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LCHS to face Pittsburg on Friday night
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor After facing a team that is undefeated in the Southeast Kansas League in week four, the Labette County High School football team will go against the only other team without a blemish in the conference this week. On Friday, the Grizzlies will travel to Pittsburg to take on the Purple Dragons (3-1 overall, 3-0 SEK). Pittsburg has outscored SEK opponents 99-56 this season, and its latest win was the most impress...
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Lady Grizzlies win tennis tourney
The Labette County High School varsity girls tennis team traveled to Neodesha on Saturday for an invitational tournament. The Grizzlies walked away as the first-place finishers in the tourney that included Maranatha, Neodesha, Independence and the Grizzlies. LCHS finished with eight points, the same number as Indy, but the Grizzlies were declared the winner due to them winning more games than Indy. LCHS won 77 points to the 74 of Independen...
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Labette County JV defeats Indy
The Labette County junior varsity football team defeated Independence 24-8 Monday in Independence. The game was a combination of freshmen and sophomores due to lack of numbers for Independence. Following a safety from the defense, the LCHS freshmen offense drove down the field and punched in a touchdown with a five-yard run by Tyler Cares. Chandler Carson passed to Lee Reliford for the conversion and Labette County led at the end of the fi...
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Oswego opens district play
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The season is already six weeks and four games old, but the real fun starts this week for Class 2-1A football. The Oswego Indians (4-0) enter this week with a road football game and high hopes. They aren’t the only ones. Joining the Indians will be their opponent Humboldt (0-4), Jayhawk-Linn (0-4), Lyndon (4-0), Olpe (4-0) and Pittsburg-Colgan (4-0). The district is classified as District 1 by the state of ...
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Youth gets hole-in-one
Andrew Fuentez recently accomplished what most golfers don’t achieve in their lifetimes well before he reached his teens. The 10-year-old Fuentez knocked in a hole-in-one on the Par 3 third hole at Prairie Ridge Golf Course on Saturday, Sept. 18. The hole measures 150 yards. Fuentez is a fifth-grade student at St. Patrick Catholic School and has been playing golf for the past seven years. He scored two first-place finishes in four youth tour...
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Chargers rush to 39-14 win
BURLINGTON — The Cherryvale Chargers’ ground game generated nearly 450 yards of offense here Friday night in Cherryvale’s 39-14 win over Burlington. Tevis Linnebur had 19 carries for 208 yards and four touchdowns and Devon Hestand had 19 carries for 167 yards and one TD for Cherryvale. The Chargers built up a 27-0 lead into the third quarter before Burlington got on the scoreboard on a 14-yard run. Burlington didn’t score again until the fou...
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Middle school takes 2 from Coffeyville
The Parsons Middle School Vikings won two games Thursday night in Coffeyville with the seventh grade winning 12-0 and the eighth grade winning 20-14. The seventh grade scored on two long runs in the second quarter by Dontel Martinez, one covering 40 yards and the other covering 49 yards. “The seventh grade came ready to play this week. The coaching staff challenged them to step up after last week’s loss and they responded. Defensively th...
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Tigers get past Vikings in Fort Scott
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor FORT SCOTT — After putting a stop to two unwanted streaks the past two weeks, the Parsons High School football team looked to make it three in a row Friday night. Unfortunately, the Fort Scott Tigers were having none of that on their home turf. The Tigers shut down a Parsons offense that has been nothing short of electric the first three weeks of the season and extended their winning streak over Parsons to 19 ...
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Oswego wins by 65 points
OSWEGO — Oswego generated nearly 400 yards of offense here Friday night in a 65-0 Homecoming romp over Northeast of Arma. With the win, Oswego won the Three Rivers League title, defeating both teams in the league. The Indians generated 32 points in the first quarter on lengthy run and pass plays and another 26 points before the half ended. Most of the game was on a running clock, the only mercy measure for 11-man football. Lane Martin score...
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St. Paul crushes Altoona-Midway
ST. PAUL — It took 11 touchdowns, but eventually the St. Paul Indians ended their game against Altoona-Midway High School early based on the 8-man football mercy rule on Friday night. St. Paul pulled ahead 34-12 by halftime of the Three Rivers League game. Altoona fought back with 18 points in the third quarter, but St. Paul scored 24 in the meantime. Finally, St. Paul shut down Altoona in the fourth quarter while scoring 18 points for the 76...
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Neodesha spoils EHS Homecoming
ERIE — Neodesha spoiled Erie’s Homecoming festivities here Friday, handing the Red Devils a 40-0 loss. Kyle Engstrom was named Homecoming king, and Tiffany Dean was crowned queen at the football stadium. Neodesha’s quarterback started the scoring run with an 11-yard run. At halftime, Erie was down 34-0. The visitors amassed 359 yards of rushing, compared to 92 yards for Erie. Erie’s Rowdy Kyser completed 8 of 15 passes on the night, and Eri...
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LC falls to 1-3 with loss to Indy
ALTAMONT — Independence rolled to a 41-7 victory here Friday night over Labette County High School. The game was knotted at zero for the first quarter, but Independence scored twice in the second quarter before Labette County scored on a 5-yard run by Keaton Turner. Independence mixed its ground and air game against the Grizzlies, scoring on two long runs (42 and 40 yards) and one long pass play (55 yards). Indy had 192 passing yards on the ...
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Grizzlies finish in second place
PITTSBURG — The Labette County High School varsity tennis team competed in the Pittsburg Varsity Girls Tennis Invitational on Thursday. The Grizzlies won 13 of 16 matches and placed second as a team to Pittsburg, which won 15 of 16 matches. Katie Anderson took the No. 1 singles spot for LCHS and finished 3-1 to take second place. Anderson defeated Shaylee Thomas of Columbus 8-1, Taylor Bailey of Fort Scott 8-1 and Jasmine Bannister of Iola ...
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LCHS cross country team takes first
The Labette County High School cross country team competed in the West Franklin Invitational at Pomona Lake on Thursday. The Labette County varsity girls placed first as a team. Kandi Voorhees led the team by placing second, followed by Samantha Workman, 11th, and Maddie Brothers, 13th. The three girls medaled by placing among the top 15 runners. Results of the rest of the LCHS runners were not available. The varsity boys once again placed...
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Fort Scott narrowly escapes Parsons
Southeast Kansas League play began for the Parsons High School volleyball team Thursday night with a home triangular. The Vikings hosted Fort Scott (15-5) and Coffeyville (1-12) for matches. Parsons nearly pulled off an upset over Fort Scott in its opener. The Vikings won the first set 30-28 and dropped the second 22-25. In the third and final set, the Tigers pulled away late after Parsons had a 20-17 advantage. Fort Scott went on to win 25-...
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Chanute knocks off LCHS; Grizzlies bounce back to split
ALTAMONT — The Labette County High School volleyball team began league play with a varsity split on Thursday evening. The Grizzlies went 1-1 against Chanute and Columbus. “Tough outing for the Lady Grizzlies tonight, as we didn’t execute when necessary against a nice Chanute ball club,” said LCHS coach Kristi Snider. “We’ll regroup and get back after it and compete in Fort Scott next Thursday.” The Grizzlies opened play with Chanute (14-5) a...
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Vikings aim to stop another streak tonight
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The current crop of Parsons High School football players were either in diapers or weren’t yet born the last time the Vikings grabbed a win over Fort Scott High School, and even then it was close. On Sept. 16, 1994, the Parsons High School football team grabbed a 28-27 victory over the Tigers. Since that time, it’s been all FSHS. Going into tonight’s clash with the Tigers, the Vikings are coming off back-to-b...
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Vikings’ varsity tennis takes first at home
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Rack up another victory in a tournament format for the Parsons High School tennis team. The Vikings hosted Chanute, Independence and Coffeyville on Thursday evening for varsity tennis and scored 10 points against the three Southeast Kansas League foes to earn the outright win in the tourney. Independence came in second with nine points as a team and, along with Parsons, had two first-place finishes against the...
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2010 great for area crappie fishing
At the beginning of this year, Catch of the Week covered the fishing forecast from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks. The forecast separates and reports on data collected from fish netting and electroshocking studies done over the past year and provides a look into the future for each species of fish on a lake-by-lake basis. The report gives ratings for density of a species as well as a rating on the number of preferred-size fish an...
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Erie volleyball
RIVERTON — The Erie High School varsity and JV volleyball teams traveled to Riverton on Tuesday to compete against the host and Pittsburg-Colgan. Erie varsity fell short in both matchups. Erie fell to Riverton 25-19, 25-20 and to Pittsburg-Colgan 25-18, 25-21. “We battled hard, but we could not finish the games. We have to learn how to get a team down and keep them down,” said Erie coach Brianna Volmer. The Erie JV fell to Riverton but beat...
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