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Both Red Demon Cross Country teams win Salina Invite

October 11, 2016 By DCHS Sports

DCHS Cross Country runners take first

Three Demon golfers earn state berth

By: John Zetmeir

CROSS COUNTRY

Both the Dodge City High School boys and girls cross country teams took first place at the Salina Invitational on Saturday.

The Red Demon boys dominated the competition with a team score of 26. Dodge City had five runners finish in the top-10 with senior Marcelo Cruz leading the way with a third place finish. Jason Luft and Javier Marquez rounded out the top five while seniors Brett Groth and Alex Ultreras finished sixth and eighth.

Saturday’s first place finish in Salina

Red Demons have taken first place as a team at a meet this fall.

The Red Demon girls were led by senior Coral Neave who finished fifth and sophomore Ayanna Hensley finishing just behind her. Dodge City finished with 47 team points. America Garcia, Luz Lopez and Lucy Lozaro all finished in the top-20.

Dodge City will host the Western Athletic Conference championship meet this Thursday. Both the boys and girls team won WAC titles last season. The Dodge City girls are looking for their third-straight conference championship.

Boys X-Country outruns pack in Newton

October 4, 2016 By DCHS Sports

The Dodge City High School boys cross country team won their third meet this season over the weekend.

The Red Demons scored 51 tea m points at the Newton Invite on Saturday to take first place ahead of Topeka Washburn Rural who finished with 88 points.

Seniors Marcelo Cruz, Jason Luft and Alex Ultreras all finished in the top-10 with Cruz leading the way by finishing in fifth. Javier Marquez and Brett Groth also placed in the top-20.

The Dodge City girls placed fifth amongst the 13 team field at Newton on Saturday. Sophomore Ayanna Hensley led the way with a ninth place finish. Seniors Coral Neave and America Garcia both placed in the top-30 individually.

The cross country teams will have just one meet left before hosting the Western Athletic Conference championships on Oct. 13. Both of the Red Demon teams won WAC titles last season. The girls team is going for their third straight conference championship.

By: John Zetmeir, Dodge City Daily Globe

X-Country at Stillwater and Lawrence

September 27, 2016 By DCHS Sports

The Dodge City girls finished in the middle of the pack on Saturday at the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Oklahoma as they placed 17th out of the 33 team field.

Sophomore Ayanna Hensley was the Red Demons fastest runner on the day by finishing 60th overall and earning 58 team points. Senior Coral Neave and Luz Lopez also placed in the top 100.

In Lawrence, the Dodge City boys earned an 11th place finish among a field of 43 teams from all around the midwest in the gold division race at Rim Rock.

Senior Marcelo Cruz placed 59th while teammate Javier Marquez finished just behind him at 69th.

Both of the cross country teams will travel to Newton on Saturday.

Other team members:
Girls – Chia Okoro 118, Lucy Lozano 119, Alessa Cargnino 127, America Garcia 134
Boys – Jason Luft 88, Alex Ultreras 92, Brett Groth 113, Liam Scott 170, Jose Rodriguez 190.

9/15 RED DEMON ROUNDUP

September 16, 2016 By DCHS Sports

Red Demons shine in Hays

By: John Zetmeir

Boys soccer

In their first week of Western Athletic Conference play, the Dodge City High School boys soccer team looked just as dominant as they did a year ago when they did not drop a league game.

The Red Demons (6-0, 2-0) defeated Hays 9-0 on Thursday in Hays to finish up the six-game road stretch that they started the season on. Dodge City is at the top of the WAC standings after wins over Liberal and Hays.

Six Red Demons got on the score sheet with Tony De La Torre, Mario Martinez and Josue Castillo leading the way with two goals each. Eddie Del Toro, Diego Olivares and Joshua DonJuan added a goal as well.

Dodge City will play in front of its home crowd for the first time this season on Tuesday when they host Garden City. The Buffaloes fell to Liberal 3-2 on Thursday.

Cross country

The Dodge City boys cross country team took first place for their second straight meet with a team win in Hays on Thursday with a team score of 25.

Five Red Demons finished in the top-11 as senior Marcelo Cruz won the individual first place medal for the second meet in a row as well. Jason Luft and Javier Marquez both finished in the top-five.

The Dodge City girls took second in the class 5A-6A race and fourth overall with a 41 team points. Senior Coral Neave finished in the fourth with a time of 21:18.17 while sophomore Ayanna Hensley finished sixth to give Dodge City two top-10 finishers.

Both teams will have a little more than a week off before their next race on Sept. 24. The boys will go to Lawrence while the girls team travel to Stillwater, Okla.

Girls golf

The Dodge City girls golf team bounced back from a rough outing in Garden City with a fifth place finish in Eisenhower on Thursday amongst an 11-team field.

Chesney Moore and Makena Konrade led the Red Demons with scores of 49. Just behind the two leaders was senior Emily Stephenson who shot a 50.

The Dodge City girls will travel to Liberal next Thursday to tee off against their Western Athletic Conference foes Liberal, Great Bend, Hays and Garden City.

Other scores, Ali Phelps 53, Alexis Ontiberos 65, Olivia Gregg 70.

Saturday 9/10 Sports Review

September 13, 2016 By DCHS Sports

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

The Red Demon runners took first place on Saturday at the Wolf Creek Classic in Perryton, Texas.

Ayanna Hensley took first place with a time of 13:11.81 and senior Coral Neave finished in third with a time of 13:22.81. Four Red Demons finished in the top-20. Dodge City’s junior varsity squad also took first place in the junior varsity race.

“We ran much more as a team this week which showed in our results,” head coach Brian Lenz said. “It was good to go to Texas and pick up a win.”

The Dodge City girls cross country team will try to build on their first place finish over the weekend when they travel to Hays on Thursday. The meet will begin at Fort Hays State University at 4:30 p.m

Other scores

Marissa Ramirez 11, Luz Lopez 12, Taylor Pence 17, America Garcia 18, Alessia Cargnino 22, Lucy Lozano 27, Chira Okoro 31, Shahira Sanchez 36, Jaclyn Vargas 38, Caroline Williams 42, Bella Rodriguez 49, Karen Umana 52.

GIRLS TENNIS

In their second competition of the season, the Dodge City High School girls tennis team scored 65 points at the Great Bend Invitational which earned them the overall team title.

Junior Leah Stein in the No. 1 singles bracket and senior Daniela Villareal in the No. 2 singles bracket both took home first place medals.

The No. 2 doubles team of Siarra Grice and Abigail Argumedo also earned a first place finish while Hannah Sowers and Marin Dameron earned second place in the No. 1 doubles pool. Garden City finished in second place with 47 total points.

The Red Demons will be in action twice this week as they travel to Goddard on Tuesday before returning home to host the Dodge City Invitational on Thursday.