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Bulldogs pound the Vikings
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The newest coat of paint on the Southeast Kansas League touchdown record hadn’t dried before it was once again broken. This time the Parsons Vikings football team was on the receiving end of the record-smashing touchdown. The Vikings (4-5) traveled to Independence (8-1) on Thursday evening and ended their season with a 53-15 loss. The Bulldogs were led by senior Matt Bromley, who rushed for 84 yards and four ...
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Parsons needs win to make playoffs
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Few, if any, people thought the Parsons football team would still be in the playoff hunt on the last day of the regular season. It appears those people would be wrong. Parsons (4-4) will travel to Independence (7-1) to take on the second-place team in the Southeast Kansas League. The two are tied for second in Class 4A districts with wins against Girard and losses to Chanute. Tonight’s matchup will determine...
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Indians play for final win
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor It’s going to be quite the consolation game this Friday evening. The Oswego Indians (6-2) will travel to Lyndon to take on the Tigers (6-2) in a game to determine who goes out of the season with a win. Both teams share common losses after entering Class 2-1A District 1 undefeated. The Indians suffered back-to-back losses to Pittsburg-Colgan, 42-8, and Olpe, 14-6, in week six and seven while Lyndon fell to Olp...
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St. Paul prepares for Yates Center
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor After coming off a critical three-week stretch with momentum and a playoff spot all but clinched, the St. Paul Indians don’t plan to change anything on Thursday when they travel to Yates Center. The Indians (5-3) will take on the Wildcats (1-7) in Yates Center in their final regular season, Three Rivers League and district game of the year. “After some of the struggles we’ve had, hopefully one of the things we...
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LCHS girls volleyball makes state tourney
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor They didn’t come in as the substate’s top team, but they left as No. 1. The Labette County High School volleyball team (30-7) won three matches on Saturday in Chanute to advance to the Class 4A state tournament this Friday in Salina. The Grizzlies defeated Columbus, Chanute and lastly No. 1 seeded Baxter to advance to the state tournament. “I’m not sure exactly at what point the girls decided they could win t...
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LCHS boys make state cross country
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor After collecting a Southeast Kansas League title a week ago, the Labette County High School boys cross country team now has a shiny new Class 4A Regional runner-up title to go along with the honor. The LCHS boys cross country team traveled to Garnett County Club on Saturday for the Class 4A regional. As a team, the boys placed second overall with a total of 69 points in the 15-team regional. “The boys’ season ...
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Erie to play for district title
CHEROKEE — The Erie Red Devils will look to capture a district title on Thursday after getting past Southeast High School on Friday night. Erie scored once on special teams, twice on offense and three times on defense for a 42-35 win, moving the Devils to 2-0 in the district. The Devils jumped out to an early lead when Keith Marquardt returned the opening kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown. Rowdy Kiser then scored on a 13-yard rush. Southeast ...
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Labette rolls to 1-1 in district
BAXTER SPRINGS — A week after giving up 63 points in their first Class 4A district game agasint Coffeyville, the Labette County Grizzlies’ defense stepped up against Baxter Springs on Friday night. The result was a 48-20 win to boost LCHS to 1-1 in district play and 3-5 on the year. “This is a good win for us on the road against a very talented Baxter team,” LCHS coach Shane Holtzman said. “Our defense really stepped up tonight, shutting Bax...
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Vikings can't stop Comets
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Parsons Vikings football team held the lead for 22 seconds on Friday evening. It wasn’t long enough. The Chanute High School football team scored nine touchdowns and racked up nearly 500 yards Friday evening at Marvel Park Stadium on the way to a 62-14 victory over Parsons. The victory moves the Comets to 6-2 this season and 2-0 in district play. Coupled with an Independence victory over Girard on Friday,...
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Rams defeat Chargers
CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Chargers fell behind by two touchdowns by halftime and couldn’t recover, losing a Class 3A district game to the Riverton Rams on Friday night. Neither team scored in the first quarter. In the second, Riverton’s Greyson Spriggs scored on an 11-yard run before breaking loose for 91 yards for another score to make it 12-0 at halftime. Devon Hestand got the Chargers back in the game in the third quarter by scoring on ...
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St. Paul crushes Marmaton Valley
ST. PAUL — St. Paul High School scored nine touchdowns en route to a 64-14 shellacking of Marmaton Valley here Friday night. The win pushes St. Paul to 5-3 overall and 3-1 in district play, with Yates Center awaiting their arrival on Thursday for the regular season wrap-up. St. Paul built a 14-0 lead quickly before allowing Marmaton Valley to get on the scoreboard. St. Paul answered with 30 more points before Marmaton’s offense retaliated. ...
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Oswego defeats Marmaton Valley
MOUND CITY — The Oswego Indians rebounded from two Class 2-1A district losses with a big win over Jayhawk-Linn on Friday night. After losing to Olpe and Pittsburg-Colgan in the six-team district, the Indians came out fighting against the Jayhawks, scoring 22 points in the first quarter. The scoring began when Lane Martin ran in from the 10-yard line. Also in the first quarter, Martin passed to Ethan Spore for a 35-yard TD. Martin connected wit...
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St. Paul faces Marmaton Valley
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Save for a quarter of play, St. Paul has passed the first two legs of its three-week test with flying colors. The Stretch will conclude with a home game against Marmaton Valley (3-4) this evening and will go a long way in determining whether or not the Indians are in the playoffs. “We lost the very close one with Colony but had the lead going into the fourth. We felt some mistakes cost us the win,” said St. Pa...
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Predictions for Friday night
I’ve spent a lot of time mulling in the past week. I keep looking at the playoff picture for area football, and I can’t make heads or tails of it as of this point. Sure, there are some places I have a pretty good idea of what is going to happen, but there aren’t that many results that are decided by this point. All will change in a few hours. This week, more than any week so far, is going to be very telling. The line will be drawn tonight en...
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Parsons prepares for Chanute tonight
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Respect. The playoffs. An above .500 record. You can take your pick of what the Vikings are playing for this evening at Marvel Park Stadium when they welcome the Chanute Comets for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The Vikings (4-3) are coming off a 20-7 victory in week seven over Girard to move to 1-0 in district play. The Comets (5-2) were winners in week one of districts as well. They defeated previously unbeaten Independe...
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Oswego seeks another district win
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor It would take a few slip ups by the top two teams in the districts for the Oswego Indians to make the playoffs this year, but the OHS football team can still turn in a more than respectable 2010 season. That’s exactly what they intend to do. Friday evening the Indians (5-2) will travel to Jayhawk-Linn (0-7) to take on the Jayhawks. “Our goal is definitely to win the last two games,” said Oswego coach Andy Fe...
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Labette County prepares for Baxter Springs
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor For the first six weeks of the season the Labette County High School offense scored more than 20 points in a game on just two occasions. In the seventh week of the season, they more than doubled their best offensive total of the year by scoring 55 points. In week eight, they’ll look to improve on the defensive side. The LCHS football team (2-5) will travel to Baxter (4-3) on Friday to try to rebound from a 63-...
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Galena squeaks by Cherryvale
GALENA — Cherryvale gave up good field position early in the game here Friday, and that proved costly for the Chargers. Galena won the non-league contest 25-21. Devon Hestand generated about 170 yards of offense for the Chargers. Galena began the game with a 67-yard drive, scoring on a 24-yards pass play from Hestand to Cody O’Brien. Hestand completed five of 14 passes on the night for 79 yards. He also had 18 rushes for 97 yards. Drew Hous...
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Vikings trip Girard
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Parsons High School can probably make a case that it could figure into the CNC League standings at this point. For the third week in a row Parsons lined up against a CNC opponent on Friday evening. After splitting the first two, Parsons made good of the third contest in a 20-6 victory over Girard at Marvel Park Stadium. The Vikings are now 4-3 and more importantly 1-0 in Class 4A District 7 play. After giving ...
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St. Paul gets second district win
ST. PAUL — Chetopa struck first, but the St. Paul Indians soon took control of the district high school football game between the Three Rivers League foes on Friday night. St. Paul coach Doug Tuck said the Hornets came out strong, using a no-huddle offense, and did a really good job of coming off the ball quickly, leaving the Indians on their heels as Chetopa drove down field. Chetopa scored the first points of the game when Jarrett Dixon ra...
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