Dodge City women’s golf wrapped up their season competing at the Plains District & Region VI Championships in Ankeny, Iowa, and placed fifth in the district and second in Region VI. The Conquistadors posted a two-round score of 679 (+111) to place fifth in the district but had the second-highest Region VI finish.
Dodge City Public Schools is pleased to announce that Daniel Rogers has been selected as Assistant Principal and Athletic Director of Dodge City Middle School. Rogers started his career in education as a substitute teacher and timeout supervisor at DCHS while coaching football at DCMS and baseball at DCHS.
Several years ago, in response to the urgent need for professional social work clinicians in rural Kansas, the Department of Social Work at Fort Hays State University decided to offer a master’s degree program. On March 13, 2023, the Council on Social Work Education granted initial accreditation to the FHSU Master of Social Work (MSW) program. This decision is retroactively effective to the date that Candidacy status was granted when the program launched in 2020.
Dodge City escaped Great Bend with two wins on Thursday April 27. Both games were extremely close as the Red Demons won the first game 4-3 and escape the second game with a 8-7 victory.
For the first time since 2015, the Dodge City men’s golf team has claimed the district championship and claimed their first Region VI title since 2018. The tournament win punches the Conquistadors’ ticket to the NJCAA Division I National Championships for the 33rd straight year.
The Bucklin Red Aces hosted Cimarron in a doubleheader Thursday, April 27. At the end of the night the Cimarron left Bucklin without a victory.
The Dodge City High school boys golf team shot a 318 and finished in first place at the Garden City Invitational Thursday April 27th. Aidan Robinson finished in 2nd place to lead the Red Demons after shooting an 73.
Susan “Sue” Jean (Barta) Philbrick, age 69, of Wichita, Kansas passed away on Friday, April 21, 2023. Sue was born July 31, 1953 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Mary Katharine Harris and Edward Hugo Barta.
DODGE CITY - Larry G. Stegman, 90, passed away Monday, April 24, 2023 at his home in Dodge City, Kansas, with his loving wife of 64 years, daughter and son-in-law by his side.
Hutchinson, Ks-Donald Dean Kreie took his final checkered flag in the great race that was his life on Monday April 17th, 2023. He joined the love of his life, his trophy girl, wife LaVerra(Sue) Kreie. They were married July 1st 1959 in Dodge City, Ks, she preceded him in death. He was born in Stafford the 27th of February 1938 to Jess and Nellie Kreie and moved with them and the family to Dodge City as a young boy. His career started as an apprentice at Stewart Plumbing and after serving in the US Navy he returned home to become a foreman pipefitter for the union. He was a leader in building refineries around several states. He loved car racing and spent several years driving race cars at McCarty Speedway in Dodge and the surrounding tracks. He was most known for being the driver of #8 on the Bell 6 & 8 Team. He became state champion at the Hutchinson Nationals in 1974 and is memorialized at the Ks State Fair track. Together he and his wife moved their family to Hutchinson, Ks in 1977 to the same home he was living in at the time of passing. Upon retiring he opened A-Deal Motors in Hutchinson, and was able to devote more time to his passion of league pool playing. He was still playing 3 times a week at the Silver Dollar, he played his last games just a couple weeks before passing at the age of 85. He had made several long term friendships during his years in the leagues since beginning at the R-Bar. He was preceded in death by his wife LaVerra, parents Jess and Nellie, siblings Bud, Estel, Vera, Paulette, Rosie, and Shirley, and his oldest child Dirk Kreie. He is survived by his son Donavan Kreie, Hutch, his daughters Stacy(Mim) Kreie of Hutch, Rocio Cochran of Kansas City, Mo, Starla Kreie, Wichita, Ks. And one sister Delores Bernash of Dodge City. Several grandchildren and great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Cremation has taken place, he requested no funeral because he said “he wouldn’t be here so what’s the point” and if you had the luck to have know