Finney County

Buffaloes struggle in opening loss to Manhattan

What head coach Brian Hill had hoped for never materialized in the Garden City High School football opener Friday night at Buffalo Stadium.The final score of 57-21 against another highly-regarded Manhattan Indian team doesn’t tell the entire story as the Buffs saw the final 24 minutes of the second half include a running clock.That came about after trailing 57-0 at halftime when the 45-point rule went into effect just before the break.

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GCHS boys’ XC wins Great Bend meet

GREAT BEND - Three top 10 finishers, led by senior Hayden Nemechek’s fourth-place finish, paced the Garden City Buffaloes’ boys’ cross country to the team title on Thursday at Great Bend’s Lake Barton Golf Course.It was the season opening meet for the Buffs and another senior, Cate Wiese, paced the girls’ squad to a third-place finish by placing sixth overall.Nemechek, the defending Western Athletic Conference champion and WAC Runner of the Year from 2023, clocked a 16:18.03 for his fourth-place finish as Southeast of Saline’s Brayden Walker won with a time of 16:08.58.Teammates Trevor Fry (16:37.76) and Taran Castro (16:44.06) placed fifth and seventh, respectively, as the Buffs totaled 53 points.

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GCCC receives donation for new video board in campus quad

Garden City Community College has announced the completion of a state-of-the-art video board in the campus quad, made possible by a $50,000 contribution from LiveWell Finney County.Standing at 9.5 feet tall, this new digital sign is designed to serve as a central hub for important information, benefiting students, faculty, staff, and community visitors alike.

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