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Wesley makes his home in Garden City
Published 4/13/2008 in Sports : GCHS
By MARSHALL MOORE
mmoore@gctelegram.com
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Bobby Wesley's story has been well documented.
Just prior to his junior year, the Garden City High School point guard moved from Fort Worth, Texas, to the plains of Western Kansas. He jumped on the court for the Buffaloes and the rest, well, is history.
Turns out that was all wrong. Wesley didn't actually move from home.
He just moved home.
"My family is here," Wesley said. "Everyone has been good to me. They've kept me focused on my school work and on basketball. I have a lot of friends here."
As happy as Wesley is to be in Garden City, the Buffaloes had to be just as pleased to have him.
The 5-foot-11 Telegram All-Area selection averaged 18.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 4.5 steals a game for Garden City this year while shooting 40.7 percent from the floor and 33.7 percent from 3-point range.
The numbers don't even come close to telling the whole story.
Wesley's speed and athleticism combined with his ball-handling ability and his knack for big-game performances made him one of the area's most potent point guards. In the Buffaloes 86-74 Class 6A sub-state final loss to eventual state champion Wichita Southeast, Wesley went toe-to-toe with some of Kansas' most heralded prep stars to score 30 points and shoot 50 percent from the floor.
Wesley scored over 20 points in both of Garden City's sub-state games, dropping 21 against Derby in the Buffaloes 63-60 win.
"Playing against competition like that, and how we played against (Southeast) in the championship game felt good," Wesley said. "We went out and gave them a tough game."
So tough, in fact, that a lot of people took notice.
Wesley was recruited by nearly the entire Jayhawk Conference, receiving looks from schools including, Garden City, Hutchinson, Cowley County, Coffeyville, Butler, Independence and Cloud County.
In the end, Wesley decided to stay in Garden City. At the end of the season he signed to play for the Broncbusters and head coach Kris Baumann, who will enter his third season as the program's head man.
"(Baumann) is a hard coach," Wesley said. "He pushes you and stays on you and makes sure you're working hard. I think he's a good fit for me because he likes to play fast."
After all, there is no place like home.
"It's a good fit for me overall," Wesley said. "I've met a lot of the players there this year that I know I'll be playing with next year. I think we'll be pretty good. That, and my family can come and watch me play."
"This is home."
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