Sports
Erie to play for district title
CHEROKEE — The Erie Red Devils will look to capture a district title on Thursday after getting past Southeast High School on Friday night. Erie scored once on special teams, twice on offense and three times on defense for a 42-35 win, moving the Devils to 2-0 in the district. The Devils jumped out to an early lead when Keith Marquardt returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown. Rowdy Kiser then scored on a 13-yard rush. Southeast ...
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Labette rolls to 1-1 in district
BAXTER SPRINGS — A week after giving up 63 points in their first Class 4A district game agasint Coffeyville, the Labette County Grizzlies’ defense stepped up against Baxter Springs on Friday night. The result was a 48-20 win to boost LCHS to 1-1 in district play and 3-5 on the year. “This is a good win for us on the road against a very talented Baxter team,” LCHS coach Shane Holtzman said. “Our defense really stepped up tonight, shutting Bax...
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Vikings can't stop Comets
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Parsons Vikings football team held the lead for 22 seconds on Friday evening. It wasn’t long enough. The Chanute High School football team scored nine touchdowns and racked up nearly 500 yards Friday evening at Marvel Park Stadium on the way to a 62-14 victory over Parsons. The victory moves the Comets to 6-2 this season and 2-0 in district play. Coupled with an Independence victory over Girard on Friday,...
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Rams defeat Chargers
CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Chargers fell behind by two touchdowns by halftime and couldn’t recover, losing a Class 3A district game to the Riverton Rams on Friday night. Neither team scored in the first quarter. In the second, Riverton’s Greyson Spriggs scored on an 11-yard run before breaking loose for 91 yards for another score to make it 12-0 at halftime. Devon Hestand got the Chargers back in the game in the third quarter by scoring on ...
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St. Paul crushes Marmaton Valley
ST. PAUL — St. Paul High School scored nine touchdowns en route to a 64-14 shellacking of Marmaton Valley here Friday night. The win pushes St. Paul to 5-3 overall and 3-1 in district play, with Yates Center awaiting their arrival on Thursday for the regular season wrap-up. St. Paul built a 14-0 lead quickly before allowing Marmaton Valley to get on the scoreboard. St. Paul answered with 30 more points before Marmaton’s offense retaliated. ...
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Oswego defeats Marmaton Valley
MOUND CITY — The Oswego Indians rebounded from two Class 2-1A district losses with a big win over Jayhawk-Linn on Friday night. After losing to Olpe and Pittsburg-Colgan in the six-team district, the Indians came out fighting against the Jayhawks, scoring 22 points in the first quarter. The scoring began when Lane Martin ran in from the 10-yard line. Also in the first quarter, Martin passed to Ethan Spore for a 35-yard TD. Martin connected wit...
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St. Paul faces Marmaton Valley
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Save for a quarter of play, St. Paul has passed the first two legs of its three-week test with flying colors. The Stretch will conclude with a home game against Marmaton Valley (3-4) this evening and will go a long way in determining whether or not the Indians are in the playoffs. “We lost the very close one with Colony but had the lead going into the fourth. We felt some mistakes cost us the win,” said St. Pa...
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Predictions for Friday night
I’ve spent a lot of time mulling in the past week. I keep looking at the playoff picture for area football, and I can’t make heads or tails of it as of this point. Sure, there are some places I have a pretty good idea of what is going to happen, but there aren’t that many results that are decided by this point. All will change in a few hours. This week, more than any week so far, is going to be very telling. The line will be drawn tonight en...
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Parsons prepares for Chanute tonight
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Respect. The playoffs. An above .500 record. You can take your pick of what the Vikings are playing for this evening at Marvel Park Stadium when they welcome the Chanute Comets for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The Vikings (4-3) are coming off a 20-7 victory in week seven over Girard to move to 1-0 in district play. The Comets (5-2) were winners in week one of districts as well. They defeated previously unbeaten Independe...
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Oswego seeks another district win
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor It would take a few slip ups by the top two teams in the districts for the Oswego Indians to make the playoffs this year, but the OHS football team can still turn in a more than respectable 2010 season. That’s exactly what they intend to do. Friday evening the Indians (5-2) will travel to Jayhawk-Linn (0-7) to take on the Jayhawks. “Our goal is definitely to win the last two games,” said Oswego coach Andy Fe...
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Labette County prepares for Baxter Springs
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor For the first six weeks of the season the Labette County High School offense scored more than 20 points in a game on just two occasions. In the seventh week of the season, they more than doubled their best offensive total of the year by scoring 55 points. In week eight, they’ll look to improve on the defensive side. The LCHS football team (2-5) will travel to Baxter (4-3) on Friday to try to rebound from a 63-...
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Galena squeaks by Cherryvale
GALENA — Cherryvale gave up good field position early in the game here Friday, and that proved costly for the Chargers. Galena won the non-league contest 25-21. Devon Hestand generated about 170 yards of offense for the Chargers. Galena began the game with a 67-yard drive, scoring on a 24-yards pass play from Hestand to Cody O’Brien. Hestand completed five of 14 passes on the night for 79 yards. He also had 18 rushes for 97 yards. Drew Hous...
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Vikings trip Girard
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Parsons High School can probably make a case that it could figure into the CNC League standings at this point. For the third week in a row Parsons lined up against a CNC opponent on Friday evening. After splitting the first two, Parsons made good of the third contest in a 20-6 victory over Girard at Marvel Park Stadium. The Vikings are now 4-3 and more importantly 1-0 in Class 4A District 7 play. After giving ...
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St. Paul gets second district win
ST. PAUL — Chetopa struck first, but the St. Paul Indians soon took control of the district high school football game between the Three Rivers League foes on Friday night. St. Paul coach Doug Tuck said the Hornets came out strong, using a no-huddle offense, and did a really good job of coming off the ball quickly, leaving the Indians on their heels as Chetopa drove down field. Chetopa scored the first points of the game when Jarrett Dixon ra...
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Oswego falls to Olpe
OSWEGO — The Oswego Indians had their chances but didn’t capitalize on enough scoring opportunities in their matchup with Olpe in a district high school football game on Friday night. Neither team scored in the first quarter. In the second, Tyson Pettijohn ran for a 57-yard touchdown to open the scoring, and Tanner Burenheide’s kick made it 7-0. Oswego responded in the second quarter when Caleb Horn ran for a 3-yard touchdown, but Burenheide ...
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Coffeyville, Labette County to clash
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Not much separates the Labette County High School and Coffeyville football teams this season. The Grizzlies enter Friday’s game between the two Southeast Kansas League opponents with a 2-4 record while the Golden Tornado enter at 1-5. The Grizzlies own victories over Iola and Fort Scott this season, while Coffeyville has defeated Iola and narrowly lost to Fort Scott in week two after missing a two-point conver...
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Chetopa, St. Paul square off Friday
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor There’s a good chance you’ll get to see a state playoff team if you happen to be watching Chetopa and St. Paul play on Friday, but which team that is won’t be known until afterward. What is known is that whoever comes out on top will be in the driver’s seat in the race for a spot in the eight-man playoffs. The Hornets (3-3) will travel to St. Paul (3-3) Friday for the matchup. Three Rivers League placing, riva...
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Indians to be tested again Friday
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Friday the Oswego Indians football team saw its 15-game regular season winning streak go down the drain in a home loss against the state’s No. 1 team, Pittsburg-Colgan. Getting back in the winning column won’t be much easier this week. The Indians (5-1) will host the Olpe Eagles (6-0) on Friday in Oswego for their third district game of the season. The game may determine who is going to the Class 2-1A playoffs...
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Labette County snaps its skid
ALTAMONT — The Labette County Grizzlies used a big third quarter to power their way to a Homecoming victory in a Southeast Kansas League football game on Friday night. The win lifted the Grizzlies to 2-4 on the season and snapped a four-game losing streak. “This was a good win for our kids. They are starting to realize what it takes to win football games,” LCHS coach Shane Holtzman said. “We are starting to come together as a team — dependin...
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Indians will host Olpe
Oswego will host Olpe on Friday OSWEGO — The Oswego Indians held Pittsburg-Colgan scoreless until the second quarter but couldn’t stop the Panthers from scoring big in the final three quarters for a victory in a 2-1A District 1 football game Friday night. Oswego coach Andy Fewin said his team came out hitting hard and tackling really well to open the game. However, the Indian offense failed to score, leaving the teams tied at zero at the en...
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