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The Parsons Police Officers Association sponsors the Osage Prairie Tour the last Saturday in April each year. Bike riders had the choice of a 15 mile ride, 40 plus or 70 on Saturday. Steve Freeman of Prairie Village just finished climbing a series of hills on Gray Road a few miles south of 24000 Road.
The Parsons Police Officers Association sponsors the Osage Prairie Tour the last Saturday in April each year. Bike riders had the choice of a 15 mile ride, 40 plus or 70 on Saturday. Steve Freeman of Prairie Village just finished climbing a series of hills on Gray Road a few miles south of 24000 Road.
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The Parsons Police Officers Association sponsors the Osage Prairie Tour the last Saturday in April each year. Bike riders had the choice of a 15 mile ride, 40 plus or 70 on Saturday. Jeff Ney of Olathe is starting on a big incline on Gray Road near the Big Hill Lake dam road.
The Parsons Police Officers Association sponsors the Osage Prairie Tour the last Saturday in April each year. Bike riders had the choice of a 15 mile ride, 40 plus or 70 on Saturday. Jeff Ney of Olathe is starting on a big incline on Gray Road near the Big Hill Lake dam road.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School senior Kaysha Julich drives a pitch to center for a single in the first inning of game one of a doubleheader with Central Heights Friday evening in Altamont. The LCHS Lady Grizzlies stayed perfect by picking up 11-0 and 7-1 wins over the Vikings of Central Heights. LCHS is now 16-0 overall and will put their 12-0 record in the Southeast Kansas League on the line when they travel to Parsons to take rival PHS Thursday.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School senior Kaysha Julich drives a pitch to center for a single in the first inning of game one of a doubleheader with Central Heights Friday evening in Altamont. The LCHS Lady Grizzlies stayed perfect by picking up 11-0 and 7-1 wins over the Vikings of Central Heights. LCHS is now 16-0 overall and will put their 12-0 record in the Southeast Kansas League on the line when they travel to Parsons to take rival PHS Thursday.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School senior Kelsie Goins makes contact with a pitch during a 7-0 win over Independence High School Thursday in Altamont. The hit was a big one, clearing the center-field wall and landing for a three-run homer. LCHS swept the Bulldogs thanks to a 14-4 come-from-behind win in the second game.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School senior Kelsie Goins makes contact with a pitch during a 7-0 win over Independence High School Thursday in Altamont. The hit was a big one, clearing the center-field wall and landing for a three-run homer. LCHS swept the Bulldogs thanks to a 14-4 come-from-behind win in the second game.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior and No. 2 doubles player Patrick Jacquinot returns a serve Thursday in the finals against Independence. Jacquinot and teammate Tyler Beardmore won the No. 2 doubles bracket to help Parsons win its first solo league title since 1988.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior and No. 2 doubles player Patrick Jacquinot returns a serve Thursday in the finals against Independence. Jacquinot and teammate Tyler Beardmore won the No. 2 doubles bracket to help Parsons win its first solo league title since 1988.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School third baseman Klay Weaver guns down a runner on a sharply hit ground ball to third during the second game of a doubleheader with Independence Thursday. The Grizzlies won game one 7-3 but lost the second game 12-0 against the league-leading Bulldogs.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School third baseman Klay Weaver guns down a runner on a sharply hit ground ball to third during the second game of a doubleheader with Independence Thursday. The Grizzlies won game one 7-3 but lost the second game 12-0 against the league-leading Bulldogs.
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Courtesy photo The Southeast Kansas League champion Parsons High School tennis players and coaches are shown. The Vikings defeated 10-time defending champion Independence by one point Thursday in Pittsburg.
Courtesy photo The Southeast Kansas League champion Parsons High School tennis players and coaches are shown. The Vikings defeated 10-time defending champion Independence by one point Thursday in Pittsburg.
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School junior tennis player Payton Hays returns a serve from Independence High School tennis player Skylar Stacy in the finals of the No. 1 singles bracket Thursday in Pittsburg. Hays lost only two matches in five sets in a walk to his first SEK League No. 1 title. The No. 1 singles win also brings the SEK title back to Parsons for the first time since 2005 when Connor Phillips won the No. 1 singles bracket.
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School junior tennis player Payton Hays returns a serve from Independence High School tennis player Skylar Stacy in the finals of the No. 1 singles bracket Thursday in Pittsburg. Hays lost only two matches in five sets in a walk to his first SEK League No. 1 title. The No. 1 singles win also brings the SEK title back to Parsons for the first time since 2005 when Connor Phillips won the No. 1 singles bracket.
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Jennifer Zepeda, a Meadow View Grade School fourth-grader, grabbed a handful of black sunflower seeds and let them fall through her fingers Wednesday at the Earth Day event in Parsons.
Jennifer Zepeda, a Meadow View Grade School fourth-grader, grabbed a handful of black sunflower seeds and let them fall through her fingers Wednesday at the Earth Day event in Parsons.
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Mikiya Logan, a Guthridge School fourth-grader in Parsons, pets sheep in a pen at one of the educational stations for students at the Earth Day event at the Arvon Phillips Community Center and Forest Park on Wednesday.
Mikiya Logan, a Guthridge School fourth-grader in Parsons, pets sheep in a pen at one of the educational stations for students at the Earth Day event at the Arvon Phillips Community Center and Forest Park on Wednesday.
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