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The current state of HutchCC campus By Tabitha Barr Editor in Chief
Multiple things are happening at Hutchinson Community College’s main campus. Students and staff have been questioning the happenings and situations arising during this fall semester. The cafeteria construction, the tennis courts, and HutchCC’s campus security and safety. HutchCC president Carter File met with The Collegian to discuss the topics that affect the campus.
Construction
For most of the students, the construction was somewhat out-ofthe-blue. In reality, the college has had the idea since 2002 and finally decided to resurrect this project within the past four years. File said the college wanted to update the cafeteria inside Parker Student Union because it “was an area that needed to be addressed.” It wasn’t as up-to-date as most of the other areas,
and the college wanted to change that, especially with the college’s growth over the years. With change can come inconvenience. The construction requires a workspace for the crews, which causes the first two rows of the union parking lot to be unusable for students and staff. Many students have expressed their frustrations. The college had limited parking space on the main campus beforehand, so losing two full rows takes a toll on everyone. “We knew that it was going to be a problem, and we were just going to have to bite the bullet,” File said. Students and staff are used to the convenient parking, but the college has more areas available. They’re just not right next door to the union or Lockman Hall. “The parking problem is a relative problem,” File said. Many colleges have drawbacks to their parking, and HutchCC is on that list until construction is finished. It’s the only way for the new renovations to happen, so students and staff need to keep in mind the big picture when feeling frustrated. “It might be difficult to find parking at the moment, but when the construction is finished,
Photos by Kenneth Ryan/Collegian HutchCC President Dr. Carter File speaks on safety and security of the main campus and how it’s a top priority.
it’ll be worth the wait,” File said.
Tennis courts
With the question of construction happening on campus, the tennis courts have been in the air for quite some time. “We’re going to do something with them,” File said. “There are two kinds of competing ideas. One of them is parking,” but also “there is a strong opinion on campus that we don’t want parking in the heart of our campus, but that we’d like to have more green space, more picnic areas.” The tennis courts, located south of Shears Technology Center, will be dealt with in the near future, but not until the current construction is complete and the school
decides exactly what they are doing with them.
Campus Security
HutchCC’s campus safety and security has been a big topic from last year to this year. They want all students to feel as safe as possible wherever they are on campus. File said the college only has one security officer employed, while others used are contracted from an outside source. An increased number of officers patrol dorms and the campus at night. “We feel like we’ve got adequate security,” File said. Recently, there have been an abundance of religious recruiters on campus during the day, and even at night. While
they have the freedom to speak and express their beliefs, especially at a publically-funded college, students have the right to tell them they’re not interested and to leave them alone. “If they are respectfully evangelizing, there’s nothing a public institution can do to stop them unless they are harassing students,” File said. There have been reports of these recruiters being confrontational and refusing to leave students alone. If they don’t respect a student’s wishes and continue to push, then students have a reason to file a grievance about harassment to Brett Bright, Vice President of Student Services. “If we don’t know about it, we can’t do any-
thing about it,” File said. The college needs the situation filed so they can know what to look out for and how to act in that situation. “If someone is making you uncomfortable, or someone is causing you to feel uncomfortable in the space you are in, then you should report that to the authorities so that we can take action on it,” File said. HutchCC wants every student to gain an education and feel safe while doing it. File gave one last thought about everything saying, “we want every student on campus to feel comfortable. We need to know if they’re not because we will always look into a complaint.”
A city manager’s take on leadership By Rachel Lyons Staff Writer
When John Deardoff started college at Saint Mary’s of the Plains, the only thing, he knew was that he wanted to play college football. Today, he is months away from retiring from his role as Hutchinson City Manager after nearly 40 years working in public-sector management. For one hour on Oct. 17, Deardoff wasn’t in his office working on a project, at a city meeting, or at home with his family. He was speaking in the Justice Theatre in Shears Technology Center to Dan Naccarato’s 34th Management Forum. Naccarato is a wellknown part of Hutchinson Community College,
with his famous saying, “Every day is a great day to study business” spotted upon whiteboards in Parker Student Union. Other Naccarato sayings include “every organization is a business” and “every day seems like a holiday around here”. With a review of Naccarato’s seven rules, Deardoff ’s presentation commenced. Deardoff introduced himself as a 40-year bureaucrat, who will retire in March or April, has a wife of 37 years, and three daughters, all of whom are out of college. While in college, Deardoff chose to major in political science. Upon graduation, Deardoff returned to Dodge City to serve as
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Assistant City Manager, and then City Manager at Sterling for more than four years. He became Hutchinson Assistant City Manager for five years, returning to Dodge City as City Manager for 13 years, and finally to Hutchinson as City Manager for 15 years, upon retirement. But what is a City Manager? According to Deardorff, in a way the City Manager is the CEO of the city. Unlike a normal company however, a city is never closed. The work of the city is, for the most part, front-page news, and the media is always watching. The job of a city manager is also to build relationships with those in the community. One
of the most important examples of this given by Deardoff is the story of how he built a relationship with the owner of the Wiley Building. Eventually, he was able to persuade them to sell and reassure them that the they were doing the right thing when they second guessed themselves shortly before the sale went through. Deardoff closed with five things to know about leadership. “Leadership is about people, leadership requires courage, continued learning, (getting) the right people on the bus, and (working) hard and (being) nice.” Afterwards, HutchCC Economics Instructor Matt Wilper said that
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he found it “wonderful to talk about a seasoned professional (and he) had wonderful insight on leadership and management”. HutchCC student Brian Nicewinder said “I didn’t have any clue that we had a city manager, (or) what the city does
Photo by Rachel Lyons/Collegian John Deardoff talks about leadership and presented ways to further ones role in that area.
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(in terms of) projects.” HutchCC President Carter File said, “I thought it was outstanding, it showed there are great public sector jobs for [those] desiring that kind of work. I thought John was very professional and had great info for students.”
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Opinion: Page 2 - Emily Fehrman writes about her excitement about cuffing season Campus: Page 3 - Intramural sports program offering more options than before Campus: Page 4 - Aaron Strain gives an update of upcoming local elections.
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Adulting Organ Donor’s Needed sure is difficult Our view Adulting is hard, and sometimes you just have to go home to get your stuff figured out. But the time to move back out will come before you know it. Finding roommates, a house that allows not only one dog but three dogs (?!), figuring out who takes what bills into their names, who gets which room, and what furniture you’ll have to fill up a whole house?? All of that is super stressful. Figuring out who you could live with and not have them on your nerves or annoyed all the time, isn’t too difficult but money makes things rough between friends. House searching might be the worst part though. You can look at hundreds of houses but somehow you can find at least one thing wrong about each house. Or that it just isn’t right for everyone in the house and at least one or two people are butthurt about the small room they got. Finding a house that accepts three dogs is difficult and you will for sure be
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paying a pet deposit out the wazoo. Sitting down with your housemates to figure out who puts what bills in their name is more annoying than it is anything else. It’s not like they have to pay the whole bill by themselves either, everything is split. Rooms really are first come,
first serve. Doesn’t matter where you’re at or who you’re with, could be your family, or just roommates, but either way it was first come first serve as a kid and not much changes in adulthood (in that aspect anyways). Furniture is a little trickier sometimes. When filling up a whole house you have to worry
about having enough seating in case everyone in the household actually want to hangout together in the same room. Finding used furniture from friends, family, or coworkers that are looking to get rid of is always a good place to start. If you can get them for free then that’s amazing. Let’s adult.
It’s cuffing szn y’all Alrighty ladies and gents, it is once again “cuffing season” and we’re all hurting. Either you’re hung up on someone who doesn’t want you, or you’re so single it hurts. But I’m here to give you the friendly reminder: it is OK to be single. You don’t need someone else to define your happiness or well being. Learn to be alone with yourself, if you don’t, you won’t know who you are without another person to rely on. You have to find your happiness from within yourself first and figure out who you really are as a person. I honestly can’t stress that enough. And not to be a Debby Downer but on most occasions you need to do this alone anyways. If you’re the type of person who jumps from partner to partner trying to find happiness but all you find is heartbreak? Maybe take a step back and assess your worth (example: do I deserve to be treated the way I am right now?)
and what you bring to the table contempt. But expressing an in a relationship. Is it helpful or issue like: “I feel a bit excluded harmful? You might not want to when we’re with your buddies” hear this, but you could be the is better than “You never pay problem and not even be aware attention to me when we’re with of the signs. your friends!” The four horsemen in relationContempt in general isn’t ships are criticism, a good thing, and if contempt, defenyou harbor it for your siveness, and stoneloved one or partner walling. Now if you you might want to do these things, I’m reevaluate things. not saying you are Contempt goes far bethe issue. These are yond criticism. While just factors that can criticism attacks your lead to a harmful partner’s character, partnership. They contempt assumes a always say everyposition of moral suthing in moderation, periority over them. and that statement Defensiveness is is as true as ever in Emily Fehrman very clear once somethis situation. one is irritated or As long as the criticism is aggravated. Pay attention to how helpful and healthy you should both you and your partner handle be in the clear. Focus on if you these feelings. make “I” statements, or “You” Stonewalling is different from statements. Starting of with just taking a short 30-45-minute a complaint with “You never break during a heated converdo blah blah blah...” is held in sation to cool down, and assess
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wake up ... There is something about British rock/pop bands that Americans just can’t get enough of. Bands such as The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and Pink Floyd have ingrained themselves deep into American popular culture. Go to any store that sells graphic tees and you will find at least one of these bands on a shirt. The love for Brit rock is far from over as The 1975 aims to change the world one song at a time. The 1975 formed in 2002 and have gone from an underground high school band to some of the most highly-praised musicians of this era. Led by vocalist Matthew Healy, the band has released three studio albums, with their fourth album to be released in February of 2020. That being said, the band has already started promotions for
what’s been said and how it’s made you feel. Stonewalling is when one partner leaves the conversation completely before the other person is even remotely ready. Instead of thinking about all the fall festivities you could be doing if you had a boo, and getting all emo about not having that special someone to share it with, think about all the amazing memories you could be making with your friends or family. If only you weren’t busy moping about wishing, you had someone. Take this spare time you have to share it with the people who really matter. Just go out there and find the beauty and love in the small things, you never know how long you’ll have them.
Emily Fehrman is a Pretty Prairie sophomore studying Journalism
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this album, titled “Notes on a The four-minute-long track has Conditional Form”. With three Thunberg giving a monologue singles released to date, The over an ethereal instrumental. 1975 is taking on the concept of Pushing people to fight for the civil disobedience through these well-being of the world, Thunsongs. berg calls for “civil The opening track, disobedience” to titled “The 1975”, reverse the disaster of takes a new twist on climate change. an old tradition. For The next track those who haven’t released, “People”, heard any of their sounds like nothing the previous albums, the band has done before. band has included Screeching guitars, an eponymous openaggressive vocals, and ing track in each of a very in-your-face their albums, each message, “People” one using the same calls for the people to Jared Shuff “Wake up! Wake up! lyrics while sounding completely different. Wake up!” and make This time, the band decided to a difference in the world. Wildly use this opening track to send a political, the song covers everymessage, with the help of 16-year- thing from climate change to the old climate change activist Greta legalization of marijuana, shouting Thunberg. out for people to stop “f---ing with
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the kids!” Most recently released was “Frail State of Mind”, a song addressing the struggles of social anxiety in an ever-social world. In an interview with “Dazed Magazine”, Healy said that “It is a UK garage, sad, Burial kind of thing about social anxiety, you know, going out.” The song features American jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove, who passed away nearly a year ago. Hargrove had been featured on two other songs from the band’s previous albums. While there are still four months until the release of the album, there are likely to be a few more releases before then. The album will have 22 tracks total.
Jared Shuff is a Buhler sophomore studying Secondary Education
Campus Snatching the crown
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By Laci Sutton Staff Writer
Photos by Bre Rogers/Collegian Jake Brown (left) and Tabitha Barr are the Fall 2019 HutchCC Homecoming winners.
Hear ye, hear ye. The Blue Dragon family has officially crowned new royalty. HutchInson Community College started off Homecoming week with 15 candidate couples, representing various clubs and organizations. Students were able to vote for their top choices. Seven couples were announced as finalists during the afternoon pep assembly on Oct. 16. The seven finalists included The Collegian’s Tabitha Barr and Jake Brown, both sophomores, who represented Student Publications. Brown is a Hutchinson native on the HutchCC baseball team. When Brown was asked to serve as a candidate, he was ecstatic. Being an athlete, the achievement was going to have some scheduling conflicts. “I didn’t want to get in trouble with baseball, so I asked my coaches and as soon as they said it would be all right I was like, ‘Hell yeah, let’s do this,’” Brown said. Before Wednesday’s assembly, Brown didn’t think the duo would make it to the finals. Student Publications rarely has made it past the preliminary round. As their names were called to be finalists, he knew they had
the crowns in the bag. “I just convinced everyone I knew,” Brown said. “I play baseball so I convinced my teammates, and I’m from Hutch, so a lot of people already knew me.” Barr is a Nickerson native, and is The Collegian’s Editor in Chief. For many girls, it’s a dream to win homecoming queen, but for Barr, that’s just not the case. “It’s insane to me. I still don’t understand how it happened,” she said. “I’m honored, but seriously, how?” She was a bundle of nerves through the entire process. As someone who isn’t fond of being in the spotlight, this was way out of her comfort zone. “I knew there was a greater
chance of being a finalist since they were picking seven couples,” Barr said. “But it was still crazy to me that we got in. Jake was the driving force in getting us there. But even still, I felt so much panic in that moment.” There was a mix of emotions between the pair as Brown and Barr were announced as royalty during halftime of the football game. “Yeah, that was pretty cool,” Brown said. “I was kind of laughing at Tabby cause she didn’t really seem too thrilled.” “It didn’t feel real,” Barr said. “I think in that moment, I blanked out. I was honored and I’m not gonna lie, I, for real, love the tiara and bouquet of roses. “I don’t understand why, but I’m glad a media nerd can win homecoming queen.”
HutchCC intramural program gets a makeover By Caleb Spencer Staff Writer
Intramural sports are a great way to get involved in Hutchinson Community College activities and meet new people. On top of this, it’s an easy and fun way for people who aren’t involved in sports to stay fit and active. The appeal of intramural sports has lead to a growth in par-
ticipation over the years. Rex Teh, a sophomore at HutchCC, said he has enjoyed his experience with the different intramural activities. “I met lots of new faces and we definitely built our friendship throughout the season,” Teh said. Teh participated in sand volleyball earlier this semester and plans on continuing
with indoor volleyball. The current intramural program hasn’t been around for long. It has undergone major changes this year. “(There was) flag football and that’s all,” said Katy Spencer, a former HutchCC student that attended the college from 2014 to 2016. Through the last few years, the intramural sports program has grown to include
many different activities. The development of the intramural program can be attributed to Justin Riggs, who organizes each competition for the program. Riggs, who is also the HutchCC cross country coach, has been able to add more and more competitions to the intramural program over the years, with eight different leagues available in this semester alone.
With sand volleyball and flag football ending recently, there are six new competitions starting soon: basketball, indoor volleyball, dodgeball, video games, billiards, and ping pong. Signing up for the different competitions is easy, and you can find more information on the flyers scattered throughout Parker Student Union.
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Hutchinson politics: A look at City Council candidates
By Aaron Strain Webmaster
Elections for city and school offices across the county are ongoing. Advance in-person voting is taking place at the Reno County Courthouse Annex and will end at noon on Nov. 4. The general election will occur Nov. 5 at local polling locations. Information regarding where to vote and who is on your ballot can be found online at myvoteinfo.voteks.org. Five council members govern Hutchinson. Four members are elected by district and serve four-year terms, and one at-large (city-wide) member serves a two-year term. Members select the mayor and vice mayor, set city policy, and hire a city manager, who carries out the policy and laws in the daily business of the city. A brief profile of all City Council candidates follows:
At-large
David Inskeep, 44 Incumbent Mayor, council member since 2015, and insurance agent. Grew up in Hutch and joined the Navy. A supporter of entrepreneurship and small businesses, keeping dollars local. The city is economically “well within means” to improve “antiquated” infrastructure, especially storm and wastewater systems. While not a fan of mill increases, recently, one was needed to prevent workers from leaving the public sector and slowing city services as a result. Supports rental licensing.
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Sara Bagwell, 33 Spent early 20’s living out of her car in California. Poverty gave her an understanding of people at all levels. Holds a master’s degree in Accounting from Emporia State University. Pushes for a business-friendly economy and “conservative values”. Higher taxes drive up the cost of living, hurting the most vulnerable in the community. The city should promote business and generate revenue through cutting taxes, reducing wasteful spending, and, therein, broadening the tax base.
Southeast District
Steve Dechant, 68 Incumbent council member since 2015 and local landlord. Retired after 33 years at Hutchinson Correctional Facility as a Deputy Warden. A working government needs to efficiently provide “infrastructure and safety, quality of life, housing, and business environment and jobs”. Houses are deteriorating at pace or quicker than improvement in some places. Brush Up Hutch, zero-interest improvement loans, and other programs have been positive for housing in the community, but more needs to be done. Supports rental licensing. Steven Garza, 61 Retired Hutchinson traffic signal technician. President of local Service Employees
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International Union. City codes are too restrictive. Wants to “look into ways to retain good employees to ensure that our city is cared for”. Disagrees with rental licensing, which requires landlords to obtain a license from the city per unit annually. Landlords who accept a voluntary inspection of a unit would be eligible for a reduction of the licensing fee the following year.
Northeast District
Jade Piros de Carvalho, 41 Incumbent council member since 2013. Yoga instructor and employee of Ideatek. Grew up disadvantaged in southern Hutchinson. Wants other citizens to have the same access to public services and community resources that made her successful. City leaders are obligated “to protect... tenants especially in marginalized and low-resource parts of our town because a lot of them aren’t yet educated in how to advocate for themselves and are too scared to stand up for their own rights”. Supports rental licensing. The city needs more engagement and social media outreach with citizens. Started county-wide drug task force to address drug addiction. Lovella Kelley, 77 Former nurse and current local business owner.
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Co-founder of Ulster Project Hutchinson and member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Member of the City Public Art Committee who kickstarted the Sculpture Art Walk. Rental licensing is necessary for healthy and safe homes. Supports the development of low-income housing and revitalizing disused houses. The city should inform the community about service events. “One person can make a difference, and; the way you do that is to get involved and become positive about your community… come out and participate”. Joshua Naiman, 38 Owner of 2nd Amendment Tactical in South Hutchinson. Property taxes are too high, and codes stifle local businesses and homeowners. Tax breaks for companies wanting to develop in Hutch are necessary to create well-paying jobs. The city is losing sales tax dollars to residents buying fireworks in South Hutchinson every year and blow them off illegally in Hutchinson. Rules against fireworks in Hutch are therein unenforceable. Does not support rental licensing. Quotes are from candidate interviews with the Hutchinson News on the News’ YouTube channel. Further information on candidates can be found on their respective campaign pages and live-streamed forums on Facebook.
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Economics instructor changes the game By Jake Brown Staff Writer
Almost anytime someone walks into a class in college, they probably don’t say they are excited to be there, let alone learn something that doesn’t entirely pique their interests. That is not the case however for Matt Wilper, an economics instructor at HutchCC. Then a student is told they must take macroeconomics or microeconomics for their major, he or she isn’t generally going say “hell yeah, let’s do this.” Odds are, it will be “why?” and come with a groan. That is where Wilper changes the game. Wilper grew up in the Olathe area He attended college at Washburn University in Topeka, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in sociology. After, he moved on to Baker University in Baldwin City to get his Master’s in Business Administration. After this, he took some courses for a doctorate from Walden University, but did not complete it. Wilper has been an
educator for five years. The first two years, 2015-2017, at Neosho County Community College in Chanute. Then, he moved on to HutchCC for his last three years in the profession. Before that, he used his skills as a Customer Care and Education Manager at HyVee, as well as a produce manager Wilper at a smalltown grocery store. Also worth noting is that he worked part time while at Neosho County, routing deliveries and accounts payable at a furniture store. What makes Wilper special is his ability to engage students in ways that most others do not. “I want students to enjoy economics, that can be difficult,” he said. “So I try to play games, do activities, and have fun in class.” This is something that truly makes his class so special, an environment where you are allowed to be yourself so that you can learn.
LGBT Pride has grown worldwide over decades, while members have fought hard against injustice and prosecution. The movement made its way to Hutchinson in 2018 in the form of Salt City Pride. This festival hosts events and entertainment for every generation and looks to continue its history in the years to come. Hutchinson Community College has also started showing its pride through the Gender Sexuality Alliance and will continue by hosting a drag show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Gallery Theatre at HutchCC’s Stringer Fine Arts Center. This show will be hosted by Starla Nyte, a drag queen located in Wichita, and Miss Salt City Pride 2019 herself,
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About Wilper Five things to know about Matt Wilper 1. Better student, Jake Brown or Brian Skillman? “Both great young men, I’d hate to choose.” (Translation - Jake Brown) 2. Musical Taste Alternative or Country music. Tends to listen to the 90’s and 00’s rap, particularly Outkast. Favorite artist of all time is The Killers. 3. Sports - Big Royals, Chiefs, KU and Blue Dragon basketball fan. Hates professional basketball, “too perfect, no defense.” 4. Beverages Drinks an unhealthy amount of coffee. 5. Thoughts on Brad Hallier? - “He is a great guy, but I’ve heard he has trouble running.” When asked what his favorite thing about teaching was, he said, “Students, I enjoy seeing them succeed.”
Drag show coming to HutchCC By Sam Bailey Staff Writer
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Juju Noir. Starla Nyte has been performing drag for about 10 years and earlier this year helped raise $10,000 at Kansas State University by performing in a drag show KSU hosted. Additional performers for the HutchCC show will include Novacayne DeMornay, Candie Khayne, Fay-taile Raynbow Demornay, Mr. Salt City Pride 2019 Thug Passion, and more. The show is family-friendly and open to all ages. Tickets will be sold at the door for $5, and children ages 5 and under are free. For more information, contact Janelle Voth at poolerj@hutchcc.edu or call 620-665-3515. All proceeds from the show will go towards developing a GSA scholarship fund and other future GSA activities.
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Scenes from fall sports
Photo by Bre Rogers/Collegian Hutchinson Community College’s Morgan Armbrust (3) and Myracle Lettries go up for a block during a match at the Sports Arena against Butler, while Eboni Sapien (4) provides backup.
Photo by Nathan Addis/HutchCC Sports Information Hutchinson Community College’s Shariif Brown looks for a gap in the RPA defense on his way to good gain during the Blue Dragons’ 89-0 win on Oct. 24 at Gowans Stadium.
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Dragons soccer season ends
(Oct. 20-26) Erin Collins, Football
By Bailey Pennycuff Co-Sports Editor
The Hutchinson Community College women’s soccer team faced long-time rival Butler for the first round of the Region 6 Tournament on Saturday. The Grizzlies punched first - it was a hard hit for the Blue Dragons. The Grizzlies scored two goals within the first 13 minutes. In an attempt for a comeback, freshman forward Charvelle Henry scored early in the second half for the Blue Dragons. However, Butler struck again to advance the score to 3-1. Freshman forward Esther Karhayu scored for the Blue Dragons later in the game, but it was not enough to move onto the regional semifinals. The final score was 3-2. Karhayu came close to tying the game with about five minutes remaining in the second half. Butler’s goalkeeper made an outstanding save on Karhayu’s shot, and freshman forward Samantha Vaughn got the rebound. For Hutch’s last shot of the game, Vaughn’s open-net shot just missed. Hutchinson’s record for the 2019 season was 12-4. Volleyball - The volleyball team achieved their third consecutive win on Saturday, against Independence. The Blue Dragons beat the Pirates in three sets, 25-15, 25-16, 25-10, and out-hit them .416-.014. Not only that, but this win was also coach Patrick Hall’s 200th at Hutch. This puts his overall HutchCC coaching record at 200-104. This improved Hutch to 13-17 overall and 9-6 in the Jayhawk West. Freshman middle hitter Jaydin Schake had a career-high match and led the Blue Dragons in kills and attack percentage. She had 15 kills and a whopping .750 attack percentage, which ties her for the 10th highest in Hutch single-match history. Out of her 20 total attacks, she had no errors. Schake was one of four Blue Dragons to hit at least .333 on Saturday. Freshman Katelyn Elstun hit .444 on eight kills. Freshman Camila Espejo and freshman Jenna Thorne hit .333 with five kills. The Blue Dragons closed out
Athlete of the week
Photo by Andy Carpenter/HutchCC Sports Information Eshter Karhayu about to kick the ball in the game against Butler on Saturday.
their 2019 regular season Monday at Barton. The match was a five-set heartbreaker, as Hutch lost 1925, 25-20, 25-21, 187-25, 15-13. Regardless of the turn out on Monday, the win against Independence entitles the Blue Dragons to a home match for the opening round of the 2019 Region 6 tournament on Nov. 7. Men’s Cross Country Sophomores Sylvestre Kibarar and Andrew Kibet displayed top-five Region 6 performances to lead the men’s cross country team on Saturday. Kibarar finished fourth and Kibet finished fifth. Hutchinson had three Top 10 finishes (freshman Teagan Flanagan was 10th) and finished second overall. Cloud County - also in the Jayhawk West - had four runners place in the Top 10. In an attempt to describe the intensity of the Jayhawk West conference, nine of the top ten runners in the region came from the Jayhawk West. Kibarar ran a time of 24:56.17 to place fourth in both the region and conference.
Kibet, the 2018 Region 6 champion, was fifth on Saturday with a time of 25:00.88 For the second straight season,both Kibarar and Kibet earn All-Region VI and All-Jayhawk West honors. Flanagan had another big performance for the Blue Dragons on Saturday, placing 10th in the region and ninth in the conference with an 8,000-meter time of 26:08.06. Flanagan also earned all-region and all-league honors. The Blue Dragons will now compete in the NJCAA Division I Men’s Cross Country National Championship on Nov. 11 in Albuquerque. Women’s Cross Country - Sophomores Sheila Too and Gabby Collins both placed in the top 10 at the Region 6 Cross Country Championship on Saturday to lead No. 15-ranked Hutchinson Community College. The women finished fourth in the regional results, and, the same as the men, were the Jayhawk West runner-up. Too and Collins earned All-Region and All-Jayhawk West honors.
Too finished seventh in the region and third in the conference with a time of 19:57.20. This was the second consecutive year Collins earned all-region and all-league honors. She finished 10th in the region and fifth in the conference with a time of 20:28.17. Football - Ranked at No. 3, Hutchinson Community College viciously defeated RPA on Oct. 23. Nine different Hutch players scored touchdowns throughout the game, resulting in an 89-0 win for the final regular-season home game of the 2019 season. This was the first time in team history the Blue Dragons scored 80 or more points in back-toback games - the Blue Dragons scored 85 points in the game against Dodge City the previous week In the three games HutchCC has played against RPA, the Blue Dragons have outscored the Wildcats 262-0. The lock-down Dragon defense held RPA to 43 yards on 56 carries - an opponent season low. The Wildcats ran for a negative-1 yard for the night.
The week: Collins didn’t see much of the ball in an 89-0 thrashing of RPA, but when he Collins did, he made the most of his chances. Collins carried the ball five times for 81 yards, and he scored three touchdowns. Collins scored the game’s first two touchdowns on runs of 12 and 3 yards, and he added a 50-yard burst to the end zone in the second quarter, helping the Blue Dragons build a 75-0 halftime lead. The season: Collins, a sophomore running back from Plant City, Florida, has been one of many talented runners the Blue Dragons have in a deep backfield. In eight games this season, Collins has rushed 63 times for 308 yards and five touchdowns. He also averages 4.9 yards per carry. He had a season-best 99 yards and a touchdown during a 49-7 win at Coffeyville.
New era with Andonovski By Adam Kolb Co-Sports Editor
The name Vlatko Andonovski may not seem familiar to many sports fans, but it’s definitely a familiar name for Hutchinson Community College women’s soccer coach Sammy Lane. Vlatko Andonovski and Lane knew each other back when they were both starting their professional soccer careers with the Wichita Wings, an indoor soccer team. Vlatko also knows HutchCC assistant Jim Ross from coaching club ball in Kansas City. “It’s pretty cool, because I drove him to practice,” Lane said.
Not only did Lane drive Andonovski to practice, but he also helped teach Andonovski English as well. Andonovski was born in North Macedonia, and was the coach for Lane Reign FC in the National Women’s Soccer League. He previously coached FC Kansas City in the NWSL and the Kansas City Comets in the Major Arena Soccer League. Now, Andonovski will become the new head coach for the United States women’s national soccer team, argu-
ably the best women’s soccer team in the world and current World Cup champion. It’s an amazing story that Andonovski, a person from North Macedonia, can make it big Andonovski in American soccer and become the head coach for the World Cup champions. “He’s everything that’s great about this country,” Lane said. “It’s everything that’s cool about sports.” Andonovski started a new era of U.S. women’s soccer on Monday, and has
already gotten praise from the stars of the team, like Morgan Brian and Megan Rapinoe. Some of these players he has coached before, so there’s a sense of familiarity there. “He’s a great tactical mind, and a soccer genius, is what I’ve heard”, said U.S. midfielder Morgan Brian in an article on espn.com. “So I think it would be a great fit”. While this is a great accomplishment for Andonovski, Lane couldn’t help but be a little surprised. I think even he was surprised,” Lane said with a smile. “I’m happy for him, and happy to be connected with him”.
Blue Dragon sports schedules, results. All home games, events in caps. Basketball, men Non-conference
Nov. 1, vs. Eastern Oklahoma St., at Liberal, 4 p.m. Nov. 2, vs. Midland, Texas at Liberal, 4 p.m. Nov 8, MURRAY ST., 7:30 p.m. Nov. 9, LABETTE, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11, NE OKLAHOMA A&M, 7 p.m. Nov. 15, vs. Monroe, N.Y. at Great Bend, 3 p.m. Nov. 16, vs.Iowa Western at Great Bend, 3 p.m. Nov. 19, HESSTON, 7 p.m.
Basketball, women Non-conference
Nov. 2, WASHBURN JV, 7 p.m. Nov. 8, WESTERN NEBRASKA, 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 9, NE OKLAHOMA A&M, 5:30 p.m. Nov. 12, HESSTON, 6 p.m. Nov. 15, vs. Labette at Great Bend, 1 p.m. Nov. 16, vs. Jefferson, Mo., at Great Bend, 1:30 p.m. Nov. 21, vs. New Mexico JC at Council Bluffs, Iowa, 5 p.m. Nov. 23, at Iowa Western, 5 p.m.
Cross country
Nov. 9, at NJCAA Championships
Football
Aug, 22, at Ellsworth, W 41-16 Aug. 31, INDEPENDENCE, W 31-21 Sept. 7, at Iowa Western, W 34-27 Sept. 14, at Fort Scott, W 27-7 Sept. 28, BUTLER, W 35-27 Oct. 5, at Highland, L 29-27 Oct. 12, COFFEYVILLE, W 49-7
Oct. 19, DODGE CITY, W 85-3 Oct. 24, RPA, W 89-0 Nov. 2, at Garden City, 1 p.m. Nov. 9, at Iowa Central, noon
Oct. 16, at Pratt, W 4-0 Oct. 19, CLOUD COUNTY, L 3-1 Oct. 26, BUTLER*, L 3-2 * - Region 6 Tournament
Oct. 30-Nov. 1, at NJCAA National Preview
Aug. 23, vs. Pima, L 3-0 Aug. 23, at New Mexico Military, L 3-1 Aug. 24, vs. South Mountain, W 3-1 Aug. 24, vs. Odessa, L 3-1 Aug. 30, DODGE CITY, W 3-0 Sept. 2, GARDEN CITY, W 3-0 Sept. 7, SEWARD COUNTY, L 3-0 Sept. 11, at Pratt, W 3-2 Sept. 16, BARTON, L 3-2 Sept. 18, at Colby, L 3-1 Sept. 20, NAVARRO, L 3-0 Sept. 20, JEFFERSON, L 3-1 Sept. 21, MINERAL AREA, W 3-0 Sept. 21, INDIAN HILLS, W 3-2 Sept. 23, at Butler, L 3-0
Golf
Soccer
Aug. 24, INDIAN HILLS, L 1-0 Aug. 30, REDLANDS, W 13-0 Sept. 7, at Barton, W 2-0 Sept. 11, at Garden City, W 2-0 Sept. 14, HESSTON, W 19-0 Sept. 18, at Dodge City, W 3-0 Sept. 21, PRATT, W 5-0 Sept. 25, at Cloud County, L 2-1 Oct. 2, BARTON, W 2-0 Oct. 5, GARDEN CITY, W 3-0 Oct. 9, at Hesston, W 8-0 Oct. 12, DODGE CITY, W 6-0
Volleyball
Sept. 25, at Independence, W 3-0 Sept. 27, vs. Missouri State-West Plains, W 3-0 Sept. 27, at Tyler, Texas, L 3-0 Sept. 28, vs. Panola, Texas, L 3-0 Oct. 1, at Dodge City, W 3-0 Oct. 7, PRATT, W 3-1 Oct. 9, at Seward County, L 3-1 Oct. 11, vs. Jefferson, L 3-2 Oct. 11, vs. Tyler, L 3-0 Oct. 12, vs. Indian Hills, L 3-0 Oct. 12, at Missouri State-West Plains, L 3-1 Oct. 16, COLBY, L 3-2 Oct. 19, at Garden City, W 3-0 Oct. 23, BUTLER, W 3-0 Oct. 26, INDEPENDENCE, W 3-0 Oct. 28, at Barton, L 3-2 Nov. 5, BUTLER*, 6:30 p.m. * - Region 6 Tournament