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@hutchccwbb
HAS DONE IT!🐉🗣️
The Blue Dragon women WIN THEIR FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN PROGRAM HISTORY, defeating Northwest Florida State 88-80 in overtime!
#BreatheFire
After leading the Blue Dragons to an undefeated season and their first ever 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒊𝒕𝒍𝒆...
Hutchinson's John Ontjes has been named the 2024
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's Coach of the Year! 🏆
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Congratulations to Kiki Smith for being named the national tournament MVP!!
Also congratulations to Journey Armstead and Hailey Jackson for being named to the all-tournament team. 🙏🏻🐉
#BreatheFire
Congratulations to our girls
@BrynnMcCormick5
,
@Breeballer22
and
@MonaeDuffy
for signing to LOIs to continue their basketball careers. Brynn signed to Sterling College, Bree to Nebraska-Kearney and Monae to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi!
#BreatheFire
NJCAA First-Team All American.
NJCAA National Championship MVP.
NJCAA National Champion.
NJCAA 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫.
Hutchinson's Kiki Smith has been named the 2024
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's Player of the Year! 🏆
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The 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 in women's basketball. 🏀
Check out which 5⃣0⃣ student-athletes were named to the 2024
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's 𝑨𝒍𝒍-𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 teams for their hard work on the court this season. 💫
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Junior College DI Coach of the Year John Ontjes by World Exposure Report ✅
Junior College DI Player of the Year
@kikiiismith
✅
How about
@tkski3
being named the DI Assistant Coach of the Year!!! 🫡
#BreatheFire
Congratulations to our Jayhawk conference selections:
Kiki Smith - MVP & Freshman of the Year
Journey Armstead - 1st team
Monae Duffy - 1st team
Hailey Jackson - 2nd team
Akaysha Muggeridge - 2nd team
Coach of the year - John Ontjes!
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🐉
🔥 The Blue Dragons breathe fire at the 🔝!
𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 Hutchinson takes over as the #⃣1⃣ team in the
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's Rankings! 🐉
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A couple notes following last night's national championship:
@kikiiismith
broke the program's freshman scoring record and finished second in single-season scoring with 652 points.
Coach Ontjes was named the Coach of the Tournament.
(See thread for more)
The No. 1 Blue Dragon Women's Basketball team plays for a national championship tonight vs. No. 3 Northwest Florida State.
Time: 7 PM CDT (6 PM MDT)
At: Ford Wyoming Center, Casper, WY
Radio: KHMY-FM (93.1), 6:45 PM
TV: ESPNU
#BreatheFire
.
@hutchccwbb
visited the Kansas Capitol in Topeka to celebrate their national championship and be present for proclamations in the House and the Senate.
#BreatheFire
🚨 New team in the top-5 🚨
Hutchinson joins the
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's Rankings in the 🖐️ spot for the first time this season as the Blue Dragons continue their 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 season! 💪
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Dancing into the semis💃
@hutchccwbb
defeats the eight seed New Mexico JC Thunderbirds and will play the winner between Eastern Arizona and Gulf Coast State Saturday afternoon.
#BreatheFire
Congrats to HutchCC national champion Journey Armstead (
@JourneyArmstea1
) on committing to further her academic and athletic career at UAB.
#BreatheFire
🐉
NO new teams in the Week 8⃣
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's Rankings! 🚫
Northwest Florida State stands strong in the #⃣1⃣ spot for the EIGHTH consecutive week as the Lady Raiders move their record to 1⃣7⃣-0⃣ on the season. 💪
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Blue Dragons on 🔝
Hutchinson takes the #⃣1⃣ spot in the final
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's Rankings! The Blue Dragons finish out the regular season 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅. 🐉
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We have our opponent 🏀🏀
We will play Cochise in our first game of the NJCAA DI women's basketball tournament tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. MT.
Time to get to work 👏🐉
#BreatheFire
The No. 1 Blue Dragon women handle business on the road, defeating Northwest Tech and staying undefeated.
Up next: at Seward County on Saturday evening.
#BreatheFire
🚨 There's a new team in the Top-5!
Trinity Valley makes its way into the
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's Top-5 rankings for the first time since the preseason! The Lady Cardinals take over the #⃣4⃣ spot. 💪
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First go-around at conference play ✅
18-0 overall, 12-0 in the conference and are the fifth-ranked team in the country 🔥
We’ll begin round two Wednesday at home against current 13th-ranked Dodge City.
#BreatheFire
Day 2: Made it to Oxford!!
Rain 🌧️ spoiled our practice time.
But we improvised with a weight room workout
@SheStrength
& some hotel hitting & throwing!!
A big win for the Blue Dragons puts them through to the region title game!
The three seed takes downs the two seed Cowley. Region VI Championship Saturday at 5 p.m. vs. No. 1 Barton.
#BreatheFire
🐉
After a slow start, 14th-ranked
@hutchccwbb
defeat Indy on the road. Kiki Smith scores 18, Monae Duffy 17, Hailey Jackson 16 and Journey Armstead 12 and 7 assists.
Back in home Saturday against Pratt.
#BreatheFire
WBB | Stats update
With her 2nd 3-pointer of the opening quarter Kiki Smith:
+ Becomes the 2nd freshman to score 600 points (601)
+ Is now 5th in single-season scoring with 601 points.
+ Moves past Brittany Dietz into 8th on the single-season 3-point list with 91.
#BreatheFire
Recap from last night:
-42 points in the paint👀
-32 fastbreak points 🌬️
-Duffy records 12th career double-double 🏀
-8th best start in program history with 15-0 record 🔥
#BreatheFire
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Monae Duffy posts her third double-double of the season as the No. 6-ranked Blue Dragon women defeated Seward County 69-53 on Wednesday at the Sports Arena.
Release:
#BreatheFire
The No. 1 Blue Dragon women sweep the regular season series over Butler for the first time since 2017, led by Kiki Smith's 29 points as Hutchinson tops Butler.
It's also the program's 15th 25-win season.
#BreatheFire
🚨 DOWN GOES NO.1 🚨
Gulf Coast State takes over as the #⃣1⃣ team in the
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's Rankings after handing Northwest Florida State its first loss of the season! 👏
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Congratulations to all of our 2024 Junior College Female Athlete of the Year finalists! Winners in this category will be announced on June 26 at the Greater Wichita Sports Banquet at Intrust Bank Arena.
HutchCC guard Kiki Smith (
@kikiiismith
) joined me to discuss her freshman campaign, all of the postseason accolades she received, her health issues that led her to becoming a Blue Dragon and much more.
#BreatheFire
🐉
STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 🏀
@GSU_WBasketball
standout Mya Williams is Center Parc Student-Athlete of the Week after leading the Panthers to a 74-49 win over rivals Georgia Southern on Saturday.
Williams posted a game-high 19 points, three rebounds and three assists against
Some stats from our win at Pratt:
•Only 5 turnovers 🔥
•52% shooting in the 1st half
•57 rebounds
•56 points in the paint
•24 assists
Now 22-0 overall, 16-0 in the conference.
We play Cloud County Saturday for Pinkout Day! 🩷🩷
#BreatheFire
📊:
Bradley Neill goes eight and two-thirds innings with a pair of strikeouts, two walks, allowed nine hits and six earned runs on a career-high 135 pitches and
@BlueDragonBSB
continues its Region VI tourney journey, topping Cowley 8-6.
#BreatheFire
Kiki Smith hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 25 points as the No. 11 Blue Dragon women rolled by Northwest Tech 92-44 on Saturday at the Sports Arena.
Release:
#BreatheFire
Round 2⃣ of conference play begins tomorrow at the Sports Arena, which features a top 15 matchup on the women's side.
Come support the Blue Dragon basketball teams tomorrow night as they host Dodge City!
#BreatheFire
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The No. 1-seeded Blue Dragon women meet No. 8 New Mexico JC in the NJCAA Tournament Quarterfinals today.
Time: 1 PM (CDT); Noon (MDT)
At: Ford Wyoming Center, Casper, WY
Radio: KHMY-FM (93.1), 12:45 PM
Link:
Video: ESPN+
#BreatheFire
Points off turnovers: 38-8
2nd chance points: 17-8
Just eight turnovers and forced 29.
Onto the next! See you at the Sports Arena against Butler this Saturday! 🐉🐉
#BreatheFire
Welcome 🔙, thunderbirds!
New Mexico jumps back into the
#NJCAABasketball
DI Women's Top-5 Rankings in the 🖐️ spot while Gulf Coast State takes a step ⬆️ to 4⃣.
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Preview Friday's Blue Dragon women's basketball Region VI semifinal game with Barton. The game is at 1 p.m. on Friday at the Sports Arena.
Release:
#BreatheFire
Blue Dragon fans, help us welcome back the national champion Blue Dragon women's basketball this evening at the south side of the Hutchinson Sports Arena!
We are estimating an arrival at 7 p.m. but stay tuned to Blue Dragon social media for the latest ETA.
#BreatheFire
Three Blue Dragons are finalists for Wichita Sports Commission honors, including NJCAA National Player of the Year Kiki Smith and National Coach of the Year John Ontjes. 👏🏻🐉
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Congratulations to all of our local finalists for the 2024 Greater Wichita Sports Banquet. This year’s banquet will be on June 26th at Intrust Bank Arena with special guest speaker Maurice Evans.
Click the link to purchase tickets.
The No. 5-ranked Blue Dragon women's basketball team plays host to Barton at 5:30 p.m. today at the Sports Arena.
Radio: KHUT-FM (102.9); KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5)
Link:
Video: Blue Dragon Sports Network
Link:
Journey Armstead leads the sixth-ranked Blue Dragons to victory, scoring 17 points as Hutchinson beats Coffeyville 58-39.
Big one on Wednesday at the Sports Arena against Barton.
#BreatheFire
The No. 2-ranked Blue Dragon women's basketball team plays host to Independence today at the Sports Arena.
Time: 2 PM
Radio: KHUT-FM (102.9); KWBW-AM/FM (1450/98.5), 1:45 PM
Link:
Video: BDSN, 1:45 PM
Link:
#BreatheFire
A tough road win grinded out 💪
The No. 1 Blue Dragon women get it going and weren't stopped as they defeat Barton on the road.
Final regular season game at Garden City on Wednesday.
#BreatheFire
WBB | vs. Northwest Florida State
Hailey Jackson hits all three free throws to tie the game!
WE'VE GOT FREE BASKETBALL IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP! 69-69!
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We are now 24-12 all-time in the NJCAA tournament, 22-10 with Coach Ontjes.
4-0 record this season when trailing after three quarters.
Claimed a second win over a top-five ranked opponent this season.
37 wins is a school record and includes the best start 37-0.
#BreatheFire
Monae Duffy anchors No. 6
@hutchccwbb
with a 16 point-15 rebound double-double game as the Blue Dragons top Seward County at home.
On the road Saturday at Coffeyville.
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