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Red Demons take 3rd at Regional Track

May 19, 2017 By DCHS Sports

After wading through the bad weather, the Red Demons finished third overall on the boys and girls side.

By Timothy Everson

After getting through all of the field events and a couple races, the Regional Track and Field Championship was put on hold for three hours thanks to a deluge of rain, wind, hail and the looming threat of tornadoes.

But, once the sirens were silenced and the clouds were emptied Dodge City High School and the seven other participants got back onto the track at Dodge City Memorial Stadium and finished a day that saw the Hutchinson boy’s and the Garden City girl’s win regional championships.

After wading through the bad weather, the Red Demons finished third overall on the boys and girls side.

Sam Unruh was the first Red Demon to be crowned regional champion as he won the 110-meter hurdles. Unruh also qualified for state in the 300-meter hurdles, finishing 2nd.

Marcelo Cruz took first in the 1600-meter run and the 3200-meter run.

The 4×100 relay team of Chia Okoro, Chidera Okoro, Ezinne Okoro and Ayanna Page won a regional championship. Chidera Okoro also qualified for state finishing 2nd in the 100-meter dash and Chia Okoro finished qualified in the 400-meter run finishing 4th.

The Okoro sisters and Audrey Phelps finished 2nd in the 4×400-meter relays.

Also qualifying for state for Dodge City was the girls 4×800-meter relay team consisting of Phelps, Ezinne Okoro, Sydney Foster and Ayana Hensley who finished 2nd, the boy’s 4×800-meter relay team consisting of Jason Luft, Brandon Montoya, Beau Foster and Jose Rodriguez who finished 2nd, Kylee Smith and Makayla Burton who finished 2nd and 3rd in the girl’s discus, Erick Villa-Valverde who finished 3rd in the boys discus, Savanna Wilson who finished 2nd in the girls 110-meter hurdles, America Garcia who finished 3rd in the girls 1600-meter run, Luft and Alejandro Ultreras who finished 2nd and 4th in the 1600-meter run, the boys 4×100-meter relay consisting of Unruh, Dawson Williams, De Jon Delgado and Juan Gomez finished 3rd, Hensley placing 3rd in the girls 800-meter run, Luft placing 3rd in the boys 800-meter run, Gomez finishing 4th in the 200-meter dash, Coral Neave placed 4th in the girl’s 3200-meter run and Ultreras and Javier Marquez finished 2nd and 4th respectively in the boy’s 3200-meter run.

Those who qualified will continue on to compete at the State Track and Field Championship at Cesena Field in Wichita on May 26-27.

KSHSAA Regional Track & Field

May 16, 2017 By DCHS Sports

Due to the possibility of adverse weather conditions, the start of the Regional Track & Field Championships has been changed to 1:00 p.m.

Dodge City High School will host the 2017 Regional Track & Field Championships on Thursday, May 18, at the Memorial Stadium Track Complex.

The complex includes an 8-lane synthetic surface and 2,500 seats on the east side of the facility for teams and spectators. The finish line is located on the NE section of the track.

Regional Track Press Release

5/6 Red Demon Roundup

May 9, 2017 By DCHS Sports

DCHS Boy’s Golf

The Dodge City High School golf team competed in the Great Bend Invitational on Tuesday and finished third. Luke Gleason led them in scoring with a 78 which was good enough for an 8th place individual finish. Following Gleason was Dylan Ratts and Adam Keseen who had an 81, Canyon Owens and Matthew Vogel who had an 82 and Ethan Goertzen who shot a 91. They were in action Friday night at a tournament in Garden City.

DCHS Girl’s Swimming

The Lady Demon swim team competed in a meet in Salina on Thursday. The meet had two separate divisions and Dodge City finished third in both scoring 420 points and 419 points respectively. The Lady Demons placed first in six different events across the two divisions. Dodge City will head to Hays next Thursday for the WAC championship meet.

DCHS Baseball

The Red Demons clinched a share of the WAC title Friday night, being Liberal on the road 5-2. With the win, the Dodge City moves to (11-5, 5-3) on the season. They will take on Wichita Heights and Newton on Tuesday.

DCHS Softball

Dodge City got into a high scoring affair versus Emporia Friday night and came away 17-13 victors. They are now 10-5 on the season and will take on Southeast of Saline today.

DCHS Track

Dodge City competed in the Garden City Invitational on Thursday and walked away with 12 gold medals. Juan Gomez took first in the 100 and 200 meters, Chidera Okoro took gold in the 100 and 200 meters, the 400 meters, and the long jump. Jason Luft took first in the 800 meters, Marcelo Cruz took gold in the 3200 meters, Savana Wilson took gold in the 100 meter hurdles, Same Unruh finished first in the 300 meter hurdles, Erick Villa won gold in the discus and the boy’s 4×100 meter relay team walked away with gold. Next up for the Red Demons is the WAC tournament at home next week.

WAC Track & Field Championship Info

May 8, 2017 By DCHS Sports

Dodge City High School will host the 2017 WAC Track & Field Championships at the Memorial Stadium Track Complex. This year’s meet will be the 32nd year for the event. The Memorial Stadium 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 NE section of the track. Concessions will be located on the EAST side of the Stadium.

In 2016, the Garden City High School Lady Buffaloes won the girl’s title for the sixth time in school history, and for the fifth time in a row. Great Bend has collected six titles, Garden City has six titles, Hays has four titles, and Dodge City has two titles.

On the boy’s side, the title was won by Garden City for the first time in school history. Dodge City has won four titles – including the inaugural meet championship, Great Bend has collected one title, Hays has won eight titles, and Liberal has won 17 titles.

Liberal still holds the record for most championships (13 – Girls / 11 straight); (17 – Boys / 16 straight).

DODGE CITY – MEMORIAL STADIUM THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2017

FIELD EVENTS – 4P RUNNING EVENTS – 6P

American Implement Champions Cup Presentation – conclusion of meet (if decided)
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Order of Events

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Field Events,4:00 p.m.,Girls Pole Vault,then,Boys Pole Vault
, ,Girls LJ (W Pit),then,Boys LJ
, ,Boys Discus (Blue Fld),then,Girls Discus
, ,Boys TJ (E Pit),then,Girls TJ
, ,Girls Javelin (Red Fld),then,Boys Javelin
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Awards,Medals will presented on awards stand (50 yd line) at the conclusion of each event/race.
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3 Red Demons sign with universities

November 17, 2016 By DCHS Sports

Okoro, Cruz and Servis sign letter of intents during early signing period

By: John Zetmeir

Three Dodge City High School student athletes signed letters of intent on Wednesday to join NCAA Div. II universities.

Seniors Marcelo Cruz and Chia Okoro will both continuing running in college. Cruz, who signed with Fort Hays State University, finished 4th individually at the 6A state cross country meet back in October.

Last spring, Cruz finished 8th at the 6A state track and field meet in the 3200 meter run and was part of Dodge City’s 4×800 relay team that placed 4th. “It feels great,” Cruz said. “I’ve been training really hard and everything that I’ve done has come to an end and this is it.”

Okoro was an important member of last season’s Dodge City girls track and field team that placed 5th out of 29 teams at the 6A state meet.As a junior, Okoro medaled in the girls 400 meter dash and the 4x400meterrelay.

She will join the track and field team at Washburn University in Topeka, joining former Red Demon Jasmine Duarte who was also part of the 4×400 meter relay team.

“They have a really good track program,” Okoro said. “It’s brand new and all of the coaches are really good and know what they are doing. I know that I’m going to a good program.”

Dylan Servis signed with Western State Colorado University where he will wrestle. Dodge City head coach Lars Lueders was also a member of the Western State Colorado University wrestling team during his collegiate career.

Servis, who missed his entire junior season due to an injury, will return to the mats this winter for the Red Demons. As a sophomore, Servis placed 3rd at the 6A state tournament. He is also a two-time Fargo All-American.

With his college decision out of the way, Servis says that now he will have one less thing on his mind during wrestling season.

“A lot of people told me that trying to sign during the season or talking to schools in season was really stressful, trying to figure out what to do,” Servis said. “So my goal was to sign before the season started so that I can just enjoy it and be a senior.”