Dodge City women’s basketball team started the 2024-25 season strong with a 3-1 first week and are on the move in the national rankings jumping into the Top 10 in the latest NJCAA Division I rankings.The Conquistadors vault to #9 in the rankings moving up five spots from their preseason ranking of #14.
Dodge City USD 443 Board of Education President Lisa Killion, and members Jayme Lewis-Gonzales, Tammie West and Jeff Heirs were present at the Nov.
The Dodge City men’s cross country team was represented by Juan Gomez-Lira at the NJCAA Division I National Championships in Richmond, Virginia and he capped the season competing against the best in the NJCAA.Gomez-Lira posted a time of 28:55 to place 174th out of nearly 200 runners competing.
Dodge City women’s basketball team bounced back from the tough loss to New Mexico with a 40-point beatdown of Frank Phillips to wrap up the Odessa Classic in Texas.
Dodge City men’s basketball wrapped up action at the Broncbuster Classic in Garden City taking on Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa and while the Conquistadors would have a better shooting day than against North Platte it was Tonkawa who grabbed the win 89-81.The Conqs would once again keep the contest tight throughout, but NOC-Tonkawa would grab the lead and hold on to it leading to a 42-37 halftime score with the Conqs down five.
Dodge City football team capped the 2024 season with a tough Top 15 loss to #14 Butler on the road 28-14 to finish the season 6-4 and 3-3 in KJCCC action.The 6-4 record marks the second straight winning season for the Conquistadors and the first back-to-back winning seasons since 2015 and 2016.After a three-and-out to open the game the Conqs punted the ball away but would give Butler a short field for their first possession and the Grizzlies would just need four plays to cover 29 yards and get a touchdown to make it 7-0.
Dodge City volleyball team after a first-round playoff sweep of Hutchinson took on Colby in the NJCAA Division I Plains District Semifinals and would look to earn a spot into the championship contest.The Conquistadors would start the match strong winning the first set but the Trojans of Colby grabbed the next three handing the Conqs a tough 3-1 loss (25-18, 17-25, 23-25, 25-27).The match opened tight and back-and-forth early as it was tied 9-9 when the Conqs would go on a 5-0.
Dodge City women’s cross country for the fifth straight year has finished as a Top 12 team at the NJCAA Division I National Championship after racing to a 12th place team finish to wrap up the 2024 season.Three Top 60 finishes led the Conquistadors while four Conqs finish in the Top 70 overall with six Conqs in action.Sarai Chavez led the Conqs posting a time of 19:16.1 to earn a 56th-place finish out of 184 total runners.
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