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For the first time since 2019, the Seward County Community College men’s basketball team is ranked in the NJCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Rankings.
The Saints, led by first year head coach Austin Downing, checked in at No. 19 in the week nine poll that was released on Tuesday. Seward, Dodge City (No. 15) and Butler (No. 25) are the three Jayhawk Conference schools to be ranked this week.
TURPIN, Okla.— It was a happy homecoming for the Turpin Lady Cardinals who used a second quarter run to take a lead they never gave up and took down the Beaver Lady Dusters, 41-36.
With five ties and six lead changes in the first twelve minutes, it was a back-and-forth battle as Turpin and Beaver traded buckets. In the first half, Mya Ortiz lead the Turpin attack with 13 points in the and the Lady Cardinals were a perfect 7 of 7 from the charity stripe. A 10-3 run over a three-minute stretch late in the second quarter gave Turpin a 24-20 lead at the half.
The Liberal High School boys swim team competed at Hays at a meet with six teams total Tuesday.
“It was a great meet in which many of our swimmers continue to achieve personal records by shortening their times,” Liberal coach Lidia Thomas said. “One of those included the Liberal B relay which was able to cut down their seed time by 35.46 seconds in the 400-meter freestyle relay, which is a great accomplishment.”
Liberal finished 5th overall.
Kylie Rhine scored 10 of her 20 points in the first quarter to help the lady Redskins jump out to a lead they would never relinquish in a 54-35 win over Dodge City.
Rhine dropped two threes in the first quarter, and Shamari Lewis hit a basket while being fouled for an old-fashioned three, and by the end of the first quarter the Lady Redskins had an 18-7 lead.
Both defenses stiffened in the second quarter, and baskets became more difficult. Lewis led the Lady Redskins with seven of the 11 points scored by Liberal in the second quarter, and the Lady Redskins took a 29-17 lead at half.
For the second straight game, the Liberal Redskins overcame a large second half deficit, and for the second straight game, the Redskins came up just short in a 52-47 loss to the Dodge City Red Demons Friday in The Big House.
Like the Garden City game three days earlier, the Redskins started cold while the Red Demons built a lead, and by the end of the first quarter the Redskins trailed 12-4.
The Redskins cut the lead quickly in the second quarter before the Red Demons recovered with strong drives to the basket by Ty Scheck that sent him to the line. Scheck made six of 10 free throws in the quarter to go along with a basket and a three pointer, and the Red Demons had a 27-16 halftime lead.
