PLAY TO THE LAST OUT HutchCC Baseball team comes back to the field with a vengence Regan LaRue

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The HutchCC Baseball team comes back to the feild with a vengeance.

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Jenner Steele, Hollister Mo., and Drew Reetz, Elkhorn Neb., conversate at home plate before the next bat. Both players continued to improve their batting through the season.

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The Blue Dragons team meets Steele at home plate to celebrate his home run. Steele’s RBI is 34 for the season so far.

The HutchCC baseball team strives to make this season a success due to not being able to play their regular season last year. With a running 17-9 score overall the Blue Dragons hope to continue boosting their winning number. With more games lined up going through April to the beginning of May the Blue Dragons will continue to focus on improving their team to the last out of the last game.

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Jack Torosian, Omaha Neb., makes it home. Torosian ‘s postion for the season is in out field.

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Tyler Delong, Harrah Okla., throws a peace sign at the photographer. The dugout cheers on their fellow players as the compete.

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Joshua Mitchell, Lenexa, pitches to the oposing team. Mitchell has thrown 18 strikeouts in the season so far.

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Daniel Bebee, Overland Park, prepared to catch a perfect strike from his pitcher. Bebee stays laser focused in on the field.

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Hunter Carson, Buhler, and Cole Ely, Hutchinson, talk stratagy. Even when off the field the players focus on the game. Feb. 24 Tabor College JV W, 13-3, W, 10-0 Feb. 27 Cowley College L, 14-13, L, 15-2

March Mar. 4 Coffeyville CC W, 12-3, W, 10-8 Mar. 6 Coffeyville CC

Mar. 9 State Fair CC L, 10-8, L, 22-7

Mar. 11 Barton CC W, 20-13

Mar. 14 Barton CC

L, 10-4, W, 6-5 W, 20-4, W, 14-13 Mar. 19 Seward County CC

Mar. 20 Seward CC W, 3-2, W, 8-2 L, 11-7, W, 7-6

Mar. 23 Redlands CC W, 24-6, L, 15-10 Mar. 25 Butler CC

W, 6-5, W, 11-6

Mar. 27 Butler CC W, 6-4, L, 12-2

April Apr. 1 Pratt CC

Apr. 3 Pratt CC

W, 5-2, W, 8-2 W, 16-11, W, 14-7 Apr. 8 Garden City CC

Apr. 10 Garden City CC

Apr. 15 Cloud County CC

Apr. 17 Cloud County CC

Apr. 20 Rose State College

Apr. 21 Redlands CC

Apr. 27 State Fair CC

Apr. 29 Colby CC

May May 1 Colby CC

Women’s Results 7th Place 100 M Dash Kiana Brown Men’s Results 2nd Place 100 M Dash Jared Scoot 4th Place 400 M Dash Jovan Jackson 7th Place 1500 M Run Cameron Delaney 7th Place 5000 M Run Matthew Schrag 8th Place 800 M Run Teagan Flanagan

Mar. 27 Tiger Invite @ Cowley CC

Women’s Results 3rd Place 3000 M Steep Noel Hidalgo 6th Place 400 M Dash Allison Martin 7th Place 100 M Hurdles Recebca Raymundo 8th Place 400 M Dash Alyssa Carpenter 10th Place 800 M Run Jurney Yung Men’s Results 1st Place 5000 M Run Teagan Flanagan 2nd Place 1500 M Run Teagan Flanagan 4th Place 100 M Dash Jared Scott 4th Place 3000 M steep Cameron Delaney 5th Place 5000 M Run Matthew Schrag 6th Place 3000 M Steep Aaron Geissinger 10th Place 400 M Dash Jovan Jackson

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Erick Johnson,Fort Meade,The track team has many ways of preparing for practice and one of them is toe touches. Doing these can help out with hamstrings.

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Sprinting back and forth on the track is a great way to see how well athletes are prepared before starting a practice. If students have a health condition be sure to tell the coach ahead of time so nothing horrible happens during practice

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▲ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▲ Aaron Geissinger, Abilene, and Cameron Delaney, Alton, run as they do sprint drills around the track.

“It was a good meet to start the season with and we will make improvements as we go from week to week,” Head Coach Robert Spies said about the start of the track and field season.

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Athletes do a warm up activity call windmills which can help build endurance of your footing when running.

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Leg stretches are important when getting ready to run as they help out with muscles so they can get used to running. Having an improved exercise routines will be great for anybody who is gettng into running so when they are running no muscles get pulled during the exercise.

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Distant runners prepare by doing crab walks everytime they get ready. These help out with any muscles in the leg that needs to be strenched.

▼ Photo by Pablo Sanchez ▼ Head Coach Robert Spies talks to the team about the meet prior to the event. Reviewing performance goals helped athletes improve before competing again.

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Assistant Coach Art Hop works with Jake Eck, Ellis, on his grip while he pole vaults. Its important to have good upper body strength when students pole vaults, so no injuries happen when lifting upward and over.