Lady Buffs Swim Falls Short to Great Bend in Duel at YMCA
Garden City Lady Buffs swimming team edged closer to Great Bend and the Western Athletic Conference rivals in a 398 to 388 meet at the YMCA Pool. Abigail Ginest-Dougherty won the 50 free, Kailee Stucky and Erika Schafer swept the 500 free, Grace Schmidt took the 100 back, Lindsay Bradstreet the 100 breast, and the 400 free relay team also claimed a win. Despite three runner-up finishes under 0.5 seconds, coach Casey Wise noted room for improvement as the team eyes rematches with Great Bend and Dodge City. Bradstreet acknowledged stroke changes and turning as keys to future gains.
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Garden City Lady Buffaloes
YMCA
Dodge City
Liberal
Lady Buffs
Abigail Ginest-Dougherty
Kailee Stucky
Erika Schafer
Grace Schmidt
Lindsay Bradstreet
Schmidt
Bradstreet
Claire
Ginest Dougherty
Ali Phelps
Great Bend
WAC
Michaela Cape
Abigail
Pitching lifts Holcomb and Ulysses to split twin bill
Holcomb Longhorns win game one 9-2 behind Conner VanCleave who completes a four hit effort and a double plus a triple while Ulysses Tigers take game two 7-3 with Diego Maravilla driving in three on a first inning triple and key relief. Holcomb drops to 7-1 while Ulysses improves to 4-6.
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Holcomb
Holcomb Longhorns
Ulysses
Conner VanCleave
Tigers
Diego Maravilla
Longhorns
VanCleave
Colby Casaus
Tanner Mongeau
Maravilla
Luis Herredia
Braden Rupp
Kordel
Lady Buffaloes sweep Goodland in softball doubleheader
Garden City Lady Buffaloes remain unbeaten at 6-0 after an 11-1 five inning win and an 8-5 loss to Goodland. Dusti Befort and Abbie Dart combined for strong pitching with Befort fanning nine over five frames and Dart adding a 3-run homer in the first. Aymee Seijas drove in two with a triple while Kaci Finch added an RBI double as the team totaled 11 hits.
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Garden City Lady Buffaloes
Goodland
Cowgirls
Tangeman
Lady Buffs
Garden
Dusti Befort
Abbie Dart
Befort
Dart
Aymee Seijas
Kaci Finch
RBI
Buffs
Buffs swept by Great Bend in WAC doubleheader
Garden City Buffs fall 11 8 in game two after letting nine runs in two innings to erase a 6 2 lead. Senior Marcus Zapata clashed with a foul fair play call when a bat was thrown, symbolizing mounting frustration. Pitching woes, multi player miscues, and late rallies doomed Garden City as Great Bend wins the opener 7 4 and the nightcap 11 8, with coach Bill Wilson calling for a gut check before April 21 hosting Hays.
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Garden City High School
Buffs
Great Bend
Clint Lightner
Bill Wilson
Zapata
Wilson
Eden Arreola
Eric Heiman
Arreola
Daven Acker
Panthers
Colton Snodgrass
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NeHerrera
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Perry
Wandra
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Heiman
Acker
DeHerrera
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