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O-line, Bowman spark Panthers with big plays in win
There were plenty of big plays from different Panthers players during Great Bend High School's 42-16 victory over Liberal Friday night at Redskins Field.
Panthers have woodshed game in mauling Redskins, 42-16
LIBERAL – Perhaps there couldn't be a better prelude to Class 5A district football play for the Great Bend High School Panthers than their mauling of Western Athletic Conference opponent Liberal Friday night out on the Pecos.
Lady Panthers embark on Class 5A tennis regional on Saturday
Coming off a second-place finish during the Western Athletic Conference tournament on Monday, the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers are hoping their success will translate into some regional success.
Liberal’s Cathey is premier wide receiver in WAC
When it comes to Liberal High School's football team, conversation always surrounds Jade Cathey, the premier wide receiver in the Western Athletic Conference.
Martinez runs wild in Nebraska’s rout of Wildcats
MANHATTAN - The nationally-televised Big 12 Conference showdown between No. 7 Nebraska and Kansas State quickly turned the clash of unbeaten teams into a mismatch.
Panthers seeking momentum
If you don't think Great Bend High School has had as tough of schedule as anyone in the state, listen to this:
Black throws down gauntlet to Panthers’ offensive line
After completing one of the toughest early-season schedule around, the Great Bend High School football team has hit the midpoint of the season with a 1-3 record.
Panthers Football
The Great Bend High School junior varsity football team leveled their record to 2-2 on the season by leveling Dodge City Monday evening at Memorial Stadium.
Lady Panthers take second place in WAC tournament
Maybe playing second fiddle isn't so bad after all. Great Bend High School - the defending Western Athletic Conference tennis champion the last three years - took home second place during the WAC tournament at home on Monday. The youthful Lady Panthers totaled 10 team points, finishing behind only WAC champion Dodge City's 15 in the team standings. Sophia McVay finished as the WAC runner-up in No. 2 singles, as did Jami McVay and Brianna ...
Streak Ends
DODGE CITY - After a decade of dominance, the streak is over. Great Bend High School owned a 10-year winning streak against Dodge City. On Friday night, the unbeaten Red Demons finally exorcised the demons, beating their longtime Western Athletic Conference foe, 31-14, for the first time since the 1999 season. "Things like that come and go," Great Bend head coach Bo Black said. "More important than a streak ending to Dodge City ...
Lady Panthers finish 1-2
Coming up shy in gunning to advance to bracket play in their own tournament, the Great Bend HIgh School Lady Panthers volleyball team finished with a 1-2 record early Saturday at the GBHS Fieldhouse.
Great Bend volleyball team to host tourney on Saturday
The Great Bend High School volleyball team faces off with nearby area team St. John in the first match of the Lady Panthers' home tournament on Saturday at the GBHS Fieldhouse.
Flashback
The Great Bend High School Panthers first applied the stranglehold on Dodge City at the start of the millennium, when head coach Bo Black began his first season in 2000.
Bend but not break
Great Bend High School head football coach Bo Black used the term "ultra-explosive," when describing Dodge City's big-play offense.
Lady Panthers to host invite
A 6-16 overall record is rather modest for the Great Bend High School varsity volleyball team, not the type of the mark the Lady Panthers prefer.
Articles By Author - Mack McClure
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.
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.
