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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior and No. 2 doubles player Patrick Jacquinot returns a serve Thursday in the finals against Independence. Jacquinot and teammate Tyler Beardmore won the No. 2 doubles bracket to help Parsons win its first solo league title since 1988.
Vikings win SEK crown, snap Indy's 10-year streak
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM PITTSBURG — It came down to the final match, well after the Vikings had finished up, but the Parsons High School tennis team brought the Southeast Kansas League title back with them after winning the SEK tourney Thursday afternoon here at the Pittsburg State University tennis courts. The Vikings defeated 10-time defending champion Independence by the slimmest of margins, winning the tourney with 31 points t...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School third baseman Klay Weaver guns down a runner on a sharply hit ground ball to third during the second game of a doubleheader with Independence Thursday. The Grizzlies won game one 7-3 but lost the second game 12-0 against the league-leading Bulldogs.
Grizzlies split with league-leading Independence Thursday
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM ALTAMONT — The Grizzlies became just the second SEK team to defeat the Independence Bulldogs Thursday evening here at Vic George Field. The Bulldogs returned the favor shortly thereafter. Labette County High School baseball earned a split with the Southeast Kansas League leading Independence (11-2 overall, 10-2 SEK) Thursday to move to 8-7 on the year and 6-5 within the SEK. Labette County took game one 7-3...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School junior tennis player Payton Hays returns a serve from Independence High School tennis player Skylar Stacy in the finals of the No. 1 singles bracket Thursday in Pittsburg. Hays lost only two matches in five sets in a walk to his first SEK League No. 1 title. The No. 1 singles win also brings the SEK title back to Parsons for the first time since 2005 when Connor Phillips won the No. 1 singles bracket.
Hays wins No. 1 singles title at SEK

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Lady Vikings sweep St. Paul, Chetopa Tuesday
ST. PAUL — The Lady Vikings ran their current streak to seven games here Tuesday, and they broke into double digits in the process. The Lady Vikings improved to 10-4 overall and finished a doubleheader sweep for the third time in a row. The Vikings haven't lost since April 11 when they dropped the opening game of a double-dip with Fort Scott. This time around PHS defeated two opponents when they knocked off Chetopa 12-2 and St. Paul 15-0 in an...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School junior Craig Beachner (right) tags out a Fort Scott High School runner in the second inning of action Tuesday evening at Marvel Park. Parsons defeated Fort Scott 9-8 in game two after Fort Scott gained an 8-5 lead in the top of the seventh. Fort Scott won game two 11-5.
Parsons splits with Fort Scott thanks to big 7th in game one
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The Vikings continue to turn the corner. Parsons High School baseball moved to 2-8 on the season and 2-6 within the Southeast Kansas League with a two-game split against Fort Scott (5-6 overall, 4-4 SEK) Tuesday in Marvel Park. Four days after earning their first win of the year in a split with Coffeyville, the Vikes faced an opponent in front of them in the league standings and earned a 9-8 win in come-fro...
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PHS JV wins two at home Monday
The Parsons High School junior varsity baseball team swept Independence Monday evening in Marvel Park. The Vikings won game one 14-2 and game two 6-2. In the opener, Sam Vratil pitched four innings and struck out seven against just one hit. "Sam threw the ball well tonight and had great command of the strike zone. Chris Ponce did a great job behind the plate and has improved each and every game," said PHS head coach Gerald Beardmore. Ponce and...
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Labette coach earns 200th win
Labette Community College head coach Ryan Phillips earned his 200th career win Monday afternoon in Parsons in the second game of a doubleheader with Cottey College. The Lady Cardinals swept Cottey 13-2 and 10-0 to improve to 36-16 overall. Next up for the Cardinals will be a best of three Region VI matchup with Kansas City Kansas Community College (24-24) beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the LCC softball fields. Game two will take place Sund...
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LCHS hosts JV tourney at Forest Park Monday
The Labette County High School tennis team hosted a junior varsity tournament Monday afternoon in Parsons. Seven teams competed in the tourney, with LCHS taking fifth with 10 points and Parsons taking seventh with seven points. Pittsburg High School won the event with 30 points while Independence edged out Neodesha (19 points) with 21 points. In No. 1 singles, Caleb Mathes took fifth for LCHS, losing to Keaton Kaufman of Neodesha 6-5 (9-7) bef...
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LCHS Red, Gold wins pool play in annual wood bat tourney; JV takes two from Cherryvale Monday
After winning the first two Brian Anderon JV Wood Bat Tournament's, the Grizzlies went out and took the top two spots in the third annual event, which concluded Saturday at Vic George Field in Altamont. The six-team tourney changed to five at the last minute when Iola withdrew, leaving an open spot. The Grizzlies split into a "Red" and a "Gold" team to fill out the pools with an even number of teams. The result saw the Red and the Gold team ad...
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Saints compete in Altoona invite Monday
The St. Patrick Catholic School track and field team traveled to Altoona for the Altoona-Midway Invitational on Monday. The Lady Saints took first overall in three events. Meagan Hizey, Morgan Hizey, Brenna Forbes and Bridget Dunlay teamed up for first in the medley relay (2:16.27). Individually, Meagan Hizey took first place in the 400-meter dash (1:10.13), and beat out Morgan Hizey, who took second (1:11.00). Morgan Hizey earned a first howe...
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Parsons JV takes sixth at Iola meet
Iola High School hosted the Buck Quincy invitational in Iola Monday afternoon. The host Mustangs won the junior varsity golf event with a 350 as a team, some 37 strokes better than second-place Burlington. Independence rounded out the top three with a 388 as a team. Parsons High School took sixth overall with a 430 and Labette County High School came in seventh with a 431 in the 11-team event. Robbie Sellman of Humboldt won the meet by shootin...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College third baseman Justin Burgess watches a ball on the way to first after picking up a bunt attempt from a Fort Scott Community College batter Monday afternoon in Parsons. The runner was thrown out but the sacrifice eventually helped score a run and put Fort Scott up 5-3, but the LCC Cardinals baseball team rallied to win game one 7-5 before winning game two 6-4. After dropping the first two games of a four-game series 4-0 and 2-0 Sunday in Parsons, the LCC baseball team assured a season split with Fort Scott and improved to 20-23 overall and 12-20 within the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division. Next up for the Cardinals will be a home series with KCKCC on Saturday and Sunday.
LCC takes two from FSCC to even season series

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Vikings, Grizzlies travel to Fort Scott track meet Friday
Fort Scott Invitational Friday, April 20 Girls Team standings — 1. Paola 181; 2. Pittsburg 112; 3. Joplin 76; 4. Fort Scott 46; 5. Labette County 39; 6. Coffeyville 31; 7. Anderson County 24; 8. Parsons 21; 9. Nevada 19; 10. Carthage 6 Individual results 400 dash: 1. Michaela O'Brien (LCHS), 1:02.20. 3. Haley Trimmell (LCHS), 1:05.08. 5. Rhianne Taylor (LCHS), 1:08.12. 6. Adrianna Kendrick (Parsons), 1:09.14. 1600 run: 2. Kaylee Krull (Parson...
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Vikings place fifth in TOC
Four members of the Parsons High School tennis team traveled to Wichita Saturday for the prestigious Tournament of Champions. The Vikings took fifth overall in a 15-team field. Parsons junior and No. 1 doubles competitor Payton Hays took fifth overall in the singles portion of the tourney. Hays defeated Martin of Hesston 8-3 and Stacy of Independence 8-1 before falling to Ohm of Bishop Carroll 8-5. He rebounded with an 8-4 win over Wegner of A...
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Lady Grizzlies pull away in sixth in sweep of Fort Scott
The Lady Grizzlies made it a dozen in a row to start the season and won their toughest game of the year by seven runs along the way. Labette County High School softball improved to 12-0 overall and 10-0 within the Southeast Kansas League Friday night with a two-game sweep over Fort Scott (6-4 overall, 5-3 SEK) in Fort Scott Friday. The Lady Tigers entered as the No. 2 team in the SEK behind LCHS and gave Labette fits for five innings of game o...
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Labette County tennis competes in Chanute
The Labette County High School tennis team traveled to the Chanute Invitational for an eight-team tourney on Friday. Labette took fourth in No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles, fifth in No. 2 singles and sixth in No. 1 doubles. "I felt like our guys struggled this tournament and didn't challenge in some key matches. This will hurt us going into the SEK League tournament this Thursday. We needed some wins in key matches for our seeding meeting," sa...
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Parsons baseball earns first win of year in split with Coffeyville Friday
The Vikings are no longer winless. Parsons High School baseball earned their first overall, and league, victory of the season Friday evening in Coffeyville thanks to an 11-0 win over the Golden Tornado in the opening game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader. Coffeyville earned the split with a 13-3 win in the night cap. Parsons (1-7 overall, 1-5 SEK) was impressive at the plate and on the mound in their first win of the season. PHS senio...
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The Grizzlies settled for a split Friday evening in Fort Scott after a late Tiger rally in game one. The Labette County High School baseball team moved to 7-6 overall and 5-4 within the Southeast Kansas League by spitting with Fort Scott (4-5 overall, 3-3 SEK). "We're frustrated that we didn't get the sweep, but we're also very encouraged by the improvements we are making. Joey Reeves contributed at key times at the plate and in the field in p...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette Community College sophomore infielder Lacie Cook (center) reaches home after a wild pitch found the backstop at the LCC softball field in Parsons on Friday. The Lady Cardinals were swept by Northeast OKlahoma A&M Friday afternoon 10-0 and 9-3.
Lady Cardinals split with Crowder, drop two to NEO A&M
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com A tough schedule left the Cardinals 1-5 this week. Three days after being swept by Highland and a day after splitting with Crowder, the Labette Community College softball team welcomed NJCAA No. 5-ranked Northeast Oklahoma A&M (31-6 overall) and fell twice to the Lady Norse. NEO won game one 10-0 behind a three-run third inning and six-run fourth before winning game two 9-3. After being shutout twice on Tue...
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St. Paul outlasts Marmaton Valley in sweep
MORAN — The St. Paul Indians jumped back in the win column with a two-game sweep over Marmaton Valley in Moran Thursday evening. But it wasn’t easy. St. Paul improved to 12-2 on the season with the sweep, winning game one 5-1 and game two 4-2 in 11 innings. In game one, SPHS junior pitcher Riley O’Brien pitched seven innings and struck out 14 batters on the way to the win. The Indians led 2-0 after three, thanks to a score from Willie Westhoff...
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