Hitz earns all-WAC honors at Liberal
Garden City High School golfer Jack Hitz tied for fifth with a 79 at the Western Athletic Conference tournament in Liberal, earning an all-conference nod as one of the year’s top 10 players. Garden City placed fourth as a team with 346. Dodge City won the event with 308 while Hays claimed the overall conference title by two strokes.
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Garden City
Jack Hitz
Dodge City
Hays
Indians
Liberal
Jack
Buffaloes
Lloyd Tiffany
Hitz
Andrew O’brate
Aaron Maple
O’brate
Austin Kuneyl
Loran Richmeier
Trent Nevola
Ryan Harp
Wichita
Olathe
Tiffany
Junction City
Andrew
Garden City Lady Buffaloes extend WAC streak to 24
Garden City cements a 7-0 win over Liberal as Cindy Benitez scores four goals to push her career total to 117. Coach Padilla lauds the strikes as rare, high quality goals and notes the team sits as a No. 3 seed in Class 6A South Central regional, with a home regional berth possible if they advance. Bench and home-field advantage discussed amid title hopes.
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Padilla
Buffaloes
Benitez
Wichita Southeast
University of Kanas
Jessica Smith
Garden City
Lady Buffaloes
Memorial Stadium
Anderson Powers Angels Past Royals in Kansas City
Garret Anderson drove in every run for the California Angels in a 5-3 road win over Kansas City. He hit a two-run shot, added two RBI singles, and tied the game in the fourth as Nick Adenhart struggled but Angels bullpen closed it out. Vladimir Guerrero scored twice as Adenhart earned his first two-major league start losses.
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Kansas City
Garret Anderson
Anderson
California Angels
Brian Bannister
Royals
Trey Hillman
Bannister
Mediani
Angels
Vladimir Guerrero
Nick Adenhart
Mike Everitt
Adenhart
Billy Butler
Alex Gordon
Mike Scioscia
RBI
Olivo
Ross Gload
Justin Speier
Mark Teahen
Jeff Mathis
Alberto Callaspo
Tony Pena Jr
Los Angeles Angels
Garrett Anderson
Kansas City Royals
Sleep surprise as Garden City softball honors Sleep Hall of Fame
Kim Sleep learns at home plate she will join Jill Duesing as Garden City High School softball Hall of Fame inductees. Coach John Ford praises Sleep as a pillar of the program since its 1994 start, noting her calm poise and long service with husband Randy and children Trey and Taylor among the witnesses.
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Kim Sleep
Garden City High
John Ford
Jill Duesing
Sleep
Lady Buffaloes
Brian Dinkle
Ford
Jill
Garden City
Duesing
Kim
Randy
Trey
Taylor
Garden City rally falls short in lightning shortened game
Hays High beat Garden City 13 to 11 as the 5th inning surge and Aguiniga’s two run RBI gave Garden City a brief lead before delays. Regina Aguiniga took the loss for Garden City after allowing 15 hits in the first game and nine in the second. Football won’t appear. focus stays on delayed action and young players proving themselves.
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Garden City
Aguiniga
Lightning
Hays High
Wickham
Amanda Groff
Indians
Ford
Regina Aguiniga
Hays
L — R. Aguiniga
Hays, Montgomery
Voss
Northwestern Oklahoma State signs GCHS star Caitlin Smith
NAIA school Northwestern Oklahoma State hires Garden City High School standout Caitlin Smith as guard. Coach Milburn Barton notes Smith's work ethic and character, while David Upton praises her leadership and full-time effort. The Rangers aim to leverage her intangibles in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
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David Upton
Northwestern
Oklahoma State
Sooner Athletic Conference
Barton
Smith
Caitlin
Garden City
Mike Smith
NWOSU
Rangers
Buffs swept as Great Bend edges Garden City in storm halted doubleheader
In game one Arrie Holmes hit a solo homer for Garden City but Great Bend won 12 to 1 after a late grand slam. Game two was cut short by severe weather with Garden City trailing 9 to 0 as Great Bend dominated at the plate. Garden City pitcher Gutierrez yielded the loss in game two while Holt earned the win for Great Bend.
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Arrie Holmes
Buffaloes
Holmes
Garden City
Panthers
Wilson
Great Bend
Williams Stadium
Burs
Powers
Mauler
Jonas
Smith
Fisher
Holt
Gutierrez
Burns
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