Lady Oilers seize first place

LYONS - The Central Plains High School girls' track and field team won the Lyons Invitational on Friday.

Larned competes at Nickerson

NICKERSON - The Larned High School girls' track and field team seized third place at the Nickerson Invitational on Thursday.

Tigers, Cougars tie for fourth at La Crosse

LA CROSSE - The Otis-Bison High School and St. John-Hudson boys' track and field teams tied for fourth place at the La Crosse Invitational on Friday.

Panthers compete at McPherson Invitational

McPHERSON - Hutchinson High School shot a combined 318 to claim first place on Thursday at par-70 Turkey Creek Golf Course. Buhler placed second at 323, followed by Arkansas City (324) and Maize (325). Newton and Derby tied for fifth at 329. Hays (331), Sterling (338), Great Bend (343), Winfield (345), El Dorado (353), St. John-Hudson (404) and Campus (449) rounded out the field, where the top-4 players' scores were kept for ...

Great Bend tennis team preparing for Hays

Shannon Schartz's Great Bend High School boys' tennis team is gearing up for their first Western Athletic Conference action of the season.

SMASHING DEBUT

A bright, sunny Thursday afternoon began with the unveiling of a metal sculpture at the entrance of the Great Bend Sports Complex.

BLOWN AWAY

A grand slam is a nice way to start the high school softball season. For Great Bend High School senior Samantha Dreiling, that's exactly what happened. After giving up a run to Hoisington in the top of the first inning, Dreiling's shot helped Great Bend to a seven-run bottom of the first on its way to a 16-1 win in four innings in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday. The Lady ...

Panthers walk past Hoisington in baseball opener

Great Bend High School's baseball team walked past Hoisington 11-0 on Thursday afternoon during the first game of a season-opening, non-conference doubleheader at the Great Bend Sports Complex.

Ellinwood JV track & field meet

GIRLS 1 Great Bend 108 2 Larned 104 3 Ellinwood 90 4 Macksville 81 5 Lyons 45 6 Central Plains 26 7 Chase 18 8 St. John-Hudson 11 9 Smoky Valley 6 TOP 10 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 100-meter dash 1 Alnor, Jennifer; Larned; 14.12 2 Nina, Remplewski; Lyons; 14.22 3 Evans, Bri; Macksville; 14.37 4 Lang, Makayla; Great Bend; 14.44 5 Danner, Adreinne; Central Plains; 14.62 6 Miller, Beth; Lyons; 14.68 7 Kimble, Sadie; Larned; ...

FRESH START

A familiar pattern developed last season for the Great Bend High School baseball team.

Expectations high for Lady Panthers

Last season, the Great Bend High School softball team went 13-0 before falling in the second game of a doubleheader against Western Athletic Conference foe Hays.

Liberal shuts down Lady Panthers

Kept on their heels the entire game, the Great Bend High School girls' soccer team couldn't stop Liberal's Kelly Ramirez on Tuesday evening at Cavanaugh Soccer Fields. The sophomore midfielder finished with a hat trick in the Lady Redskins' 3-0 Western Athletic Conference victory. In spite of the shutout, Great Bend head coach Gus Prieto said that he saw some good things to take away. "The important thing today is we had good moments during ...

BATTER UP

They were right there last season. The Great Bend High School Panthers advanced to a Class 5A sub-state baseball tournament championship game last spring. The Panthers lost to a potent Goddard team 8-0 in the title game, finishing their season at 14-8 overall. "When you get to the point where you are right there to achieve one of your goals, which is to go to state," Great Bend head coach Randy Beck said, "and you just ...

Lady Panthers seeing improvement during win

Just four days after their last home swim meet, the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers finished first out of five teams on Monday at Kirkman Activity Center.

Lady Panthers falter at classic

WICHITA - The Wichita South Titan Classic was not kind to the Great Bend High School girls' soccer team.

Kinnamon leads Tigers at 1A competition

EMPORIA - The St. John-Hudson High School boys' golf team finished sixth overall at the Class 1A golf tournament on Monday at Emporia Municipal Golf Course.

Reece leads Larned at 4A state golf tourney

CHENEY - It was a learning experience for Larned High School's golf team at the Class 4A state golf tournament.

LEARNING EXPERIENCE

OVERLAND PARK - Nine holes into the weather-delayed Class 5A state golf championship, Chance Haney was playing solid at plush par-71 Brookridge Golf & Fitness.

Lady Eagles win team title at Class 2A regional meet

HERINGTON - The Ellinwood High School girls' track and field team won a Class 2A regional championship on Friday, scoring 93 points to top Berean Academy, which finished with 88.

Lady Panthers seize 12th place at state

TOPEKA - With a 12th-place finish, the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers did something no other swim team has done at the Class 5-1A state swimming championships.

Indians to compete in state tourney

The Larned High School boys' golf team will compete on Monday morning in the Class 4A state tournament at Cherry Oaks Golf Course in Cheney.

Mustangs win 1A regional track title

ST. JOHN - Tanner Tranbarger, Henry Penner and Isaac Seibert led the Macksville High School boys' track and field team to a Class 1A regional championship on Friday.

PANTHERS PRIDE

SALINA - On Friday in a Class 5A regional track and field meet, Great Bend High School pole vaulters Chris Burley, Selam Ball and Hannah Middleton - along with throwers Jayce Brack and Nick Warren - qualified for the upcoming state championships in Wichita.

Haney making first Class 5A state golf appearance on Monday

OVERLAND PARK - Chance Haney got it right the second time around.

TAKING FLIGHT

It will be the high-flying pole vaulters from Great Bend High School taking to the stage today at Salina District Stadium - site of a Class 5A regional track and field meet.

Hays beats Lady Panthers in regional play

HAYS - The Great Bend High School girls' soccer team closed their season with a 5-0 loss against Hays in a opening-round game of a Class 5A regional tournament.

Ellinwood awards high school athletes

Indians close season with 10-2 loss to Pratt

HUGOTON - The Larned High School Indians had their season close in a Class 4A regional baseball tournament on Wednesday afternoon.

Lady Cardinals fall against Pratt

ULYSSES - Things just wouldn't go right at the plate for the Hoisington High School softball team on Wednesday afternoon.

Class 5A regional track meet set for Friday

It all comes down to one day in qualifying for the upcoming Class 6-1A state high school track and field meet, set for next weekend at Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State University campus.