Pairings for this week's Class 6A, 2A and 1A state tournaments.
This week, the South Gray High School boys’ basketball team is vying for a third Class 1A state championship in the last four years.
The Rebels won back-to-back titles in 2007 and 2008, and lost to Quinter in the opening round last season.
“I want to get past that first round,” South Gray’s Bligh Schulte said. “ I don’t want to lose there again. We need to keep up playing hard.
"We are going to have to watch out for nerves to get past that first game.”
The Rebels will see its first action today, playing Macksville in the quarterfinals at 4:45 p.m. at Gross Memorial Coliseum on the Fort Hays State campus in Hays.
Knocking down walls by tying or setting new records throughout the regular season, the Dodge City High School girls’ basketball team has another obstacle to clear on Wednesday.
The Red Demons (19-3), the No. 4 seed in this week’s Class 6A state tournament at White Auditorium in Emporia, have never won a first-round game at state.
There’s no time than the present to wipe away that one-and-done status.
Dodge City takes on Shawnee Mission East (19-3) at 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday.
For Youthville officials, Friday marked a milestone in the history of the agency's Dodge City campus.
Officials and residents gathered to break ground for a new building on the Dodge City campus, next to the central purchasing area. The building will include a kitchen and dining area, a storm shelter built to federal standards, four classrooms and office space.
The building will allow the Dodge City campus to expand meal service, creating an environment where residents can learn to socialize in large groups, said President and CEO Shelley Duncan. She said the storm shelter will ensure safety for residents and staffers, and the additional classrooms will reduce overcrowding at the campus school.
In addition, a special room will give residents a supervised, quiet space to go when they feel overwhelmed.
"This project is important not only to our kids, but to the other children that don't live here but go to school here," Duncan said in a short interview after the ceremony. "I think that will be great for the schools, the staff and the children."
As arts in America became more of a spectator pastime and less of a participatory experience, and as the importance of choosing a career track early began to guide students' class choices, fewer students joined the band or choir or signed up for the school play.
All children, 12 years of age and younger, are invited to Dodge City Public Library on Saturday, March 6 ,at 2 p.m. to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday.
It will be the top seed vs. the No. 8 seed tonight, when both the Dodge City High School boys’ and girls’ basketball entertains Wichita South in Class 6A semifinal-round sub-state games at the DCHS Field House.
Tipoff for the girls game is 5 p.m., followed by the boys at 7.
Both DCHS boys coach Dennis Hamilton and DCHS girls coach Justin Briggs — with top seeds in tow and 17-3 records alike — are wary of Wichita South, despite both teams having No. 8 seeds in the tourney. South’s boys are 2-18 overall, and their girls are 7-13.
SPEARVILLE — The Spearville High School boys’ basketball team showed Tuesday night there’s two main reasons why the Lancers are the top-ranked team in Class 2A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association:
Willie Cauley and Carson Konrade.
Of the nine Dodge City High School wrestlers that qualified for Friday’s and Saturday’s Class 5A-6A state wrestling championships, all of them knew they had a good chance of qualifying at the regional meet if they took care of business.
Mission accomplished.
As the Red Demons prepare to leave early this afternoon for Wichita and Intrust Bank Arena, they’ll be taking that same mind-set to the big stage.
As part of National Consumer Protection week, Attorney General Steve Six will host a student consumer workshop Friday at Dodge City Community College.
