After opening the spring season with a conference tournament win the Dodge City men’s golf team brought home more hardware by winning the Bethel Invite. The Conquistadors competed at both the Hesston golf course and Sand Creek Station golf course for the Bethel Invite posting a team score of 572 with rounds of 283 and 289 claiming first place by 15-strokes.
After a doubleheader split at home against the Colby Trojans the Dodge City baseball team traveled to Colby to finish out the four-game series and would grab the split of the doubleheader on the road.
The Lady Demons swimming team took part in the Wichita Heights Invite on April 1. This meet featured 17 teams from across the state including several Western Athletic Conference league opponents.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Great Kansas Comeback, as it will forever be known in the history books, is about more than just one stifling, scintillating 20-minute stretch of Jayhawks basketball. The championship KU captured Monday night traced its roots back to 2020, when the Jayhawks were a team that looked very much on track for the program’s fourth national title.
Harold Dean “Deano” Smith, Dodge City, KS, passed passed away on April 4, 2022. He was born on September 26, 1956 .
DODGE CITY - Tracey Lee Hodges 64, died Saturday April 2 after bravely battling chronic health issues for several years. Tracey was born October 4, 1957 in Dodge City. She was the youngest daughter of Bob and Pat Hodges, Wilroads Gardens. Tracey was a lifelong resident of Dodge City. In her later years, Tracey did volunteer work for several Dodge City organizations, enjoyed reading, and watching Wheel of Fortune.
Dodge City - Raul Rincon Jr., 31, died April 3, 2022 at Western Plains Medical Complex in Dodge City. He was born on June 22, 1990 at Dodge City, Kansas the son of Raul Rincon Sr. and Alma (Briones) Rincon.
Jeanette Marie Tommer, 78, of Lyons, Kansas, passed away April 3, 2022, at Hospital District #1 of Rice County, Lyons. She was born December 14, 1943, in Dodge City, Kansas, the daughter of Joseph Clem and Helen Cline Langlois. Jeanette has resided in Lyons since 1971, formerly of Kinsley, Kansas. She graduated from Windhorst High School, Windhorst, Kansas, with the class of 1961. Jeanette was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell, CNA and CMA at various local nursing homes, and a Rice County Dispatcher. She was a member of St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons, and the Sterling American Legion Post #128. On August 17, 1963, Jeanette was united in marriage with Richard Tommer, Sr. in Spearville, Kansas. He survives of the home. She is also survived by her three sons, Rick Tommer and wife Julie of Sterling, KS, Terry Tommer and wife Selena Dawn of Kansas City, KS, and Wayne Tommer of Alden, KS; daughter, Celena Bray and husband Cy of Stilwell, OK; brother, John “Jack” Langlois of Dodge City, KS; sister, Janice Beebe and husband Ken of Littleton, CO; twenty grandchildren, Alexis, Brandon, Trenton, Adyan, Zach, Layne, Audrey, Calvin, Hannah, Shelbie, Chelsie, Tandra, Kevin, Ed, Stasha, Mariah, Jenny, Brandi, Sarah, Maranda; and twenty-six great-grandchildren. Jeanette was preceded in death by her parents; son, Joseph Robert Tommer; daughter, Cindy Rusch; brother and sister-inlaw, James and Judy Langlois; and sister-in-law, Thelma Langlois. Funeral mass will be at 10:00 A.M., Friday, April 8, 2022, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons, with Father Michael Brungardt officiating. Burial will be at St. Nicholas Cemetery, Kinsley, Kansas, at a later date. Visitation will be from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M., Thursday, April 7, 2022, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Lyons, with family present. A Parish Rosary will be said at 7:00 P.M. Memorials may be given to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital or the St. Paul Altar Society in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons.
PROTECTION - Charles Edward Mosshart, 74, died Saturday, January 15, 2022. He was born March 22, 1947 in Ashland, Kansas. Charlie graduated from Ashland High School in 1965 and then went on to technical school to study machining.
Manhattan - Anna M. Imel, 67, died April 1, 2022 at Meadowlark Hills Nursing Home in Manhattan, Kansas. She was born on January 3, 1955 at Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Bernardo and Anita (Herrera) Lopez.