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PHS JV softball drops two to Chanute Monday
The Parsons High School junior varsity softball team lost a pair of games in Chanute Monday evening. The Vikings lost their opener 9-2 and trailed 6-0 in the second game before the game was rained out in the fourth inning. The team started slow in the first game before the bats came to life in the fifth to score runs. Bree Rogers, Libby Hizey and Audrey Perez have led the Vikes at the plate this season in JV action. The Lady Vikings were comin...
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Two PWC wrestlers selected to represent Kansas
Kolton Misner and Chadwick Pinkley of the Parsons Wrestling Club have been chosen to wrestle for the Kansas dual team that will compete at the 2012 Heartland USA Elementary national Duals in Fremont, Neb. on April 14-15. Four Kansas teams were selected with 12 alternates competing. Each team will wrestler other teams from across the nation. Wrestlers from first- through sixth-grade will be competing. Misener was selected to wrestle at the 50-p...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School senior Tiara Ford signs her letter of intent to play basketball for Independence Community College next season Monday afternoon in the LCHS commons area in Altamont. Ford is joined on the front row by mother Emily O'Brien and father Mike Ford. LCHS girls' basketball coach Kristi Snider and Ford's sister Michaela O'Brien are shown on the back row. Ford was a three-year starter for the Lady Grizzlies and earned All-SEK honors as well as honorable mention Class 4A honors as a senior.
Ford signs with ICC Monday

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LCHS JV takes first at Girard Invitational Thursday
The Labette County High School junior varsity golf team brought home first as a team and in the individual standings when they traveled to the Girard JV Invitational on Thursday. The team shot a 189 to best Independence, who was second with a 192, and seven other teams on a cool, breezy afternoon at the Girard Golf Course. Labette County also brought home first in the individual portion of the meet thanks to a 42 by Austin Krewson in the nine-...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College second baseman Briana Walker attempts to turn a double play after a Brown Mackie batter sent a ground ball to shortstop with a runner on first Friday in a two-game sweep of the Tigers.
Labette sweeps Brown Mackie, controls own destiny
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM If last week was a good week for the Cardinals — this one was great. Labette Community College swept Brown Mackie (19-18 overall, 10-12 Region) in a non-league doubleheader to improve to 32-10 overall this season. The wins were the ninth and 10th in a row for Labette, who now controls its own destiny in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division thanks to Cowley County defeated No. 7-r...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School junior Abe Russell completes one of his long jump attempts Thursday at the Parsons High School practice field during the PHS Invitational. Russell took second in the event.
Parsons hosts annual track meet Thursday
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The Parsons High School track team hosted a 10-team event Thursday evening at the PHS practice field. Labette County High School came away the big winner in the event with a victory in both divisions. The LCHS girls gathered 140 points to fend off Anderson County, who came away with a second-place finish with 123 points. Girard was third overall with 115 points. Parsons took seventh with 34 points while Eri...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School junior first baseman Dusty Dishman runs down a Chanute High School baserunner who was caught in a jam after trying to steal second Thursday evening at the Marvel Park baseball fields in game one of a doubleheader between the two schools.
Parsons baseball drops two to Chanute
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM Parsons High School baseball dropped its third and fourth games of the year in a pair of losses to Chanute High School (3-3 overall, 3-3 SEK) Thursday evening at the Marvel Park baseball field. The Comets came up with a big inning in each game on the way to a 12-2 and 8-0 sweep of the Vikings. "We as a team right now do not have a good game plan at the plate and that is all on me. We will work hard on Monda...
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Grizzlies take two from Titans; back at .500
COLUMBUS — The Labette County High School baseball team picked up a pair of victories over Columbus (2-4 overall, 2-2 SEK) to move to 5-5 on the season and 3-3 in the Southeast Kansas League here Thursday. The Grizzlies opened with a 9-3 win in game one behind a strong performance from pitcher Klay Weaver, who went the distance for his first win of the year. "Klay threw very well in his first start on the hill. He looked very comfortable out t...
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Lady Grizzlies dominate in sweep of Columbus
COLUMBUS — The Lady Grizzlies faced their most difficult challenge of 2012 Thursday evening. They passed with flying colors. Labette County High School softball improved to 8-0 overall and 6-0 within the Southeast Kansas League with a pair of impressive victories over Columbus High School (4-3 overall, 2-2 SEK). The Grizzlies won 11-1 and 11-0 while allowing only three hits and producing 21 of their own. The Titans entered the game coming off ...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior second baseman Daza Werner (left) covers first base and catches a throw from PHS first baseman Sara Cruse (right) for a force out on a bunt from Chanute High School during a two-game sweep over the Lady Comets Thursday in Parsons.
Kemp gets no-hitter, two Vikes homer in PHS sweep
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The Vikings are back at .500. The Parsons High School softball team scored 6-4 and 11-0 wins to earn a sweep of Chanute High School (1-3 overall, 1-3 SEK) and to even their record at 3-3 overall and 2-2 within the Southeast Kansas League Thursday evening here. "We hit the ball very well the second game. We were patient and swung at good pitches. We had a lot of solid hits that made outs. We hit the ball up ...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College sophomore Jennifer Owen connects with a pitch that sailed over the center field wall for a home run Thursday afternoon at the LCC softball diamond in Parsons. The Lady Cardinals swept Cloud Community College to move to 30-10 overall and 20-2 in the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division.
Labette softball dominates Cloud
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The Lady Cardinals keep rolling along. Labette Community College earned two victories over Cloud Community College (17-17 overall, 7-13 KJCCC) Thursday in Parsons to notch their seventh and eighth victories in row and to run their tally to 17 wins in the last 19 tries. The Redbirds opened the floodgates offensively while keeping the Thunderbirds off their game at the plate in a dominate showing while pickin...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School tennis senior John Paul Hurley returns a shot against an opponent Thursday evening at the Forest Park tennis courts. Hurley and teammate Parker Robertson took second and the Vikes' invite Thursday.
Parsons HS tennis takes first at home meet Thursday
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The Parsons High School tennis team defended its home court Thursday evening in Parsons with a victory at the Parsons Vikings Tennis Invitational. The Vikes invited three other schools — Independence, Coffeyville and Chanute — to the Forest Park tennis courts for tournament action. For the second time in 10 days, Parsons and Independence finished a tourney with the same number of victories and split in head...
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Vikings travel to Winfield for swim meet
The Parsons High School swimming team traveled to Winfield Tuesday for a swimming meet. The team was led by the second-place finish from the 200 freestyle relay team consisting of Reagan Argo, Shannon Dunlay, Sydney Markley and Victoria Port. The same team also grabbed a sixth-place finish in the 200 medley. Individually, Argo brought home a seventh in the 50 and 100 freestyle. Dunlay took fifth in the 100 butterfly and eighth in the 100 breas...
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Saints open track season in Galena Tuesday
The St. Patrick Catholic School track and field team traveled to the Galena Bulldog Ice Box Invitational on Tuesday. The meet was the first of the season for the Saints. THe team has nine seventh-graders and five eighth-graders competing, but the eighth-grade boys and one seventh-grade boys were unable to attend due to another school-related activity. The girls gathered 35 total points to place eighth out of 14 teams. Next up for the team will...
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LCHS sweeps Coffeyville JV Monday evening
The Labette County High School junior varsity softball team recovered from a pair of losses to Fort Scott last week with two victories over Coffeyville Monday evening in Coffeyville. Sophomore pitcher Darcy Cole led the team to a 14-2 victory in game one. The Lady Grizzlies also had a strong night at the plate. Chellsea Harness and Kalee Swayze each had three hits while Bethany Holsinger, Abi Walker and Janel Baker added two hits each. Cole an...
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Grizzlies varsity golf completes second tourney
The Labette County High School boys' golf team opened the season at the Independence Invitational on March 29. The LCHS varsity boys finished seventh out of 11 teams with a team total of 377. Aaron White took seventh with an 83 while Braden Page was eighth overall with an 84 to round out the top-10 scoring for LCHS. It was the lowest round of White's high-school career. Drew Dwyer (104), Jonny Krewson (106), Heath Charles (107) and Austin Krew...
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Corporate competition coming back to Chamber golf tourney
The Parsons Chamber of Commerce and the Parsons Recreation Commission have partnered to bring back the Corporate Challenge Division to the Chamber’s Annual Golf Tournament for 2012. Under the agreement of the partnership, teams that register for the annual Chamber Golf Tournament will be allowed to list a company member that they are playing for during the Chambers event. Those companies participating in the Corporate Challenge Division will ...
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Erie golf team places third at home meet
Erie High School hosted their annual golf invite at the Prairie Ridge Golf Course on Monday. Caney won the event with a 342 as a team followed by Jayhawk Linn, at 354 total. Erie was the third-highest placing team with a 386 team total. Pleasanton (397) and Neodesha (427) rounded out the top five while Oswego placed seventh with a 438. Tyler Wyant of Caney Valley shot 36-41 — 77 to bag a first-place individual finish for the second time this s...
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Galesburg Middle School begins track season
 Galesburg Middle School opened their track season on Thursday, March 29 at the Southeast Invitational. Galesburg has 10 eighth-grade athletes participating in track with eight boys and two girls competing. The Timberwolves have 13 athletes in seventh-grade with eight boys and five girls. GMS had five athletes get top-three finishes at the Southeast invite. In the eighth-grade girls' division, Chrisana Maurer earned second place in the mile. I...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Austin Ryan of Labette County High School tags out a Coffeyville runner Tuesday evening in game one of a doubleheader with the Grizzlies. The runner tried to steal on LCHS pitcher Tyler Burris, but LCHS catcher Corey Cosby fired to Ryan, second baseman, and forced the out.
LCHS baseball splits with Coffeyville
ALTAMONT — The Labette County High School baseball team moved to 3-5 overall and 1-3 within the Southeast Kansas League with a two-game split against Coffeyville here Tuesday night. Coffeyville used a four-run fourth inning to pull off a 6-5 victory in the first game of the doubleheader. Labette County got on the board early with a homer from Tyler Burris in the bottom of the first that put the Grizzlies up 3-1. However, LCHS stranded a pair i...
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