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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 baseball salvages split with Lyons/Sterling
Anthony Gonzalez
Larned Indian Anthony Gonzalez delivers a base hit against Lyons/Sterling. - photo by Janet Fleske Special to the Tribune
Larned splits baseball twin bill LARNED — Larned's baseball team rallied for a 12-1 second game victory over Lyons. The Lions won the opener. LYONS 5, LARNED 4 (G1)— Lyons' Zayn Zambo scored the game-winning run on Deacon Showalter's fifth-inning groundout. Lyons reliever Anthony "Ace" Ventura retired seven consecutive batters to earn a save. Logan Isaac scored on Ethan's Luck sacrifice fly in a 3-run third inning. Blake Smith and Ventura scored on Porter Anderson's single. David Meyers scored on a fifth-inning error for a 4-2 lead before Zambo scored a fifth run. Carson Shaver scored on Tristan Regan's first-inning single. Camden Bird scored on a Hunter Hobbs' fourth-inning double. Down 5-2, Larned's Andres Gonzalez scored on Mason Miller's single. Miller scored on Bird's double. LARNED 12, LYONS 1 (G2)— Larned's Bird and Reese Morgan each drove home three runs. Morgan singled home Shaver and Mason Martin scored on a passed ball in a 3-run first inning. Morgan scored on Bird's single. In a 5-run second frame, Martin scored on a walk. Gonzalez scored on a balk. Regan scored on a wild pitch. Miller scored on Bird's sacrifice bunt. Luke Krehbiel scored on a passed ball for an 8-1 lead. Shaver scored on Regan's hit by pitch. Martin scored on Morgan's single. Gonzalez scored on a walk. Regan scored on Bird's sacrifice fly for a 12-1 lead. Lyons 003 020 0 — 5 5 1 Larned 100 120 0 — 4 8 5 Gilliand, Ventura (5) and Luck. Regan and Shaver. W—Gilliand. L—Regan, 0-2. SV—Ventura. 2B—LARNED—Bird, Shaver, Hobbs Lyons 100 0 — 1 3 1 Larned 354 x — 12 7 2 Porter Anderson, Zambo (2), Meyer Anderson (3) and Luck. Shaver and Martin. W—Shaver, 1-1. L—P. Anderson. 2B—LYONS—Gilliand
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