Category: KCKCC

Ford’s perfect game highlights KCKCC sweep at Cottey

Leslie Ford

by Alan Hoskins

Leslie Ford’s perfect game highlighted Kansas City Kansas Community College’s sweep at Cottey College in Nevada, Mo., Tuesday.

Ford pitched the Lady Blue Devils to a 13-0 win and Elizabeth Seimears followed up with a 5-hit shutout in a 17-0 rout in pair of 5-inning games.

The two wins boosted the Blue Devils’ overall record to 24-8 heading into a doubleheader at No. 12 ranked Highland Wednesday before they return home to host Cloud County Friday at 2-4 p.m. and Brown Mackie Saturday at noon-2 p.m.

Ford struck out 11 of the 15 batters she faced in Tuesday’s opening win while Seimears fanned seven in her 5-hitter in the nightcap.

Lacey Santiago doubled and tripled and drove in four runs; Amanda Holroyd doubled and tripled to drive in two to pace a 12-hit KCKCC attack in the opener.

Megan Dike added a double and single, Laura Vanderheiden two singles and Hanna Barnhart a double for the Blue Devils.

Santiago and Holroyd sandwiched their triples around Justice Scales single for a 2-0 lead in the first and Santiago’s 3-run double in the second following hits by Ford and Vanderheiden made it 6-0.

The final seven runs came in the fourth in an uprising that included back-to-back doubles by Mierra Morisette, Holroyd and Barnhart and a single and double by Dike. Morisette drove in six runs in the second game, three on a home run and two on a double in a 13-run fourth inning.

Holroyd also had a two-run homer and single in the inning while Barnhart, Scales and Santiago each had a double and single in the uprising.

The 12-hit inning also included a run-scoring double by Dike and two-run double by Henigton.

Workplace Kansas City Job Fair planned April 16 at KCKCC

by Kelly Rogge

Looking for a job? Then mark your calendars for the 2014 Workplace-Kansas City Job Fair at Kansas City Kansas Community College.

The fair is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 16 in the KCKCC Field House, 7250 State Ave.

The event is free and open to the public.

“The goal of the job fair is to connect employers who are hiring with students and community residents that are looking for employment,” said Linda Wyatt, director of career planning and placement at KCKCC.

The list of employers includes:

•         Aerotek

•         AT-Tech Technical Staffing

•         Alenco Inc.

•         Cerner Corp.

•         Coca Cola Refreshments

•         Deffenbaugh Industries Inc.

•         DeVry University

•         Economic Opportunity Foundation

•         Fed Ex Ground

•         Frito Lay

•         Gear For Sports

•         Girl Scouts of NE KS and NW MO

•         Hollywood Casino

•         KCKCC-TEC

•         Kansas City, Kan., Board of Public Utilities

•         Kansas City, Mo., Police Department

•         Kansas National Guard

•         Liquid Education

•         Long Motor Corp.

•         Mosaic

•         North Kansas City Hospital

•         Olathe Kansas Police Department

•         PACES

•         Pipefitters Local Union

•         Primerica Financial Services

•         Quintiles Phase I Services

•         7th Street Casino

•         Schlitterbahn Waterpark

•         Sheraton and Westin KC Crown Center

•         State Street Corp.

•         Swope Health Services

•         TJ Maxx

•         The Forum at Overland Park

•         The University of Kansas Hospital

•         Truman Medical Center

•         Unified Government of Kansas City, Kan.-Wyandotte County

•         UPS

•         Workforce Partnership

“A job fair gives the job seeker an opportunity to talk to many employers who are hiring at one time,” Wyatt said. “It also allows the job seeker to make contacts that can be followed up on and that can lead to employment.”

Participants should dress professionally and have resumes on hand, according to event organizers. They will have the opportunity to visit with all of the area employers as well as fill out job applications.

The job fair is sponsored by the Career Center and KCKCC. For more information, call 913-288-7644.

 

Lady Blue Devils blank Haskell twice; home Friday, Saturday

by Alan Hoskins

Kansas City Kansas Community College’s Lady Blue Devils continued their assault on opposing pitchers Monday, pounding out back-to-back 8-0 wins at Haskell University.

The sweep boosted the Blue Devils’ overall record to 22-8 heading into a doubleheader at Cottey College Tuesday before returning home to play host to Cloud County Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and Brown Mackie Saturday at noon to 2 p.m.

Leftfielder Mierra Morisette paced a 14-hit attack in the opener, driving in four runs with a double and two singles.

Lacey Santiago added a triple and single, Elizabeth Seimears a double and single and Justice Scales and Leslie Ford two singles each.

Ford went the 6-inning distance for her 15th win of the season, allowing just two hits, striking out five and walking one.

KCKCC jumped in front 3-0 in the second on singles by Ford and Ashley Henington, a run-scoring triple by Santiago and a 2-run double by Morisette and added three more in the fifth on singles by Ford, Seimears, Santiago, Scales and another 2-run double by Morisette.

Hanna Barnhart’s single and a 2-out double by Seimears and a single by Laura Vanderheiden scored the final two runs in the sixth.

Myranda Ybarra made her first start of the season in the nightcap, allowing four hits, striking out two and walking two in the 5-inning game.

Santiago’s four singles paced a 15-hit KCKCC assault. Scales and Morisette added three singles each while Barnhart and Megan Dike each singled and doubled.

Three times in the contest, the top three hitters in the Blue Devil lineup – Santiago, Scales and Morisette – started scoring outbursts with back-to-back singles.

Barnhart’s 2-out double staked KCKCC to a 1-0 lead in the first.

Amanda Holroyd’s sacrifice fly and hits by Seimears and Dike contributed to a 4-run uprising in the third, Morisette’s third hit made it 6-0 in the fourth and the Blue Devils closed out the scoring in the fifth on a single by Barnhart, double by Dike and single by Santiago.