The Great Bend Panther volleyball team “four-peated” as undefeated regular-season champions in the Western Athletic Conference and improved to 30-3.
The Panthers (12-0 in the WAC) won all three of their matches Tuesday in a WAC Quad at the Great Bend High School gymnasium.
Great Bend defeated Garden City 25-11, 24-26, 26-24, Dodge City 25-10, 25-12 and Liberal 25-14, 25-13.
Garden City defeated Dodge City, 25-11, 25-16 and Liberal 25-11, 25-13. Dodge City defeated Liberal 25-15, 25-15.
Great Bend setter Kya Behr, who has committed to play volleyball at Washburn University, passed the 3,000 career assist mark. She also has more than 1,000 digs.
Seniors on the Panther team are Behr, Meredith Mazouch and Alex Mayers. They have a four-year record of 124 wins, 24 losses.
Garden City is 22-9, Dodge City is 14-19 and Liberal is 4-24.
The Panther junior varsity volleyball team is also an undefeated WAC champion and finished the season with a 31-2 record.
Great Bend will host a Kansas Class 5A sub-state on Oct. 24 and is the No. 1 seed. The Panthers will play Arkansas City (5-24) in the first round and Hays High (18-15) will play Emporia (15-13).
Great Bend is aiming for a return to the Class 5A state tournament. The Panthers went 0-3 at state in 2024 and 102 in 2025 after losing at sub-state in 2023.
