After piling up the list of accomplishments and accolades thus far this season the Dodge City men’s basketball team is set to climb the mountain for the top prize in the NJCAA as they look to vie for the National Championship.
Northern Valley outlasted Bucklin in overtime in the boys’ third-place game. Bailey Sides scored a team-high 21 points and had 11 assists. Drew Schemper and Kenton Thalheim finished with 13 and 12, respectively, while Eric Loya, Jeremiah Hansen and Foster Brands scored 10 points each for Northern Valley (23-3). Schemper grabbed 13 rebounds for a double-double.
The Dodge City Red Demons season came to an end Thursday night with a 67-53 loss to Olathe West. Aidan Sowers led the team in points with 15, Isaiah Taylor finished the night with 11. Cooper Scheck capped off his history-making season with 9 points. Olathe West was led by Harrison Kisling with 26 points.
Golden Plains used a big first-half run and the Bucklin Lady Aces could not overcome a rough shooting night as their season ended with a 49-28 loss in the state tournament. Sydnie Jones had 10 points and Halie Feikert 7 points were the leading scorers for the Lady Aces.
The Spearville Lady Lancers saw its season come to a close with a 59-42 loss to Centralia. Centralia opened the game in the first quarter with 21 points and Spearville never recovered.
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The Bucklin Red Aces made a statement in the opening round of the State Tournament Wednesday night. The Red Aces topped Caldwell, 67-45. It was a close game in the first quarter as the Red Aces led 14-12 but Caldwell was unable to stop their opponent as Bucklin added 16 points to finish the first half of play up 30-23. In the second half of play Bucklin outscored Caldwell 37-22 to secure the victory. Bucklin was able to control all aspects of the game from scoring 38 points in the paint to scoring 32 points off turnovers.
Dodge City softball team got back in the win column on Tuesday as they made up a game at home against Northwest Kansas Tech picking up a 10-0 win in five innings. The Conquistadors with the win moved to 8-10 on the season and 4-2 in KJCCC play.
After claiming the first Jayhawk Conference title since 2007 and first Region VI Championship since 1982 the Dodge City Men’s basketball continues to add honors/ recognition to their accolades with the announcement of All-Conference honors and awards.
The Dodge City women’s basketball team put together their winningest season since the 2005-06 season finishing 19-13 and earning their first postseason win since 2013-14 while hosting a playoff game for the first time since 2004-05 season.