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Panther girls win Buhler cross country meet
Panthers' Esfeld wins boys division
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McPherson’s Chloe Clevenger and Great Bend’s Addy Nicholson compete at Thursday’s Buhler Invitational cross country meet.

Panther girls win Buhler meet

HUTCHINSON – Great Bend runner-up Addy Nicholson (21:03.4) finished runner-up behind SE Saline’s Ashley Prochazka at Thursday’s Buhler cross country invitational at Prairie Ridge Country Park. The Panther girls (37) placed first to finish ahead of SE Saline (54).

The Panthers also counted fourth-place Marissa Boone (21:32.1); sixth-place Eliana Beckham (22:01.7); 12th-place Morgan Beckwith (22:35.1) and 13th-place Reese King (22:38.7).

Great Bend’s Kaiden Esfeld (16:46.1), last year’s third-place 5A state finisher,  stayed hot with a first-place finish. The Panthers finished eighth with 206 points.

BUHLER INVITATIONAL

Prairie Ridge Cross Country Park

TEAM RESULTS—1—Great Bend 37; 2—SE Saline 54; 3—Winfield 67; 4—Buhler 93; 5—McPherson 133; 6—Berean 139; 7—Topeka Hayden 167

TOP 10 GIRLS MEDALISTS—1—Ashley Prochazka, SE, Saline 20:59.9; 2—Addy Nicholson, GB, 21:03.4; 3—Commerford, SE Saline, 21:10.3; 4—Marissa Boone, GB, 21:32.1; 5—Clevenger, McPherson, 21:44.2; 6—Eliana Beckham, GB, 22:01.7; 7—Powell, Berean, 22:13.0; 8—Myers, Winfield 22:22.3; 9—Turner, Winfield 22:28.0; 10—Warner, Buhler 22:29.0

GREAT BEND—12—Morgan Beckwith, 22:35.1; 13—Reese King, 22:38.7; 33—Sienna Smith, 24:19.1; 35—Kate Welcher, 24:31.5

GREAT BEND JV—4—Diana Piedra, 26:50.0

BUHLER INVITATIONAL

Prairie Ridge Cross Country Park

BOYS TEAM RESULTS—1—SE Saline 36; 2—Berean 60; 3—Buhler 69; 4—Winfield 116; 5—Hutchinson Trinity 138; 6—Salina Central 164; 7—McPherson 198; 8—Great Bend 206; 9—Topeka Hayden 231; 10—Goddard 232; 11—Salina South 262

TOP 10 BOYS MEDALISTS—1—Kaiden Esfeld, GB, 16:46.1; 2—Harder, Berean, 16:55.2; 3—Jackson, SE Saline, 16:57.9; 4—Allen, SE Saline, 17:00.9; 5—Priest, Winfield, 17:12.5; 6—Walker, SE Saline, 17:20.1; 7—Whisler, Buhler 17:21.5; 8—Lohrentz, Buhler 17:21.9; 9—Walker, SE Saline, 17:36.3; 10—Briscoe, Berean, 17:43.9

GREAT BEND—44—Ismael Ramirez, 19:59.1; 47—Tavon Stroup, 20:11.5; 55—Thomas Henrikson, 20:33.2; 63—Braylon Moore, 21:03.2; 68—Bradon Suppes, 21:34.3; 77—Brantley Vsetecka, 24:06.0