HAYS — Great Bend's No. 2 doubles Beth Hammeke/Olivia Boone (3-1) placed runner-up to lead the Panther tennis team to third place in the Western Athletic Conference girls tennis tournament.

No. 1 singles Paige Stacey (2-2) and No. 2 singles Olivia Loera (2-2) placed third. No. 1 doubles Maddie Siefkes/Addie Hart (1-3) finished fifth.

Garden City coach David Snodgrass earned Coach of the Year honors. Liberal's No. 1 singles Evelin Tarango earned WAC Player of the Year honors.

WESTERN ATHLETIC

TEAM TOTALS—1—Garden City 14; 2—Liberal 9; 3—Great Bend 8; 4—Dodge City 2; 5—Hays High 0

NO. 1 SINGLES—3RD—Paige Stacey def. Alyiah Aldrete DC, 8-5; Stacey def. An Li, Hays, 8-3; Evelin Tarango, Lib def. Stacey, 8-6; Vivian Whitham, GC def. Stacey, 8-3; 1ST—Whitham def. Tarango, 8-3

NO. 2 SINGLES—3RD—Olivia Loera, GB def. Emery Turner, Lib, 8-6; Loera def. Taylyn May, Hays, 8-3; London Ojeda, GC def. Loera, 8-7 (7-4); Laura Herman, DC def. Loera, 8-7 (7-4)

NO. 1 DOUBLES—Maddie Siefkes/Addie Hart def. Maliha Navarro/Vvanna Rivera, Lib, 8-4; Macey Kennedy/Reese Kennedy, GC def. Siefkes/Hart, 8-4; Angela Feyerherm/Dakota Maier, Hays def. Siefkes/Hart, 8-4; Katie Rouse/Marisol Banuelos, DC def. Siefkes/Hart, 8-4; 1ST—Rouse/Banuelos, DC def. Navarro/Rivera, Lib, 8-3

NO. 2 DOUBLES—1ST—Macey Kennedy/Reese Kennedy, GC def. Beth Hammeke/Olivia Boone, GB, 8-1; Hammeke/Boone def. Bella Patel/Aileen Figueroa, Lib, 8-1; Hammeke/Boone def. Hays, Adriana Garner/Katlyn Younger, Hays, 8-4; Hammeke/Boone def. Salina Dyer/Jimenna Ramirez, DC, 8-1