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Great Bend volleyball sweeps three matches
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Great Bend Panthers Sydney Unruh (15), Rachel Panzer (18), Jenna Mauler (11), Jayden Johnson (2) and Alyssa Herter (4) celebrate a winning point at Dodge City.

DODGE CITY — Great Bend swept Western Athletic Conference foe Dodge City and finished off Spearville and Kiowa County with six perfect sets Tuesday.

GB downed Spearville 25-18, 25-19, Kiowa County 25-8, 25-15 and Dodge City 25-12, 26-24 to complete a perfect night. The Panthers rallied from a 19-13 deficit against Dodge City to steal the second set. 

“The girls were down 19-13 to Dodge City in the second set and battled back to take the win 26-24,” said Great Bend coach Shelly Duvall. “Every point was strategically earned because the girls were reading the other team’s defense so well. It was really impressive to watch and so fun to be a part of.” 

Duvall said the starters were backed up by role players off the bench.

“Our girls played so well,” she said. “Our serve receive passing allowed us to run a quick and fun offense.

The Panthers travel to Larned to play the Indians and Ulysses Thursday.  

TUESDAY’S SCORES

DODGE CITY—Great Bend def. Dodge City, 25-12, 26-24; Great Bend def. Kiowa County, 25-8, 25-14; Great Bend def. Spearville, 25-18, 25-19;Dodge City def. Kiowa County, 25-13, 25-17; Dodge City def. Spearville, 18-25, 25-9, 25-22

HAVEN—*Haven def. Hoisington, 17-25, 25-22, 25-17; Haven def. St. John, 25-18, 25-18; Hoisington def. St. John, 25-21, 25-17

LYONS—Lyons def. Larned, 25-14, 25-15; Lyons def. Chaparral, 25-19, 25-9; Chaparral def. Larned, 25-7, 25-22 

SMOKY VALLEY—Nickerson def. Smoky Valley 25-14, 25-17; Nickerson def. Wichita Defenders, 25-12, 25-12; Smoky Valley def. Wichita Defenders, 25-13, 25-4

STAFFORD—Ness City def. Mackville, 25-27, 25-28,25-16; Ness City def. Stafford, 25-18, 25-13; Macksville vs. Stafford

VICTORIA—Ellinwood def. Otis-Bison, 18-25, 25-19, 25-20; Ellinwood def. Victoria, 25-21, 25-13; Otis-Bison def. Victoria, 25-20, 25-22


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
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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