Three Panthers earn first-team honors
Great Bend’s centerfielder/pitcher Carson Umphres, first baseman Ian Premer and third baseman Trenton Kern earned first-team All-Western Athletic Conference baseball honors.
Umphres (.400; 6-3, 1.94) struck out 69 batters in 572/3 innings. Premer (.474) led the Panthers in batting average. Kern (.369) was steady at third base.
Panther shortstop J.J. Grove (.337) was a defensive wizard. P/OF Koehn Ribordy (.329; 2-0, 7.38 ERA) was a solid two-way player. Rightfielder/pitcher Daxton Minton (.313; 2-0, 2.00 ERA) led the Panthers in earned run average.
Great Bend (18-9, 6-2 WAC) closed out the season with a 5-4 extra-inning loss to Salina South at the 5A regional. Hays High swept the Panthers 5-4 and 4-0 for the WAC baseball title.
WAC FIRST TEAM
GREAT BEND—P/CF Carson Umphres, 11; 1B Ian Premer, 10; 3B Trenton Kern, 10
HAYS HIGH—P Nolan Dreher, 12; 1B Lex Lummus, 12
LIBERAL—Brooks Kappelmann, P/SS, 12; P/OF Zayden Martinez, 12
DODGE CITY—P/2B Remmington Miller, 12
GARDEN CITY—C/3B Culden Plankenhorn, 10
PLAYER OF YEAR—Brooks Kappelmann, Liberal
COACH OF YEAR—Dustin Dreher, Hays
WAC SECOND TEAM
GREAT BEND—SS J.J. Grove, 10; P/OF Koehn Ribordy, 10; OF-P Daxton Minton, 10
HAYS HIGH—U Jonathan Cano, 11; Carter Graham, P/3B 11
GARDEN CITY—IF Ethan Gomez, 11; P/SS Chase McGraw, 12
DODGE CITY—P/3B Arec Mendoza, 12
LIBERAL—1B Marco Alonso, 11
WAC BASEBALL
Hays 8-0 16-10
Great Bend 6-2 18-9
Liberal 3-5 13-11
Dodge City 3-5 9-16
Garden City 0-8 7-12
HAYS HIGH (8-0, 16-10)—WW Salina Central 8-3, 7-5; WW Liberal 1-0, 16-1; WL Washburn 4-1, 4-5; WW Garden City 12-2, 9-3; WW Great Bend 4-0, 5-4; LL Clay Center 2-3, 4-5; WW Dodge City 3-2, 18-2; L BVSW 0-1, L SM North 0-4; L Gardner 0-1; W Bonner 10-0; L Basehor 3-5; L Hays TMP 3-4; W Brush, Colo. 7-0; W Manhattan 4-3; W Wichita Life 8-4; L Salina South 6-8, W Buhler 6-1; L Hutchinson High 2-3
GREAT BEND (6-2, 18-9)—W Russell 17-0; WW Pratt 1-0, 10-6; WW Hutchinson 4-3, 14-2; WL Kapaun 8-7; 0-2; WW Liberal 8-5, 6-0; LL Hays 0-4, 4-5; WW Rose Hill 14-4; McPherson 3-1; L Aquinas 0-10; W Spring Hill 3-1; L De Soto 4-11; WW Hays TMP 9-0; 11-5; WW Dodge City 1-0; 5-4; WW Garden City 8-2; 17-7; W Junction City 12-0; L Salina South 3-6; W Junction City 12-0; LL Manhattan 3-4; 5-15; L Salina South 4-5
LIBERAL (3-5, 13-11)—WW Hugoton 17-0, 12-0; LL Hays 0-1, 1-16; LL Goddard Eisenhower 1-11, 9-12; LL Great Bend 5-8, 0-6; W Garden City 14-1; WW Woodward, Okla. 14-7, 10-0; Wichita North (WW); L Piedmont, Okla. 4-6; WW Holcomb 3-0; 9-6; WW SW Hts. 13-2; 15-0; L Dodge City 1-13; LL BV West 2-7; 0-9; W Dodge City 7-6; W Garden City 5-2; L Derby 0-3
DODGE CITY (3-5, 9-16)—WW Ulysses 11-3, 8-2; LL Newton 2-4, 2-6; LL Valley Center 4-10, 5-17; W Garden City 7-2; WW Salina Central 2-0, 7-3; L Junction City 1-12, L Manhattan 1-8; LL Hays 2-3, 2-18; L BV West 2-5, L Wichita Heights 2-8; W Garden City 13-3; LL Great Bend 0-1; 4-5; W Liberal 13-1; W Lawrence 2-1, L Free State 1-4; L Liberal 6-7; WL Goddard Eisenhower 7-2; 6-8; L Free State 0-6
GARDEN CITY (0-8, 7-12)—WW Wichita North 24-4, 17-2; WW Goodland 2-0, 8-1; L Dodge City 2-7; LL Hays 2-12, 3-9; L Liberal 1-14; W Junction City 6-0, L Manhattan 3-9; L Dodge City 3-13; WL Wichita Southeast 13-3; 0-5; LL Great Bend 2-8; 7-17; WL Hays TMP 20-5; 6-14; L Liberal 2-5; L Manhattan 3-4
