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September 14, 2016 By DCHS Sports

Tennis and Golf team takes fifth at Goddard and Garden City

By John Zetmeir

GIRLS TENNIS

The Red Demons took fifth place in Goddard on Tuesday led by senior Daniela Villarreal who made it to the championship match in the No. 2 doubles bracket.

Despite suffering an injury earlier in the day, Villarreal tried to battle through her injury in the championship match but after taking a 4-2 lead, Villarreal fell 8-4.

Junior Leah Stein earned a fifth place finish in No. 1 singles while Hannah Sowers and Marin Dameron finished in sixth place in No. 1 doubles. Abigail Argumendo and Kameron Lowery rounded out the team with a seventh place finish in No. 2 doubles.

The Red Demons will host the Dodge City Invitational on Thursday.

GIRLS GOLF

Senior Makena Konrade led the Red Demons with a fifth place individual finish at Buffalo Dunes in Garden City on Monday. Dodge City finished seventh as a team amongst the eight team field.

The Red Demons will travel to Goddard on Thursday for an 11-team tournament.

Other scores,

Chesney Moore 106, Emily Stephenson 114, Alexis Ontiberos 123, Ali Phelps 128, Taylor Starnes 144.

Lady Demon Golf team places sixth

September 9, 2016 By DCHS Sports

By John Zetmeir

In their only home meet of the season, the Red Demons shot a 406 as a team and finished in sixth place among the 13 team field on Thursday afternoon at Mariah Hills.

Seniors Makena Konrade and Emily Stephenson led the way for Dodge City. Konrade shot a 92 to earn a ninth place individual medal and Stephenson was just behind her with a 93.

“Those are the kind of scores that we need out of those two senior leaders,” Dodge City head coach Jim Mapel said. “They are our strongest returners from last year. So I was really happy that they played well today at home.”

The Red Demons will travel down the road to Garden City on Monday. Mapel hopes that his team can build off of their positive play from Thursday.

“Buffalo Dunes is a challenging golf course,” Mapel said. “That’s good for us, I think we are ready to jump right back in.”

Other scores

Chesney Moore 109, Ali Phelps 112, Alexis Ontiberos 116, Taylor Starnes 130.

Lady Demon golfers try to build off of state trip

August 26, 2016 By DCHS Sports

By John Zetmeir

Last fall, the Dodge City High School girls golf team qualified for state for the first time since 2010. This year, the returning Red Demon golfers will try to use the experience of playing on the biggest stage to help them get back to the 6A state tournament.

Seniors Makena Konrade, Ali Phelps and Emily Stephenson all competed at the state tournament last fall. Stephenson tied for 57th place which was the best finish of the returning players. Taylor Starnes is the other Dodge City golfer who competed at state last year.

“We’ve got four back who played at the state tournament and another who played some varsity last year,” head coach Jim Mapel said. “That is going to help us this season. Especially at the end of the season when we get towards regional time.”

Despite returning five players with varsity experience, the Red Demons lost seniors Logan Gleason and Katie Rostetter who led Dodge City to state.

Early on in the fall, Mapel says his team will have to tune up all facets of their game to get ready for the season.

“We’ve got to work on everything,” Mapel said. “Short game is the focus because that is where we can save the most strokes.”

The Red Demons will travel to Hays on Monday for their first bit of competition this year. Dodge City will host their invitational at Mariah Hills on Sept. 8.

Demons take ninth at State

May 24, 2016 By DCHS Sports

Demons take ninth at State

Owens paces Dodge City with a 79

By John Zetmeir

Dodge City Daily Globe

In the Dodge City High School boys golf team’s first trip to state in three years, head coach Jim Mapel was pleased with the performance of his team.

The Red Demons combined for a team score of 328 which equalled a ninth place finish amongst the field of 12 teams. Manhattan edged out Dodge City by one stroke to earn eighth place as a team.

“We had some kids really step up today,” Mapel said. “I thought a goal for us was to be top-10 and we got ninth. A 328 in the state tournament at Manhattan Country Club is a good score for us.”

Just seven strokes separated the Red Demon and Garden City who finished fifth place as a team. The difference between the Buffaloes and Shawnee Mission Northwest, that took fourth, was 10 strokes.

Sophomore Canyon Owens led the way for the Red Demons with a score of 79. It was the second year in a row that Owens shot the best score for aRed Demon at the state tournament. Owens was just one of three Dodge City golfers to make the trip last season.

Finishing two strokes behind Owens was fellow sophomore Luke Gleason.

Mapel is hopeful that Monday’s state tournament experience is something that the Red Demons will build on going into next season. Dodge City is expected to return all six varsity starters in 2017.

“It was important for us to get everybody here and to have some pretty good success with it,” Mapel said. “Playing in the state tournament is a whole different atmosphere. It’s really a great experience and we were fortunate to have the whole team participate today.”

SCORES

Canyon Owens 79, Luke Gleason 81, Adam Kessen 84, Matthew Vogel 84, Dylan Ratts 89, Payson Hatfield 89.

Red Demon Roundup

May 17, 2016 By DCHS Sports

Boys golf team takes third at regional

Richter named WAC Swimmer of the Year

BOYS GOLF

For the first time in three years, the Dodge City boys golf team is sending its whole squad to the 6A state tournament. At Monday’s regional tournament at Buffalo Dunes in Garden City, the Red Demon boys earned a third place finish with their team score of 341.

Three Dodge City golfers collected individual medals for their play. Matthew Vogel led the teams with a score of 82 which earned him a sixth place medal. Dylan Ratts finished three strokes behind Vogel for ninth place while Canyon Owens rounded out the top-10 with a score of 86.

The Red Demons will have nearly a week to prepare for the state tournament before heading to Manhattan Country Club on Monday.

Other Scores

Adam Kessen 88, Luke Gleason 91, Payson Hatfield 94.

BOYS TENNIS

The Red Demons wrapped up perhaps the best season in program history on Saturday at the 6A state tournament in Prairie Village where they earned three teams points.

Senior Florian Kark was bested by Washburn Rural’s Nathan Osborn 9-6 after beating Garden City’s Garrett Kipp to earn a third match. Kark finished his season with a 29-7 record which included a first place finish at both the Western Athletic Conference and regional tournaments.

Junior Brett Groth played a third match after beating Andrew Minter from Wichita Northwest. In his final match of the season, the Red Demon junior fell to Max Cassidy 9-2. Groth, who will be one of WAC champions’ key returners next season, won a team-high 30 matches this season.

On the doubles side, seniors Angel Salmeron and Maans Spaangaeng defeated the Red Demons’ second doubles team Richard Rodriguez and Logan Waldman.

GIRLS SWIMMING

The Dodge City girls swimming team had at least one top-three finish in all but two events at last week’s Western Athletic Conference championship meet at Great Bend. The Red Demons swimmers tallied 325 points on their way to a third place team finish, just 34 points behind Garden City.

Sophomore Amelia Richter was named WAC Swimmer of the Year for the second consecutive season. Richter paced the Red Demons with first place finishes in the 200 yard individual medley, the 100 yard breaststroke and as part of the 400 yard free relay team.

Head coach Matt Martin was also named WAC Coach of the Year. Later this week, Dodge City will find out how many of their swimmers to travel the state meet in Topeka.

200 Medley

3. Harvey, Richter, Sanchez, Magouirk. 2:06.88 7. Doussa, Phelps, Mendoza, Navarro. 2:20.12

200 Free

4. Mendoza, 2:24.87 8. Lowery, 2:42.38

10. Childress, 2:53.63

200 IM

1. Richter, 2:24.05 5. Magouirk, 2:48.88 11. Edwards, 3:30.31

50 Free

2. Sowers, 26.74 7. Bogner, 29.09

100 Fly

5. Harvey, 1:18.90 6. Sanchez, 1:18.94 11. Shaw, 1:39.29

100 Free

3. Sowers, 59.50 4. Magouirk, 1:02.79 6. Bogner, 1:07.34 500 Free 3. Sanchez, 6:24.64 8. Navarro, 7:05.19 10. Lowery, 7:15.39

200 Free

2. Sowers, Harvey, Sanchez, Magourik, 1:53.25 4. Arkell, Navarro, Arkell, Bogner, 2:04.48

100 Back

2. Harvey, 1:09.38 9. Doussa, 1:20.42 11. Arkell, 1:34.94

100 Breast

1. Richter, 1:14.74 5. Mendoza, 1:24.58 9. Phelps, 1:30.04

400 Free

1. Sowers, Bogner, Mendoza, Richter, 4:12.99 6. Navarro, Lowery, Childress, Arkell, 4:54.39

By John Zetmeir, Dodge City Daily Globe