BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

Jordan Black, the reigning Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year, finished off Thursday’s Baker play with a game-clinching “turkey” — three strikes in a row. Black’s strikes keyed the Panthers’ 199-183 victory in the third Baker game over Dodge City.
But it was ninth-grader Bryce Moore who highlighted the Panthers’ 9-2 WAC victory over Dodge City with a career high 686 series. Moore rolled games of 258, 214 and 214 to help the Panthers sweep Dodge City in a three-game series 833-594, 826-628 and 820-721. They gave the Panthers a dominating lead heading to the Baker format.
Moore bettered his previous high series of 676. Of the three games, Moore recorded strikes or spares all but two frames in the series.
“It’s always a key working on getting strikes and spares,” Moore said. “I had a lot of confidence today, but I know I have to keep my composure. If I get too happy, I start messing up. I try and keep my focus.”
Black placed runner-up (634, 193-222-219) and Kameron Keener placed third (626, 213-223-190). The trio carried the Panthers in the three-game series.
Dodge City fired Baker games of 201 and 191 to squeeze out two points in the Baker format where five bowlers compete.
When the Panthers rolled every fifth frame, they lost momentum. Several open frames led to a 125 first game, A.J. Roberts fired two strikes in the second game in a 191-177 loss. Black recorded four strikes and Kameron Keener added a pair of strikes in a final 199 game. Black and Keener marked each time in the final two games.
Moore said the bowling can change quickly.
“That’s just bowling,” he said. “We probably would’ve done better had we not sat down too long between games.”
Top scorer Jordan Vsetecka recorded the Panthers’ highlight with a first-place finish of 604 on games of 214, 181 and 199. Dodge City rolled to easy wins 659-627, 592-580 and 711-631 over the Panthers. Great Bend salvaged two poins in the Baker format, 152-140 and 126-121.
Dodge City’s Bamber placed runner-up (539, 173-151-215) and Burton placed third (538, 212-153-173).
Western Athletic Conference

GREAT BEND BOYS 9, DODGE CITY 2
Team Series (3-Game Totals)
1—Great Bend 833-826-820—2,479; 2—Dodge City 594-628-721—1,943; 3—Holcomb 568-552-648—1,768
GREAT BEND—1—Moore, 258-214-214—686; 2—Black, 193-222-219—634; 3—Keener, 213-223-190—626; 5—Cordell Stanley, 169-167-197—533; 7—Roberts, 167-155-148—480; 8—Dicks, 138-156-179—473
DODGE CITY—4—Garcia, 175-194-173—542; 6—Burton, 135-182-184—501; 11—Peters, 134-129-176—439; 12—Esquibel, 128-117-188—433; 14—Coghill, 115-123-164—402; 17—Schultz, 150-85-124—359
HOLCOMB—9—Fisher, 133-136-193—462; 10—Mesa, 169-132-145—446; 13—Senecal, 123-114-192—429; 15—Auwarter, 116-167-118—401; 16—Newman, 143-117-114—374; 18—Becker, 68-96-84—248
BAKER SCORES
1—Dodge City 201-191-183—575; Total Pins 2,518
2—Great Bend 139-177-199—515; Total Pins 2,994
3—Holcomb 152-112-108—373; Total Pins 2,141

DODGE CITY GIRLS 9, GREAT BEND 2
Team Series (3-Game Totals)
1—Dodge City 659-592-711—1,962; 2—Holcomb 620-669-559—1,848; 3—Great Bend 627-580-631—1,838
DODGE CITY—2—Bamberger, 173-151-215—539; 3—Burton, 212-153-173—538; 8—Threatt, 125-127-186—438; 9—Fuentes, 149-142-134—425; 10—Elliott, 118-146-136—400; 12—Hernandez-Trejo, 111-139-137—387
GREAT BEND—1—Vsetecka, 214-181-209—604; 6—Fox, 158-137-180—475; 12—Mehlhaff, 124-131-125—380; 14—Garcia, 90-131-117—338; 16—Hillman, 131-88-90—309; 18—Boxberger, 87-94-104—285
HOLCOMB—4—T. Hipp, 178-185-130—493; 5—Kendall, 156-198-126—480; 7—Schlitz, 144-162-152—458; 11—K. Hipp, 121-124-151—396; 15—Froese 142-98-94—334; 17—Coates 114-68-92—294
BAKER SCORES
1—Holcomb 137-171-157—465; Total Pins 2,313
2—Dodge City 140-168-121—429; Total Pins 2,391
3—Great Bend 152-110-126—388; Total Pins 2,226

JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS
GREAT BEND—1—Corbin Stanley, 169-186-231—586; 2—Ethan Reneau, 164-141-146—451; 4—Ashton Ensley, 155-137-138—430; 5—Devin Brown, 123-131-160—414; 7—Dalton Murphy, 92-138-146; 9—Brady Burnham, 110-122-123—355
DODGE CITY—2—Cody Farra, 146-171-134—451; 6—Nash Dumler, 135-149-116—400; 8—Kylan Hodges, 114-108-149—371; 10—Montel Live, 112-123-115—350; 11—Curt Dressler, 134-86-127—347; 13—Jon Ochoa, 110-88-103
HOLCOMB—12—Jared Owens, 125-101-109—335
BAKER SCORES
1—Great Bend 125-110-241—476; Total Pins 2,372
2—Dodge City 104-104-101—3-9; Total Pins 1,915

JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS
GREAT BEND—2—Nicole Griffin, 162-122-92—376; 4—Giselle Sanchez, 127-111-105—343; 5—Ruth Williams, 103-109-123—335; 6—Abby Miller, 106-119-104—329; 12—Tatum Sander, 80-93-92—265; 13—Madison Huslig, 100-94-65—259
DODGE CITY—1—Erin Pyle, 116-121-142—379; 7—Miquela Fralick, 101-97-113—311; 7—Natalie Garcia, 104-117-90—311; 9—Amparo DeLuna, 101-97-108—306; 10—Jasmine Barajas, 119-74-103—296
HOLCOMB—3—Ellie Lidstrom, 118-105-121—344; 11—Bralynn Henry, 101-86-101—288; 14—Tabitha Redden, 91-69-66—226; 15—Sonoma Schneider, 66-66-73—205
BAKER SCORES
1—Great Bend 104-109-119—332; Total Pins 1,715
2—Dodge City 98-150-115—362; Total Pins 1,701
3—Holcomb 94-67-75—236; Total Pins 1,299