One of the most gut-wrenching sports-related costs of the COVID-19 pandemic was paid by the Labette Cardinals women’s basketball team. At the onset of the pandemic last March, fresh off winning a KJCCC title, the Cardinals’ trip to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament was canceled.
The Labette County Commission, acting as the board of health, discussed the pandemic more than other topic during the annual meeting with the Labette County Health Department on Monday afternoon.
The COVID-19 pandemic has stressed hospitals and nursing staffs across the country, and Labette Health’s experience is no different.
For nearly 10 months, residents in skilled nursing facilities have been separated physically from family and community due to safety measures implemented to protect them from contracting the coronavirus, but progress is being made to end that isolation soon.
ERIE — Through hell and high water, the Erie Red Devils basketball programs’ records remain unblemished through five games on both the boys’ and girls’ sides.
For nearly 10 months, residents in skilled nursing facilities have been separated physically from family and community due to safety measures implemented to protect them from contracting the coronavirus, but progress is being made to end that isolation soon.
ERIE — Through hell and high water, the Erie Red Devils basketball programs’ records remain unblemished through five games on both the boys’ and girls’ sides.
Jerrod Stanford, entering his sixth year at the helm of the Labette Cardinals men’s basketball program, did what many tried during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As sports resume following the holiday break this week, KSHSAA, administrators and coaches are bracing for a long stay in the trenches dug by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The number of coronavirus cases increased by four to 37 in the Labette County Jail after last week’s testing. Two jailers have had the virus but no more jailers tested positive for the virus last week.
Tanner Barcus, a star wide receiver for the Parsons Vikings, was among the 2021 Kansas Shrine Bowl selections.
Patiently waiting in the hangar since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Labette Cardinals athletic program is finally scheduled for takeoff when NJCAA sports start in January.
ALTAMONT — The Parsons Vikings got back on track Tuesday night in the SEK League opener, ousting archival Labette County 53-37 in Altamont to snap a two-game losing streak. It was the sixth straight time the Vikings have beat the Grizzlies.
Monroy, Lantz return to form for Cherryvale girls
Parents around Kansas, in the words of one mom who spoke during the KSHSAA Appeal Board meeting last week, mobilized to get back into high school gyms after the association restricted attendance at winter sports.
CHETOPA — Bouncing back from a season-opening loss to Galena, the St. Paul Indians girls downed sister district rival Chetopa 57-36.
One-to-two parents or guardians per participant’s family will be allowed to attend high school and middle school sports in Kansas starting on Thursday, Dec. 10, the KSHSAA Board of Directors decided on Tuesday.
Parsons Vikings head coach Anthony Houk has spent years priming his roster for Friday’s season-opener — the first game in four years without Dariq Williams or DaQuan Johnson suiting up.
A fresh crop of Parsons Vikings girls players got thrown to the fire in Friday night’s season-opening 81-32 loss to the Girard Trojans.
Cherryvale girls survive off night offensively against Riverton
The KSHSAA Appeal Board is recommending that one-to-two fans per participant be allowed to attend high school and middle school winter sports in Kansas.
Cliché as it might be, the high school basketball season in Kansas will look radically different.
CHERRYVALE — In an eerie silence without fans, the winter wrestling campaign got underway on Tuesday night as Cherryvale hosted Erie and Humboldt at the Cherryvale Jamboree.
Reaction to KSHSAA’s decision to bar fans from basketball gyms and wrestling events until at least February was, predictably, divisive among parents.
High school winter sports will start on time in Kansas.
Not wanting to opt out of Gov. Laura Kelly’s mask mandate but also not wanting to follow it, the Labette County Commission created its own order on Monday.
Pathways guiding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the continuation of high school sports this winter will collide on Tuesday when the KSHSAA Board of Directors will vote on whether or not to delay the season.
The pandemic will force basketball and wrestling seasons to be delayed until mid-January, according to the latest Kansas State High School Activities Association proposal.
A new round of inspections at local businesses to determine if they are following the city’s mask ordinance will include warnings and citations against employees, and customers if needed, Police Chief Robert Spinks said.
Kansas has, by and large but certainly with exceptions, gotten through fall sports amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That accomplishment is the result of meticulous planning and extensive guidelines from the Kansas State High School Activities Association that was executed by school districts.
Labette Health trustees on Thursday heard an update on the hospital’s COVID-19 surge plan.
ALTAMONT — With Labette County still down a slew of starters who are quarantined due to COVID-19 contact tracing, the Grizzlies will need a special effort in Friday’s KSHSAA 4A playoff opener at Tonganoxie.
ALTAMONT — It’d been a decade since a new banner was mounted onto the walls in Harrison Gymnasium under the volleyball tab at Labette County.
Student-athletes at NJCAA schools will not be charged a year of eligibility for the 2020-21 sport seasons, the association’s Board of Regents ruled on Thursday.
ALTAMONT — With the potential to earn a share of the SEK League title at stake, the Labette County Grizzlies will face the Chanute Blue Comets at home shorthanded.
ALTAMONT — There will be a Week 7 for the Labette County Grizzlies.
František Pavlovský is an urban myth unfolding in real time.
Gassed into the early hours of the night at Forest Park, Gracen Friess of Parsons forged her second straight regional singles title by beating Independence’s Abby Veile in a three-set marathon that lasted four hours.
ALTAMONT — Heading into their sixth game of the season, the winless Labette County Grizzlies are playing at home for just the second time as they host the one-win Coffeyville Golden Tornado.
While the Parsons Vikings are still seeking their first win in district play and second overall of the season, they’ll have to try for it with six players sitting in quarantine.
The Parsons mask mandate will continue at least until Dec. 7.
ALTAMONT — Reeling yet still playing, the Labette County Grizzlies aim for yet another reset to the season in Friday night’s home opener against El Dorado.
As Wayne Gilmore crossed the finish line of his virtual Boston Marathon on Saturday surrounded by cheering fans from the Parsons community, there was one person that the local optometrist had to speak to.
Nineteen years ago, America was attacked.
On Saturday morning, the famed Boston Marathon will find its way to Parsons.
ALTAMONT — Despite being limited to 33 plays on offense, the Labette County Grizzlies had a chance to stun the Pittsburg Purple Dragons last week.
The Parsons City Commission is taking a wait-and-see approach on whether to extend a mask mandate or let it expire on Oct. 1.
Just a day removed from having a season-opening quad at Pittsburg canceled because the host team is being quarantined, the Parsons Vikings stitched together an opening tri alongside Labette County and Independence on Thursday.
Two schools have reported cases of COVID-19 among students and teachers within the first week of school starting, causing them to test the reopening response plans they have in place.
The Parsons Police Department has issued only one citation for violation of the city’s mask ordinance, but more business inspections will be made.
Cherryvale High School competed in a varsity athletic event for the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday as the Chargers’ volleyball program hosted a tri with Sedan and Coffeyville.
In a season-opening tournament that marked the first sporting event for Parsons High School since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Parsons Vikings girls tennis team tied for third in a four-team tournament it hosted on Friday at Forest Park.
Friday, a day later than intended due to weather postponement, the Parsons Vikings girls tennis program brought high school sports back to the community from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The KSHSAA Board of Directors approved a plan that will allow schools who opt out of the fall sports season to play those sports in the spring during a special meeting on Friday.
CHERRYVALE — Aimee Strickland took over a Cherryvale Chargers volleyball team midway through last fall’s season that was starved for continuity and leadership.
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