Archive By Author - Mack McClure
Kansas State showcases playmakers in spring football game
MANHATTAN - The much-anticipated debut of the Brown brothers turned out to be a sidelight at the Kansas State spring football game Saturday afternoon at Bill Snyder Family Stadium.
WEB GEMS BAIL OUT GBHS
GARDEN CITY - A couple web gems, a bunch of resiliency and a single run in the eighth inning propelled Great Bend High School to a 6-5 extra-inning Western Athletic Conference softball victory over Garden City in the second game of a doubleheader on Thursday afternoon. Pitcher Jordan Haney hit a tie-breaking single in the top of the eighth and then she shut the door on the Lady Buffaloes in the bottom half of the inning, thanks to the aforementioned web gems.
TRADING PLACES
WICHITA - Talk about polar-opposite games. As poorly as the Great Bend High School Panthers struggled in the first game of a baseball doubleheader with Word of Life, the same could be said about the Fire in the nightcap. The Panthers walloped Word of Life 17-2 in second game of a non-conference doubleheader at Robertson Field. The 15-run rule went into effect after three innings. But it was a far different scenario in ...
Miami transfer Brown expected to make instant impact
Arthur Brown could become a playmaker on defense that Kansas State's football team sorely needs.
Pratt AD says new BCC volleyball coach is best in KJCCC
Pratt Community College athletic director Kurt McAfee has his hands full this spring. Not only does he have to replace his men's basketball coach but also his volleyball coach. The Barton Board of Trustees ratified the hiring of Trevor Rolfs as athletic director and Patrick Hall as volleyball coach on Thursday during their monthly meeting. Rolfs was the basketball coach at Pratt the last six seasons. Hall was the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western ...
HAYS SWEEPS PANTHERS
The Great Bend High School Panthers finally got to Hays right-hander Austin Unrein late in the first game of a Western Athletic Conference baseball doubleheader on Thursday afternoon at Al Burns Memorial Field.
Barton Board of Trustees to approve Rolfs hiring
The Barton Community College Board of Trustees is set to approve the hiring of Trevor Rolfs as athletic director today in their monthly meeting.
LADY PANTHERS NOW 9-1
Great Bend High School unleashed the full gamut against visiting Dodge City in a Western Athletic Conference doubleheader sweep on Tuesday afternoon at Harms Field
BCC excited about impending hire of Rolfs as AD
The buzz inside Kirkman Activity Center has an upbeat tone these days as Barton Community College prepares to hire Trevor Rolfs to direct their athletics program.
PANTHERS NOTEBOOK
The Great Bend High School track and field teams head to Wichita today to take part in the Shocker Pre-State Challenge at Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State University campus - the same locale as the state meet in May.
Pratt CC men's basketball coach Rolfs to accept Barton AD post
Pratt Community College men's basketball coach Trevor Rolfs, a former standout athlete at Quivira Heights High School who went on to play basketball at Barton, appears to be coming home.
BOTH SIDES SECOND
Great Bend High School captured second place in both boys and girls divisions on Tuesday during the GBHS Invitational track and field meet at Memorial Stadium.
WESLEYAN INKS LeSHORE
First impressions sometimes make lasting impressions. At least that seemed to be the case for Kansas Wesleyan women's basketball coach Gordon Reimer, who watched Great Bend's Kalie LeShore play for the first time when the Lady Panthers took on top-ranked McPherson in January at the Roundhouse. LeShore scored a season-high 14 points against the talented Bullpups, who went on to take home third place at the Class 5A state tournament in March. "Kansas Wesleyan saw ...
GBHS NOW 8-0
Great Bend High School left-hander Connor Sell nearly pitched a complete game and helped his own cause with his bat.
Kansas State has big voids to fill as spring football drills begin
Spring football practice got under way Wednesday in Manhattan for Kansas State University's football team.
Articles By Author - Mack McClure
Burley doesn't meet own standards, places third
WICHITA - Coming off a school-record 15-foot-6 jump in a regional at Salina last week, the conditions seemed right for Chris Burley on a partly cloudy Friday afternoon at Cessna Stadium, where the vaulters had a slight breeze at their backs.
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.
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