Gruff, pioneering and unfiltered, Mississippi State’s Mike Leach was one of the most influential football coaches of this or any generation. His boundless curiosity and fascination for people, places and things made him famous beyond the field, a unique character in sports.
The Dodge City High School boys wrestling team had six duals this week including the opening WAC dual that saw the Red Demons tame the Panthers of Great Bend by a score of 51-19 in front of a packed field house Dec. 8.
The Lady Demons opened up the Western Athletic Conference dual season with a hard fought 42-36 win over Great Bend Dec. 9 in front of a packed home crowd.
The Dodge City chapter of AMBUCS were busy over the weekend, when they presented an Amtryke to 8-year-old Yetzeli Guevara and played host to its annual Christmas Party for the Special Olympics and Arrowhead West friends. .
Dodge City Community College Biology Professor Mary Scott spoke about brain chemistry and the impact of brain trauma at the college’s Science Café event Dec. 8.
Dodge City men’s basketball looked to keep their win streak alive, but the Hutchinson Blue Dragons came to town and snuck away with the 113-112 win using a pair of free throws at the end of the game to take the win.
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MACKSVILLE 64, SPEARVILLE 36 Macksville’s Most Valuable Player Ryan Kuckelman scored 14 points and dominated inside as the Mustangs defended their Gene Keady Classic Basketball Championship title with a 64-36 rout over Spearville. Diego Esparza scored 14 points and All-Tournament Rogelio Ibarra scored nine points.
Dodge City women’s basketball team has had trouble taking down the Hutchinson Blue Dragons in the series, but the fortunes changed at home for the Conquistadors as they took down Hutchinson 69-55. The win moves the Conqs to 11-2 on the season and 6-1 in the KJCCC while streaking their win-streaking to fourstraight and ten-straight at home. The victory also marks the 30th for Head Coach, Landon Steele as Dodge City coach and his 130th career win. After a 2-2 tie early the Conqs went on a 7-0 run to take control early against Hutchinson leading 9-2 that lead would hold up throughout the first quarter ultimately leading to a 22-14 Conq advantage after the first 10 minutes. Hutchinson pushed back in the second quarter and tightened the contest up outscoring the Conqs by five in the second making it just a threepoint game halftime at 37-34 in favor of the Conqs. In the second half, the Conqs continued to hold the Blue Dragons at bay and would extend the lead at times leading by nine points, 55-46 after three quarters. To open the fourth the Conqs mounted a 7-0 run to take an even more firm grasp of the game and would finish the contest with a 14-9 fourth quarter to secure the 69-55 win.