PANTHER SOFTBALL (DONE)

Panther softball seek encore performance

WICHITA — Great Bend's softball team qualified for 5A state softball at Wichita State for the first time in nine years.

Three Panther freshmen helped deliver the Panthers past Newton 4-3 and Goddard High 5-3 in last year's 5A regional. Freshman Camdyn Post hit the game-winning double against Newton. Freshman Kya Behr slugged 2-run and 3-run homers. Freshman pitcher Chayla Prendergast (11-2, 4.20 ERA) earned victories in both games.

Spring Hill downed Great Bend 14-5 at the 5A state tournament.

"We've got the majority of our roster returning," said Great Bend coach Carrie Minton. "They look forward to building on the great season they had last year. We're extremely excited about the upcoming softball season." 

The Panthers' offense is sparked by first-team All-WAC Kya Behr .486 (51-105), 51H, 42 RBI; first team WAC Butler Grizzly recruit DeShawnna Bryant .493 (45-92), 4 HR, 38 RBI; second team WAC Camdyn Post .418 (38-81), 38H, 34R; and second team WAC Kamryn Koelsch .412 (33-70), 18 RBI.

Second team WAC pitchers Chayla Prendergast (11-2, 4.20 ERA) and Braelyn Turner (8-5, 3.32 ERA) headline a quality one/two pitching staff with Alyssa McCauley (1-0, 3.22 ERA) prepared to help.

The Panthers will line up position players 1B McCauley, 2B Kya Behr/Braelyn Turner, SS Denver Ringo, 3B Callie Umphres, C Kamryn Koelsch, LF Ava Kaiser, CF Camdyn Post and RF Bryant along with the pitcher. Bryant is the best power hitter in the WAC. The Panthers feature a mix of power and contact hitters.

Perennial Western Athletic contenders Hays High and Garden City will be challenged by the Panthers.

"We''ll try to win a WAC title, something we feel like slipped through our fingers last year," Minton said. "This team is ready to get on the field and compete. We look for Garden and Hays to be tough competitors."

PANTHER ROSTER

SENIORS—DeShawnna Bryant .489 (45-92), 4 HR, 38 RBI; Ava Carter; Briley Richter

JUNIORS— Kamryn Koelsch .412 (33-70), 18 RBI; Denver Ringo .274 (20-73); Katherine Mazouch .283 (17-60); Alyssa McCauley .254 (17-67), 4 HR; McCauley 1-0 (3.22 ERA); Ava Kaiser .653 on base; Josie Blevins; Heidi Jording; Ellie Newman; Braelyn Turner 8-5 (3.81 ERA); 1.000 (1-1) 

SOPHOMORES—Kya Behr .486 (51-105), 51 H, 42 RBI; Camdyn Post .418 (38-91), 38H, 34R; Chayla Prendergast  11-2 (4.20 ERA); .280 (7-25); Adelle Smith;  Mya Krebaum; Gabriella Tomlin

NINTH-GRADERS—Marlie Ensley, Baylie Kelly, Abbie Meyer, Alyssa Prendergast, Callie Umphres

PANTHER SCHEDULE—3-27—*at Dodge City; 3-28—Hutchinson; 4-1—at McPherson/Manhattan; 4-4—at Pratt; 4-8—*at Liberal; 4-10—*Liberal; 4-15—*Dodge City; 4-17/18—at Dodge City; 4-22—*Hays High; 4-24—*at Hays High; 4-29—*Garden City; 5-1—*at Garden City; 5-9—at McPherson Quad; 5-15—Newton; 5-`19—at 5A regionals

GREAT BEND TRACK

Last year's girls senior class finished with four Western Athletic and four regional track titles, a trio of WAC and regional cross country titles, two state cross country trophies and two top three track finishes.

The Panther girls scored 32 points to place 10th in 5A last year. Great Bend’s runner-up Eliana Beckham (2:17.82) broke the Panthers’ 800-meter school record by Nicky Pool in 1992.

The Panthers featured quality finishes in the 800 meters (7th place Beckham, 2:20.78; and 8th place Reese Bullard, 2:20.91); and 1,600, 16th place Sienna Smith, 5:49.94). Kate Welcher, Bella Long and Bullard return on the 9th-place 3,200-meter relay (9:43.02). Bullard returns on the Panthers’ 1,600-meter relay, which placed fifth (4:04.38).

Cooper Ohnmacht soared in the air and broke his own school record with a state championship leap of 47 feet, 31/2 inches on his first attempt. Ohnmacht placed seventh in the 5A long jump (21-31/2).

At the Western Athletic Conference meet, first-place winners were MacKenzie Lindberg, discus (107-7) and Ohnmacht, long jump (20-91/4); triple jump (45-4).

Diego Pasos, Tavon Stroup and Ismael Ramirez return from the WAC 3,200-meter relay champion (8:25.66). Welcher, Long, Bullard return from the 3,200-meter girls relay. 

GREAT BEND TRACK *season best 

5A GIRLS STATE—800m—8—Reese Bullard, 2:20.91; 1,600m—16—Sienna Smith, 5:49.94; 1,600m relay—5—Great Bend, *4:04.38 (Bullard); 3,200m relay—9—Great Bend, *9:43.02 (Kate Welcher, Bella Long, Reese Bullard); High jump—6— Cassie Ellegood, *5-2; Shot put—14—Allie Gerhart, 32-61/2 

SENIORS—Cassie Ellegood (jumps); Jordyn Harbaugh (jumps, sprints); Kate Welcher (mid distance)

JUNIORS—Reese Bullard (sprints, jumps); Natalee Daniels, (throws); Allie Gerhardt (throws); Kimberly Hofflinger (throws); MacKenzie Lindberg (throws); Kaylea McMullen (jumps, sprints, PV); Sienna Smith (distance)

SOPHOMORES—Kayle Baldwin (PV, sprints); Bella Long (distance); Alexandra Mayers (jumps); Payla Parr (running) 

NINTH-GRADERS—Brooklyn Cooley (distance, TJ); Micah Ellegood (jumps, mid distance); Sydney James (javelin, sprints); Brooklynn Kelly (PV, javelin); Karys Leu (sprints); Mikala Minton (hurdles, sprints); Samantha Neegard (distance); Ella Nokes (throws); Grace Miller (throws)

5A BOYS STATE—3,200m—14—Ismael Ramirez, *10:02.73; 3,200m relay—8—Great Bend, *8:22.84 (Diego Pasos, Tavon Stroup); Long jump—7—Ohnmacht, 21-31/2; Triple jump—1—Cooper Ohnmacht, *47-31/2

SENIORS—Luis Gonzalez (jumps, sprints); Diego Pasos (mid distance);  Ernan Rodriguez (sprints)

JUNIORS—Jose Alvarez (throws); Kellen Brown (jumps, sprints); Conner Holladay (throws); Landon Hubbard (jumps, sprints); Trent Kern (throws); William Pardo (sprints); Ismael Ramirez (distance); Tavon Stroup (distance); Monte Velasco (distance)

SOPHOMORES—Parker Coleman (distance); Ricardo Cruz (mid distance); Dustin Fugit (sprints, jumps); Kale Kern (throws); Anthony Lawrence (mid distance); Gavynn Maddox (throws); Cooper Ohnmacht (TJ, LJ, sprints); Blake Stein (jumps, throws)

NNTH-GRADERS—Isaac Aldana (distance), Andy Allen (sprints); Keeton Bray (throws), Brody Cline (throws), Jacob Degenhardt (distance), Jace Deines (throws), Alexis Garcia (distance), Noah Kaiser (PV), Brogan Lashley (distance); Fernando Lopez (sprints); Sullivan Luttrell (jumps); Xavier Johnson-Millirons (jumps); Grant Watkins (jumps, throws)

PANTHER SCHEDULE—4-1—at Larned JV; 4-4—at Junction City; 4-7—at Salina JV; 4-10/11—at Wichita State; 4-17—Great Bend Invitational; 4-18/19—at Lawrence; 4-22—at Great Bend JV; 4-25—at Buhler; 5-2—at Topeka; 5-6—at Newton JV; 5-9—at Salina; 5-15—at Dodge City, Western Athletic; 5-23—at 5A regional

PANTHER SOCCER

Second-year Great Bend girls soccer coach Noel Rodriguez is optimistic the Panthers will be improved in 2024. Great Bend (2-14, 0-8 WAC) defeated Hays Thomas More Prep 7-0 and 7-1 for the Panthers’ two wins in 2023.

Returning two-year starters include goalie Grecia Dominguez, midfielder Jillian Reimer, defender Mayra Gonzalez and defender Melissa Gutierrez.

Sophomore midfielders Teegan Guerra, Natalia Rodriguez and Valeria Cuevas, junior midfielder Brissa Leyva and junior defender Melissa Gutierrez, defender Eva Garcia and midfielder Roxana Rodriguez also have started games.

Jillian Reimer will lead the midfield. Freshman Araceli Aguilera will lead our defense.  Goalie Grecia Dominguez played most of the matches in 2023.

WAC teams showed superior talent, speed, skill and teamwork in 2024. Several WAC games were 10-point losses.

SENIORS—Jillian Reimer, F; Mayra Gonzalez, DEF;  Isabel Castruita, MID; Laura Alvarez, DEF

JUNIORS—Gre cia Dominguez, GK; Brissa Leyva, MID; Roxana Rodriguez, MID; Alejandra Castruita, DEF; 

SOPHOMORES—Yesenia Pulido, F; Teegan Guerra, MID; Natalia Rodriguez, DEF; Greidys Moreno, F; Araceli Aguilera, DEF; Valeria Cuevas, MID; Yosmeiri Valdez, F; Allison Loera, F; Cassandra Romero, DEF

NINTH-GRADERS—Xali Arias, Kayley Armendariz, Feranda Ayala, Trinity Eldridge; Kaylee Espino, Samantha Escobedo, Maday Garcia, Yarlene Granados; Melissa Gutierrez, Mayeli Holguin, Maria Jaramillo, Genesis Leyva; Olivia Loera, Destany Lopez, Renata Ordonez, Arieth Sanchez; Dara Sanchez, Joanna Sanchez, Alexis Simon, Paige Trendle

SOCCER SCHEDULE—3-25—*Hays High; 3-31—at Nickerson; 4-1—at Junction City; 4-8—*Liberal; 4-10—*at Garden City; 4-14—Wichita Independent; 4-15—Salina Central; 4-17—*at Liberal; 4-21—*Garden City; 4-22—at Wichita Independent; 4-29—*at Hays High; 5-1—*Dodge City; 5-6—at Wichita Southeast; 5-13—*at Dodge City; 5-15—Junction City; 5-19-22—at 5A regional

GIRLS SWIMMING 

Great Bend's Josephine Mazouch placed 15th in the 50 freestyle (58.75). Josephine Mazouch and Meredith Mazouch return on the 12th place 400-yard freestyle relay and 13th place 200-yard freestyle relay.

Josephine Mazouch won the Western Athletic 50-yard freestyle (26.95) and 100-yard freestyle (58.67). Josephine Mazouch and Meredith Mazouch return on the WAC first-place 200-yard freestyle relay

Braylee Carper won the 2023 WAC 500 freestyle (6:29.53).

PAST STATE QUALIFIERS—Josephine Mazouch, 50 free, 50 free; Clarise Snapp, 100 breaststroke; 200 free relay (M. Mazouch, J Mazouch); 200 medley relay (J. Mazouch, C. Snapp); 400 free relay (J. Mazouch, Carper) (J. Mazouch, M. Mazouch)

PANTHER ROSTER

SENIORS—Clarise Snapp, Darcy Feist, Dixie Gallant, Josephine Mazouch

JUNIORS—Braylee Carper

SOPHOMORES—Meredith Mazouch, Madalyn Bonine

NINTH-GRADERS—Emma Snapp, Ella Nokes, Hadley Gregg, Phoebe Sperlein

PANTHER SCHEDULE—3-27—at Salina; 4-3—at Haysville; 4-8—Great Bend Invitational; 4-15—at Garden City; 4-22—at Hutchinson; 4-25—at Salina; 4-29—at Haysville; 4-1—Great Bend Invitational; 5-8—at Newton; 5-15—at Western Athletic; 5-23/24—at 5A state

BOYS TENNIS

Great Bend's tennis team features regional qualifiers No. 1 singles Aiden Stacey, No. 2 singles Aaron Ramirez and doubles qualifier Kai Britt/Kaden Pounds along with doubles player Jacob Parks.

At regionals, Hays High's Colin Clark beat Ramirez and Newton's Reid Golubski downed Stacey, 6-0, 6-0. In doubles, Valley Center's Nic Azcorra-Russo/Gabriel Shaffer defeated  Pounds/Britt, 6-0, 6-0 and Valley Center's Luke Hoy/Jaxson Lewis downed Kaden Deines/Parks, 6-2, 6-3.

The Panthers scored three points and finished fifth at the Western Athletic Conference tournament. No. 1 singles Stacey (1-3) placed fourth with an 8-5 loss to Garden City's Josh Negron. No. 2 singles Ramirez (1-3) placed fourth with a 8-7 (6-2) loss to Garden City's Zane Storer.

No. 1 doubles Deines/Parks (1-3) placed fifth, but defeated Liberal's Parker Brown/Dan Nguyen. No. 2 doubles Ramsey/Pounds (0-4) finished fifth.

PANTHER ROSTER

SENIOR—Ryan Hunter 

JUNIOR—Jacob Parks (S 4-15), Kia Britt, Kaden Pounds, Chason Ramsey, Damian Mosqueda, Fabian Gurrero, Jorge Moreno, Aaron Ramirez (S 6-15) 

SOPHOMORES—Diego Soto, Aiden Stacey, Dominic Zimmerman, Leo Basher, Brenton Jeska 

PANTHER SCHEDULE—4-1—at McPherson; 4-5—Great Bend Invitational; 4-14—at Hays; 4-24—at Dodge City; 4-26—at Garden City; 4-29—at Emporia; 5-1—at Hoisington; 5-5—at Liberal, Western Athletic; 5-10—at 5A regional; 5-16/17—at 5A state

LARNED SOFTBALL

MCPHERSON – The underdog Larned/La Crosse softball team played its best 41/2 innings of the season to lead Andale/Garden Plains 2-0 in the 4A McPherson softball regional. Larned (12-11) were seven outs away from a huge upset.

But Andale won the battle of Indians with five runs in its final two atbats to escape with a 5-2 semifinal victory. Andale (17-9) upset McPherson 8-5 to qualify for the 4A state softball tournament.

Larned’s Karley Lemuz doubled in the second inning. Camryn Ettleman singled home pinch runner Gillian Smith for a 1-0 lead. Kenzie Reinert doubled and scored on Teagen Walker’s fifthinning single.

Indian pitcher Madison Wood (8-8) threw four brilliant shutout Innings. A 2-out error cost the Indians three unearned runs. Elsie Johnson delivered an RBI single and Maddison McKim converted a 2-run single.

Emery Benson-Hladik hit an RBI single and Bella Cates scored on a wild pitch for a 5-2 victory. Andale pitcher Jayna Lies struck out five batters.

No. 1 pitcher Madison Wood (8-7) leads the pitching staff. Karley Lemuz (0-2) will share pitching duties.

LARNED SOFTBALL 

SENIORS—2—Ivy Hope, OF; 7—Madison Wood, P/3B/U; 9—Teagan Walker, 2B/SS/RF; 25—Karley Lemuz, 3B

JUNIORS —1—Gillian Smith, OF; 3—Kirstyn Nelson; 5—Mallorie Ceniceros, O

SOPHOMORES—4—Brooke Simmons; 6—Maya Wilson; 10—Eowyn Hedding; 13—Jillian Hagerman; 26—Jozlyn Mead; 31—Jadyn Crosby; 32—Emma McNett

LARNED SCHEDULE—3-31—at Cimarron; 4-1—Lyons; 4-4—at Ellis; 4-8—*Hoisington; 4-11—*Hesston; 4-15—*Smoky Valley; 4-17—*at Haven; 4-22—*Hillsboro; 4-24—*at Halstead; 4-28—Spearville; 4-29—Russell; 5-9—*at Nickerson; 5-13—*at Pratt; 5-19/20—at 4A regional

KINSLEY/MACKSVILLE BASEBALL

KINSLEY — The Kinsley/Macksville baseball program recorded an 8-10 record, losing a hard-fought 12-9 game to Elkhart in regional action. The Coyotes swept Ellis and Sylvan/Lucas and won single games against Sublette, Skyline, Satanta and Spearville.

Macksville was well represented with Parker Burr, SS Diego Esparza, 1B Kendall Grippin, LF Ty Clawson, DH Devin Murrow and Nolan Adams competing last year. Also Kinsley starters returning are 2B Trenton Anderson, RF Gavin Wilkenson and C Woodrow Lancaster.

Coach Zac Stuckey directs the co-op baseball program.

KINSLEY ROSTER

SENIORS—1—Diego Esparza; 3—Parker Burr; 4—Kendall Grippin; 7—Trenton Anderson; 8—Hector Gomez; 22—Devin Murrow

JUNIORS—15—Gavin Wilkenson; 19—Shain Granger; 23—Ty Clawson 

SOPHOMORES—9—Anthony Meza;  10—Woodrow Lancaster; 24—Nolan Adams

NINTH-GRADER—2—Joshua Stuckey; 11—Joey Preito; 12—Kaleb Granger; 16—Gabriel Mullen

KINSLEY SCHEDULE—3-27—Bucklin; 3-31—Plainville; 4-3—Sublette; 4-10—at Pratt Skyline; 4-17—at Ellis; 4-24—Sylvan-Lucas; 4-28—at Spearville; 4-29—at Satanta; 5-1—at Ellinwood; 5-9—Minneola;  5-19/22—at 1A regional

ST. JOHN TRACK

ST. JOHN — Multi-state qualifier Quade Smith (800, 1,600) and distance runner Lydia Reed (800, 1,600) headline the St. John track team.

Smith ran a leg on the fourth-place 3,200-meter relay. Smith placed runner-up in the Central Prairie 400 meters and sixth in the 800 meters.

"Quade Smith is an outstanding runner who's enjoyed a strong career," said St. John coach Trish Wade. "Lydia Reed will be strong in the 800 and 1,600 meters."

Jace Reyes, Braxton Alpers and Jericho Mawhirter return from high quality relay teams.

The Tigers feature a trio of 1A state track place-winners from relay teams. Lydia Reed competed on the third-place 1,600 and 3,200-meter teams. The Tiger girls won the Central Prairie League 1,600 and 3,200-meter relays.

"We expect we'll have a good boys track team," Wade said. 

The Tigers placed fifth in the Central Prairie League 400- and 1,600-meter relays.

TIGER STATE QUALIFIERS—1,600m relay—7—St. John, 4:19.24 (Bonner, Meyer, Fisher, Reed); 1,600m relay—3—St. John, 4:18.88 (Reed); 400m relay—4—St. John, 52.05 (Reed, Meyer, Bonner); 800m—6—Smith, 2:02.56; 1,600m relay—9—St. John, 3:39.95 (Reyes, Alpers, Smith); 3,200m relay—3—St. John, 10:30.82 (Reed); 3,200m relay—4—St. John, 8:49.32 (Smith); 800m—2—Quade Smith, 2:01.0; 800m—10—Reed, 2:31.14; 1,600m relay—10—SJ boys, 3:33.9 (Jericho Mawhirter, Jace Reyes, Braxton Alpers, Smith); 3,200m relay—6—SJ boys, *8:35.92 (Ian Dunn, Reyes, Alpers, Smith); Triple jump—12—Bonner, 32-111/2 

TIGER ROSTER

SENIORS—Jorja Blakeslee (shot put/discus/javelin), Chris Fernandez (400/800/relays); Garrett McAlister (shot put/ javelin/ discus), Lydia Reed (400/800/ relays), Quade Smith (400,/800/1,600/relays); Camilia Sanchez, Aden Adame 

JUNIORS—Braxton Alpers (high jump/triple jump/ javelin/ relays), Francis Duntz (200/long jump), Rafael Gonzales (1600/3200), Juan Ibarra (long jump/400/800/relays), Cody Newdigger (100/200/ relays), Jace Reyes (long jump/200/400/relays), Maylin Sanders (discus/ shot put) 

SOPHOMORES—Kaden Foote, Jericho Mawhirter

NINTH-GRADERS—Juan Lozano, D.J. Barney

TIGER SCHEDULE—4-1—at Larned JV; 4-3—at La Crosse; 4-11—at Lyons; 4-17—at Larned; 4-22—at St. John JV; 4-25—St. John Blide meet; 4-29—at Hoisington; 5-6—at Jetmore; 5-9—at Ellinwood; 5-15—Central Prairie, St. John; 5-22/23—at 1A regional

Tiger golf returns experienced trio

ST. JOHN – Regional qualifiers Brody Vieux, Weston Peterson and Averi Fisher headline St. John’s golf team. Peterson (112) placed ninth at the Central Prairie League tournament and Brody Vieux (124) placed 12th.

Coach Daniel Hilton will lead the Tigers.

TIGER ROSTER

SENIOR—Brody Vieux (CPL 12TH—124) 

JUNIORS—Averi Fisher, Julio Lozano, Tanner Mawhirter, Cody Newdigger, Weston Peterson (CPL 9TH—112) 

SOPHOMORES—Sye Crockett 

TIGER SCHEDULE 4-3—at Stafford JV; 4-7—at Wichita, Rolling Hills; 4-10—at Medicine Lodge JV; 4-14—at Kinsley JV; Stafford; 4-21—at Sterling; 4-22—at Larned; 4-24—at Hesston JV; 5-1—at Hesston; 5-5—at Sterling JV; 5-8—at Hutchinson, Carey Park; 5-12— Central Prairie, Dodge City; at Kinsley JV; 5-15—at Kinsley; 5-19/20—at 1A regional 

LARNED TRACK

Teagan Walker, Alexa Beltz and multi-event qualifier Kaylee Hagerman return from a state runner-up (49.89) 400-meter relay. Walker, and Cara Herbert return from a sixth-place 1,600-meter relay.

Kaylee Hagerman has won CKL titles in the 100 and triple jump. A career best 38-21/2 won a regional title. Cadee Upson won the CKL shot put (34-81/2).

LARNED STATE QUALIFIERS

100m hurdles—4—Cara Herbert, 15.87; 11—16.77; 200m—6—Kaylee Hagerman, 26.57; 13—26.65; 400m relay—2—Larned, 49.89 (Teagan Walker, Alexa Beltz, Kaylee Hagerman); 5--50.26 (Beltz, K. Hagerman; 1,600m relay—6—Larned, 4:13.76 (Herbert, Walker); Long jump—2—K. Hagerman, L, 17-51/4; 5--16-10; Triple jump—7—K. Hagerman, L, 34-61/4; 10—K. Hagerman, 35-4 

LARNED ROSTER

SENIORS—Alexa Beltz, Kaylee Hagerman, David Lumpkins, James Seeman, Christopher Slattery, Teagan Walker 

JUNIORS— Keaton Bartley, Cara Herbert, Caleb McDonald, Grady Pinkston, Leah Pinkston, Kooper Rasmussen, Addison Townsend 

SOPHOMORES—— Emma Creamer, James Garetto, Zane Lakin, Taeten Reynolds, Cassidy Wachs 

OTHERS—Kinley Atteberry, David Colglazier, Jeron Debes, Temperance Donecker, Lane Elam, Connor Gilliland, Eli Kelty, Aspyn Kingsbury, Maverick Munden, Mia Munden, Ashler Olivier, Kierstin Pinkston, Hunter Pontius, Dalen Rasmussen, Isaac Redgate, Richard Roberts, Mario Rohling, Levi Sanders, Allyson Simmons, Alexis Stewart, Elijah Webster, Matheu Wilder 

INDIAN SCHEDULE—3-26—Larned JV; 3-28—at La Crosse; 4-1—at Salina JV; 4-5—at Lyons; 4-12—Larned; 4-16—at Kingman; at St. John JV; 4-26—at St. John; 4-26—at Hillsboro; 5-6—at Hesston; 5-9—Central Kansas, Larned; 5-16/17—at 3A regional

STAFORD TRACK

STAFFORD – 

Stafford's Joel Valadez placed ninth in the 1A 3,200 meters with a season-best time (10:15.2). Joel Valadez placed runner-up in the Heart of the Plains 3,200 (10:51.03). 

Sam Lowther placed fourth in the HOPL high jump (5-10).

Stafford coach Isaac Burnett 

STAFFORD ROSTER 

SENIORS—Landon Baird, Zachary Sedore (100, javelin, discus); Joseph Valadez, Sam Lowther 

JUNIORS—Trinity Pope (800), Dylan Brozek, Josue Valadez (1,600, 3,200), Jesus Valadez, Fito Garcia Moreno (Spain), Bruno Lins (Austria) 

SOPHOMORES—Jacob Johnson, Joel Valadez, Tanner Denio, Aubrey Dove, Emily Delgadillo, Peyton Roush, Tuff Pope, Kameron Ramirez, Emma Mathes, Pam Charukamnoetkanok, Sky Stockham

STAFFORD SCHEDULE 4-11—at Pretty Prairie; 4-15—at Kiowa; 4-17—at Larned JV; 4-22—at St. John JV; 4-25—at St. John; 4-29—at Hoisington; 5-2—Stafford meet; 5-6—at Pratt; 5-9—at Ellinwood; 5-15—Heart of the Plains, Kiowa; 5-19/20—at 1A regional

MACKSVILLE TRACK

MACKSVILLE — The Macksville Mustangs return Isabela Ortiz, Sheridyn Black, Laney Butler and Kira Figger from a seventh-place 400 relay (52.46). Ortiz placed fourth in the 100 meters. Russell and Kambry Adams return in the 3,200 relay.

At the Central Prairie League, Ortiz placed third in the 200 (28.96). The girls 400 relay  (53.17) and 3,200-meter relay (15:10.0) both placed third. Joseph Marquez placed third in the 110-meter hurdles (19.13).

MUSTANG STATE QUALIFIERS—100m—4—Isabela Ortiz, 13.07; 400m relay—7— Macksville, 52.46 (Laney Butler, Kira Figger, Isabela Ortiz)

MUSTANG ROSTER

SENIORS—Laney Butler, Isabela Ortiz, Morgan Sebes, Angelo Castaneda 

JUNIORS—Kira Figger, Abagael Foster, Isaac Tapia 

SOPHOMORES—Ashtyn Foster, Aiden Gandara, Kinze Grizzell, Jesus Llanas, Joseph Marquez

MUSTANG SCHEDULE—4-1—at La Crosse JV; 4-2—at Meade; 4-10— at Lyons; 4-18—at Spearville; 4-22—at Sterling JV; 4-25—at St. John; 4-29—at Lewis JV; 5-1—at Kiowa; 5-5—at Jetmore; 5-15—Central Prairie at St. John; 5-22/23—at 1A regional

Cougars feature two quality athletes

OTIS — Otis-Bison track coach Travis Starr returns quality state qualifiers that competed at Wichita State.

Destiny Mitchell is a multi-event state qualifier who placed eighth in the high jump (5-0); 14th in the 3,200 (13:23.62); and returns from the Cougars' third place in the 3,200-meter relay (10:21.41). 

Ian Haselhorst is the top returning boy with second in the high jump (6-2); seventh in the 200 (23.34) and 10th in the 400 (53.21). 

At the Central Prairie League, Mitchell won the 3,200 (12:53.01) and high jump (5-3). The Cougars won the 3,200-meter relay (10:42.95).

Third-place medalists was Briana Croisant, shot put (32-7).

In the boys division, CPL first-place medalists were Ian Haselhorst, 200 (23.9); Gavin Alloway, triple jump (40-21/4). Runner-up medals were earned by Ismael Cortez, discus (137-0); shot put (45-61/2); Alloway, high jump (5-10).

OTIS-BISON SQ 200m—7—Ian Haselhorst, 23.34; 400m—10—Haselhorst, 53.21; 3,200—14—Mitchell, 13:23.62; 3,200m relay—3—OB girls, *10:21.41 (Mitchell); High jump—8—Mitchell, 5-0; High jump—2—Haselhorst, 6-2; 5—6-2; Long jump—8—Alloway, 20-51/2; Triple jump—13—Alloway, 39-81/4; Shot put—11—Cortez, 44-7

COUGAR ROSTER

SENIORS—Destiny Mitchell (distance, HJ); Jake Hoopingarner (javelin, discus, TJ); Ian Haselhorst (sprints, HJ, relays); Ismael Cortez (throws); Memphis Jensen; Kaylee Ficken (sprints);  Zoey Schwindt (relays); Briana Croisant (throws)

JUNIORS—Konner Schenk; Gavin Alloway (jumps); Delilah Reever (jumps)

SOPHOMORES—Lily Schwindt; Marissa Pechanec (throws)

OTIS-BISON SCHEDULE—4-3—at La Crosse; 4-15—at Ness City; 4-17—at Larned; 4-25—atSt. John; 4-29—at Hoisington; 5-2—at Stafford; 5-8—at Victoria; 5-15—Central Prairie at St. John; 5-22/23—at 1A regional