National Weather Service graphic)
The Presidents Day forecast is a high of 70 degrees, followed by a cold front moving in tonight, according to the National Weather Service.
There is a 20 percent chance of drizzle and thunderstorms tonight into Tuesday, the weather service said.
There is a small chance for freezing drizzle immediately behind the cold front on Tuesday, the weather service said. Areas north of St. Joseph, Missouri, have a higher chance of freezing drizzle.
Light snow is possible Wednesday afternoon and Thursday across the area, according to the weather service.
The chance of snow is 30 percent Wednesday night, 60 percent on Thursday and 30 percent on Thursday night, the weather service said.
Below normal temperatures are expected through Saturday, according to the weather service.
Today, Presidents Day, it will be partly sunny, with a high near 70, the weather service said. A south southwest wind of 11 to 16 mph will gust as high as 28 mph.
Tonight, there is a 20 percent chance of drizzle and thunderstorms between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m., then a slight chance of drizzle after 3 a.m., according to the weather service. The low will be around 28 with a south wind of 8 to 14 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds may gust as high as 22 mph.
Tuesday, it will be mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 29, the weather service said. A northwest wind of 15 to 20 mph will gust as high as 28 mph.
Tuesday night, it will be mostly clear, with a low of 9, according to the weather service. The wind chill will be between minus 3 and 7. A north northwest wind of 10 to 15 mph will gust as high as 23 mph.
Wednesday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 26, the weather service said. A north wind of 10 to 13 mph will gust as high as 22 mph.
Wednesday night, there is a 30 percent chance of snow, with a low of 16, according to the weather service.
Thursday, there is a 60 percent chance of snow likely, mainly after noon, the weather service said. The high will be near 26.
Thursday night, there is a 30 percent chance of snow before midnight, with a low of 11, according to the weather service.
Friday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 28, the weather service said.
Friday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 11, according to the weather service.
Saturday, it will be mostly sunny, with a high near 38, the weather service said.
Saturday night, it will be partly cloudy, with a low of 20, according to the weather service.
Sunday, it will be sunny, with a high near 42, the weather service said.
Sumner senior B.J. Keith reacted joyfully after his last-second win over Pittsburg’s Cruz Lopez earned him a trip to the state tournament. Keith was one of 16 wrestlers from Wyandotte County schools who earned a spot in next weekend’s state tournament based on their finish in the regional tournaments. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
by Brian Turrel
Six Wyandotte County schools took part in the KSHSAA 5A regional wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday at Blue Valley Southwest High School.
Twelve wrestlers from four of those schools finished eighth or better to earn a spot in the 5A state tournament next weekend in Park City.
Bonner Springs senior Tony Caballero, top-ranked in the 285-pound class all year, pinned all four of his opponents, including Blue Valley Southwest’s Andrew Farrell in the tournament’s final match. Caballero placed second in last year’s state tournament and heads to this year’s tournament with a season record of 24-1.
Braves’ senior Jace Tapia won the 138-pound weight class, winning two matches by fall and another by decision. He pinned Ty Lewis, from wrestling powerhouse Shawnee Heights, in the championship match.
Caballero and Tapia will be joined at the state tournament by Bonner’s Shane Daniels, who took third in the 152-pound class, and Ethan Cook, who placed sixth at 120 pounds.
The Piper Pirates are sending five wrestlers to the state tournament. Piper’s top finisher was Ja’Diz Simmons, who placed third in the 106-pound class. He pinned three opponents, but was bested by Basehor-Linwood’s Brody Ballard in the semi-finals.
Heading to Park City with Simmons are Piper’s Sawyer Vas, who placed fifth at 170 pounds, and Payton Mills, who placed sixth at 126 pounds. Makao Groneman and Nick Hoover placed eighth in the 113- and 132-pound classes to earn their places at state.
Sumner’s B.J. Keith earned his tournament berth in dramatic fashion. He faced Cruz Lopez of Pittsburg in his third match with a trip to state riding on the outcome. The back-and-forth match was tied at 3 points, with neither wrestler having a clear advantage.
With only six seconds remaining, Keith scooped up Lopez and dropped him to the mat, earning a takedown, a match win, and an opportunity in Park City.
After the close-fought contest, Keith recounted his thoughts in those final seconds.
“I was just thinking to myself, ‘I’ve got to go,'” the Sabres’ senior said. “I’m going to state. I’m going to state. I don’t care what happens or what it takes.”
Turner’s Connor Scott and Mechia Marks placed eighth in the 170- and 195-pound brackets to earn two places at the state tournament for the Golden Bears.
Washington and Schlagle high schools had wrestlers participate in the regional tournament, but didn’t have any qualifiers to the state tournament.
In other regional wrestling action, Harmon and Wyandotte high schools participated in the 6A tournament held at Shawnee Mission South.
Harmon’s Juma Ibrahim and nDoma Gazadikwe placed fifth in the 120- and 138-pound weight classes to qualify for the state tournament. Wyandotte’s C.J. Anderson (113) and Franklyn VanBebber (285) both placed sixth and will represent the Bulldogs in Park City.
Bonner Springs senior Tony Caballero defeated Blue Valley Southwest’s Andrew Farrell in the 285-pound championship match. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)Bonner Springs senior Jace Tapia wrestled Shawnee Heights’ Ty Lewis in the 138-pound final. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)Bonner Springs senior Shane Daniels pinned Spring Hill’s Miles Bell to take third place in the 152-pound class. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)Piper’s Ja’Diz Simmons pushed back St. Thomas Aquinas’s Tobius Kriner on his way to winning third place in the 106-pound class. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)Piper junior Sawyer Vas took control of Mill Valley’s Holden Zigmant in their fifth place match-up in the 170-pound class. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)Piper’s Payton Mills took a ride from Seaman’s Draven Bennett in the fifth place match in the 126-pound class. Bennett won 13-8 decision. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)Turner’s Mechia Marks faced off with Draven Pipkin of Spring Hill in a 195-pound match. Pipkin won by major decision (11-1). (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)Piper junior Nick Hoover wrestled against Seaman’s Colin Little. Hoover lost by fall in the 1st period, but went on to earn a spot in the state tournament. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)Bonner Springs sophomore Ethan Cook sent Basehor-Linwood’s Hudson Strahm flying in their 120-pound match. Cook won by major decision (12-4). (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)Sumner freshman Miles Dean wrestled Seaman’s Jayden Foster in a 113-pound match. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)The referee signaled two points for a takedown as time ran out in the 132-pound match between Sumner’s B.J. Keith and Pittsburg’s Cruz Lopez. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)
