Highland Football Losses Tight Road Contest to Garden City

After starting the season off with an upset of the then eighth ranked team in the country in Dodge City the Scotties hit the road Saturday for their first road trip of the college football season and took on Garden City Community College. 

Garden City struck first in the contest on their home field as they found the endzone in the first quarter to take a 7-0 lead with over seven minutes left in the first. That lead grew to 13-0 for Garden City with just under four minutes left in the first quarter and the Scotties went into the half down two scores. 

Scotties got a break in the third quarter as Steven Delaine blocked a punt and recovered it on the one-yard line. Marquis Terry punched it into the endzone for the one-yard score to make 13-7 after the extra point as Highland drew within one score. Highland in the fourth quarter threatened to tie the game or take the lead multiple times but came up short. Scotties got down to the one-yard line, but a penalty, run for no-gain and incomplete pass ended the threat as Troy product, Tristan Speer who was in a quarterback misfired. Highland had another opportunity late getting into the redzone and faced a fourth and two from the Garden City 11 with 1:28 left but the Broncs stopped Highland and took over on downs ultimately working to the 13-7 win. 

Highland was held to just 147 total yards of offense and had three turnovers in the contest. 

The loss moves Highland to 1-1 on the season and the Scotties are next in action on Sunday, September 11th on the road taking on Graceland University JV. 

Scotties Have Strong Showing at Home Invitational 

After losing the first three matches of the season the Highland Scotties volleyball team has won six consecutive matches including going 4-0 on Friday and Saturday at their home Invitational. 

It was a strong showing by the Scotties who out of 13 sets played in the four games only loss won wining three matches in three straight sets. The tournament action started up for Highland on Friday against Ellsworth Community College and won 25-13, 25-18, 26-24. Tyrecia Lukes helped led the way for the Scotties with 11 kills and 10 digs in contest, while ACCHS product, Shailey Caudle recorded 10 kills. Lesile Polanco made an impact for Highland with 14 digs and three service aces, while Holton product, Megan Rhule set up her teammates with 25 assists and had 10 digs. 

To wrap up action on Friday Highland took on Barton Community College and snagged the win but needed four sets 25-17, 27-25, 17-25, 25-18. Caudle led the way with 16 kills, while Polanco and Lukes had 13 and 11 kills, respectively. Polanco added four aces and 15 digs, while Caudle had eight digs and Josie Vitosh registered 12 digs. Rhule tallied seven kills and 32 assists. 

On Saturday the Scotties picked up wins over Southwestern Community College and Wentworth Military Academy. Scotties won 25-19, 25-10, 25-16 over Southwestern, while beating Wentworth Military also in three straight sets 25-9, 25-14, 25-13. Lukes and Caudle led the Highland with nine kills each against Southwestern, while Vitosh recorded 10 digs and 13 assists, while Rhule had 24 assists and eight digs. Against Wentworth Lukes recorded 14 kills to lead the Scotties. 

With the 4-0 performance in the tournament the Scotties have won six-straight matches and sit at 6-3 on the season and return to KJCCC action on Wednesday, September 7th at home against Kansas City Kansas Community College at 5:30pm. 

Highland Cross Country Competes Against Top Compete at Augustana Twilight

After a solid start to the season at the Allen County Duals the Highland cross country team traveled to Sioux Falls, South Dakota for the Augustana Twilight at Yankton Trail Park and competed against top flight competition. 

Jorge Guerrero posted a time of just a little over 20 minutes to lead the Scotties men's performances at the Augustana Twilight placing 30th out of 228 runners. John Brunner and Zekarias Philipo notch 67th and 68th place finishes, respectively, while Jose Jaime posted a finish of 83rd and seven other guys also ran. Highland men as a team finished 11th out of 22 teams. 

For the lady Scotties they competed in the College three-mile race and were led by Lakashia Willis who finished 112th out of 228 runners. While nine other gals ran on the day for the Scotties also, as the Highland women finished 17th out of 20 in the team standings.