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Panthers qualify for 5A state baseball tourney
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Great Bend Boys Baseball Regional Champs 2025 - photo by Lori Farmer
BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com Great Bend's Owen Kaiser capped off a late-season hot streak with a game-winning sacrifice fly that scored Ian Premer for a 5-4 victory over Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel to clinch a 5A state baseball tournament berth. The Panthers (23-5) join 5A state qualifiers Blue Valley Southwest (21-6), Shawnee Heights (21-7), Hays High (18-8), Goddard Eisenhower (18-10), KC Piper (17-10) and Valley Center (17-11). PANTHERS 5, KAPAUN-MT. CARMEL 4 — Panther Carson Umphreys delivered a hard-earned complete-game performance, a 4-hit game, an inside-the-park homer and four RBIs. Panther third base coach Jason Perry waved Umphreys around third base in a 2-run homer that scored Slade Mohr for a 4-4 tie. The Crusaders scored three earned runs off Umphreys with an aggressive approach that produced nine hits. The Panthers' defense saved Umphreys. Catcher Kaiser threw out Noah Schreck on an attempted steal. Umphreys picked off Charlie Barrier at first base. Third baseman Trenton Kern tagged Chase Pelfrey in a rundown. First baseman Premer and shortstop Daxton Minton ended the seventh inning with back-to-back defensive gems. PANTHERS 10, ARKANSAS CITY 0 — Panther pitcher Hunter Herrman. Arkansas City 000 00 — 0 0 2 Great Bend 420 31 — 10 10 0 Pierce, Conklin (3) and Weakley. Herrman and Kaiser. W—Herrman. L—. 2B—GB— Kapaun 021 100 0 — 4 9 1 Great Bend 011 200 1 — 5 14 0 Barrier and Worrell. Umphreys and Kaiser. W—Umphreys, 6-2. L—Barrier. 2B—GB—Umphreys. HR—GB—Umphreys. 5A STATE QUALIFIERS, WICHITA STATE—Great Bend 23-5; Blue Valley Southwest 21-6; Shawnee Heights 21-7; Hays High 18-8; Goddard Eisenhower 18-10 KC Piper 17-10; Valley Center 17-11 GREAT BEND—Great Bend 10, Arkansas City 0; Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel 4, Emporia;; Great Bend 5, Kapaun-Mt, Crmel 4 WICHITA—Wichita Carroll 8, Goddard 0; Goddard Eisenhower 4, Hutchinson High 2; Goddard Eisenhower 2, Wichita Carroll 0 TOPEK—Andover Central 5, Topeka Seaman 4; Valley Center 5, Salina Central 2; Valley Center 2, Andover Central 1 HAYS—Hays High 6, Salina South 5; Andover 7, Maize South 1; Hays High 2, Andover High 1 2A HAYS—Ell-Saline 13, Oberlin 3; Hays TMP 21, Ell-Saline 0; Ellinwood 19, Bennington 11; Salina Sacred Heart 15, Belleville Republic County 0; Ellis 9, Plainville 5; SEMIFINALS—Hays TMP 19-5 vs. Ellinwood; Salina Sacred Heart 18-7 vs. Ellis 16-8, 4 p.m.; CHAMPIONSHIP 7 p.m. 2A PRATT—Elkhart 13, Sublette 3; Kinsley/Macksville 11, Stanton County 1; Spearville 10, Minneola 0; Medicine Lodge 7, Bucklin 1; SEMIFINALS Kinsley/Macksville 6, Elkhart 5; Medicine Lodge 5, Spearville 1; CHAMPIONSHIP—Medicine Lodge 13, Kinsley 8 3A WICHITA—Wichita Trinity 13, Belle Plaine 0; Kingman 4, Chaparral 2; Cheney 13, Conway Springs 0; Wichita Collegiate 8, Haven 4; SEMIFINALS—Wichita Trinity 10, Kingman 0; Wichita Collegiate 5, Cheney 2; CHAMPIONSHIP—Wichita Trinity 10, WIchita Collegiate 0; SQ—Wichita Trinity 22-5 3A SYLVAN GROVE—Hesston 11, Minneapolis 0; Halstead 12, Sylvan/Lucas 6; Beloit 5, Nickerson 1; Ellsworth 10, Smoky Valley 0; SEMIFINALS—Hesston 12, Halstead 7; Beloit 8, Ellsworth 5; CHAMPIONSHIP—Hesston 10, Beloit 0; SQ—Hesston (16-6)