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Panther Dani Franco earns All-WAC honors
Thee Panthers earn second-team honors
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Great Bend senior forward Dani Franco earned first-team All-Western Athletic Conference honors. Franco scored the Panthers’ final goal of the season in a 3-1 loss to Maize South. Franco is the all-time leading scorer for the Panther soccer program. 

Panthers Junior Franco, Mauricio Hernandez and Chiny Sanchez earned second-team All-WAC honors.

The Panthers (9-11) defeated Newton 4-1, Salina Central 3-2 and Salina South 3-1 in regional play.

ALL-WAC FIRST TEAM

LIBERAL—Mike Fonseca, sr.; Manny Arroyo, jr.; David Arroyo, fr.; Levi Flores, jr.  

DODGE CITY—Alan Lopez, so.; Diego Oliveras, jr.; Alexis Alvarez, sr. 

HAYS—Trae McCrae, sr.; Conner Tegen, sr.

GARDEN CITY—Salvador Bustos, sr.

GREAT BEND—Dani Franco, sr.

Player of Year—Mike Fonseca

Coach of Year—Lori Navarro, Liberal (7-1)

SECOND TEAM

GREAT BEND—Junior Franco, jr.; Mauricio Hernandez, sr.; Chiny Sancjez, jr. 

GARDEN CITY—Alec Keosengphet, jr.; Kairo Carollo, so.; Alonso Vera, jr.

LIBERAL—Victor Limon, jr; Darius Archulleta, so.

DODGE CITY—Oliver Alba, sr.; Jovanny Sanchez, sr.

HAYS—Jacob Maska, sr.


Minton's shutout sparks sweep over Pratt
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Great Bend Brave pitcher Daxton Minton throws against the Salina Falcons. - photo by Lori Farmer
BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com PRATT — After Daxton Minton spun a 6-0 shutout, Great Bend completed a hard-fought 7-5 victory to sweep Pratt in Friday's non-league baseball doubleheader. Koehn Ribordy earned a save in game two and led the offense for the Panthers (6-1) with seven runs batted home in the twin bill. PANTHERS 6, PRATT 0 (G1) — Minton (1-0) fashioned a 2-hitter in a masterful 78-pitch outing. Third baseman Trenton Kern turned a double-play on Madden Wilson's fifth-inning groundball. Carson Umphres opened the game with a leadoff homer. Two Pratt errors and a walk led to a 3-run third inning. Koehn Ribordy singled home Kern and Minton. Ribordy scored on Owen Kaiser's single for a 4-0 lead. Ribordy singled home Minton in the fifth inning. Ribordy scored on a seventh-inning wild pitch. PANTHERS 7, PRATT 5 (G2) — Ribordy stayed red hot with two singles and four runs batted home. Ribordy recorded seven outs to earn a save after Slade Mohr pitched 42/3 innings. Pratt led 4-1 after two innings. Owen Schmidt scored on Cresten Pore's first-inning single. Madden Wilson singled in Kameron Cox. Gatlin scored on Craft's single. Ethan Koger scored on a groundball for a 4-1 lead. Mohr scored on Jaxon Wondra's groundball in a 4-run third inning. Umphres scored on a passed ball. Ian Premer and Minton scored on Ribordy's single for a 5-4 lead. Premer scored on Ribordy's fifth-inning groundout. Kern scored onn Kaiser's single for a 7-4 lead. Pratt's Cox scored on a seventh-inning passed ball. Great Bend 103 010 1 — 6 7 0 Pratt 000 000 0 — 0 2 2 Minton and Kaiser. Craft, Thimesch (4) and Teafatiller. W—Minton, 1-0. L—Craft. HR—GB—Umphres Great Bend 014 020 0 — 7 5 0 Pratt 130 001 0 — 5 10 0 Mohr, Ribordy (5) and Wondra. Josiah Schmidt, Demuth (3), Strong (6) and Teafatiller. W—Mohr, 1-0. L—J. Schmidt. SV—Ribordy. 2B—P—Craft, Owen Schmidt, Teafatiller
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