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Great Bend runners earn third-place medals
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Great Bend Panther Emilia Diaz (20:48.9) races to 32nd at the 5A state cross country meet at Lawrence's Rim Rock Farms. - photo by COURTESY PHOTO Huey Counts
Published: Sep 27, 2020, 2:44 AM

WICHITA – Great Bend’s red-hot runners Emilia Diaz (20:18.7) and Kaiden Esfeld (16:36.7) continue to shine with third-place medalist finishes at Saturday’s Wichita Carroll Cross Country Invitational.

The girls meet featured returning state qualifying teams in first-place Wichita Carroll (28), Andover (57), Great Bend (57) and Buhler (81). Carroll’s Hope Jackson (19:34.0) earned medalist honors.

Also counting for the Panthers were ninth-place Emma Loomis (21:31.8), 11th-place Morgan Beckwith (21:41.3); 15th-place Addy Nicholson (22:02.3) and 19th-place Eliana Jackson (22:40.1).

WICHITA CARROLL INVITE
GIRLS TEAM SCORES—1—Wichita Carroll 28; 2—Andover 57; 3—Great Bend 57; 4—Buhler 81

GIRLS TOP 10 MEDALISTS—1—Hope Jackson, Carroll, 19:34.0; 2—Liz Vetter, Andover, 19:55.4; 3—Emilia Diaz, Great Bend, 20;18.7; 4—Landon Forbes, Carroll, 20:18.9; 5—Leah Bentley, Buhler, 20:20.3; 6—Sofia Wendell, Carroll, 20:55.3; 7—Cameron Pascal, Carroll, 20:58.8; 8—Syd Anderson, Andover, 21:11.3; 9—Emma Loomis, 21:31.8; 10—Ava Dugan, Carroll, 21:38.3

GREAT BEND RESULTS—11—Morgan Beckwith, 21:41.3; 15—Addy Nicholson, 22:02.3; 19—Eliana Jackson, 22:40.1; 24—Haley McCormick, 23:03.1; 27—Brooklyn Ramsey, 24:52.3

BOYS TEAM SCORES—1—Maize High 39; 2—Buhler 56; 3—Carroll 60; 4—Andover 88; 5—Great Bend 116 (3—Kaiden Esfeld, 16:36.7; 23—Matthew Huslig, 18:59.9;28—Malachi Wasson, 19;18.1; 29—Appolos Johnson, 19:18.7; 33—Brody Feist, 19:51.1; 34—Brandon Suppes, 19:51.9

 

 
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
Published: Apr 2, 2025, 9:36 PM
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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