Archive By Section - Local Sports
Jayhawks look to improve after rocky first season under Gill
Last year was University of Kansas head football coach Turner Gill's first season with the Jayhawks.
Jacobs wins
WICHITA - Austin Jacobs, a junior-to-be and a tennis player at Great Bend High School, took in the 2011 Kansas Novice Tournament of Champions on Saturday, Aug. 6, at Wichita Country Club.
Larned notebook
LARNED - The Larned High School football team will be adding some new kids to the mix this season.
Kansas State seeking gains in passing game
MANHATTAN - Kansas State is looking forward to throwing the football more this fall, and it has two integral parts of the passing game that were hurt last season returning.
NEW-LOOK CATS
MANHATTAN - Due in large part to Miami Dolphins draft pick Daniel Thomas, Kansas State was ranked as the second-best rushing team in the Big 12 Conference last season.
BEST SHOT
Sometimes it's about learning from the best. For all of the Class 5A state track and field meet medals Alex Hartig won during her star-studded career, she hearkens back to her freshman year at Great Bend High School as a defining moment. Hartig, a redshirt freshman at Arizona State, went head-to-head every day in practice her first year at GBHS with then-senior Larissa Richards, the school-record holder in the shot put (46 feet, seven inches). ...
LeRoy playing for Northwest Honkers at World Series
WICHITA - Great Bend resident and former Barton Community College relief pitcher Kyle LeRoy is playing for the Northwest Honkers, out of Seattle, in the ongoing NBC World Series at Lawrence Dumont Stadium.
Dodge City missing several playmakers in different sports
Maybe this is the year for the likes of Great Bend and Hays high schools to close the gap on Dodge City's enormous success the past couple years.
HELLO, NEWMAN
HAYS - Rubi Torres of Great Bend High School was not to be denied during the all-star cross-country meet held prior to the 38th Annual Kansas Shrine Bowl on Saturday night at sun-baked Lewis Field Stadium.
Lessard wins men’s singles
Mark Lessard, Larned High School's head tennis coach, captured first place in the men's singles competition of the Great Bend Adult Open Tennis Tournament over the weekend at Veteran's Memorial Park.
SHRINE BOWL STATISTICS
KANSAS SHRINE BOWL Saturday At Hays Lewis Field Stadium WEST 30, EAST 7 East 0 0 0 7 - 7 West 0 8 12 10 - 30 SCORING SUMMARY Second quarter W-Racette 2 run (Racette run), 6:04 Third quarter W-Smith 10 run (pass failed), 5:08 W-Hernandez 66 pass from Racette (run failed), 2:26 Fourth quarter W-Lane ...
WEST SIDE STORY
HAYS - It was a case of the West squad being bigger, faster and stronger than the East in the 38th Annual Shrine Bowl.
Reed to embark on new journey with Shockers
As Alex Reed prepares to leave for Wichita State University on scholarship, he departs as one of Great Bend High School's greatest track and field athletes ever.
TENNIS, ANYONE?
The Great Bend Adult Open Tennis Tournament is under way at the Veterans Park tennis courts.
Ingram takes over at Hoisington
Hoisington High School first-year head football coach Jason Ingram has already began making the transition from being an assistant football coach to head coach.
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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.
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