CHIEFS CLAIM CROWN

You can't keep a good player down for long - not Great Bend Chiefs shortstop Logan Buehler, a first-team All-Western Athletic Conference and an all-area selection for the high school team during his senior season this spring.

CADDY GOES D-I

Penetrating guard Christina Caddy recently became the first women's freshman basketball player in the Keith Ferguson era at Barton Community College to sign a letter of intent with an NCAA Division-I school.

Chiefs to host tourney on Saturday

If you followed the Great Bend High School Panthers baseball team this spring, chances are you won't have a problem identifying with the Chiefs' American Legion 19-and-under team.

BAKER-BOUND

Alisha Fanshier recently verbally committed to play basketball at NCAA Division-II Fort Hays State University.

TRIO OF PANTHERS ARE ALL-WAC

Shortstop Logan Buehler, third baseman Darien Blackwill and catcher Landon Leuenberger - three vital cogs on the Great Bend High School baseball team - have been named as All-Western Athletic Conference first-team picks. Selections were made in a vote by the league's coaches. Hays landed a conference-best four players on the All-WAC team, along with the player of the year in pitcher Austin Unrein and coach of the year in head coach Frank Leo. Hays ...

THREE FROM GBHS MAKE FIRST TEAM

Pitcher Jordan Haney, catcher-pitcher Abby Morrison and third baseman Stephanie Morrison of Great Bend High School were named as first-team picks on the All-Western Athletic Conference softball team.

Three-time gold medal champion

Instant classic materializes during 10-inning state tourney game

MANHATTAN - Larned High School's first state softball tournament appearance since 2001 turned out to be an instant classic.

DIFFICULT DAY

WICHITA - When you're going up against the best in Class 5A on the biggest stage - the state track and field championships - sometimes things just don't go your way.

THREE-PEAT FOR REED

Great Bend High School standout Alex Reed endured a kaleidoscope of emotions during his final track and field season.

Larned outlasts McLouth, wins 4-2 after scoring two runs in 10th of state marathon

BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com MANHATTAN - Larned High School's first state softball tournament appearance since 2001 turned out to be an instant classic. In a mesmerizing three-hour Class 3A extra-inning battle at Twin Oaks Complex, No. 6 seed Larned outlasted third-seeded McLouth 4-2 in 10 innings to advance to today's semifinals. Lady Indians pitcher Brittney Perez struck out 16 in a 10-inning complete game, catcher Summer ...

Youthful GBHS underclassmen making an impact

Great Bend High School's Kaylie Doll came out of virtually nowhere to win a Class 5A regional track and field crown in the triple jump last Friday at Friends University in Wichita.

Moyd focusing on gold

DeleteMatt Moyd has a vision, and he has that look in his eye, too. The talented Great Bend High School junior envisions winning the Class 5A championship in the 110-meter hurdles this weekend at the state track and field meet in Wichita. Moyd also runs the anchor on the Panthers' state-qualifying 4x100-meter dash, along with being a state qualifier in the 100. For a guy that wears as many different hats as Moyd, the single ...

Great Bend’s Reed turns from hunted into hunter

Alex Reed finds himself in an unfamiliar position entering this weekend's Class 6-1A state track and field championships at Wichita's Cessna Stadium.

STEPPIN' OUT

A marquee field will be featured in the marquee event - the 100-meter dash - with the preliminaries today and the finals on Saturday during the state track and field championships at Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State University campus.

McPHERSON WINS

In Class AAA American Legion baseball action at the Great Bend Sports Complex, McPherson rode a five-run first inning en route to an 11-1 win on Tuesday night. The 10-run rule went into effect after five innings. The second game was postponed because of rain.

MORE FLEXIBILITY

The regulations for Kansas State High School Activities Association offseason workouts for basketball have changed, perhaps loosening a grip on what coaches and players can and can't do during the summer.

Barton baseball signee Turner leads Hutchinson Blue onslaught

Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.

JAMES OUTDUELS ALLENDE

Finding themselves battling Great Bend Chiefs right-hander Johnny Allende, the Salina Falcons scored a single run in the second inning and added another in the sixth for a 2-0 victory on Thursday night in the second game of a doubleheader.

Chiefs to host Salina Thursday night, tournament this weekend

Tonight's scheduled doubleheader with Salina at the Great Bend Sports Complex is the start of a homestand for the Class AAA American Legion Great Bend Chiefs.

EAGLES SWEEP CHIEFS

HAYS - The Class AAA American Legion baseball rivalry game between the Great Bend Chiefs and Hays never took a foothold.

Chiefs headed to Hays tonight for doubleheader

The Great Bend Chiefs travel to Hays on Tuesday night for a Class AAA American Legion baseball doubleheader.

Chiefs travel to Hays on Tuesday

A veteran Class AAA American Legion baseball team from yesteryear has become young and challenged.

REED’S PERSEVERANCE

Based on his past, it comes as no surprise that Alex Reed overcame injuries to come through this spring in the 400-meter dash for the Wichita State University track and field team.

Chiefs idle this week

The Class AAA American Legion Great Bend Chiefs are idle this week.