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Panther tennis competes
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MCPHERSON — Great Bend's No. 2 doubles Tania Molina/Sahara Rhiza (1-3) beat their teammates Samantha Mayers/Taylor Lashley, 8-7 (7-5) in the consolation round at Tuesday's McPherson Doug Gayer Tennis Classic. Liberal's Lanee Harp/Shiva Jilka defeated Molina/Rziha, 8-6 for 13th place. 

Garden City's Alivia Palmer defeated Great Bend's No. 1 singles Laura Daniel 8-1 for 13th place. Panther Kaylin Wahlmeier (1-3) finished 15th with an 8-1 victory over Hays High's Allyson Werth.. 

Gardner-Edgerton's Rachel Davis defeated McPherson's Riggs Kuhn, 8-6 for the singles championship. Salina South's Tess Daily/Iliana Armbrust defeated Garden City's Sage Riggs/Sydney Nanninga, 8-7 (7-3) for the doubles title. McPherson (55) captured the team title and Goddard Eisenhower (47) placed runner-up. 

MCPHERSON GAYER TOURNAMENT

TEAM SCORES—1—McPherson 55; 2—Goddard Eisenhower 47; 3—Salina South 43; 4—Hutchinson High 41; 5—Garden City 38; 6—Liberal 21; 7—Hays High 16; 8—Great Bend 10

SINGLES

1—Rachel Davis, GE def. Riggs Kuhn, Mc, 8-6

3—Gracie Foster, Hutchinson def. Sydney Achilles, Mc, 8-3

5—Alana Ewertt, GE def. Laura Brokes, SS, 8-5

7—Brooke Ptacek, GC def. Morgan Short, Hays, 8-6

9—Darby Benson, Hutchinson def. Katie Classen, L, 8-1 

11—Emma Shulde, SS def. Jaciana Rivera, L, default 

13—Alivia Palmer, GC def. Laura Daniel, GB, 8-1 

15—Kaylin Wahlmeier, GB def. Allyson Werth, Hays, 8-1

Ptacek def. Daniel, 8-0; Rivera def. Daniel, 8-1; Daniel def. Werth, 8-3; Foster def. Wahlmeier, 8-0; Classen def. Wahlmeier, 8-1; Palmer def. Wahlmeier, 8-4 

DOUBLES

1—Tess Daily/Iliana Armbrust, SS def. Sage Riggs/Sydney Nanninga, GC, 8-7 (7-3); 

3—Patty Huerta/Perrin Schneider, Mc def. Taylor Berger/Maddie Dobson, Mc, 8-0

5—Tia Hines/Libby Jackson, Hutchinson def. McKenizie Henry/McKenna Jilka, GE, 8-5

7—Brook Baird/Riley Weber, SS def. Payton Tull/Chloe Powell, GC, 8-1

9—Leila Kral/Leah Wilkinson, GE def. Lauren Davis/Makenzie Suppes, Hutchinson, 8-4

11—Aracely Jurado/Lesley Hernandez, L def. Morgen Berry/Ava Neil, Hays, 8-2

13—Lanee Harp/Shiva Jilka, L def. Tania Molina/Sahara Rziha, GB, 8-6 

Daily/Armbrust def. Molina/Rhiza, 8-0; Davis/Suppes def. Molina/Rhiza, 8-1; Molina/Rhiza def. Samantha Mayers/Taylor Lashley, GB, 8-7 (7-5); Berger/Dobson def. Mayers/Lashley, GB, 8-0; Berry/Neil def. Mayers/Lashley, 8-4


Trio win Russell track gold medals
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Eli Hurley - photo by Lori Farmer
Trio win events at Russell track RUSSELL — Central Plains Oiler Eli Hurley captured the triple jump (41-812); Broc Klima won the 110-meter hurdles (17.27) and Hoisington's Roger Sneath won the pole vault (10-6) at Thursday's Russell track invitational. RUSSELL GIRLS AREA RESULTS 400m—6—Soeken, CP, 1:12.02 800m—3—Compton, HHS, 2:46.4; 5—Davis, CP, 2:50.24 1,600m—4--Davis, CP, 5:50.53; 6—Compton, HHS, 6:09.84 3,200m—3—Davis, CP, 12:36.83 100m hurdle—3—Robison, CP, 18.27 300m hurdles—4—Robison, CP, 55.06; 6—Nash, CP, 20.36 1,600m relay—3—Central Plains, 4:40.27 (Robison, Soeken, Jeffrey, Emery Siemsen) Long jump—6—Emery Siemsen, 14-53/4 Pole vault—6—Kaiser, 6-6 RUSSELL MEET AREA RESULTS 100m—4—Rogers, CP, 12.43 110m hurdles—1—Klima, 17.27 200m—6—Rogers, CP, 24.54 1,600m relay—6—Hoisington, 4:16.33 (Wyant, Reif, Sneath, Drake Martin) Long jump—6—Hurley, CP, 18-3 Triple jump—1—Hurley, CP, 41-81/2 Shot put—4—Pfannenstiel, 42-9; 6—Schepmann, 38-3 Discus—3—Pfannenstiel, 136-1 Pole vault—1—Sneath, HHS, 10-6
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