Welton’s Legacy Leads Garden City Invitational Rename
Rocky Welton is honored as Garden City High School renames its annual wrestling invitational after him. The former coach built a state powerhouse from 1985 to 2000, guiding six state team titles and producing many individual champions and notable coaches across Kansas.
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Garden City
Buffaloes
Welton
Rocky Welton
Garden City High School
Rod Spellman
Hiawatha
Kirk Baker
Hoxie
Doug Moore
Concordia
Dale Samuelson
Oakley
Russ Decker
Wellington
Randy Bahe
Goodland
Dave Evert
Brewster
Stacy Graff
South Gray
Rick Rivera
Andale
Steve Mesa
Olathe South
Kansas
Irsik Captures Gold At Rocky Welton Invitational
Garden City High School senior Bryan Irsik won the 171 pound title at the Rocky Welton Invitational in The Garden. He defeated Derby’s Eric Horton 14-4 in the final, as the Buffaloes placed fourth in the team standings behind Ponderosa, Goddard, and Derby. Other area results included Rafe Schaefer and Michael Arellano finishing second, with Logan Dreiling also runner-up.
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Rocky Welton
The
Garden
Garden City
Buffaloes
Ponderosa
Colo
Goddard
Derby
Scott City
Ulysses
Hugoton
Sublette
GCHL
Martin Segovia
Irsik
Eric Horton
Horton
Buffs
Rafe Schaefer
Michael Arellano
Schaefer
Cody Palmer
Canon City
Arellano
Logan Rotha
Logan Dreiling
Marcus Nelson
Garden City High School
the Garden
Logan
Lady Busters edge Pratt 68-62 on late surge
Garden City men? No. Garden City High's Lady Busters overcome Pratt in a tight Jayhawk Conference clash at Perryman Athletic Complex. Delia De La Torre's clutch 3 and late defensive rebounds by Renae Berry fuel a 68-62 win as Garden City improves to 10-11 overall, 3-4 in league.
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Garden City Community College
Bobby Brasel
Perryman
Delia de la Torre
Lady Busters
Garden City
Jayhawk
Pratt
Braser
Brasel
de la Torre
Beavers
Renae Berry
Busters
Garden City High
Berry
Busters hold off Pratt to snag 83-76 win in Perry Complex
Garden City Browbusters beat Pratt Community College 83-76 to improve to 4-2 in Jayhawk Conference play. The Busters opened strong, built a 50-32 lead, then survived a late surge as Dupree Fletcher and Roy Bright led with 23 and 16 points respectively while LaKeith Blanks provided key bench scoring.
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Jayhawk
Pratt Community College
Perryman Athletic Complex
Garden City Browbusters
Busters
Garden City
GCCC
Brian Marso
Dupree Fletcher
D.J Dawson Alley-Oop
Roy Bright
Fletcher
Trey
LaKeith Blanks
Buffs settle for sixth in Newton Invitational fifth-place game
Garden City High School girls basketball fought hard in the Newton Invitational fifth-place game against Hays but struggled to score. Hays did most of the damage with 16 of 26 free throws in a 42 to 29 victory. Coach Tara Churchill cited fatigue and shot issues as the key factors.
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Hays
Lady Indians
Lady Buffaloes
GCHL
Tara Churchill
Garden City
Buffs
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Brad Nading
Telegran
Gchs Grad
Kessinger
Blanks
Newton
Garden City Girls
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