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DODGE CITY - After Brock Ibarra dialed up his first shot from long distance, Great Bend High School head basketball coach Chris Battin said he had a premonition that the senior guard would have a big night from 3-point range.
Cougars avoid slowdown, pull away from Butler
Part of the rigors of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference season is being able to adapt to the style of an opposing team.
Lady Panthers roll past three-time defending WAC champion Lady Demons
DODGE CITY - The Doll twins - junior guards Kaylie Doll and Kelsie Doll - combined for 21 points, helping lead the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers to a 49-35 victory over three-time defending Western Athletic Conference champion Dodge City.
Dolls, Harwood lead Lady Panthers past Dodge City
DODGE CITY - The Doll twins - junior guards Kaylie Doll and Kelsie Doll - combined for 21 points, helping lead the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers to a 49-35 victory over Dodge City in Western Athletic Conference action on Friday night at United Wireless Arena
Panthers beat two-time defending Western Athletic Conference champion Dodge City
DODGE CITY - Bryce Beck scored a game-high 16 points and Brock Ibarra was unflappable from beyond the arc, draining 5 of 6 3-pointers and totaling 15 points, helping the Great Bend High School boys' basketball team turn back Dodge City 49-43 on Friday night at United Wireless Arena.
Great Bend headed out to Dodge City
Coming off a 48-40 upset victory over previously unbeaten Hays on Tuesday night, the Great Bend High School boys' basketball team hits the road once again tonight, traveling to Dodge City to take on the Red Demons in Western Athletic Conference action.
JAYHAWK GRIND
Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference commissioner Bryce Roderick is going to be in attendance for Barton's game with the Butler Grizzlies, which is set for Saturday night at Kirkman Activity Center. The women's game tips off at 5:30, followed by the men's game at 7:30.
UPSET & UPSET
GARDEN CITY - After Garden City Community College upset the NJCAA No. 9-ranked Barton Cougars 66-47 on Wednesday night at Dennis Perryman Athletic Center, both teams got really upset.
No. 10 Garden City has its way in win over Lady Cougars
GARDEN CITY - It's hard to make a run at a team when you're already faced with a 14-point halftime deficit.
UNBEATEN NO LONGER
The Great Bend High School boys' basketball team hadn't won in a month.
Lady Panthers handle arch-rival Hays, improve to 4-3 on season
It's always nice winning your home opener. It's always nice beating your arch rival, too. The Great Bend High School Lady Panthers did both on Tuesday night, surpassing their win total of last season in the process. GBHS defeated Hays 54-40 in Western Athletic Conference play at Panther Fieldhouse, improving to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in WAC play after last season's 3-18 finish. The Lady Panthers rode one of their top offensive outputs of the ...
ADDED DIMENSION
Shooting guard Kevin Kuteyi gives the NJCAA No. 9-ranked Barton Community College men's basketball team's three-pronged guard attack - featuring Al Key, Turon Parker and Andell Cumberbatch - yet another dimension on the perimeter.
SHOOTING BLANKS
GARDEN CITY - OK, so the Great Bend High School Panthers' basketball team hadn't played a game since taking on Class 6A Manhattan on the road back on Dec. 8.
LULLS HAMPER GBHS
GARDEN CITY - Two decisive stretches did in the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers' basketball team during their Western Athletic Conference opener at Garden City on Friday night.
Barton to open Jayhawk West schedule with road trip to Seward
Barton Community College's men's basketball team is taking on a schedule during the next week that the likes of LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant adhere to.
Articles By Author - Mack McClure
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.
