Lady Panthers hold off Liberal late, win 45-43

LIBERAL - It was a matter of survival for the Great Bend High School girls' basketball team, who captured a huge road victory on Saturday night, edging Liberal 45-43.

PANTHERS ROAR AT REGIONAL

HAYS - In Norbert Muth's seven seasons as head wrestling coach at Great Bend High School, the most state qualifiers he had in the program was 10.

THREES COMPANY

It all started a decade ago, when Brian Burley qualified for the Class 5A state championships in wrestling his senior campaign at Great Bend High School.

Chris Burley top-ranked; Schridde is ranked No. 3 as GBHS embarks on Hays

Chris Burley of Great Bend High School takes a 29-3 record and a top ranking at 112 pounds by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association in their latest poll to the Class 5A regional tournament on Saturday in Hays.

GBHS hosts Dodge tonight on Hall of Fame night

By MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com There will be Hall of Fame ceremonies tonight at Great Bend High School's Panther Fieldhouse, when the Panthers host Dodge City in Western Athletic Conference basketball action. Tipoff for the girls game is set for 6, with the boys following at around 7:45. Hall of Fame ceremonies, featuring Jenny Allford (music educator) and Glen Opie (community service), will be held between the two games. Dodge City, ...

Wednesday's JUCO men's box score

JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western Division Wednesday At Kirkman Activity Center MEN Hutchinson 77, Barton 72, OT HUTCHINSON (21-6, 7-6) Mark Braden 2-5 6-8 10, Dylan Frantz 3-9 3-4 11, Joe Mitchell 5-13 2-5 12, Bruce Reed 2-6 2-2 7, Quantel Denson 3-4 2-3 8, William Nelson 2-12 1-2 6, Robert Goff 8-11 2-4 18, Stuart Sullivan 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 27-64 18-28 77. BARTON (18-10, 6-8) ...

SNAKEBITTEN IN OT

By MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Is there a Kyra Sedgwick in the house? If Barton Community College wants to make any headway during the stretch run of the season, the Cougars need to find a closer. Barton, you see, still hasn't found a way to close out games when it gets down to the end of regulation or into an extra five-minute session all season. Such was the case again on Wednesday night at Kirkman ...

GB hosts Dodge on Friday

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 ...

McPHERSON WINS

In Class AAA American Legion baseball action at the Great Bend Sports Complex, McPherson rode a five-run first inning en route to an 11-1 win on Tuesday night. The 10-run rule went into effect after five innings. The second game was postponed because of rain.

MORE FLEXIBILITY

The regulations for Kansas State High School Activities Association offseason workouts for basketball have changed, perhaps loosening a grip on what coaches and players can and can't do during the summer.

Barton baseball signee Turner leads Hutchinson Blue onslaught

Sometimes things have to get worse before they get better.

JAMES OUTDUELS ALLENDE

Finding themselves battling Great Bend Chiefs right-hander Johnny Allende, the Salina Falcons scored a single run in the second inning and added another in the sixth for a 2-0 victory on Thursday night in the second game of a doubleheader.

Chiefs to host Salina Thursday night, tournament this weekend

Tonight's scheduled doubleheader with Salina at the Great Bend Sports Complex is the start of a homestand for the Class AAA American Legion Great Bend Chiefs.

EAGLES SWEEP CHIEFS

HAYS - The Class AAA American Legion baseball rivalry game between the Great Bend Chiefs and Hays never took a foothold.

Chiefs headed to Hays tonight for doubleheader

The Great Bend Chiefs travel to Hays on Tuesday night for a Class AAA American Legion baseball doubleheader.

Chiefs travel to Hays on Tuesday

A veteran Class AAA American Legion baseball team from yesteryear has become young and challenged.

REED’S PERSEVERANCE

Based on his past, it comes as no surprise that Alex Reed overcame injuries to come through this spring in the 400-meter dash for the Wichita State University track and field team.

Chiefs idle this week

The Class AAA American Legion Great Bend Chiefs are idle this week.

2013 GREAT BEND HIGH SCHOOL SPRING IMAGES

Photos by Mack McClure