Cards in must-win situation against Ellsworth tonight

The Hoisington High School football team sits in the of the Class 3A District 13 standings. The Cardinals are tied at 1-1 with Ellsworth, their opponent tonight in Hoisington at 7. That leaves Hoisington with two options: win and keep playing or lose and go home. "This is our playoffs," Hoisington head coach Jason Ingram said. "Our playoffs start a week earlier than other teams. We have to carry out everything that we need to ...

Methodical running game has been Panthers rallying cry

In what has become commonplace the past month, the Great Bend High School Panthers have had a penchant for grinding out time-consuming drives with a stout running game.

Rodriguez records second straight hat trick

Great Bend senior midfielder Noel Rodriguez came up big three times over for the boys' soccer team on Tuesday at Cavanaugh Field.

GBHS EARNS NO. 2 SEED

Things didn't quite happen as planned for the Great Bend High School boys' soccer team.

Ellinwood qualifies boys, girls teams for state meet

MEADE - The Ellinwood High School cross country team qualified both the boys and the girls teams for the Class 2A state meet at Wamego Country Club on Saturday.

Newton ousts Lady Panthers

SALINA - Head coach Kelsey Perry knew that her Great Bend High School volleyball team had a difficult task entering Saturday's Class 5A sub-state volleyball tournament at Salina Central.

Lady Cards advance to state tournament

LYONS - Hoisington High volleyball coach Tina Johnson wasn't sure how the Lady Cardinals would respond when they got tested in the Lyons sub-state.

St. John wins home sub-state

ST. JOHN - The No. 1-ranked St. John High School volleyball team earned the chance to defend its Class 1A Division-I state title on Saturday, winning its sub-state tournament.

GBHS qualifies boys, girls for 5A state meet at Rim Rock Farm

NEWTON - The Great Bend High School cross country team achieved its goal on Saturday at the Class 5A regional meet in Newton.

Kirmer, Oilers beat Victoria

CLAFLIN - Benn Kirmer ran for 167 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Central Plains High School football team over Victoria in a non-district game.

WIN OR GO HOME

Memorial Stadium has become a temple of doom for Great Bend High School football visitors this season.

Mustangs hold on to win Stafford County Showdown

MACKSVILLE - In a must-win Eight-Man Division-I District 5 game for the St. John High School football team, the Tigers fell behind 32-12 in the second quarter.

ANY GIVEN SATURDAY

Tall orders are, well, tall orders. Perhaps a little David vs. Goliath mind-set could bode well for the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers volleyball team. Seventh-seeded Great Bend (8-23 overall) plays No. 2 seed Newton (36-3) in a first-round match of the single-elimination Class 5A sub-state tournament on Saturday afternoon at Salina Central. The match is slated to start at 5, and the Lady Panthers are competing in Sub-State B, which also includes their ...

Panthers batter Independent 11-1

The Great Bend High School boys' soccer team closed out regular-season play with a decisive win over Wichita Independent on Thursday at Memorial Stadium.

Panthers are coming off best offensive showing

Talk about an instant classic. How about a district classic? That was the case last Friday night in Hays. In a Class 5A District 6 football opener, as well as a Western Athletic Conference showdown, Great Bend High School and Hays had a gallant battle that featured numerous lead changes and nearly 800 yards of total offense. What's more? The game went into overtime tied at 35 before Panthers running back Jonathan Allende scored on ...

Indians rally to beat Lakin

LAKIN - Larned outscored Lakin's boys 19-8 in the fourth period to pull away for a 59-42 non-league victory Saturday.

Larned’s Reed places second

PRATT - Larned High School's returning Class 4A state qualifier Kaiden Reed placed runner-up in the Pratt Wrestling Tournament. Reed lost 1-0 to Buhler's Jon Yates in the 285-pound division finals. Reed won two of three matches.

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Indians rout Kiowa County

LARNED - The Larned High School boys' basketball team picked up their pace in the second half to put away Kiowa County on Tuesday night at the Seventh Annual Gene Keady Basketball Classic 67-40.

Panthers finish fifth at dual tournament

VALLEY CENTER - The Great Bend High School wrestling team opened the season on Saturday, finishing fifth at the Valley Center Duals Tournament.

Cardinals take second to open wrestling season

OSBORNE - The Hoisington High School wrestling team went to the Osborne Invitational as defending tournament champions.

Russell tops Lady Eagles in overtime to open season

RUSSELL - It took more than four quarters, but Russell High School's girls' basketball team put Ellinwood away in overtime.

Eagles beat Russell 54-41

RUSSELL - Ellinwood High School's boys' basketball team took an early lead and held on to beat Russell 54-41 on Friday night.

Panthers finish in fourth place at Salina swim meet

SALINA - While the Great Bend High School boys' swimming team finished fourth out of five teams in the Panthers' season-opening meet at Salina, they showed some potential according to head coach Steve Beaumont.

STRONG COMPETITION

HAYS - The Great Bend High School girls' basketball team just couldn't shut down Riley County's offense.

Panthers finish in fifth place at Hays tournament

HAYS - Things were looking up for the Great Bend High School boys' basketball team with 10 minutes remaining on the clock.

Tigers open season with rout of Pratt-Skyline

PRATT - The St. John-Hudson High School boys' basketball team started the season with a dominant performance on Friday night.

Panthers rally in second half to beat Colby 59-53

HAYS - It's always nice to start things off with a win.

Lady Panthers shut down Colby

HAYS - Great Bend High School's girls' basketball team led throughout the first half against Colby on Thursday afternoon during the Hays City Shoot-out.

Basketball season starts now