Area school districts cancel classes for Friday

Wyandotte County school districts have canceled classes for Friday, Jan. 13, because of the possibility of an ice storm.

School districts announcing that school is closed on Friday include Kansas City, Kan., Public Schools, Turner Public Schools, Piper Public Schools and Bonner Springs Public Schools.

They will have a four-day break, as Monday is a holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Piper results

Piper High School – band
– 1 ratings at State Band auditions
o Josie Jones (tuba)
o Patricia Telthorst (flute)
o Drew Novak (trumpet)
o Kevin Duperon (alto sax)
– Jones and Telthorst also made all-state band with Jones making state orchestra also.

Piper High School – basketball at Bishop Ward
– Girls swept
o Piper varsity won 61-30
o Piper JV won 60-15
o Piper 9th won 39-25
– Boys
o Piper varsity won 80-32
o Piper JV won 84-23

Piper High School — bowling at Leavenworth
– Piper varsity boys 2nd
o Matthew Romero 2nd (711 series)
o Caleb Boyle 4th (622 Series)
– Piper JV boys 3rd
– Piper varsity girls 3rd
– Piper JV girls 3rd
o Maddi Dropplemann 2nd (348 series)

Piper High School – boys swimming at Turner
– Medley relay A took 10th (Jonny Moon, Jack Roland, Tanner Johnson, Verlin Judie); Relay B took 14th (Logan Ferris, Carson Gardner, Conner Berry, Trey Young)
– 200 free- Logan Ferris took 13th
– 200 IM – Jack Roland took 7th
– 50 free- Jonny Moon took 16th with a new school record of 27.79. Tanner Johnson took 17th, Verlin Judie took 23rd
– 100 fly – Jack Roland took 13th
– 100 free- Jonny Moon took 11th, Trey Young took 21st, Verlin Judie took 22nd
– 500 free – Logan Ferris took 9th
– 200 free relay A took 7th (Tanner Johnson, Verlin Judie, Jack Roland, Jonny Moon); Relay B took 12th (Conner Berry, Carson Gardner, Trey Young, Logan Ferris)
– 100 breast – Tanner Johnson took 6th

– From Doug Key, Piper High School activities director

Friday basketball game between Piper, Bonner rescheduled

The Piper-Bonner Springs basketball games will be played on Thursday, Jan. 12, instead of Friday, Jan. 13, because of the possibility of inclement weather, according to a Piper announcement.

The Piper Little Dance Performance will take place on Thursday instead of Friday.

The activities will be at the same times and locations, just on different days, according to the announcement.

The girls basketball game will be at 5:45 p.m. Thursday, and the boys game will be at 7:15 p.m. Thursday at Piper High School.