Archive By Author - Mack McClure
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.
CONSOLATION BATTLE
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EMPORIA - Playing in the consolation bracket can be a hollow thing, especially an 11 a.m. game on Saturday in a midseason tournament a couple hours away from home. Yet Great Bend High School and Hutchinson brought some intensity to the consolation championship game, giving the Glacier's Edge Girls Basketball Tournament a different feel other than most matchups for fifth and sixth place. "Our girls, they actually surprised me," Great Bend ...
BRACK RAINS 3s
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EMPORIA - Lexie Brack tied a Great Bend High School record for 3-pointers in a girls' basketball game on Friday evening at the Glacier's Edge tournament. Brack drained five 3-pointers, and the Lady Panthers held off a Derby second-half rally to capture a 45-33 victory in the consolation bracket at Emporia High. They played Hutchinson for fifth place on Saturday. "We know Lexie can do that," Great Bend head coach Jason ...
NOT ENOUGH
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EMPORIA - After getting shellacked 71-44 by Topeka High School in a first-round game of the Glacier's Edge basketball tournament last season, Great Bend returned Thursday evening against the same opponent and same venue seeking a payback and some redemption. "We wanted to gain respect," Great Bend head coach Jason Tatkenhorst said. "We didn't think we were probably coming into this game with much respect because they really took it ...
ANOTHER ROAD TEST
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Take nothing for granted in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western Division basketball race. Let your guard down, and some conference opponent might sneak up on you. No team knows that better than Barton, which survived a barrage of first-half 3-pointers from last-place Colby and had to rally in the second half for a 65-64 victory over the Trojans on Wednesday night at Kirkman Athletic Center. "Some of ...
COUGARS HANG ON
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Barton Community College's Jalen Boyd converted two free throws with 16 seconds left in regulation, lifting the Cougars to a 65-64 win over upset-minded Colby on Wednesday night. Boyd also nailed a critical 3-pointer with 3:29 remaining, the last of five second-half 3s from Barton as it dodged a bullet at Kirkman Athletic Center. Colby had a final chance in the chaotic last seconds of regulation, but guard Hurley Johnson's layup ...
Lady Panthers open play against Topeka High
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com It will be a repeat of last season's first-round game of the Glacier's Edge Girls Basketball Tournament in Emporia. Last season, the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers opened against Topeka High, the same two teams that will tip off at 4 p.m. today at the EHS. Great Bend (4-6), which has been idle since beating Larned at home nine days ago, is the fifth seed in the eight-team tournament. Fourth-seeded ...
Cougars host Colby tonight
The Barton Community College men's and women's basketball teams will be playing host to Colby tonight at Kirkman Athletic Center.
Lady Panthers to play in Glacier’s Edge hoops tournament in Emporia
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbrtribune.com The Great Bend High School Lady Panthers, who have been idle since beating Larned in non-conference action on Jan. 18, will be back in action on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Glacier's Edge Girls Basketball Tournament in Emporia. Great Bend (4-6) is the fifth seed in the eight-team tournament, and will play fourth-seeded Topeka High (5-4) on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Emporia High. The Lady Panthers will be the ...
GB CLAMPS DOWN
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Coming off a disappointing seventh-place finish at the 2011 Bluestem Classic over the weekend at El Dorado, the Great Bend High School Panthers clamped down on visiting Larned in non-conference action. Applying the defensive clamps, the Panthers held Larned to zero points during an 11-minute stretch - from late in the opening quarter until the five-minute mark in the third quarter - and went on a 16-0 ...
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Nineteen state-bound
Check out the state qualifiers link on the Kansas State High School Activities Association website for the upcoming Class 6-1A state track and field championships, which is set for Friday and Saturday at Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State University campus.
LEARNING EXPERIENCE
OVERLAND PARK - Nine holes into the weather-delayed Class 5A state golf championship, Chance Haney was playing solid at plush par-71 Brookridge Golf & Fitness.
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.
