BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

Great Bend's No. 2 singles Kaylin Wahlmeier and Larned's No. 1 singles Ella McNett both placed runner-up at Tuesday's Great Bend Tennis Invitational.

Dodge City's America Gamez rallied from a first-round loss to down Wahlmeier 8-4 for first place. Hays High's Morgan Shorb rallied from an early deficit to outlast McNett 8-5 in a hotly-contested match in 90-degree temperatures.

Hays High (21) edged Dodge City (19) for the team title. Dodge City's No. 1 doubles Becca Unruh/Michaela Mink defeated Hays High's Caroline Robben/Sage Zweifel, 8-4 for first place.

Hays High's No. 2 doubles Malloy Henderson/Jersey Johnson, Hays defeated Dodge City's Olivia Buddy/Annicka Hernandez, 8-4 for first place.

GREAT BEND INVITATIONAL

TEAM SCORES—1—Hays High 21; 2—Dodge City 19; 3—Larned 13; 4—Great Bend 7

NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Morgan Shorb, Hays (3-0) def. Ella McNett, Larned, 8-5; 3—Laura Daniel, GB def. Andrea Morales, DC, 8-4; Shorb def. Daniel, 8-3; Shorb def. Morales, 8-6; McNett def. Morales, 8-2; McNett def. Daniel, 8-3.

NO. 2 SINGLES—1—America Gamez, DC (2-1) def. Kaylin Wahlmeier, GB, 8-4; 3—Sarah Manry, Larned def. Allyson Werth, Hays, 8-1; Wahlmeier def. Werth, 8-5; Wahlmeier def. Manry, 8-2; Manry def. Gamez, 8-7 (7-0); Manry def. Werth, 8-1; Gamez def. Werth, 8-1.

NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Becca Unruh/Michaela Mink, DC (3-0) def. Caroline Robben/Sage Zweifel, Hays, 8-4; 3—Kathryn Holt/Abby Holt, Larned def. Samantha Mayers/Taylor Lashley, GB, 8-0; Unruh/Mink def. Mayers/Lashley, 8-0; Unruh/Mink def. Holt/Holt, 8-7 (7-3);  Robben/Zweifel def. Holt/Holt, 8-4; Robben/Zweifel def. Mayers/Lashley, 8-0. 

NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Malloy Henderson/Jersey Johnson, Hays (3-0) def. Olivia Buddy/Annicka Hernandez, DC, 8-4; 3—Ariana Hemken/Breanna Hemken, Larned def. Taina Molina/Danica Strickland, GB, 8-4; Henderson/Johnson def. Molina/Strickland, 8-3; Henderson/Johnson def. Hemken/Hemken, 8-4; Buddy/Hernandez def. Hemken/Hemken, 8-3; Buddy/Hernandez def. Molina/Strickland, 8-3