Great Bend Middle School finished runner-up at Battle at the Bend Dual Wrestling Tournament. Ten teams competed with five rounds followed by a championship round.
Panther Squad won all five duals in their pool to earn a spot in the championship event. Garden City Horace Good Middle School defeated Great Bend 51-45 in the finals.
“We had a very good day of wrestling today,” said coach Norbert Muth. “Our guys did everything I asked them to and wrestled hard. I’m proud of every one of them.”
Great Bend travels to Hays Saturday.
“Our guys are looking forward to a bracketed tournament,” Muth said. “If things go right we should peek and have our best performance at Hays.”

BATTLE OF THE BEND
TEAM TOTALS—1—­Garden City Horace Good; 2—Great Bend; 3—Hays; 4—Junction City; 5—Dodge City Comanche; 6­—Dodge City Middle; 7—GC Ken Henderson; 8—Manhattan Eisenhower.
ROUND 1—HG 69, JC 24; DCMS 57, Eisenhower 33; Hays 60, DCC 36; GB 63, Concordia 33
ROUND 2—GCHG 93, Chapman 0; JC 48, DCMS 43; DCC 57, KH 27; GB 50, Hays 42
ROUND 3—HG 72, Eisenhower 33; JC 72, Chapman 12; DCC 49, Concordia 45; Hays 75, KH 18
ROUND 4—HG 70, DCMS 16; Eisenhower 63, Chapman 30; GB 70, DCC 34; Concordia 48, KH 28
ROUND 5—JC 56, Eisenhower 30; DCMS 61, Chapman 12; Hays 54, Concordia 45; GB 81, KH 12

FINALS
1st—HG 51, GBMS 45
3rd—Hays 73, JC 30
5th—DC 69, DCMS 24
7th—KH 54, Eisenhower 48