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LCHS dominates Bulldogs in opener
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor No. 20 was a lot like the other 19. Labette County High School pulled into the regional semi-finals again Monday with an 11-0 victory over Independence (6-15 overall). The Lady Grizzlies hit, pitched and fielded their way into a matchup with rival Parsons High School. “I was proud of the girls for coming out focused. That’s just one though. We have to be ready to go for tomorrow. It’s going to be a good game,...
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Late rally pulls Parsons into semis
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Grit? Mental toughness? Resolve? Call it what you will, but the Lady Vikings appear to have it — and they showed it off Monday. Parsons High School defeated Chanute High School (9-12 overall) 6-5 Monday evening at the Marvel Park softball field in Parsons to improve to 14-5 on the season and to more importantly advance to the second round of their own Class 4A softball regional. The win came courtesy of a two...
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Labette CC holds Holden’s Hope run/walk
Labette Community College’s honor society, Phi Theta Kappa, and the Kansas Region Alumni Association of Phi Theta Kappa sponsored the first annual Holden’s Hope 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, May 7. Jeff Hughes, of Garden City, and Juliana Kepner, of Parsons, who are co-advisors of the Kansas Region Alumni Association, developed the fundraiser to benefit six-year old Holden Guilfoyle of Fort Scott, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder called ...
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Pittsburg takes league track meet
IOLA — The spring season got a little more fruitful for Pittsburg High School here Thursday evening. The Purple Dragons pulled off a sweep at the 2011 Southeast Kansas Championships to bring a pair of league titles home with them. The titles give Pittsburg four SEK team titles in the spring to go along with a golf title earned earlier in the week and a baseball title, also earned Thursday night. The Purple Dragons won their first girls titl...
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Vikings place 2nd overall at home meet Thursday
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor A five-minute spell of heavy rain during the middle of the front nine was the only thing keeping conditions from being perfect during Thursday’s Parsons Invitational at the Katy Golf Course. Eight schools were represented at this year’s invite, with Parsons splitting in two to make a nine-team field. The newly-crowned Southeast Kansas League champion Pittsburg Purple Dragons won the meet by shooting a 334 as a...
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Looking back at the best of this year’s SEK
The A-Game By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The finishing touches are being put on the 2010-11 school year. Once results from Thursday’s baseball games, which featured a league-deciding doubleheader, and Thursday’s Southeast Kansas League track meet are in; we’ll know who won this year’s 2011 Martin Rhode All-Sports Trophy. Just a refresher for everyone, this trophy is a cumulative look at all SEK sports, boys’ and girls’, that ranks how the...
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Vikings sweep Independence on Senior Night
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor It won’t be the last time the Vikings step on their home field this season, but it made for a good Senior Night regardless. The Parsons High School softball team improved to 13-5 overall and 11-5 in the Southeast Kansas League with a sweep of Independence (6-14 overall, 6-10 SEK) on Thursday evening. With the win, the Vikings sent their only senior, starting second baseman Alex Runberg, home with a pair of win...
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St. Paul sweeps Moran for 10th in row
ST. PAUL — Baseballs flew out of the yard left and right here Thursday evening. The St. Paul High School baseball team improved to 14-3 on the season and won its ninth and 10th games in a row with a two-game sweep over Marmaton Valley of Moran. The Indians won the opener 10-1, and in game two St. Paul picked up a 12-2 victory. As a team, the Indians combined for four over-the-fence home runs in the game to move the winning-streak to double ...
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Devils finish 2nd at CNC League golf tournament
The CNC League golf tournament took place Wednesday afternoon in Miami, Okla., at Peoria Ridge Country Club. Pittsburg-Colgan was the runaway winner of the event. The Panthers had a 56-stroke advantage over second-place Erie. Colgan also took the first two spots overall and three of the top five. The Panthers shot a 335 and were led by Kolter Krumsick (40-39 — 79). Erie was led by Keaton Page, who shot a 45-41 — 86 to finish sixth. The scor...
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Labette places five on all-region team
Five Labette Community College softball players were named to the 2011 NJCAA All-Region VI Division II District D Softball Team this week. Three Labette players were named to the first team while two were tabbed to the second team. Sophomore third baseman Chelsey Rottinghaus, freshman shortstop Lacie Cook and sophomore pitcher Taylor Paulsen were named to the first team for LCC. The three were also named to the Kansas Jayhawk Community Colle...
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Grizzlies sweep Pittsburg, finish SEK League undefeated
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor ALTAMONT — The trophy was already wrapped up, but the Labette County High School softball team went and joined an even more distinguished group Tuesday night. LCHS used 14-0 and 11-1 wins to sweep Pittsburg (4-14 overall, 3-11 SEK) here Tuesday evening. The sweep moves Labette to 19-1 overall this season and completes the Southeast Kansas League portion of the schedule for the Grizzlies, which they finished 16-...
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Purple Dragons take two from Labette County baseball
ALTAMONT — In just eight days the Labette County High School baseball team completed over half of its league schedule. Tuesday, the Grizzlies hosted Pittsburg High School (13-5 overall, 11-3 SEK) and lost a pair of games to the visitors 4-1 and 10-0 to fall to 5-13 overall and 4-12 in the SEK. The pair of losses may have been influenced by the Grizzlies running out of gas. The game was the second doubleheader in a two-night span and fifth in...
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Hornets sweep Eagles Monday
The Chetopa Lady Hornets softball team defeated the Uniontown Eagles Monday in two close games. The Lady Hornets won the opener 3-2 and shutout the Eagles 3-0 to win game two. CHS sophomore Chelsea LaPee added 25 strikeouts to her 2011 resume to move to 186 total strikeouts going into regionals.
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Regional seeding announced for baseball, softball
Regional baseball and softball brackets for the 2011 season were released on Wednesday. First-round matchups for all local teams are listed below. Games will begin on Monday, May 16. Baseball Class 4A regional hosted by Chanute Monday, May 16 No. 1 seed Baxter Springs (13-2) vs No. 8 seed Parsons (2-14) at 2 p.m. at NCCC fields in Chanute No. 4 seed Chanute (7-11) vs. No. 5 seed Coffeyville (5-11) at 6 p.m. at Katy Park in Chanute No. 2...
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SEK golf concludes, Pittsburg wins title
CHANUTE — The final Southeast Kansas League golf meet of the year took place here Monday at Quarry Stone Golf Course. The Chanute Comets hosted the rest of the league for the Chanute High School Invitational. The host shot a 345, good for third overall. The team title went to Coffeyville, which turned in a 327 overall. The Golden Tornado were led by Luke Vacca. His 38-40 — 78 was the low score of the day, two shots clear of Chanute’s Skyler...
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St. Paul baseball edges Oswego 2-0
ST. PAUL — It took three weeks, but the St. Paul High School baseball team swept rival Oswego High School. St. Paul and OHS met up here Monday for one varsity and one junior varsity game. St. Paul won a 2-0 varsity game that featured seven total hits. The win completed a season sweep over Oswego for the Indians of St. Paul. The two teams met on April 14 for a scheduled doubleheader, but rain delayed the second game. St. Paul won game one 10-...
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Grizzlies, Comets combine for 43 runs in doubleheader split
ALTAMONT — Offensive fireworks and a big seventh inning highlighted a doubleheader split between Chanute and Labette County High School here Monday evening. The Grizzlies hosted the Comets for a league matchup on the first day of a two-day stretch of doubleheaders at Vic George Field. Chanute took game one 18-16, but the Grizzlies snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-4 win in game two behind a late run to break a tie. In the opener, t...
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Chanute hosts nine-team track meet Friday
CHANUTE — The Comets hosted eight others for the 2011 Thad Clements Invitational track meet Friday. The invitational featured all Southeast Kansas League schools except for Columbus. Fredonia also competed. The Pittsburg High School girls won the invite with 142 points, 28 more than Chanute. Locally, Labette County came in fifth overall with 52 points, and Parsons took seventh with 28. On the boys’ side, Chanute won the overall event with ...
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Oswego names football coach
The USD 504 Board of Education approved the coaching contract of Rod Monroe for the 2011 season Monday evening. Monroe will enter his second stint as head coach of the Indians. He served as the head coach of OHS from 1991 to 1995 and has served as an assistant and head coach in track, basketball and football at Oswego schools since. “I’m looking forward to working with the boys. We’re going to be awful young, but if they are willing to work ...
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Lady Cardinals on way to nationals
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Hollywood’s best would have had a hard time writing a better script for the Labette Community College softball team’s experience Sunday. The Lady Cardinals (43-14 overall, 21-5 KJCCC) added a national tournament berth to their 2011 resume. To do so, they had to exercise demons against the same team that put them out in 2010, in a notably similar situation. Labette defeated Johnson County (29-27 overall, 17-9 K...
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