Sports
Girls golf: Gartner leads Grizzlies, Hudson leads Vikings
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Golfers from Parsons and Labette County High School hit the links with the area’s best on Monday at Katy Golf Course. Girard standout Timbrelee McNair earned medalist honors with a 36. Caney Valley’s Tiffani Ward was second with a 42, while Anna Pool of Coffeyville finished third (43). Chanute’s Danae Decker and Abbe Funk finished fourth and fifth, respectively, with scores of 44 and 45. With three golfer...
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PHS football notes: Turnovers, rain equal bad night
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com There’s no other way to put it — Chanute hammered Parsons 61-0 on Friday night in Week Three of the 2012 high school football season. The visiting Blue Comets had short fields to work with often in the first half. They took advantage of them every time, too. A team with a stellar offense got a lot of help from the host’s miscues. The Vikings needed to get off to a good start, but didn’t do that. The Viking...
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GOING THE DISTANCE
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com With knees bent slightly and their bodies lowered into a half crouch, they position themselves at the starting line, one after another. All eyes are on the starter’s pistol. And when the gun fires, and the grey smoke shoots into the air, the pack is off. Another race is underway. Halfway through, the agony begins. But stride for stride, they push on. With sore feet, aching joints, heart pounding, body swe...
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Vikings settle for fourth at Red Devil Classic
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com ERIE — Host Erie knocked off Parsons in two-straight sets (25-17, 25-16) in the third place match of the Erie Red Devil Volleyball Classic on Saturday. For the day, the Vikings went 2-3, taking fourth place at the annual event. Parsons Coach Hillary Lott said she saw some good things, and some bad things, from her Vikings. “I saw a lot of things that we really did well,” Lott said. “I also saw a few simpl...
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Grizzlies stop Bulldogs, earn first win
ALTAMONT — The Labette County Grizzlies are winless no more. Labette County defeated Independence 26-0 on a rainy Friday night at Lucas Field, earning the school its first win of the 2012 high school football season in the process. “Obviously, this was a very big win for our kids and our program in so many ways,” LCHS Coach Jesse Ybarra said. “Our kids played a complete game, defensively, offensively and on special teams. It was very rewarding...
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LCHS volleyball competes at Pittsburg
PITTSBURG — The Labette County High School volleyball team competed at the Pittsburg Invitational on Saturday. Fort Scott defeated Labette County 25-18, 31-29. LCHS defeated Iola 25-19, 25-14, but then Paola defeated the Grizzlies 25-14, 25-18. Labette County defeated Baxter Springs 26-24, 25-19. “After losing a difficult second set to Fort Scott the girls played well against Iola and Baxter Springs and lost to a very good Paola team,” LCHS Co...
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LCHS beats Indy
ALTAMONT—The Labette County High School football team defeated Independence 26-0 on Friday night. It was the first win of the season for the Grizzlies. No other information was available to the Sun. LCHS did not call the Sun on Friday night. When more information on this game is available, the Sun will print it.
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Cassell leads Chetopa in 48-0 victory
CHETOPA — Chetopa High School sophomore Derrick Cassell rushed for 276 yards Friday night in the Green Hornets’ 48-0 thumping of Pleasanton here. Chetopa Coach Sean Price was pleased with his team’s performance on both sides of the ball. The Hornets’ defense finally played team ball and the offensive line opened up holes for the 6-1, 185-pound Cassell to power through. Cassell scored five of Chetopa’s seven touchdowns Friday. Jarrett Dixon had...
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Red Devils struggle against Riverton Rams
RIVERTON — Riverton High School needed only two quarters to defeat the Erie Red Devils 46-0 here Friday night. The Rams started scoring early in the first quarter with a 21-yard interception return by Greyson Spriggs. Spriggs, Landon North and Chandler Underhill combined for all of Riverton’s touchdown runs, all of them from more than 20 yards out. The game ended by halftime. Riverton amassed more than 300 yards of offense, most of it on the g...
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Chargers get first ‘W’
CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Chargers broke into the win column for the season by shutting out the Fredonia Yellowjackets. Tristan Thornton scored the first points of the game in the second quarter with a 70-yard run. Drew Housel ran in for two points. Cherryvale struck again in the fourth quarter when Jake Hammer passed to Chase Davidson for a 13-yard touchdown. Cherryvale had 306 yards of offense, including 281 yards on the ground. Hammer rus...
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Oswego falls to Commerce, Okla.
OSWEGO — Oswego High School attacked Commerce, Okla., early here on a soggy Friday night. But the Indians couldn’t sustain the effort and Commerce won 49-18. The Indians scored early in the first quarter on a 57-yard pass from quarterback Ethan Spore to Brant Yeoman. Oswego held Commerce scoreless until less than five minutes remained in the first quarter, when Commerce scored two touchdowns in less than three minutes. The Oklahoma team scored...
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Parsons suffers third-straight loss
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com When it rains, it pours.  For the third straight week, rain greeted Friday night football. And for the third straight week, the Parsons Vikings went head to head with one of the league’s top football teams. And unfortunately for the Vikings, the outcome was once again the same. The Vikings suffered a lopsided loss for the third week in a row, as visiting Chanute left town with a 61-0 victory over Parsons at...
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Middle school Vikings even records at 1-1
The Parsons Middle School football teams evened both the seventh- and eighth-grade records to 1-1 after both teams defeated Coffeyville here Tuesday evening.  After a scoreless first quarter, the seventh-grade Vikings struck in the second quarter on a 6-yard run by KeShaun Anderson. The conversion failed and Parsons led at the half 6-0.  Coffeyville scored to even the score in the third at 6-6.  A T.J. Mayhue 6-yard run in the fourth quarter...
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LCHS volleyball earns two wins, now 5-5
The Labette County High School volleyball team improved to 5-5 on the season with two wins on Thursday, topping Coffeyville 25-13, 25-1 and Parsons 25-14, 25-13. Michaela O’Brien led the Grizzlies with 10 digs, nine kills, six blocks, and five assists. Sadie Atkins had eight blocks, nine assists, five kills and two digs, while Holleigh Sorrell had five kills, six digs and four blocks. Rhianne Taylor had seven assists, nine kills and three bloc...
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GRIZZLIES ROAR AT BIG HILL
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com CHERRYVALE — Drew Baum’s toughest competition came from his teammates. A Labette County senior, Baum cruised to first place in the varsity boys race on a cool, cloudy Thursday at the Calvin Priest Cross Country Invitational at Big Hill Lake. Baum toured the 5K course in 16:59, winning by 39 seconds over his teammate David Geren. After catching his breath, Baum said he was pleased with his performance again...
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PHS Football: Vikings staying positive despite 0-2 start
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com As the 2012 high school football season began, the Parsons Vikings had only four returning starters to work with. Lots of untested underclassmen are being thrust into big roles. And with inexperience up and down the roster, the Vikings have struggled out of the gates, suffering lopsided losses in Week One and Week Two. But if you ask Parsons Coach David Pitts, morale remains high in the PHS locker-room. ...
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Vikings tennis competes at Baldwin
BALDWIN —The Parsons High School girls tennis team ran into some stellar competition at the Baldwin Invitational on Wednesday. Still, three of four PHS entries reached third place matches. In the number-one singles bracket, Malina Kipp of Parsons took fourth place. Kipp defeated Hannah Hunt of Bonner Springs 8-3, beat Kaitlin Jorgensen of Baldwin 8-6 and then lost a close one, falling to Emily Mulvinhill of Perry 8-6. Kipp defeated Independen...
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Vikings split volleyball matches
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com If you ask Hillary Lott, she’ll tell you her Parsons High School volleyball team took a big step forward on Thursday night. The Vikings hosted Coffeyville and Labette County in non-league matches. Parsons defeated Coffeyville 25-15, 25-14 and later in the night, Labette County defeated Parsons 25-14, 25-13. Despite the loss to the Grizzlies, Lott saw many positives. “I thought we played well,” Lott said. ...
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Girls golfers compete at Girard JV invite
Golfers from Parsons and Labette County High Schools competed at the Girard JV Girls Golf Invite on Wednesday. Marina Shields of Parsons finished with a score of 51 and took first place. Parsons Coach Anthony Houk said it was Shields’ best outing of the season. “That’s right where we need her to be in a varsity meet if we want to be in the hunt for a team medal,” Houk said. Others competing from Parsons were Jessica Haynes and Claire Jack...
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Erie hosts annual volleyball tourney this weekend
Parsons will be one of eight teams competing at Saturday’s Erie Red Devil Classic volleyball tournament. There are two pools, with four teams each. Erie, Coffeyville, Parsons, and Neodesha make up Pool A. Pool B features Chanute, Southeast, Frontenac and Wichita West. Matches begin at 9 a.m. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the championship bracket. The third and fourth place teams in each pool head to a consolation bracket. Er...
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