Archive By Author - Mack McClure
CHIEFS GET DODGE AGAIN
DODGE CITY - Great Bend's Mitch Kottas and Hayden Hutchinson of Hays were locked in a classic pitcher's duel on Tuesday night during the Class AAA American Legion Zone 7 Tournament at Demon Field.
Chiefs open zone play today at Dodge City
For the Great Bend Chiefs, the Class AAA American Legion zone baseball tournament at Dodge City today and Wednesday features both the familiarity and unfamiliarity.
OFFSEASON WORK
Most everyone knows that an athlete makes his/her self in the offseason, so there's no better way to hone one's basketball skills than to take part in a summer basketball camp.
Chiefs put Tomahawk Chop on Mac
McPHERSON - The Great Bend Chiefs, a Class AAA American Legion baseball team, closed the regular season in grand style.
Keller becomes two-time senior champion
The previous five years had produced a different Senior Open champion. Wednesday afternoon was different. Great Bend's Paul Keller fired a 1-over 72 to beat Mike Chambers (75) in the championship flight of the 2011 event at StoneRidge Golf Club. After a one-year hiatus, Keller is back on top, becoming the first golfer to win the tournament - which debuted in 2006 - twice in its six-year existence. Mark Deighton finished ...
HOME FINALE
Buoyed by a gutsy complete-game pitching performance by Great Bend right-hander Matt Marshall, the Chiefs hammered Hutchinson 12-4 Tuesday night in the second game of a Class AAA American Legion doubleheader.
Chiefs headed to Salina for rugged wood bat tournament
The Great Bend Chiefs are loading up their lumber this morning and heading to Salina to take part in the Kansas Grand Slam 2011.
WETZEL REFLECTS
Randy Wetzel made no bones about it. Wetzel's first appointment as an umpire in the just-completed College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb., was everything the Great Bend resident imagined - and then some. "It was all that I expected and more," Wetzel said. "It was one of the greatest experiences of my umpiring career that I have ever had. "We were treated like royalty and being on the field for the ...
GOOD WOOD
Since the Great Bend Class AAA American Legion baseball team will be playing in the Kansas Grand Slam 2011 wood bat tournament over the Fourth of July weekend in Salina, the Chiefs opted to use wood bats Tuesday night in a regular-season doubleheader with McPherson.
HOME COOKIN’
No question, the Great Bend Chiefs Class AAA American Legion baseball team enjoy the home confines of Al Burns Memorial Field.
QUICKSILVER 14-U WINS
The Great Bend 14-and-under Quicksilver fast-pitch softball team throttled the Dodge City Monster 7-0 in the championship game of an ASA tournament at Veterans North ballpark on Saturday evening.
COMEBACK CHIEFS
Trailing the Dodge City Rangers 4-1 in the first game of a Class AAA American Legion doubleheader on Wednesday night, the Great Bend Panthers needed something to emerge from their slumber.
KOTTAS CONTAINS TMP
Great Bend Chiefs right-hander Mitch Kottas' confidence is growing. For the second straight outing, Kottas, a senior-to-be at Great Bend High School, was dominant on the mound. Kottas spun a two-hit shutout in an 8-0 five-inning victory over Thomas More Prep-Marian (Hays) Tuesday evening during the first game of a 19-U American Legion baseball doubleheader at Al Burns Memorial Field. "Mitch has been on a roll the last couple games that he's pitched," Chiefs skipper ...
Chiefs to host pair of doubleheaders
The Great Bend Chiefs 19-U American Legion baseball team entertain Thomas More Prep-Marian (Hays) tonight in a doubleheader at Al Burns Memorial Field. The first game is set for 6.
BEATTY LANDS AT PACIFIC
A two-time second-team All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College selection at Barton Community College, Colin Beatty has the tools to excel as an NCAA Division-I basketball player.
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.
