BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EMPORIA - Playing in the consolation bracket can be a hollow thing, especially an 11 a.m. game on Saturday in a midseason tournament a couple hours away from home. Yet Great Bend High School and Hutchinson brought some intensity to the consolation championship game, giving the Glacier's Edge Girls Basketball Tournament a different feel other than most matchups for fifth and sixth place. "Our girls, they actually surprised me," Great Bend ...
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EMPORIA - Lexie Brack tied a Great Bend High School record for 3-pointers in a girls' basketball game on Friday evening at the Glacier's Edge tournament. Brack drained five 3-pointers, and the Lady Panthers held off a Derby second-half rally to capture a 45-33 victory in the consolation bracket at Emporia High. They played Hutchinson for fifth place on Saturday. "We know Lexie can do that," Great Bend head coach Jason ...
DODGE CITY - After hosting Dodge City High School earlier in the week, the Great Bend bowling team made the trip to the Demons' home turf on Thursday night.
Saturday's games BOYS Hoisington 62, Hesston 53 HESSTON - After 16 minutes, the Hesston High School boys' basketball team and Hoisington were knotted at 31, but the Cardinals outscored 31-22 in the second half to win on Saturday night. Ryan Bieberle led the Redbirds with 20 points. Cody Stetler was the only other Cardinals player in double digits with 14. Derrick Kaiser added nine points, and Dustin Broeder scored eight. Hoisington 62, Hesston 53 HOISINGTON ...
By Kevin Price kprice@gbtribune.com BUSHTON - The Quivira Heights High School boys' basketball team suffered an 82-62 setback at the hands of Ness City on Friday night. Quivira Heights head coach Clay Mettlen said that his team was outplayed. "When you lose a game like that, the first thing you want to say is 'man, we must have played awful,' " Mettlen said. "But I don't think it was much us playing poorly as it ...
By Kevin Price kprice@gbtribune.com BUSHTON - After one quarter, the game was knotted at nine, but after that, the Quivira Heights High School girls' basketball team began to build a lead that held for a Lady Thunderbirds 52-40 win over Ness City on Friday night. Kinsey Phelan led Quivira Heights, which is ranked No. 5 in Class 1A Division-II in the latest Kansas Basketball Coaches Association state poll, with 24 points, 15 more than the ...
GIRLS St. John 50, Wichita West 25 PRATT - The St. John High School girls' basketball team jumped ahead 30-13 at halftime, and held on to win in the first round of the Pratt Invitational on Thursday night. Teresa Wade led the Lady Tigers with 17 points. Jamie Waters pumped in 14 points and Morgan Osborne added 12. Southeast of Saline 45, Claflin 39 STERLING - Claflin held the lead after halftime, 22-18, but Southeast ...
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com EMPORIA - After getting shellacked 71-44 by Topeka High School in a first-round game of the Glacier's Edge basketball tournament last season, Great Bend returned Thursday evening against the same opponent and same venue seeking a payback and some redemption. "We wanted to gain respect," Great Bend head coach Jason Tatkenhorst said. "We didn't think we were probably coming into this game with much respect because they really took it ...
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com It will be a repeat of last season's first-round game of the Glacier's Edge Girls Basketball Tournament in Emporia. Last season, the Great Bend High School Lady Panthers opened against Topeka High, the same two teams that will tip off at 4 p.m. today at the EHS. Great Bend (4-6), which has been idle since beating Larned at home nine days ago, is the fifth seed in the eight-team tournament. Fourth-seeded ...
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbrtribune.com The Great Bend High School Lady Panthers, who have been idle since beating Larned in non-conference action on Jan. 18, will be back in action on Thursday, Friday and Saturday in the Glacier's Edge Girls Basketball Tournament in Emporia. Great Bend (4-6) is the fifth seed in the eight-team tournament, and will play fourth-seeded Topeka High (5-4) on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Emporia High. The Lady Panthers will be the ...
BY MACK McCLURE mmcclure@gbtribune.com Coming off a disappointing seventh-place finish at the 2011 Bluestem Classic over the weekend at El Dorado, the Great Bend High School Panthers clamped down on visiting Larned in non-conference action. Applying the defensive clamps, the Panthers held Larned to zero points during an 11-minute stretch - from late in the opening quarter until the five-minute mark in the third quarter - and went on a 16-0 ...
The Great Bend High School bowling team beat Dodge City in a home match on Tuesday night. The match, which was originally scheduled to have a three teams - Salina South, Dodge City and GBHS - became a showdown between two Western Athletic Conference foes after Salina South was unable to attend. "They both won tonight," Great Bend head coach Mike Perry said. "Both the boys and the girls beat Dodge City." For the Lady ...
The Great Bend High School swim team held its final home swim meet of the season on Tuesday night, playing host to Hays, Haysville-Campus, McPherson and Junction City.
STERLING - The Claflin High School girls' basketball team began the Sterling Round Robin Tournament on Tuesday with a big win against Ellsworth, 61-30.
WICHITA - The Great Bend High School boys' swim team took fourth place this weekend at the Wichita Heights Swimming Invitational.
HAYS - It was Thomas More Prep Marian that ruled Thursday's Mid-Central Activities Association track and field meet.
ST. JOHN - The Central Plains High School girls' track and field team won a Central Prairie League title on Thursday.
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.
EMPORIA - Shannon Schartz is setting out on a new adventure next spring - taking over the Great Bend Middle School tennis program.
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.