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Babe Ruth update 06/12/12
The Bleacher Gear/KMH 14-15 year old Babe Ruth League team took on Columbus last Thursday in Winway Park and split the doubleheader in a pair of lopsided games. Parsons hammered home 10 runs in the first inning of the opener on the way to a 23-8 win. Columbus had opened a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the first but Parsons answered with 10 runs to take a substantial lead going into the second. Columbus responded with another four runs to c...
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Carrillo fight to be shown at Parsons Roadhouse
Friday, the Parsons Roadhouse will hold a Pre Party/Fight Night event for Titan Fighting Championship 23, which will feature hometown fighter Andrew Carrillo on the card. The event is dubbed the "Fight for the Troops" and will be broadcast on HDNet live from Marshall Army Airfield in Fort Riley. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and will be shown live on HD-Net. The Parsons Roadhouse pre-party will begin at 8 p.m. before Carrillo's fight at aroun...
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Dolphins take first in Pittsburg
The Parsons Dolphins Swim Team traveled to the Pittsburg YMCA Mickey Moback Invitational on Saturday and Sunday. The Dolphins took first place as a team and had three individuals take high honors in their age groups. Drake Gilmore won the 13-14 year old boys' division, Kam Koester won the 10 and under boys' division and Larsen Koester won the six and under boys' division. Complete results from Pittsburg are located below. Pittsburg YMCA Micke...
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3 on 3 winners announced
The Labette County High School basketball team recently held the annual Gavin Carson Memorial 3 on 3 tournament. Over 400 players have participated in the tournament over the past five years and it has raised $4,120. The donations go towards the Gavin Carson Memorial-USD 506 Foundation and a scholarship is given out annually to an LCHS senior boy or girl in Gavin's name. The results to the each division are below Gavin Carson Memorial Tournam...
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Shaun Hill camp registration open
Registration forms are now available for the 2012 Shaun Hill Youth Football Camp sponsored by the Parsons Police Officers Association. The Detroit Lions Quarterback will be in Parsons for the annual youth football camp on July 9 through the 11, at Parsons High School Practice Field, 3030 Morton. No cleats will be allowed during the camp. The Football Camp is open to boys and girls from first- through eighth-grade. Join Shaun Hill, members and...
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LCHS lands three on all-state Class 4A softball team
The Labette County High School softball team landed three players on the all-state Class 4A team, which was released by the Kansas Softball Coaches' Association Thursday. LCHS seniors Kaysha Julich and Shelbie Foister made the first team while senior Kelsie Goins made second-team all-state. Julich made the list as the first-team catcher, where she was joined by fellow Southeast Kansas League member MacKenzie Jackman of Fort Scott. Julich batte...
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Parsons Babe Ruth teams host Chetopa, Oswego Tuesday
Rookie League The Rangers defeated the Mets Monday evening in Rookie League Babe Ruth League action in Parsons. The Rangers scored three runs in the first, four in the second and five in the third and fourth innings to open a 17-7 lead through four. The Rangers didn't bring a run across the board in the fifth inning but recovered with five runs in the sixth and came away with the big win. Brayden Habigar led the Rangers with a triple and three...
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Grizzlies summer conditioning
Summer conditioning for seventh- and eighth-grade Grizzly football players will begin at 8:30 a.m. on June 11 in the Labette County High School Grizzlies weight room. Each conditioning session will last approximately one hour. Workouts will be three times a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Proper and safe lifting technique will be the focus of the workouts. Nutrition aspects will also be taught. The Grizzlies' middle school football camp...
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Parsons Dolphins travel to Webb City
Jasper County Killer Whales Invite Webb City, Mo.; June 2 Girls division 8 and under 25-yard freestyle — 1. Sidni Meister, 17.12. 2. Carys Gossett, 18.50. 21. Aashka Patel, 35.76. 8 and under 25 backstroke — 1. Sidni Meister, 21.78. 12. Aashka Patel, 31.95. 8 and under 25 breaststroke — 3. Carys Gossett, 25.03. 8 and under 25 butterfly — 4. Sidni Meister, 22.47. 10 and under 100 medley relay — 2. Parsons Dolphins Swim Team (Rhiannon Gossett,...
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Big Hill to host bowfishing state tourney
The Kansas Bowfishing Classic state championship will be held at Big Hill Lake on Saturday. Check-in for the event is at 7 a.m. at the Timber Hill Boat Ramp with fishing beginning at 8 a.m. The final weigh-in for the event starts at 4 p.m. Between 10 to 20 teams are expected. Each team has two to three members and will be fishing along the shoreline and in boats across the lake.
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Parsons Babe Ruth update
Rookie League The Ray Products Rockies came away with a 9-2 win over the Bowen Pharmacy Yankees Monday evening in Winway Park in Parsons. The Rockies led 1-0 after an inning before scoring four in the third to move ahead 5-0. The Rockies tacked on another four in the fifth before the Yankees avoided the shutout with two runs in the sixth inning. Mark Bogner tripled twice and singled for the Rockies. Kyle Waun doubled and singled twice. For the...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo St. Paul High School junior pitcher Riley O'Brien delivers to the plate against Oswego High School in April. O'Brien was named the Class 2-1A Pitcher of the Year by the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches. O'Brien finished the year 11-1 and helped the Indians to a third-place finish in the state tourney.
O'Brien wins POY Award in Class 2-1A
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The final accolade for the St. Paul High School baseball team was announced late Friday afternoon, this one was more of an individual award though. SPHS junior pitcher Riley O'Brien, who finished 2012 with an 11-1 record and 125 strikeouts, was named the Class 2-1A Pitcher of the Year by the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches (KABC). O'Brien's award is accompanied by a first-team bid on the KABC team at...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo St. Paul High School junior pitcher Riley O'Brien delivers to the plate against Oswego High School in April. O'Brien was named the Class 2-1A Pitcher of the Year by the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches. O'Brien finished the year 11-1 and helped the Indians to a third-place finish in the state tourney.
O'Brien wins Pitcher of the Year award in Class 2-1A
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The final accolade for the St. Paul High School baseball team was announced late Friday afternoon, this one was more of an individual award though. SPHS junior pitcher Riley O'Brien, who finished 2012 with an 11-1 record and 125 strikeouts, was named the Class 2-1A Pitcher of the Year by the Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches (KABC). O'Brien's award is accompanied by a first-team bid on the KABC team at...
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Pirates earn 11-1 win over Rangers Thursday
The Rotary Pirates defeated the GW Photography Rangers 11-1 Thursday evening at Sonny Johnson Field in Parsons in 11-12 year old Babe Ruth League play. Payton Pilkington struck out four batters in two innings and Carl Hughlett had three Ks in two innings to help the Pirates earn the win. The game was 1-0 through two and a half innings before the Pirates broke it open with seven runs in the top of the third and another three in the bottom of th...
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Twins grab three wins in Babe Ruth League 11-12 division
The ParCom Twins shut down the Rotary Pirates 10-3 Friday in 11-12 year old Babe Ruth League action at Sonny Johnson Field in Winway Park in Parsons. The game was decided quickly thanks to six runs in the first three innings from the Twins. Dalton Rodie and Javon Perez walked in the second inning and helped put early runs on the board. Jaden Ponce of the Twins was perfect at the dish going 3 for 3. He singled in the second, third and fifth inn...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Sixth-grader Payton Smith looks to pass to a teammate while sixth-grader Ellie Carson applies defensive pressure Thursday at the Harrison Gymnasium in Altamont during a 3-on-3 tournament. The LCHS camp was conducted by LCHS coaches and former players as well as some visiting college players and concluded Friday afternoon.
LCHS hosts basketball camp

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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons Middle School camper Cody Stephens (right) goes up for a lay-up while fellow camper Zach McCarty (left) watches on as the two finishe off a fastbreak drill Friday morning in the Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium in Parsons. The Parsons Vikings hosted their annual camp this week, with the youth campers concluding Friday and the high school campers concluding today. The camp focused on fundamentals in shooting, defense, passing and dribbling and had three divisions.
PHS hosts boys camp

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CNC releases post-season baseball, softball teams
The CNC League has released its all-league teams for 2012. Erie High School had one representative on each of the softball and baseball teams. In softball, Erie's Kendra Engstrom was named an honorable mention outfielder for her efforts in her junior campaign while Erie senior Keith Marquardt was named an honorable mention infielder. The complete list of all-CNC players is listed below. All-CNC softball First team Frontenac — Lindsey Gorham, ...
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Reynolds receives South Central Regiona POW for 2nd time
Maxpreps.com recently named Allie Reynolds of Labette County High School its South Central Region Player of the Week. Reynolds also received the honor in April, making her the first and only player to receive this honor twice in 2012. Reynolds earned the award for the week ending May 19. During that time she threw two shutouts and a no-hitter to help Labette County improve to 20-0 on the season. She struck out 36 batters and yielded only one w...
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Seibert makes first team all state, selected to all star game
Along with his all-Southeast Kansas League first team bid, Labette County High School senior Hunter Seibert also received an all-Class 4A first team spot from the KABC organization. Seibert hit .522 while scoring 19 runs in 2012. He knocked in 15 runs and had four doubles and two triples. In 69 at-bats this season Seibert struck out just once. Siebert will play in the KABC All State All Star Game on Wednesday, June 6 in Manhattan at Kansas Sta...
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