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Junior NBA tryout scheduled Sunday
Parker Dicks
Published: Jan 16, 2020, 8:07 PM

The local Junior NBA Skills Challenge is scheduled at 1 p.m. Sunday at The Great Bend Fieldhouse, 2817 9th Street. 

Youngsters 13 and under and 11 and under will compete in a one-minute dribbling and shooting skills contest. The age cutoff is Aug. 31, 2020. Parents or guardians must bring a birth certificate and complete required entry forms.

Competitors dribble through cones and take shots worth 1, 3, 4 and 6 points. Deductions of 3 points are assessed for traveling, palming or double dribble.  

For information, call Shane Dicks (620-786-4780) or email (shaner433@gmail.com)

Twelve local qualifiers advance to the Midwest regional April 26 at the Harris Park City Center, Kansas City, Mo.

Great Bend’s Parker Dicks won the 2019 Junior NBA national competition at Brooklyn N.Y. Taeten Reynolds also qualified at the Denver, Colo. regional championships. 

National finalists earn an all−expense paid trip to New York City, receive gift bags, attend special events and interact with NBA/WNBA/G−League players and potential draftees. 
Cardinals' trio wins tennis titles
Hoisington cardinal logo
The Hoisington girls tennis team features Annabelle Gonzalez, Aubree Martin, Jaylin Kolas, Decelia Bray, Jillian Axman, Brennley Reif, Coach Kiley Klug
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 7:34 PM
Cardinals win Ellsworth tennis title ELLSWORTH — Hoisington's No. 1 singles Jasper Pawlowski, No. 2 singles Brody Rossman and No. 2 doubles Kian DeLong/Xander Mooney placed first as the Cardinals won the Ellsworth tennis title April 3 with 67 points. In championship matches, Jasper Pawlowski defeated Cimarron's Landon Houseman, 8-2; Rossman downed Cimarron's Jacob Pando 8-4; and DeLong/Mooney defeated Trego's Lucas Dreher/Mason Yingling 8-6. Trego's No. 1 doubles Graeden Deines/Camdyn Flavin edged Hoisington's Leyton Mooney/Gabriel Pawlowski, 8-7 (7-2) in a tiebreaker. ELLSWORTH TOURNAMENT TEAM SCORES—1—Hoisington 67; 2—WaKeeney Trego 55; 3—Ellsworth Black 42; 4—Cimarron 38; 5—Lyons 28; 6—Colby 25; 7—Ellsworth Red 23 NO. 1 SINGLES—1ST—Jasper Pawlowski, H def. Houseman, Cim, 8-2; 3RD—Chuen, Lyons def. Smith, WT, 8-1; 5TH—Weder, EBlack def. Denny, Colby, 8-5; 7TH—Janssen, ERed def. Martin, Good, 8-7 (7-1) Pawlowski def. Smith, WT, 8-1; Pawlowski def. Chuen, Lyons, 8-2 NO. 2 SINGLES—1ST—Brody Rossman, H def. Pando, Cim, 8-4; 3RD—Deines, WK def. Taylor, EBlack, 8-4; 5TH—Peter, Lyons def. Shaw, Colby, 8-5; 7TH—Fall, Lyons def. Wooten ERed, 8-1 Rossman def. Fall, Lyons, 8-2; Rossman def. Taylor, EBlack, 8-0 NO. 1 DOUBLES—1ST—Deines/Flavin, WT def. Leyton Mooney/Gabriel Pawlowski, H, 8-7 (7-2); 3RD—Davis/Kyler, EBlack def. De La Cruz/Maze, ERed, 8-1; 5TH—Haines/Wright, Colby def. Kite-Tatro, Cim, 8-1 Mooney/Pawlowski def. Haines/Wright, Colby, 8-3; Mooney/Pawlowski def. Davis/Kyler, EBlack, 8-2 NO. 2 DOUBLES—1ST—Kian DeLong/Xander Mooney H def. Dreher/Yingling, WT, 8-6; 3RD—Conley/Placencia, E Black def. Wedere/West, ERed, 8-3; 5TH—Jeager/Haug, Colby def. Loughridge/Miranda, Lyons, 8-2 DeLong/Mooney def. Casas/Foster, Cim, 8-2; DeLong/Mooney def. Conley/Placencia, EBlack, 8-3
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