Archive By Author - Mack McClure
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.
Senior distance standout Torres goes for medal
A freak accident left standout Great Bend High School track and field distance runner Rubi Torres in pain last week, prior to last Friday's Class 5A regional track and field meet at Friends University in Wichita.
PANTHER PASSION
All the hard work, the sweat and strain of grueling regular-season drills have diminished. As the Great Bend High School track and field team readies for the Class 5A portion of the state championships this weekend at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, the practice load has been reduced drastically. The Panthers have 19 state qualifiers, including two alternates, and have some that are competing in multiple events. "Basically, the training is over with," Great Bend head ...
Larned perseveres through tough regular-season slate
Larned High School softball coach Carl Miller and the Lady Indians knew that they would take some lumps, when they scheduled the likes of Class 6A Garden City and Class 5A schools Great Bend and Hays.
TAKING FLIGHT
Sophomore Chris Burley and senior Simon Sullivan, out of Great Bend High School, share a special yet competitive bond.
HEAVY MEDAL TOLL
WICHITA - The listing of Class 5A state track and field state championships qualifiers from Great Bend High School is long and impressive.
RAPID REED REGIONAL-READY
Alex Reed has weathered it all in his senior year at Great Bend High School. Reed, the two-time Class 5A defending state champion in the 400-meter dash in track and field, blew out the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee during a district football game last fall at Salina Central on October 22. After the swelling finally subsided, Reed had major reconstructive knee surgery on Nov. 5. Remarkably, six-plus months later, Reed ...
REGIONAL RIGORS
One win from advancing to the Class 5A state baseball tournament, the Great Bend High School Panthers had their season end with a thud.
Panthers seek to draw on their state experience
Rewind to last spring. The Great Bend High School baseball team advanced to the Class 5A state tournament, where the Panthers lost to eventual state champion Topeka-Seaman 6-5 in the opening round. Today, the Panthers (16-4) are in quest of advancing to the state tournament for the second straight year. They are the host for regional play at Al Burns Memorial Field and will play Topeka West (5-15) in the opener at 2 p.m. No. ...
GBHS to host Class 5A regional tourneys on Tuesday
Both teams are 16-4 overall and playing host to Class 5A regional tournaments on Tuesday in Great Bend.
GBHS NABS HOST MANTLE
With one swing of the bat, Jordan Haney sent the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers on their way to a 4-1 victory and a Class 5A regional home berth on Tuesday at Harms Field.
NO PLACE LIKE HOME
If things pan out right for Great Bend High School, both the Panthers baseball team and the Lady Panthers softball team will be playing host to Class 5A regional tournaments next Tuesday.
SEEKING NO. 2 SEED
GARDEN CITY - The Great Bend High School Panthers wrapped up Western Athletic Conference baseball action in convincing fashion, sweeping Garden City on Tuesday at Clint Lightner Field.
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.
