Archive By Author - Mack McClure
BCC ZAPS CONQS
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com DODGE CITY - Sometimes it's hard to get up for a game, especially when it comes to taking on a winless and last-place basketball team in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western Division. Sure enough, Barton's women struggled getting some intensity during the opening minutes at Dodge City on Monday, but quickly pulling away for a 70-55 road win at the Dodge City Civic Center. It was the fifth consecutive ...
Super Bowl champions
2010-New Orleans (NFC) 31, Indy (AFC) 17 2009-Pittsburgh (AFC) 27, Arizona (NFC) 23 2008-N.Y. Giants (NFC) 17, New England (AFC) 14 2007-Indianapolis (AFC) 29, Chicago (NFC) 17 2006-Pittsburgh (AFC) 21, Seattle (NFC) 10 2005-New England (AFC) 24, Philadelphia (NFC) 21 2004-New England (AFC) 32, Carolina (NFC) 29 2003-Tampa Bay (NFC) 48, Oakland (AFC) 21 2002-N. England (AFC) 20, St. Louis (NFC) 17 2001-Baltimore Ravens (AFC) ...
THE BIG CHEESE
BY PAUL NEWBERRY AP National Writer ARLINGTON, Texas - The Steelers had all the momentum. The Terrible Towels were out in full force around Cowboys Stadium. Rashard Mendenhall took the handoff with every intention of moving Pittsburgh a little closer to completing an improbable comeback. Then, a big hit, the ball popped out of Mendenhall's hands, and Desmond Bishop took off with it for the Green Bay Packers. It would ...
LEI THE REDSKINS
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Great Bend High School's Hawaiian theme for Friday night's game with Liberal was "Lei The Redskins," on Senior Recognition Night. Several GBHS students and the cheer squads dressed in Hawaiian attire, wearing a Lei for Friday night's Western Athletic Conference games at Panther Fieldhouse. Besides seniors being recognized in all winter sports, fans also got a glimpse of the future with youth dance teams performing during festivities, along with the Great ...
GBHS vs. LIBERAL
Western Athletic Conference At Panther Fieldhouse BOYS Friday Liberal 57, Great Bend 47 LIBERAL (8-6, 3-1) Jade Cathey 5 4-8 15, DeVondre Livingston 4 1-3 9, Slader McVey 2 0-0 5, William Ross 2 0-0 5, Bryan Morris 3 6-6 13, Kenlee West 0 0-0 0, Bryce Lamas 0 0-0 0, Tyson Deaton 7 0-0 14. Totals 21 12-19 57. GREAT BEND (7-7, ...
BOTTOMS UP
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Last season, the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers basketball team was trying to avoid the basement in the Western Athletic Conference, ultimately beating Hays to finish fourth in the final standings. Fast-forward to 2011, where Great Bend rallied from a three-point deficit early in the fourth quarter to topple Liberal 56-50 on Friday night at Panther Fieldhouse. Great Bend improved to 3-1 at the midpoint of the conference ...
SKINS GAME
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com This is a time for the Great Bend High School Panthers to dig down deep and have some intestinal fortitude, like they did late last season in making a run to the Class 5A state basketball tournament. After playing one of their best halves of the season Friday night in building a 31-28 halftime lead over Liberal, the Panthers couldn't duplicate that effort in the second half. Especially in ...
Manhattan girls rally past GBHS in OT
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com MANHATTAN - This one was a heartbreaker, although one can't deny that the Class 5A Great Bend High School Lady Panthers played one of their best games of the season. That included a 20-point scoring explosion in the first quarter. Yet Manhattan High came all the way back from a 17-point halftime deficit, sending the game into overtime tied at 48 and then outscoring the Lady Panthers 8-3 in ...
Gray, Marshall lift Panthers over Manhattan in OT, 40-39
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com MANHATTAN - What a difference just 24 hours can make. No one knows that better than the Great Bend High School Panthers. One night removed from losing to Liberal at home in a fourth-quarter fallout by GBHS, the Class 5A Panthers rose up and knocked off 6A Manhattan 40-39 in overtime on Saturday night. In the final 1:32 of overtime, GBHS guard Will Gray hit a pair of twisting layups - ...
Homecoming set for Saturday night at BCC
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com It will be Homecoming on Saturday night at Barton Community College's Kirkman Athletic Center. The Cougars host Seward County in a pair of crucial Jayhawk Conference Western Division clashes. The women's game is set for 6, followed by the men's game at 8. In between, at around 7:30, Homecoming festivities will take place with the crowning of the Homecoming Queen. ...
PANTHERS SHOW PROMISE
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune After holding their own against Class 6A wrestling powerhouse Garden City High School in the mid-to-upper weight classifications, the 5A Great Bend Panthers pinned Liberal 61-16 Thursday night at the Panther Athletic Center. Garden City held off Great Bend 39-26 in the closest matchup of the evening, but the Panthers' Damian Plughoeft (140), Louis Burley (152), Jake Schridde (160), Simon Sullivan (171) and Ramon Garcia (215) notched ...
GBHS moves up game times for tonight
Great Bend High School has altered its schedule for today's Western Athletic Conference basketball games with Liberal at Panther Fieldhouse and the Panther Athletic Center.
OVERTIME UNKIND
By MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Todd Johnston triggered a 7-0 Cloud County Community College run with a 3-pointer at the 2:07 mark in overtime, lifting the Thunderbirds to a 70-63 victory over Barton on Wednesday night at Kirkman Athletic Center. Johnston also capped the mini-run by sinking a pair of free throws at the 1:09 mark, increasing Cloud's lead to 65-59 as it was able to put the game away down the stretch. Cloud, which improved ...
PANTHERS AT THE PAC
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com The wrestling mats will be full this afternoon at the Panther Athletic Center, with the likes of Western Athletic Conference high school foes Liberal and perennial powerhouse Garden City coming to Great Bend. The first match of the day features Liberal vs. Garden City at 4, followed by Great Bend vs. Garden at 5 and Great Bend taking on Liberal at around 6. Great Bend's Chris Burley is ranked No. 1 ...
GBHS basketball games, bowling matches postponed
The scheduled non-conference basketball games tonight at Hoisington High School between Great Bend and Hoisington have postponed because of the winter storm that hit the area earlier in the day.
Articles By Author - Mack McClure
PANTHERS PRIDE
SALINA - On Friday in a Class 5A regional track and field meet, Great Bend High School pole vaulters Chris Burley, Selam Ball and Hannah Middleton - along with throwers Jayce Brack and Nick Warren - qualified for the upcoming state championships in Wichita.
Haney making first Class 5A state golf appearance on Monday
OVERLAND PARK - Chance Haney got it right the second time around.
TAKING FLIGHT
It will be the high-flying pole vaulters from Great Bend High School taking to the stage today at Salina District Stadium - site of a Class 5A regional track and field meet.
Class 5A regional track meet set for Friday
It all comes down to one day in qualifying for the upcoming Class 6-1A state high school track and field meet, set for next weekend at Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State University campus.
Tigers win regional title, beat Ark Valley-CTL foe Newton
In Tuesday's Class 5A regional baseball tournament at the Great Bend Sports Complex, the Ark Valley-Chisolm Trail League had the upper hand against Western Athletic Conference opponents.
CRUNCH TIME
Conventional wisdom tells us that Great Bend High School should meet Hays in a Class 5A regional championship tonight at 6 inside the Great Bend Sports Complex.
Panthers waltz past Indians in Hays Diamond Classic
HAYS - This rivalry baseball game between Great Bend High School and Hays turned into a walk-a-thon on Thursday evening during the 2013 Hays Diamond Classic.
Great Bend to play host to Class 5A regional tournaments on Tuesday
The Great Bend Sports Complex should be a packed place today.
GBHS golf team heads to Liberal
There's always howling winds in southwest Kansas, and a Class 5A boys golf regional on Monday in Liberal will be no exception.
MEMORABLE SEASON
EMPORIA - Shannon Schartz is setting out on a new adventure next spring - taking over the Great Bend Middle School tennis program.
Great Bend vs. Great Bend; Moyers ousted
EMPORIA - In a twist of events, where the upstart Great Bend High School's doubles teams became the talk of the Class 5A state tennis tournament's opening round, the record-setting Panthers knocked down more barriers in a season already full of milestones.
Panthers to host Larned today at 4
After officials deemed the baseball field at the Great Bend Sports Complex was too soggy to play Larned High School on Thursday in a doubleheader, the Great Bend Panthers and the Indians will try again today at 4.
Panthers headed to Emporia for Class 5A state tennis tourney
Nick Moyers and his Great Bend High School teammates are embarking on the Class 5A state tennis tournament today and Saturday at Emporia High School.
BASHFUL PERFORMANCE
It turned out to be their best power display of the high school softball season - thus far.
GBHS softball doubleheader still on, baseball postponed
Today's scheduled softball doubleheader between Great Bend High School and Hutchinson is still on, starting at 4, at the Great Bend Sports Complex.
