Dodge City baseball traveled to Texas for a four-game series with North Central Texas College and grabbed three wins to claim the series. The Conquistadors fell 11-7 in the series opener in a tight contest and then bounced back to take game two of the series 14-2 in five innings.
Umpqua Community College’s Autumn Perez (170) captured a individual title at the National Junior College Athletic Association women’s wrestling tournament on Saturday, March 4. Autumn Perez is a Dodge City High school alumnus and proved why Dodge City has the best wrestling in the country.While in High School she was a two-time state placer and a state runner up.
For the third straight year, the Dodge City cheer squad dominated the competition at the Region VI Championships hosted in Olathe this year as the Conquistadors claimed Region VI Championship for the third straight year.
Earl James Decker of Newton, KS passed away on Wednesday, March 1st, 2023. He was born to Harry Decker and Susie Smith Decker on August 29th, 1936, in Hillsboro, KS.
Each year the Chamber Ambassadors play a vital role in the Dodge City Area Chamber of Commerce’s program of work. Ambassadors visit chamber member businesses, host ribbon cuttings, Chamber Coffees, Business Made Social events, and the annual chamber golf tournament.
DODGE CITY Tom Harper, 59 died, Saturday February 18, 2023 at St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The Lady Demons bowling team finished its season with a third-place finish at the state tournament on Friday March 3 in Wichita at the Northrock Lanes. The Lady Demons finished the tournament with a 2977 series to edge out Olathe Northwest and Garden City.
Clayton Shelton, 62 died at his home in Dodge City on February 16, 2023. He was bom October 10, 1960 in Syracuse Kansas. He served in the US Army in the 1980’s. He worked as a rough neck, welder and recently he could be seen in Down Town Dodge City washing windows.
The Bucklin boys and girls basketball teams are heading to the Class 1A-Division II State Tournament in Great Bend. Both the girls and boys won their sub-state championship games Saturday, March 4 in Deerfield.
The indoor track season wrapped up for the Dodge City Conquistadors as three track athletes competed at the NJCAA Indoor National Championships hosted by Washburn University in Topeka. On the women’s side of the competition, Denise Dominguez posted a time of 19:10.34 to finish 12th in the 5000-meter run to cap her indoor season.