FOOTBALL NEWS

NEW YORK – Former Hutchinson Community College All-American Cordarrelle Patterson became Blue Dragon football’s first first-round NFL Draft pick in program history on Thursday night when the Minnesota Vikings selected him with the 29th overall pick.Patterson, a 6-foot-2, ...

The fourth member of the 2012 Salt City Bowl champion Hutchinson Community College football team has chosen a Southeastern Conference school to play for next year.Four-star defensive tackle Toby Johnson signed a national letter of intent to play for the University of Georgia next season. He ...

Nineteen members of the 2012 Salt City Bowl champion Hutchinson Community College football team announced where they will play next season at a signing ceremony in the Blue Dragon Room of the Parker Student Union on Wednesday, college football’s National Letter of Intent Day.Five of the player ...

Former Hutchinson Community College All-American receiver/return specialist Cordarrelle Patterson has declared for the NFL Draft, leaving the University of Tennessee a year early.Patterson announced his decision this week. He is one of four Tennessee players who are opting for NFL Draft a year early ...

Before Meshak Williams, Adam Davis and Angelo Pease helped the Kansas State Wildcats pave the road to a Big XII title and a BCS title berth, they were part of the building blocks that put the Hutchinson Community College football program on the NJCAA national stage.All seniors in Manhattan now, Will ...

A total of five former Hutchinson Community College football players will be participating in bowl games this season; four will play in BCS bowl games next week.A appearances by former Blue Dragons in bowl games begins today when former HCC linebacker Tim Edmond and his Ohio University Bobcats play ...

Three members of the Salt City Bowl champion Hutchinson Community College football team were named the second team of the 2012 NJCAA Football All-America list on Wednesday.Running back Terrell Lane, defensive tackle Toby Johnson and placekicker Michael Mesh all earned All-America honors, which bring ...

Three days after a program-record fifth-straight bowl victory, the Hutchinson Community College football team will finish a season as a nationally ranked team for the fifth-consecutive season.The final NJCAA Football Poll was released and the 9-3 Blue Dragons will close the 2012 season ranked No. 3. ...

Reserve quarterback Kody Cook threw for 272 yards and five touchdowns after entering the game late in the second quarter to lead the 14th-ranked Hutchinson Community College football team to a 41-21 victory over Iowa Central on Saturday in the fourth-annual Salt City Bowl at Gowans Stadium.Cook move ...

When talking about facing adversity on the football field, Hutchinson Community College linebackers Kenny Flowers and DeVondre Campbell could teach a class on how to overcome it.It has been a roller-coaster ride of a season for the Blue Dragon defense in 2012. Through the highest of highs, t ...

Many, many years from now when Matt Holt is telling his grandchildren about his football career, he will regale tales of his two years at Hutchinson Community College and his stories will have a unique perspective.Holt will speak of a group of Blue Dragon skilled players who possesse ...

After another very successful season, the Hutchinson Community College football team will compete in the fourth-annual Salt City Bowl on Saturday at Gowans Stadium.The No. 14 Blue Dragons (8-3) will take on Iowa Central (6-4) at 1:07 p.m. The game will be televised statewide on Cox Kansas Channel 22 ...

When the Salt City Bowl was organized, Hutchinson Community College football coach Rion Rhoades said he would like to see opponents from a variety of conferences come to Hutchinson for the game.When bowl bids were released on Tuesday, a team from the third different conference in bowl histor ...

For the third-straight season and fourth time in five years, the Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons will play the Butler Grizzlies in the Region VI championship football game.The 2012 regional championship will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11 at BG Products Stadium in El Dorado. Th ...

Quarterback Luke Barnes broke three single-season team records and receiver Antonio Johnson broke another as the No. 16 Hutchinson Community College football team defeated the Coffeyville Red Ravens 52-28 on Sunday in the Region VI Football Playoff Semifinals at Gowans Stadium.The Blue Dragons (8-2) ...

For the third-straight season, the Region VI Football Playoff Semifinals come to Gowans Stadium as the 16th-ranked Hutchinson Community College Blue Dragons will meet the Coffeyville Red Ravens at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.Tickets are $7 for reserved and $5 for general admission. HCC All-Sport Tic ...

The Hutchinson Community College football team fell three spots in this week’s NJCAA Football Poll after Saturday’s 40-7 loss to No. 2 Butler at Gowans Stadium.The Blue Dragons are now No. 16 heading into this week’s Region VI Playoff semifinal against Coffeyville at Gowans Stadium ...

The Hutchinson Community College football team was denied its first Jayhawk Conference championship since 1995 by the second-ranked Butler Grizzlies in a 40-7 loss in a battle of the league’s top two teams on Saturday night at Gowans Stadium.Hutchinson dropped its 20th consecutive game to the ...

The Hutchinson Community College football team will go after its first Jayhawk Conference championship since 1995 on Saturday when the 13th-ranked Blue Dragons play host to the undefeated and No. 2-ranked Butler Grizzlies in the Jayhawk Conference battle of the year at 7 p.m. at Gowans Stadium.In or ...

Third-year sophomore safety Dominique Terrell was named the Verizon/Jayhawk Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday.Terrell, a 5-foot-10, 188 pound safety who played in high school at Wichita Northwest, was a major part of a huge defensive effort then carried the 12th-ranked Blue Dragons ...