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Columbus sweeps Parsons
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Parsons High School baseball team is still looking for win No. 1, but the Vikings showed they can compete in Tuesday’s opener. The Vikings played host to Columbus (4-1 overall, 4-0 SEK) Tuesday and fell 8-6 and 13-2 in a doubleheader with the Titans. Things started off nearly the same as the night before for Parsons, who suffered a pair of double-digit losses to Nevada, Mo., on Monday evening. This time, ...
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Neosho County sweeps LCC
The Neosho County Community College baseball team (29-9 overall, 19-5 KJCCC) swept Labette Community College over the weekend to drop the Cardinals to 14-16 overall and 11-13 in Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference play. Labette had little luck in the dual doubleheader against the Panthers, who are a game out of first place in the KJCCC Eastern Division race. Neosho defeated Labette 17-6 to open play on Saturday and needed just five i...
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Lady Vikings split with Columbus
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor It took a week longer than expected, but the Parsons High School softball team has started the 2011 season. After rain delayed a scheduled home doubleheader with Columbus a week ago, the Lady Vikings made up the game on Friday following a road doubleheader with Chanute on Thursday. After sweeping the Comets, Parsons split a pair of games with Columbus Friday to move to 3-1 on the season. “I will take 3-1. I ...
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Chanute sweeps Parsons in doubleheader
CHANUTE — The Vikings were on the wrong end of identical 7-2 scores Thursday evening here as the Parsons High School baseball team fell to 0-2 with a pair of losses to Chanute in the Comets’ home-opener at Paul Lindblad Field at Katy Park. Parsons briefly held a 1-0 lead in the opener against the Comets, who entered the game at 0-4. The score came on an RBI single by junior James Jackson However, Chanute’s Dustin Eccles tied the game in the...
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LCHS girls, Chanute boys win PHS track meet
The 2011 PHS Invitational took place at Parsons High School on Thursday afternoon. The eight-team invite was won by the Labette County High School girls, who scored 167 points; and the Chanute High School boys, who scored 148.5 points. LCHS was joined by host Parsons and Erie High School as the three local schools that competed at the meet. On the girl’s side, five events were won by local competitors. LCHS senior Morgan Workman led the way...
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Lady Grizzlies sweep third series
ALTAMONT — Labette County High School swept its third doubleheader in three tries Thursday evening with a pair of victories over Columbus here. The 9-4 and 13-6 victories were less flashy than a pair of shutout sweeps earlier in the season, but considering the competition the wins were likely more impressive. Columbus entered the game at 0-2, but had narrowly been on the wrong side of the coin earlier in the week against CNC power Girard. I...
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Columbus sweeps Labette County
ALTAMONT — Struggles in the outfield were too much for the Labette County High School baseball team to overcome Thursday evening and the visiting Columbus Titans came away with a two-game sweep. Labette committed seven errors in the opening game and lost 10-2 despite outhitting the visitors. “(Jacob) Wertz threw better today,” LCHS coach Jesse Ybarra said of his starter. “We didn’t play solid defense when we needed to. The game was much clos...
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PHS wins its tennis invitational
Parsons High School tennis gained another feather in the cap Thursday with a first-place finish at the Parsons Invitational Tennis Tournament. Out of six teams, Parsons was the top-placing school with a total of 19 points. The Vikings edged out Southeast Kansas League rival Independence, 18 points, to take the first-place honors as team and finished in the top spot in No. 1 singles, No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles. This is also the first tim...
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Chamber golf tourney set
The Parsons Chamber of Commerce has announced the date for its annual golf tournament to be held at the Katy Golf Course in Parsons. The long-standing tradition of being one of the first major golf outings of the year has returned to the Chamber event with a date of Saturday, May 21. The committee is seeking individuals and businesses interested in sponsorship opportunities. These include competition, refreshment and individual hole sponsors...
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Fishing tourney set in Arma
ARMA — Twenty-two anglers and two active duty soldiers were on hand for the fourth tournament of the Southeast Kansas District 58 American Bass Anglers Tournament Circuit on Saturday. Bone Creek Lake in Arma provided the perfect setting for what many thought would be a pre-spawn free-for-all, but a week of below-normal temperatures had the water dropping by as much as 10 degrees, sending the already spawn-staging fish headed back to deeper w...
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LC takes on Coffeyville
COFFEYVILLE — Baseball season opened for Labette County High School on Tuesday afternoon when the Grizzlies took on the Golden Tornado here. The two teams split the doubleheader to move to 1-1 within the Southeast Kansas League. Labette County took the opener 23-18, and Coffeyville salvaged a split with an 8-2 victory in game two. The two teams combined for 27 hits in the opener in a game that was far from short on fireworks. After two innin...
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Parsons, LCHS golf travel to Iola
The Parsons and Labette County High School golf teams had a busy afternoon Tuesday. The two teams split into varsity and junior varsity and attended two tournaments at two different locations. The varsity teams traveled to Iola for the Iola Invitational. There, the Vikings survived extremely windy conditions and were able to fire a 357 as a team, good for third place. “This is the first time in a long time that our team has medaled. We play...
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Girls move to 4-0 with two more shutouts
COFFEYVILLE — Through four games the Labette County High School softball team has yet to surrender a run. The LCHS Lady Grizzlies improved to 4-0 overall and in Southeast Kansas League play on Tuesday with a pair of double-digit victories over the Golden Tornado. Labette pitcher Allie Reynolds had a big day at the plate, but it was overshadowed by her performance on the mound. Reynolds totaled 19 strikeouts in two games and gave up just one ...
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Viking swimmers travel to Winfield
WINFIELD — The Parsons High School swim team traveled to Winfield Tuesday for the 2011 Winfield Invitational. The Vikings took six swimmers to the invite and finished with two second-place finishes overall. The top placers were junior Reagan Argo, who took second in the 200-yard freestyle (2:53.97) and freshman Sydney Markley, who took second in the 100 freestyle (1:07.37). “Returning swimmers Reagan Argo, Bliss Betzen, Taylor Piva and Kie...
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Erie track begins 2011 season
CHEROKEE — The Erie High School track team opened the 2011 season on Tuesday in Cherokee at the Southeast Invitational. In the girls’ division, Ronni Pontious placed second in the javelin and took sixth in the shot put. On the boys’ side, Chris Bohrer placed second in the javelin, and Christian Murphy took second in the 300-meter hurdles. Murphy also finished in third in the high hurdles, while Bohrer had a fifth-place finish in both hurdle...
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SEK all-stars compete
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor PITTSBURG — Eight local athletes took part in the annual U.S. Army KSEK/KLKC All-Star Game here Sunday afternoon. The annual event split the best talent in the area from the Southeast Kansas, CNC and Tri-Valley Leagues into even teams for a girls and boys basketball game. A 3-point contest for girls and boys and dunk contest for boys was also held. Team KSEK was the winning team in both contests. The day bega...
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Williams gets hole-in-one
Long-time golfer Larry Williams accomplished a rare feat Thursday afternoon when he smacked a hole-in-one on the No. 6 hole at the Katy Golf Course. Williams was accompanied by Dick Ney during his round of golf. The ace was shot from a temporary tee box on the Par 3 sixth hole. The distance of the shot was estimated to be around 100 yards.
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PHS finishes first at Indy tennis meet
INDEPENDENCE — The Parsons and Labette County High School students were able to avoid rain here Thursday afternoon and competed in the Independence Invitational tennis tourney. For the Vikings, the tournament ended with a first-place finish as the PHS players tied with the Independence varsity in the five-team tourney. The Vikings finished perfect against Fort Scott, Arkansas City and Labette County and salvaged a 2-2 split with Independence...
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LCHS, Parsons compete at Indy golf invite
INDEPENDENCE — Local golfers faced cold and windy conditions on Thursday as they competed in the Independence Invitational Golf Tournament. For Parsons High School, the invite kicked off the 2011 season while Labette County High School players were competing in their second tourney of the week and season after traveling to Miami, Okla., on Monday. As a team, the Labette County golfers fired a 373 to finish in sixth place and one shot back of ...
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Track season begins at LCHS meet
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor ALTAMONT — Friday evening marked the beginning of the 2011 track and field season for local schools with the 2011 LCHS Invitational here. The Parsons and Labette County High School teams were joined by eight other schools with members of the Southeast Kansas League, CNC League and Tri Valley League being represented. At the varsity boys level, the Fort Scott Tigers took home first-place honors with 84.5 total ...
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