Former Buffalo Faith Whited selected for inaugural NJCAA student-athlete council

Former Garden City High School Lady Buffs bowler Faith Whited has been named to a National Junior College Athletic Association committee. Whited, now attending Barton Community College in Great Bend and a member of the women’s bowling program, has been selected to serve as a Region VI representative on the recently established National Junior College …

Another heartbreaking loss ends Buffs’ football season at Manhattan

In a season of what ifs, might have beens, the Week 9 Play-In game Friday night for the Garden City Buffaloes football team was a microcosm of the entire nine-game campaign.

With 1:49 remaining in the game at favored Manhattan, the Buffs scored on a 13-yard run by Cooper Ramsey to pull within a point of the Indians at Lew Lane Stadium in Manhattan.

On the ensuing extra point kick attempt, the Indians blocked Issac Rivera’s boot, thus ensuring the Indians’ victory following an unsuccessful onside kick by the Buffaloes.

That 21-20 loss ended the Buffs’ season with a 3-6 record, but only served to add to the frustration of a season of what ifs.

Soph. Chappel medals at state XC to pace Buffs’ runners; Sosa just misses top 20

Sophomore Devin Chappel completed a successful season on Saturday, Oct. 31, with a Halloween performance 12th place finish at the Class 6A state cross country meet.

Chappel, who had claimed the regional championship individual title a week earlier, clocked a 5-kilometer time of 16:54.54 to place in the top 20 runners and win a medal.

The Buffs' sophomore was the highest-placing sophomore in the field of 103 runners and had just 2 juniors finish ahead of him while the remaining 9 were all seniors.

State finals prove difficult task for Lady Buffs volleyball after late-season surge

There was no masking the challenge facing the Garden City Lady Buffaloes volleyball team on Friday when they entered the final four Class 6A state tournament at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina.

After all, the Lady Buffs, with a modest 20-13 record but on a hot-streak of nine consecutive match wins, including a pair over state-ranked teams Hutchinson and Derby, would be facing the Nos. 1, 3 and 4-ranked teams in the COVID-minted format which had only four teams at the state site rather than the typical eight.

Buffs’ boys soccer season ends with 3-1 loss at Liberal in 6A regional semis

The Garden City High School boys soccer team knew it had a big challenge ahead when it drew Western Athletic Conference foe Liberal in the semifinal round of the Class 6A Region 1 playoffs.

After all, the Buffaloes had dropped a pair of one-goal decisions to the Redskins during the regular season, falling 3-2 at home and then 1-0 on the road. So while the odds of a third-times-the-charm opportunity was possible, going on the road made the challenge even more daunting.

And that's how things turned out Wednesday, Oct. 28, when the Buffs came up on the short end of a 3-1 decision at Liberal to be eliminated from the postseason and see their season end with a 6-8-1 record.

Lady Buffs volleyball heads to state final 4 on Friday after major rally vs. Derby

When the first of October rolled around for the fall 2020 high school volleyball season, the Garden City Lady Buffaloes found themselves hovering right around .500 or just below.

They had started the season against a tough schedule of state-ranked teams and were standing at 1-5 after the first two weeks. Things slowly improved, eventually moving to a few games above .500, but still working to find its identity.

On to the 6A state final 4! Lady Buffs rally past Derby in quarterfinal marathon match

In an improbable finish to an improbable run to an improbable season during an improbable year, leave it to the Garden City Lady Buffaloes volleyball team to do something that many thought improbable, but certainly will be memorable.

Tuesday night, traveling to favored Derby in the Class 6A state quarterfinals with a revised tournament format, the Lady Buffs rallied from a 2-set deficit to shock the Lady Panthers in a five-set battle to reach Friday's state semifinals in Salina.

Buffs rout Panthers for 2nd straight win; playoffs up next at Manhattan

FOOTBALL: Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 For the second straight week, the Garden City Buffaloes football team found the formula for success. Establish a strong running game, complemented by timely big-play passes and a stingy defense. Those were the ingredients on Friday night, Oct. 23, as the Buffs pounded Western Athletic Conference opponent Great Bend, 45-0, …

Chappel wins 6A regional XC boys race; Sosa second on girls side; Hoff also qualifies

Garden City High School sophomore Devin Chappel claimed the Class 6A regional boys cross country title on Saturday at the Cessna Activities Center in Wichita while senior teammate Brody Hoff took fifth to also qualify for the state cross country meet this Saturday, Oct. 31, in Augusta.

Jocelyn Sosa, a sophomore for the Lady Buffs, claimed second-place to qualify individually as the girls team was unable to qualify as a group, placing fourth.

Lady Buffs volleyball reaches 6A quarterfinals with big win over Hutch

The late-season surge for the Garden City High School Lady Buffaloes volleyball team continued on Saturday, Oct. 24, in the Class 6A sub-state tournament in Dodge City.

The Lady Buffs claimed the sub-state title for the sixth consecutive season with wins over rival Dodge City (25-23, 25-13) and then knocked off No. 1 seeded Hutchinson in the title match (26-24, 18-25, 25-18).