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Panther tennis ties for second place
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Members of the 2021 GBMS volleyball team are front row—Lainey Smith, Jadynce Schroeder, Shatarah Newton, Henley Nairn, Rhett Nairn; second row—Hayley Suchy, Allie Gerhardt, Braelyn Turner, Kaitlyn Dreiling, Camryn Post, Alyvia Batchman, Miya Nachtigal, Kamryn Koelsch, Kya Behr, Meredith Mazouch, MacKenzie Lindberg, Jaselyn Werth, Heidi Jording, Braylee Carper, Kynli Shull; third row—Maddison Gaddis, Sophia Cale, Remmi Burkes, Katelyn Roddey, Ava Kaiser, Lydia Schaub, Alex Mayers, Araceli Aguilera, Zoey Mayberry, Sophia Elsen. back row—Naima Zapita, Gabriella Tomlin, Chalya Prenderegast, Kourtnee Leech, Olivia Boone, Madelynne Siefkes, Kimmy Hofflinger, Katherine Mazouch, Denver Ringo, Tatum Anderson, Alyssa McCulley, Kyra Lewis.

GARDEN CITY – Great Bend’s Brendyn Schroeder placed fourth in singles to spark the Panthers to a second-place tie (40) with Hays High (40) in Saturday’s Garden City Tennis Invitational. Garden City (75) swept the singles and doubles titles to place first.

Schroeder won two matches before losing to Garden City’s champion Logan Morren 8-1 and 8-1 to Garden City’s Colin Kleysteuber for third place. Panther Jordan Manning placed eighth with a 8-0 loss to Colby’s Lincoln Myers.

Great Bend’s Alex Sandoval/Shiv Tushal won three of four matches and downed Meade’s Kody Henson/Konner Jones, Meade, 8-7 (12-10) for ninth place in the longest match of the day. 

Great Bend’s Caden Bieker/Carlos Jacobo placed 11th with an 8-1 victory over Goodland’s Aniol Majoral/Estevan Ordonez.

GARDEN CITY INVITATIONAL

TEAM TOTALS—1—Garden City 75; 2—Great Bend 40; 2—Hays High 40; 4—Dodge City 39; 5—Colby 38; 6—Liberal 36; 7—Meade 32; 8—Goodland 9

SINGLES DIVISION

1—Logan Morren, GC def. Korben Clawson, Meade, 8-2

3—Colin Kleysteuber, GC def. Brendyn Schroeder, GB, 8-1

5—Conner Stukenholtz, DC, def. Ivan Armendariz, Liberal, 8-4

7—Lincoln Myers, Colby def. Jordan Manning, GB, 8-0

9—Colin Clark, Hays def. Hudson Brown, Liberal, 8-5

11—Daw Lemman, Colby def. Vincent Lynn, Meade, 8-7 (7-3)

13—Logan Daniels, Hays def. Jackson Keeler, Ulysses, 8-7 (7-5)

15—Sharid Goodman, Goodland def. Nate Schears, Goodland, 8-6

GB RESULTS—Schroeder def. Keeler, 8-1; Schroeder def. Armendariz, 8-7 (7-5); Morren def. Schoeder, 8-1; Manning def. Lehman, 8-5; Clawson def. Manning, 8-1; Stukenholtz def. Manning, 8-0

DOUBLES DIVISION

1—Abraham Hernandez/Charles Stillian, GC def. Joshua Negron/John Tran, GC, 8-4

3—Jacob Koon/Jahli Garcia, Colby def. Aron Ponce/Oscar Arzaga, DC, 8-3

5— Henry Fitzthum/Ryan Schuckman, Hays def. Edgar Alonso/Gabriel Garcia, Hays, 8-7 (8-6)

7— Christobal Sanchez/Brandon Nguyen, Liberal def. Oscar Alvarado/Hayden Carrillo, DC, 8-5

9—Alex Sandoval/Shiv Tushal/ GB def. Kody Henson/Konner Jones, Meade, 8-7 (12-10)

11—Caden Bieker/Carlos Jacobo, GB def. Aniol Majoral/Estevan Ordonez, Goodland, 8-1

13—Daniel Nguyen/Aidean Bernhardt Purdy, Liberal def. Logan Haggard/Will Bradley, Colby, 8-4

15—Brian Reimer/Orving Dyce, Meade def. Aaron Owens/Julian Lopez, Goodland, 8-0

GB RESULTS—Fitzthum/Schuckman def. Sandoval/Tushal, 8-5; Sandoval/Tushal def. Reimer/Dyce, 8-3; Sandoval/Tushal def. Majoral/Ordonez, 8-4; Sanchez/Nguyen def. Bieker/Jacobo, 8-2; Bieker/Jacobo def. Owens/Lopez, 8-3; Henson/Jones def. Bieker/Jacobo, 8-6