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August 25, 2011 · 12:02 am

COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES THAT MATTER: THE 2011 SEASON KICKS OFF TONIGHT, AUGUST 25TH

 While certain sports news outlets are obsessed with covering every pre-pubescent moment of the Little League World Series tonight’s start of actual football games that matter is not being neglected here at Balladeer’s Blog. As promised a few days ago here is a rundown of tonight’s games accompanied by links to follow those games where available:

NJCAA Games

The Hutchinson Blue Dragons are hosting the Kilgore College Rangers – 8pm ET link – http://cms.hutchcc.edu/hcc/game.asx  

The Butler (KS) Grizzlies are Continue reading →

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August 10, 2011 · 9:42 pm

HUTCHINSON BLUE DRAGONS AT NUMBER 6 IN THE NJCAA PRESEASON FOOTBALL POLL

 The Hutchinson Blue Dragons football team, fresh off last year’s 10-2 campaign and their second consecutive Salt City Bowl victory, are ranked number 6 in the NJCAA preseason football poll. Navarro College, the defending national champions (and not just in football – the Bulldogs won the NJCAA Division 1 World Series in June) have the top ranking. The Butler (KS) Grizzlies, Navarro’s opponent in Continue reading →

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November 7, 2010 · 10:46 pm

JUCO PLAYOFFS: REGION VI SEMIFINALS SCORE UPDATE

Final scores are in for today’s semifinals in Region VI:

(7) HUTCHINSON BLUE DRAGONS over the Independence Pirates 24-17

(1) BUTLER (KS) GRIZZLIES over the Coffeyville Red Ravens 31-5

The finals will be a rematch of the regular season matchup between the Grizzlies and the Blue Dragons. Two weeks ago Butler handed Hutchinson their only loss of the year so far. Next Sunday the Blue Dragons try to avenge that loss on the Grizzlies’ home field.

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November 5, 2010 · 12:23 am

“PLAYOFFS!? YOU’RE TALKING PLAYOFFS?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?”

Jim Mora proving that sometimes a coach just has to lie to keep his team's respect.

 As I love to point out, the College Football Divisions covered by Balladeer’s Blog settle it on the field in the form of a playoff. Here’s a nice preview of this weekend’s semifinal games in the Jayhawk Conference.

HCC Sports Information

The Hutchinson Community College football team will play host to its first Region VI playoff game since 2004 when the seventh-ranked Blue Dragons will meet Independence in a semifinal matchup on Sunday.

Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at Gowans Stadium.

The Blue Dragons haven’t played host to a playoff semifinal game since 1995 when HCC defeated Coffeyville 17-16 in overtime. HCC’s last playoff at home was a quarterfinal game against Highland, a 65-0 semifinal victory. Continue reading →

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