Great Bend Post Sports
With a limit on how many varsity meets his players can attend, Great Bend High School tennis coach Zachary Bartel made some changes to his lineup for Tuesday's meet in McPherson. The Lady Panthers scored 17 points to place ninth out of 10 teams in action. McPherson dominated the meet with 73 points, followed by Garden City with 64 points, and Goddard-Eisenhower with 53 points.
Paige Stacey led the way with a ninth-place finish in the open singles bracket. She lost her first match against Eisenhower 8-2 but rebounded to three straight wins. She downed an opponent from Salina South and two from McPherson all by an 8-1 margin. Addi Gotts also saw her first varsity action in the singles bracket. She finished the day at 0-3 for 20th place.
Darcy Feist and Mac Lindberg stayed together as the lead Panther doubles team in the open bracket. The girls opened strong with a 8-7 (0) loss to the eventual third-place finishers from Garden City. They lost another tie break 8-7 (4) to the 12th-place finishers from McPherson. After an 8-2 win over Liberal, the girls fell to Hays 8-2 in the 13th-place match. Kylie McCormick played with Beth Hammeke for the first time in the other varsity doubles spot. The pair finished at 0-3 for 20th.
The Lady Panthers head to Salina South on Thursday.