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Babe Ruth update
The D&Z Yankees knocked off the Tank Connection White Sox Tuesday evening 9-6 thanks to a strong showing in the first three innings. The Yankees led 3-0 after one and 5-1 after two before adding another three-run inning in the third. The White Sox made a surge in the fourth when they scored four runs to make it 8-4 at the time, but after the Yankees scored in the bottom of the fourth, a fifth inning was not played due to time restraints. DaQua...
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Oswego, Labette teams place at state
Thirteen seven- and eight-year-old Oswego boys recently participated in the Kansas Cal Ripkin 8 & Under Rookie Tournament in Haysville. There were five other teams in the tournament, including Labette County. On Friday, June 24 the boys enjoyed a Player/Coach picnic at Riggs Park before a Skills Competition followed at Plagens-Carpenter Ballpark in Haysville. The Oswego boys took top honors among the six participating teams. Once play bega...
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Babe Ruth update
The Kansas Mobile Homes Royals opened Rookie League action in Winway Park Monday with a 15-5 win over the Kiwanis A’s. The Royals jumped out to a 6-1 lead through two and the A’s were unable to bridge the gap despite a pair innings where two runs crossed home. After being held scoreless in the third, the Royals brought in five runs in the fourth and finished with twin innings of two runs in the fifth and sixth. All told, the Royals scored in f...
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Dolphins compete in Missouri
The Parsons Dolphins followed last week’s first-place finish in Pittsburg with a fourth overall this weekend in Monett. The Dolphins competed in the Monett Waterthrashers Invitational Swim Meet on Saturday and Sunday and finished with a fourth overall at the event. Entire team standings were unavailable. The Dolphins were led by Cooper Woodworth, who earned the high-point award for his efforts in the eight and under boys’ division. Complete in...
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Babe Ruth update
The Parsons Bleacher Gear 13-15 year old Babe Ruth team split a pair of games with Coffeyville Friday evening at Winway Park by finishing the double-dip with a 9-7 win and 18-14 loss. The home team rode a six-run second inning to the win in game one. After trailing 2-1 through one and a half, Parsons scored six in the second, but Coffeyville quickly cut into the 7-2 lead by notching the game at 7-7 through three after scoring five runs. Parso...
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A golf outing
When I take vacation, I don’t like to do anything. I like to find fancy phrases like “recharge the batteries” and “clear my head”, but in reality I like to just be lazy. I decided not to be lazy on my last vacation day however. Instead, I decided to play uncle. The past few months I’ve heard my niece, who recently turned 10, talk about how she loves golf. I’d say she’s only been playing for a year, and even that is limited to a handful of trip...
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Five get tennis crowns
Parsons High School tennis teamed up with the Parsons Recreation Commission Friday morning at the Forest Park tennis courts in a Fun and Fitness Tennis Tournament. The tournament was divided into five divisions. The boys had a 10-12 year old division, a 13-15 year old division and a 16-18 year old division while the girls played a 13-15 year old division and 16-18 year old division. Landon Ewing of Indy won the 10-12 year old division with an ...
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Babe Ruth update
The final regular season matchup of the 11-12 year old Babe Ruth League turned into a defensive battle Thursday with second place in the league on the line. After being held scoreless throughout the first five innings, the Eyecare Pirates scored two in the top of the sixth before holding off the PPOA A’s in the bottom of the inning to seal the win. In the second inning, The Athletics scored their first and only run of the game after Austin Bur...
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Cherokee defeats Parsons in bottom of ninth
Parsons dug itself out of a six-run hole here Wednesday evening but didn’t have enough to complete the comeback. The Parsons Babe Ruth 16-18 year old squad lost a nine-inning game with Cherokee 10-9 after Cherokee led 6-0 through three innings. Parsons scored a run or more in the following four innings to trail just 9-5 through seven before the Parsons squad tied things up in the eighth with four runs on five hits. Neither team scored in their...
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Babe Ruth action
The Tucker Markham Law Mets scored in every inning in a 21-5 victory over the Kansas Mobile Homes royals Tuesday evening at Winway Park. The Mets opened with three runs in each of the first two innings before scoring five each in the following two. After scoring three of their own in the first, the Royals were blanked until the sixth when they added their final two runs against the Mets. Jackson Fugate had three singles in the win for the Mets...
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Babe Ruth roundup
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Nearly two dozen area youth played on their own Field of Dreams Monday evening in Parsons due to a scheduling conflict. Parsons Bleacher Gear and Parsons Apollo, both of the Parsons Babe Ruth 13-15 Division, faced one another on Monday evening in Marvel Park at the Labette Community College baseball diamond. The two teams were scheduled to face each other Monday and took advantage of an offer to move the game to ...
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Babe Ruth update
The ParCom Royals scored 14 runs on the way to a victory over Pete’s Braves Tuesday evening here at Winway Park in 9-10 Babe Ruth League action. The Royals scored four in the first inning after Joel Schibi, Luke Wolgamont and Trevor Strathe had RBI singles. The Braves went scoreless in the bottom of the inning before the Royals added two runs to go up 6-0 through an inning and a half. In the second, the Braves answered with their first two ...
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Disc golf event
The Parsons Disc Golf Club will be hosting a Bag Tag Challenge at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 25 at the Parsons Arboretum Course. All proceeds from the event will go towards the tornado relief effort in Joplin. This event is behing held to determine the Bag Tag Rankings for the Parsons Disc Golf Club. No divisions are going to be set for this event. The top finisher will be given the No. 1 PDGC Bag Tag, plus other prizes. Prizes will als...
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Dolphins compete in Carthage
The Parsons Dolphins Swim Team traveled to Carthage for the Carthage Aquatic Invitational Swim Meet over the weekend. Carthage hosted 11 other teams in the meet. The Dolphins placed seventh as a team with 343 points. The Siloam Springs Flyers came in first overall by gathering 1,019 points, less than 15 points more than the second-place finish from the Joplin Stingray Swim Team. Monett rounded out the top three with 955.5 points. Teams fro...
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Babe Ruth update
The Parsons Babe Ruth Ducommon Yankees defeated the Kiwanis A’s 22-4 Thursday evening in Babe Ruth Rookie League action. The Yankees scored two runs in the first and another five in the second to lead 7-1 after two. The Yankees went on to score the five-run maximum three more times in the game. The A’s had their best inning of the game in the bottom of the sixth when three players crossed home plate. The Yankees were led by Kooper Peak, wh...
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Graves, father win fishing tourneyr
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor An area father-son combo turned in a haul of nearly 20 pounds of fish this weekend on Stockton Lake in Missouri and came home with first-place honors and over $2,500 in prize money for their efforts. Curt Graves of Parsons and his father Loren Graves of Independence took the top billing in the Heartland Trails Fishing Tournament on Stockton Lake on Saturday, June 4. Temperatures in the low 90s greeted fisherma...
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Babe Ruth roundup
The Ducommun Yankees and Ray Products Cardinals combined for 25 runs in a 7-8 year old Babe Ruth League game Tuesday evening at Winway Park. The Yankees edged the Cardinals 13-12 thanks to a big first three innings. After one, the Yankees led 4-3 before putting another four on the board in the second to lead 8-6 after two. The Cardinals tied the game through two and a half, but the Yankees scored five more in their half of the third to go u...
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Dolphins dominate at home meet
The Parsons Dolphins Swim Team hosted, and won, the Taran Sack Invitational Swim Meet over the weekend at the Parsons Recreation Commission swimming pool. The Dolphins nearly doubled the rest of the field, consisting of 10 teams representing Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas. The Dolphins finished with 1266.5 points. The Nevada Neptunes were a distance second with 685.5 points and Webb City rounded out the top three with 516 points. Complete re...
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Pirates go 2-1 over week
The Eyecare Associate Pirates played three games last week and came away with a 2-1 finish in a busy week of games last week in 11-12 year old Babe Ruth Baseball. The Pirates defeated the LaForge and Budd Royals 7-2 at Winway on Tuesday in the season opener at Sonny Johnson Field in Winway Park. All three games were played there. The Royals jumped out to a 1-0 lead after Osric Edwards stole home after a triple. The Pirates scored four in th...
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Babe Ruth league's 35th year in Parsons starts
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Seven men have been president of the United States, 15 different teams have won Super Bowls and hosts and hosts of local youth have participated in Babe Ruth baseball in its time in Parsons. The league is entering its 35th year here. Known as the Coral Anniversary, the three and a half decades of Babe Ruth have been made possible by the contributions of countless mothers, fathers, coaches and those looking to hel...
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