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MS wrestling
On Monday the Parsons Middle School Vikings had their first tournament of the 2010 wrestling season at Fredonia. The Vikings walked away placing seven out of 14 competitors. The Vikings were led by Kennan Dodd and Jumani Coleman, who both had first-place finishes. Rand Hurley, Dylan Misener, Anthony Morton, Jamel Nelson and Bryan Walker all earned second-place medals at the event.
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All-SEK football teams announced
Southeast Kansas all-league selections for the 2010 football season were released this week. Pittsburg High School led the way with 12 selections on the all-SEK team while Independence added 11 and Chanute finished with 10 selections. Independence had a 12th player represented at the kicker position. The Parsons and Labette County High School football teams each had five selections named to the season teams. The SEK all-league teams are not...
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ABA District 58 holds Big Hill tourney
District 58 of the American Bass Anglers in Southeast Kansas held its second tournament for the 2011 season recently on Big Hill Lake just west of Parsons. Weights were impressive with the top four slots hitting double digits. Kicking off at safe light, anglers had to brave a chilly morning that gave way to a wonderful afternoon. Some winds from the southeast moved in throughout the middle of the day prompting some anglers to switch tactics...
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SEK has many options after Iola defection
By Anthony Cook The A-Game There’s a little bit of truth in every rumor. Iola High School will be no longer be a member of the Southeast Kansas League following the 2011-2012 season. The Iola Board of Education put the decision to rest Monday evening during a meeting where members decided that IHS would indeed accept an invitation to the Pioneer League I’ve heard whisperings about this for the past few months, and really from what I gather...
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Seminole defeats Lady Cards
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Like in their home opener, the Labette Community College Lady Cardinals trailed after the first half Monday evening, but this time the Cards were unable to overcome the deficit. The LCC women fell to 2-2 on the early season Monday with a 66-53 loss to Seminole College (2-1). “We dug ourselves too much of a hole tonight,” said LCC coach Anna Nimz. “We had the intensity and came back a few times, but we didn’t e...
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Lady Cards move to 2-1
The Labette Community College Lady Cardinals moved to 2-1 this season with a split in the Don Wilson Classic hosted by Crowder Community College in Neosho, Mo., over the weekend. The Cardinals opened the tournament on Friday with an 88-66 loss to NEO College out of Miami, Okla. NEO, which finished the tourney at 2-0, struggled at the start of the game and Labette came out on top early thanks to a strong shooting performance. At the break, N...
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LCC hosts takedown tourney
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Labette Community College wrestling team hosted the annual Takedown Tournament on Saturday morning and afternoon in the LCC Gymnasium. Seven teams competed. In total, 10 weight classes were bracketed to determine the day’s champions. Four Cardinal wrestlers brought home first-place finishes in the tournament. The four helped LCC bring home the top spot in more classes than any other school. Lincoln College...
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Cardinals begin season with near sweep
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor It will be hard to exceed last year’s finish, but the Labette Community College wrestling team started the 2010-2011 campaign with the same dominating performance the program has become known for. LCC faced off with Neosho County Community College on Thursday evening in Chanute and scored a 41-3 victory in the first dual of the season. The Cardinals are fresh off a runner-up finish in the NJCAA National Tourna...
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Cardinals drop season opener
The Labette Community College men’s basketball team opened its season on the road Thursday evening in Reno, Okla., with a 98-83 loss to Redlands Community College (2-0), which now has two victories over Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference schools. The Cardinal men were led in scoring by freshman Tavion Fleeks, who had 31 points to lead the team. According to LCC head coach Armando Johnson, the Cardinals played well in spurts but didn...
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Lady Cardinals earn victory in home opener
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor A desperation 3-point attempt failed to draw iron, and with that the Labette Community College Lady Cardinals basketball team moved to 1-0 on the season Wednesday evening with a 68-65 victory over Southwestern College. “What I liked about this game is that it’s the first game of the season, and we showed we could pull out a tight win,” said LCC first-year head coach Anna Nimz, who won her first game as a head c...
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2010 local HS football comes to its conclusion
St. Paul’s opening-round loss in the state playoffs was the final game of the season for the seven local football teams covered by the Parsons Sun. Below is a look at the season for each of those teams. Parsons High School Predicted finish — 3-6 Actual finish — 4-5 Overview — The Vikings entered the season with the longest dry spell in the area. For the entire two previous season Parsons had failed to win a football game. This season brou...
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Raiders’ air attack too much for SP Indians
The St. Paul Indians were unable to stop the pass, and therefore unable to stop the Raiders on Tuesday evening. St. Paul dropped to 6-4 this season in a 54-8 loss to Central-Burden (7-3) to exit the Kansas state eight-man division I playoffs in the first round. The game, called in the middle of the third quarter due to the 45-point rule, saw the Central-Burden offense, led by quarterback Bo Savage, had 361 yards through the air. Savage had ...
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Kansas football tragedy will hopefully not be forgotten
The A-Game By Anthony Cook Sometimes things hit you right in the gut. My ritual during football season after my story is written is to find out as many of the local scores on Friday nights as I can, draw conclusions and go to bed. The next day I usually look around the rest of the state to find any results that interest me. Last week the ritual was moved up a day due to games being played on Thursday, so when I prowled through the rest of...
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All-CNC volleyball announced
The CNC League has announced its volleyball honors for the 2010 season. Among the selections to the all-league teams was Erie sophomore Chelsea Oliphant. Oliphant was selected to the honorable mention all-league team and was one of only two sophomores in the CNC to be honored with an all-league award. The other member on the team was Lindsey Horham of Frontenac, who finished on the all-league first team as a setter. All-CNC volleyball Firs...
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Indians drop season finale
OSWEGO — The Oswego Indians finished the 2010 football season with a 30-6 loss to Lyndon (7-2) on Friday evening to drop to 6-3 this year. The Indians had no trouble moving the ball against Lyndon. As a team, Oswego had 385 yards, 275 through the air, but OHS could not score after a second quarter touchdown by senior quarterback Lane Martin. Martin finished the evening with 135 yards rushing on 21 attempts. Senior Hunter Cline had nearly...
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LCHS CC takes ninth in Class 4A
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Anyone who had the pleasure of seeing the Labette County High School boys cross country team this season can safely say they saw one of the 10 best teams in Class 4A. That much was proven on Saturday. The LCHS boys cross country team traveled to Wamego on Saturday morning for the state cross country run. Wamego hosted the tourney for classes 4-1A in boys and girls during the day. As a team, the Grizzlies took n...
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LCC welcomes new coach, players in ’10
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor A new coach will be calling plays from the sidelines at Labette Community College women’s basketball games this season, and she appears ready for her new test. Anna Nimz and the 2010-11 LCC Lady Cardinals will take the court in just one day when they host the Southwestern College Moundbuilders beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the LCC Gymnasium. Nimz, a graduate of Pittsburg State University, will be coaching as a hea...
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Caney gets past Cherryvale
CANEY — The Cherryvale Chargers ended their season on Thursday night with a 26-6 3A district loss to the Caney Valley Bullpups. Cherryvale held Caney scoreless in the first quarter, but the Bullpups struck twice in the second while the Chargers failed to put points on the board, making the score 14-0 at halftime. Caney scored again in the third quarter before Cherryvale got its first points. Cody O’Brien hauled in a 28-yard pass from Devon He...
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Erie loses playoff bid
FRONTENAC — Erie rushed for 122 yards against Frontenac here Thursday night, but Frontenac generated 458 yards and got the win. Frontenac defeated the Red Devils 46-22. Keith Marquardt scored two Erie touchdowns, one on a 61-yard run and the other on a 33-yard pass from Rowdy Kyser. Kyser scored another TD on the night. The loss drops Erie out of contention for a playoff next week. Frontenac 46, Erie 22 Erie 8 0 6 8 — 22 Frontenac 8 14 ...
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Grizzlies drop last game to Titans
ALTAMONT — The Labette County Grizzlies came two points short of making the playoffs when they fell to the Columbus Titans in a 4A District 8 game on Thursday night. The Grizzlies finished district play with a 1-2 record after the Titans beat them 27-25. Had LCHS won the game, the team would be planning for its first playoff game on Tuesday. The Grizzlies opened the scoring Thursday when Keaton Turner rushed one yard for a touchdown in the f...
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