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Grizzlies coach sees positives in loss
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Despite a 49-15 loss to Pittsburg in the season-opener, Labette County Coach Jesse Ybarra was proud of how hard his team played in the second half against the always-tough Purple Dragons. The Grizzlies were down 35-0 at halftime, but kept battling. Chandler Carson and Jon Kelly had second-half touchdowns for the Grizzlies. “Obviously, we would have preferred to have been in the game early,” Ybarra said. “S...
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Rivals St. Paul, Chetopa look ahead to Friday's showdown
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Heated rivals. Contrasting styles. Up and down, back and forth 8-Man football. It has to be St. Paul vs. Chetopa. The Indians and rival Green Hornets will clash on Friday night in Chetopa. Kick-off is set for 7 p.m. St. Paul will look to improve to 2-0 after a 26-20 win over West Elk in Week One. The Indians would also like to earn some payback for last year’s 46-36 loss at the hands of the Hornets. Coming...
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Burk gets first win at Oswego, Eureka up next for Indians
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com The Travis Burk era at Oswego started on a positive note. The Indians knocked off Fredonia 38-20 last Friday in Burk’s first game as head coach. “It was a great start to the season,” Burk said. “The kids were excited, and they worked hard for it.” Oswego’s offense produced 520 yards of total offense, with 268 rushing and 252 passing. “Not bad for a first outing,” Burk said. “But I still think we left some...
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LCHS GIRLS GOLF
The Labette County High School girls golf team is pictured. From left to right are Colton Kessler (manager/trainer), Shania Riley, Abbie Callahan, Renae White, and Erica Gartner. The Grizzlies are coached by Ashley Spencer. This is the first year for girls golf at LCHS.
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LCC volleyball goes 0-4 at Texas tourney
The Labette Community College volleyball team went 0-44 at the Blinn College Tournament over the holiday weekend in Brenham, Tex. Western Texas defeated Labette 25-17, 25-22, 25-20. Panola (Tex.) defeated Labette 25-16, 25-10, 25-17. Next, Trinity Valley (Tex.) knocked off LCC 25-15, 25-18, 25-12. Also, Blinn beat Labette 25-12, 25-20, 25-15. No stats were available. The Cardinals (0-9) are at Neosho County tonight.
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Green shines in Oklahoma debut
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Brannon Green will never forget his first game as a Sooner. A Labette County High School graduate, Green caught a key 18-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter of Oklahoma’s 24-7 win over Texas-El Paso on Saturday night in the season-opener for the fourth-ranked Sooners. Oklahoma’s starting tight end, the 6-foot-2, 250-pound Green hauled in a pass from quarterback Landry Jones that gave the Sooners som...
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Vikings need to bounce back
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com It’s time to regroup for the Parsons High School football team. After Friday’s 65-7 loss at Fort Scott in the season-opener, the Vikings have a lot to work on this week. For starters, the Vikings need to clean up the mistakes in a hurry. Parsons lost four fumbles, had three punts blocked and also threw an interception. Many of those miscues by the Vikings gave the Tigers short fields to work with. And the...
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Colgan shuts out Erie
ERIE — Erie was shut out in its season-opener, a 36-0 loss at the hands of Pittsburg Colgan on a rainy Friday. No Erie stats were available to the Parsons Sun. Dyson Dechant ran for two touchdowns and threw for another for Colgan. Erie hosts Galena on Friday. Colgan 36, Erie 0 CO 14 15 7 0 — 36 ER 0 0 0 0 — 0 Scoring summary First quarter COL: Dechant 23 pass to Piccini. Kick good. COL: Dayton 10 run. Kic...
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Dragons too much for LCHS
PITTSBURG — Pittsburg rolled to a 49-15 win over Labette County on Friday night in the high school football season-opener. The Purple Dragons led 35-0 at the half and 49-0 in the third quarter en route to the lopsided win. The Grizzlies got on the board in the fourth quarter on an 87-yard touchdown pass from Chandler Carson to Jon Kelly. Cole Reazin kicked the PAT. Carson added a one-yard TD run before a safety accounted for the final margin. ...
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Knitting for Newbons
By Colleen Surridge csurridge@parsonssun.com Despite it being August, a Christmas tree was erected inside the Parsons Public Library, but rather than holiday ornaments it is covered with gifts to be distributed to newborn babies in November and December. Hanging from the tree’s branches are dozens of tiny purple hats, all shapes and sizes, knitted and crocheted by area residents in an effort to raise community awareness concerning the dangers...
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St. Paul defeats West Elk
ST. PAUL — St. Paul High School survived a fourth-quarter push by West Elk to earn their first win, 26-20, of the young football season. Sloppy play in the first half made the game closer than it should have been, but the Indian offensive line created opportunities for the St. Paul running backs in the second half, St. Paul Coach Doug Tuck said. "We just made way too many mistakes in the second quarter," Tuck said. St. Paul's Alex McCracken ra...
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Parsons pounded in season-opener
Parsons pounded in season-opener By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com FORT SCOTT — For the Parsons Vikings, anything that could possibly go wrong did. Missed tackles, blocked punts, fumbles and penalties plagued the Vikings right from the start in Friday's season-opener against the Fort Scott Tigers. The result for Parsons was a 65-7 pounding at the hands of the host Tigers at a soggy Frary Field. Fort Scott scored on the first play from scr...
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Parsons volleyball goes 0-3 at Pittsburg
PITTSBURG — The Parsons High School varsity volleyball team went 0-3 on Thursday at Pittsburg. “At times we looked decent, but what really hurts us is our passing,” PHS Coach Hillary Lott said. “And when your passing isn’t there than not much else is. We’ve go a lot of things to work on and improve on.” Pittsburg defeated Parsons 25-16, 25-10. Kyla Reyes had four assists and Auriana Jackson had four kills and a block. Labette County defeated ...
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Red Devils win two of three at home
ERIE — Erie High School hosted a varsity volleyball quad on Thursday against Riverton, Southeast, and Baxter Springs.  Erie won the first match 25-6 and 25-4. Bret McGuire recorded 13 aces, and Chelsea Oliphant recorded four aces.  Lindsay Francis recorded five kills and four assists in the contest.  EHS then fell to Southeast 25-23, 17-25, 19-25.  McGuire had three aces and seven kills.  Oliphant recorded 10 kills and five digs.  Francis re...
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Labette's Michaela Ozier won the varsity girls race on Thursday.
Grizzlies shine at home cross country invite
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com ALTAMONT —The season-opener couldn’t have gone much better for the Labette County Grizzlies. The hosts ran away from the competition in both varsity races at the LCHS Invitational on Thursday, as Drew Baum won the varsity boys race and Michaela Ozier took first in the varsity girls race. On top of that, the LCHS boys took first in the team standings. “I was really proud of the boys having five in the top n...
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HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS: LCHS hosts invite
The Labette County High School girls tennis team hosted an invite at Forest Park in Parsons on Thursday. ABOVE: Labette County’s Sami Brown hits a forehand on Thursday afternoon during her number-one singles match against Pittsburg. Results from the meet will be printed when they are available to the Sun.
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Prep football season begins tonight
The 2012 high school football season begins tonight in the state of Kansas. Parsons is at Fort Scott, Labette County is at Pittsburg, Oswego is at Fredonia, Chetopa is at Marmaton Valley, Cherryvale is at Iola, Erie hosts Colgan and St. Paul hosts West Elk. See Saturday’s Parsons Sun for results.
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Parsons, LCHS compete at girls golf invite
CANEY — Parsons and Labette County both competed at Thursday’s Caney Invitational girls golf tournament. Labette County’s Erica Gartner finished fifth overall with a score of 95 (48-47). Abby Callahan of LCHS finished 10th with a 101 (51-50). Shelbi Carpenter and Alison Hudson of Parsons tied for 16th place. Both Vikings finished with scores of 109. Renae White of Labette County took 20th place with a 112. Marina Shields and Jessica Haynes of...
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SLIDESHOW: LCHS CROSS COUNTRY INVITE
Labette County hosted the season-opening cross country meet in the area on Thursday in Altamont. Photos by Jason Peake, Sun Sports Editor.
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Vikings begin 2012 season Friday
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com “We’re ready to show what we can do.” Those are the words Parsons High School senior Dusty Dishman used when asked about Friday’s high school football season-opener. Parsons heads to Fort Scott on Friday night in Week One of the 2012 season. Kick-off is at 7 p.m. at Frary Field. And for Dishman and his teammates, the season-opener couldn’t arrive quick enough. The grueling summer workouts under the sun are...
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