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Larned triumphs in turnover-plagued conference game
BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com ELLINWOOD - Both teams began slow on Friday night at Ellinwood High School, but the Larned Lady Indians were able to top their host in the end, 35-24. Both teams traded turnovers for 2 1/2 minutes to begin the game, ending with Larned's Kaileigh Dietrich getting a steal, one of her five in the game, and driving to the basket for a layup. Ellinwood and Larned combined for 54 turnovers at ...
BOTTOMS UP
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Last season, the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers basketball team was trying to avoid the basement in the Western Athletic Conference, ultimately beating Hays to finish fourth in the final standings. Fast-forward to 2011, where Great Bend rallied from a three-point deficit early in the fourth quarter to topple Liberal 56-50 on Friday night at Panther Fieldhouse. Great Bend improved to 3-1 at the midpoint of the conference ...
Area Prep Roundup
GIRLS St. John 43, Claflin 33 ST. JOHN - The St. John High School girls' basketball team was able to take Friday night's game away from Claflin in the third quarter, outscoring the Lady Wildcats 11-6. The Lady Tigers, ranked No. 6 in Class 1A Division-I in the latest Kansas Coaches Basketball Association poll, were led by Teresa Wade, who rang up 19 points in the game. Claflin, ranked No. 5 in Class 1A ...
Panthers claim first in Salina
SALINA - The Great Bend High School swim team left Salina with first place on Thursday night, winning in both the Salina South division and the Salina Central division.
SKINS GAME
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com This is a time for the Great Bend High School Panthers to dig down deep and have some intestinal fortitude, like they did late last season in making a run to the Class 5A state basketball tournament. After playing one of their best halves of the season Friday night in building a 31-28 halftime lead over Liberal, the Panthers couldn't duplicate that effort in the second half. Especially in ...
Manhattan girls rally past GBHS in OT
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com MANHATTAN - This one was a heartbreaker, although one can't deny that the Class 5A Great Bend High School Lady Panthers played one of their best games of the season. That included a 20-point scoring explosion in the first quarter. Yet Manhattan High came all the way back from a 17-point halftime deficit, sending the game into overtime tied at 48 and then outscoring the Lady Panthers 8-3 in ...
Gray, Marshall lift Panthers over Manhattan in OT, 40-39
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com MANHATTAN - What a difference just 24 hours can make. No one knows that better than the Great Bend High School Panthers. One night removed from losing to Liberal at home in a fourth-quarter fallout by GBHS, the Class 5A Panthers rose up and knocked off 6A Manhattan 40-39 in overtime on Saturday night. In the final 1:32 of overtime, GBHS guard Will Gray hit a pair of twisting layups - ...
PANTHERS SHOW PROMISE
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune After holding their own against Class 6A wrestling powerhouse Garden City High School in the mid-to-upper weight classifications, the 5A Great Bend Panthers pinned Liberal 61-16 Thursday night at the Panther Athletic Center. Garden City held off Great Bend 39-26 in the closest matchup of the evening, but the Panthers' Damian Plughoeft (140), Louis Burley (152), Jake Schridde (160), Simon Sullivan (171) and Ramon Garcia (215) notched ...
GBHS moves up game times for tonight
Great Bend High School has altered its schedule for today's Western Athletic Conference basketball games with Liberal at Panther Fieldhouse and the Panther Athletic Center.
Area Basketball
GIRLS La Crosse 44, Macksville 33 MACKSVILLE - The Macksville High School girls' basketball team scored 15 points in the final quarter, but La Crosse answered with 17 points of its own to hold the lead and win on Thursday night. Jena Clowers topped the Lady Mustangs with 17 points, including the team's only 3-pointer. Clowers also got three steals in the game. Yasnaya Susoeff scored five points and grabbed a team-leading seven rebounds, a ...
Great Bend sweeps Liberal
BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com The Great Bend High School bowling team hosted Western Athletic Conference foe Liberal on Thursday afternoon at Walnut Bowl. Both the boys and girls team finished ahead of Liberal, advancing the boys record to 6-2 overall, 2-2 in the WAC and lifting the girls to 8-0 overall, 4-0 in conference play. "We swept Liberal," Great Bend head coach Mike Perry said. "The girls set a new school record and the boys ...
PANTHERS AT THE PAC
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com The wrestling mats will be full this afternoon at the Panther Athletic Center, with the likes of Western Athletic Conference high school foes Liberal and perennial powerhouse Garden City coming to Great Bend. The first match of the day features Liberal vs. Garden City at 4, followed by Great Bend vs. Garden at 5 and Great Bend taking on Liberal at around 6. Great Bend's Chris Burley is ranked No. 1 ...
GBHS basketball games, bowling matches postponed
The scheduled non-conference basketball games tonight at Hoisington High School between Great Bend and Hoisington have postponed because of the winter storm that hit the area earlier in the day.
GBHS girls bowling team takes third in Wichita; Panthers finish 10th
WICHITA - The Great Bend High School bowling team traveled to Wichita on Saturday to compete in the second annual Great Plains Bowling Tournament.
Hoisington hosts Cardinal Classic
HOISINGTON - The Hoisington wrestling team took first at its own Cardinal Classic on Friday night.
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Great Bend falters at conference track meet
DODGE CITY - The Western Athletic Conference track and field meet was not kind to Great Bend High School on Thursday evening.
BASHFUL PERFORMANCE
It turned out to be their best power display of the high school softball season - thus far.
Lady Panthers drop game 4-0 at Junction City
JUNCTION CITY - The Great Bend High School girls' soccer team finished their regular season with a 4-0 loss against Junction City on Thursday evening.
Oilers lead area in state tournament entries
Central Plains High School will be sending its entire boys' tennis team to the Class 3-1A state tournament, which starts today at Hillsboro Sports Complex.
Lady Panthers capture WAC title
Heading into Thursday evening's Western Athletic Conference swim meet at Kirkman Activity Center, Great Bend High School head coach Steve Beaumont said he expected it would be tough.
GBHS softball doubleheader still on, baseball postponed
Today's scheduled softball doubleheader between Great Bend High School and Hutchinson is still on, starting at 4, at the Great Bend Sports Complex.
Great Bend entertains Larned today to close regular season
There's still much more to play for.
WAC track, swim meets set for today
The Western Athletic Conference track meet is set for today at Dodge City, starting at 4.
Lady Panthers to host Hutchinson
Great Bend High School's softball doubleheader against Hutchinson today at the Great Bend Sports Complex marks the end of the regular season for the Lady Panthers.
GB places fourth
LIBERAL - It was a fourth-place finish on Tuesday for the Great Bend High School golf team at the Liberal invitational.
FINAL FIVE
Qualifying five boys' players for the Class 5A state tennis tournament this weekend is the most ever from Great Bend High School.
