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KCKCC drops 70-68 heavyweight thriller to Link Year Prep Caleb Jones matched one of Link Year Prep’s five dunk shots with one of his own in KCKCC’s 70-68 loss Monday. Jones led KCKCC with 16 points and 11 rebounds. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins) by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC sports information So much for opening a basketball season against a series of inferior teams. Playing the third quality opponent (and arguably the best) in six days, Kansas City Kansas Community College dropped a 70-68 decision to Link Year Prep in a fierce battle that went right down to the final shot Monday night. ....
by Alan Hoskins, KCKCC Brandon Burgette set the bar about as high as possible in his first year as men’s basketball coach at Kansas City Kansas Community College, winning the Blue Devils’ first Jayhawk Conference championship in the 51-year history of the league and earning a berth in the canceled NJCAA national tournament. Running off a record eight straight wins, the Blue Devils claimed the Jayhawk title with an 8-2 record and then dethroned defending champion Johnson County 75-68 to win the Region VI championship for only the second time over. After starting 2-8, the Blue Devils won 16 of their last 21 games. ....