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Great Bend Middle School wrestlers place at Manhattan
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Great Bend’s Hayden Kelly (105) sets his opponent up.

Panther wrestlers take a bite out of Little Apple


MANHATTAN — The Great Bend Middle School wrestlers swept five first-place medals at the Little Apple Grapple. Fifteen of the 23 Panther wrestlers placed in the top three. 

Earning first-place medals were Triston Tomlinson (90), Hayden Liles (100); and Trenton Kern (180) in the A bracket; Caleb Mulligan (110) in the B bracket; and Corbyn Holinde (115) in the C bracket.

The wrestlers enjoyed the competition.

“Manhattan was a difficult meet because the competition was really tough,” said Hayden Liles. “However, my team did pretty good. Every day when we practice we get better.”

GREAT BEND RESULTS

A BRACKET

90—Triston Tomlinson, 1ST; Tomlinson def. Lind, Hays; Tomlinson pinned pinned Blanks, Chapman; 1ST–Tomlinson pinned McNutt, Wamego;

100—Hayden Liles, 1ST; Liles def. Bell, Chapman; 1ST—Liles pinned Brock Henningson, Liberal Eisenhower

105—Hayden Kelly, 2ND; Kelly pinned Robinson-Adams, Washburn Rural; Kelly def. Boutte, Anthony; 1ST—Stivers, Wamego pinned Liles

127—Blake Stein, 2ND: Stein pinned Gomez, Shawnee Heights; Stein pinned Argo, Clay Center; 1ST–Hartman, SH pinned Stein

141—Trevin Maciel, 3RD; Maciel pinned Sweet, CC; Benniga, WR pinned Maciel; Maciel pinned Skaggs, SH; 3RD—Maciel pinned Sweet, CC

148—Cruz Folk-Robinson; Oliver, WR pinned Folk-Robinson; Lopez, JC pinned Folk-Robinson

148—Zaiden Burkes; Burkes def. Boggs, Chapman; Blochlinger, Concordia pinned Burkes; Lopez, JC def. Burkes

155—Kale Kern, 2ND; Kern pinned Turner, Wamego; Kern pinned Zimmerman, Hays; 1ST–Johnson, SH pinned Kern

180—Trenton Kern, 1ST; Kern pinned Romero, Concordia; Kern pinned Fonoti, JC; 1ST–Kern def. Johnson, Royal Valley

215—Josue Bustamante, 3RD; Hansen, Concordia pinned Bustamante; Bustamante pinned Leaden, WR; Coy, JC pinned Bustamante

230—Ryder Morris, 4TH; Barber, JC def. Morris; Morris pinned Martinez, Hays; 3RD— Barber, JC pinned Morris

B BRACKET

75—Alexys Reyes, 2ND; Reyes pinned Beerbower, Washburn Rural; Reyes pinned Espurvoa, Liberal Eisenhower; 1ST–Luck, Hays pinned Reyes

80—Kylar Ray, 3RD; Ray pinned Turner, WR; Branaman, Hays pinned Ray; Kymer, Concordia pinned Ray

110—Caleb Mulligan, 1ST; Mulligan pinned Schick, Fort Riley; Mulligan pinned Kahle, Royal Valley; Mulligan def. Smith, Chapman

120—Anthony Fabela, 4TH; Schwab, CC pinned Fabela; Fabela pinned Hawks, SH; Fabela pinned Busenitz, SH; 3RD—Stevens, Chapman pinned Fabela

141—Jesus Torres, 2ND; Torees pinned Walker, Junction City; Torres pinned Furlow, Fort Riley; 1ST–VanMeter, Chapman pinned Torres

165—Kai Britt; Beswick, CC pinned Britt; Britt def. Avery, Concordia; Oliveira, Royal Valley pinned Britt

C BRACKET

105—Kaito Richter, 4TH; Glaze, WR pinned Richter; Richter pinned Schmidtberger, Hays; 3RD—Williams, JC pinned Richter

110—Cole Fanshier, 4TH; Fanshier pinned Lull, Anthony; Ferguson, Wamego pinned Fansher; Fanshier pinned Ingardia, Fort Riley; 3RD—Wolfe, Wamego def. Fanshier

115—Corbyn Holinde, 1ST; Holinde pinned Shaffner, Clay Center; Holinde pinned Conley, Royal Valley; 1ST–Holinde pinned Umscheld, Anthony

134—Slayde Apley, 2ND; Apley pinned Peterson, CC; Pilling, JC def. Apley; 1ST–Moore, Fort Riley def. Apley

155—Evan Vink, 4TH; Dehart, Anthony pinned Vink; Vierick, Concordia pinned Vink; Morales, Riley County pinned Vink

180—Gavynn Maddox, 2ND; Maddox def. Burgess, Fort Riley; 1ST–Henry, Royal Valley pinned Maddox


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
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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