Sports
St. Paul sweeps Moran for 10th in row
ST. PAUL — Baseballs flew out of the yard left and right here Thursday evening. The St. Paul High School baseball team improved to 14-3 on the season and won its ninth and 10th games in a row with a two-game sweep over Marmaton Valley of Moran. The Indians won the opener 10-1, and in game two St. Paul picked up a 12-2 victory. As a team, the Indians combined for four over-the-fence home runs in the game to move the winning-streak to double ...
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Devils finish 2nd at CNC League golf tournament
The CNC League golf tournament took place Wednesday afternoon in Miami, Okla., at Peoria Ridge Country Club. Pittsburg-Colgan was the runaway winner of the event. The Panthers had a 56-stroke advantage over second-place Erie. Colgan also took the first two spots overall and three of the top five. The Panthers shot a 335 and were led by Kolter Krumsick (40-39 — 79). Erie was led by Keaton Page, who shot a 45-41 — 86 to finish sixth. The scor...
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Labette places five on all-region team
Five Labette Community College softball players were named to the 2011 NJCAA All-Region VI Division II District D Softball Team this week. Three Labette players were named to the first team while two were tabbed to the second team. Sophomore third baseman Chelsey Rottinghaus, freshman shortstop Lacie Cook and sophomore pitcher Taylor Paulsen were named to the first team for LCC. The three were also named to the Kansas Jayhawk Community Colle...
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Grizzlies sweep Pittsburg, finish SEK League undefeated
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor ALTAMONT — The trophy was already wrapped up, but the Labette County High School softball team went and joined an even more distinguished group Tuesday night. LCHS used 14-0 and 11-1 wins to sweep Pittsburg (4-14 overall, 3-11 SEK) here Tuesday evening. The sweep moves Labette to 19-1 overall this season and completes the Southeast Kansas League portion of the schedule for the Grizzlies, which they finished 16-...
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Purple Dragons take two from Labette County baseball
ALTAMONT — In just eight days the Labette County High School baseball team completed over half of its league schedule. Tuesday, the Grizzlies hosted Pittsburg High School (13-5 overall, 11-3 SEK) and lost a pair of games to the visitors 4-1 and 10-0 to fall to 5-13 overall and 4-12 in the SEK. The pair of losses may have been influenced by the Grizzlies running out of gas. The game was the second doubleheader in a two-night span and fifth in...
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Hornets sweep Eagles Monday
The Chetopa Lady Hornets softball team defeated the Uniontown Eagles Monday in two close games. The Lady Hornets won the opener 3-2 and shutout the Eagles 3-0 to win game two. CHS sophomore Chelsea LaPee added 25 strikeouts to her 2011 resume to move to 186 total strikeouts going into regionals.
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Regional seeding announced for baseball, softball
Regional baseball and softball brackets for the 2011 season were released on Wednesday. First-round matchups for all local teams are listed below. Games will begin on Monday, May 16. Baseball Class 4A regional hosted by Chanute Monday, May 16 No. 1 seed Baxter Springs (13-2) vs No. 8 seed Parsons (2-14) at 2 p.m. at NCCC fields in Chanute No. 4 seed Chanute (7-11) vs. No. 5 seed Coffeyville (5-11) at 6 p.m. at Katy Park in Chanute No. 2...
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SEK golf concludes, Pittsburg wins title
CHANUTE — The final Southeast Kansas League golf meet of the year took place here Monday at Quarry Stone Golf Course. The Chanute Comets hosted the rest of the league for the Chanute High School Invitational. The host shot a 345, good for third overall. The team title went to Coffeyville, which turned in a 327 overall. The Golden Tornado were led by Luke Vacca. His 38-40 — 78 was the low score of the day, two shots clear of Chanute’s Skyler...
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St. Paul baseball edges Oswego 2-0
ST. PAUL — It took three weeks, but the St. Paul High School baseball team swept rival Oswego High School. St. Paul and OHS met up here Monday for one varsity and one junior varsity game. St. Paul won a 2-0 varsity game that featured seven total hits. The win completed a season sweep over Oswego for the Indians of St. Paul. The two teams met on April 14 for a scheduled doubleheader, but rain delayed the second game. St. Paul won game one 10-...
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Grizzlies, Comets combine for 43 runs in doubleheader split
ALTAMONT — Offensive fireworks and a big seventh inning highlighted a doubleheader split between Chanute and Labette County High School here Monday evening. The Grizzlies hosted the Comets for a league matchup on the first day of a two-day stretch of doubleheaders at Vic George Field. Chanute took game one 18-16, but the Grizzlies snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 win in game two behind a late run to break a tie. In the opener, t...
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Chanute hosts nine-team track meet Friday
CHANUTE — The Comets hosted eight others for the 2011 Thad Clements Invitational track meet Friday. The invitational featured all Southeast Kansas League schools except for Columbus. Fredonia also competed. The Pittsburg High School girls won the invite with 142 points, 28 more than Chanute. Locally, Labette County came in fifth overall with 52 points, and Parsons took seventh with 28. On the boys’ side, Chanute won the overall event with ...
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Oswego names football coach
The USD 504 Board of Education approved the coaching contract of Rod Monroe for the 2011 season Monday evening. Monroe will enter his second stint as head coach of the Indians. He served as the head coach of OHS from 1991 to 1995 and has served as an assistant and head coach in track, basketball and football at Oswego schools since. “I’m looking forward to working with the boys. We’re going to be awful young, but if they are willing to work ...
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Lady Cardinals on way to nationals
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Hollywood’s best would have had a hard time writing a better script for the Labette Community College softball team’s experience Sunday. The Lady Cardinals (43-14 overall, 21-5 KJCCC) added a national tournament berth to their 2011 resume. To do so, they had to exercise demons against the same team that put them out in 2010, in a notably similar situation. Labette defeated Johnson County (29-27 overall, 17-9 K...
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Iola takes two from Grizzlies Friday
ALTAMONT — The surprise team of the Southeast Kansas League earned another sweep here Friday evening to improve to 14-2 overall and 10-2 in the SEK. Iola, which was tabbed to finish seventh in the league in this year’s preseason poll, defeated Labette County High School (4-10 overall, 3-9 SEK) twice to move into a tie at the top of the league. The Grizzlies took on the Mustangs just an evening after splitting with Parsons to reach the halfwa...
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Indians sweep Green Hornets for sixth, seventh wins of week
ST. PAUL — The St. Paul High School baseball team won its sixth and seventh games of the week here Friday evening with a sweep over the Chetopa Hornets. The Indians improved to 11-3 overall with a week of games that concluded contests with Uniontown, Altoona and Galena on the schedule. All games played went in favor of the Indians. St. Paul jumped out 3-0 after an inning in the opener on the way to a 10-1 lead and scored 10 runs in the botto...
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PHS JV softball wins third in row Friday
The Parsons High School junior varsity softball team earned a pair of victories over Coffeyville Friday to improve to 3-5 overall. Parsons won the opener 14-4 behind seven hits and seven walked batters. Haley Flores led the team at the plate with a double and single, and Shelbi Carpenter fanned five batters to get the victory. In game two, Parsons won 5-1 to win its third in a row. The Vikes scored three runs in the first inning to jump ah...
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USD 506 track meet
USD 506 Junior High League Track Meet Tuesday, May 3 Girls Team standings — 1. Meadow View 129; 2. Bartlett 106; 3. Edna 96; 4. Altamont 64; 5. Mound Valley 25. Individual results Shot put — 1. H. Nalley (Meadow View), 28-9.5. 2. C. Sorrell (Bartlett), 27-09.5. 3. M. Scott (Meadow View), 27-07. 4. White (Altamont), 27-0. 5. Stewart (Altamont), 25-06. 6. Butler (Edna), 23-04.75; Discus — 1. A. Burke, (Meadow View), 74-08. 2. McCoach (Ed...
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Labette County takes opener; Parsons wins game two for first win of year
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — Parsons will be represented at state tennis this year — times four. Parsons High School sophomore Payton Hays and senior Corentin Prevot qualified for the state tournament in singles while juniors John Paul Hurley and Parker Robertson qualified for the doubles tournament Friday with their play at the two-day Independence state tennis qualifier. Hays went undefeated at the tennis regional and ove...
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Labette County takes opener; Parsons wins game two for first win of year
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor ALTAMONT — Parsons High School got its first win of the season, and the Labette County High School baseball team split a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader for the third time this year here Thursday in the annual twin bill between the two SEK rivals. The home Grizzlies (4-8 overall, 3-7 SEK) took the first game 8-6 before Parsons (1-13 overall, 1-11 SEK) won game two 7-3 to get its first victory of the season...
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SPHS knocks off Bulldogs
GALENA — The St. Paul Indians got a 15-strikeout effort out of starting pitcher Riley O’Brien and improved to 9-3 overall here Thursday in a road, non-league contest against the Galena Bulldogs. The Indians won their fifth game of the week 5-1 behind the strong performance by the sophomore starter, who threw all seven innings and allowed just four hits to shut out the Bulldogs over the final six innings. The win gives St. Paul a victory over...
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