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Prep basketball briefs
Regional wrestling Great Bend High School travels to Hays on Saturday for Class 5A regional wrestling competition, starting at 10 a.m. ... The Hoisington wrestling team heads to Beloit on Saturday for a Class 3-2-1A regional. Hoisington-Larned games bumped up one day Hoisington High School's upcoming scheduled Mid-Central Activities Association and regula-season ames with Larned, which were originally scheduled for Friday, Feb. 25, have been moved up one day to Thursday, Feb. 24, ...
K-STATE-KU GAME NOTES
By MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com GAME NOTES - It was the 272nd meeting between the state rivals. … In their most recent meeting on Jan. 29, Kansas routed Kansas State 90-66. … KU entered the game leading the nation in field goal percentage at 52.3. The Jayhawks also led the Big 12 in scoring (83.9 average), scoring margin (+19.9), 3-point field-goal percentage (39.1 percent), team assists (18.6) and assists-to-turnover ratio (1.4). … Kansas State was 3-13 ...
OCTAGON OF DOOM, PART II
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com MANHATTAN - The Octagon of Doom had become the Octagon of Gloom this season for Kansas State, the preseason No. 3-ranked team by The Associated Press. It wasn't supposed to be this way. Kansas State, the Big 12 Conference preseason favorite, quickly plunged in The AP Top 25 rankings. The Wildcats had two players suspended and others quitting as they fell out of the poll, their ...
HOMECOMING SPLIT
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune The Great Bend High School Panthers basketball team hangs its hat on trying to beat an opponent different ways. Last Saturday in a 40-39 overtime road triumph over Manhattan High, the Panthers relentlessly attacked the rim, which was a determining factor in the outcome. Against Garden City on Homecoming Friday night at Panther Fieldhouse, the Panthers used a different method, a deliberate strategy of slowing things down to slow down ...
Butler pulls away with inside-outside combo
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EL DORADO - Plain and simple, the Barton Community College men's basketball team caught Butler on a night where the Grizzlies were red-hot from beyond the arc. Brandon Hilyard pumped in 5 of 6 on 3-pointers and totaled 15 points for Butler, which connected on 10 of 19 3-pointers on the night in short-circuiting the Cougars 82-58 Saturday night at the Power Plant. Butler was also powered by ...
ACTION JACKSON
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EL DORADO - The energy level that the Barton Community College women's basketball team encountered in Butler on Saturday night at the Power Plant was a major challenge. Yet BCC has been up for challenges lately, and the Cougars' good fortune continued in an emotional 67-61 win over the Grizzlies. It was the seventh straight conference win for Barton as it is now 18-9 overall and 10-3 in the Kansas ...
Friday's GBHS boys box score
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Western Athletic Conference At Panther Fieldhouse BOYS Friday Great Bend 52, Garden City 46 GARDEN CITY (7-9, 1-4) Cody Bernbeck 3 2-2 8, Larry Gomez 0 0-0 0, Gerardo Holguin 1 0-0 2, Austin Terpstra 5 0-0 10, Jake Curran 6 0-0 16, Braden Taylor 3 2-2 8, Ivan Leal 0 0-0 0, Jeremy Ensz 1 0-0 2, Erick Ruiz 0 0-0 0. Totals 19 4-4 46. GREAT ...
Great Bend girls go dormant offensively, fall to GCHS
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Leading by four points at halftime on Friday night at Great Bend High School and Panther Fieldhouse, GBHS had nothing go right in the second half as Garden City pulled away for a 38-25 victory. It was the first Western Athletic Conference win for Garden City (8-9, 1-4), and an agonizing loss on Homecoming Night for the Lady Panthers (6-10, 3-2). A telling statistic in a mistake-filled game where the ...
WILD & WACKY WEST
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western Division men's basketball race is a grind, a rotisserie of teams in the wild and wacky West poised to knock each other off the perch. Barton heads to El Dorado on Saturday to take on Butler, fresh off an 82-73 victory over NJCAA No. 15-ranked Hutchinson on Thursday night. Tipoff for Saturday's game is 7:30 p.m., ...
Thursday's JUCO men's box score
JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western Division At Kirkman Athletic Center Thursday MEN Barton Community College 70, Garden City 66 GARDEN CITY (17-8, 6-5) Jarwand Rheubottom 4-9 1-2 10, Mike Morales 1-4 0-0 2, Avery Jirmnson 3-7 2-6 8, Chauncy Williams 4-15 4-6 14, Silas Mills 2-7 0-0 4, Andre Phillips 3-5 0-0 9, Jerry Cummings 2-8 2-2 7, Bryce Schippers 2-2 0-0 6, Davon Thomas 2-6 0-0 ...
Barton survives cliffhanger, breaks down Busters
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Another cliffhanger for the Barton Community College Cougars at Kirkman Athletic Center. What else is new? That's the way the Cougars roll at home, where virtually every game is a nail-biting, hair-falling-out, brain-twisting adventure. This time, the opponent was Garden City, the second-place team in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western Division entering Thursday night's game with Barton. No, this one didn't go into overtime, where the Cougars have been ...
Smith scores career-high 34 points as Duke pulls off comeback for the ages
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Duke's most hated rival was running the Blue Devils off their notorious home court, so Mike Krzyzewski gathered them around at halftime and gave them a locker-room speech.
NBA FUTILITY
CLEVELAND (AP) - Forget the NBA record, the Cleveland Cavaliers are officially as bad as any team in any pro sport.
Homecoming set for tonight at GBHS
The Great Bend High School Panthers basketball teams entertain Garden City tonight for Homecoming.
JAYHAWK SHAKEUP
Delete - Merge UBY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com There has been a major shakeup in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Western Division men's and women's basketball standings. In the past week, Barton's women (16-9 overall), in the midst of a five-game winning streak, won three games to zoom into sole possession of third place in the Jayhawk standings with an 8-3 record. On the flip side, Barton's men, once 5-3 in ...
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Panthers headed to Emporia for Class 5A state tennis tourney
Nick Moyers and his Great Bend High School teammates are embarking on the Class 5A state tennis tournament today and Saturday at Emporia High School.
BASHFUL PERFORMANCE
It turned out to be their best power display of the high school softball season - thus far.
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.
