NOW WE KNOW

Now we know why those college basketball coaches get paid so much money. They have to deal with the seedy underworld of basketball in recruiting.

Great Bend Middle School fares well at TMP meet

On April 30, the Great Bend Middle School track and field team finished up the 2013 track season by traveling to Hays and competing in a seven-team meet put on by TMP Middle School.

Family combinations featured during races at S.R.C.A. Drag Strip over weekend

It was a family affair for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Thunder on the Plains at the S.R.C.A. Drag Strip this past weekend as Glen Amerine nearly shared the winner's circle with his son Craig, who was the runner up in Top Sportsman, and brothers battled in the final round for the Stock Eliminator championship.

GBMS Track & Field

On Monday, the Great Bend Middle School hosted its junior varsity track and field team meet and competed against five other teams.

TO TEBOW OR NOT TO TEBOW

Tim Tebow is out in New York and if you listen to the smarties who offer opinions, he's done in the NFL. Let's take a look at some of these smarties.

What's my name?

Drum roll, please. The BCS conference commissioners have announced the name of the new postseason football playoffs. They traveled from all across the country to Pasadena to make this happen. They spent thousands of dollars with Premiere Sports Management in Overland Park to come up with this name, along with a committee of the commissioners. As tough jobs go, this wasn't exactly cleaning up the kitchen! Here's what they came up with for a moniker: ...

Six Pack Volleyball Club closes season with three regionally-ranked teams

The Six Pack Volleyball Club finished their long season with three of their teams ranked No. 1 in their age groups of their region.

TIGER BY THE TAIL

LARNED - The AP headline on the sports pages blared, WOODS LEAVES MASTERS EMPTY-HANDED AGAIN!

Benefit soccer camp set at Fort Hays State

HAYS - A Leadership 310 team along with Up 'til Dawn at Fort Hays State University will host a youth soccer camp instructed by the men's and women's soccer teams from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 27, at the FHSU Soccer Stadium inside the Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex.

Munching on some leftovers

Last Monday night's NCAA national championship victory by Louisville over a game Michigan squad was a fitting conclusion to a great collegiate basketball season.

Six Pack dominate opposition, go 65-2

Ellinwood's Six Pack 12-1 silver volleyball team, coached by Katherine Mountain, is ranked No. 1 for the Heart of America Volleyball Club.

Kansas Kings

Turkey trophy

Five local wrestlers take home state crowns

TOPEKA - Thirty-one Great Bend wrestlers set out to compete with 1,400 other wrestlers from the state in the final tournament of the Kansas Kids State Wrestling Championships on March 29-30 at the Kansas Expocentre.

USD 428 Education Foundation golf tournament set for May 3 at StoneRidge

The 15th annual USD 428 Education Foundation Golf Tournament is set for May 3 at StoneRidge Golf Course.

June Jaunt youth tennis tourney set

The Great Bend Recreation Commission will be hosting a youth June Jaunt Tennis Tournament on Saturday, June 1, at Veterans Memorial Park.

S.R.C.A. Drag Strip draws national eye

In its 60th year, the drag strip at Great Bend honors not only it's anniversary but also its national publicity.