Sports
PHS JV softball wins third in row Friday
The Parsons High School junior varsity softball team earned a pair of victories over Coffeyville Friday to improve to 3-5 overall. Parsons won the opener 14-4 behind seven hits and seven walked batters. Haley Flores led the team at the plate with a double and single, and Shelbi Carpenter fanned five batters to get the victory. In game two, Parsons won 5-1 to win its third in a row. The Vikes scored three runs in the first inning to jump ah...
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USD 506 track meet
USD 506 Junior High League Track Meet Tuesday, May 3 Girls Team standings — 1. Meadow View 129; 2. Bartlett 106; 3. Edna 96; 4. Altamont 64; 5. Mound Valley 25. Individual results Shot put — 1. H. Nalley (Meadow View), 28-9.5. 2. C. Sorrell (Bartlett), 27-09.5. 3. M. Scott (Meadow View), 27-07. 4. White (Altamont), 27-0. 5. Stewart (Altamont), 25-06. 6. Butler (Edna), 23-04.75; Discus — 1. A. Burke, (Meadow View), 74-08. 2. McCoach (Ed...
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Labette County takes opener; Parsons wins game two for first win of year
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — Parsons will be represented at state tennis this year — times four. Parsons High School sophomore Payton Hays and senior Corentin Prevot qualified for the state tournament in singles while juniors John Paul Hurley and Parker Robertson qualified for the doubles tournament Friday with their play at the two-day Independence state tennis qualifier. Hays went undefeated at the tennis regional and ove...
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Labette County takes opener; Parsons wins game two for first win of year
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor ALTAMONT — Parsons High School got its first win of the season, and the Labette County High School baseball team split a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader for the third time this year here Thursday in the annual twin bill between the two SEK rivals. The home Grizzlies (4-8 overall, 3-7 SEK) took the first game 8-6 before Parsons (1-13 overall, 1-11 SEK) won game two 7-3 to get its first victory of the season...
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SPHS knocks off Bulldogs
GALENA — The St. Paul Indians got a 15-strikeout effort out of starting pitcher Riley O’Brien and improved to 9-3 overall here Thursday in a road, non-league contest against the Galena Bulldogs. The Indians won their fifth game of the week 5-1 behind the strong performance by the sophomore starter, who threw all seven innings and allowed just four hits to shut out the Bulldogs over the final six innings. The win gives St. Paul a victory over...
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Calvin Priest Memorial results
Below are the results for the Calvin Priest Memorial disc golf tourney from Saturday afternoon. The memorial doubles tourney was 36 holes and was held at Idle Hour Lake in Altamont and the Parsons Arboretum. Calvin Priest Memorial Saturday, April 30 Junior division — 1. Eric Spencer, Devin Allison (178). Recreation division — 1. Shawn Trieber, Jay Manly (107). 2. Mike Carson, Aaron Spencer (108). 3. Alex Stoneberger, Seth Swafford (108). ...
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Parsons MS golf
The Parsons Middle School golf team finished the year with a strong outing last week at its home invitational at the Katy Golf Course. The Vikings finished fourth overall. Max Newland led the way by earning medalist honors, and Buzz Jones and Ben Brewer were the next two highest-placing Vikings. This year in the girls’ division, Jessica Haynes and Shaunna Mears each earned medals while Newland, Jones and Brewer each earned medals in 2011 on ...
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EHS track travels
The Erie track team competed at Cherryvale Thursday. Ronni Pontious earned two gold medals for her finishes in the shot put and javelin to lead the Red Devils. Christian Cornett placed second in the high jump, fifth in the long jump and sixth in the high hurdles to round out the Red Devil ladies’ day. On the boys’ side, Chris Bohrer had a third-place finish in the javelin and in the high hurdles while Christian Murphy placed third in the 30...
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St. Paul swimmer qualifies for state
The St. Paul High School swimming team traveled to Osawatomie on Wednesday. St. Paul swimmer Brytany Stewart finished with times in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 freestyle that qualified her for state late this month. Elsewhere, Sara Greenough finished with a personal best in the 100 breaststroke, and Erin Tuck finished with a personal best in the 100 backstroke. In the 200 freestyle relay, Greenough, Tuck and Stewart were joined by Jamie My...
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Sweep gives Labette ladies 2011 SEK crown
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor ALTAMONT — A late home run and a little help from a previous foe gave the Labette County High School softball team its second Southeast Kansas League title in a row here Thursday night. The LCHS softball team improved to 18-1 overall and 14-0 within the SEK with a sweep of Parsons High School (11-5 overall, 9-5 SEK). The win coupled with a Fort Scott loss to Columbus Thursday was enough to clinch the outright ...
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LCHS to hold baseball clinic
The Labette County High School baseball program will be conducting a summer baseball prep clinic for baseball players age 8 and up, coaches and parents on Saturday, May 14 from 10 a.m. to noon at Vic George Baseball Field in Altamont. Former Grizzly all-state and all-SEK League baseball standouts will be in town to teach fundamentals and take-home activities for players, coaches and parents to work with all year round. Clinic coaches will ...
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Cards’ volleyball camp announced
The Labette Community College volleyball team will have its 2011 summer camp June 1-3. The camp will be divided into three divisions; with fourth- through sixth-graders camping from 8 to 11 a.m., seventh- through ninth-graders camping from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 10th- through 12th-graders camping from 5 to 8 p.m. LCC head volleyball coach Jennifer Ginn and assistant coach Sherrie Blackburn will be joined by 15 LCC volleyball players as instr...
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Local track teams travel to Independence Tuesday
INDEPENDENCE — The Independence High School track team hosted eight other squads Tuesday for its annual track meet. Arkansas City High School was the big winner on both sides. The Ark City girls gathered 135 points to win the meet. Labette County High School came in second overall with 90.5 points, and Parsons was fifth with 53. Ark City also won the boys’ division with 146 points, 56 more than second-place Fort Scott. Parsons was third ov...
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Four Vikings state bound
INDEPENDENCE — Tennis season will continue for four local players next week in the Class 4A state tournament. Payton Hays, Corentin Prevot, John Paul Hurley and Parker Robertson of Parsons all qualified for the state tournament by going 2-0 on the opening day of the area Class 4A regional here Thursday. The four will begin semifinal play this morning. Hays and Prevot will square off against one another and guarantee the Vikes will have a si...
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Big seventh leads Grizzlies past Comets; Reynolds Ks 26 in sweep
ALTAMONT — Friday’s first loss of the season almost turned into a losing streak here Tuesday, but timely hitting turned things around for the Labette County High School softball team. LCHS improved to 16-1 overall and 12-0 within the Southeast Kansas League Tuesday with a pair of wins over Chanute (6-10 overall, 6-6 SEK). The opening win was a rarity for LCHS in league play this season — it took a come-from-behind effort. Labette won 2-1 afte...
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Erie track competes
Two second-place finishes highlighted the Erie High School track team’s performance at the Baxter Springs Invitational Tuesday evening. Chris Bohrer took second overall in the javelin and teammate Christian Murphy brought home a silver in the 300-meter hurdles. Erie also had a fourth-place finish by Bohrer in the high hurdles. Murphy added another medal in the shot put, where he took fifth, and Jamie Lovett took fifth overall in the javeli...
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Labette places nine on KJCCC teams
The KJCCC Eastern Division champion Labette Community College softball team (40-13 overall, 21-5 KJCCC) has been awarded for its season so far with nine selections to the 2011 Kansas Jayhawk Community college Conference Softball All-Conference teams. In addition, the Cardinals also were given awards for the Coach of the Year (Ryan Phillips), the Most Valuable Player (Taylor Paulson) and the Freshman of the Year (Lacie Cook). Phillips helped ...
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PHS, LCHS golfers travel to Coffeyville
COFFEYVILLE — The Golden Tornado hosted the Field Kindley High School Invitational here Tuesday and Coffeyville was able to win its home meet by firing a 332 under nice conditions at Hillcrest Golf Course. Coffeyville ended the day seven strokes clear of Southeast Kansas League rival Pittsburg to top the 11-team field. Chanute finished in third with a 340. Parsons High School came in sixth with a 364 and Labette County shot a 389 to finish i...
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Indians start long week 4-0
The St. Paul High School baseball team improved to 8-3 on the season Tuesday evening with a pair of wins over Altoona. St. Paul opened with a 25-0 victory in three innings before winning game two 17-2 in the second game of the doubleheader. The win moves St. Paul to 7-2 in Three Rivers League play. The Indians opened with a 12-hit performance in the opener. St. Paul scored 17 runs in the first and eight players scored twice in the inning. ...
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Vikings come from behind to earn eighth in row
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Vikings are playing their best softball, and it couldn’t come at a better time. Parsons High School improved to 11-3 overall and 9-3 in the Southeast Kansas League with a two-game home sweep over Coffeyville (0-12 overall, 0-12 SEK) Monday. The eight-game winning streak comes after Parsons followed up a 3-0 start to the year with a three-game losing streak to drop to .500. Parsons opened the doubleheader ...
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