HAYS — Great Bend's No. 2 doubles Beth Hammeke/Olivia Boone (3-1) placed runner-up to lead the Panther tennis team to third place in the Western Athletic Conference girls tennis tournament. Garden City's Macey Kennedy/Reese Kennedy downed Hammeke/Boone 8-1 in the championship match. No. 1 singles Paige Stacey (2-2) and No. 2 singles Olivia Loera (2-2) placed third. No. 1 doubles Maddie Siefkes/Addie Hart (1-3) finished fifth. Loera performed superbly, but lost a pair of 8-7 tiebreakers to Garden City and Dodge City. Garden City (14) won the team title followed by Liberal (9) and Great Bend (8). The Panthers compete in Saturday's 5A Wichita Riverside tennis regional. The top six singles and doubles finishers qualify for 5A state Oct. 16-17 at Andover. Garden City coach David Snodgrass earned Coach of the Year honors. Liberal's No. 1 singles Evelin Tarango earned WAC Player of the Year honors. WESTERN ATHLETIC TEAM TOTALS—1—Garden City 14; 2—Liberal 9; 3—Great Bend 8; 4—Dodge City 2; 5—Hays High 0 NO. 1 SINGLES—3RD—Paige Stacey def. Alyiah Aldrete DC, 8-5; Stacey def. An Li, Hays, 8-3; Evelin Tarango, Lib def. Stacey, 8-6; Vivian Whitham, GC def. Stacey, 8-3; 1ST—Whitham def. Tarango, 8-3 NO. 2 SINGLES—3RD—Olivia Loera, GB def. Emery Turner, Lib, 8-6; Loera def. Taylyn May, Hays, 8-3; London Ojeda, GC def. Loera, 8-7 (7-4); Laura Herman, DC def. Loera, 8-7 (7-4); 1ST—Ojeda def. Herman, 8-4 NO. 1 DOUBLES—Maddie Siefkes/Addie Hart def. Maliha Navarro/Vvanna Rivera, Lib, 8-4; Macey Kennedy/Reese Kennedy, GC def. Siefkes/Hart, 8-4; Angela Feyerherm/Dakota Maier, Hays def. Siefkes/Hart, 8-4; Katie Rouse/Marisol Banuelos, DC def. Siefkes/Hart, 8-4; 1ST—Rouse/Banuelos, DC def. Navarro/Rivera, Lib, 8-3 NO. 2 DOUBLES—1ST—Macey Kennedy/Reese Kennedy, GC def. Beth Hammeke/Olivia Boone, GB, 8-1; Hammeke/Boone def. Bella Patel/Aileen Figueroa, Lib, 8-1; Hammeke/Boone def. Hays, Adriana Garner/Katlyn Younger, Hays, 8-4; Hammeke/Boone def. Salina Dyer/Jimenna Ramirez, DC, 8-1