GARDEN CITY 7, GREAT BEND 1 —  Western Athletic Conference powerhouse Garden City rolled past Great Bend 7-1 to capture the league title in Thursday's match-up.

Garden City (10-1-1, 6-0-1) clinched the WAC title and drops Great Bend to 1-10-1 (0-6 WAC). The Panthers beat Salina Central 7-0 and tied Wichita West 1-1.

BEREAN ACADEMY 5, GREAT BEND 2 — 3A Elbing Berean Academy outscored the Panthers 5-2 in Tuesday's non-league soccer match.

HESSTON 3, GREAT BEND 1 — The 3A Hesston Swathers showed small-class schools can succeed with a 3-1 victory over 5A Great Bend. 

Hesston's Caleb Unruh and Great Bend's Alex Alonso traded penalty-kick goals for a 1-1 tie. Hesston responded with a pair of second-half goals by Briggs Stauffer and Diesel Bergen to seal the 3-1 Victory for Hesston (6-6).

"Our back line did a great job stopping their counter-attacks, which took Great Bend out of their game plan," said Hesston coach Andrew Stauffer. "Owen Landis did a great job keeping ou defense organized. Daniel Bergen had Great Bend's defense forcused on him which opened up others in the attack." 

Hesston 1 2 — 3

Great Bend 0 1 —1

FIRST—H—Caleb Unruh, penalty kick; SECOND—GB—Alex Alonso, penalty kick; H—Briggs Stauffer, assist Tim Van Bergejk; H—Diesel Bergen 

GOALIES—H—Reese Buhrman, 6 saves; GB—Eli Contreras