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Cardinals' Tarlton leads Hoisington runners
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Published: Oct 3, 2022, 1:28 AM

NESS CITY – Hoisington’s Kamden Tarlton (18:00.64) continues his strong running with a third-place medalist finish at Thursday’s Ness City Cross Country Invitational. Hoisington (98) finished fifth with Scott City (47) placing first. Kiowa County’s Sam Martinez (17:53.84) captured medalist honors.

Hoisington’s Kynlie Crowdis (22:32.04) earned sixth-medalist honors to continue a strong fall season. Otis-Bison’s Destiny Mitchell (23:00.0) placed 10thh. Golden Plains’ Emma Weiner (20:21.01) placed first. Holcomb (58) won the girls division. Hoisington (98) placed fourth.

Central Plains Oiler Joanna Donecker (28:52.5) won the girls junior varsity race.

NESS CITY INVITATIONAL

GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Holcomb 58; 2— Cimarron 75; 3—Ness City 75; 4—Hoisington 98; 5— Hodgeman County 108; 6—Scott City 116; 7—Wichita County 155; 8—Ingalls 169; 

GIRLS TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1— Emma Weiner, Golden Plains, 20:21.01;2—Boydston, Ellis, 20:37.33; 3—Fugitt, Cimarron, 21:38.22; 4—Ardery, Holcomb, 21:54.41; 5—Macias, Holcomb, 22:27.32; 6—Kynlie Crowdis, Hoisington, 22:32.04; 7—Betz, Quinter, 22:47.83; 8—Ruff, Hodgeman, 22:48.5; 9—Kohl, Ellis, 22:54.41; 10—Destiny Mitchell, Otis-Bison, 23:00.0 

HOISINGTON—29 Kiana Grandclair, 24:43.26; 35— Mea Sneath, 25:22.20; 37—Kendall Mason, 25:30.05; 48—Jayla Wyant, 27:03.92 

OTIS-BISON—32—Ava Kenyon, 24:54.22; 56—Abi Rodriguez, 27:52.53 

GIRLS JV—1—Joanna Donecker, Central Plains, 28:52.5 

NESS CITY INVITATIONAL

BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Scott City 47; 2— Holcomb 59; 3—Quinter 62; 4—Ness City 88; 5— Hoisington 98; 6—Colby 163 

BOYS TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Martinez, Kiowa County, 17:53.84; 2—Deniston, Holcomb, 17:54.2; 3— Kamden Tarlton, Hoisington, 18:00.64; 4—Pearce, Wallace County, 18:25.32; 5—Gall, NC, 18:28.28; 6— Armendariz, SC, 18:32.01; 7—Leonard, Holcomb, 18:33.12; 8—Stoppel, Holcomb, 18:35.63; 9—Deaton, Quinter, 18:39.07; 10—Stoppel, SC, 18:54.52 

HOISINGTON—27—Elijah Lewis, 19:56.36; 31— Nathan Norvell, 20:09.78; 35—Josiah Ball, 20:19.50; 41—Kyler, Jensen, 21:22.92; 45—Alex Mater, 21:51.79 

CENTRAL PLAINS—17—Peyton Ryan, 19:18.29; 29— Cale Thompson, 19:59.81 

BOYS JV MEDALIST—1—Kasten Wren, Scott City, 20:09.6 

HOISINGTON—14—Landon Beaver, 22:20.32; 17— Kasey Andereck, 22:59.03 

CENTRAL PLAINS—23—Rylan Siemsen, 24:12.6; 28—Callun Rogers, 25:41.74; 37—Aidan Frees, 30:34.31 

OTIS-BISON—36—Tavish Tracy, 30:12.63
Minton's shutout sparks sweep over Pratt
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Great Bend Brave pitcher Daxton Minton throws against the Salina Falcons. - photo by Lori Farmer
Updated: Apr 5, 2025, 5:23 AM
Published: Apr 5, 2025, 5:22 AM
BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com PRATT — After Daxton Minton spun a 6-0 shutout, Great Bend completed a hard-fought 7-5 victory to sweep Pratt in Friday's non-league baseball doubleheader. Koehn Ribordy earned a save in game two and led the offense for the Panthers (6-1) with seven runs batted home in the twin bill. PANTHERS 6, PRATT 0 (G1) — Minton (1-0) fashioned a 2-hitter in a masterful 78-pitch outing. Third baseman Trenton Kern turned a double-play on Madden Wilson's fifth-inning groundball. Carson Umphres opened the game with a leadoff homer. Two Pratt errors and a walk led to a 3-run third inning. Koehn Ribordy singled home Kern and Minton. Ribordy scored on Owen Kaiser's single for a 4-0 lead. Ribordy singled home Minton in the fifth inning. Ribordy scored on a seventh-inning wild pitch. PANTHERS 7, PRATT 5 (G2) — Ribordy stayed red hot with two singles and four runs batted home. Ribordy recorded seven outs to earn a save after Slade Mohr pitched 42/3 innings. Pratt led 4-1 after two innings. Owen Schmidt scored on Cresten Pore's first-inning single. Madden Wilson singled in Kameron Cox. Gatlin scored on Craft's single. Ethan Koger scored on a groundball for a 4-1 lead. Mohr scored on Jaxon Wondra's groundball in a 4-run third inning. Umphres scored on a passed ball. Ian Premer and Minton scored on Ribordy's single for a 5-4 lead. Premer scored on Ribordy's fifth-inning groundout. Kern scored onn Kaiser's single for a 7-4 lead. Pratt's Cox scored on a seventh-inning passed ball. Great Bend 103 010 1 — 6 7 0 Pratt 000 000 0 — 0 2 2 Minton and Kaiser. Craft, Thimesch (4) and Teafatiller. W—Minton, 1-0. L—Craft. HR—GB—Umphres Great Bend 014 020 0 — 7 5 0 Pratt 130 001 0 — 5 10 0 Mohr, Ribordy (5) and Wondra. Josiah Schmidt, Demuth (3), Strong (6) and Teafatiller. W—Mohr, 1-0. L—J. Schmidt. SV—Ribordy. 2B—P—Craft, Owen Schmidt, Teafatiller
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