Busters fall as Lamar routs Garden City in seven inning tilt
Lamar beats Garden City 15-5 in a game where Mastroni struggled with command and the Busters used seven pitchers. Dostaler hit an RBI double to push the lead to 5-0, Knotek and Ayres provided relief, while Walden Halliday earned the win for Lamar. Garden City heads to Midwest City for doubleheaders against Rose State.
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RBI
Pier-Olivier Dostaler
Mastroni
Finnegan
Matt Knotek
Knotek
Lopes
Busters
Brandon Roberts
Dakota Kell
Roberts
Dillon Ayres
Garden City
Lamar
Nick Halliday
Midwest City
Okla
Rose State College
Buffs seek state wrestling success after tough season changes
The Buffs qualified Trevor Kennedy and Juan Carlos Rodriguez for the state tourney while Tevin Briscoe missed weight at regionals. Coached by Moser, the team honors Braxston Medina and recovers from early season injuries and losses as they head to Hartman Arena. First-round action begins Friday at 10 a.m. with finals set for Saturday.
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Tion
Buffs
Trevor Kennedy
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
Tevin Briscoe
Moser
Braxston Medina
Medina
Braxston
Heiman
Kennedy
Hartman Arena
Wichita
Anthony Calderon
Dakota Reynolds
Clathe East
TJ Stokes
Gardner-Edgerton
AJ Hurtado
Caleb Gash
Derby
Tyson Phillis
Andrew Millsap
Junction City
Chris Adler
Derek Pike
Olathe South
Jonathan Heiman
Brandon Jenkins
Shawnee Mission South
Anthony Gardner
Tobias Popchoke
Olathe North
Spencer Wilson
Lawrence Free State
Sam Reyes
State
Calderon
Phillis
Anthony
Tyson
Sam
Reyes
Juan Carlos
Rodriguez
Hugoton and Ulysses send five wrestlers each to 4A state meet
Ten qualifiers from Hugoton and Ulysses begin the Class 4A state tournament at 10 a.m. Friday in Salina. Notables include Hugoton’s Colten Lissolo the prior year’s 215-pound champ and Ulysses’ Jason Perez the 103-pound titleholder now at 118 pounds, both aiming for titles. Perez (28-5) was runner up in Mulvane regional, Lissolo back from a shoulder injury has gone 13-1 since January. Other regional winners like Hugoton’s Lawson Fiss (35-4) and Ulysses’ Razzy Morales (83-4) compete at 152 pounds alongside a full slate of Hugoton and Ulysses entrants across 113 to 220 pounds.
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State
Moser
Heiman
Hugoton
Eagles
Ulysses’ Tigers
Salina Bicentennial Center
Colten Lissolo
Ulysses
Jason Perez
Lissolo
Perez
Lawson Fiss
Razzy Morales
Logan Livengood
Bradley Hooper
Holton
Derek Mead
Concordia
Cole Keller
Independence
Armando Sandoval
Brentin Hake
Michael Salas
Josh Sneed
Chanute
Steven Degollado
Jordan Brown
Busters fall short in 69 59 loss to Cloud County in road game
Garden City misses 23 of 70 from the field and only 2 of 14 from three as J Rheabottom struggles 4 of 15. Porters 15 points lead Garden City while Cloud County guard D Branch nets 15 and O Branch 13. Garden City hosts Seward County next at Perryman Athletic Complex after the setback.
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Busters
T-Birds
Cloud County
Devon Branch
Tbirds
Onzay Branch
Richard Carter
Garden City
Seward County
Perryman Athletic Complex
Rheabottom
Clancy
Carter
Bryant
Barnes
Porter
Williams
Mills
Haverkamp
G. Williams
D. Branch
Cooke
O. Branch
Mboup
Robinson
A. Williams
McDaniel
Sharp
Hutch
Seward
Cloud
Garden City Falls at Cloud County in Narrow Loss
Garden City shot 23 of 68 from the floor and 10 of 22 from the line in a 62 to 57 defeat at Cloud County. Walker led with 17 points while Jacobs added 11 and Young pulled 11 boards, but the Busters showed turnovers and energy laps in a pivotal game. Cloud County improved to 19-7, 10-3 in league play, while Garden City slipped to 17-11, 9-5.
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Garden City
GCCC
Alaura Sharp
Deai Jacobs
Young
Skidmore
Busters
Cloud County
Seward County
Perryman Athletic Complex
Sharp
Jacobs
Moore
Christmas
Maxwell
Gross
Jones
Walker
Schmale
Gottschalk
Coulter
Evans
Downard
Warner
Champlin
Stagner
Johnson faces multiple citations and dismissal from team
Dayton native Johnson, a 6-foot-3 guard, was dismissed from Garden City Community College after a Feb. 9 theft allegation involving a lost iPhone found on campus. He missed games on Feb. 4 and Feb. 15, and faced further charges of criminal trespassing on Feb. 13 and disorderly conduct on Feb. 16. He previously left Chipola College amid legal troubles and had verbally committed to the University of Memphis. he did not comment.
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Johnson
GCCC
Busters
Dayton
Ohio
Garden City
Colby
Pratt
Chipola College
Marianna
Fla
University of Memphis
Wichita State Clinches MVC Regular-Season Title
Wichita State defeats Illinois State 68-55 to seal the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season crown. Joe Ragland led with 14 points as the Shockers, 25-4 overall and 15-2 in league play, hit 10 three-pointers and extended a seven-game win streak to 15 of 16. The title is the program’s seventh MVC crown and first since 2006.
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Normal
Ill
Shockers
Illinois State
Wichita State
Gregg Marshall
Redbirds
Marshall
Joe Ragland
Wichita
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Garden City Community College
Zac Baldini
Colo
Williams Stadium
Kaleb Konitzer
Prairie View
Austin Caskey
Louisburg
Patrick Weaver
Alex Son
Ty Haller
John Metcalf
Fort Scott
Colten Lissole
Jarwand Rheabottom
Carl Porter
Xavier Carter
Cloud Co
WSU
MVC
Andersen
Ancien
E. Kansas
Topeka
Great Bend
Southard Com
Wenderson Retalier
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