
GCHS’ Piper Harris repeats as WAC volleyball Player of the Year
The top conference athletes and teams for each sport are featured on the WAC website at the conclusion of the sport’s season.
The top conference athletes and teams for each sport are featured on the WAC website at the conclusion of the sport’s season.
Hayden Nemechek and Piper Harris have been named the male and female Athletes of the Week, respectively, through voting in the weekly contest.Both are student-athletes at Garden City High School.Harris is one of the senior leaders on the Garden City High School volleyball team.
LIBERAL - Saturday was the day that Garden City High School volleyball coach Trista Bailey thought might happen at some point during the 2024 season.After starting the season with a 4-6 record and dropping four matches that went the full three sets, the Buffs rolled to a 5-0 record in winning the Liberal Invitational.In doing so, they won four matches in straight sets and then defeated Western Athletic Conference rival Dodge City in a three-setter, losing the first set 16-25 before taking the Demons in the next two, 25-21 and 25-14.Earlier in the day, the Buffs swept Colby (25-23, 25-23), Hugoton (25-13, 25-13), Liberal (25-15, 25-18) and Meade (25-17, 25-13).“We didn’t have a ton of turnaround time between our tough losses on Thursday (going 1-2) and our first serve on Saturday,” Bailey said.