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Two fighters with local ties to be featured on HD Net Friday night
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM A pair of fighters with local ties will enter the ring in a national-teleivised MMA event tonight. Andrew and Cody Carrillo, formally of Parsons, will both have matches on the Titan Fighting Championship 21 card this evening. The event will start at 7 p.m. and will be shown on HDNet and is taking place at Memorial Hall in Kansas City. Andrew Carrillo will take on Joe Wilk out of Manhattan Kansas in the 145-...
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Oswego wins big
UNIONTOWN — The Oswego Lady Indians will take on Madison on Saturday in the title game of the Uniontown 2A high school girls’ substate basketball tournament. Oswego earned its way into the championship game by knocking off Sedan on Thursday night, 68-50. The Oswego girls improved to 20-2 on the year. Oswego outscored Sedan 21-13 in the first quarter and was up 42-32 by halftime. “This time of the year it’s always big when you win,” Oswego coa...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School senior Allie Maffei (20) and Shelbie Foister (back) fight with Parsons High School senior Taylor Kemp (center) for a lob inside during Thursday's substate semi-final between the two rivals. Parsons erased a five-point deficit late in the game to win 51-46 and to snap an 11-year losing streak against the Grizzlies. Parsons will face Girard (17-5) in the substate finals at 6 p.m. on Saturday in Coffeyville.
Parsons girls knock off Labette County 51-46 Thursday
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com By the time the Vikings finally missed a free throw the game was in hand. Parsons High School broke an 11-year drought with a 51-46 victory over rival Labette County High School Thursday evening. The meeting was the third of the season between the two and was easily the most competitive in the line of thrillers. The Class 4A substate semifinal featured several five- and six-point runs, and both teams looked...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College freshman pitcher Mallory Davis delivers during game one of a doubleheader with Butler Thursday at the LCC softball field in Parsons. The Lady Cardinals fell 1-0 and 4-2 to visiting Butler Thursday to move to 8-3 on the season.
Butler takes two from Labette Community College

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Indians lose to Lawrence team
ST. PAUL — The St. Paul Indians couldn’t stop Bishop-Seabury Academy’s top player in a Thursday night 2A substate boys’ basketball game. St. Paul fell behind early, 10-6 after the opening quarter. By halftime, the Bishop-Seabury Seahawks of Lawrence led 26-17. The Seahawks turned it up a notch in the second half, scoring 44 points for a 70-45 victory. Bishop-Seabury’s 6-foot, 3-inch sophomore guard Khadre Lane scored 35 points, 15 coming from ...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College freshman guard Brooke Dickey stops a drive from a Kansas City Kansas Community College guard in Wednesday's 78-53 victory over KCKCC. The LCC women improved to 10-19 overall and 5-12 within the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division with the 25-point victory. LCC also avenged a 55-50 loss to the Blue Devils earlier this season with the home victory.
Labette women wallop Blue Devils
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The Lady Cardinals reached 10 wins Wednesday, and it was never close. The Labette Community College women’s basketball team improved to 10-19 overall and 5-12 within the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division with a 78-53 drubbing of Kansas City Kansas Community College (13-16 overall, 4-13 KJCCC) at home Wednesday evening. The Lady Cardinals returned the favor with a home victory over...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College sophomore Mark Hatchett (left) reaches for a loose ball after knocking a pass away from a KCKCC guard while LCC sophomore guard Dre Conner (right) looks on. The Cardinals earned their 19th win of the season and improved to 9-8 within the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division with a 76-69 victory over Kansas City Kansas Community College Wednesday evening in Parsons.
LCC men sweep series with KCKCC
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM Three games ago the Labette men’s basketball team set a goal — win the last four games of the year and get to 20 going into region play. For those counting — that’s three down and one more to go. The Labette Community College men’s basketball team overcame a 10-point first-half deficit Wednesday to earn its 19th victory of the year and to move within a game of finishing the regular season with 20 wins one y...
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Erie girls defeat Colgan
The Erie High School Lady Red Devils came alive in the third quarter and built enough distance on the scoreboard to survive a fourth-quarter run by St. Mary's-Colgan. With the win, the Lady Red Devils will advance to the second round of substate play at Erie on Friday. Erie and Colgan remained even through two quarters. The score was knotted at 23 at halftime. The Lady Red Devils outscored Colgan 14-3 in the third quarter to get a 37-26 lead a...
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PHS, LCHS to meet for spot in substate final
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM Two local team will fight for the chance to go to Salina next week Saturday in Coffeyville. We won't know who until after tonight's and Friday's games. The Parsons and Labette County High School boy's and girl's basketball teams have earned the right to advance to the Class 4A substate semifinal. The two teams will be playing one another while there. The LCHS girls (16-5) will take on Parsons (16-5) in Coff...
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Lady Chargers fall to Southeast Tuesday
CHEROKEE — The No. 5-seeded Chargers gave Southeast all they wanted but ultimately fell in the first round of the Erie-hosted substate. Cherryvale (12-9) ended the season with a 38-29 loss to the No. 4-seeded Lancers (13-8). "It is tough losing that last game of the season. The girls came out and played pretty well. Defensively, we would have held them in the low 30's if we would not have had to foul in the last couple of minutes," said CHS co...
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LCC softball blasts Fort Scott
The Cardinals got off to a good start in their quest to repeat. The No. 7-ranked Labette Community College softball team improved to 8-1 overall and 2-0 within the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division with a pair of lopsided wins over Fort Scott Tuesday afternoon. LCC was impressive at the dish and in the circle — winning 17-2 and 8-0 in their first league games of the season. Labette's Kenzie Dunlap took the mound in t...
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Erie girls defeat Colgan
The Erie High School Lady Red Devils came alive in the third quarter and built enough distance on the scoreboard to survive a fourth-quarter run by St. Mary’s-Colgan. With the 48-40 win, the Lady Red Devils will advance to the second round of substate play at Erie on Friday. Erie and Colgan remained even through two quarters. The score was knotted at 23 at halftime. The Lady Red Devils outscored Colgan 14-3 in the third quarter to get a 37-26 ...
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LCHS defeats Pittsburg in OT
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM PITTSBURG — Down 15 midway through the third quarter, it looked like Labette County was going packing. But the Grizzlies blazed the nets and flustered Pittsburg with a full-court press to force overtime and winded up winning 67-63 Tuesday evening. “These kids never panicked. We stayed with the game plan. You can’t say enough about the second half on how we played. We played in that position several times. O...
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Dolphins compete in championships at Wichita
The Parsons Dolphins swim team traveled to the 2012 Division II SCY South Championships at the Garvey Aquatic Center in Wichita over the weekend. The event took place on Saturday and Sunday. Below are the results for the Dolphins. 2012 Division II SCY South Championships Girls 10 and under 50 fly — 9. Dara Mendoza, 42.45. 14. Kaleigh Burke, 45.30. 10 and under 100 freestyle — 14. Kaleigh Burke, 1:28.97. 18. Carys Gossett, 1:36.15. 10 and unde...
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Chargers fall in double OT Monday
GALENA — The Chargers' season ended Monday evening with a 69-65 double-overtime loss to Galena. Cherryvale High School entered the Erie hosted substate at 11-9 overall and had the Bulldogs on the ropes near the end of the contest but ultimately fell in two extra periods. Cherryvale's Trent Loganbill scored a team-high 20 points and John Anderson added 14. Hunter Robertson scored 11 points and had three triples while Cody O'Brien put in 10. The...
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Parsons boys advance
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM Four minutes into Monday's game the Vikings were on a 152-16 pace. That's about all you need to figure out how things went for Parsons High School in their final home game of the year. PHS improved to 19-2 overall with a 69-44 victory over Baxter (3-18) Monday in the opening round of substate basketball. The No. 1-seeded Vikings went up 23-4 after a quarter of play on the way to a win over the  visiting Lio...
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Lady Vikings defeat Baxter
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The Lions hung around until the very end. But when the horn sounded — Parsons had too much firepower. The Parsons High School girls basketball team stayed true to its seed Monday evening, knocking off Baxter 54-45. The two teams entered with nearly identical records. Parsons finished the year at 15-5 overall while Baxter was 14-6. But the one-game difference gave Parsons the No. 4 seed and Baxter the five, ...
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LCHS girls destroy Columbus
ALTAMONT — The Labette County girls basketball team won by 30 points on Monday night to set up a 4A substate game with Parsons on Thursday. Labette County took a 13-9 lead over Columbus into the second quarter, when the Lady Grizzlies allowed just two points for a 25-11 halftime lead. The Lady Titans scored only 10 points in the second half, and Labette County cruised to a 51-21 victory. "We really had some kids step up tonight when we got int...
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Oswego girls advance
OSWEGO — The Oswego High School Lady Indians handily defeated Marmaton Valley of Moran here Monday night 61-24. "The girls came out pretty strong to start the game," Oswego girls coach Neal Cruse said. Their level of play and unselfishness set the tone for the game, he said. The Oswego girls were leading 18-3 after a quarter and 31-9 at the half. Moran's biggest quarter was the third, when it scored 13 points. The only cloud over an otherwise ...
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Season ends of Erie boys
CANEY — The Erie Red Devils' basketball season ended on Monday night with a 52-41 loss to Caney Valley in a 3A substate tournament. "The kids played hard tonight but just could not come out on top at the end of the night. I'm very proud of the kids and their work this year," Erie coach Caleb Reimer said. Keaton Page led the way for Erie in scoring with 10 points. Justin Hartzel had seven points, and Kyle Spielbusch and Christian Murphy both ad...
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