WINFIELD — Chase Carnahan took fifth place in singles at the KSHSAA 4A State Tennis Championships over the weekend, capping a senior season that saw Carnahan finish runner-up in both league and regional meets.

COFFEYVILLE — Labette County’s girls and Chanute’s boys captured the SEK League team titles for the 2022 season at Thursday’s league championship track and field meet in Coffeyville.

Four-card Monte will be the name of the game at this weekend’s Region VI Tournament in Topeka.

Wrapping up the regular season this week, the Parsons Vikings won two games over Labette County on Monday before losing to Independence on Tuesday and Fort Scott on Wednesday.

The Labette County Grizzlies swept their rivals, the Parsons Vikings in SEK League softball action on Monday, 7-2 and 6-3, in Parsons. The Vikings then fell to Independence on Tuesday, 11-0, while Labette County lost to Pittsburg 8-0 on Tuesday.

ALTAMONT — Brianna Volmer has been tabbed by Labette County High School to be the successor to Kristi Snider as she was hired as the new head coach for the girls basketball program on Tuesday.

Punctuating the regular season with four games over the weekend, the Labette Cardinals split a road series with Allen on Saturday before sweeping its sophomore day finale at home against Fort Scott on Sunday. 

CHANUTE — Chanute’s boys and Independence’s girls claimed first place in the team standings of 2022’s edition of the Thad Clements Invitational on Friday evening at Chanute High School.

CHANUTE — Running it back from last week’s SEK League Championships, Chanute played host to the KSHSAA 4A Regional Tennis Tournament on Friday with Independence once again claiming the team title.

Despite out-hitting the Baxter Springs Lions in Game 1, the Parsons Vikings were swept, 5-4 and 10-0, on Tuesday.

Maybe the Labette Cardinals don’t need to press the panic button after all.

INDEPENDENCE — In SEK League baseball action, the Labette County Grizzlies were swept by the Independence Bulldogs 8-3, 6-3 on Wednesday in Independence.

Schools in Kansas will get to vote on a multiplier that will apply to private schools, the KSHSAA Board of Directors decided on Friday. The move is designed to address the ongoing issue of private schools winning a disproportionate number of championships.

CHANUTE — Independence dominated the 2202 edition of the SEK League tennis championships on Wednesday at Chanute, scoring 28 points to capture the team title while winning every division.

Coming off their first win since 2017, the Parsons Vikings lost three games on Monday and Tuesday. 

INDEPENDENCE — A five-run sixth inning by the Independence Bulldogs propelled the hosts to a 10-5 win over the Parsons Vikings in SEK League baseball action on Monday.

FREDONIA — Oswego, Erie and Cherryvale were among the local teams competing at the 2022 Fredonia Relays on Thursday.

A losing streak dating back five years has come to a close for the Parsons Vikings softball team.

Katelyn Kotlarz tossed a complete game, two-hit shutout in Game 2 for the Labette Cardinals in Thursday’s split against the No. 15 Neosho County Panthers. 

COLUMBUS — Parsons’ boys won the Columbus Invitational track meet while Labette County, St. Paul and Oswego were among the local teams competing on Tuesday.

Parsons softball fell to the Chanute Blue Comets 17-1 at Forest Park on Tuesday in SEK League play.

Parsons upended its second CNC League opponent on Monday in walk-off fashion before falling to Chanute in SEK League play on Tuesday.

HESSTON — Looking recharged following a break over the holiday weekend, the Labette Cardinals swept the Hesston Larks 11-0, 8-2 on Tuesday in KJCCC play.

ALTAMONT — As SEK League baseball action resumed in Altamont, the Labette County Grizzlies fell to the Chanute Blue Comets 10-1 on Monday afternoon.

ALTAMONT — Labette County fell to Chanute 9-1 in SEK League softball action on Monday at home.

A walk-off win in Game 2 by the Labette Cardinals helped them avoid a series sweep as the Neosho County Panthers took three games in KJCCC action over the weekend.

Parsons tennis competed in a pair of tournaments this weekend, one on Tuesday at Pittsburg before hosting another on Friday.

A two-win week for the Parsons Vikings was punctuated with an 11-0, five-inning victory over the Cherryvale Chargers on Thursday at Winway Park.

A blustery three days that epitomized the Labette Cardinals’ season reached an apex on Thursday as they split with No. 16 Kansas City Kansas. 

INDEPENDENCE — At the Montgomery County Classic on Tuesday, Parsons and Labette County were among the teams competing in the annual track meet.

Labette County took second place as a team at its home invitational on Tuesday at Forest Park, with Independence claiming the title.

In their home opener, the Parsons Vikings fell to the Fort Scott Tigers 20-1 in a game that lasted four innings.

INDEPENDENCE — Avoiding a walk down the plank, the Labette Cardinals sweated out a road sweep of the Independence Pirates, 13-12 and 5-4, on Tuesday. The two wins extended Labette’s winning streak in KJCCC play to 10 games.

Winning their second game of the year in fashion, the Parsons Vikings beat the Girard Trojans 5-3 on Monday, handing Girard its first loss of the season.

Labette was no-hit in Game 1 and one-hit in the series finale while dropping three games out of four to Coffeyville in KJCCC play.

Twenty-one hits and 25 runs propelled the Labette Cardinals to two run-rule victories over the Allen Red Devils by scores of 13-1, 12-3 on Saturday.

Parsons continued its tennis season on Thursday with a home tournament at Forest Park. 

FORT SCOTT — Labette’s winning streak in KJCCC play reached six games as the Cardinals swept the Fort Scott Greyhounds 10-2, 9-6 on Thursday. 

Tamiah Robinson, a sophomore guard for the Labette Cardinals, earned NJCAA Division II second team All-America honors. Robinson is the fifth All-American for the Cardinals since 2017.

CHANUTE — In Parsons Vikings first-year head coach Shelby Liska’s coaching debut, the Vikings fell to the Chanute Blue Comets 15-0 in a game that ended after four innings.

ALTAMONT — A hot start in Game 1 and a walk-off win in Game 2 gave the Labette County Grizzlies an 8-2, 2-1 sweep of the Coffeyville Golden Tornado on Tuesday at home.

Crossing the double-digit threshold for wins in a season for the first time since 2019, the Labette Cardinals swept Evangel JV 12-10, 4-3 on Tuesday at Marvel Park.

CHANUTE — Errors and free passes continued to plague the Parsons Vikings as they fell to the Chanute Blue Comets 4-1 on Tuesday in SEK League play.

Facing Crowder, ranked No. 16 in the NJCAA Division I poll, the Labette Cardinals earned perhaps their most impressive win of the spring in a series split on Tuesday.

Labette’s losing streak came to an end in Game 3 of a four-game series against Allen, but the Cardinals still dropped three games to the Red Devils in KJCCC play.