Sports
Winners of BEARS tourney named
Sixteen area teams entered the boys’ fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade BEARS (Better Edna Area Relations and Support) Basketball Tournament March 5-10 at the Edna Community Building.  Medals were given to second- and third-place teams while the winning team was awarded a trophy. Sixth-grade teams were entered from Altamont, Edna, Meadow View, Mound Valley, Oswego and St. Patrick’s. St. Patrick’s placed third, Oswego took second and Edna took fi...
full story
Six locals land on all-SEK first team
The Southeast Kansas League has announced its selections for the 2011-2012 basketball season. Leading the way on the first team were two Parsons High School players from the SEK co-champion Viking squad. Seniors James Jackson and Tevin Johnson were awarded first-team bids with Jackson earning the honor as a unanimous pick. He was joined by James Newton of Coffeyville as the only unanimous picks in the league. It was the third time Jackson's na...
full story
All-CNC League teams announced
Monday, the CNC League released its all-league basketball teams. Erie sophomore Bret McGuire and junior Kailey Cleaver were honored on the girl's team while Erie seniors Keith Marquardt and Keaton Page were honored on the boy's team. The complete list of players is listed below. 2012 All-CNC teams Girls First team — Hadyn Herlocker, Girard junior; Tasha Wampler, Baxter senior; Christine Bone, Southeast senior; Taylor Price, Riverton senior; A...
full story
Tri-Valley League releases postseason teams
Below is the list of all-league Tri-Valley basketball players released Monday. All-Tri-Valley League basketball teams Girls First team Burlington — Madison Stewart, junior; Jacqulyn O'Connor, junior; Sarah Pearson, junior; Breanna Bluma, sophomore Caney — Kayla Clapp, senior; Bethan Barlow, junior Cherryvale — Jasi Adkison, sophomore Eureka — Ashlen Schwartz, junior; Haley Pitko, senior Fredonia — Shelby Baker, junior; Shannon Tindle, junior ...
full story
Labette women fall to Hutch in region tourney
The Labette Community College women's basketball team completed the season Saturday evening in Wichita with a 69-45 loss to Hutchinson (31-0) in the second round of the NJCAA Region VI tourney. The Lady Cardinals returned to the quarterfinals of region play for the first time since 2010 thanks to a victory over Barton Wednesday evening. Labette's reward was a matchup with one of the toughest teams in the country, who took a 27-18 lead into the...
full story
LCC finishes 2-1 at Mid-West Classic
The Labette Community College softball team traveled to Broken Arrow, Okla. over the weekend and went 2-1 in the MId-West JUCO Classic on Saturday before rain cancelled play Sunday. The Lady Cardinals opened the day with a 4-3 victory over Garden City in the a.m. Garden got nine hits off of LCC pitching in the opener but went five innings, and five hits, before they brought a run across home plate. Labette's Jessica Vazquez tossed the first si...
full story
PWC qualifies 13 for districts
The Parsons Wrestling Club had 24 wrestlers make the trip to Pittsburg Saturday to compete in the District 1 South Sub-District tournament at Pittsburg State University. Each wrestler had to place in the top four spots of their bracket to qualify for the District 1 Championship tournament. PWC will have 13 of the 24 move on to the District tournament next week. The team had three wrestlers place first, seven take second and three finish in fou...
full story
Parsons native finds success as wrestling coach
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com The program has his name all over it, and the recent success of Mill Valley wrestling does too. It’s been 12 years since Travis Keal began his time at Mill Valley High School, and each year the team gets better. Keal, a Parsons native and a former Labette Community College wrestler, began coaching 15 years ago in Desoto before taking on the head coaching duties at Mill Valley during the opening year of the ...
full story
Cards finish season in loss
The Labette Community College men’s basketball team fell 78-75 to Cloud County Wednesday evening in Concordia to complete the 2011-12 season. Cloud entered the game as the No. 3 seed out of the West bracket in Region VI and hosted LCC, which was the No. 6 seed in the East. Labette had a shot at a triple to tie the game at 78 late, but the attempt rimmed off and Cloud moved to 24-7 and advanced to a matchup with Independence (18-13) Sunday in t...
full story
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Shawnee Phillips of Labette Community College comes up with a loose ball during a second-half rally over Barton Wednesday evening. The LCC women defeated the Cougars 69-63 to move into an NJCAA Region VI quarterfinal matchup with Hutchinson (30-0) on Saturday in Wichita.
LCC women down Barton, will face Hutch Saturday
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com The stats tell one story. The final score tells another. Consider this — Labette shot just 27 percent Wednesday. The Lady Cardinals were outrebounded 54-31. They also trailed by as many as 14 in the second half and never led in regulation. But Labette’s on its way to Wichita thanks to a 69-63 home victory over Barton Wednesday night in the first round of the NJCAA Region VI tourney. “They had a spark in the...
full story
Johnson evens season series with Labette
After opening with two wins Sunday, the LCC baseball team settled for a four-game split with Johnson County after taking two losses Monday afternoon in Overland Park. Labette defeated Johnson 12-5 and 5-2 Sunday but fell 15-4 and 9-8 (10 innings) on Monday. Johnson scored eight runs in the first three innings to lead 8-2 in Monday’s opener before breaking the game wide open with a six-run sixth highlighted by a walk-off homer from Scott Living...
full story
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College sophomore Kala White slaps a bunt during the second inning of game one in a doubleheader with Coffeyville Tuesday afternoon in Parsons. The Lady Cardinals defeated Coffeyville 11-2 and 7-3 Tuesday afternoon in Parsons to improve to 11-6 on the season and 4-0 within the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division.
LCC powers past Coffeyville
The Labette Community College softball team still has a chance to go .500 on its current 10-game home stand. The Lady Cardinals defeated Coffeyville 11-2 and 7-2 Tuesday to move to 3-5 during a stretch of 10 games in eight days. The Cardinals entered the doubleheader at 9-6 overall and on a three-game skid after losing the second game with Marshalltown 10-7 on Friday and dropping a doubleheader with No. 4-ranked Iowa Central Sunday. But the L...
full story
Grizzlies picked to win SEK softball
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- The Southeast Kansas League coaches picked the Iola Mustangs baseball squad and the Labette County Grizzlies softball team as the favorites to top the standings in 2012. That is according to The Ticket -- 99.1 ESPN Radio coaches polls announced during the second annual Southeast Kansas High School Baseball/Softball Media Luncheon at the Watco Companies Conference Room Monday. Iola, playing their last season in the SEK League...
full story
Two local wrestlers named to all-SEK team
Parsons High School senior Thatcher Murdock and Labette County High School senior Spencer Gatewood were named to this year’s all-Southeast Kansas League wrestling team, which was released Tuesday. Murdock was a state-qualifier in Class 4A and finished with a 33-7 record overall in the 132-pound division. Jacob Durossette of Fort Scott earned the first-team bid at 132 pounds. Gatewood, a 285-pound wrestler, earned the honorable mention spot in ...
full story
LCC women to host region game; Cards sweep Greyhounds
Labette Community College will host a regional opener. The LCC women's basketball team won its second in a row and third game in the last four tries with an 89-66 victory over Fort Scott Community College Saturday evening in Parsons. The win avenges a 73-70 loss to the Greyhounds earlier in the season. More importantly, the victory improves the Cardinals to 11-19 overall and 6-8 in region play, giving them a fourth seed in the Eastern Division...
full story
Labette softball drops 3 of 4 over weekend
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com The Labette Community College lost three of four games over the weekend to fall to 3-5 during a 10-game home stand. Labette welcomed Marshalltown College out of Marshalltown, Iowa, on Friday and finished with a two-game split. Labette took the first game 6-1, but Marshalltown rallied for a 10-7 win in the second game. “We have yet to put an entire game together where our offense is doing their job, pitching...
full story
BEARS hosting boys' tourney this week
Sixteen area boys basketball teams are entered in the annual Better Edna Area Relations and Support (BEARS) Basketball Tournament to be held 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. each weekday evening and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday in the Edna Community Building beginning March 5 through March 10.  Admission is free for uniformed team players and coaches with a $1.00 charge for adults and $.50 for youth age five through eighth-grade. Opening rounds will feature ...
full story
Parsons Wrestling Club splits for two events Saturday
The Parsons Wrestling Club sent 17 wrestlers to Park City to compete in the annual Wichita Classic held at Hartman Arena this weekend. There were 805 wrestlers from 74 different teams competing on Saturday. PWC had two individual champions in the tourney and had seven total placers for the day. Parsons also had three wrestlers competing in the Allen County Kids Open held at Iola High School on Saturday. The weekend brought the regular kid's ...
full story
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Wes Krull passes to an open teammate while being guarded by Coffeyville's Quinton Hershey Saturday evening in Coffeyville. The Parsons boy's basketball team fell to Coffeyville 63-45 in the substate championship game. The one-seeded Vikes fall to 20-3 on the year with the loss and finish the season a game away from a return to the state tournament. Parsons trailed 19-17 after a quarter of play but shot 0-13 in the second and Coffeyville led 31-20 at the break on the way to the double-digit win.
Cold shooting too much for Vikings to overcome
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com COFFEYVILLE — In the end, it was poor shooting that did the Vikings in. After shooting over 50 percent for the game in Friday’s win over Labette County, the Parsons High School basketball team made just 12 of 63 attempts Saturday night in a 63-45 loss to substate-host Coffeyville. The loss moves the Vikings to 20-3 on the year and completes their season. “They did a good job of doing what we beat them with ...
full story
Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Sierra Kemp blocks a shot attempt from Girard junior Hadyn Herlocker Saturday evening in Coffeyville. The Vikes had trouble stopping Herlocker Saturday. She scored 29 points and led the Trojans to a 70-66 victory over the Lady Vikings, who trailed 40-29 at the half before pulling into a tie through three quarters. The Lady Vikings finish the season at 17-6 overall and were the Southeast Kansas League champions this season.
Girard edges Parsons in substate finals
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com COFFEYVILLE — The Lady Vikings came up just short. Parsons High School fell to Girard 70-66 Saturday in the finals of the Coffeyville-hosted substate. The Lady Vikings trailed by double digits at the break but raced back into the game in the third quarter with a 22-point showing to set up an exciting fourth. In the final period, Girard made 13 free throws and pulled away from Parsons in the final seconds to...
full story