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Erie track competes in Baxter
BAXTER SPRINGS — The Erie High School track team traveled to the Baxter Springs Invitational this week. Chris Bohrer led the team with a first-place finish in the javelin throw. Erie also took second in the girls’ javelin throw, thanks to a toss from Emmalee Mitchell. Mitchell was fifth in the shot put. Bohrer was also a member of Erie’s 400 relay team that took fourth. There, he was joined by Keith Marquardt, Justin Hartzell and Christian Mu...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons Middle School eighth-grader Jacob Almond tosses his second attempt in the discus event Monday at the Parsons High School track. Almond took second in the event. The Parsons MS Vikings hosted a 10-team field for their annual track invite.
Parsons seventh-grade boys win Parsons MS invite
Parsons Middle School Invitational track and field Monday, April 30 Seventh-grade girls Team standings — 1. Pittsburg 98.5; 2. Girard 80; 3. Independence 51.5; 4. Chanute 50.50; 5. Parsons 48.5; 6. Meadow View 35; 7. Coffeyville 33.5; 8. Columbus 33.5; 9. Altamont 15; 10. Iola 8 Individual results 800-meter run: 2. Quatera Wright (Parsons), 2:51.30. 3. Keyahnah Burk (Altamont), 2:52.20. 400 relay: 3. Parsons (Emily Falke, Brittany Hopkins, Ma...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College third baseman Emilee Vance safely fields a grounder to third during the first game of a doubleheader with Kansas City Kansas Community College Saturday in Parsons. The Lady Cardinals defeated the Blue Devils 3-0 and 9-6 to advance to the semis of the Region VI District D tourney. Labette will take on Hesston in Topeka on Saturday.
Labette advances to semis of District D tourney
The Lady Cardinals are headed to Topeka. The Labette Community College softball team advanced to the round of four in the NJCAAA Region VI Division II District D tourney with a two-game sweep over Kansas City Kansas Community College (24-26 overall) on Saturday in Parsons. Labette took the opener 3-0 behind seven shutout innings from frosh pitcher Mallory Davis before winning game two 9-6. Davis scattered four hits in seven innings of work in ...
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Lady Vikings sweep Pittsburg; run sweep to nine in row
PITTSBURG — The Lady Vikings won their eighth and ninth games in a row Friday here as they head into the biggest doubleheader of the season. Parsons High School softball defeated Pittsburg 14-4 and 9-3 in Pittsburg and are now 12-4 overall and 9-3 within the Southeast Kansas League. The Vikings won the first game behind the strength of a Sara Cruse grand slam in the first inning. "Sara's grand slam was a towering shot. It set the tone for the ...
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PHS baseball wins 12-inning game with Pittsburg
The Parsons High School baseball team won a wild 12-inning affair with the PIttsburg Purple Dragons to win their third in six tries after suffering an 0-6 start to 2012. The Vikings earned the win via 7-3 score in the back end of a doubleheader after being knotted with the Dragons for the first four frames of extra innings. In the top of the 12th, Quintin Hammer led off with a walk and stole second base before James Jackson knocked him in on a...
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PHS JV softball drops two to Pittsburg
The Parsons High School junior varsity team took on Pittsburg Thursday in Parsons. The Vikings lost game one 3-1 and the second game 14-8. "The girls hit the ball really well in the second game and have came a long way this year," said PHS JV coach Chris Durkin.
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Labette County stays unbeaten heading into Parsons Thursday
ALTAMONT — The Lady Grizzlies earned a run-rule victory to open things and comfortably won game two to improve to 16-0 overall on Senior Night here Friday. The Labette County High School softball team (16-0 overall, 12-0 SEK) defeated visiting Central Heights 11-0 in five innings and 7-1 in seven innings in the back end of a doubleheader to set up a showdown with rival Parsons Thursday. LCHS senior pitcher Allie Reynolds struck out 11 batters ...
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Labette County JV takes two from Frontenac
The Labette County High School junior varsity baseball team hosted Frontenac for a pair of games Friday afternoon and came away with two victories. LCHS won game one 3-0 and game two 3-1. Jake Mattox earned the win behind five innings of three-hit ball. "Jake threw a fine game. Frontenac brought a good club over. Jake made key pitches at key times. Three times he posted a K for the third out of the inning when Frontenac had a runner in scoring...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School senior Kaysha Julich drives a pitch to center for a single in the first inning of game one of a doubleheader with Central Heights Friday evening in Altamont. The LCHS Lady Grizzlies stayed perfect by picking up 11-0 and 7-1 wins over the Vikings of Central Heights. LCHS is now 16-0 overall and will put their 12-0 record in the Southeast Kansas League on the line when they travel to Parsons to take rival PHS Thursday.
Lady Grizzlies improve to 16-0 with Senior Night sweep

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St. Paul now 15-2 heading into game with Galena
The St. Paul Indians baseball team improved to 15-2 overall behind three victories earlier this week. St. Paul took on Oswego High School in a non-league game Monday evening and won 3-1. St. Paul got on the board with a home run by Jamie Holding in the second after going in order in the first inning. The Indians went scoreless over the next two innings before scoring two runs on two hits and a pair of walks in the third. There, Austin O'Brien ...
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OHS to dedicate new ball fields
Oswego High School's new softball and baseball field will officially be dedicated at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 1 in Oswego. Free hot dogs and soft drinks will be served from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
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Iola golf wins home invite; Parsons, LCHS placed 8th, 9th
Cool, windy conditions greeted the Southeast Kansas League golfers Thursday in Iola for an SEK event. Iola won the nine-team field with a 328 while Parsons and Labette County took eighth and ninth respectively. The host Mustangs took advantage of familiar terrain by shooting 328 overall, three strokes better than Independence. Iola took the top two spots in the standings individually with Shane Walden shooting a 39-37 — 76 and Kaden Macha firi...
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Labette moves region games to Saturday
The Labette Community College softball team has moved all of its region games with Kansas City Kansas Community College to Saturday due to a likelihood of rain on Sunday. The Cardinals and Blue Devils were originally supposed to play one game Saturday and a possible two games on Sunday in the best of three series that will open the 2012 Region VI District D tourney. The first game will start at 2 p.m. with the second game immediately following...
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EHS track competes in Neodesha Invitational
The Erie High School track team traveled to Neodesha for an invitational track and field meet on Thursday. Christian Murphy led the way with a first in the 300 hurdles, a second in the high hurdles and a sixth in the shot put. Justin Hartzell was fifth in the 200 dash, fifth in the long jump and sixth in the 400 dash and discus. Katie Brungardt added a fourth in the long jump.
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Parsons MS golf welcomes 10 teams to Katy Golf Course Thursday
The Parsons Middle School golf team welcomed 10 teams to the Katy Golf Course Thursday for a middle school tourney. Matt Percy from Central Heights led all golfers with a score of 37 and Coffeyville took first as a team with a score of 180. That score was 18 strokes better than Independence and Pittsburg, who tied with a 198 and took second and third respectively. The Parsons Vikings were led by Lee Head, who shot a 48 and won a tie-breaker wi...
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PHS swimming competes in Emporia
The Parsons High School swimming team competed in Emporia Thursday. Each member of the team finished with individual best times. Sophomore Shannon Dunlay finished with a personal best in the 100-yard freestyle, good for fourth, and the 100 breaststroke, good for fifth. Fellow sophomore swimmer Sydney Markley took a ninth in the 50 freestyle behind a personal best and finished in the top 10 in the 100 breaststroke with a 10th-place finish. Fros...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School senior Kelsie Goins makes contact with a pitch during a 7-0 win over Independence High School Thursday in Altamont. The hit was a big one, clearing the center-field wall and landing for a three-run homer. LCHS swept the Bulldogs thanks to a 14-4 come-from-behind win in the second game.
Grizzlies earn comeback win to sweep Indy during Strikeout Cancer Night
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM ALTAMONT — The Labette County High School team faced its toughest challenge yet Thursday and rode a 10-run rally to its sixth league sweep of the season. The Lady Grizzlies (14-0 overall, 12-0 SEK), entered the game as hosts to the Bulldogs, who had surprised some along the way in a 10-3 start to the season. Indy stood 7-3 overall in the SEK entering the contest, good for second in the league. But the Grizz...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior and No. 2 doubles player Patrick Jacquinot returns a serve Thursday in the finals against Independence. Jacquinot and teammate Tyler Beardmore won the No. 2 doubles bracket to help Parsons win its first solo league title since 1988.
Vikings win SEK crown, snap Indy's 10-year streak
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM PITTSBURG — It came down to the final match, well after the Vikings had finished up, but the Parsons High School tennis team brought the Southeast Kansas League title back with them after winning the SEK tourney Thursday afternoon here at the Pittsburg State University tennis courts. The Vikings defeated 10-time defending champion Independence by the slimmest of margins, winning the tourney with 31 points t...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School third baseman Klay Weaver guns down a runner on a sharply hit ground ball to third during the second game of a doubleheader with Independence Thursday. The Grizzlies won game one 7-3 but lost the second game 12-0 against the league-leading Bulldogs.
Grizzlies split with league-leading Independence Thursday
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM ALTAMONT — The Grizzlies became just the second SEK team to defeat the Independence Bulldogs Thursday evening here at Vic George Field. The Bulldogs returned the favor shortly thereafter. Labette County High School baseball earned a split with the Southeast Kansas League leading Independence (11-2 overall, 10-2 SEK) Thursday to move to 8-7 on the year and 6-5 within the SEK. Labette County took game one 7-3...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School junior tennis player Payton Hays returns a serve from Independence High School tennis player Skylar Stacy in the finals of the No. 1 singles bracket Thursday in Pittsburg. Hays lost only two matches in five sets in a walk to his first SEK League No. 1 title. The No. 1 singles win also brings the SEK title back to Parsons for the first time since 2005 when Connor Phillips won the No. 1 singles bracket.
Hays wins No. 1 singles title at SEK

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