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Great Bend's Schroeder places runner-up
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The Great Bend Middle School runners pose with their WAC medals—front row—6th Brantley Vsetecka, 7th Juan Arias, 3rd Teegan Guerra, 7th Addyson Bruce; back row—9th Greidys Moreno, 10th Teah King, 8th Jimena Montes, 3rd Tavon Stroup, 4th Omar Razo, 9th Dustin Fugitt and 11th Camryn Moos.

HAYS — Great Bend's Brendyn Schroeder placed runner-up to Garden City’s No. 1 singles Logan Morren (27-5) in Tuesday's Western Athletic Conference tennis championship. Morren downed Schroeder 8-2 for first place. The Panthers scored five points to place fifth.

Garden City (13 points) won its fourth consecutive WAC title and 23rd overall. Garden City's No. 2 singles Josh Negron (22-10) captured first place. 

Dodge City’s No. 1 Hayden Carrillo/Oscar Alvarado Martinez and Dodge City’s No. 2 Aldo Guerra/Ignacio Bellido Perez won the doubles titles.

WESTERN ATHLETIC

TEAM TOTALS—1—Garden City 13; 2—Hays 9, Dodge City 9; 4—Liberal 5; 5—Great Bend 4

NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Logan Morren, GC, 3-0; 2—Brendyn Schroeder, GB, 2-1; 3—Colin Clark, Hays, 1-2; 4—Edger Cortez, L, 0-3; Morren def. Schroeder, 8-2; Schroeder def. Clark, 8-2; Schroeder def. Cortez, 8-0

NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Josh Negron, GC, 4-0; 2—Xavier Catura, Hays, 3-1; 3—Conner Stukenholtz, DC, 2-2; 4—Malachi Wasson, GB, 1-3; 5—Sabastian Bernhardt Purdy, L, 0-4; Negron def. Wasson, 8-2; Catura def. Wasson, 8-6; Stukenholtz def. Wasson, 8-6; Wasson def. Bernhardt Purdy, 8-4

NO. 1 DOUBLES—1—Hayden Carrillo/Oscar Alvarado Martinez, DC, 4-0; 2—John Tran/Carson Kraus, GC, 3-1; 3—Joshua Portillo/Aaron Torres Garcia, L, 2-2; 4—Henry Fitzhum/Ryan Schuckman, Hays, 1-3; 5—Jordan Manning/Isaiah Smith, GB, 0-4;  Carrillo/Alvarado Martinez def. Manning/Smith, 8-2; Tran/Kraus def. Manning/Smith, 8-4; Portillo/Torres def. Manning/Smith, 8-3; Fitzhum/Schuckman def. Manning/Smith 8-1

NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Aldo Guerra/Ignacio Bellido Perez, DC, 4-0; 2—Kaiden Bunger/Carsen Riat, Hays, 3-1; 3—Hayden Carrillo/Oscar Martinez, DC, 2-2; 4—Tom Tran/Ashton Palmer, GC, 2-2; 5—Marcos Castanon/Roberto Gutierrez, GB, 0-4; Guerra/Bellido Perez def.  Castanon/Gutierrez, 8-0; Bunger/Riat def. Castanon/Gutierrez, 8-4; Tran/Palmer def. Castanon/ Gutierrez, 8-2; Brown/Nguyen def.  Castanon/Gutierrez, 8-6