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Freshman Elijah Bathily (9), who had an assist on KCKCC’s first goal in a 2-1 win over Iowa Central Sunday, outraced the Tritons’ Mauro Garretano (23) and Jose Dos Reis (2). (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins) Alejandro Maillet (10), who had the game-winning goal in overtime, broke away from Iowa Central’s Ahmed Abdalla in the Blue Devils’ 2-1 win. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins) by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC As wins go, they don’t get much better than Kansas City Kansas Community College’s extra period 2-1 win over Iowa Central Sunday. Alejandro Maillet, a sophomore midfielder from Copenhagen, Denmark, headed home…

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC North Central Missouri was as good as its No. 1 ranking in a 97-75 win over Kansas City Kansas Community College in Trenton Monday night. The Pirates improved their NJCAA DII record to 15-1 while KCKCC fell to 6-11 heading into a pair of home games this week. The Blue Devils play host to Saint Mary junior varsity Thursday and Park University junior varsity Friday with 7 p.m. starts each night. Leading 41-34 at the half, North Central pulled away in the final half for its 13th straight win. “We had a great first half, the…

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC Kansas City Kansas Community College peppered the Coffeyville goal with 17 shots Wednesday night in a 3-1 Jayhawk Conference win on the road. The win kept the Blue Devils in the thick of the Jayhawk race. Tied with Neosho County for third place at 3-2, they trail Johnson County (4-0-1) and Cowley College (3-1-1) heading into the second round of conference play. Home Sunday against St. Louis Community College in a noon kickoff, the Blue Devils resume conference play next Wednesday against Cowley in a battle for third. Sophomore Marcos Cabral gave KCKCC a 1-0 first…

Jermaine Yarbough elevated between two Labette defenders for two of his game-high 21 points in KCKCC’s 81-77 win Saturday. Yarbough also had nine rebounds including six offensively. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins) by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC Kansas City Kansas Community College’s streaking Blue Devils refused to surrender first place in the Jayhawk Conference Saturday, repeatedly turning back Labette rallies in an 81-77 thriller that went right to the wire. Two clutch free throws by Calvin Slaughter with 17 seconds left sealed the win, the Blue Devils’ sixth in a row. The win kept KCKCC (5-1) a game ahead of Johnson…

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC As far as wins go, Kansas City Kansas Community College got a huge one in the Blue Devils’ pursuit of first-ever Region VI and Jayhawk Conference championships at Fort Scott Wednesday. Turning in one of their best defensive performances of the seasons, the Blue Devils (8-2) posted a pressure-packed 59-47 victory that kept them one game ahead of Highland (7-3) for first place in Region VI play with two games to go. However, KCKCC and Highland are deadlocked for first in the Jayhawk at 4-2. The Blue Devils can clinch no worse than a tie for…

Dehven Talley (KCKCC photo) by Alan Hoskins Long a disaster for Kansas City Kansas Community College men’s basketball teams, the road has suddenly brought out the best in 2014-15 Blue Devils. Leading virtually from start to finish, the Blue Devils took a 62-59 win Wednesday at Independence, a court that has doomed many KCKCC teams in the past. It was the Blue Devils’ third win over a Division I team, adding the Pirates to the list of Iowa Western and Coffeyville and all have been on the road. Deadly shooting led by freshman Dehven Talley led the Blue Devils to…

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC Kansas City Kansas Community College got big offensive performances from Sterling Hicks and Juwan Davenport Wednesday but it wasn’t enough to knock Fort Scott off the top rung in the Jayhawk Conference. Led by Tyler Zinn, the conference’s leading scorer, Fort Scott improved to 3-0 in Region VI play with a 79-65 home court win. Boasting the Region’s best overall record at 17-6, the Greyhounds share first place with Johnson County, a 109-77 winner over Labette Wednesday. The Blue Devils, who fell to 7-16, return home Saturday to play host to third place Highland (2-1) in…

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC Kansas City Kansas Community College will enter a 2½-week baseball hiatus in second place in the Jayhawk Conference. Edged 3-2 at Labette Thursday, the Blue Devils bounced back with a 16-2 win and a 4-2 conference record, one game back of Johnson County (5-1) and tied for second with Coffeyville. With March games suspended by the KJCCC because of the coronavirus, KCKCC is tentatively scheduled to return to action April 3-4 when the Blue Devils are slated for a 3-game series at Cloud County. If the season is resumed, KCKCC will have 13 playing dates before…

by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC Kansas City Kansas Community College was held to just two hits Saturday but still came away with an improbable 6-3 over Northeast Nebraska. The Blue Devils were not so fortunate in a 17-2 setback in the nightcap. The split left the Blue Devils 4-3 heading into a home game with Maple Woods Thursday at 2 p.m. and pair of doubleheaders with Marshalltown Saturday and Sunday starting at noon. The Blue Devils scored all their runs in the first three innings of the 6-3 win Saturday. Sophomore Griffin Everitt got the Blue Devils off to a 2-0…

Jalen Davis (Photo from Kansas City Kansas Community College) For the second consecutive week, Kansas City Kansas Community College had the Jayhawk Conference Men’s Division II Basketball Player of the Week, Jalen Davis, a 6-4 sophomore guard out of Houston, Texas, was honored for his performances in Blue Devil wins over Hesston and Fort Scott in Week No. 14. Freshman Robert Rhodes was the Player of the Week in Week No. 13 and the Lady Blue Devils’ Kamryn Estell earned the honor in mid-season. Davis had 24 points and three rebounds in an 80-60 win at Hesston and followed it…