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Anthony Cook/File photo Labette Community College sophomore guard drives to the lane against NEO A&M in December. After leading the Cardinals to 20 wins and landing on the all-region and all-KJCCC first team this season, Conner has signed with the University of South Alabama.
Conner signs with University of South Alabama
MOBILE — Dre Conner has signed a National Letter of Intent and will play for the University of South Alabama men’s basketball program, the school announced Wednesday. Conner is a 6-0 guard that currently attends Labette Community College and will have two years of eligibility remaining. “Dre solidifies the point guard spot for us,” said USA head coach Ronnie Arrow. “We wanted to get an experienced point guard in here. We feel like he can not o...
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Parsons seventh-graders win Iola track meet
The Parsons Middle School seventh-grade boys team won an 18-team invite at the Iola Middle School Invitational track meet Tuesday afternoon to highlight the results from local competitors. Parsons Middle School also took second overall in the boys' eighth-grade division behind Girard. Complette results for all local competitors are listed below. Iola Middle School Invitational Tuesday, April 10 Boys division Seventh-grade Team standings — 1...
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Labette County JV stays hot in sweep over Columbus
The Labette County High School junior varsity baseball team improved to 7-1 on the season Tuesday with a pair of victories over Columbus in Altamont. LCHS defeated the Titans 9-6 in game one and 10-0 in the back end of the doubleheader. "We lost focus and had a couple of defensive lapses in game one, but fortunately we were able to string together some key hits and drive in the runs we needed," said LCHS head coach Jesse Ybarra. The Grizzlies ...
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EHS track competes in Riverton
The Erie High School track team traveled to the Riverton Relays Tuesday afternoon. Christian Murphy and Chris Bohrer each came home with first-place finishes at the event. Murphy was first in the high hurdles while Bohrer had the best throw in the javelin event. Murphy also got a second in the 300-meter hurdles and was on the two fourth-place finishing relay teams for the Red Devils. The boys took fourth in the 400 relay, with Murphy being joi...
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Vikings place sixth as team, Darkis gets top-four finish Tuesday in Pittsburg
The Vikings took sixth as a team and Gilvon Darkis finished in fourth overall, just a stroke out of first place, in the Pitt Invitational golf tourney at Crestwood Country Club on Tuesday. Parsons High School shot a 348 as a team, the same as fifth-place Columbus, but lost the tie-breaker and took sixth. Labette County High School was ninth overall with a 353 as a team. In total, 11 teams and 64 golfers competed in the event. Darkis fired a 38...
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Labette splits with Neosho Tuesday
CHANUTE — The Labette Community College softball team saw its 10-game winning streak disappear in Tuesday's opener with Neosho but recovered and started a new one in the second game of a doubleheader. LCC (33-11 overall, 21-3 KJCCC) fell 3-2 in the first game with Neosho (13-26 overall, 10-14 KJCCC) before winning game two 11-2. The first nine Cardinals batters were retired in order by Kyllie Sills of Neosho, who forced grounders, pop-outs and...
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Labette County tennis takes second at home invite
The Labette County High School tennis team hosted their home invitational tournament at the Forest Park tennis courts in Parsons Tuesday evening. Independence, Fort Scott and Columbus joined the Grizzlies at the event. The Grizzlies took second overall with the Bulldogs pulling out a first-place effort as a team. “Our team played very well today,” said LCHS head coach Marty Warren. “The team standings were very close with Indy scoring seven po...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Sierra Kemp arrives safely at third base during the first game of a doubleheader with Fort Scott High School Tuesday evening at the Forest Park softball field in Parsons. After dropping game one 9-7, the Lady Vikings earned a 7-6 win in game two to split with the Lady Tigers.
Lady Vikings earn split with Fort Scott Tuesday
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM It's been a different hero every night for the Lady Vikings of late. Tuesday it was Logan Shelton. The junior stepped to the plate with two on and the two out with the score tied at 6-6 in the bottom of the seventh inning and ended up driving home the winning run to give Parsons a two-game split with the Fort Scott Tigers. Parsons fell 9-7 in game one but won game two 7-6 thanks to the late-game dramatics....
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LCHS JV golf finishes in fourth
The Labette County High School junior varsity golf team came away with a fourth-place finish in a tourney in Chanute on Monday. The team shot a 213 overall in the nine-hole tourney. Independence scored a 200 as a team to earn first while host Chanute shot a 207. Fort Scott rounded out the top three with a 209. Chase Berry of Independence won the event with a 46. Labette County had three golfers tie for the top spot on the team. Dustin Sheets, ...
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Lion's club to host 11th annual 3 on 3 tourney in Altamont
The Altamont Lions Club will hold their 11th annual 3 on 3 basketball tourney at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 5 at Harrison Gymnasium at Labette County High School in Altamont. Their will be an open men's division this year. High school students are welcome, as KSHSAA rules will be observed. The first-place team will receive a championship t-shirt. A sports drink and hot dog will be included with the entry fee. The cost to enter the tourney is $20...
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Erie takes second in Iola Monday
The Erie High School golf team placed second at the Marmaton Valley Golf Invite at Cedar Brook Golf Course in Iola on Monday. Due to a weather delay and eventual darkness, the event was shortened from 18 to nine holes of scoring. Jayhawk-Linn won the tourney with a 178 as a team while Erie came in second with a team score of 182. Pleasanton (203) was third, Oswego (215) was fourth, Uniontown (223) was fifth and Marmaton Valley (228) was sixth....
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PHS JV softball drops two to Chanute Monday
The Parsons High School junior varsity softball team lost a pair of games in Chanute Monday evening. The Vikings lost their opener 9-2 and trailed 6-0 in the second game before the game was rained out in the fourth inning. The team started slow in the first game before the bats came to life in the fifth to score runs. Bree Rogers, Libby Hizey and Audrey Perez have led the Vikes at the plate this season in JV action. The Lady Vikings were comin...
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Two PWC wrestlers selected to represent Kansas
Kolton Misner and Chadwick Pinkley of the Parsons Wrestling Club have been chosen to wrestle for the Kansas dual team that will compete at the 2012 Heartland USA Elementary national Duals in Fremont, Neb. on April 14-15. Four Kansas teams were selected with 12 alternates competing. Each team will wrestler other teams from across the nation. Wrestlers from first- through sixth-grade will be competing. Misener was selected to wrestle at the 50-p...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School senior Tiara Ford signs her letter of intent to play basketball for Independence Community College next season Monday afternoon in the LCHS commons area in Altamont. Ford is joined on the front row by mother Emily O'Brien and father Mike Ford. LCHS girls' basketball coach Kristi Snider and Ford's sister Michaela O'Brien are shown on the back row. Ford was a three-year starter for the Lady Grizzlies and earned All-SEK honors as well as honorable mention Class 4A honors as a senior.
Ford signs with ICC Monday

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LCHS JV takes first at Girard Invitational Thursday
The Labette County High School junior varsity golf team brought home first as a team and in the individual standings when they traveled to the Girard JV Invitational on Thursday. The team shot a 189 to best Independence, who was second with a 192, and seven other teams on a cool, breezy afternoon at the Girard Golf Course. Labette County also brought home first in the individual portion of the meet thanks to a 42 by Austin Krewson in the nine-...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College second baseman Briana Walker attempts to turn a double play after a Brown Mackie batter sent a ground ball to shortstop with a runner on first Friday in a two-game sweep of the Tigers.
Labette sweeps Brown Mackie, controls own destiny
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM If last week was a good week for the Cardinals — this one was great. Labette Community College swept Brown Mackie (19-18 overall, 10-12 Region) in a non-league doubleheader to improve to 32-10 overall this season. The wins were the ninth and 10th in a row for Labette, who now controls its own destiny in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division thanks to Cowley County defeated No. 7-r...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School junior Abe Russell completes one of his long jump attempts Thursday at the Parsons High School practice field during the PHS Invitational. Russell took second in the event.
Parsons hosts annual track meet Thursday
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The Parsons High School track team hosted a 10-team event Thursday evening at the PHS practice field. Labette County High School came away the big winner in the event with a victory in both divisions. The LCHS girls gathered 140 points to fend off Anderson County, who came away with a second-place finish with 123 points. Girard was third overall with 115 points. Parsons took seventh with 34 points while Eri...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School junior first baseman Dusty Dishman runs down a Chanute High School baserunner who was caught in a jam after trying to steal second Thursday evening at the Marvel Park baseball fields in game one of a doubleheader between the two schools.
Parsons baseball drops two to Chanute
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM Parsons High School baseball dropped its third and fourth games of the year in a pair of losses to Chanute High School (3-3 overall, 3-3 SEK) Thursday evening at the Marvel Park baseball field. The Comets came up with a big inning in each game on the way to a 12-2 and 8-0 sweep of the Vikings. "We as a team right now do not have a good game plan at the plate and that is all on me. We will work hard on Monda...
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Grizzlies take two from Titans; back at .500
COLUMBUS — The Labette County High School baseball team picked up a pair of victories over Columbus (2-4 overall, 2-2 SEK) to move to 5-5 on the season and 3-3 in the Southeast Kansas League here Thursday. The Grizzlies opened with a 9-3 win in game one behind a strong performance from pitcher Klay Weaver, who went the distance for his first win of the year. "Klay threw very well in his first start on the hill. He looked very comfortable out t...
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Lady Grizzlies dominate in sweep of Columbus
COLUMBUS — The Lady Grizzlies faced their most difficult challenge of 2012 Thursday evening. They passed with flying colors. Labette County High School softball improved to 8-0 overall and 6-0 within the Southeast Kansas League with a pair of impressive victories over Columbus High School (4-3 overall, 2-2 SEK). The Grizzlies won 11-1 and 11-0 while allowing only three hits and producing 21 of their own. The Titans entered the game coming off ...
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