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Vikings earn walk-off victory
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com The Parsons Vikings began the 2013 season with a walk-off win. Sam Vratil came up big in the clutch, and the Vikings earned an exciting 15-14 walk-off victory over Columbus on Thursday in the season-opener at Winway Park. Columbus earned a split by taking game two 14-3. But in the opener, the Vikings pulled out the win in a back and forth contest that saw Columbus take a five-run lead. Parsons Coach Gerald...
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LCHS boys golf team has goals set high
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Gilvon Darkis and Braden Page are expected to lead the way for the Labette County High School boys golf team this spring. A junior, Darkis is the lone returning state qualifier for the Grizzlies. Darkis finished 54th overall at last year’s Class 4A State Golf Tournament in Kansas City. Darkis was playing for Parsons last year, but transferred to Labette County where he’ll compete for the Grizzlies and Coac...
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LCHS baseball splits with Baxter Springs
BAXTER SPRINGS — While many area games were called off due to the weather, Labette County and Baxter Springs found a way to get in a baseball doubleheader. The Grizzlies split with the Lions on Tuesday. Baxter Springs won the first game 12-3, while the Grizzlies took game two 6-4. “We were fortunate to get to play, considering the weather and how many games in the area that were postponed,” LCHS Coach Jesse Ybarra said. “It was a full day, tho...
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LCC softball now ranked, Jayhawk East softball, baseball standings
The Labette Community College softball team is now ranked 17th in the latest NJCAA D-II poll. Cowley is second, Highland is eighth, with LCC 17th and Johnson County 19th. Ryan Phillips’ Lady Cardinals are 15-13 overall and 10-4 in the Jayhawk East. LCC is scheduled to host Fort Scott today at 2 p.m. Jayhawk East standings SOFTBALL Con All Highland 11-1 16-4 Labette 10-4 15-13 Cowley 7-1 22-5 Dodge City 8-8 13-14 Pra...
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Parsons will host golf regional, Indy will host tennis regional
Parsons will host a KSHSAA Class 4A Golf Regional on May 13 at Katy Golf Course. The event will begin at 9 a.m. Teams competing at the site are Labette County, Baxter Springs, Coffeyville, Columbus, Fort Scott, Frontenac, Girard, Independence, Parsons and Pittsburg. At the regional, the top two teams and the next five lowest scores that are not members of a qualifying team will advance to the state tournament. The regional sites in 4A are Atc...
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LCC baseball drops two to Neosho County
Neosho County Community College swept a doubleheader from Labette on Friday. The Panthers won game one 8-0 and then took game two 6-1. LCC had swept both games from Neosho County earlier in the week. But the Cardinals couldn’t get much offense going in the final two games of the series. In the opener, Labette had just four hits. Aaron Boucher had two hits, while Alex Lator and Zach Campbell had the other hits for LCC. Neosho County scored fou...
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PHS girls swim team begins season
The Parsons High School girls swim team began the season with a meet at Coffeyville on Monday. There were four teams in attendance. Shannon Dunlay took first place in the 200-yard free with a time of 2:21.12. A junior, Dunlay also placed fourth in the 50-yard free (29.04). Both of those are state-consideration times. Victoria Port took fifth place in the 50-yard free with a time of 29.57, just missing a state-consideration time. Port was secon...
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Youth wrestlers advance to state
The Parsons Kids Wrestling Club will be represented at the 2013 Kansas Kids State Wrestling Championships this weekend in Topeka. The team competed at the District 1 Wrestling Championships last weekend in Holton. The previous weekend the team competed at the sub-district tourney at Pittsburg State University, where the top four wrestlers in each bracket moved on to the district tourney. Five wrestlers from Parsons advanced to state with their...
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PHS golf will feature new faces
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com The foundation for the future of the Parsons High School boys golf team will be laid this spring. The Vikings will feature several freshmen and sophomores this year. While inexperienced overall, this year’s golf team will gain valuable experience that should pay off in the future. “I’m excited about this group,” Parsons Coach Anthony Houk said. “Even though we’ve only got one senior, we’ve got five freshme...
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Tuesday’s softball games postponed
The Labette County vs. Pittsburg Colgan softball games, originally scheduled for Tuesday, were rescheduled for Tuesday, April 23. The games will be played in Altamont and will begin at 4:30 p.m. Next, the Parsons at Girard softball games, scheduled for Tuesday, have been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 2.
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Lady Cards split with Cloud
CONCORDIA — The Labette Community College softball team is now 10-4 in the Jayhawk East after splitting a conference doubleheader with Cloud County late last week. In the first game, Cloud County defeated LCC 5-2. Labette led 2-0 before Cloud scored two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth to pull off the come from behind win. Emilee Vance and Sierra Kemp had the RBIs for the Lady Cardinals, who had just five hits in the game. Kemp’s RBI c...
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PHS Baseball: Seniors will lead Vikings
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com From the time they entered high school, Quintin Hammer and Craig Beachner have been varsity baseball players. And Parsons High School Baseball Coach Gerald Beardmore expects his experienced senior duo to lead the way for the Vikings in 2013. “I hope they lead the way,” Beardmore said of Beachner and Hammer. “This is their fourth year on the varsity. I expect a lot out of them. So far, they’ve stepped up to...
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Two impressive wins for LCC
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Mike Smith’s line drive down the third base line in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Labette Community College baseball team a thrilling 3-2 walk-off victory over Neosho County on a wind-chilled Wednesday afternoon in game one of a Jayhawk East doubleheader. In the second game, Labette pulled out a 6-1 win to earn an impressive sweep. “These are definitely two good wins for us, and hopefully we’ll ...
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Lady Cards split with ranked Scotties
HIGHLAND — For the second-straight outing, the Labette Community College softball team took on a nationally-ranked opponent. And for the second-straight time, the Lady Cardinals earned a split. Labette defeated 18th-ranked Highland 6-5 in the opener. Highland rallied late for a 5-4 win in game two. “In game one we battled to get the win late in a tough game,” LCC Coach Ryan Phillips said. “We lost the lead in both games, but Highland is a very...
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Area players earn all-state recognition
A few local basketball players were listed as all-state by the Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital-Journal newspapers. Labette County’s Dontae Johnson and Tucker Thompson earned honorable mention all-state honors in Class 4A by the Eagle and Capital-Journal. In Class 2A, Oswego’s Tag Oldham was an honorable mention selection by the Capital-Journal. In 1A, Jake O’Brien of St. Paul was listed on the honorable mention team by the Eagle and Capital-J...
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St. Paul baseball off to 2-0 start
ARMA — The St. Paul High School baseball team won the Northeast-Arma Tournament last Friday. The Indians defeated Chetopa 15-0 in the first game, and then edged Northeast 12-11 for the championship. It was the first action of the season for the Indians. St. Paul Coach Pat Schibi said his team will be led by its seniors —Riley O’Brien, Jake O’Brien, Anthony Diskin, and Paul Schibi. “We’ve got four solid seniors, and we’ve got some younger kids ...
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Vance powers Lady Cards to victory
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Emilee Vance had a day to remember. Vance launched three home runs for the Labette Community College softball team in a 4-2 win over Cowley College in game one of a doubleheader on Saturday. Cowley earned a split by winning game two 3-2. The games were big ones as far as the Jayhawk East, as both teams are at the top of the league standings. “We had a very productive day against one of the best teams in t...
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LCC baseball splits with Indy
The Labette Community College baseball team split four games over the weekend at Independence. The two teams split a doubleheader on Friday, and then split on Saturday in Jayhawk East action. In the first game on Friday, LCC beat Indy 7-6. The Cardinals scored four runs in the top of the seventh, and then held off a late Pirates rally in the bottom half to get the win. Justin Burgess drove in three runs on three hits, including a home run. Dal...
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PHS Softball: Vikings reloaded for '13
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com A reloaded Parsons High School softball team is set to begin the 2013 season. The Lady Vikings went 15-7 last season, finishing third in the SEK League. But the team lost the majority of its starting lineup. Just two returning starters are back from last year’s team— Syvauna Hinman-Mitchell and Logan Shelton, both seniors. Parsons Head Coach Tom Schibi noted another player who started in 2011 is also back ...
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Area athletes earn Three Rivers League honors
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Several area players were recognized on the 2012-13 Three Rivers League Basketball Team. St. Paul senior Jake O’Brien and Chetopa junior Austen Sanders were both listed on the all-league first team. The other first team picks were Kyle Hammond of Crest, Brenton Esslinger of Uniontown, Jordan Morton of Crest, and Austin Coleman of Jayhawk-Linn. Crest’s Hammond and St. Paul’s O’Brien were unanimous selection...
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