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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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Galena defeats Parsons
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor For the second-straight week the Vikings faced off against a CNC League opponent on Friday night. This time things didn’t turn out nearly as well for them. After defeating Southeast 50-0 in week five, the Parsons High School football team fell to Galena (5-1) by a 20-7 margin on Homecoming Friday evening. The Vikings drop to 3-3 with the loss. The Galena Bulldogs pounded the ball on the ground all evening. I...
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Five Lady Vikes qualify for state
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Five Vikings will be representing the Southeast Kansas League and area in the state tennis tournament next week after qualifying for state in the Class 4A regional tourney held by Parsons. The two-day tournament began Friday. Each of the top six singles players and doubles teams still standing after Saturday will have earned a spot in the state field next weekend. For Parsons, junior singles competitor Sarah O...
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Vikings face Galena for Homecoming
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Parsons High School football team will enter districts with at least a .500 record, but they’d rather be two games over the middle mark. Parsons will put its 3-2 record on the line against the Galena Bulldogs (4-1) this evening. The Bulldogs have emerged as a Class 3A power in the past several seasons and marched all the way to the state semi-finals a season ago before falling to eventual runner-up Marysv...
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Middle school tennis
Tuesday, the Parsons Middle School Vikings hosted their final tennis match of the season in Parsons. The Vikings hosted Wichita Collegiate and Independence. “The girls played hard and gave it their all,” said Vikings coach Molly Kearns, who added she was proud of the Vikings effort this season. Below are final results Vikings MS tennis Tuesday, Sept. 6 Vs. Wichita Collegiate Singles Carmen Minot (W) defeated Rayleigh Long (P) 6-0 Emil...
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Labette County prepares for Mustangs
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Two teams expect to come home with a victory Friday evening. Only one can meet the expectations. The Labette County High School football team (1-4) is in the middle of a four-game losing streak. The Grizzlies haven’t tasted a win since the opening game of the season against Fort Scott in a 26-24 victory on Sept. 3. However, the competition has been fierce in the last four weeks. The Grizzlies have faced off ...
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PHS frosh win
The Parsons High School freshmen volleyball team was victorious in all three of its matches on Tuesday evening when the team traveled to Independence. The Vikings defeated Fort Scott 23-24, 27-25, 15-12 to begin the night before knocking off rival Labette County High School 11-25, 25-22, 15-6. In the third and final match of the night the Vikings defeated Independence 25-17, 24-26, 15-5. Auriana Jackson led the Vikings with 25 kills, 25 ser...
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Indians prepare for Colony-Crest
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The St. Paul Indians want nothing more than to prove the rest of the coaches in the Three Rivers League right Friday evening. The Indians (3-2) will be on the road to face Colony-Crest (4-1) in a matchup between teams 1-0 within the district and TRL. The Indians entered the season as the favorites to win the TRL this season by gathering 25 points, and five first-place votes, to lead all other division schools....
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Clash of the 2-1A titans is Friday
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Much more will be known about Class 2-1A Kansas football Friday evening, especially after one particular district 1 game. Friday the Oswego Indians (5-0) will host the Pittsburg-Colgan Panthers (5-0). The similarities don’t stop with the records either. Both teams have looked dominant this season, outscoring opponents by a combined score of 488 to just 52. Each team is just under 10 points away from averaging ...
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Chetopa Hornets seek district win
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Chetopa Hornets have a bad taste in their mouths entering Friday evening’s district game with Yates Center. The Chetopa High School football team (2-3 overall 0-1 district) will take on the Yates Center Wildcats (1-4 overall, 0-1 district) Friday evening in Chetopa. The Hornets will look to get their first win in districts after a 42-34 loss to Colony-Crest in week five. In that game, Chetopa fell behind 2...
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Ong wins SEK singles title
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Bulldogs finally edged out the Vikings, but barely. The Parsons High School tennis team finished as first runner-up Saturday in Chanute at the Southeast Kansas League Tournament. The Vikings fell two points shy of Independence, who won the tourney with 31 points as a team. “The SEK championship was not decided until all the finals matches were completed and Indy edged us out by two points,” said Parsons he...
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Cherryvale prepares for Eureka
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Cherryvale Chargers will continue their march towards a third-straight Tri-Valley League title on Friday evening when they host Eureka (3-2) for Homecoming. However, it’s not the same Eureka team that the Chargers pounded a season ago. Last year the Chargers easily handled the Tornadoes in a 56-6 victory midway through the season. It marked the fourth consecutive victory over Eureka for Cherryvale, and the...
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LCHS avenges loss to Comets
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Both teams were due for a break from Southeast Kansas League action. The Labette County and Parsons high school volleyball teams both competed in an eight-team tournament this weekend. They were joined by Erie, St. Paul, Jayhawk-Linn, Columbus, Coffeyville and the host Chanute. The Grizzlies had an undefeated run to the finals in the tournament. They finished with a 5-0 record to take first overall. The Viking...
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Parsons Police Youth Football League competes in Erie
Saturday, Sept. 25 in Erie Flag Division Parsons Vikings 24, Parsons Panthers 12 Parsons Vikings — Coach Donny Peak reported that Matthew Ray scored four touchdowns in the win over the Panthers. He said that “Duke” Herman added some nice runs. On defense, coach Peak said Kooper Peak and Trinity Fields had multiple flag pulls and led the way. Parsons Panthers — Coach Jason Langston reported that Ethan Houk had six carries for 112 yards and...
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PMS tennis team competes
WICHITA — The Parsons Middle School tennis team traveled to Wichita on Wednesday for a four-team tourney. The Vikings placed fourth as a team. First names of Parsons’ opponents were unavailable. In No. 1 singles, Rayleigh Long of Parsons lost to Reidmiller of Wichita Independent 8-0 and to Ramsey of Wichita Collegiate 8-0 to finish in fourth. In No. 2 singles, Emily Gatewood lost to Mantovani of Wichita Collegiate 8-0 and to Farha of Wichit...
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Second half of season begins with tonight’s games
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor I think it’s my job as a sports editor to make the observation that a certain season is passing quicker than expected, so here goes. Man, this year is going fast! I know. I know. It’s pretty cliche, but it is worth noting midway through tonight’s games will be the halfway point of the season for the majority of the teams in the area. As I write this, everyone still has a hope for the playoffs, however. Anythi...
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