Self defense class in Kinsley Saturday

Women are invited to participate in a self-defense class called Strong Girls Night Out at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 26 at the Edwards County Fairgrounds in Kinsley.

Kansas Honor Flight food fundraiser at Applebee’s Tuesday

The Dodge City Applebee’s is one of 13 across the state to show its support for the Kansas Honor Flight with a fundraiser to honor WWII, Korea and Vietnam Era Veterans. On Tuesday, March 29 the nonprofit organization will receive 50% of the revenue from special menu items throughout the day.

Time to plant potatoes

With St. Patrick’s Day, many gardeners swear that you must plant potatoes for good luck. This year especially, we need to use a soil thermometer and not a calendar to determine if it is time to plant potatoes in the ground. Actually, any time from mid- to late-March is a good time to plan potatoes if the soil temperature is arm enough to prevent the potatoes from rotting before they sprout.

ALL-LEAGUE BASKETBALL

BOYS First Team Jace Linenberger, Hays Carson Kieffer, Hays Cooper Scheck, Dodge City Tae Rosales, Garden City Stefan Spray, Great Bend Second Team Dawson Taylor, Dodge City Sage Koelisch, Great Bend Jordan Dale, Hays Isaiah Taylor, Dodge City *Jace Steinmetz, Garden City *Noah Weimer, Hays *Caleb Wiese, Garden City (*Tied for last spot) Player of the Year: Jace Linenberger, Hays Coach of the Year: Alex Hutchins, Hays GIRLS First Team Ashley Carrillo, Liberal Camree Johnson, Dodge City Amaya Gallegos, Garden City Mersadie Spray, Great Bend Bree Horyna, Liberal Second Team Molly Martin, Hays Victoria Gonzalez, Dodge City Emilee Hall, Great Bend Becca Unruh, Dodge City Carly Lang, Hays Player of the Year: Ashley Carrillo, Liberal Coach of the Year: Brandi Fowler, Liberal .

Dodge City Track & Field

Track season is now here and pre-season numbers are close to 135 athletes counting boys and girls for Dodge City. The athletes are working hard and the progress has gone along fairly smooth.

Dodge City Baseball

The Red Demon baseball team will return four starters from last year’s WAC Championship team, Aiden Sowers, Dawson Taylor, Remington Miller, and Tucker Smith. All four were key contributors at the dish hitting .286 or above with Miller and Sowers leading the way at .387 and .344 respectively.

Dodge City Lady Demons soccer

The Dodge City Lady Demons soccer team is ready for a season full of hope and expectation this year. Last year the Lady Demons were 8-7-1.

Dodge City Golf

The Dodge City Red Demons golf team has high expectations this year and this team is led by senior Cooper Scheck. Scheck won two tournaments last year, including the regional.

Bucklin Baseball

Bucklin baseball brings back two starting pitchers in Nate Bowman (senior) and Scott Price (senior). Bowman pitched 49.2 innings last year and faced 214 batters and struck out 92 of them.