Sports
Dunlay leads PHS swim team at Winfield
WINFIELD — The Parsons High School girls swim team competed at Winfield on Tuesday. Shannon Dunlay of Parsons took first place in the 500-yard freestyle with a personal best time of 6:31. The time was also a state consideration time. Dunlay placed seventh in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 28.95. Sydney Markley finished fourth in the 100 free with a personal best time of 1:03. It was also a state consideration time. Markley took sixth p...
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Area players selected to all-star hoops game
PITTSBURG — Several area high school seniors have been selected to participate in the 2013 KSEK/KLKC Via Christi All-Star Basketball games. Featuring the region’s top seniors, the games will be played this Sunday, April 7 at the St. Mary’s Colgan’s Fieldhouse in Pittsburg. The girls game starts at 1 p.m., with the boys game to follow. There are six girls from the Sun’s coverage area who were selected to the game. Playing for the KSEK team wil...
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Erie’s Mildfelt takes first at home golf invite
ERIE — The Erie High School varsity boys golf team hosted the 2013 Erie Invitational on Monday.   The tournament was an 18 hole tournament, and featured nine teams. Erie’s Hunter Mildfelt took first place overall with a score of 78. Erie’s Zach McCoy shot a 94 and finished 11th overall. Also for the Red Devils, Garek Peters finished with a 101, Gavon Page shot a 111, Sam Bernal had a 121, and Hunter Semrad shot a 124. Jayhawk-Linn won the tea...
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Grizzlies golf team wins Miami invite
MIAMI, Okla. — The Labette County High School boys golf team competed at Peoria Ridge Golf Course on Monday at the Miami Invitational. There were 14 schools from Kansas and Oklahoma competing. With three golfers in the top 10, the Grizzlies cruised to first place at the event with a team score of 324. Labette County was 18 strokes better than second place Pryor. Braden Page led Labette County with a 77, good for second place overall. Austin ...
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Youth wrestlers earn medals at state tourney
Three youth wrestlers from Parsons brought back some hardware from the 2013 USAWKS Kansas State Folkstyle Wrestling Championships. The event was held last weekend at the Topeka Expocentre, with more than 1,500 youth wrestlers competing. Parker Winder, Tate Thurman, and Kolton Misener all earned top three finishes in their respective brackets. Winder was the state runner-up at 79 pounds in the 10 and under division. Thurman and Misener both f...
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Area track: St. Paul, Oswego athletes compete at Galena Relays
GALENA— Athletes from St. Paul and Oswego were among those competing at the Galena Bulldog Relays track meet last Thursday. On the varsity girls side, St. Paul’s Josie Albertini took first place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 17.60. A freshman, Albertini was second in the javelin (92’11), and fifth in the 300 hurdles (59.24). St. Paul freshman Jenny O’Bryan was second in the 3200 with a time of 13:43. Kaylee Bogina of Northeast was first (...
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Weather wreaks havoc
PHS softball postponed The Parsons High School softball team was scheduled to compete at Girard on Tuesday. Due to the weather, the games were postponed. No make-up date was announced. LCHS games called off Labette County was scheduled to play at Coffeyville for baseball and softball games on Tuesday. The games were postponed due to the wet weather. The varsity games with Coffeyville have been rescheduled for Tuesday, April 16 at 4:30 p.m. ...
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LCC baseball drops three of four to Highland
The Labette Community College baseball team dropped three of four games to visiting Highland over the weekend. On Friday, Highland swept a doubleheader from the Cardinals, winning game one 5-0 before taking game two 5-1. In the first game, Labette couldn’t get much going offensively, as Highland’s Justin Paul threw a complete game shutout, striking out seven. The Cardinals managed just two hits in Friday’s opener. The Scotties scored twice in ...
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LCHS will host baseball regional
Labette County will host a Class 4A regional baseball tournament the week of May 13 at Vic George Field. Teams competing at the site are LCHS, Baxter Springs, Coffeyville, Columbus, Frontenac, Girard, Independence, Parsons and Pittsburg. Fellow SEK League teams Chanute and Fort Scott are at the Anderson County-Garnett Regional. Area teams In Class 3A, Cherryvale is at the Galena Regional, while Erie is at the Humboldt Regional. In 2-1A, Cheto...
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Lady Vikings drop two to Titans
The Parsons High School softball team began the 2013 season on Thursday. And despite a solid effort, the Lady Vikings dropped both games of a doubleheader to visiting Columbus at Forest Park. Columbus defeated Parsons 7-6 in game one, and the Titans took game two 9-5. “I was pleased how we stepped up with three players not playing,” Parsons Coach Tom Schibi said. “Our younger kids did a good job, and I know we’ll continue to improve. The girls...
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LC's Darkis takes first at Indy golf invite
INDEPENDENCE — Labette County’s Gilvon Darkis earned medalist honors at the Independence Invitational Golf Tournament on Thursday. Darkis carded a 79 and edged Iola’s Kaden Macha by one stroke for first place. Labette County’s Braden Page finished fourth overall with a score of 85. Austin Krewson of LCHS finished ninth overall with an 87. Joey Sanders led the Parsons Vikings with an 11th place finish. Sanders shot an 89. Also for LCHS, Drew Dw...
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Hays leads tennis team at Indy
INDEPENDENCE — Payton Hays took first place at number-one singles at Thursday’s Independence Invitational Tennis Meet. The Parsons High School senior went 3-1 on the day. Hays, who was not feeling well according to Coach Jane Posch, lost to Ark City’s Macen Vargas 8-3. But Hays defeated Labette County’s Colton Kessler, winning 8-0. Hays also topped Fort Scott’s Jesse Guerreo 8-0, and Independence’s Lane Schicke 8-0. Hays won a tie-breaker for...
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LCHS baseball, softball teams fall to Frontenac
ALTAMONT — The Labette County Grizzlies came up just short against a solid team. Frontenac took both games of a doubleheader from Labette County on Thursday, as the Raiders won game one 8-7 and game two 4-0. “It was a great day to play two as they say,” LCHS Coach Jesse Ybarra said. “And we were excited to the play the 3A defending state champs (who are 4A this season) who brought back everybody from that title team. It was a great opportunity...
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Labette County boys win season-opening track invite
ALTAMONT — The Labette County Grizzlies took first place in the varsity boys division on Thursday at the LCHS Invitational. Labette County finished with a team score of 100.5, and Iola was second with a score of 96. Garrett Britton earned two first place finishes for the Grizzlies, winning both hurdle events. In the 300 hurdles, Britton was first with a time of 40.89. Britton won the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.62. Two others placed in the t...
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LCC softball team hammers Fort Scott
The Labette Community College softball team had little trouble in taking two games from Fort Scott on Thursday. In the first game, Labette hammered Fort Scott 18-1 in five innings. In game two, LCC won 14-0, also in five innings. "We had a complete team effort today vs. Fort Scott," LCC Coach Ryan Phillips said. " We had a chance to throw all five of our pitchers to get some work in, which was nice because this was our only games for the week....
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PHS baseball team begins season
The Parsons High School baseball team began the 2013 season on Thursday against Columbus. A full story is below.
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LCHS track invitational results
VARSITY BOYS Team standings: 1. Labette County 100.5, 2. Iola 96, 3. Coffeyville 79, 4. tie Chanute 78, Fredonia 78, 5. Girard 45.5, 6. Columbus 37, 7. Parsons 22, 8. Independende 10, 9. Fort Scott 8. Individual results (top six) Long jump — 1. Morgan, COL, 20-11; 2. McIntosh, IOLA, 19-6; 3. VanAnne, CHAN, 19-6; 4. Voth, FRED, 19-5; 5. Russell, PARS, 19-4.5; 6. Jefferies, COFF, 18-11.5. Javelin — 1. Gatton, LCHS, 167-3; 2. Martin, FRED, 152-4;...
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PHS girls swim team competes
The Parsons High School girls swim team competed at Osawatomie on Wednesday. Sydney Markley finished third in the 50-yard freestyle with a state consideration time of 28.86. Markley took second in the 100-yard free, swimming a high school personal best time of 1:05.11. Shannon Dunlay took third in the 200 free with a time of 2:21.92. Dunlay was also third in the 100 breaststroke. Victoria Port finished sixth in the 200 free (2:31.27). Port was...
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LCHS swim team second at Coffeyville
The Labette County High School girls swim team took second place at the Coffeyville Invitational on Wednesday. Sydney Alloway took fifth in the 200 free and was fifth in the 100 breaststroke. Jana Diefenbach was sixth in the 100 breaststroke, and Tarryn Alloway finished sixth in the 100 freestyle. Sadie Atkins took fifth place in the 100 backstroke, while Michaela Ozier was sixth in the 100 back. The team’s 400 freestyle relay finished third. ...
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LCHS track team returns state qualifiers
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com The Labette County High School track team has several returning state qualifiers on the roster this spring. All should be key performers once again for the Grizzlies in 2013. GIRLS LCHS junior distance runner Michaela Ozier finished eighth in the 1600 (5:31) and ninth in the 3200 (12:11) at last year’s Class 4A state meet. Senior Michaela O’Brien advanced to state in the 400, and with the 4x800 relay. In...
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