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…
The first week of high school competition saw teams of runners head to the Lake Barton course for the Great Bend Cross Country Invitational. Due to a hot and humid late August day, the race director decided to shorten the length from the normal 5K to a 4K (2.49 miles). This decision came out of…
Week Eight brings the regular season to the close for Class 5A and 6A. For the game in Great Bend, the game meant more than just the last of the regular season for the Panthers and their visitors, the Garden City Buffaloes. Several Senior players would suit up for their last time in a regular…
With the end of July nearing, American Legion Baseball teams travel to their Zone Tournaments for a chance to play in the State Championship. Great Bend provided the host site for the Zone 1 & 2 Tournament. The Garden City Elite entered the day with a 27 and 2 record but fell to McPherson in…
A cool May day, which felt more like March, brought together the Dodge City Demons and the Great Bend Panthers for a makeup game from last week. When I got to the field, Dodge City was up 14 to 3 in the First game. Great Bend went on to add 10 runs that Inning and…
The Garden City Lady Buffaloes traveled to Great Bend for a WAC matchup with the Lady Panthers. Great Bend scored a goal in the First Half. The Lady Buffaloes equalized in the Second Half. It took the two overtime periods to decide the victor. Garden City won with a score of 2 to 1. Below…
After a week of very windy and cold weather, the Great Bend Lady Panthers and Garden City Lady Buffaloes met for a Western Athletic Conference softball matchup. Garden City won the first game with a 6 to 4 victory in eight innings. After a short break, both teams took up the bats again. This time…
With the weather finally acting its season, I took advantage of an afternoon off to go shoot the Great Bend High School Boys Golf Invitational. This was the first time I’ve been on a golf course in several years. I spent most of the day following one foursome. Towards the end, I went and found…
