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Panther swimmers qualify seven events
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Great Bend swimmer Emilee Hall competes in the 200 Yard Freestyle. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

Panthers qualify seven swim entries

TOPEKA – Great Bend’s Western Athletic Conference champions qualified three relays and four individual events for the 5-1A state swimming championship at 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Topeka’s Hummer Sports Park.

Emily Hall earned WAC Swimmer of the Year honors winning the 100 backstroke (1:05.15) and 200 freestyle (2:15.34) while competing on first-place 200 medley and 400 freestyle relays.

The 10th-ranked 200-yard medley relay (2:00.27) set a school record with Emilee Hall, Clarice Snapp, Ellyson Somers and Josephine Mazouch winning the WAC title. The top 16 qualifiers advance to Saturday’s finals.

The 200 freestyle relay (1:50.2) qualified with Mazouch, Somers, Kamryn Johns and Hall. The 400 freestyle relay (4:03.22) set its best time with Mazouch, Johns, Somers and Hall.

The Panthers won seven events to capture last week’s Western Athletic Conference swimming championship.

5-1A STATE, TOPEKA

PANTHER STATE QUALIFIERS

100 backstroke—18—Emilee Hall, 1:06.31

100 breaststroke—24—Clarise Snapp, 1:21.14

100 butterfly—21—Ellyson Somers, *1:07.38

100 freestyle—19—Josephine Mazouch, 58.9

200 freestyle relay—DQ—Great Bend, 1:50.16 (Mazouch, Somers, Kamryn Johns, Hall)

200 medley relay—11—Great Bend, *2:00.27 (Hall, Snapp, Somers, Mazouch) 

400 freestyle relay—15—Great Bend, 4:08.27 (Mazouch, Carper, Somers, Hall)




Larned softball sweeps Ellis
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Larned pitcher Karley Lemuz - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune
Larned softball wins opener LARNED — Larned's softball team scored 39 runs to dominate the Ellis Railroaders 21-4 and 18-5 in Friday's doubleheader. LARNED 21, ELLIS 4 (G1) — Larned's Brooks Simmons tripled and drove home a trio of runs. Driving home a pair of runs were Eowyn Hedding, Maya Wilson, Teagan Walker, Jadyn Crosby and Jillian Hagerman. Hagerman and Karley Lemuz each doubled. Lemuz (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. The Indians took advantage of nine walks, seven errors, six wild pitches and two hit batters. Ellis' Maleah Vine drove home two runs. Rylan Aschenbrenner had an RBI LARNED 18, ELLIS 5 (G2) — Larned's Hedding doubled and drove in three runs. Walker and Hagerman each drove in two runs. Driving home one run were Lemuz, Brooke Simmins, Crosby, Ivy Hope and Gillian Smith. Crosby (2-0) pitched five innings to earn the victory. Railroader Vine drove home two runs. Kia Mader and Raegan Jimenez drove in runs. Larned 010 938 — 21 15 1 Ellis 400 000 — 4 2 7 Lemuz and Brooke Simmons. Rome and Ashenbrenner. W—Lemuz, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-3. 2B—L—Hagerman, Lemuz. 3B—L—Brooke Simmons Larned 240 2(10) — 18 17 4 Ellis 00 14 — 5 6 2 Crosby and Hedding. Rome and Jimenez. W—Crosby, 2-0. L—Rome, 0-4. 2B—L—Hedding, Walker; E—Rome, Jimenez. 3B—L—Walker
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