Archive By Author - Mack McClure
GBHS has home opener tonight
The Great Bend High School basketball teams have their home openers tonight, playing host to the Pratt Greenbacks at GBHS Panther Fieldhouse.
LUCKY TO BE ALIVE
Barton Community College point guard Storm Sanders grew up idolizing NBA superstar LeBron James, watching him soar to unprecedented heights as a high school legend at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio.
Instead of Greenbacks, perhaps Greenhorns
When the Great Bend High School boys' basketball team entertains Pratt in the Panthers home opener Friday night, the Greenbacks will be missing some of their swagger.
Cougars break out jam session in rout
In the final game before Christmas break for Barton Community College, the Cougars wanted to go out with a bang Monday night.
High School Wrestling Results
VALLEY CENTER HIGH SCHOOL DUAL TOURNAMENT ROUND 1 RESULTS Gold Pool A Emporia (1-0) A Clay Center (1-0) B Andover Central (0-0) B Chanute (0-0) C Great Bend (1-0) C Wichita Heights (1-0) D Valley Center (0-1) D Derby (0-1) E Douglass (0-1) E Ottawa (0-1) MAT 4 Great Bend (54) vs Douglass (23) 103 - Ryan DesLauriers (GB) DEF OPEN 112 - Zach Schridde (GB) DEF Kordell Burch (DOU) 4-2 119 -Chris Burley (GB) ...
Leshore, Allende hit big foul shots to lift GBHS
HAYS - Clutch free-throw shooting bailed out Great Bend High School after host Hays made a late run at the Lady Panthers Saturday morning during the seventh-place game of the Hays City Shoot-Out.
Panthers have no answer for Shields, Kearney
HAYS - The speed of the basketball game increased drastically from the previous two nights for the Great Bend High School Panthers.
Macksville girls look to be improved this season
In her first season as head basketball coach for Macksville High School, Kathryn McAllister guided the Lady Mustangs to a 9-11 record in 2009-10, including 4-5 in the Central Prairie League.
Lady Panthers fall in season opener
HAYS - Points were at a premium, and Great Bend High School and Colby spent much of Thursday's opener getting floor burns in the rough-and-tumble opening-round girls game of the Hays City Shoot-Out.
Panthers roll into semis after bouncing Colby
HAYS - Not only did the Great Bend High School boys' basketball team flourish running a variation of the Princeton offense Thursday afternoon during the first round of the Hays City Classic.
GBHS opens season today
HAYS - Great Bend High School opens the 2010-11 basketball campaign today at the annual Hays City Shoot-Out.
Sanders kick-starts BCC to win with early surge
First, there was the calm. Then there was the storm. The Barton Community College men's basketball team sputtered early in Tuesday night's game with Hesston College, although the Cougars led 48-35 at halftime. Then came the second half, in which the Cougars blew the Larks out of the gym during a 99-69 manhandling at Kirkman Athletic Center. Barton point guard Storm Sanders, a freshman from Canton, Ohio. He took Hesston by storm in the early ...
BCC women put together complete package
Playing at home for the first time this season on Tuesday night, St. John native Alisha Fanshier made a triumphant return to the Barton Community College women's basketball lineup.
State Football Title Games
TOPEKA - Wichita Heights High School finished with perfection, drubbing Olathe North 48-14 Saturday afternoon to win the Class 6A state football championship at Yager Stadium.
Trio of Panthers named to first team
Most people might not view a 4-5 high school football season as a successful one, yet when you consider it entailed the toughest all-class schedule in the state, then the naysayers might want to think it over.
Articles By Author - Mack McClure
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.
Great Bend entertains Larned today to close regular season
There's still much more to play for.
FINAL FIVE
Qualifying five boys' players for the Class 5A state tennis tournament this weekend is the most ever from Great Bend High School.
