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2024 Red Demon Summer Camps
WAC Track & Field Information
Dodge City High School will host the 2024 WAC Track & Field Championships on Thursday, May 9, at Memorial Stadium. This year’s meet will be the 38th year for the event in the 40-year history of the Western Athletic Conference. The meet was cancelled in 2004 due to inclement weather, and 2020 due to COVID.
The Memorial Stadium track complex includes an 8-lane synthetic surface and 2,500 seats on each side of the facility for teams and spectators. The finish line is located on the northeast section of the track. Concessions will be located on the west side of the Stadium.
In 2023, Great Bend won the girl’s title for the second consecutive year and the seventh time overall. Liberal has collected 13 titles, Garden City has won seven titles, Dodge City and Hays have each won four titles.
On the boy’s side, Hays also won the title for the second consecutive year, and the tenth time overall. Liberal has won the title 19 times, while Dodge City has won four titles, including the inaugural meet championship in 1985. Garden City has won one title (2016), and Great Bend won the boys title in 2009.
Liberal holds the record for most championships (13 Girls /11 straight); (19 Boys/16 straight). Liberal also holds the record for most meet “sweeps” with 11 consecutive. Dodge City was the last school to sweep the meet (2019).
More Meet Information
Order of Events
Live Timing and Results
About the Programs
Liberal holds the record amongst WAC schools for most State Track & Field Championships, both boys and girls.
The Redskins won the State Track and Field& Field Title for 14 consecutive seasons from 1991-2004. The Lady Redskins have won the State Title 12 times and consecutive seasons from 1994-2004.
Great Bend won the Boys State Title in 1970 & 1972. The Lady Panthers have won the State Title five times, most recently in 2007.
The Hays Lady Indians won the State Title in 1989, while the boy’s program has collected six titles, including a run of four straight from 2010-2013. Garden City boys won two track titles in 1945 & 1946. No WAC school has ever won a 6A title.
Defending Champions
While the Great Bend Girls and Hays Boys enter the meet as the favorites to repeat as Team Champions, there are several individuals who are also defending their WAC Titles from 2023.
A full preview of this year’s contenders, with defending champions highlighted, can be found here.
Western Athletic Conference Votes to Implement Shot Clock
New rule will take effect next season for both boy and girls varsity basketball
The five members schools of the Western Athletic Conference have voted to implement a 35-second shot clock for the 2024-25 basketball season. The KSHSAA recently announced that schools would be given the option to adopt this new rule for a trial basis for next season. Leagues from all over Kansas have been discussing this rule change for several years and have until the fall to make a final decision.
However, the WAC administrators moved quickly for approval to allow for purchase of new equipment, acclimation during the summer months for their programs, and the need to communicate the rule
change with other schools that will be competing against WAC schools – including tournaments.
According to the KSHSAA website, “member high schools in all classifications have the option to utilize the shot clock for all home boys’ and girls’ basketball games at the varsity level. If a school chooses to use the shot clock, they will do so for all regular season varsity games. This includes any regular season varsity tournament games hosted by the school. If schools opt into the trial, the shot clock must be used by both girls’ and boys’ varsity teams. The shot clock will not be utilized in any classification for any round of the 2024-2025 post-season.”
The newest facilities in the WAC (Garden City & Hays) are already, or will be, equipped with shot-clocks and LED-lit score boards. The remaining schools will have to purchase shot-clocks for at least their main gyms. For schools hosting varsity tournaments, all facilities must have shot clocks installed. According to the current WAC President, Jay Gifford of Dodge City, the decision was not too difficult for the schools as there seemed to be no hesitation from any of the head coaches in the conference. Gifford also cited the amount of research and observation that has occurred to give the schools confidence in the fact that this rule change has the ability to improve the quality of games and align Kansas with several states that have already made the change.
Following the 2024-25 season, the KSHSAA Executive Board will consider future adoption of the shot clock for regular and postseason basketball games.
43rd Annual FCA Breakfast Featuring Ty Zimmerman
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Dodge City High School – 8:30 am
Sponsored by SUNFLOWER BANK
Dodge City High School Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) and the TOC are excited to announce Ty Zimmerman as the 43rd Annual FCA Breakfast speaker for the 81st Annual TOC.
Ty Zimmerman is currently FCA’s Area Director serving North Central Kansas.
As a graduate of Junction City High School, Ty played football for Kansas State University from 2010-2013 and had a short stint with the New Orleans Saints in 2014. After his playing career ended, he stayed in the world of sports, teaching and coaching in Junction City.
His father, Randall Zimmerman, has been the head football coach at Junction City for the past thirty years. It was during this time that he truly began a relationship with Jesus, and began to have a desire towards full time ministry.
God led me to FCA, where I get to merge my background in athletics and my newfound life with Jesus in such a cool way. It’s a great joy to know and follow Jesus, and an even greater joy to see other people come to know and follow Jesus. FCA gives me a platform for that!”
– Ty Zimmerman
Ty travels the state of Kansas encouraging high school students with his personal testimony and the good news message of hope and purpose.
Ty married his high school sweetheart, Mandy. They have two children: Brinley, and Ezra. The Zimmermans love spending time together as a family, having random dance sessions in their living room, and being outside in God’s beautiful creation.
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased at the door the morning of the event.
The Boot Hill FCA exists solely to help provide an inspirational program and breakfast for the teams competing in the Tournament of Champions.
For over 40 years, the FCA Breakfast has been part of the tradition of the TOC. On top of the generous support of Sunflower Bank, this organization relies on donations from local businesses and individuals to keep the breakfast free of charge for the teams competing in the tournament each year.
Anyone interested in donating to the Boot Hill FCA can contact Jay Gifford at Dodge City High School for details. FCA is an EFCA accredited ministry.
81st Annual Tournament of Champions
The longest running high school invitational boys’ basketball tournament west of the Mississippi is back for year 81! The Tournament of Champions has aged well with a lot of great basketball played in Dodge City over the past eighty years.
This year’s tournament will follow the normal Thursday through Saturday format. Games will begin on Thursday with Dodge City tipping off against Maize at 7p. On Saturday, the Championship game will tip off at 5p. All games will be played at the United Wireless Arena.
Another T.O.C. tradition that will return this year is the FCA Breakfast – held on Saturday morning at 8:30am at Dodge City High School. This year’s speaker is former All-American from Kansas State University – Ty Zimmerman. Tickets will be available at the door – the morning of the event.
The Dodge City Pep Band, Drill Team, and Cheerleaders will perform at all Dodge City games with special performances throughout the tournament. The National Anthem will be performed by DCHS students before each session.
Centura | CommonSpirit – St. Catherine Hospital of Dodge City continues to be the Official Tournament Sponsor and will participate in the Championship Trophy presentation on Saturday night.
Other awards include: medals presented to Top 3 Teams, Sportsmanship medals – presented by the Lions Club, All-Tournament Basketball Team – presented by DCHS Alumni Association, Most Inspirational Player – presented by DCHS, and All-Academic Awards – presented by the Rotary Club.
All tournament games will be live streamed on the NFHS Network. Reserved seating tickets are on sale now at the United Wireless Arena Box Office. DCHS Student Tickets are on sale at the DCHS Athletic Office.
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