The top conference athletes and teams for each sport are featured on the WAC website at the conclusion of the sport’s season.Garden City High School senior Danica Galia has certain paid her dues during the four years of playing for the Buffaloes’ tennis program.She began her fledgling career in 2021 as a freshman on the junior varsity squad where she played singles.
The top conference athletes and teams for each sport are featured on the WAC website at the conclusion of the sport’s season.When the Garden City High School girls’ tennis team completed the 2024 Western Athletic Conference championship on Oct.
PRAIRIE VILLAGE - The Class 6A state tournament is always a reality check for the Garden City High School tennis teams – girls or boys – and Friday’s first day at Prairie Village’s Harmon Tennis Complex was no exception.The Buffs did manage to secure three wins, all by their respective doubles teams, and finished in 16th place in the team standings out of the 23 teams entered.Still, the goal has always been to advance to Saturday’s final day with an opportunity to claim a medal among the top 12 finishers.
DERBY - Despite not claiming any individual or doubles titles at Thursday’s Class 6A regional in Derby, the rock-solid Garden City High School girls’ tennis finished second as a team with 19 points to Maize’s winning 21 points.At the same time, Coach Logan Bevis’ recently-crowned Western Athletic Conference champions qualified both singles players and the two doubles teams for next week’s 6A state at Harmon Tennis Complex in Prairie Village.“Qualifying all six was one of our primary goals all season,” Bevis said.
GREAT BEND - It was almost a clean sweep at Monday’s Western Athletic Conference tennis championships in Great Bend.But it was every bit good enough for the Garden City High School girls’ tennis team as they won three of the four divisions and tied for first in the other en route to their ninth consecutive WAC crown.
HUTCHINSON - The original plan that Garden City High School girls’ tennis coach Logan Bevis had in mind for the final tune-up to the Western Athletic Conference championship, Monday, Oct.
Saturday’s near-perfect weather conditions perhaps was a portend of how the Garden City High School girls’ tennis team was going to perform at its own invitational at the GCHS Tennis Complex.But it would be difficult to predict that the Buffs would get a first and second in singles and a second and third in doubles and roll off the courts with 181 points to easily outdistance runner-up Larned’s 147 points.Senior Danica Galia was the highlight among many highlights for GCHS Coach Logan Bevis and the Buffs as she had an unblemished 4-0 record that included defeating her junior teammate, Quincy Nanninga, 8-5, in the title match.She reached that championship battle in dominating fashion, dispatching Addi Gotts of Great Bend, 8-0; Zoe Rojas of Dodge City Red, 8-0, and Clarissa Sianuqui of Ulysses, 8-2.“It was a fitting end to her career,” Bevis said of his top singles player.
MCPHERSON - Every year when the Garden City High School girls’ tennis squad heads to the McPherson Invitational, the Buffs know they will not only be seeing some new competition but also a high level skill set of players in both singles and doubles.
DODGE CITY - A split squad of varsity and junior varsity players made the best of the revised lineup Tuesday, Sept.
GREAT BEND - There were multiple reasons for smiles on the faces of the Garden City High School girls’ tennis team when Saturday’s Great Bend Invitational came to an end.