This year I am trying to work on more photo stories, also known as documentary photography. The first subject I am working on is the 2019 Central Kansas Wheat Harvest. Every year farmers spend approximately a week to two weeks to bring in the largest crop in Kansas. They planted the wheat in the ground…
For the second year, Great Bend High School hosted the Grapple on the Gridiron team dual wrestling camp. Wrestlers from 20 high schools came to Central Kansas to get in some mat time and learn how to be a better grappler. Unfortunately, the Kansas heat kept the wrestlers inside instead of wrestling under the lights…
The 2019 Kansas Shrine Bowl was held at Memorial Stadium in Dodge City for the first time ever. The West Team came out on top over the East Team by a score of 26 to 7. Below are some of the pictures I took at the game:
Nine teams of swimmers went to the pool in the Kirkman Center on the campus of Barton Community College for the Great Bend Girls Swimming Invitational. Manhattan dominated the meet winning seven of the twelve events and taking first as a team. Newton took first in the other five events but finished third in the…
The final game of the evening saw the Plainville Cardinals face off with the Hoisington Cardinals. Hoisington scored the first points of the night. Plainville then took the lead thanks to some accurate three-point shooting. At one point they were 5 of 9 from behind the arc in just the first quarter. Hoisington worked hard…
The Plainville Lady Cardinals traveled to Hoisington to face the Lady Cardinals in a Tuesday evening matchup. Plainville lead for most of the game. Hoisington would narrow the lead at times to approximately four. The hosts just never found the run to take the lead. By the final few minutes, Plainville began to extend their…
The Garden City Buffaloes made the familiar trip to Memorial Stadium to face the Great Bend Panthers. A win would hand the Western Athletic Conference title to the Panthers. A loss would mean just a share of the title along with two other fellow conference schools. Great Bend quickly let it be known that they…
Week four saw the start of district play in Eight-Man Division I. The Central Plains Oilers traveled to face the Little River Redskins. Central Plains came into the game with a six-year streak of not losing a district game. Little River looked to play spoiler as both teams took to the field with undefeated records….
The third week of the football season saw an undefeated Stafford Trojans travel to face the Otis-Bison Cougars. The Cougars entered the game with a 500 record of 1 and 1. Homecoming festivities kicked the night off. After the crowning, both teams took to the field for the game. The game started slowly, but Otis-Bison…
Rivalries give football games added flavor. Two teams that square off with each other so often that the meetings take on special meaning. The Hays Indians traveled to face the Great Bend Panthers on the gridiron for the 81st time on September 7th. The game started with a back and forth defensive battle. Both teams…
