PARK CITY – As a sophomore in her first season of Class 6-5A girls’ state competition, Newton High School’s Jaymie Murray was just happy to be there and even happier to come away with the Railers’ first-ever medal at state.
Editor’s note: This is a followup to a story that first published online at thekansan.com Feb. 23.
A look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND The Big 12’s best team this season meets the league’s best — and the nation’s best, for that matter — from last season when No. 5 Kansas heads to No.
Feb. 26 through March 6, All times Central NOTE: All competitions are subject to change.
WICHITA – Newton High School senior Emma Brockman placed 10th Wednesday at the Class 5-4-3-2-1A regional bowling tournament to qualify for state as an individual. Brockman rolled games of 190, 154 and 178 to finish with a 522 series.
The McPherson College men’s basketball team achieved most of what it wanted to do Thursday in the KCAC post-season tournament quarterfinals against the Bethel Threshers. McPherson kept the pace slow and the score down, but Bethel’s Jaylon Scott’s 35 points and 10 rebounds paced the 20th-ranked (NAIA) and second-seeded Threshers to a 68-65 win.
Prep girls Heart of America Ell-Saline 49, Moundridge 33 BROOKVILLE – The Moundridge High School girls suffered a setback, falling to Ell-Saline 49-33 in Heart of America League play in Brookville. Moundridge trailed 10-7 after the first quarter and 24-14 at the half.
Amidst pictures of the new war in Ukraine, the U.S. is anticipating photos of truck convoys arriving in the Washington D.C. area, protesting many issues including vaccine mandates. Ukraine’s democracy is under assault just as in the U.S., we are seeing democracy in action: people organizing to use their voices.
One of my favorite songs at this time opens with “Letting go of every single dream, I lay each one down at Your feet.” (Trust In You, Lauren Daigle). For the record, at this time of my life I am not letting go of every single dream.
Regarding Beth Vannatta’s letter in Tuesday’s Kansan (Let teachers teach), which appears to be a veiled reference to the teaching of Critical Race Theory, no one is opposed to teaching the facts of America’s history. However, we do object to the claim of some that the central event in the founding of America was not the Declaration of Independence, but rather the importation of slaves from Africa in 1619, and America is responsible for the institution of slavery. The truth is slavery has existed since the appearance of man on earth and unfortunately persists today in some parts of Africa and Asia. We object to teaching that white people are bigots and racists and oppressors, and all people of color are victims. The quote at the end should be: “The truth shall set us free from the false teachings of Critical Race Theory and other false teachings.”