The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) is a

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that is a member of the

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(NJCAA). As of 2007, the KJCCC was home to more than 3,000 student-athletes in the 19 men's and women's sports. The conference's name comes from " Jayhawk" which is a term used for people born in the state of

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, where all of the conference's schools are located. The term Jayhawk, however, originated with a group of guerrillas during the

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Members

All KJCCC schools compete in Division I football, wrestling, track and field and cross country. Hesston is the only member that competes in Division II baseball. Independence is the only member that does not field a baseball team.

Football

Only seven of the schools have football: Butler, Coffeyville, Dodge City, Garden City, Hutchinson, Highland, and Independence. The conference is not divided into divisions for football. Fort Scott terminated its football program on Nov. 8, 2021. From 2000 through the 2013 season, the regular-season champion was considered the Jayhawk Conference champion while the playoff champion was considered the Region VI champion. Prior to the 2014 season, the playoffs were eliminated from the schedule so that each Jayhawk Conference team could play a game versus each football-playing school in Iowa. The Jayhawk Conference regular-season champion is now also the Region 6 champion. The

Independence Pirates The Independence Community College Pirates are the sports teams of Independence Community College located in Independence, Kansas, United States. They participate in the NJCAA and in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. The men's foo ...

football team was featured on the third and fourth seasons of the television documentary "

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" and consequently multiple games of the conference were featured on the documentary.

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* {{Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference NJCAA conferences College sports in Kansas Region 6

Members

Football

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