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Fleet of Viking 3-pointers sink Girard Trojans
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor It’s normally not a good thing when a team fails to score a point in an entire quarter. Of course, the game isn’t normally out of hand by the time the start of the fourth period comes around. The Parsons High School boys basketball team improved to 18-3 overall on Monday with a 48-24 home victory here over Girard. The Vikings hit an eye-popping 11 3-pointers in the game and breezed by the Trojans and into the ...
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Grizzlies' comeback falls short
COFFEYVILLE — Labette County High School’s fourth-quarter rally here Monday night was not enough to defeat Coffeyville in the opening round of substate, but it was close. The 66-63 loss ended the Grizzlies’ season with a record of 9-11. Coffeyville will advance in the tournament and play on Thursday against Columbus, a surprise winner over Chanute Monday. Senior Mitchell Smith scored 17 points in the game for Labette County, hitting five 3-po...
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OHS overcomes 1-point quarter
OSWEGO — The Oswego High School basketball team got quite a scare here Monday, but advanced to the second round of substate thanks to a strong defensive effort. The Indians improved to 18-2 overall and more importantly stayed alive in the 2010-2011 season with a 31-24 victory over Central Burden. The Raiders (7-13) used a tightly-packed zone defense to keep Oswego uncomfortable in the early moments of Monday’s game. Oswego failed to register...
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Riverton knocks off Lady Chargers
CHERRYVALE — The Lady Chargers’ season ended here on Monday with a 48-37 loss to visiting Riverton. The Rams pulled off the mild upset over the No. 4 seeded Chargers on Monday thanks to a strong start and big lead at the half in a game that ended 48-37 in favor of Riverton. A win would have put Cherryvale in line for a matchup with No. 1 seed Fredonia on Thursday, the same team the Chargers had knocked off a week ago. “It was one of those n...
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Indy's late rally ends Parsons' season
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — The closer it got to its ultimate end, the more unforgiving Losey Gymnasium got. The Independence Bulldogs (14-7) defeated the Parsons Vikings (10-11) 59-51 by using a 13-5 rally over the final five minutes of play here Tuesday evening to end the Vikings’ season and to tally the final high school basketball win ever in the Bulldogs' historic gym in its final game. “I told the girls I was so prou...
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State champ has local ties
A champion performer at this year’s Class 6A wrestling tournament held in Wichita has local ties. Olathe Northwest junior Connor Middleton competed in the championship last weekend as part of the Northwest High School Ravens wrestling team. Middleton finished the tournament in first place in the 152-pound division. The Northwest junior finishes the year at 45-1 overall and is a three-time state qualifier. He is the son of Mark Middleton, a L...
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Murdocks place sixth in state
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Hosey gets fourth in state
SALINA — Labette County High School senior Channing Hosey finished out his career as one of the top 171-pound wrestlers in the state Saturday. Hosey competed in the Class 4A state wrestling tournament over the weekend and came away with a fourth-place finish in the 171-pound division. “Channing really strung together a lot of great matches this weekend. Some of the most athletic kids in his bracket lost in the early rounds of the tournament,...
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Five LCC wrestlers now All-American
Five Labette Community College wrestlers will finish this season as All-Americans. The LCC wrestling team completed the 2010-11 season on Saturday in the final day of the 2011 NJCAA Wrestling Championships in Spokane, Wash., hosted by North Idaho College. As a team, the Cardinals finished fifth overall with a total of 85.5 points. The top seven spots were closely contested with just 25 points separating those teams. Clackamas Community Col...
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High school wrestlers head to state
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Although a team sport, wrestling becomes individualized at this point in the year as grapplers from around the state prepare for the final tournament of the year in Salina. Luckily for the Parsons High School team, three similar-sized Vikings will compete in today’s stat tourney and will have helped each other prepare. “It does change practice a little bit,” PHS coach Chris Ball said, who spoke of his three fi...
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Parsons boys clinch SEK League title
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor There’s something about the Coffeyville Golden Tornado that brings out the best in the Parsons Vikings. The Parsons High School basketball team (17-3 overall, 7-1 SEK) defeated Coffeyville 83-63 (13-7 overall, 5-3 SEK) 83-63 Thursday here. The win eclipses Parsons’ previous best offensive outing of the season, an 80-point effort against the same team on Jan. 25. Thursday’s regular-season finale was critical fo...
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LCC wrestling team competes at nationals
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Labette Community College wrestling team has put itself into a spot to return the NJCAA national title to Labette for the first time since 2005 thanks to an outstanding performance at this year’s regional tourney. After every wrestler qualified for the finals, and three won the entire bracket at regionals, the Cardinals will send 10 men to the mats today during the first round of the NJCAA championships in ...
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Fort Scott defeats Labette County
Four Grizzlies were in double figures, but two Labette County players were also in foul trouble and ended up picking up five fouls. Seniors Keaton Turner and Mitchell Smith both fouled out. Junior Cole Traxson scored 18 points and senior Trevor Nash added 17. Mitchell Smith had 14 points and Keaton Turner 11 on the night. The Grizzlies, without 6-5 senior Christian Hosey in the lineup, struggled to stop Fort Scott’s offense. Cody Harper scor...
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St. Paul splits with Crest
COLONY — St. Paul struggled getting points on the board here Thursday night and lost to Crest 37-26. Crest had a quick start, outscoring the Indians 18-8 in the first quarter. St. Paul played better defense as the game progressed, but still struggled with offense. The Indians started the second half down 22-15. Willie Westhoff scored 10 points to lead the Indians. D.J. Vitt scored seven. IN THE GIRLS’ GAME, St. Paul simply overpowered Crest...
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Coffeyville defeats Lady Vikings
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The second meeting ended the same way as the first, and the two teams got to the finish line pretty much the same way. The Parsons High School girl’s basketball team fell to Coffeyville (7-13 overall, 3-5 SEK) 42-40 on Thursday evening to end the regular season at 10-10 overall and 4-4 in the Southeast Kansas League. The loss recalled the Jan. 25 meeting between the two teams that ended in overtime. In that ga...
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Oswego boys, girls win
OSWEGO — The Oswego boys outmatched Pleasanton here Tuesday in a high school basketball game. Oswego won 56-25. The win improves Oswego to 17-2 this season and caps off an undefeated year in the Three Rivers League. Oswego had already clinched the title with a win Monday, but the victory over Pleasanton gives them an 8-0 record overall. “This was a goal the seniors set from the beginning of the season. These kids went on a heck of a run here...
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Labette County boys defeat Iola Tuesday
IOLA — Labette County High School’s boys improved to 4-3 in the SEK League and 9-9 overall with a 54-42 win here Tuesday night. Senior Christian Hosey was stunning with 24 points and 11 rebounds on the night. Keaton Turner scored 10 points and had two assists and Trevor Nash had nine points and six rebounds. “I felt really good considering that Iola played last night. They were down one going into the fourth with Chanute. You have to give cr...
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Lady Bulldogs defeat Lady Vikes Tuesday
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — Less than 24 hours after playing their best game of the season, the Parsons High School basketball team played one of its worst here Tuesday in a 65-41 loss to Independence (12-7 overall, 5-2 SEK). The loss drops the Vikings to 10-9 on the season and 4-3 in the Southeast Kansas League. Of Parsons’ nine losses, this is the first of the lopsided variety. Prior to Tuesday, Parsons’ biggest loss was...
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Parsons boys defeat Indy Tuesday
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — At times, free throws have been the Vikings’ kryptonite this season. That hasn’t been the case this week. The Parsons High School basketball team got its 16th win of the season against only three losses on Tuesday in Independence in a 67-56 win behind 19 of 23 shooting from the charity stripe. In two games this week the Vikings are a combined 29 of 35 from behind the line. The win moves the Vik...
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Vikings survive Fort Scott Monday
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor FORT SCOTT — Fort Scott High School senior Jaret Thorpe hurled the most anti-climactic buzzer-beating 3-point bank shot of the season Monday evening to put the finishing touches on a wild game that featured a bit of everything. The Parsons High School boys basketball team survived the encounter with Fort Scott Monday in a make-up from a weather-delayed game earlier this month to improve to 5-1 in the Southeast ...
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