Athletics News
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Baseball Puts Up 28 Runs against Grizzlies
April 02, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College baseball team took down the Butler Community College Grizzlies with an outstanding score of 28-16 April 1 in El Dorado, Kan. The KCKCC Blue Devil baseball team has not put up that many runs since March 27, 2018 when they took down MCC with a score of 30-4. -
Droge Allows One Hit in Shutout Win
April 02, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team took down the Southwestern Community College Spartans with score of 7-0. Due to weather, the Blue Devils and Spartans were only able to play one game as they were scheduled for a double header.
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Four Straight Sweeps for Softball
March 31, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team swept the Hesston College Larks with scores of 14-0 and 20-3. The Blue Devil offense was on fire as they recorded 34 hits in both games combined while putting up 34 total runs. After this sweep, the Blue Devils have now swept four teams in a row - Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, Highland, Dakota County Technical College and now Hesston.
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No.16 Cavaliers Take Series Against KCKCC
March 31, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College baseball team played Johnson County Community College four times this past weekend losing three of the four. The first two games were at the KCKCC baseball field as the Cavaliers won 5-3 and 9-3. The Blue Devils then took one game at JCCC as they fell in game one with a final score of 8-7 and won in game two, 5-4. In all four games, KCKCC was leading at some point but let the Cavaliers come back into the game.
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Fisher Gets a ‘No-No’ Against Dakota County
March 31, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team swept the Dakota County Technical College Blue Knights with scores of 10-2 and 13-0. In the second game, Lillian Fisher had her first start of the year and completed a no-hitter in her five innings of work. She struck out four Blue Knight batters and walked two while not allowing a single hit or run in the 13-0 win.
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Softball Opens Up Conference Play with Sweep
March 31, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team swept the Highland Community College Scotties with scores of 8-0 and 14-6. Both games ended early due to the 8-run mercy rule. On the day, Sidney Sullivan recorded eight RBIs, three homeruns and a double.
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Blue Devil Baseball Takes Down DII Ranked Opponent
March 26, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College baseball team beat the Division II No.25 North Central Missouri College Pirates 10-8 March 25 in Trenton, Mo. The Pirates entered the game with an impressive 17-4 record while the Blue Devils came in with an overall record of 16-10. The top half of the order had quite the day offensively as the first four batters recorded nine of the 13 Blue Devil hits.
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Strong Defense Aids Blue Devils to a Norsemen Sweep
March 25, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team swept the Division I Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen with scores of 2-0 and 5-3. In both games combined, the Blue Devil pitching staff allowed just seven hits, three runs and walked one. KCKCC now holds an overall record of 14-10 on the season.
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Ross Gets 200th Win at KCKCC in Sweep over MCC
March 24, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team swept the Metropolitan Community College Wolves as they won game one 3-1 and game two 11-3. With those results, head coach, Lana Ross, got her 200th win as the Blue Devil leader. Ross led her 2021-22 season to a District Championship while receiving the 2021-22 District Coach of the Year award.
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Blue Devil Softball Receives Third Sweep of the Season
March 24, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team got swept by the Iowa Central Community College Tritons with scores of 7-1 and 7-2. The KCKCC softball team has now gotten swept by McCook (DI), North Iowa Area and Iowa Central.
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Dierks Streak Continues in Split Series Against Neosho
March 24, 2025For the second time in three days, the Kansas City Kansas Community College baseball team split against the Neosho County Community College Panthers, but this time at the KCKCC baseball field Saturday. Marcus Dierks added four hits and three RBIs in the series against Neosho, giving him at least one hit in eight consecutive games.
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Baseball Splits with Panthers
March 24, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College baseball team split against the Neosho County Community College Panthers in Chanute, Kan. Despite both teams getting just five hits each, the Panthers were able to outscore the Blue Devils with a big 6-run inning in the bottom of the sixth.
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Men’s Basketball Season Comes to an End in Danville
March 24, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College men's basketball team fell to the 11th seeded Johnson County Community College Cavaliers with a final score of 90-63. This was the fourth time the Blue Devils came across conference foe, JCCC. The first two meetings fell the Cavaliers way, and then the Blue Devils got revenge and punched their ticket to the NJCAA National Tournament with a Region VI win over JCCC. It was the Cavaliers who got the best of KCKCC the fourth and final time this season as they shot more than 55% from the floor. JCCC point guard, Stephen Samuels, finished the day with a career-high 35 points while shooting 14-19 from the floor.
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Men’s Basketball Falls in Second Round to Kirkwood
March 19, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College men's basketball team fell in the second round of the double elimination NJCAA Championship Tournament to the 3-seeded Kirkwood Eagles. It was a tight game in the opening minutes, and the Blue Devils were able to build up a seven-point lead with 13 minutes remaining in the first half. The Eagles scorched the Blue Devils in bench points, 38 to 8. The second half did not go KCKCC’s way as the Kirkwood height and athleticism became too much for Brandon Burgette and his players. With the 73-55 loss, the Blue Devils are facing elimination and will now prepare to take on conference rival, 11th-seeded Johnson County Community College, who is also in a must-win situation.
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Nolen IV Adds Five Hits in Win Over Wolves
March 19, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College baseball team took down the Metropolitan Community College Wolves, 14-9 on March 19 at the Maple Woods Complex in Kansas City, Mo. Freddie Nolen IV had a career-high five hits in his six plate appearances as he scored three of those five times he got on base and knocked in one RBI.
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Blue Devils Split with Division I Jefferson College
March 19, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team split against the Jefferson College Vikings with a game 1 loss, 5-2 and game two win, 4-1. With those results, the Blue Devils are now 10-8 on the season. They have played three Division I colleges and three Division II ranked teams, totaling for five games. (No.14 North Iowa Area x3, No.12 Kirkwood x2)
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Men’s Basketball Gets First National Tournament Win in Program History
March 18, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College men's basketball team took down nineteenth seeded Raritan Valley to record their first ever National Tournament win in KCKCC men’s basketball history. The Golden Lions started off hot, building up a lead of 11-2 in the first two minutes and thirty seconds of the game. It didn’t take long for KCKCC to climb back into things as they were up 48-40 at the half up.
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Softball Splits with Wildcats
March 13, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team split against the North Dakota State College of Science Wildcats with scores of 4-2 and 6-11. After the first two full weeks of the regular season, the top four highest batting averages are coming from freshman - Ashton Russell (.400), Kaitlyn Cowan (.393), Sidney Sullivan (.375) and Abryelle Hill (.370).
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28 Blue Devil Runs Good Enough for Split
March 12, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College baseball team split against the St. Charles Community College Cougars in O’Fallon, Mo. The Blue Devils put up 14 runs in both game 1 and game 2. The Blue Devils let up just four runs in the first game, but then allowed the Cougars to score 19 runs in game two.
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Blue Devils Host Successful Triangular
March 11, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team hosted a Triangular March 7-9, which included teams from North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC), Bryant and Stratton College (WI) and Kirkwood Community College. On Friday, the Blue Devils fell to NIACC 8-6, but took down Bryant and Stratton 4-3 from a nine-inning walk off base hit from Sidney Sullivan. On Saturday, No. 9 Kirkwood mercy ruled the Blue Devils 8-0. In game two of the day, KCKCC turned it around and mercy ruled Bryant and Stratton 8-0. On the final day of the KCKCC Triangular, the Blue Devils swept the day, beating Bryant and Stratton 5-2 and No. 9 Kirkwood 7-1. The KCKCC softball team went 4-2 on the weekend, ending the weekend with three straight wins.
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Men's Basketball Punches Their Ticket to Danville
March 10, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College men's basketball team was set to take on three-seeded Highland Community College for the 2025 DII Men's Basketball Region VI semifinal game. The two other teams remaining were the first-seeded Johnson County Community College Cavaliers and fourth-seeded Allen Community College. Both higher seeded teams won their semifinal matchup and it was a top two seeded showdown to punch their ticket to Danville, IL for the NJCAA Postseason Tournament. The Blue Devils would end up squeaking by the Cavaliers in the final by a single point and will represent the Plains District in Danville, IL.
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Men’s Basketball to Region VI Semifinal
March 04, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College men's basketball team took down the (7) Neosho County Community College Panthers, 92-56 Mar. 3 at MCC-Penn Valley in Kansas City, Mo. The 2024-25 Region VI DII Men’s Basketball Tournament didn’t have any upsets occur in the opening round as every higher seed dealt with their opponent fairly easily besides the (4) Allen Red Devils just sneaking by the (5) Hesston Larks with a final score of 84-81.
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Women’s Basketball Season Comes to a Close at Highland
March 04, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College women's basketball fell to the fourth seeded Highland Community College Scotties, 66-33 Mar. 4 at Highland Community College in the opening round of the 2024-25 NJCAA Region VI Women’s Basketball DII Playoffs. With only 33 points, it was the least amount of points the Blue Devils scored all season. KCKCC finishes the season with an overall record of 14-16 and 6-8 conference record.
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Baseball Bounces Back to Take Series
March 03, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College baseball team played three games this weekend against Barton Community College and took two of the games. Friday, Feb. 28 the Blue Devils fell to the Cougars 6-4 but bounced back on Saturday, Mar.1 to win both games with scores of 10-0 and 5-1.
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Beep, Beep, Down Go the Roadrunners
March 03, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team swept the State Fair Community College Roadrunners with scores of 4-3 and 11-1. The first game came down to the final frame as Abryelle Hill stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs. After an inside pitch to make the count 2-2, Hill was able to put her bat to the ball and find right field, scoring Sidney Sullivan for the walk-off winner.
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Softball Drops Series to McCook
March 03, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College softball team lost both games to McCook Community College with scores of 8-1 and 9-5. This makes it back-to-back years that the Blue Devils have lost both their opening series.
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Men’s Basketball Finishes in Second Place in the KJCCC
February 27, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College men's basketball team beat the Neosho County Community College Panthers, 80-67 Feb.26 at MCC-Penn Valley in Kansas City, Mo. The men’s basketball program celebrated four individuals before the game for sophomore night. The four sophomores were Camron Williford, Pierce Ross, O’shawn Jones-Winslow and BJ Stewart.
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Women’s Basketball Regular Season Ends with Loss to No.22 Panthers
February 27, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College women's basketball lost to the Neosho County Community College Panthers, 96-77 Feb.26 at MCC-Penn Valley in Kansas City, Mo. There were six women’s basketball sophomores who were honored after the game. Those sophomores were Samaire Slusarek, Capri Garrett, Ja’Cole Johnson, Claire Suchma and Bennett Peck.
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Jefferson Roblee Named Women’s Soccer Head Coach
February 26, 2025Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) is proud to announce the appointment of Jefferson Roblee as the new head coach for the KCKCC women’s soccer team. With a distinguished career in coaching, player development and soccer leadership, Roblee brings a wealth of experience and a strong track record of success to the program.
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Men’s Basketball Make it 21 Wins on the Season
February 25, 2025The Kansas City Kansas Community College men's basketball team took down the Hesston College Larks, 94-57 Feb.24 at MCC-Penn Valley in Kansas City, Mo. After the win, it now puts the men’s basketball team with an overall record of 21-8. After the win, the Blue Devils’ record is 21-8, making it back-to-back 20+ win seasons for Head Coach Brandon Burgette and his team.
