Girls Rule GCHS Sports Season Highlights 2009
Garden City High School’s female athletes led a standout 2008-09 season across golf basketball soccer and wrestling. Mackenzie Thayer led girls golf with a seventh at state while Sassaman won the regional title. basketball reached state for the first time in 20 years. soccer went 13-4-1 and won a fourth straight WAC crown. wrestling placed seventh at state with multiple top finishes.
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Garden City
GCHS
Mackenzie Thayer
Taylor Morrow
Syd Sassaman
Lauren Deaver
Anna Robinson
Thayer
Lawrence
Southwind Country Club
Sassaman
Morrow
Denver
Topeka Washburn Rural
Marisela Rodriguez
Paula Gonzales
Carly Schmale Gonzales
Rural
Lady Buffs
Maize
Hays
Cindy Benitez
Barton County
Mari Ruvalcaba
Aha Guevara
Monte Moser
Tov
Garden City Wrestling
Lane Greenlee
Joey Dozier
Anthony Calderon
Braxston Medina
Aaron DeLeon
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Jason Elmquist
Jelmquist
Gctelegram
Buffs adapt as Garden City high school prep shifts due to rules
Garden City Buffs boys basketball open summer camp ahead of MAYB tournament in Garden City. Coach Jeff Tanner cites Kansas rules allowing slower teaching and more group work during camp week. About 38 players attend sessions as they refine a new offense to suit perimeter shooters and compensate for limited height.
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Tings
Kansas
Garden City
Buffs
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Jeff Tanner
Tanner
Chris Ruiz
Quentin Taylor
Garden City High School
GCHS
Sublette native near WNBA roster with Dream
The Atlanta Dream trimmed to 11 players by waiving Ivory Latta ahead of a 3 p.m. deadline. Kansas State alum Shalee Lehning joins the roster, one of Sublette’s notable athletes, who excelled in scoring, assists, and steals in college. The Dream open 2009 at home against Indiana Fever on Saturday at 7 p.m., with online radio available.
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Atlanta Dream
Ivory Latta
Sublette
Kansas State
Shalee Lehning
Lady Wildcats
Atlanta
Indiana Fever
Michaelis resigns as Lakin boys coach after six years
Shawn Michaelis resigns as Lakin High School boys basketball coach to devote more time to family. He also steps down as assistant baseball coach, with no replacement named. His wife Mandy has left her post as head girls basketball coach. both may coach in future but no decision yet.
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Lakin
Shawn Michaelis
Michaelis
the Broncs
Kim Lohman
Mandy
Kim
Lohman
Stanton County High School
Johnson City
Steve Pittman
Bruce Bolen
Cheylin
Bird City
McDonald
Robyn Kendrick
Atkins powers Rockies to 10-3 win over Astros
Garrett Atkins snapped a month long slump with two home runs helping the Colorado Rockies beat the Houston Astros 10-3. Ryan Spilborghs and Brad Hawpe homered, Jason Hammel pitched seven solid innings, and Colorado avoided a sweep to halt Houston’s four game win streak.
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Houston
Garrett Atkins
Atkins
Colorado Rockies
Houston Astros
Ryan Spilborghs
Brad Hawpe
Jason Hammel
Rockies
GCHS Athletes Earn All-WAC Honors in Softball and Baseball
Six Garden City High School softball players receive All-WAC honors with three on the first team including Kim Bogner Ashley Nuzum and Monique Lopez. Bogner hits .475 and scores 16 with 12 RBIs while Lopez hits .407 and leads with 14 RBIs and 17 runs. Nuzum bats .359 with nine stolen bases. Beltran Blackburn Aguiniga earn honorable mention. Baseball seniors Nathan Brungardt Arrie Holmes named first team all conference with Gutierrez Escobar honorable mention.
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Garden City High School
GCHS
Kim Bogner
Ashley Nuzum
Monique Lopez
Bogner
Buffs
Lopez
GCHL
Garden City
Mandi Beltran
Nuzum
Lady Buffs
Beltran
Sara Blackburn
Kayla Aguiniga
Blackburn
Nathan Brungardt
Arrie Holmes
WAC
Daniel Gutierrez
Lupe Escobar
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Colorado
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Tracy
St. Louis
Hammel
San Diego
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