Category: KCKCC

Freshmen lead Blue Devil golfers to 4th in Jayhawk tourney

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

Freshmen led the way as Kansas City Kansas Community College finished fourth in the second Jayhawk Conference designated tournament of the season.

Colby Unruh of Overland Park finished sixth and Carson Towey of Bishop Carroll placed 13th in the tournament won by Hutchinson at Crestview Country Club No. 2 in Wichita Monday and Tuesday.

Unruh had rounds of 74, 75 and 70 for a 319 total on the par 71, 6621-yard layout while Towey finished at 226 (75-78-73). Blake Mullen of Olathe East tied for 20th (77-77-70-233) and Dylan Freund was 22nd (80-79-76-235) to round out the Blue Devil scoring.

Other Blue Devil finishes included Mark Towey of Bishop Carroll, who was 30th (82-78-82-248); Keegan Ellington of Andover Central, 33rd (83-84-81-248); and Jacob Hall of Tonganoxie, who tied for 40th (87-93-88-268).

Hutchinson, which had medalist Charlie Crockett who finished 8-under par at 205, and two other top four finishers, easily took team honors at 854. Garden City was second at 885 followed by Dodge City, 905; KCKCC 913 (306-309-298); Barton County, 934; Fort Scott, 985; and Hesston, 1044.

The Blue Devils will face the same field next Monday and Tuesday in the Jayhawk championship tourney at Sand Creek Station in Newton before returning to Crestview for the NJCAA Division I district championship April 26-27.

KCKCC’s PTK chapter recognized for increasing membership

The Mu Delta Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at Kansas City Kansas Community College has been recognized as a 2021 REACH Chapter.

The REACH (Recognizing Excellence in Acceptance and Completion with Honors) Awards program recognizes Phi Theta Kappa chapters that excel in membership development and recruitment campaigns.

The program rewards chapters for maintaining or increasing their membership acceptance rate by 15 percent or higher during the 2020 calendar year. As part of the recognition, KCKCC will receive three Phi Theta Kappa graduation stoles, which can be distributed to chapter officers or members to be worn during graduation. The Mu Delta Chapter was one of 28 in the state of Kansas to be recognized this year.

“In light of COVID and having fewer Phi Theta Kappa students on campus, I was shook,” said Dr. Stacy Tucker, director of the Honors Education Program – Phi Theta Kappa at KCKCC of the recognition. “It is an honor to be a chapter that was named among the 1,081 chapters listed as a REACH Chapter.”

PTK is an international honor society of two-year colleges and academic programs. It also includes associate degree-granting programs offered by four-year college. To be eligible for membership, students must have completed at least 12 hours of associate degree course work with at least a 3.5 grade point average.

Tucker said PTK offers a variety of benefits for students including transfer scholarships, an official PTK seal on a student’s diploma, notation of PTK membership on a student’s transcript, recommendations for college and job applications and having the privilege of wearing a PTK gold stole and tassel at graduation. In addition, once students are a member of PTK, they are always a member.

“In Fall 2020, our chapter decided to offer membership applications online, so students could join PTK without coming to campus,” she said. “This application also gave students the ability to learn more about Phi Theta Kappa.”

For more information about Phi Theta Kappa, visit www.ptk.org.

  • From Kelly Rogge, KCKCC public relations manager

Blue Devils’ late goal wins 3-2 thriller from Dodge City

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information

Kansas City Kansas Community College’s first men’s soccer win came in spectacular fashion.

Felipe Kerr on a pass from Kervens Joseph kicked in the game winner with just three minutes remaining in a 3-2 Blue Devil win over Dodge City Saturday.

The Blue Devils are back in action Wednesday, playing Johnson County at 7:30 p.m. in Overland Park. Women’s teams will kick off at 5 p.m.

The Blue Devils led three times against Dodge City. Kerr gave KCKCC a quick 1-0 lead on a pass from Leonardo Boneli two minutes into the game but Dodge’s Dave Straube tied it with an unassisted goal with six minutes left in the half.

Dodge City then put KCKCC back in front as the Conquistadors inadvertently kicked the ball into their own goal five minutes into the second half. Ramon Somolinos got Dodge back even at 2-2 with an unassisted goal with 15 minutes left to set up Kerr’s dramatic game-winner.

The Blue Devils peppered Dodge goalkeeper Lumale Guthier with 17 shots on goal while Christian Villegas was turning away 12 of the Conqs’ 14 shots, six in each half.

“Overall, a much better performance. We showed much improvement on both sides of the ball than our first two matches,” KCKCC assistant coach Burke Slusher said. “We just need to continue to improve heading into our Johnson County match Wednesday.”