Monarchs one of 11 qualified for NBC World Series
11 teams have finalized their bids for the 2024 National Baseball Congress World Series, including the Hutchinson Monarchs of the Jayhawk Collegiate League.
The 2023 NBC defending champion Monarchs will be joined by the Haysville Aviators, the 2024 first-half JCL champions,
The Rocky Mountain Collegiate Baseball League will be represented by the Liberal Bee Jays and Hays Larks.
The rest of the qualifiers are:
• Santa Barbara Foresters – California Collegiate League – 2023 NBC runner ups
• California Halos – California Premier League
• Seattle Cheney Studs – Pacific International League
• Seattle Black Fins – Pacific International League
• Boulder Collegians – Mile High Collegiate Baseball League
• Top Prospect Academy Texas – AABC – Stan Musial Texas World Series Champion
• San Diego Stars — Western Baseball Association
Four other bids have been assigned and are waiting to determine who their representative will be:
• American Amateur Baseball Congress, Oklahoma.
• Stan Musial World Series champion will be determined on July 20.
• Hap Dumont League NBC Qualifier Tournament champion will be determined on July 21.
• Centex Collegiate Baseball League bid tentatively scheduled to be selected on July 19.
• Jayhawk League best overall record.
To round out the field, there will be one more at-large bid, which will be announced in the coming week.
Monarchs to sign autographs at Scheels Saturday in Wichita
The Hutchinson Monarchs the 2023 NBC World Series Champions, will be at Scheels sporting goods store in Wichita from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday for a special autograph signing event.
Scheels is located at 7700 East Kellogg, Wichita.
Remaining Hutchinson Monarchs 2024 Schedule
Thursday — Kansas Cannons, Hobart-Detter Field, Carey Park, 7 p.m.
Friday — Kingman Islanders, Hobart-Detter Field, Carey Park, 7 p.m.
Saturday — Hutchinson Monarchs NBC Autograph Session, 11 a.m. Scheel’s Sporting Goods Store, Wichita.
Saturday — Kingman Islanders, Hobart-Detter Field, Carey Park, 7 p.m.
July 25-Aug. 3 — 90th National Baseball Congress Tournament, Wichita State University’s Eck Stadium (‘Round the Clock Baseball July 27).
NBC Tournament Schedule
Thursday, July 25: 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Friday, July 26: Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 27 (Baseball ‘Round the Clock): Nnoon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m., midnight.
Sunday, July 28 (Baseball ‘Round the Clock): 3 a.m., 6 a.m., 9 a.m., noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m. (Military Exhibition Game, McConnell AFB vs Seattle Studs, BRTC ends)
Monday, July 29: Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 30: Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 31: Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 1: Noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 2 (Semifinals): 6 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 3 (Finals): 7 p.m.
Buhler girls soccer 7v7 League concludes
Tuesday night was the last night for the Buhler High School girls 7v7 League, said coach Randall Rank.
“This finished off our third summer of putting this on,” Rank said. “This has allowed a lot of girls to play (alumni and current players). It takes some work to get started and to set up each week, but it’s well worth it to see the girls playing and having fun. Thanks to the officials who helped officiate this summer.”
Salthawk Match Play Tennis Tournament set for Friday night
The Salthawk Tennis Match Play Tournament is scheduled for 8-10 p.m. Friday at the Fairgrounds Tennis Courts.
All high school tennis players are invited.
Players are encourage to bring water “and a competitive spirit.”
Text or call coach Melissa Loepp with questions at (602) 295-2338.
Lonnie Paramore, Mary Ver Steeg will be inducted into Sterling College Athletics Hall of Fame
Haven High School boys basketball coach Lonnie Paramore and Hutchinson Central Christian High School volleyball coach Mary Ver Steeg will be inducted into the Sterling College Athletics Hall of Fame in a ceremony on Sept. 28.
Sterling College will also induct women’s soccer player Jaymi (McAnally) Westrup and the 2013 KCAC championship football team into the school’s Hall of Fame.
Paramore (Sterling College Class of 1992) had an illustrious career for the Warriors in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Paramore was a three-year letter winner, a two-time All-KCAC award winner. He was a two-time NAIA All-District winner.
He was a two-time Sterling College Outstanding Basketball Player, 1990-91 Outstanding Senior Athlete and 1990-91 KCAC Co-Player of the Year.
At the end of Paramore’s final season at Sterling College, he was the second-highest in points scored in a single game (44), had the second-highest scoring average (23.6 ppg), second-highest in points scored in a season and held the highest number of 3-point field goals made in a season (63).
Paramore maintained the highest career shooting percentage (49.6%), had the highest career free throws made percentage (81.2%) and was fifth in total career points.
Paramore has been the Haven High School boys basketball coach for 16 of his 32 seasons. He got his 400th career victory on Feb. 13 when Haven defeated Hesston 45-38 at the Haven gymnasium. He recorded three more wins this season for 403.
Paramore coached at Fairfield High School for 13 years and Ashland for three years.
Ver Steeg, or “Coach Mary” as she now is endearingly referred to, impacted the lives of many athletes in her 16 years at the helm of the Sterling College volleyball program.
She is the all-time winningest volleyball coach with 255 career wins for the Warriors.
Ver Steeg joined the Sterling College Hall of Fame as the first-ever KCAC Championship team coach in 1993. She repeated the feat in 1997 and took the KCAC crown for the second time.
The 1997 team had an overall record of 29-10 and went undefeated in the KCAC with a perfect 18-0 conference record.
That team also played in the NAIA Great Plains Regional Tournament. Ver Steeg’s teams also succeeded in the classroom. Eight players earned AVCA Academic Team status.
Since retiring from coaching at the collegiate level, Ver Steeg has continued at Sterling College as a professor, continuing to influence young people in an athletic setting.
Hays’ Dylan Dreiling accepts, signs contract with Texas Rangers
Dreiling, a former standout at Hays High, was selected by the Rangers with the 65th overall pick in the second round of the MLB draft on Sunday night.
Dreiling was the Most Outstanding Player in the recent College World Series for the national champion Tennessee Volunteers.
According to the Hays Daily News Facebook site, Hays Larks’ manager Frank Leo, Dreiling’s grandfather, said that before the selection the team called Dreiling at his watch party with family and friends.
Leo said Texas offered a contract and Dreiling accepted, adding Dreiling will find out in the next few days where in the minor leagues he will start his pro career with the defending World Series champion.
“Just really happy for him,” Leo said. “He set some goals and wasn’t afraid to work for them.”
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