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Great Bend Middle School girls win Hays titles
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The Great Bend Middle School seventh-grade grade girls pose with their first-place plaque at Hays.

HAYS — The Great Bend Middle School girls cross country teams coached by Carley Wells claimed first place in the seventh and eighth grade girls team divisions at the Hays cross country invitational.

Seventh-grader Teegan Guerra (6:42.6) placed third and Greidys Moreno (7:32.3) finished seventh. 

Sienna Smith (15:13.6) finished seventh and Addyson Bruce (15:45.1) placed eighth for the eighth-grade girls. 

“With the seventh-grade team running one mile and the eighth grade teams running two miles, several athletes ran their personal bests,” Wells said. “I’m pleased with the results we are having based upon the runners working hard and running smart races.”

The GBMS 7th and 8th grade boys placed runner-up. Seventh-grader Omar Razo (6:04.2) placed third. Eighth-grader Tavon Stroup (12;40.4) finished third.

HAYS INVITATIONAL

1—GBMS 7TH GIRLS—3—Teegan Guerra, 6:42.6; 8—Greidys Moreno, 7:32.3; 12—Teah King, 7:48.0; 14—Camryn Moos, 7:50.7; 16—Jimena Montes, 8:02.9

1—GBMS 8TH GIRLS—7—Sienna Smith, 15:13.6; 8—Addyson Bruce, 15:45.1; 12—Kaylea McMullen, 16:26.2; 19—Aliya Johnson, 16:41.2; 32—Josephine Blevins, 18:38.0

2—GBMS 7TH BOYS—3—Omar Razo, 6:04.2; 9—Juan Arias, 6:27.7; 10—Dustin Fugitt, 6:28.2; 14—David Fry, 6:42.2; 25—Jackson Young, 7:04.8; 30—Eli Somers, 7:07.8; 34—Gavin VanSkike, 7:22.9; 31—Gabe Herrman, 7:15.0; 35—Alan Carrillo, 7:26.6; 39—Julian Ordonez, 7:43.6; 47—Dayton Howard, 8:00.8

2—GBMS 8TH BOYS—3—Tavon Stroup, 12:40.4; 12—Brantley Vsetecka, 13:18.2; 15—Ethan Somers, 13:47.0; 20—Ismael Ramirez, 14:23.4; 21—Joshua Manning, 14:27.6; 22—John Landers, 14:37.5; 26—Brodie Bainbridge, 16:34.7



Defense boosts Panther girls
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Great Bend's Alyssa McCauley looks to pass. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez
BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com KINGMAN — Great Bend's defense rode to the rescue on a night where the Panthers shot 30% from the field and 20% from the free throw line with 24 turnovers. The Panthers scored 26 second-half points for a hard-fought 35-30 victory over Clearwater, which qualified for the 4A state basketball tournament last season. Great Bend held the Indians to 3 of 25 shooting (12%) in the second and third quarters to build a 24-17 lead. Panthers DeShawnna Bryant and Cassie Ellegood teamed for clutch fourth-quarter plays. Bryant scored a basket and fed Ellegood for a basket. Ellegood scored again and passed to Chayla Prendergast for a 32-21 lead. Alyssa McCauley's third 3-pointer helped hold off a trio of 3-pointers by Clearwater's Makena Hampton and Kaylee Hampton that sliced the final margin to 35-30. Clearwater 10 1 6 13 — 30 Great Bend 4 5 15 11 — 35 CLEARWATER (0-1)—Kaylee Hampton 4-9 (2-5) 0-0 10; Makena Hampton 3-12 (2-8) 0-0 8; Clevenger 2-11 (0-2) 1-2 5; Noland 1-5 0-0 2; Carlson 0-5 1-2 1; Potter 0-1 0-0 0; Berlin 2-10 0-0 4; Totals 12-53 (4-16) 30 GREAT BEND (2-1)—Ellegood 5-14 0-0 10; McCauley 3-10 0-0 9; Bryant 3-10 0-0 6; Katherine Mazouch 2-3 0-0 4; Meredith Mazouch 1-6 (0-2) 2-6 4; Reimer 0-1 0-2 0; Harbaugh 0-2 0-0 0; Predengast 1-3 0-2 2; Mayers 0-1 0-0 0; Totals 15-50 (3-11) 2-10 35 Haven 13 12 23 16 — 64 Meade 6 12 11 2 — 31 MEADE (2-1)—Stapleton 5 (2) 1-2 13; Sherman 4 (1) 1-2 10; Powell 1 2-2 4; McDowell 2 0-0 4; Totals 12 (3) 4-6 31. HAVEN (3-0)—DeFrain 9 2-3 20; Patry 6 2-2 14; Brawner 6 2-2 14; Holzrichter 4 (1) 0-0 9; Percy (1) 0-0 3; Williams 0 2-2 2; Cooprider 1 0-0 2; Totals 27 (2) 8-9 64 KINGMAN GIRLS—Great Bend 54, Sterling 36; Meade 53, Kingman 46; Haven 64, Meade 31; Great Bend 35, Clearwater 30; 12-13—Sterling vs. Clearwater; Kingman vs Haven; 12-14—1ST—Great Bend vs. Haven; 3RD—Sterling/Clearwater winner vs. Meade; 5TH—Sterling/Clearwater loser vs. Kingman
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