Garden City Softball Eyes State Tourney Run With Family Ties
The Garden City High School softball team, tied by family and history, prepares for a Class 6A state quarterfinal against Maize in Lawrence. Senior Monique Lopez and Ashley Nuzum describe their sisterlike camaraderie while freshman Leslie Ford marks a milestone not reached by her sister Katie. The team aims to extend a state run after winning a recent state title in summer play.
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University of Kansas
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WAC
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Leslie Ford
John Ford
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Leslie
Garden City
Lady Buffs reach first state soccer semifinal in program history
Garden City High School girls soccer earns a 5 p.m. semifinal at Olathe District Athletic Complex facing Blue Valley Northwest. Key scorers Mari Ruvalcaba and Ana Guevara led a 2-0 quarterfinal win, as Garden City extends its playoff run with three straight shutouts.
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Lady Buffaloes
Olathe
Blue Valley Northwest
Traci Martinez
Cindy Benitez
Mari Ruvalcaba
Ana Guevara
GCHS
Lady Huskies
Olathe East
Shawnee Mission East
Memorial Stadium
Wichita Heights
Sublette Larks eye regional baseball title run
Sublette coach Ryan Hafen leads a senior-heavy Larks squad riding a 362 team batting average and strong pitching from Brandon Stokes and Travis Leverett. The 16-5 Larks face Ellis (15-6) in the first round Friday at 1:30 pm at Soden's Grove Park Emporia with Stokes drawing the opening start and Leverett ready if a Saturday game is needed.
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Ryan Hafen
Brandon Stokes
Travis Leverett
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Ellis
Soden’s Grove Park
Emporia
Hafen
Syracuse
Pittsburg-Colgan
Moscow
Stokes
Matthew Lower
Leverett
Preston Sabata
Joseph Lower
Gus Gosling
Spur Robinett
Brodie Blackburn
Robinett
Brandon
Youth and veterans mix for GCHS track state bid
Garden City High School fills a 20 plus athlete roster for the Class 6A state meet at Cessna Stadium Wichita. Seniors are few with Chinne Ekwearir Jordan Ortega Lexi Josserand Chelsea Gerber Shelby Knoll Tanner Parr and Junior Cruz an alternate. Ortega runs 800 and helps 4x400 with Cydnie Brown Josserand Ekwearir. Josserand debuts in 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles. Ekweariri sisters Chinwe and Chinasa join 4x100 with Brown and Josserand. Chinwe eyes high jump after last year’s heat issues.
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Wichita
Chinne Ekwearir
Jordan Ortega
Lexi Josserand
Chelsea Gerber
Shelby Knoll
Tanner Parr
Junior Cruz
GCHL
Mike Smith
Ortega
Cydnie Brown
Josserand
Ekwearir
Ekweariri
Dreams Track Star Scott City’s Grover pegs milestone
This is the third in a series on southwest Kansas track greats as the 100th KSHSAA Championships open in Wichita. Jennifer Kirkpatrick credits her father Stan, a 1966 state long jump champion, for coaching and building a makeshift 400 meter practice track near their Manning area farm in 1984.
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Wichita
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Manning
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Amateur Athletic Union
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Grover) Kirkpatrick
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