Category: KCKCC

KCKCC men’s playoff berth clinched

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College officially wrapped up a men’s soccer playoff berth with a 2-1 win at Allen County Wednesday – and stayed in position for a possible home playoff spot.

Solidly in third place at 5-3-1, the Blue Devils trail second place Johnson County (5-1-2) by a single point in the NJCAA DI playoff standings. A win in their home finale against Coffeyville Sunday afternoon (4 p.m.) and JCCC losses to Cowley College and Neosho County would vault the Blue Devils into second place in the East and a home playoff berth,

Two goals in a span of three minutes of the first half put the Blue Devils in front and a stingy defense made them hold up at Allen County, blanking the Red Devils until the final seven minutes when Jordan Mase scored an unassisted goal.

Freshman Leonardo Bonelli scored KCKCC’s first goal in the 32nd minute when he took a pass from freshman Elijah Bathily and rifled a shot home from 21 yards out. Bathily then made it 2-0 three minutes later when he scored on a corner kick by freshman Lucas Santos.

KCKCC goalkeeper Bosco Pery turned back five of Allen’s six shots. He got solid defensive support from Santos and sophomores Marcos Cabral, Stylianos Papadimitriou, Ignacio Sarasol and Leonardo Notarnicola.

“Our back line was pretty solid,” KCKCC assistant coach Burke Slusher said. “Freshman Carlos Rodriguez did a good job stepping in at defensive midfield when Sarasol sustained an ankle injury and Notarnicola moved to the back line.”

Offensively, the Blue Devils got off 12 shots on goal against two Allen goalkeepers including three by Alejandro Maillet and two by Samba Gnoakane.

KCKCC choirs to perform with Midwest Chamber Ensemble this weekend

by Kelly Rogge, KCKCC

The Kansas City Kansas Community College Choral Department is preparing for its annual fall concert.

The KCKCC Fall Choral Concert with the Midwest Chamber Ensemble is at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at Community Christian Church, 4601 Main St. in Kansas City, Missouri. Advanced tickets are $12 and can be purchased from the Midwest Chamber Ensemble’s website. Groups of eight or more can purchase tickets for $10. Students can get free admission if they show their Student ID at the door.

The KCKCC choirs, under the direction of Associate Professor of Music John Stafford, will join the Midwest Chamber Ensemble for a performance of Schubert’s G major Mass. Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade” will round out the program.

For more information on the concert, visit the Midwest Chamber Ensemble’s website at
http://www.midwestchamberensemble.org/concerts.

For more information on KCKCC’s Choral Department, contact Stafford at [email protected] or call 913-288-7137.

Home playoff berth, possible title tie on line for KCKCC Sunday

Kayla Deaver (KCKCC photo)

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC

Kansas City Kansas Community College’s women’s soccer season comes down to a dramatic showdown against Coffeyville Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m.

On the line: Holding KCKCC’s first ever NJCAA DII Region VI playoff game and a possible first place tie in the Jayhawk Conference race.

In second place in the Jayhawk after a 5-2 win at Allen County Wednesday, a win over Coffeyville would not only clinch a home playoff berth but it would put the Blue Devils (8-3) in position to tie Cowley College for the conference championship should Cowley (9-2) lose at Butler next Tuesday.

Conversely, a loss and two Butler (6-3-1) wins would drop KCKCC to third place and force a playoff opener on the road.

In Coffeyville, the Blue Devils will be facing one of the most dangerous teams in the conference. The Red Ravens (6-5) dealt the Blue Devils one of their three losses 5-3 at Coffeyville Sept. 25 and are coming off a 2-1 upset of Cowley last Saturday.

Meanwhile, KCKCC had to pull away in the second half for the 5-2 win over winless Allen County (0-10) Wednesday. Sophomore Kayla Deaver led the way with a three-goal “hat trick” and a pivotal assist.

KCKCC led 1-0 at halftime on a Tina Alvarez pass to Deaver, who scored from the top of the box.

Deaver scored again early in the second half on an assist from Maddy Broeker only to have Allen County pull even on the second of two goals by Dorothy Usher.

“Allen capitalized on two mistakes for the tie; it never should have happened,” KCKCC assistant coach Sara Matthews said.

Freshman Jaidyn Yingling put KCKCC back in front to stay with an assist from Deaver.

“Kayla Deaver put a ball in behind the defenders and in front of the keeper and Jaidyn took a great touch around the keeper to score,” Matthews said.

Deaver’s third goal came on an assist from Kayley Pederson.

“Kayley put a ball to the top left of the field and Kayla did her magic, chipping the ball around several defenders and then to the inside of the goalkeeper,” Matthews said.

Freshman Corrine Hughes wrapped up the win, scoring on a pass from Jaidyn Yingling.

In running their overall record to 11-3, the Blue Devils peppered the Allen goal with 16 shots with goalkeeper Phoenix Michaelis turning away 11. Meanwhile, the Red Devils managed only three shots on goal against KCKCC goalkeeper Jaidyn Takaishi.

“Overall, a win is a win but give credit to Allen County,” Matthews said. “They did not make it easy for the entire 90 minutes. We did what we do best which is to score goals, a lot of them. But we made critical and honestly, silly mistakes on the defensive end that Allen capitalized on. That just can’t happen. We have to tighten up heading into the playoffs.”

The Blue Devils played without sophomore centerback and team captain Sydney Guerra, held out as a precautionary measure.

“Having her back Sunday will help,” Matthews said.