Archive By Author - Mack McClure
Thomas backing up star Bush for Dolphins
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Rookie Daniel Thomas shared some laughs with star running back Reggie Bush on Sunday afternoon in the Miami Dolphins locker room.
Garden City advances; Hays, Dodge City ousted
There's only one Western Athletic Conference team remaining after Friday night's opening round of the state football playoffs.
Cougars drill Hesston
It appears Dwayne Brunson has a front-line sidekick that is going fit in nicely for Barton Community College's men's basketball team.
McGraw: Living proof that former walk-on can make it in NFL
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jon McGraw has already lived the dream several times over. Here's a guy from Riley County, a tiny Class 3A high school, located just down the road from Manhattan, a former walk-on at Kansas State. He later became an All-Big 12 free safety for the Wildcats in 2001 and was chosen in the second round of the NFL draft by the New York Jets, playing there for three years before leaving ...
Wissman-led Cougars hammer Moscow
OTIS - Dylan Wissman of Otis-Bison High School had the type of game running backs dream about.
Chiefs jolt Bolts 23-20 in OT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Arrowhead Stadium turned into a House of Horrors for San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers before a national television audience on Monday Night Football.
Pass-happy Sooners uncork record-setting performance
MANHATTAN - The Oklahoma Sooners were steaming mad, having plunged from No. 3 to No. 11 in last Sunday's rankings by The Associated Press, along with having their BCS title hopes damaged.
DISTRICT DOWNER
SALINA - Entering the Class 5A District 6 finale, the Great Bend Panthers and their vaunted running game had steamrolled three of their previous four opponents.
Kottas, Lopez are keys in Great Bend’s ever-growing running game
In his one season as Great Bend High School's quarterback, senior Mitch Kottas has been the engineer behind the controls of the Panthers' productive running game.
PLAYOFFS PUSH
The byproduct of enduring one of the toughest schedules in the state is definitely paying big dividends for Great Bend High School.
Methodical running game has been Panthers rallying cry
In what has become commonplace the past month, the Great Bend High School Panthers have had a penchant for grinding out time-consuming drives with a stout running game.
Lockett sets KSU record by returning kickoff for TD in second straight game
LAWRENCE - The Lockett football bloodline at Kansas State runs deep. First, there was Kevin Lockett, who played for the Wildcats from 1993-96, becoming the career-receiving leader for the Wildcats and playing seven seasons in the National Football League with four teams - the Kansas City Chiefs, the Washington Redskins, the Jacksonville Jaguars and the New York Jets. Next came Aaron Lockett, Kevin's younger brother, who played for the Wildcats from 1998-2001 and was one ...
WIN OR GO HOME
Memorial Stadium has become a temple of doom for Great Bend High School football visitors this season.
ANY GIVEN SATURDAY
Tall orders are, well, tall orders. Perhaps a little David vs. Goliath mind-set could bode well for the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers volleyball team. Seventh-seeded Great Bend (8-23 overall) plays No. 2 seed Newton (36-3) in a first-round match of the single-elimination Class 5A sub-state tournament on Saturday afternoon at Salina Central. The match is slated to start at 5, and the Lady Panthers are competing in Sub-State B, which also includes their ...
Panthers are coming off best offensive showing
Talk about an instant classic. How about a district classic? That was the case last Friday night in Hays. In a Class 5A District 6 football opener, as well as a Western Athletic Conference showdown, Great Bend High School and Hays had a gallant battle that featured numerous lead changes and nearly 800 yards of total offense. What's more? The game went into overtime tied at 35 before Panthers running back Jonathan Allende scored on ...
Articles By Author - Mack McClure
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.
BITTERSWEET
GARDEN CITY - Having to share a Western Athletic Conference baseball championship turned out to be bittersweet for the Great Bend High School Panthers.
WITHIN GRASP
To be certain, the Great Bend High School baseball team isn't in the sharing mood right now.
