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Panthers swimmers head to 5A state
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Matt Huslig

TOPEKA — Two-time Western Athletic Conference champion Matthew Huslig will join two relay teams for the 5-1A state swimming championships Friday and Saturday. 

Great Bend’s swimmers finished runner-up with 332 points behind team champion Garden City (399) at the Western Athletic Conference swimming championship at Garden City.

*First-place WAC champion Matt Huslig has posted the seventh-fastest time in the 200 freestyle (1:52.39) and the 18th-fastest time in the 500 freestyle (5:20.82).

*The WAC runner-up 200-yard medley relay of Tyler Stein, Ellis Long, Allen To and Jacob Kennedy own the 16th-fastest time (1:52.24).

*The WAC runner-up 200-yard freestyle relay of Brody Feist, Allen To, Daniel Abbott and Matthew Huslig sport the 22nd-fastest time (1:38.64). 

*The WAC runner-up 400 freestyle relay owns the 22nd-fastest time (3:43.73) with Brody Feist, Daniel Abbott, Tyler Stein and Matthew Huslig competing. 

5-1A STATE SWIMMING

GREAT BEND QUALIFIERS

100 backstroke—10TH—Tyler Stein, 59.02

200 freestyle—7TH—Matthew Huslig, 1:52.39

500 freestyle—18TH—Matthew Huslig, 5:20.82

200 medley relay—16TH—Great Bend, 1:52.24 (Tyler Stein, Ellis Long, Allen To, Jacob Kennedy)

200 freestyle relay—22ND—Great Bend, 1:38.64 (Brody Feist, Allen To, Daniel Abbott, Matthew Huslig)

400 freestyle relay—22ND—Great Bend, 3:43.73 (Brody Feist, Daniel Abbott, Tyler Stein, Matthew Huslig)


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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