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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).
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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.
A Career Sweep!
Red Demons 13 Buffaloes 3 – WAC Baseball
Garden City – The Dodge City Red Demon baseball team roster includes seven seniors. And while they each bring something different to the plate for Head Coach Zach Shipley – they all have one thing in common – they have never lost a high school varsity game to rival Garden City. “This group of seniors has found a way to beat Garden City in almost every way. Not all of them played varsity as Freshman, but a couple have played in all nine games. It is something that will bring a smile to their face when they look back on their time at DCHS.”, said Shipley.
On a perfect day for baseball, the Red Demons jumped on the Buffaloes early – sending nine batters to the plate in the first inning. Remmington Miller (hitting .386 for the season) led off the game with a single up the middle against Garden City starter Evan Finch. Sophomore Ty Scheck reached on an infield single before Arec Mendoza (hitting .404 for the season) singled in Miller for the first run of the game. Kaden Webb (hitting .333 on the season) singled in Xavier Fernandez with two outs to keep the first inning ambush going. A Mars Ruiz double to the fence pushed the lead to four. Ruiz would eventually score on a passed ball with Layton Blatnick at the plate to cap off a 5-run first inning.
The top of the third resembled the top of the first for the Demons – with a couple of walks sprinkled in to from the Buffalo pitching staff. Webb led off the inning with a single, followed by a walk to Ruiz and a run scoring fielder’s choice by sophomore Elijah Weber. Blatnick singled to keep the line moving and was joined in the hit parade by Scheck (single) and Mendoza (double). Webb doubled for his second hit of the inning to push the lead to 12-1. The Buffaloes would never recover – plating a single run in the first inning and two more runs in the bottom of the third after the Demons had tacked on the seven spot in the top of the third inning.
Remmington Miller started on the mound for the Demons, but gave way to Mars Ruiz in the third inning. Ruiz pitched four scoreless innings to earn the win for the Demons.
Dodge City has not lost to Garden City in baseball since 2019. Next up for the Red Demons (6-10, 2-2) is another WAC matchup on Friday at Demon Field against Great Bend. First pitch of the double header is slated for 4pm.
Dodge City High School Hires New Head Volleyball Coach
The Dodge City High School Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Bailey Zerger as the new Head Volleyball coach of the Lady Demons – pending Board of Education approval at the next scheduled meeting.
Bailey is a graduate of Sedgwick High School. She earned both her undergraduate degree and Master’s Degree in Social Work studying at Fort Hays State University.
Injuries cut her playing days short after being involved in Volleyball, Basketball, Softball, Cheerleading and Track in high school. During college, she served on the coaching staff at Hays-Thomas More Prep and assisted with various Club teams in the Hays area. She currently works at Dodge City High School as a Social Worker. Bailey completed her second season this fall with the Lady Demon Volleyball program as the Head JV coach.
“Bailey brings a lot of energy to our program and an understanding of the vision of the DCHS Athletic Department – in developing character in our athletes, and has already been making a difference with the students at Dodge High. Bailey has a good knowledge of the athletes in our program and is committed to make them better each and every day. We believe Bailey is going to be a great fit for the Lady Demon Volleyball program. She has grown as a coach and understands how to teach the game with passion and enthusiasm.” – Shawn Steiner – DCHS Activities Director
“I am excited for the opportunity to lead the Lady Demon Volleyball team! I have been fortunate to be a part of the program for the past two years and I know the potential of our current and future athletes. I look forward to working with the players, coaches, and administration to build a successful volleyball program at Dodge City High School.” – Bailey Zerger – Head Volleyball Coach, DCHS
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.
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