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LCC WRESTLING: GOING FOR THE REPEAT
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com A year ago, the Labette Community College wrestling team made history by winning a national title. The Cardinals hope history repeats itself. Labette’s wrestling team is in Des Moines, Iowa this weekend for the 2013 NJCAA Wrestling Championships. Of course, the defending champs hope to pull off a repeat. Before the team left for the two-day tourney, LCC Coach Joe Renfro said his team was more than ready to...
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Red Ravens too much for Cardinals
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com In this year’s Jayhawk East Conference, it’s safe to say there’s Coffeyville and then there’s everybody else. The Red Ravens showed why they’re the second-ranked team in the nation and undefeated in conference play with a dominating 62-47 win over the Labette Community College men’s basketball team on Wednesday night. After a close first half, the host Cardinals were only down seven at 29-22. But after th...
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LCC wrestling at nationals this weekend

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Coffeyville knocks off LCC women
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Coffeyville’s women pulled away late for a 64-59 win over the Labette Community College women’s basketball team on Wednesday night. The Red Ravens used a 12-2 run to pull away for good. “We just didn’t do some of the things we needed to do to beat Coffeyville,” LCC Coach Anna Nimz said. “We thought this was a winnable game for us. If definitely was ... if we could have just executed a few things better. W...
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LCHS games called off, St. Paul will play Saturday
LCHS games called off The Labette County High School basketball teams were scheduled to host Pittsburg Colgan on Thursday night. The games were cancelled due to the weather. They will not be made up, as the postseason begins on Monday. St. Paul will play at Crest on Saturday The St. Paul at Crest basketball games, originally scheduled for Thursday night, have been rescheduled for Saturday afternoon in Colony. The varsity girls will play at...
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Vikings, Grizzlies learn sub-state opponents
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com The Parsons Vikings will meet the host Bulldogs in a first round contest of the Independence Class 4A Sub-State Tournament. The postseason opener is Monday at 7 p.m. at Independence High School. The second-seeded Bulldogs (15-5) swept both meetings from the seventh-seeded Vikings (3-16) this season. But PHS Coach Mike Krull pointed out that his team fared much better on the road against Indy, the same pl...
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Area teams set for sub-state tournaments
Area teams set for sub-states The postseason begins for all area high school basketball teams next week with the arrival of sub-state tournaments. In Class 3A, Erie and Cherryvale will both be competing at the Pittsburg St. Mary's Colgan Sub-State. On the girls side, Cherryvale (15-5) is the second seed and the Chargers will host a first round game with seventh-seeded Riverton on Monday night at 7 p.m. Erie's girls are the third seed at 13-7....
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Fix set for state tourney
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Andrew Fix has been there before. And Chris Ball hopes that prior experience pays off. A Parsons High School junior, Fix will compete at the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament this weekend in Salina. The tourney begins on Friday morning. Fix qualified for state by taking third place at last weekend’s Pittsburg Class 4A Regional Tournament. It will be the second state appearance in three years for Fix, who...
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LCHS wrestlers ready for state
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Lane Rosenberg, Jared Hawks and Dakota Lewis will represent Labette County High School at the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament on Friday at the Salina Bicentennial Center. All three Grizzlies qualified with their respective performances at the Pittsburg 4A Regional last weekend. The trip to state will be a new experience for all three Grizzlies. Labette County Coach Matt Shields said he hopes all three ...
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Devils, Chargers headed to state wrestling
Wrestlers from Erie and Cherryvale High Schools will compete at the 2013 Class 3-2-1A State Championships at Fort Hays State on Friday & Saturday. Six wrestlers from Cherryvale and two from Erie advanced to state by finishing in the top four at the Fredonia Regional. The first round matches of the state tournament are now set. Cherryvale’s Andrew Wright (33-10) will meet Dylon Niswonger (25-8) of Leoti-Wichita County in a first round match at...
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LCC women win third-straight
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com IOLA — After snapping a seven-game losing streak, the Labette Community College women’s basketball team has now won three-straight. The Lady Cardinals earned a 55-40 win over Allen County on Monday night in Jayhawk East action. Monday’s win gave Anna Nimz’s Cardinals some payback, as well, as Allen County had defeated LCC 61-50 in Parsons on Jan. 21. The Cards won despite shooting 33 percent from the field...
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Cards pull off OT win
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com IOLA — Keshaun Hamilton hit a fade-away jumper from the baseline with just a few seconds left to give the Labette Community College men’s basketball team a 73-71 overtime win over Allen County on Monday night. The game was tied with time running out when Hamilton got the ball down low. The 6-10 Hamilton took a dribble, spun towards the baseline, elevated, faded away and knocked in a short jumper. Allen Co...
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Lady Chargers beat Humboldt
CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Chargers ended their regular season on a sour note, falling to Humboldt at home 70-35 in a Tri-Valley League high school basketball game Tuesday night. Cherryvale fell way behind in a first quarter that saw Humboldt rack up 30 points, and the Chargers never recovered. The Cubs had 50 points by the break and won 70-35. Sophomore Dakota Trout led the Chargers in scoring with eight points. THE CHERRYVALE GIRLS seemed...
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McGuire leads Erie girls
ERIE — The Erie Lady Red Devils beat Neodesha by 23 points Tuesday night in Tri-Valley League high school basketball action. Junior Bret McGuire sank eight field goals and finished with 18 points to lead Erie in scoring. She also had six rebounds. Senior Kailey Cleaver was perfect on her seven trips to the free throw line and hit four fielders to score 15 points. Cleaver also had four steals. Freshman Chrisana Maurer added 14 points on 5-of-...
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Oswego teams cruise
OSWEGO — Oswego’s boys cruised to a 76-52 win here Tuesday night to wrap up the regular season. Oswego rolled to an early lead that grew to a 36-18 advantage by halftime. The Indians didn’t let up in the second half to get the 24-point win. Weston Eckermann and Tag Oldham paced the Indian scoring attack with 14 points each. Travis Schenker added 12 and Kel Yeoman scored 11 in the win. Oswego hit six three-pointers on the night, with Eckermann ...
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Chetopa defeats rival St. Paul
ST. PAUL — The Chetopa Hornets got off to a sluggish start on Tuesday night against St. Paul in a Three Rivers League high school basketball matchup, but they got hot when it mattered most. The Indians led 14-8 going into the second quarter and stretched their lead to 28-18 by halftime. The Hornets scored 20 in the third, though, pulling within three by the final quarter, when they tied the game. Both teams had chances to pull ahead, but the s...
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Pittsburg spoils LCHS' title dream
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com ALTAMONT — To have any shot at a league title, the Labette County High School girls basketball team had to win Tuesday night. Pittsburg didn’t cooperate. The Purple Dragons stunned the Lady Grizzlies 48-46 at Harrison Gymnasium, playing the spoiler role in a big way. The loss ended any hopes of a league title for the Grizzlies. With help from Pittsburg, Fort Scott clinched the SEK League title for 2012-13 ...
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Grizzlies rock visiting Dragons
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com ALTAMONT — The Labette County Grizzlies made a statement on Tuesday night. By sharing the basketball and with some tenacious defense, Labette County earned a dominating 67-45 win over Pittsburg on Tuesday night in SEK League action. By looking at the final score, it may be hard to imagine that the Grizzlies were actually down 15-4 in the first quarter. But things suddenly turned around for the hosts. Pitts...
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LCHS boys earn big win, Pittsburg stuns LCHS girls
ALTAMONT—Labette County split a basketball doubleheader with Pittsburg on Tuesday. In the varsity girls game, Pittsburg defeated Labette County 48-46. In the varsity boys game, LCHS rolled to a 67-45 victory. Full stories coming soon.
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SEK Basketball notebook: LCHS hosts Pittsburg today
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com The Labette County High School basketball teams will host the Pittsburg Purple Dragons tonight in SEK League action. The varsity girls play at 6 p.m., with the varsity boys to follow. SEK girls race Tonight’s girls game is a big one, with league title implications. Currently, the LCHS girls are 9-2 in the SEK heading into tonight. Fort Scott’s girls are 9-1 and Chanute’s girls are 8-3. If Kristi Snider’s G...
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