Sports
Parsons boys 2nd in league
CHANUTE — In the end, Independence was too much to overcome. The Independence Bulldog tennis team again took the Southeast Kansas League title here Thursday. Indy finished with 31 points overall and took first in No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. In No. 1 singles Nick Romans defeated Parsons’ Payton Hays in the finals while Gavin Webster and Tyler Posch of Indy took home the No. 1 doubles title. The Parsons High School tennis team took secon...
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Lady Grizzlies closer to league title
INDEPENDENCE — The Labette County High School softball team took two steps toward a second-consecutive league title on Thursday. The Lady Grizzlies improved to 13-0 overall and 10-0 in the Southeast Kansas League with a two-game sweep over the Bulldogs (4-5 overall, 4-4 SEK). The wins give Labette double digits in conference wins heading into a week which features Chanute and rival Parsons on the schedule. Labette had no trouble getting rid...
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Coffeyville hosts track meet
COFFEYVILLE — Six Southeast Kansas League schools were joined by Neosho High School Friday evening here for the 2011 Coffeyville Invitational. Neosho dominated the competition by winning the girl’s division with a score of 210, nearly 100 points in front of second-place Chanute, and winning the boy’s division by eight points over Chanute with 125 points. On the girl’s side, LCHS came in third overall with 77 points while Parsons had 19 to fi...
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MS tennis season ends
The Parsons Middle School tennis team finished the spring season with a trip to Independence on Wednesday for a dual with the Bulldogs. The meet was the last of the season for the Vikings. Results for the Independence dual are below. “The have performed very well over the course of the season,” said Parsons MS tennis coach Molly Kearns. Wednesday, April 27 Independence duals Singles Anthony Morton (P) lost to Patrick Hardy (I) 8-1. Anth...
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Pittsburg sweeps Vikings
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Parsons High School entered Thursday’s doubleheader looking for its first win of the season. Unfortunately, one of the top teams the Vikings have faced all year were on the other side of the scoreboard. The PHS baseball team welcomed Pittsburg High School (9-1 SEK, 7-1 overall) for a pair of games at the Labette Community College baseball diamond in Marvel Park. The Purple Dragons pulled off a 7-2 and 20-2 swee...
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Labette County hosts golf event
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Clear skies and calm weather greeted Parsons and Labette County High School golfers here Thursday in the first varsity action in nearly two weeks. The LCHS Grizzlies hosted the other eight schools in the Southeast Kansas League for a league tournament at the Parsons Golf Club. Independence shot a 320 as a team to take home first in the meet while Pittsburg took second with a 335 and Parsons shot a 342 to place...
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MS Vikes meet Indy
The Parsons Middle School tennis team finished the spring season with a trip to Independence on Wednesday for a dual with the Bulldogs. The meet was the last of the season for the Vikings. Results for the Independence dual are below. “The have performed very well over the course of the season,” said Parsons MS tennis coach Molly Kearns. Wednesday, April 27 Independence duals Singles Anthony Morton (P) lost to Patrick Hardy (I) 8-1. Anth...
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Julich’s grand slam highlights Lady Grizzlies’ impressive wins
ALTAMONT — If there was any doubt who is in the driver’s seat in the Southeast Kansas League race going into Tuesday, it was quickly erased. Labette County High School (11-0 overall, 8-0 SEK) swept its closest competitor in the league race in visiting Fort Scott (7-3 overall, 6-2 SEK) Tuesday to jump out to a convincing lead at the midway point of the SEK league schedule. The Grizzlies had hitting, pitching and just about everything else on ...
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Lady Vikings sweep area visitors Tuesday evening
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Nature was about the only thing that could interfere with Taylor Kemp getting her 30th strikeout of the night Tuesday evening. The Parsons High School junior pitcher will have to settle for 29 K’s and the school’s first-ever perfect game. The Parsons softball team improved to 7-3 overall with a win each over Chetopa and St. Paul. For the second year in a row, the three schools faced off in a triangular matchu...
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3-on-3 tournament
The Altamont Lions Club will have its 10th annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament on May 7. The tournament will begin at 10 a.m. at Harrison Gymnasium at Labette County High School in Altamont. The entry fee is $20 per player. A drink and hot dog are included in the entry fee price. This will be an open men’s division, and teams will be guaranteed at least three games. Winners will be given championship T-shirts. A concession stand will be av...
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PHS wins 11 at tourney
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Parsons and Independence avoided each other Tuesday, but all bets are off Thursday. The Parsons High School tennis team finished play here Tuesday with the most points of five Southeast Kansas League teams who visited for a final tune-up before Thursday’s SEK tourney in Chanute. However, before play was finished lightening and rain in the area halted play. The Vikings went 11-0 in finished matches and were the...
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Events rained out
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Rain, rain go away. The beginning of the popular children’s rhyme has also become a cry from coaches, players, parents and administrators as local schools deal with weather delays in spring sports. Storms and rain have forced Parsons and Labette County High School to postpone scheduled home dates in baseball, softball, tennis and golf while away track meets have twice been cancelled. The postponements turn in...
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Statewide tennis meet
WICHITA — Sixteen of the top tennis teams in Kansas competed in the Wichita Collegiate Tournament of Champions Saturday. The annual tournament features some of the top teams in the state from all classifications. Parsons High School was in attendance Saturday and held its own, placing seventh as a team. Host Wichita Collegiate Blue, which was one of two teams the school had entered in the tournament, placed first overall with 101 points as a...
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Cards drop two Thursday, prepare for regionals
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor EL DORADO — Half No. 2 of back-to-back long road trips put an end to the Labette Community College softball team’s 11-game winning streak Thursday here when Butler Community College defeated Labette twice in two, one-run games. The Lady Cardinals, coming off a sweep of Highland Community College to earn their first Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division title the day before, lost to Butler...
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Devils track competes
The Erie High School track team competed in the 14-team Fredonia Relays on Thursday. Chris Bohrer took second place in the javelin throw to lead the way for the Red Devil tracksters. Christian Murphy had a fifth-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles and took sixth in the discus. In relays, Murphy and Bohrer were joined by Josh Forbes and Lane Brewer in the 1600 relay. The team placed sixth overall. The Red Devils will again be in action on...
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Finding new high school activities presents challenges
The A-Game By Anthony Cook Sports Editor OK, OK; it’s been a while. I haven’t done much in the way of column writing of late, and I’ll withhold excuses. What I will do is say that the rain has opened up my schedule quite a bit. Don’t plan ahead in the spring right? In any case I feel rusty, so I’m going to get back into the swing of things the best way I know. Topics of a more serious lean will have to wait. For now let’s talk about the ...
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Lady Cardinals win league title
HIGHLAND — No one can say the Cardinals didn’t earn it. The Labette Community College softball team completed its Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division schedule Wednesday afternoon with a pair of victories over Highland Community College. The 5-3 and 4-1 victories not only ended KJCCC play for the Lady Cardinals, they also clinched an outright KJCCC Eastern Division title. The Cardinals had to make up ground to win th...
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LCHS JV plays at Chanute
On Monday the Labette County High School junior varsity softball team traveled to Chanute to take on the Lady Comets for a doubleheader. Errors plagued the Lady Grizzlies as they fell 11-3 in the first game of the night. Molly Stevenson led the team in hitting with two hits; while Brynn Green, Darcy Cole, Teak Wood, Chellsea Harness and Bethany Holsinger each added one hit. Green got the loss at the mound but tossed four strikeouts. T...
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Two local bowlers inducted into HOF
The Parsons Women’s Bowling Association inducted Gloria Kerr and Jeanine Dodds into the local Hall of Fame at its recent spring meeting. The ladies are the first to be inducted since a change from the Women’s International Bowling Congress to the United States Bowling Congress. Kerr started her bowling career at the age of 15 and has been bowling for over 50 years. She has bowled on numerous leagues over the years and has participated in loca...
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Parsons, Labette tennis compete in Towanda
TOWANDA — Two local schools got a taste of south-central Kansas tennis Monday afternoon when Parsons and Labette County High School traveled to Towanda for the Circle Varsity Tennis Invitational hosted by Circle High School. Parsons avenged a second-place finish a season ago by toppling the seven other teams in the tournament. The Vikings finished with 68 points overall and three first-place finishes. The 68 points were enough to unseat defe...
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