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Labette handles Pratt
PRATT — The Labette Community College wrestling team notched its second dual victory in as many tries this season when it dominated Pratt Community College Thursday in Pratt. LCC finished with a 31-3 win in the dual, narrowly missing the clean sweep. “We wrestled very solid as a team tonight,” said LCC coach Joe Renfro. “Still much room for needed improvement, but the guys seem to be going in the direction we want them headed.” The Cardinal...
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Labette rally falls short against Cottey Tuesday
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The Lady Cardinals’ fourth home game looked a lot like the third home game. After finding themselves in a hole midway through the second half, the Labette Community College Cardinals (3-6) furiously chipped away at a 12-point lead until it had shrunken to just two points with five minutes to go in the game. However, their opponent, Cottey College (3-1), was able to stave off the late run by the Cardinals and pu...
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Labette wrestling team travels to Missouri
Six Labette Community College wrestlers placed at the Central Missouri State Open on Saturday afternoon. The LCC wrestlers were joined by other community college teams as well as NCAA division 1 and 2 schools at the event. Of the six placers, heavyweight Reno RedLeaf, 125-pounder Ty Fittje and 197-pounder Walker Clarke brought home top honors when each turned in a third-place finish. “Pretty good weekend, but far from where we intend on bei...
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Doris Marie Allmon
ERIE — Doris Marie Allmon, 80, of rural Erie died at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, at Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul, where she entered on Dec. 20, 2004. She was born Aug. 8, 1930, at rural Erie to Herb and Elsie Pauline Shellhorn. She attended schools in Erie and graduated from Erie High School. She married Clyde R. Allmon on Dec. 31, 1967, in Erie. He survives of the home. She served as the register of deeds in Neosho Coun...
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LCC men get first win
The Labette Community College men’s basketball team improved to 1-4 this season and grabbed the first victory of the season when it defeated the Friends University junior varsity squad 81-69 on Saturday evening in Coffeyville. The Cardinals entered the game at 0-4 after suffering a 71-38 loss to NOK-Enid the evening before in a game also played in Coffeyville. Stats were unavailable for the two games from the weekend. The Cardinals will tak...
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Preseason polls released
High school basketball is one step closer. The fifth annual Kansas High School Basketball Media Day, presented by 99.1 ESPN The Ticket, took place at the Watco Companies Conference Room in Pittsburg on Monday. During the event, the Southeast Kansas League, Three Rivers League and Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League coaches’ polls were unveiled for the 2010-2011 basketball season in girls and boys sports. The day began with the unveiling of the ...
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Lady Cards split weekend games
The Labette Community College women’s basketball team split a pair of games Friday and Saturday to move to 3-4 this season through the first seven games of the season as it entered play with Seminole College for the second time this season on Monday evening. Labette began play over the weekend against Kennedy King College when the two tipped off in Hillsboro, Mo., where LCC was slated for two weekend games. LCC won the game 92-39 for its larg...
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Murray pulls away from LCC late
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor A promising start to Thursday’s home game for the Labette Community College basketball team turned quickly when foul trouble plagued the Cardinals throughout the second half and the Lady Cardinals eventually fell to Murray State College (1-3) by a 77-58 final. “With us not having any depth foul trouble took us out of the that game, period,” said LCC head coach Anna Nimz. The Cardinals suited up eight for the t...
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TRL 11-man all-league football announced
Thirteen Oswego High School players were named to the Three Rivers League all-league team that was released earlier this week. Of those 13 players, 11 were named to the first team for their play this season. Five of those 11 were named to the first team in two categories and two players, seniors Lane Martin and Hunter Cline, made the first-team all-TRL in three categories. The Oswego Indians finished the season at 6-3 this year. The entire l...
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All-TRL volleyball named
Members of the Three Rivers League volleyball teams have been announced for the 2010 season. St. Paul, Oswego and Chetopa High School players were named to the three postseason teams. The entire teams are below. Three Rivers league volleyball First team Britney Clark, Northeast senior; Morgan Westhoff, St. Paul senior; Jacy Ermel, Uniontown junior; Taylor Shook, Uniontown junior; Khristen Dwyer, Northeast senior; Maggie Meiwes, Marmaton V...
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2010 all-SEK volleyball team
Honors for the 2010 Southeast Kansas League volleyball team have been released. Among the selections to the 2010 team were four Labette County High School selections and three Parsons High School selections. As a team, the Grizzlies finished the year at 30-10 and became the only SEK team to qualify for the state tourney with a sub-state win at the Chanute tournament. Leading the way for LCHS was sophomore Michaela O’Brien, who was named to ...
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Cougars crush LCC
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor The second time Labette met up with Redlands Community College turned out the same as the first, only this time Redlands left no doubt. LCC fell to 0-3 on the season Wednesday evening with an 88-52 home loss to Redlands. The Cougars had scored a 15-point victory just a week ago over the Cardinals before the two teams met up once again. That game was close until the Cougars hit free throws down the stretch to p...
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TRL eight-man football team
The Three Rivers League eight-man division football selections for the 2010 season were released Wednesday. In total, 12 St. Paul players were named to the postseason honors team while nine Chetopa players were in the mix. Below is the entire list of players named to the list. The 11-man team will be included in the weekend edition of the Parsons Sun. Three Rivers League All-league selections First team Defensive linemen — Luke Decker, ...
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Hole in one
The novelty of a hole-in-one is starting to become commonplace for one area golfer. Kermit Nelson hit his fourth career hole-in-one on Tuesday at the Katy Golf Course. Nelson hit the ace on the 170-yard Par 3 No. 6 hole. Nelson used a driver into a 35 mph wind to score the shot. Witnesses were Larry Williams, Bill Vance, Earl Hearson and Mel Perkins.
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MS wrestling
On Monday the Parsons Middle School Vikings had their first tournament of the 2010 wrestling season at Fredonia. The Vikings walked away placing seven out of 14 competitors. The Vikings were led by Kennan Dodd and Jumani Coleman, who both had first-place finishes. Rand Hurley, Dylan Misener, Anthony Morton, Jamel Nelson and Bryan Walker all earned second-place medals at the event.
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All-SEK football teams announced
Southeast Kansas all-league selections for the 2010 football season were released this week. Pittsburg High School led the way with 12 selections on the all-SEK team while Independence added 11 and Chanute finished with 10 selections. Independence had a 12th player represented at the kicker position. The Parsons and Labette County High School football teams each had five selections named to the season teams. The SEK all-league teams are not...
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ABA District 58 holds Big Hill tourney
District 58 of the American Bass Anglers in Southeast Kansas held its second tournament for the 2011 season recently on Big Hill Lake just west of Parsons. Weights were impressive with the top four slots hitting double digits. Kicking off at safe light, anglers had to brave a chilly morning that gave way to a wonderful afternoon. Some winds from the southeast moved in throughout the middle of the day prompting some anglers to switch tactics...
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SEK has many options after Iola defection
By Anthony Cook The A-Game There’s a little bit of truth in every rumor. Iola High School will be no longer be a member of the Southeast Kansas League following the 2011-2012 season. The Iola Board of Education put the decision to rest Monday evening during a meeting where members decided that IHS would indeed accept an invitation to the Pioneer League I’ve heard whisperings about this for the past few months, and really from what I gather...
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Seminole defeats Lady Cards
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor Like in their home opener, the Labette Community College Lady Cardinals trailed after the first half Monday evening, but this time the Cards were unable to overcome the deficit. The LCC women fell to 2-2 on the early season Monday with a 66-53 loss to Seminole College (2-1). “We dug ourselves too much of a hole tonight,” said LCC coach Anna Nimz. “We had the intensity and came back a few times, but we didn’t e...
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Lady Cards move to 2-1
The Labette Community College Lady Cardinals moved to 2-1 this season with a split in the Don Wilson Classic hosted by Crowder Community College in Neosho, Mo., over the weekend. The Cardinals opened the tournament on Friday with an 88-66 loss to NEO College out of Miami, Okla. NEO, which finished the tourney at 2-0, struggled at the start of the game and Labette came out on top early thanks to a strong shooting performance. At the break, N...
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