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Demons Hit the Road for Playoffs

October 24, 2022 By DCHS Sports

The Dodge City High School Red Demons travel to Topeka on Friday night to take on the Washburn Rural Junior Blues in a first round match up of the 6A KSHSAA playoffs, West Regional.

Washburn Rural (6-2) is the #6 seed-while Dodge City (4-4) is the #11 seed.
Rural and Dodge City have met only twice.
Rural won 17-14, overcoming a 14-3 halftime lead by the Demons in the 1992 State Semifinals, and the Junior Blues also defeated the Red Demons in the 2016 Playoffs by a score of 27-15.
The winner of Friday night’s game will likely face Garden City in the second round of the playoffs.

Week 8 | Wichita Southeast

October 18, 2022 By DCHS Sports

Red Demons vs Wichita Southeast selected as COX KANSAS GAME OF THE WEEK!

This will be the 21st meeting all-time between the two schools, dating back to the 1963 season.
Dodge City leads the series 16-4, with the teams playing five times in the KSHSAA playoffs.
Dodge City will be travelling to Wichita for the second time this season-after playing the Hatchet Game last Saturday night at Riverfront Stadium.
The Red Demons are attempting to move to 4-4 on the season which would most likely put them on the road for the post-season in Week 9 in a possible rematch with Junction City.
The Red Demon Soccer program has earned home-field advantage throughout the playoffs and will play at Memorial Stadium a possible four times over the course of the next couple of weeks.

Unless you have been living in seclusion – or Kansas City – there is a good chance you are aware that the Red Demons are traveling to Riverfront Stadium in Wichita to take on the Garden City Buffaloes on Saturday night in the 85th annual Hatchet Game. And while the game provides DCHS the opportunity to showcase Red Demon Football, The Pride of Southwest Kansas, and its outstanding cheer and dance squads, this week also shines a spotlight on every fall program.

Lady Demon Tennis

Last Friday, at the 6A KSHSAA Regional in Garden City, the Lady Demons finished third overall in the eight team tournament. The team had just wrapped up a busy week in which they finished third as a team at the Western Athletic Conference Meet, held at Preston Courts. Flaminia Lepri, who finished 2nd at WAC, avenged a previous loss earlier in the week to win the Regional singles title in three sets (2-6, 6- 2, 6-3). America Gamez finished in sixth place in singles to qualify for the 6A State Tournament as did the doubles team of Karen Lopez and Emily Estevane. Lopez and Estevane were also WAC runners-up in #2 doubles. All four qualifiers will compete this Friday in Wichita, the second year in a row that the 6A State Meet will be at Wichita Riverside Tennis Complex.

Lady Demon Golf

Ashlyn Armstrong continued her outstanding senior season on Monday finishing as the Regional runner-up shooting an 86 at Southwind Country Club in Garden City. The team also finished second with a 432 qualifying them for the 6A State Tournament next Monday at the Salina Municipal Golf Course. The top six teams and twelve individuals (not on top six teams) will qualify for Day two of the tournament. Armstrong earned First Team All-Conference for her regular season efforts, while Riley Kippes and Payton Dunn earned Second Team honors.

Volleyball

The Lady Demon volleyball program finished the regular season at Garden City last Thursday with a three- set loss to Ulysses and a hard fought loss to Garden City. Dodge City will be competing in the WAC Tournament this Saturday at Liberal. Hays is the defending WAC Champions with their only loss in last season’s tournament coming at the hands of the Lady Demons. Post-season seeding for volleyball will be next week at the conclusion of the conference tournament weekend.

Red Demon Cross Country

The Red Demon Cross Country team will compete in the WAC Championships this Thursday at Buffalo Dunes Golf Course in Garden City. Dodge City finished second last year at Mariah Hills and will be looking to dethrone defending champion Garden City.

The Red Demon Cross Country team is fresh off a winning performance at the Salina Invitational last Saturday. The Red Demons were led by David Ultreras who won the meet with a time of 16:20, followed by Danny Lamas who was second at 16:35. The Red Demons placed six runners in the Top 10 at Salina (Angel Vazquez, Brandon Juarez, Mathew Banuelos and Eddie Salinas).

Lady Demon Cross Country

The Lady Demons also finished as WAC runner-up last year and will be looking to continue their past success at the Western Athletic Conference meet. The Lady Demons are coming off a third place finish at the Salina Invitational.

Top performers for Dodge City were Alex Gere – 8th (20:50) and Teressa Martinez – 15th (21:10). The KSHSAA 6A Regional Cross Country Meet will be hosted by Wichita East next Saturday in Augusta at Four Mile Creek Resort. This course was the site of the 6A State Championship meets the past two years. The top three teams will qualify to the 6A State Meet at Rim Rock Farm, home course to the Kansas University Cross Country team.

Red Demon Soccer

Championships begin in October for the Red Demon Soccer program. With a possible seven home games (if you include playoffs), the schedule is full of opportunities for the Red Demons to begin their march to the 6A Final Four, to be held at Stryker Stadium in Wichita the first weekend of November.

The spotlight could not shine any brighter on the Red Demon Soccer program as they defeated Great Bend on Tuesday night to secure their eighth WAC title in the past nine seasons. Dodge City has won 30-straight WAC contests, dating back to 2019. The number-one ranked Red Demons are currently undefeated at 13-0 and face the number-three team in 5A, Blue Valley Southwest, on Friday night in Kansas City. The two programs combined have won a state championship every year since 2016. Dodge City has won two state titles (2016, 2020) while BVSW has four state titles (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021). The Red Demons will play Shawnee Mission South on Saturday before returning home to play Liberal in the regular season finale. The first round of Regional Playoffs will begin on October 25 at Memorial Stadium.

Demons Hit the Road to Hays

October 3, 2022 By DCHS Sports

The Red Demons travel to Hays Friday night to take on the Indians.

This will be the 80th meeting all-time between the two schools. The series dates back to the 1932 season, with the teams having played in 44 consecutive seasons beginning with the 1977 season.
Hays routed Ulysses in Week 5 to improve to 4-1 (2-0 conference) on the season. Dodge City (3-2, 1-1) lost to Great Bend in an OT thriller on Friday night at Memorial Stadium.
Dodge City will attempt to keep their WAC Title hopes alive on Friday night versus Hays. Hays defeated Garden City in Week 4 to claim the top spot in the conference at 2-0.
Next Saturday Night will be the 85th Annual Hatchet Game presented by Cargill. The game will be played at Riverfront Stadium in Wichita, home of the MiLB Wichita Wind Surge.

Demons Set to Host Panthers

September 26, 2022 By DCHS Sports

The Red Demons host the Great Bend Panthers this Friday Night at Memorial Stadium.

This will be the 95th meeting all-time between the two schools, dating back to the 1907 season.
The teams have met in consecutive seasons beginning with the 1942 season, a 37-0 Red Demon victory. Dodge City leads the series 59-33-2.
Dodge City enters the game at 3-1, 1-0, while Great Bend is on a two-game winning streak after defeating Buhler and Wichita Southeast the past two weeks.
The next opponent for the Red Demons, Hays, is currently leading the WAC at 3-1, 2-0 after handing Garden City (3-1, 0-1) their first defeat of the season last Friday night by a score of 30-26.
Garden City travels to Liberal this week. Hays takes on Ulysses.
DCHS will recognize the Senior Class of 2023 during pregame festivities.