Category: KCKCC

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

Kansas City Kansas Community College lashed out 27 hits in two games Thursday and needed just about every one of them.

Allen County scored 19 runs but it was the Blue Devils who came away with 12-10 and 13-9 wins. The wins improved the Blue Devils’ overall record to 23-14 and tightened their hold on third place in the Jayhawk East heading into the final two games of the four-game series in Iola Saturday.

While Johnson County (22-4) and Cowley College (20-4) battle it out for first place, the Blue Devils (16-8) have a three-game lead over Coffeyville (14-12) and five-game bulge over Allen County (11-13) in the race for third place.

Outhit 12-8 in the opener, the Blue Devils scored in bunches to overcome a 3-run deficit. Trailing 10-7 in the fifth, the Blue Devils got back-to-back triples from Raymond Paniagua and Brendyn Bard to tie the game and then went ahead 11-10 on Cole Dawson;s sacrifice fly.

The Blue Devils took a 3-2 lead in the first inning on just one hit, a double by Bard, and then went ahead again 7-6 in the third, scoring four times on Bard’s second double and a 2-run home run by Camden Karlin, a freshman from Lawrence Free State. Bard, who had two doubles and a triple; Paniagua and Dawson each drove in three runs.

Bonner Springs’ Chase Terrell (4-0) got the pitching win, allowing three hits and no runs in three innings of relief after starter Parker Weddle had given up eight earned runs and nine hits in the first 3.1 innings. Hunter Cashero got the final two outs for the save.

Logan Barnard (4-0) stayed unbeaten with seven strong innings in the 13-9 nightcap, allowing five runs on seven hits and striking out four. Eli Tormes was touched for four runs and six hits before Cashero struck out the final two Red Devils for his third save.

Seven Blue Devils had two or more hits in a 19-hit barrage led by Camden Karlin’s second home run of the day and four RBI and two triples and a single by Paniagua. Cole Silbowski, Palmer Hutchison and Bard each doubled and singled twice and Brock Stewart, Dawson and Karlin collected two hits each.

Allen took a 4-0 lead in the second only to have the Blue Devils bounce right back with five in the bottom of the inning. Singles by Paniagua, Bard and Dawson scored the first two runs and after a single by Stewart,

Karlin and Silboowski had run-scoring singles and Hutchinson an RBI double. Paniagua’s first triple came in the third; the second in a 3-run eighth; while Karlin’s home run came after a Bard double in a 2-run seventh.

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

A switch in personnel paid big dividends for Kansas City Kansas Community College’s streaking women’s soccer team Thursday.

Unable to fill her usual starting job as goalkeeper, freshman Susie Lopez shifted to forward and Mia Tomasic took over in goal and both played big roles in the Blue Devils’ 3-0 win over Neosho County.

The win was the ninth in a row for the Blue Devils who vaulted to No. 8 in the latest NJCAA Division II poll, the highest ranking in college history. The win also set up a demanding schedule for next week – at Butler County in El Dorado Monday and then home matches with Johnson County Wednesday (5 p.m.) and Hutchinson Saturday (2 p.m.).

A freshman from Turner, Lopez scored the Blue Devils first goal while Tomasic made her first start after joining the Blue Devils following the KCKCC volleyball season.

“Susie had a hand injury and couldn’t play in goal,” KCKCC coach Shawn Uhlenhake said. “She’s such a versatile player we wanted to give her the opportunity to play up top and Mia got her first shutout in her first start.”

Although the Blue Devils were in the Neosho end of the field most of the first half, it was scoreless at the break before Lopes scored early in the second half.

“Her goal got us going,” Uhlenhake said. “Neosho was in a defensive shell and it was difficult to break through it. And their goalkeeper is really good. We changed some things at halftime and got more opportunities. We dominated possessions and the girls played well.”

Caroline Rutledge assisted on both of the final two KCKCC goals. Melissa Siegel made it 2-0 and Kaylee Shaw scored the third goal.

No. 10 KCKCC to play No. 8 Highland at home Thursday

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

Bradi Basler homered in each game to extend her home run streak to six straight games in a Kansas City Kansas Community College sweep of Southeast Community College in Beatrice, Nebraska, Monday.

Freshman Breanna Droge allowed just one hit in a 14-0 opening game win; Basler scattered six hits in an 18-4 nightcap victory. Both games took just five innings. A sophomore from Lansing, Basler has 13 home runs for the season including seven in her last six games. She also leads the team in runs-batted-in with 66.

Ranked No. 10 in the current NJCAA DII poll, the Blue Devils (37-9) will take a six-game winning streak into a home showdown Thursday with No. 8 ranked Highland (30-6). Game times are 2 and 4 p.m. Highland leads the Jayhawk Conference Division B with a 15-3 record; KCKCC is third in Division A at 16-6.

Basler, Alexis Rymer and Hannah Maurer each homered and combined to drive in 10 runs in the 14-0 opener.

Rymer, who has nine home runs this season, and Maurer, who has five, each drove in three runs while Basler drove in four. Maurer also had a double and single and Alaina Howe, Rymer and Basler two hits apiece.

Droge allowed just one hit and one walk in boosting her record to 14-3. She struck out eight. Basler (18-4) fanned four while giving up four runs on six hits in the 18-4 nightcap.

Savannah Maynard, Devin Purcell and Basler homered in the second game. It was the fifth of the season for Maynard.

Basler drove in four runs with her 13th homer and two doubles while Purcell also doubled and singled, Howe singled twice and Leah Seichepine doubled. Rymer drove in three runs and Maynard, Purcell, Maurer and Howe two each.