Great Bend Post Sports
It was a competitive home opener Thursday as the Great Bend High School bowling teams welcomed Dodge City to town. The Lady Panthers took all 13 Western Athletic Conference points but the boys were split by just 64 pins on the day, 2,946-2,882. Dodge City took eight of the 13 WAC points.
The Lady Panthers dominated individual standings with the top-five series. Zoey Mayberry opened with a 190 game and was the lone bowler to break 500 with a high-series of 518. Layne Soukup opened with games of 177 and 147 to finish with 444 pins. She and Brooklynn Mayberry were tied after a game and Mayberry finished third with a 436 series. Abigail Alvarez overcame a slow start to roll a 410, and Emery Meza was consistent with a 378 series. Kyla Calvert rolled a 329 series for the varsity squad. Dodge City's Shannon Bitler led her team with a 343 series. Kacie Schroeder rolled a 402 series in JV action for Great Bend.
The Lady Panthers outpaced the Demons 1,850-1,326 in Baker action, cruising in all four games.
The Panther boys had three of the top-five series. Dodge City's Ethan Pogue just missed a perfect game for a 297 middle game. He was hot all day with games of 224 and 214 to finish with a 735 series.
Anyone could have led for the Panther boys. Quinten Miller took that honor with a pair of 193 games for a 555 series. Just behind him, Kanyen Parr opened with a 203 for a 553 series. Xander Orth rolled games of 188 and 186 for a 537 series. Josh Manning finished three pins behind him at 534 with games of 180 and 191. Deagan Miller also surpassed 500 with a 510 series including a 193 game. Tyler Pelster rolled a 201 middle game for a 524 series in JV action.
Great Bend took the first three Baker games but faltered in game four to lose the total battle to the Demons.