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Unknown course awaits area runners
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com A bit of the unknown awaits area cross country runners this weekend. Runners from Parsons and Labette County High Schools are heading to the Class 4A Bishop Carroll Regional Cross Country Meet at Lake Afton on Saturday. Neither the Vikings, nor the Grizzlies have ever competed at the site before. “There’s an unknown a little bit,” Parsons Coach Mike Krull said. “I haven’t seen it, but I’ve heard it’s pret...
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Vikings, Grizzlies will square off at volleyball sub-state
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Rivals Parsons and Labette County will meet right off the bat on Saturday at the Class 4A Pittsburg Volleyball Sub-State. The event begins at 2 p.m. at Pittsburg High School. The Grizzlies are seeded fourth at 18-13. The Vikings are the fifth seed and enter the postseason at 14-21. The Grizzlies have defeated the Vikings in every meeting this season. “It’s going to be a tough game,” Parsons Coach Hillary ...
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LCC volleyball falls at home
The Labette Community College volleyball team fell to 2-22 on the season with a home loss to Highland on Wednesday night. The Scotties defeated the Cardinals 25-21, 17-25, 25-19, 25-20. ABOVE: Freshman middle blocker Kinzie Nesbitt tips over the block of Highland’s Veronica Pitchford on Wednesday night. Nesbitt is an Oswego product. Also, Allen County defeated Labette on Monday night. LCC is now 1-7 in the conference. In last week’s action,...
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LCC hoops picked fifth, sixth in preseason polls
The Jayhawk Conference released its preseason basketball polls this week. The Labette Community College men’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Jayhawk East. The LCC women’s team was picked to finish sixth in the Jayhawk East. On the men’s side, Coffeyville was picked to win the East, with Cowley second, Independence third and Neosho County fourth in the poll. Labette was fifth, with Johnson County sixth, KCK seventh, Highland...
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Parsons Wrestling Club holding sign-up day on Saturday
The Parsons Wrestling Club will hold the first of several sign-up days this Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon at the Marvel Park Stadium. Kids from 5 to 14 can sign-up. The cost is $50 and parents are asked to bring a copy of the child’s birth certificate. There will also be a sign-up day on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9-noon, also at Marvel Park. The final sign-up day is Monday, Nov. 12 at the Parsons High School Wrestling Room. That will be the firs...
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St. Paul can clinch playoff spot
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com For the St. Paul Indians, a win on Friday locks up a playoff spot. But it won’t be easy. St. Paul has a long road trip to Marais des Cygnes Valley on Friday in a key 8-Man I District 2 football showdown. The Trojans need a win to keep their playoff hopes alive. St. Paul hopes to spoil the party. “It’s exciting,” St. Paul Coach Doug Tuck said. “That’s the kind of game you want to play at this time of year....
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Erie wins CNC title
GIRARD — The Erie High School volleyball team is the champion of the CNC League for 2012. The Red Devils finished off regular season play on Tuesday with two wins at Girard to lock up the league crown. “I could not be more proud and excited for my girls,” Erie Coach Brianna Volmer said. “This was a team effort. Every one of my kids showed up tonight and took care of business. We played so well.  This title means so much to them, myself, Erie H...
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Vikings host Trojans on Friday
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com After three-straight away games, the Parsons High School football team will be back at home this week. Parsons hosts Girard on Friday night at 7 p.m. at Marvel Park in the second district game of the season. Girard is the favorite to win Class 4A’s District 7 and is currently 6-1 on the season. Parsons enters Friday’s match-up at 0-7 and 0-1 in the district after last Friday’s 53-12 loss at Frontenac. A lo...
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Labette County looks for first district win on Friday
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com The Labette County Grizzlies are optimistic as the second district football game arrives this week. After dropping the first district contest to Coffeyville last Friday, the Grizzlies have two games remaining. And on paper, both games appear to be winnable ones for Labette County. The Grizzlies (2-5) head to Baxter Springs on Friday to face the winless Lions (0-7). A date with Columbus (3-4) will end the r...
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Cherryvale to honor 1975 football team on Friday
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com All these years later, Tracy Wenino still remembers the day the Cherryvale High School football team played for the state championship in 1975. Wenino attended the game as a child and still recalls that rainy day. But something else about that state runner-up football team has stayed on Wenino’s mind, too. “They never had their day,” she said. “They never had a parade or anything. We decided they deserved...
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LCHS girls gain experience at state golf tournament
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com A great experience. That’s the way Ashley Spencer describes her team’s trip to the Class 4A State Girls Golf Tournament in Hesston. The Grizzlies competed at state on Monday, capping off the school’s first season fielding a girls golf team. “We had a great time and the girls learned a lot,” Spencer said. “Now the girls understand how much work they need to put in and how good they can be.” Erica Gartner wa...
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Repeat champs at SEK cross country meet a rare feat
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com For the first time since 1982, the individual champions at the SEK League cross country meet were repeat winners. Drew Baum of Labette County and Katren Rienbolt of Fort Scott were both able to win back-to-back league titles last Thursday at this year’s league meet. Both Baum and Rienbolt were 2011’s champions, as well. The last time that feat occurred was in 1981-82 when Gena Thomas of Labette County and ...
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SEK Volleyball Standings
League Overall x-Chanute 6-0 31-1 Pittsburg 5-1 21-10 Labette County 4-2 18-13 Independence 3-3 18-12 Parsons 2-4 14-21 Fort Scott 1-5 10-23 y-Coffeyville 0-6 1-21 x — League champion. y — Missing six matches. Thursday, Oct. 11 Chanute 3, Fort Scott 0 (25-15, 25-20, 25-12) Independence 2, Coffeyville 0 (25-15, 25-8) Columbus 2, Coffeyville 0 (25-15, 25-15) Independence 2, Colum...
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Grizzlies compete at state golf tourney
HESSTON — The inaugural season of girls golf at Labette County High School ended with a trip to the state tournament. The Grizzlies finished the 2012 season, the first in school history, on Monday at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at Hesston Golf Park. Coach Ashley Spencer’s Grizzlies finished 12th in Class 4A with a team score of 448. None of the Grizzlies were able to earn an individual medal. Erica Gartner shot a 96, Renae White had a ...
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Kipp earns medal at state tennis tourney
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com EMPORIA — Malina Kipp’s prep tennis career ended with the state’s best. The Parsons High School senior finished up play at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament at Emporia High School on Monday. And when all was said and done, Kipp earned a medal with a 12th place finish in the singles bracket. “She didn’t have a good Monday,” Parsons Coach Jane Posch said. “I thought she should have finished in the top ei...
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Grizzlies drop district opener to Coffeyville
ALTAMONT — Visiting Coffeyville defeated Labette County 55-13 on Friday in the first night of district football action. The loss puts the Grizzlies at 2-5 overall and 0-1 in the district. The Grizzlies scored in the first quarter on a 35-yard pass from Dontae Johnson to Taylor Stice. Cole Reazin kicked the PAT. Labette’s final score came in the second quarter when Johnson passed to Blake Palmer for a 45-yard touchdown. The PAT failed. Coffeyvi...
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Vikings take third at Neodesha tourney
NEODESHA — The Parsons High School volleyball team finished the regular season on a positive note by taking third place at the Neodesha Tournament on Saturday. The Vikings went 4-2 on the day at the tourney. “It’s always good to pick up a few wins right before sub-state,” Parsons Coach Hillary Lott said. “However, we were hoping to go 5-1 or even 6-0 at the tourney. As a team, we felt like that was very possible for us. We just were not consis...
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LCHS volleyball finishes regular season
GARNETT — The Labette County High School volleyball team finished fourth at the Anderson County Tournament on Saturday. It was the final action of the regular season before sub-state play arrives this weekend. Labette County defeated Prairie View 25-14, 15-25, 25-14. Next, Fort Scott beat LCHS 25-19, 17-25, 25-19. Next, the Grizzlies defeated host Anderson County 25-21, 20-25, 25-17. The Grizzlies then dropped their final two matches. Wellsvil...
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St. Paul remains perfect
YATES CENTER — The St. Paul Indians struggled to put points on the board against the winless Yates Center Wildcats on Friday night, but they pulled away in the third quarter for a lopsided win. The Indians improved to 6-0 in the 46-6 drubbing in the 8-Man, District 2 game. Alex McCracken scored on a 28-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, and Anthony Diskin ran in for two points, but that was all of the scoring for the Indians in the first...
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Caney Valley defeats Cherryvale
CANEY — The Cherryvale Chargers struggled on the road in their first Class 3A, District 7 game against the Caney Valley Bullpups Friday night, failing to get on the scoreboard in a 38-point shutout. The Bullpups scored on big running plays in the first and third quarter. Caney scored twice in the first quarter, including an 81-yard run and three more times in the third, including runs of 55 and 54 yards. Cherryvale Coach Harry Hester said it w...
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