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Great Bend takes home third place from Paola invite
GBHS takes home third place from Paola PAOLA - The Great Bend High School varsity wrestling team took home third place out of 14 teams on Saturday at the Paola Invitational. Chris Burley (112) and Jake Schridde (160) captured first place individually for the Panthers at the meet. Louis Burley (152) took home second place, and Simon Sullivan (171), Kade Sander (130) and Brett Roberts (125) each placed third. PAOLA INVITATIONAL Saturday's ...
Hoisington takes ninth place at the Bob Kuhn Classic
HAYS - On Friday, 23 high school wrestling teams decended on Hays for the Bob Kuhn Prairie Classic, which continued through Saturday.
Panthers salvage win in their final game
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EL DORADO - In a complete turnaround from less than 20 hours earlier, the Great Bend High School Panthers basketball team completely shut down host El Dorado Saturday morning at the Bluestem Classic. The Panthers limited El Dorado to just two third-quarter points and rolled to a 41-30 victory in a game where they led by 21 points at one point. Great Bend head coach ...
Panthers plummet in Friday's game
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EL DORADO - Great Bend High School's boys' basketball team hit a low-water mark late Friday afternoon in the 2011 Bluestem Classic. The Panthers, one year removed from winning the 2010 Bluestem Classic championship, dipped into the seventh-place game after falling 41-39 to Haysville-Campus. Great Bend (4-6), which lost its third straight and second straight in the tournament, fell to a Campus team (3-7) the ...
Friday Preps
BOYS Ness City 80, Pawnee Heights 22 NESS CITY - Ness City put up 25 points in the first quarter, and Pawnee Heights could not get back into the game on Friday night. The Tigers were led by Chad Wallace, who scored nine points. Sam Spence added seven for Pawnee Heights. Ness City 80, Pawnee Heights 22 NESS CITY Dalton Gantz 1 0-0 3, Ernesto Flores 3 2-2 9, Drew Clarke 3 1-2 8, ...
Steelers’ Super Bowl MVP returns with opposition
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) - Rex Ryan was on the phone in his office when someone walked in and asked him the question that helped shape the New York Jets' winning season.
Macksville overwhelms St. John, 70-53
BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com ST. JOHN - For the St. John High School boys' basketball team, the goal of making the championship game of its Lions Club Mid-Winter Classic all but dropped out of reach after the first half of play on Friday night against Macksville. The Mustangs led 30-13 going into halftime, and a second-half surge from the Tigers was weathered by Macksville, which won 70-53 to advance to the championship game ...
Area Tournaments
GIRLS Russell 56, Victoria 21 HOISINGTON - Russell extended its lead in ever quarter to beat Victoria in the fifth-place game at the Hoisington Winter Jam Saturday afternoon. The Lady Broncos were led by Kaitlynn Walker, who put in 15 points. Peyton Weiss added 10. Victoria leaned on Audra Nowak, who totaled five points. Ellinwood 42, Otis-Bison 41 HOISINGTON - Otis-Bison led 22-21 at halftime, but a third-quarter surge saw Ellinwood outscore the Lady Cougars ...
Minneapolis girls shut down Hoisington in title game
BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com HOISINGTON - The Minneola High School girls' basketball team was able to hold host Hoisington to only 19 points and won the championship game at the Hoisington Winter Jam on Saturday night. The Lady Lions remained ahead 14-11 in the first half, and exploded on a 16-0 run extending through the third quarter and into the fourth, giving them a 31-13 lead late in the final period that the Lady Cardinals ...
CHAMPIONSHIP WOES
BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com HOISINGTON - Two ranked opponents squared off against each other in the boys championship game at the Hoisington Winter Jam on Saturday night. The Minneapolis High School boys' basketball team is ranked No. 2 in Class 3A in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll. The Hoisington High School boys' basketball team, ranked No. 8 in 3A. After one quarter, it was still anyone's game as the teams were knotted at ...
Starling fuels Blazers’ getaway from Panthers
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EL DORADO - Gardner-Edgerton High School standout Bubba Starling had a quiet first half on Thursday night against Great Bend in an opening-round game of the Bluestem Classic. The Panthers limited Starling, a high-scoring 6-foot-5 senior forward, to just eight first-half points, including two during the opening eight minutes, as they led 12-11 after one quarter. Gardner-Edgerton, which opened up a 24-19 halftime lead after outscoring the Panthers 13-7 in the ...
REMATCH
BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com HOISINGTON - It wasn't the first time the Ellinwood High School boys' basketball team had seen Quivira Heights this season. The two teams did battle on Jan. 4, resulting in an Eagles 43-40 win. In the Hoisington Winter Jam on Thursday night, Ellinwood finished on top again, this time 50-43. It didn't always look pretty for the Eagles, who took a 26-8 lead into the locker room at halftime. "Great battle," ...
LANGREHR AGAIN
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com By the luck of the draw, Great Bend High School head basketball coach Chris Battin gets his old mentor - former GBHS head coach and current Gardner-Edgerton head coach Jeff Langrehr - today in the 2011 Bluestem Classic in El Dorado. The Panthers (4-4) will be taking on Langrehr's Trailblazers (4-4) at 4 p.m. at El Dorado High School. "The stars have aligned once again for us to play each other," ...
Hoisington Winter Jam enters consolation bracket
BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com Today at the Hoisington Winter Jam, the consolation brackets' fifth-place games for the boys' and girls' high school basketball teams will be decided. For the girls, Victoria will square off against Ellinwood at 3 p.m. Victoria lost to Minneapolis in the first round, 54-39, while Ellinwood had the daunting task of challenging the No. 1 seed and No. 10 ranked in Class 1A Division-II in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association ...
Otis-Bison drops tournament opener to La Crosse
BY KEVIN PRICE kprice@gbtribune.com HOISINGTON - Throughout the first half, it looked as though every time the Otis-Bison High School boys' basketball team got close to tying the game, La Crosse would drop in an open 3-pointer to spread the score out again. However, the La Crosse gained some wiggle room after the third quarter and went on to win the first-round game in the Hoisington Winter Jam, 49-37. The Leopards record improves to 3-5, ...
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Haney qualifies for state meet as Panthers finish fourth
LIBERAL - The Great Bend High School had one boys' golfer qualify for the Class 5A state meet, which will be held on Monday, May 20, at Overland Park's Brookridge Golf & Fitness.
GBHS golf team heads to Liberal
There's always howling winds in southwest Kansas, and a Class 5A boys golf regional on Monday in Liberal will be no exception.
Lady Panthers to play Hays
The Great Bend High School girls' soccer team travels to Hays on Tuesday to play an opening-round game of a Class 5A regional tournament
Oilers capture third place at state tourney
HILLSBORO - Central Plains High School brought a young team, but the Oilers came through for a third-place finish at the Class 3-1A state tennis tournament on Saturday to take home some hardware.
Eagles lead area teams at Mid-Central Activities Association meet
HAYS - It was Thomas More Prep Marian that ruled Thursday's Mid-Central Activities Association track and field meet.
Lady Oilers win league title
ST. JOHN - The Central Plains High School girls' track and field team won a Central Prairie League title on Thursday.
GREAT BEND SWEEPS LARNED
While the doubleheader didn't have postseason implications for Larned High School, the pair of non-conference baseball games meant a lot to the Great Bend Panthers.
MEMORABLE SEASON
EMPORIA - Shannon Schartz is setting out on a new adventure next spring - taking over the Great Bend Middle School tennis program.
Great Bend vs. Great Bend; Moyers ousted
EMPORIA - In a twist of events, where the upstart Great Bend High School's doubles teams became the talk of the Class 5A state tennis tournament's opening round, the record-setting Panthers knocked down more barriers in a season already full of milestones.
