Archive By Section - Local Sports
Friday night is Homecoming for the Great Bend Panthers. The opponent is the Dodge City Red Demons. Could it be any better?
October 01, 2015
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Charles Tabler
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Local Sports
Does anyone else think the Kansas City Royals just got better for the playoffs with Greg Holland getting hurt? Wade Davis has been the most dominate relief pitcher in baseball the past two seasons. Davis taking over the ninth inning is a good thing. The only question is whether the Royals 7th and 8th innings can stay solid.
September 30, 2015
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MIKE MARZOLF, Special to the Tribune
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Local Sports
There is a notable Country song that was recorded by numerous artists including Ray Price, Buck Owens and Dwight Yoakam that includes the lyrics, "I've got heartaches by the number, troubles by the score." It's hard to imagine any major college football program that has more troubles than Kansas but there just might be……………………………and the Jayhawks play them this Saturday. Rutgers!
September 24, 2015
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Charles Tabler
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Local Sports
Week four of the fall sports season is here. That means schools will begin rolling through homecoming events in the upcoming weeks.
September 23, 2015
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MIKE MARZOLF, Special to the Tribune
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Local Sports
WICHITA - The Emery Park BMX Championship Finals were held over the weekend. Hundreds of riders and their families from around Kansas and neighboring states were on hand to compete at Wichita's Emery Park. Riders battled for the title of State Champion in multiple categories and age groups. Two Great Bend brothers competed as well.
September 21, 2015
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Local Sports
Bombers Baseball, a local non-profit baseball association, will be conducting last chance baseball tryouts for both 8-under and 9-under baseball teams this Thursday, September 24th at 5:15 p.m. at Vets West baseball field. This tryout is for the 2016 baseball season. Winter workouts prior to spring competition will also be held. Anyone that will be 7-years old this school year, but cannot be 10 prior to May 1, 2016, is invited attend. There is no cost for the tryout, but, upon making the team, there will be a $200 player fee plus the cost of uniforms for next ...
September 21, 2015
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Local Sports
The Great Bend Optimist Club, along with the Great Bend Recreation Commission, USD 428 and the NFL promoted the youth in the area with their annual Punt Pass and Kick competition 9/13/2015.
September 17, 2015
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Local Sports
Maybe Johnny Cueto should cut his hair. Do those "Dreads" not agree with the Kansas City heat and humidity? Does Johnny even have a barber? All interesting thoughts while pondering the slide down the unwanted slope of pitching futility that has attached itself to Johnny Cueto since he joined the Royals.
September 17, 2015
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Charles Tabler
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Local Sports
How about the professional and college scene for sports in Kansas. The Kansas City Chiefs had a great first game and the Royals have the best record in the American League.
September 16, 2015
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MIKE MARZOLF, Special to the Tribune
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Local Sports
I'm curious about the Cat that is the Kansas State Wildcat's Band Director. What was he thinking when he had his marching band do a routine that got interpreted as some kind of obscene gesture towards or about a Kansas Jayhawk?
September 10, 2015
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Charles Tabler
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Local Sports
SALINA- Great Bend's Steve Courson threw in the Kansas Horseshoe Pitchers Association's annual State Tournament Saturday and Sunday at Salina's Sunset Park. Courson posted an 8-1 record in two days of throwing to win his division. Courson has thrown at World Tournaments in Iowa, Oklahoma and Utah and placed third in his division at the 2015 World Tournament in Topeka in July.
September 10, 2015
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Local Sports
As mentioned last week in At the Mike, former Barton coach Ray Bechard was in search of his 300th career win at the University of Kansas. He did that in short order sweeping Western Illinois and Duke at the Kansas Invitational to earn that milestone on the opening Friday of play.
September 09, 2015
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MIKE MARZOLF, Special to the Tribune
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Local Sports
MANHATTAN- The Great Bend United Little Panthers 12U soccer team posted a perfect 4-0-0 finish at last weekend'sWildcat Classic in Manhattan.
September 07, 2015
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Local Sports
Bombers Baseball is a non‐profit association committed to the betterment of organized boy's baseball in
September 04, 2015
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Local Sports
The college football teams from the Mount Rushmore State are invading Kansas this weekend. No, they won't be bringing George Washington, Lincoln or Jefferson with them but South Dakota State and South Dakota will provide season-opening action for Kansas and Kansas State Saturday.
September 03, 2015
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Charles Tabler
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Local Sports
