Michael L. Hurt, 66, of Hutchinson, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2018, at his home. He was born January 13, 1952, to Leo Jr. and Tena (Stringos) Hurt, in Hutchinson.
Michael married Barbara Dellinger (Amstutz). They shared nearly 30 years together. She survives.
Other survivors include: daughters, Angela Hurt and Melanie Martinez, both of Hutchinson; stepdaughter, Jennifer Dellinger of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Ava Martinez, Ashlea and Alexis Griffith, all of Hutchinson, Stormy Thompson of Ellsworth, Mackenzie Minner, and Mallory and Daylan Martinez; great-grandchildren, Zeke and Ariel King of Hutchinson; sister, Kris Hicks of Arizona; stepbrother, Jay Blaine of Illinois; beloved cat, Smoky; and other relatives and friends.
He loved his Harley-Davidson motorcycles and riding his mini bikes. He was dearly loved by all.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at Elliott Mortuary, with Perry Nolan officiating. Friends may sign the book from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Elliott Mortuary. Burial will take place at a later date in Ransom Cemetery, Ransom, KS. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.
Richard Caldwell Cash, 83, of Hutchinson, died Wednesday, October 17, 2018. He was born November 30, 1934, at Gaffney, SC, to Newton Loren and Mrytle (Painter) Cash.
Richard was a member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. He served in the United States Air Force, and was a mechanic for Dillons Bakery for 35 years, retiring in 1995.
On August 18, 1957, he married Beverly Ann Schepmann, in Hutchinson. She survives.
Other survivors are: son, Joel of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Nick Cash of Wichita, Rachel Diepenbrock and husband A.J. of Phoenix, AZ, Kyle Shelton of Hutchinson; two nephews; and many cousins.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; daughter, Anne Shelton; and sisters, Lorene, Martha, and Betty.
Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, 407 E. 12th Avenue, Hutchinson, with Pastor Henry Blickhahn presiding. Burial will follow at 2 p.m. in St. Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery, Holyrood, with military honors conducted by McConnell Air Force Base Honor Guard. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, with family present from 6 to 7 p.m. at Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, Hutchinson. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the church or Salvation Army, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.
Tara Davis had seven kills and five blocks to carry the Blue Dragon Volleyball team to a 3-1 win over Dodge City on Friday. Photo courtesy of Bre Rogers, Blue Dragon Sports Information.
DODGE CITY, Kan. — The Hutchinson Community College volleyball team racked up 11 team blocks over the final three sets as the Blue Dragons rallied to defeat Dodge City on Friday night at the Dodge City Student Activities Center.
The Blue Dragons dropped the first set, but rallied to win 22-25, 25-15, 25-16, 25-11.
Now 16-14 overall, Hutchinson solidifies its hold on third place in the Jayhawk West at 10-4. The Blue Dragons have two league matches remaining – at Barton on Monday and home on Wednesday against Independence.
The Blue Dragons had 16 overall errors and just one block against a much-improved Dodge City team in a first set loss to the Conquistadors. That win by Dodge City snapped a run of 46 consecutive set wins by the Blue Dragons over the Conquistadors. The last set win by Dodge City over Hutchinson was the fourth set in 2011.
After the first set, though, it was all Blue Dragons, who put up 11 team blocks in sets 2, 3 and 4. Elena Takova led the way with seven block assists. Tara Davis had five block assists and Delilah Vigil had four block assists.
Takova had a match-high 11 kills on .273 hitting. She had two errors in 33 attacks.
Eden Hiebert had nine kills and hit .160 on 25 attacks. Hiebert also had eight digs and two services aces.
Davis hit .600 with seven kills on 10 total attacks. Vigil had six kills on .417 hitting.
Brailey Moeder’s skills sparked a second-half comeback for a Blue Dragon lead to a 4-3 win at Cloud County. Photo courtesy of Blue Dragon Sports Information.
CONCORDIA, Kan. — In what could arguably be called the craziest final 15 minutes to a game in Hutchinson Community College women’s soccer history, sophomore Brailey Moeder sparked one of the best comebacks the program has ever had.
Down a goal to Cloud County with less than 15 minutes remaining in the second half, Moeder scored three goals in a span of five minutes, four seconds and then the Blue Dragons had to hold on for a 4-3 victory over the Thunderbirds at Concordia High School.
The Blue Dragons won their fifth-consecutive game and finished the 2018 regular season at 13-2-1, 11-2-1 in the Jayhawk West.
Hutchinson also got a bit of revenge on the Thunderbirds. One year ago, Cloud County defeated Hutchinson in the season finale preventing the Blue Dragons from a Jayhawk West title. With Hutchinson defeating Cloud County on Saturday, combined with Barton’s win over Northwest Tech, the Cougars moved past the Thunderbirds for the 2018 league championship.
The Blue Dragons led 1-0 at halftime when Ashley Venegas blasted a 22-yard shot from a sharp angle left of the goal into the upper right corner for her team-high 14th goal of the season. Both Moeder and Naomi Waithira were credited with assists.
Early in the second half, Cloud County took a 2-1 lead with a pair of goals from Fernanda Peinedo just two minutes, 15 seconds apart. With less than 15 minutes remaining, the Blue Dragon comeback began.
Venegas started it all with a long run up the middle of the field and played a pass toward Moeder near the top of the box. Both teams initially overran the ball. Moeder was the first to get to the ball and she blasted a shot from about 22 yards out to tie the game with 14:24 to play in the second half.
About 4 mintues later, Waithira jumped a passing lane and intercepted the ball. She then played a long pass to Moeder, who shot on the run and Cloud’s Alanya Hannagan made the save, but didn’t control the rebound. Moeder sprinted past her and scored with her left foot to give Hutch a 3-2 lead with 10:29 remaining.
One minute, 9 seconds later, Kaitlyn Sabala was taken down in the box and a penalty kick was awarded. Moeder took it a completed her second career hat trick with 9:20 remaining and Hutch led 4-2.
Cloud County immediate went on the attack. The Thunderbirds were awarded a penalty kick with 6:51 left, but Ingrid Castro missed high. With 2:17 left the Dragons were called for a hand ball in the penalty box and Castro made good on it to cut the Dragon lead to 4-3.
The Thunderbirds continued to press. Hutchinson was called for a foul. The T-Birds’ free kick was deflected over the cross ball. With 48 seconds left, Hutchinson was called for another foul and that free kick missed wide right.
Moeder’s performance helped her move up three Blue Dragon career charts.
Her three goals gives her 31 for her career, which moves Moeder into eighth place past Pearl Slattery and Madison Joyce. Her 23 career assists tied her for eighth with Danielle Sheehy. Moeder’s 85 points tied her for 10th with Slattery. This was Moeder’s fifth career game-winning goal.
Blue Dragon goalkeeper Taylor Camp (11-2-1) made seven saves in the victory as Cloud County outshot Hutchinson 17-10.
Hutchinson, the third seed from the Jayhawk West, travels to Johnson County on Thursday to open the Region VI Tournament.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The 16 teams to qualify for the Kansas State High School Activities Association Class 4A and Class 3A State Volleyball Championships have been determined and the pairings have been released.
The Hutchinson Sports Arena will be the host site for the 4A and 3A volleyball championships, which begins this Friday, Oct. 26 with pool play in both classes. The semifinals, consolation and championship matches will be on Saturday, Oct. 27.
Class 4A will open the action on Friday and Independence (37-2) is the top seed. Chanute (33-6) is the second seed.
Independence will play in Pool A with fourth seed Rose Hill (31-6), fifth seed Louisburg (32-8) and eighth seed Topeka Hayden (21-17).
Chanute will be paired in Pool B with third seed Andale (32-6), sixth seed Wichita Trinity (22-15) and seventh seed Biship Miege (21-16).
The 4A session on Friday begins at 8:30 a.m. with the top two teams from each pool advance to Saturday’s 10 a.m. semifinals. The championship and consolation matches will be at 11:30 a.m. or 20 minutes after the last semifinal match is completed.
Burlington (37-3) is the top seed in Class 3A. Beloit (34-4) is the No. 2 seed.
Burlington will be in Pool A with No. 4-seed Nemaha Central (35-8), fifth-seed Hesston (30-7) and eighth seed Hoisington (16-24).
Pool B will have Beloit, third seed Silver Lake (32-6), sixth seed Belle Plaine (32-8) and seventh seed Frontenac (31-10).
Pool play for Class 3A begins at 3:30 a.m. on Friday with the top two pool teams from each pool meet in the semifinals at 2 p.m. on Saturday with the championship and consolation matches starting at 3:30 p.m. or 20 minutes after the last semifinal match is completed.
DODGE CITY, Kan. — The No. 4 Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons used the legs of Dezmon Jackson and the defense of Monty Montgomery to make quick work of the Dodge City Conquistadors Saturday afternoon.
Jackson and Montgomery entered the day as reigning players of the week offensively and defensively, respectively.
Both made the case to be player of the week again.
Jackson opened the Blue Dragon scoring with an 81-yard scamper less than four minutes into the contest.
Jackson found the end zone for the sixth straight game.
But the Jayhawk’s back-to-back offensive player of the week wasn’t done.
On a fourth-and-one late in the second quarter, Jackson broke free for a 24-yard romp.
Jackson finished the day with 157 yards on 17 touches. Saturday proved to be Jackson’s third multi-touchdown game; his fourth straight with 130-plus rushing yards; and fourth straight with a 44-plus yard rush.
The Dragons are now 5-0 when Jackson carries the ball for 132-plus yards.
In between Jackson’s TD runs, Monty Montgomery provided an exhilarating strip-six.
On what appeared to be a routine run from Dodge City’s Anthony Watkins, Montgomery came away with the ball and took it to the house.
The ball never hit the ground. Montgomery slowed Watkins with the initial contact, then snatched the ball from the running back and waltzed 20 yards into the end zone.
TOUCHDOWN DRAGONS: Monty Montgomery steals the ball right out of the hands of a Dodge City back and returns it 20 yards for a defensive TD. Dragons lead 14-0 with 4:25 to go in the 1st
Montgomery now has back-to-back games with a defensive touchdown.
Much like Jackson: Montgomery wasn’t done.
With nearly five minutes gone in the third and the Dragons leading 28-0, Montgomery picked off Drew Harris and completed a 28-yard pick-six.
Just before Montgomery’s second stellar defensive play, Mason Schucker found Jaylen Erwin on a 23-yard pass.
It was one of the few bright spots for Schucker, who had not thrown a TD since Sept. 29 at Butler.
Schucker finished the day 9 of 23 for 111 yards. He had the one touchdown to Erwin and threw two interceptions.
Dodge City’s quarterback Drew Harris had a rough day, too.
The Dragons intercepted Harris three times. He completed only 7 of his 27 attempts for 138 yards.
The Dragons held the Conquistadors to just 2 of 15 on third down.
If not for a long run by Watkins late in the third, the Dragons would have kept the Conquistador run game to 52 yards.
However, after being held in check through nearly three quarters, Watkins broke free for Dodge City’s only touchdown of the game. It was, perhaps, the only mental lapse by the Dragon defense.
Four Dragon defenders swarmed to Watkins at the line of scrimmage, he appeared to be stopped. Just when the play seemed over, Watkins broke free for a 61-yard TD run.
Sebastian Garcia added a 40-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to give Hutchinson a 38-7 advantage.
The Dragons started cycling in reserves.
Nolan Arrington, Arian Strong and Khalil McClain all got a chance to take snaps from center.
McClain entered the day as Hutchinson’s leading receiver. He caught three balls Saturday for 68 yards. He’s also dazzled with other facets of his game. It’s hard to find a category on the stat sheet where the former high school quarterback doesn’t appear. He has a passing touchdown, a tackle, a kick return and rushing attempts to his credit this season.
The last category is the only place he has struggled this year. McClain entered the game with negative-4 yards rushing.
McClain changed that against the Conquistadors.
He helped the Dragons run out the clock with 33 yards on the ground and a first down.
Before McClain was called upon to run out the clock, Drake Bolus showed his speed with a 55-yard run to the Dodge City 4. He promptly capped off that 10-play, 79-yard drive with a 4-yard TD burst.
FINAL: Hutchinson 45 Dodge City 7
Coach Rhoades talked about the upcoming game against Garden City after the bye week and how it will challenge the Dragon defense:
No. 4 Hutchinson Community College (8-1, 6-0) will play No. 2 Garden City (7-0, 4-0) on Nov. 3. Kickoff is set for noon at Gowans Stadium.
The Broncbusters defeated the Highland Scotties Saturday 51-31.
WICHITA, Kan. — The Hutchinson Salthawks fell to the Haysville Campus Colts Friday night 49-12.
The Colts scored two touchdowns in the first quarter. The second touchdown was scored by Noah Maldonado, who caught a 38-yard TD pass. Quickly, the Colts led 14-0.
Cameron Harvey scored the Colts third touchdown in the second quarter to extend the advantage to 21-0.
Patrick Graebner scored a touchdown on the last play of the first half for Hutchinson. The extra point was well wide. Campus led 21-6 at the half.
Campus needed just nine plays to score three touchdowns in the first half. Meanwhile, the Salthawks ran 43 plays and managed just six points.
The Colts scored two more touchdowns in the third to extend their lead.
With four minutes to go in the third quarter, Hutchinson’s Trevor Rhoades ran the ball in from 1 yard out to make the score 35-12.
Haysville Campus scored once more in the third to make it 42-12.
With 11 minutes to go, the Colts’ Quinton Hicks scored the last touchdown of the night to make the final score 49-12.
Coach Mike Vernon said his team was frustrated:
Hutchinson High (2-6) will play Topeka High (7-1) next Friday, Oct. 26.
Trinity’s quarterback Kaleb Hammeke runs the ball against Chaparral.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Trinity Celtics defeated the Chaparral Roadrunners 26-22.
Trinity put the first points on the board to go up 6-0.
Each team scored in the second quarter, but Trinity maintained the lead. The Celtics successfully scored a touchdown and two-point conversion to make the score 14-0.
The Roadrunners scored their first touchdown in the last two minutes against the Celtics to make it 14-7.
With only a few seconds before the break, Chaparral scored another touchdown to tie the game at 14.
Chaparral put up the only points of the third quarter and went ahead 22-14.
Trinity bounced back with two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to get the victory over Chaparral.
Central Christian’s Garrett Burns runs toward the end zone trying to dodge Cardinal defenders. Burns scored three touchdowns in the first quarter.
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Central Christian Cougars sailed past the South Haven Cardinals in Friday night’s game 64-12.
Central Christian’s tight end Adam Hall scored the game’s first touchdown less than a minute into the contest.
The Cougars scored again when Garrett Burns ran into the end zone. With 8:27 left in the first quarter, Central Christian was up 12-0.
Only seconds after the Cougar touchdown, Cardinal Taylor Mclain took the return and was tackled by Deonis Coon less than 10 yards from pay dirt. South Haven scored its first touchdown to make the score 12-6 with 8:13 left in the first quarter.
With 7:17 remaining in the first quarter, the Cougars’ Garrett Burns scored his second touchdown of the night to put Central Christian up 20-6.
Two minutes later, the Cougars intercepted a pass from the Cardinals to push the score to 28-6.
Central Christian’s Marshall Walton scored a touchdown with 2:30 left before the second quarter to make it 34-6.
The third touchdown for Garrett Burns in the first quarter made it 42-6.
Central Christian scored 22 more points against South Haven, who couldn’t seem to find the end zone.
The Cougars (6-2) are district runner-up and will play at home next week.
