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Panthers earn baseball honors
Alex Schremmer
Great Bend Panthers (1) Alex Schremmer connects during the regional championship game against Hays. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

Great Bend utility player Koy Brack, 1B Eddie Bujanda and SS Alex Schremmer earned first-team All-Western Athletic Conference baseball honors.

Brack led the Panthers with a .390 batting average and .458 on-base percentage. Bujanda batted .357 with .439 on-base percentage. Schremmer batted .373 with .461 on-base percentage.

Great Bend (10-11, 4-4 WAC) qualified for the 5A state tournament with wins over Wichita Northwest 7-3 and WAC champion Hays High 6-2 before losing 6-2 to state runner-up St. Thomas Aquinas.

Panther pitchers Colin Hall (4-3, 3.23 ERA) and Townshend Kurth (4-1, 2.56 ERA) joins centerfielder Calan Haberman (.295) on the honorable mention list.

Hays High’s Trey Riggs earned Player of the Year honors.

Hays High’s Frank Leo is Coach of the Year.


Eduardo Bujanda
Great Bend Panthers (24) Eduardo Bujanda connects during the regional championship game against Hays. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez


WAC BASEBALL FIRST TEAM

HAYS HIGH—Trey Riggs, P-IF, 12 (Player of Year); Brock Lummus, C, 12; Palmer Hutchison, P-3B, 12; Cody Petersen, SS-P

GREAT BEND—Koy Brack, Utility, 12; Eddie Bujanda, 1B, 11; Alex Schremmer, SS, 11

GARDEN CITY—Easton Leger, OF, 12; Austin Waetzig, 1B, 12

LIBERAL—Braxton Hyde, P, 11; Francisco Terrazas, C, 12

DODGE CITY—Alden Knedler, C, 10

COACH OF YEAR—Frank Leo, Hays High

HONORABLE MENTION

GREAT BEND—Colin Hall, P, 12; Townshend Kurth, P, 11; Calan Haberman, OF, 12

GARDEN CITY—Cooper Thayer, IF, 12; Aaron Urrutia, OF-P, 11; Rawley Davidson, IF, 12

LIBERAL—Elijah McCarter, SS, 11; Syris Dunlap, OF, 11; Javier Bojorquez, 1B, 12

DODGE CITY—Noah Sowers, OF, 12; Erubiel Duron, IF-P, 10

HAYS HIGH—Dylan Dreiling, OF, 9

WAC BASEBALL

Hays High 7-1 19-2

Garden City 4-4 11-10

Great Bend 4-4 10-11

Liberal 3-5 11-10

Dodge City 2-6 12-9

HAYS HIGH (7-1, 19-2)—WW—Colby 4-0, 9-1; WW Russell 12-2, 16-1; WW Washburn Rural 8-1, 5-4; WW *Garden City 7-1, 12-0; W *Great Bend 7-0; W *Dodge City 8-7, 17-3; L *Great Bend 6-7; WW *Liberal; Diamond Classic (W Great Bend 6-3, W Manhattan 1-0, Eisenhower 9-6, Salina Central 10-0); WW Russell 10-2, 16-2; W Newton 9-3; L Great Bend 2-6

GARDEN CITY (4-4, 11-10)—WW Hays-TMP 6-4, 4-0; WW Holcomb 16-1, 15-0; W *Dodge City 2-1; LL Hays High 1-8, 0-12; WL *Great Bend 4-3, 7-9; WL *Liberal 5-4, 2-6; WW Colby 11-0, 13-3; W *Dodge City 8-7; LL Wichita North 3-10, 2-5; WL Wichita Heights 4-1, 6-9; L Maize South 2-5; L Emporia 6-16; L Washburn Rural 2-12

GREAT BEND (4-4, 10-11)—L McPherson 4-8; L Andover 5-7; WW Wichita Independent 11-3, 4-3; WL Junction City 4-2, 0-10; WL *Liberal 8-3, 5-8; L *Hays High 0-7; WL *Garden City 9-7, 3-4; L *Dodge City 2-3; W *Hays High 7-6;  W *Dodge City 7-6; Diamond Classic (L Hays High 3-6; L Manhattan 1-9; W Salina Central 3-0; L Goddard Eisenhower 4-6); W Wichita NW 7-3; W Hays High 6-2; L St. Thomas Aquinas 2-6

LIBERAL (3-5, 11-10)—WW Hugoton 10-0, 9-2; W Woodward, Okla.; 7-0; W Maize South 2-1, L Maize High 2-6; WL *Great Bend 8-5, 3-8; W *Dodge City 11-1; WL *Garden City 5-4, 2-6; W Newkirk, Okla. 9-1; L Alva, Okla. 1-17; W Perry, Okla. 10-3; W Crossings Christian, Okla. 12-2; LL *Hays 0-1, 3-13; L St. James 0-6; W KC Christian 17-7; L St. Thomas Aquinas 2-9; L * Dodge City 3-10; L Junction City 2-3

DODGE CITY (2-6, 12-9)—WW Wichita East 14-13, 9-8; WW Wichita South 10-0, 15-0; L *Garden City 1-2; WW Wichita Southeast 19-1, 13-2; L *Liberal 1-11; LL *Hays High 7-8, 3-17; W *Great Bend 3-2; WW Wichita Heights 8-7, 5-4; L *Garden City 7-8; L Great Bend 7-13; WW McPherson 4-1, 3-2; L Emporia 3-9, L Andover Central 2-3; W *Liberal 10-3; L Wichita West 1-4