Garden City

Buffaloes unable to handle Demons in rematch

DODGE CITY - Sometimes a rematch of teams from the recent past can alter the outcome.That was the game plan for the Garden City HighSchool football team when it journeyed Friday night back to Dodge City to face the rival Demons in a Class 6A Week 9 Play-In contest at Memorial Stadium.In this season of misses, however, the Buffs came up short again, this time on a 34-7 score after dropping The Hatchet Game on Oct.

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GCHS volleyball unable to reach 6A semis

SALINA - For the most part, it doesn’t matter where a team is seeded in the eight-team Class 6A state volleyball tournament.One thing is for sure – you’re going to see quality teams no matter where you are placed in the bracket.That was the scenario once again for the Garden City High School, who went into Friday’s Pool Play in Salina as the No.

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Southeast prevails over GCHS boys in regional semis

WICHITA - In the final game of the regular season, the Garden City High School boys’ soccer team had scored three goals in a shutout of a good Wichita North squad.GCHS head coach Jose Vital had hoped that would provide an impetus and momentum for his hard-luck squad that had suffered through numerous one-goal losses during the 2024 campaign.When the Buffs headed to Wichita on Tuesday to face unbeaten but once-tied Wichita Southeast (15-0-1) in the Class 6A regional semifinals, Vital had every reason to think his team would be right in the mix of a potential upset.And with 20 minutes to play in regulation, GCHS and Golden Buffaloes were battling to a 0-0 standoff.But, in the final 19 minutes, the host Southeast squad scored twice and finished with that 2-0 advantage to bring the curtain down on perhaps one of the most frustrating and confounding seasons in recent history of the Buffs’ program.They finished the season with a 5-11-1 record, losing nine games by one goal, including two in overtime.

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