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Panthers win 1 match at WAC tennis
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DODGE CITY — Great Bend's No. 2 singles fourth-place finisher Jacob Parks earned the Panthers' single point with a 8-0 victory over Liberal's J’Kobe Contreras, 8-0 at the Western Athletic Conference tennis meet.

The Panthers finished with a 1-11 record heading to 5A tennis regionals.

TEAM SCORES—1—Hays High 13; 2—Dodge City 11; 3—Liberal 8; 4—Garden City 7; 5—Great Bend 1

NO. 1 SINGLES—1—Kale Schwien, Hays (4-0) def. Zane Storer, GC, 8-4; 3—Kevin Navarette def. Diego Flores, Lib, 8-0; Schwien def. Flores, 8-0; Schwien def. Navarette, 8-1; Storer def. Flores, 8-0; Storer def. Navarette, 8-7 (8-6) 

NO. 2 SINGLES—1—Ken Shaffer, Hays (4-0) def. Edgar Varela, DC, 8-0; 3—Kevin Nguyen, GC def. Jacob Parks, GB, 8-4; Shaffer def. Nguyen, 8-5; Shaffer def. Jacob Parks, GB, 8-2; Shaffer def. J’Kobe Contreras, Lib, 8-2; Varela, DC def. Nguyen, 8-5; Varela def. Contreras, 8-0; Varela def. Parks. 8-2; Nguyen def. Contreras, 8-3; Parks def. Contreras, 8-0

NO. 1 DOUBLES—Mason Schleicher/Preston Parr, Hays (3-1); Alex Gonzalez/Daniel Velasquez, DC (3-1); Emmanuel Garcia Romero/Miguel Ovalle, Lib  (3-1); Parr/Schleicher def. Palmer/James, 8-6; Gonzalez/Velasquez def. Parr/Schleicher, 8-6; Parr/Schleicher def. Kai Britt/Chason Ramsey, GB, 8-0; Garcia Romero/Ovalle def. Palmer/James, 8-6; Garcia Romero/Ovalle def. Britt/Ramsey, 8-3; Gonzalez/Velasquez def. Garcia Romero/Ovalle, 8-3; Gonzalez/Velasquez def. Britt/Ramsey, 8-1; Gonzalez/Velasquez def. Palmer, James, 8-6; Ashton Palmer/Lachlan James, GC def. Britt/Ramsey, 8-2; Garcia/Ovalle def. Britt/Ramsey, 8-0;

NO. 2 DOUBLES—1—Parker Brown/Quinn Brown, Lib  Peter Bui/Alan Vasquez, DC, 8-3; 3—Christian Miller/Madox Zimmerman, Hays def. Ezayen Deatherage/Braidyn Deatherage, GC, 8-5; Brown/Brown def. Miller/Zimmerman, 8-7 (8-6); Brown/Brown def. Deatherage/Orebaugh, 8-7 (10-8); Brown/Brown def. Aaron Ramirez/Manuel Alba Gamon, GB,  8-4; Bui/Vasquez def. Miller/Zimmerman, 8-1; Bui/Vasquez def. Deatherage/Orebaugh, 8-0; Bui/Vasquez def. Ramirez/Gamon, 8-1; Deatherage/Orebaugh def. Aaron Ramirez/Manuel Alba Gamon, GB, 8-7 (7-1)

WAC Player of the Year—Kale Schwien, Hays

WAC Coach of the Year—Kayla Brown, Hays