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Labette County teams gain first wins in Burlington
BURLINGTON — Labette County had four players in double figures in a lopsided 52-37 win over Sabetha in the Burlington Invitational Tuesday night. With the win, Labette County will play Hayden High from Topeka at 8:15 p.m. Friday. Hayden defeated Paola to advance. Labette County created a 21-10 lead at halftime and outscored the Sabetha Bluejays 19-8 in the third quarter to seal the win. “We played excellent offense in the first half,” LCHS ...
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Lady Chargers crush Humboldt
HUMBOLDT — The Lady Chargers from Cherryvale High School blew out Humboldt here Friday night 52-18. Three players were in double figures for Cherryvale. Andrea Hucke scored 14 points to lead the team and the game. J. Adkison added 11 points and K. Main had 10 for Cherryvale. “I was happy with the girls’ effort,” said Cherryvale girls’ coach David Smedley. “We wanted to get off to a good start then try to work on some things. Mary (Hucke) and...
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LCHS sweeps Chanute
CHANUTE — It took the full 32 minutes, but the Labette County High School boys basketball team beat a tough Chanute team on the road Friday night. After the first half, the Grizzlies were down 23-20. They fell behind more in the third quarter. Going into the fourth, the Comets led 34-27, but Labette outscored the Comets 14-6 in the final period for a 41-40 win. The winning shot came on a buzzer-beating, 3-point shot by Mitchell Smith. Coach ...
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Oswego boys defeat St. Paul; St. Paul girls win
OSWEGO — Oswego High School’s boys took an early lead against St. Paul here Friday night and never looked back, holding on for a 50-41 lead. St. Paul threatened in the third quarter, but lost ground in the fourth to end the surge. Ryan Shields gave Oswego the push it needed in the third quarter to keep up with St. Paul, scoring 13 of his 15 team-high and game-high points in the second half. Oswego had two other players in double figures on t...
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Poor free throw shooting sinks Vikes again
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor A different team lined up across from Parsons Friday evening, but the same culprit defeated the Vikings and handed them their second loss in a row. Parsons High School dropped to 5-2 on Friday with a 47-40 loss. The Vikings’ encore to last week’s 6 of 20 effort from the line was a 3 of 13 performance that kept them out of the game. Independence (5-3) overcame its struggles and finished 9 of 14 from the line in...
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Dorothy E. ‘Dee’ Haraughty
CHETOPA — Dorothy E. “Dee” Haraughty, 44, of Chetopa died at 5:04 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011, at her home following a courageous four-year battle with cancer. She was born on June 28, 1966, in Mesa, Ariz., to Joseph and Clestina Haraughty. She had lived in Chetopa since 2004. She had worked in area convenience stores and the Sonic in Joplin, and was also a Southeast Kansas Independent Living worker for a time. She enjoyed fishing and hunti...
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Parsons girls defeat Indy
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Tuesday’s cancellation did little to stymie the momentum of the Parsons High School girls basketball team Friday as the Vikings knocked off Independence (4-4) 40-36 to grab their second victory in a row going into mid-season tournament week. Parsons opened up an 11-point lead at the break on the way to the four-point win and kept Independence from getting any easy looks in a game that played much like the first...
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League co-leading Cowley survives late scare from Labette
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The box score just doesn’t do Wednesday night’s women’s basketball game between Cowley and Labette any justice. The Cardinals cut a 30-point deficit down to nine against one of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference’s division leaders, but the Cowley Tigers held on thanks to regained poise down the stretch, and the Tigers came away with a 78-59 victory to improve to 12-5 overall and 5-0 in the KJCCC. L...
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Tigers too much for Labette Wednesday
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Sooner than later, a top dog in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference is going to get knocked off by the Labette men. The Cardinals welcomed Cowley County Community College (4-1 KJCCC, 13-4 overall) on Wednesday evening. Going into the first timeout, Labette hung close with the Tigers, but a key five-minute stretch gave the Tigers a nine-point lead going into the break. The Tigers continued to hold th...
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Rubber matches highlight week two in NFL playoffs
In its NFL form, football is made to be played on Sunday. I don’t think I’ll get much argument on that. Sure, Thanksgiving games are fun and Monday Night Football has given the world many, many memories, but the brunt of the games are decided on Sunday. It’s just natural to take a Sunday afternoon and spend it on the couch with football. This of course is my reasoning for missing half my picks last weekend. It was Saturday’s fault. It threw...
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LCHS wrestling returns to action with full slate
The Labette County High School wrestling team began the 2011 portion of its schedule on Saturday morning at the Augusta Invitational in Augusta. Six Grizzlies competed, and four of the grapplers placed in their weight classes. Highlighting the day was Colton Grant, who came home with a fourth-place finish at 152 pounds. Grant opened the day with a pinfall loss to Josh Miller of Andover Central, but reeled off three straight wins over Alan Fa...
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LCC teams drop tight battles to league foe Independence
INDEPENDENCE — At least record-wise, the Labette Community College men’s and women’s basketball teams entered Saturday’s rumble with Independence Community College as heavy underdogs, but the Cardinals gave the Pirates everything they wanted in two LCC losses. The Lady Cardinals began the night against undefeated, and through three league games untested, ICC women. LCC fell behind 35-23 at the half, but made a game of it in the second before...
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MS begins play
The Parsons Middle School boys basketball team opened its season Thursday against Independence. However, Parsons finished 0-3 in the three games. The B team lost 31-15, the seventh-grade team lost a close one 32-30 and the eighth-grade team fell 38-21. “I thought all three teams played with a lot of effort. We just turned the ball over too much in every game. The first game is always good to see some of the things you need to work on,” said ...
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Viking wrestling to host Thursday
The Parsons High School wrestling team will host its first home event of the year on Thursday when it welcomes Frontenac and Jayhawk-Linn for dual action. The duals will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the main gymnasium at Parsons High School.
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Spring Fling set
On Feb. 19, there will be a Spring Fling disc golf tourney at Idle Hour Lake near Altamont. Registration for the tourney will be from 8 to 9 a.m., with a players meeting following at 9:15 a.m. and tee-off at 9:30 a.m. The tourney will have two 18-hole rounds, with the afternoon round beginning at 1 p.m. The ace fund will be $1, and mulligans will be $1. There will be a limit of three putts and two drivers per round. Awards will be given t...
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Schools postpone games
All area basketball games for Tuesday evening were cancelled because of the weather and will be rescheduled on dates to be determined. Make-up dates for the five games on the local schedule will be published as they become available.
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Parsons girls earn first win
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The monkey on the back of the Parsons girls basketball team is finally gone, but it nearly turned into a gorilla. The Vikings defeated Chanute 47-41 in a blowout turned nail-biter Friday evening at home. After leading by as many as 20, Parsons failed to shut Chanute out until the final minutes of the game. Still, the Vikings were able to triumph to get the first victory on the season, which moves them to 1-5 o...
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Poor shooting sinks Parsons boys
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Sometimes the game of basketball can come down to the simplest of problems. Bits and pieces of execution here and there can turn into the difference between a win and a loss. That was exactly what happened on Friday evening when the Parsons High School basketball team lost its first game of the year to Chanute (6-1). Parsons failed to convert from the free-throw line and finished 6 of 20 overall in a 60-54 home...
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Erie takes two from Uniontown
ERIE — Erie High School boys basketball team defeated Uniontown here Friday night 59-52. Justin Hartzell scored 15 points on the night to lead Erie’s offense. Jacob Daniel and Keith Marquardt each had nine points. The win moves Erie to 4-4 on the year. Erie teams will host Neodesha on Tuesday. In the junior varsity game, Erie won 44-38. Kyle Spielbusch scored 17 points in the win, which gives the JV a 7-1 record. The Erie girls team starte...
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Indy takes two from Grizzlies
ALTAMONT — Poor shooting in the second half doomed Labette County High School in a 37-26 loss to Independence here Friday. The Grizzlies were a different team in the first half, outscoring Indy 16-13 after two quarters and shooting 62 percent from inside the arc. In the second half, Labette County shot 27 percent from two-point range and Independence 58 percent. Indy outscored Labette 24-10. In the final quarter, Labette County only managed t...
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