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Wild West Fest Tournament

WILD WEST FEST WOOD BAT TOURNAMENT At Hays Friday-Saturday-Sunday Pool play schedule Senior division Friday Hays High 11:15 a.m. - Hays vs. Colby 1:30 p.m. - TMP vs. North Platte, Neb. 3:45 p.m. - Topeka Capitols vs. Colby 6 p.m. - Rock Creek vs. Seward, Neb. 8:15 p.m. - Hays vs. Seward, Neb. TMP 9 a.m. - Great Bend vs. TMP 11:15 a.m. - Great Bend vs. Kansas Crush 1:30 p.m. ...

Quicksilver claims second place

LUMBERJACKS

After winning half of their four games at the 2012 Kansas Grand Slam Wood Bat Tournament in Salina, the Great Bend Chiefs will be taking their lumber to Hays this weekend.

Quicksilver claims first in Dodge City

Braves sweep Newton in doubleheader

NEWTON - The Great Bend Braves swept a Class A American Legion doubleheader against Newton on Sunday afternoon after McPherson, which was scheduled to be part of a triangular with Newton and Great Bend, had to back out.

FIRECRACKER SPECIAL

SALINA - No question, the Great Bend Chiefs had some golden opportunities against defending Kansas Grand Slam Wood Bat Tournament champion Millard North.

Beck’s blast, Bowman’s triple furnish bookends

SALINA - No. 9 hitter Bryce Beck of the Great Bend Chiefs caught lightning in a bottle, crashing a towering solo home run that smashed against the scoreboard above the fence in left-center field at spacious Dean Evans Stadium.

2012 Kansas Grand Slam Wood Bat Tournament

Sunday's results Millard North HS 14, Kansas Rattlers 1 Wichita Rockies 9, Wichita Aces 1 Hutchinson Cardinals 13, Millhouse 18U 8 Millard North HS 12, Kansas Titans 3 Saturday Millard North HS 9, Salina Falcons 1 Columbus Behlen Blu. 12, Wichita Aces 0 Salina Falcons 10, Great Bend Chiefs 4 Wichita Rockies 9, Millhouse 18U 1 Hutchinson Cardinals 11, Wichita Aces 7 Hutchinson Cardinals 5, Wichita Rockies 4 Great Bend Chiefs 10, Kansas Rattlers 6<a ...

MIXED RESULTS

SALINA - The Great Bend Chiefs AAA American Legion baseball team had mixed results using wood bats during the 2012 Kansas Grand Slam Wood Bat Tournament on Saturday.

Braves blow out Nickerson in twinbill sweep

With a near shutout and a solo home run, Tristan Hall showed prowess on the mound and at the plate for the Great Bend Braves during the first game of a Class A American Legion doubleheader on Friday.

Braves to host Nickerson tonight

The Great Bend Braves look to right the ship tonight against Nickerson at the Sports Complex.

Rangers rough up Braves in twinbill

The Great Bend Braves allowed Dodge City to accumulate large leads early on in both Class A American League baseball games on Tuesday at Veterans Memorial Park.

EAGLES SOAR TO SWEEP

No matter the sport, Great Bend and Hays always seem to treat fans to a game that goes down to the wire.

Braves’ doubleheader with Nickerson to be rescheduled

The Great Bend Braves are in the process of rescheduling Sunday's doubleheader at Nickerson, which was postponed due to a lack of available players.

Golden Belt finishes second at Lakin swim meet

LAKIN - For the first time this summer, the Golden Belt swim squad finished second in a meet.