May 23, 2013
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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.
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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.
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Parsons High School junior Craig Beachner (right) tags out a Fort Scott High School runner in the second inning of action Tuesday evening at Marvel Park. Parsons defeated Fort Scott 9-8 in game two after Fort Scott gained an 8-5 lead in the top of the seventh. Fort Scott won game two 11-5.
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 Parsons High School seniors Daza Werner and Ivory Kelly walked into to the school's prom together Saturday night in front of throngs of family, friends and other onlookers.
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Labette Community College sophomore short stop Lacie Cook makes a throw to first in an attempted double play Monday afternoon against Cottey College at the LCC diamond in Forest Park. Cook successfully tagged second to make one out but couldn't get the throw to first in time. However, the Lady Cardinals didn't need the double-up in a 13-2 game-one victory over Cottey. LCC won game two 10-0 to secure a two-game sweep.
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Labette Community College third baseman Justin Burgess watches a ball on the way to first after picking up a bunt attempt from a Fort Scott Community College batter Monday afternoon in Parsons. The runner was thrown out but the sacrifice eventually helped score a run and put Fort Scott up 5-3, but the LCC Cardinals baseball team rallied to win game one 7-5 before winning game two 6-4. After dropping the first two games of a four-game series 4-0 and 2-0 Sunday in Parsons, the LCC baseball team assured a season split with Fort Scott and improved to 20-23 overall and 12-20 within the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division. Next up for the Cardinals will be a home series with KCKCC on Saturday and Sunday.
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Labette Community College sophomore infielder Lacie Cook (center) reaches home after a wild pitch found the backstop at the LCC softball field in Parsons on Friday. The Lady Cardinals were swept by Northeast OKlahoma A&M Friday afternoon 10-0 and 9-3.
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 RIGHT — Ayanna Correll-Renfro tests her limbo skills at one stop along the Trail to Good Health Friday on the Frisco Hiking and Biking Trail. All USD 503 elementary school students participated in the fun activities along the Trail to Good Health and a cookout that followed near the Arvon Phillips Community Center.
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