BY JIM MISUNAS jmisunas@gbtribune.com The clock officially struck midnight for Valley Center at 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. Lightning may have delayed the Great Bend Panther softball team, but they delivered the thunder when play resumed after a 2-2 tie. Great Bend forced a 2-2 tie with Valley Center in the 5A substate championship when the game was delayed for two hours until 11 p.m. by lightning. The prayers of Great Bend softball coach Shawn Behr were being answered after losing all-state pitcher Chayla Prendergast due to a foot injury. Great Bend 's offense got cranked up for a dominating 13-3 victory to clinch a 5A state quarterfinal berth. The Panthers (25-1) will play Goddard Eisenhower (13-13) in Tuesday's 5A softball quarterfinals. Katherine Mazouch delivered a 2-run double. Kya Behr drilled an RBI double. Alyssa McCauey ripped an RBI single. Callie Umphres followed with an RBI double for a 7-2 lead. Turner's control issues handed the Hornets a 1-0 lead on a bases-loaded walk to P. Gibbs. After eight Turner walks in four-plus innings, Panther coach Shawn Behr elected to bring in reliever Alyssa McCauley who proceeded to force a run home on a bases-loaded walk for a 2-0 Hornet lead. PANTHERS 11, TOPEKA WEST 1 — Great Bend's Alyssa Prendergast came to the rescue for her injured sibling Chayla Prendergast because that's what sisters do. Alyssa Prendergast drilled a 2-run home run and contributed three shutout innings to spark the Panthers past Topeka West 11-1 in Wednesday's 5A softball regional. Likely All-WAC Most Valuable Player Chayla Prendergast (12-1, 1.37 ERA) is sidelined with a foot injury. Alyssa Prendergast's varsity debut was shocking. She relieved Panther starter Braelyn Turner (12-0, 2.95 ERA) after she walked five batters in three innings. Great Bend's hot hitters provided all the support the Panthers required. Kya Behr and Katherine Mazouch each homered and drove home two runs.' Camdyn Post, Alyssa McCauley, Callie Umphres drove home runs. Topeka West scored a first inning run. Great Bend's defense played brilliantly. Catcher Mazouch threw out V. Tinoco on an attempted steal. Topeka West 100 000 — 1 3 2 Great Bend 230 123 — 11 13 0 White, Briggs (4) and Jessepe. Turner, Alyssa Prendergast (4) and Koelsch. W—Turner, 12-0. 3B—GB—Turner. HR—GB—Mazouch, Alyssa Prendergast, Behr. Valley Center 110 10 — 3 Great Bend 073 12 — 13 Gibbs, Reffner (2) and Phinney. Turner, McCauley (2) and Mazouch. W—McCauley, 2-0 L—Gibbs. 2B—GB—McCauley 2, Turner, Umphres, Behr, Koelsch. HR—GB—Mazouch. GREAT BEND FINALS—Great Bend 13, Valley Center 3; SEMIFINALS—Great Bend 11, Topeka West 1; Valley Center 7, Wichita Kapaun Mt. Carmel 4 BASEHOR FINALS—Basehor-Linwood 2, Shawnee Heights 0; SEMIFINALS—Basehor 22, KC Schlagle 0; Shawnee Heights 18, KC Sumner 2 SPRING HILL FINALS—Spring Hill, 4, Lansing 1; SEMIFINALS—Spring Hill 12, KC Piper 2; Lansing 18, Highland Park 1 OVERLAND PARK FINALS—St. Thomas Aquinas 17, DeSoto 2; SEMIFINALS—Aquinas 17, KC Harmon 0; DeSoto 7, Blue Valley Southwest 1 PITTSBURG FINALS—Pittsburg 6, Lenexa St. James 4; SEMIFINALS—Pittsburg 24, KC Washington 0; St. James 15, Leavenworth 0 ARKANSAS CITY FINAL—Maize South, Arkansas City; SEMIFINALS—Maize South 11, Hays High 1; Arkansas City 10, Newton 0 GODDARD FINALS—Goddard Eisenhower 6, Goddard 3; SEMIFINALS—Goddard Esenhower; Goddard WICHITA FINALS—WIchita Carroll 5, Topeka Seaman 0; SEMIFINALS—Wichita Carroll 6, Andover Central 2; Topeka Seaman 6, Salina South 5 5A QUARTERFINALS (5-26)—Great Bend (25-1) vs. Goddard Eisenhower (13-13); St. Thomas Aquinas (23-3) vs. Pittsburg (22-4); Basehor-Linwood (25-2) vs. Maize South (21-7); Wichita Carroll (25-3) vs. Spring Hill (23-5)