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Central Plains' Peyton Ryan stays unbeaten
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Oiler Peyton Ryan

HESSTON – Central Plains Oiler Peyton Ryan downed Wichita Collegiate’s Charlie Gentile 8-6 to capture the singles championship at Tuesday’s Hesston Tennis Tournament. Ryan (22-0) is a 2-time 3-1A state runner-up. Ryan placed runner-up at state and Gentile finished third last year.

Camden Stiles (17-6) finished fourth. Stiles won 8-6 over Smoky Valley’s Keaton Leiker, last year’s ninth-place finisher. Paxton Dody/Peyton Dody (16-8) placed 10th. Nethan Cauthon/Alden Metro (17-6) placed 15th.

“It was definitely the toughest meet we’ve played at,” said Oiler coach Michael Ryan. “There was tons of good competition. We played pretty well. We’ll keep battling and continue to improve before postseason."

The Oilers compete at Pratt Friday.

HESSTON TOURNAMENT

TEAM SCORES— 1—Wichita Collegiate 130; 2—Buhler 116; 3—Central Plains 103; 4—Newton 91; 5—Hesston 75; 6—Smoky Valley 72; 7—Scott City 63; 8—Conway Springs 55; 9—Marysville 47; 10—McPherson 45; 11—Wichita Trinity 43; 12—Hutchinson Trinity 23; 13—Lyons 12.

CENTRAL PLAINS RESULTS

SINGLES—1—Peyton Ryan, CP def. Charlie Gentile, WC, 8-6; Ryan def. Aiden Adams, WT, 8-0; Ryan def. Omar Al Tabbal, WC, 8-0; Ryan def. Camden Stiles, CP, 8-0; Stiles def. Reily Grajeda, HT, 8-0; Stiles def. Keaton Leiker, SV, 8-6; 3—Davian Spies, Buhler def. Stiles, 8-2

DOUBLES—9—Ezekiel Baker/Gabriel Baker, SV def. Paxton Dody/Peyton Dody, CP, 8-4

Dody/Dody def. Preston Sebits/Noah Hiebert, Hesston, 8-0; Rahul Madhavan/Reide Rasberry, WC def. Dody/Dody, 8-6; Dody/Dody def. Avry Noll/Sage Stoecklein, Scott City, 8-2; Dody/Dody def. Isaac Winter/Layne Whitney, Conway Springs, 8-4; 15—Nethan Cauthon/Alden Metro, CP def. Owen Neighbors/Charles Krug, Mc, forfeit; Dody/Dody def. Madden/Wuertz, HT, 8-3l Nate Haines/Gage Marsh, Newton def. Cauthon/Metro, 8-1; Baker/Baker, SV def. Cauthon/Metro, 8-0; Kade Bonville/Dante Franco, Scott City def. Cauthon/Metro, 8-4

Larned baseball salvages split with Lyons/Sterling
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Larned Indian Anthony Gonzalez delivers a base hit against Lyons/Sterling. - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune
Larned splits baseball twin bill LARNED — Larned's baseball team rallied for a 12-1 second game victory over Lyons. The Lions won the opener. LYONS 5, LARNED 4 (G1)— Lyons' Zayn Zambo scored the game-winning run on Deacon Showalter's fifth-inning groundout. Lyons reliever Anthony "Ace" Ventura retired seven consecutive batters to earn a save. Logan Isaac scored on Ethan's Luck sacrifice fly in a 3-run third inning. Blake Smith and Ventura scored on Porter Anderson's single. David Meyers scored on a fifth-inning error for a 4-2 lead before Zambo scored a fifth run. Carson Shaver scored on Tristan Regan's first-inning single. Camden Bird scored on a Hunter Hobbs' fourth-inning double. Down 5-2, Larned's Andres Gonzalez scored on Mason Miller's single. Miller scored on Bird's double. LARNED 12, LYONS 1 (G2)— Larned's Bird and Reese Morgan each drove home three runs. Morgan singled home Shaver and Mason Martin scored on a passed ball in a 3-run first inning. Morgan scored on Bird's single. In a 5-run second frame, Martin scored on a walk. Gonzalez scored on a balk. Regan scored on a wild pitch. Miller scored on Bird's sacrifice bunt. Luke Krehbiel scored on a passed ball for an 8-1 lead. Shaver scored on Regan's hit by pitch. Martin scored on Morgan's single. Gonzalez scored on a walk. Regan scored on Bird's sacrifice fly for a 12-1 lead. Lyons 003 020 0 — 5 5 1 Larned 100 120 0 — 4 8 5 Gilliand, Ventura (5) and Luck. Regan and Shaver. W—Gilliand. L—Regan, 0-2. SV—Ventura. 2B—LARNED—Bird, Shaver, Hobbs Lyons 100 0 — 1 3 1 Larned 354 x — 12 7 2 Porter Anderson, Zambo (2), Meyer Anderson (3) and Luck. Shaver and Martin. W—Shaver, 1-1. L—P. Anderson. 2B—LYONS—Gilliand
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