SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

Down the stretch in the second of two cliffhangers Friday night, Great Bend High School boys' basketball coach Chris Battin was beside himself.

Comeback comes up shy for GBHS

Struggling for a better portion of three quarters, the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers made a furious comeback bid against visiting Pratt Friday night.

GBHS has home opener tonight

The Great Bend High School basketball teams have their home openers tonight, playing host to the Pratt Greenbacks at GBHS Panther Fieldhouse.

Pawnee Heights drops pair of games at Larned Keady Classic

LARNED - The Pawnee Heights High School girls' basketball team could not fight their way back after a scoreless first quarter that saw Kinsley go up by 16 points on Thursday at the Larned Keady Basketball Classic.

Macksville rains 3s in 56-50 overtime win

LARNED - It looked as though the size advantage that the Hoisington High School girls' basketball team brought to the Larned Keady Basketball Classic was going to be a non-factor in the matchup with Macksville Thursday night.

Macksville tops Otis-Bison

Larned Keady Basketball Classic Tuesday's result BOYS Macksville 60, Otis-Bison 32 LARNED - Otis-Bison hung close, despite Macksville's early surge, but the Mustangs broke free in the second half, outscoring the Cougars 32-10. Kyle Bunker was the leading scorer for the Mustangs for the second straight game with 21 points. Bunker sank two 3s and hit 3 of 4 free throws. Derek Bevan added 19 points for Macksville. Otis-Bison leaned on its big man, 6-foot-3 ...

Cardinals wrestling team begins season

HOISINGTON - Hoisington High School enters its 2010-2011 season with five state qualifiers from last season, including sophomore Chance Demel, who finished in sixth place in the 135-pound weight class at the Class 3-2-1A state tournament last season.

Instead of Greenbacks, perhaps Greenhorns

When the Great Bend High School boys' basketball team entertains Pratt in the Panthers home opener Friday night, the Greenbacks will be missing some of their swagger.

Panthers win home swim meet

The Great Bend High School boys' swimming team took first place at its swim meet held Tuesday at the Kirkman Athletic Center on the Barton Community College campus.

Thill scores 17 points in Ellinwood’s win

ELLINWOOD - Lauren Thill scored 10 of her game-high 17 points in the third quarter, leading Ellinwood High School to a 47-32 win over Wichita Northfield Tuesday night in the opening round of the Ellinwood preseason tournament.

Big second half lifts Lady Cards

LARNED - Despite pulling to within two points to end the first half, the Pawnee Heights High School girls' basketball team fell to Hoisington 51-29 on Tuesday after being outscored 28-8 in the second half.

High School Wrestling Results

VALLEY CENTER HIGH SCHOOL DUAL TOURNAMENT ROUND 1 RESULTS Gold Pool A Emporia (1-0) A Clay Center (1-0) B Andover Central (0-0) B Chanute (0-0) C Great Bend (1-0) C Wichita Heights (1-0) D Valley Center (0-1) D Derby (0-1) E Douglass (0-1) E Ottawa (0-1) MAT 4 Great Bend (54) vs Douglass (23) 103 - Ryan DesLauriers (GB) DEF OPEN 112 - Zach Schridde (GB) DEF Kordell Burch (DOU) 4-2 119 -Chris Burley (GB) ...

Panthers swim team off to great start

SALINA - After just one meet, the Great Bend High School boys' swim team has already qualified for the Class 5A state in five events.

Wade leads Lady Tigers against Pratt-Skyline

ST. JOHN - The St. John High School girls basketball season-opening 48-26 win against Pratt-Skyline came quickly became the Teresa Wade Show on Friday night.

Tigers overcome first-game jitters, beat Skyline

ST. JOHN - The St. John High School boys' basketball team overcame shooting 6-for-21 from the free throw line to edge Skyline 55-46 on Friday night.

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.

All-Central Prairie League football teams

First team

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