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TRL releases 2012 league softball team
The Three Rivers League has released its all-league softball teams for 2012. Five local players were named to the all-TRL first team including three from league champion Chetopa. The Hornets were led by nominations for Chelsea LaPee, Laken Conard and Amanda Carrell. Oswego High School had two selections on the first team, with Kinzie Nesbitt and Jordan Schreppel getting the first-team nod. St. Paul was represented on the first team by Nikki Se...
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Cossou golf benefit
A golf benefit for Lori and Rob Cossou will take place at the Parsons Golf Club on June 23. The Cossou family lost their home and nearly all of their possessions in a flood on the morning of May 1. With no help from their homeowner's insurance, the money raised from the tournament will be donated to the family for help. The tourney will be a three-person scramble format. The cost to enter is $150 per team. The tourney will start in two flights...
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Parsons tennis clinic
Parsons High School head coach Jane Posch, Parsons Middle School tennis coach Kelsey Buffo and PHS varsity tennis players will host a summer tennis clinic during the month of June. The clinics will start on Monday. Children ages 5 through 18 will be able to enter the clinic. The clinic will be held June 4-7, June 11-14 and June 21-24. PeeWee players will attend from 8 to 8:30 a.m., ages 7-10 will attend from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and middle school...
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LCHS falls to Andale; finishes 4th in Class 4A
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM SALINA — The matchup everyone wanted to see was full of twists, turns and a lot of wind. But in the end it was the same team on top as last year in Class 4A and the year before in Class 5A. Andale defeated Labette County High School softball 5-2 Saturday morning at the Bill Burke Complex here to move into the state finale against DeSoto, which they won 3-1 to put the finishing touches on a 25-1 season cappe...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo St. Paul High School senior Kane Norris rounds third on the way to a score in the fourth inning against Valley Falls Saturday afternoon at Soden's Grove in Emporia. Norris pitched all seven innings to pick up the win over Valley Falls in the third-place game.
St. Paul earns third at state
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com EMPORIA — Moments after a 12-1 loss to Medicine Lodge ended its chance of winning state, the St. Paul High School baseball team was forced to play for third here Saturday at Soden’s Grove. The Indians had to do so in the 95-degree heat, without warm-ups and without their ace. It didn’t bother the Indians. St. Paul High School improved to 21-3 and captured third place in Class 2-1A Saturday afternoon with an...
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Lady Grizzlies remain undefeated
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com SALINA — The Lady Grizzlies stayed unbeaten. They won their first state playoff game ever. They moved into the final four. And they were as dominate as the other 23 times they’ve stepped on the field this season. Labette County High School improved to 24-0 with a 4-1 win over Mulvane Friday evening in Salina to advance to the Class 4A semifinals on Saturday. LCHS got a 15-strikeout performance by senior pit...
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Indians survive scare to move to semifinals
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com EMPORIA — It’s not every day that your starting pitcher is in line for the save. At one time, that outcome was in play. That alone should tell you what kind of wild ride it was in the first round of the Class 2-1A baseball tournament. After answering a valiant comeback by Eskridge-Mission Valley, St. Paul High School advanced to the semis of the tourney thanks to a 14-8 victory at Soden’s Grove here Friday ...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Labette County High School head softball coach Lori Green (right) introduces her players and managers to a crowd of around 200, who gathered and 5th and Huston in Altamont Thursday evening for a sendoff for the Lady Grizzlies. The LCHS softball team (23-0) is the No. 1 seed entering this weekend's Class 4A state softball tournament in Salina. The Lady Grizzlies left from LCHS early Friday and will play Mulvane at 5 p.m. today in Salina.
Lady Grizzly Send-Off

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SPHS baseball pitching staff stands out
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com It will take some good batting to get rid of the Indians. The St. Paul High School baseball team will enter its first Class 2-1A baseball tourney in just the program’s fifth year of existence Friday evening when it travels to Sodens Grove Baseball Field in Emporia. The Indians enter the state tourney with a 19-2 record and have not fallen since an April 17 sweep against Jayhawk-Linn. That sweep came after a...
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Babe Ruth play continues
The CST Storage Cardinals held on for a 6-5 victory over the LaForge & Budd Red Sox last week in 9-10-year-old Babe Ruth League action. The Cardinals opened the game with five runs in the top of the first inning before padding the lead with another run in the second to go ahead 6-5. However, the Red Sox scored four in the third and another in the fourth while shutting the Cards down to keep things interesting. For the Cards, Reece Thurman sing...
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Lady Hornets looking to cross last goal off list
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com For the Chetopa Hornets, this weekend is all about finishing off their checklist. The Class 2-1A region champs completed the third goal on their list with a 10-0 win over Sedan last week in the Arma-hosted regional finals. For their efforts, they’ve advanced to the state tournament and will be the No. 7 seed and begin play Friday in Emporia. First-year head coach Mike Ferraro says the team has focused on fo...
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LCHS preps for Mulvane, loaded Class 4A field
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM When it comes to the state tournament, the best teams are rewarded by being placed as far away from each other as possible. That proved difficult when it came time for seeding in the Class 4A softball tournament this year. Eight teams will enter the Class 4A state tourney on Friday and one will be crowned champion Saturday afternoon. Of those eight, Labette County is the top seed thanks to a 23-0 record tha...
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LCHS, Parsons track and field qualify 17 for state
Seventeen local athletes qualified for state in 13 different events at the Girard-hosted Class 4A track and field regional Friday afternoon. Of the qualifiers, the distance runners in the boys and girls division stuck out. LCHS sophomore Michaela Ozier brought home a regional title in the 3200-meter run and positioned herself as the top runner in Class 4A entering Friday and Saturday's state track and field championships in Wichita. Ozier won ...
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LCHS coaches win COY awards
Two Labette County High School spring coaches have been named the Southeast Kansas League Coaches of the Year. LCHS softball coach, whose 23-0 softball team will travel to the Class 4A state tourney in Salina this weekend, was named the COY in softball. The Lady Grizzlies won their third SEK title in a row this spring and went undefeated in the SEK for the second-straight year. Coach Craig Hartman was named the SEK COY in boys' track and field...
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Parsons, St. Paul competes in state swimming
Four Parsons High School swimmers and three from the St. Paul High School swimming team competed in the Class 5-1A state swimming & diving championships in Topeka over the weekend. The Lady Vikings finished with four individual efforts in the top 25 individually in the 30-team field. Senior Reagan Argo competed in two freestyle events and placed 20th in the 200-yard free and 24th in the 50 free. Her teammate Shannon Dunlay also competed in the...
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Free physicals
Labette County High School will offer two sessions of free physicals this year. The first round of physicals will be on Friday for athletes interested in getting the physicals early for the 2012-13 school year. A July 27 session also is scheduled. The physicals will be administered from 6 to 8 p.m. in the LCHS cafeteria on both dates.
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Babe Ruth begins
The CST Storage Cardinals defeated the D&Z Royals Monday evening in 9- and 10-year-old Babe Ruth League action. The Cards scored three runs in the first inning and led 6-0 after 2 1/2 on the way to a 9-2 victory. Justin Sexton tripled and homered for the Cardinals while Dante Sexton added a triple. Landon Carson and Titus Feagan each singled. The Royals were led by Aiden Marks, Anthony Pousher and Logan Duroni, who all singled. The Cardinals s...
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Hornets earn trip to state
The Chetopa Hornets (17-5) qualified for their second state softball tournament in three years Wednesday with a 10-0 victory over Sedan in the Arma Class 2-1A regional finals. The Hornets will enter the Class 2-1A state tourney as the No. 7 seed and will take on No. 2 seed Brookville Ell-Saline (22-1) at 5 p.m. Friday in Emporia. The Hornets join Labette County High School softball and St. Paul High School baseball as the three local teams to ...
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Courtesy photo Labette County High School senior Kelsie Goins signs her letter of intent to play softball for Labette Community College. Goins is joined on the front row by mother and father Donna and Deland Goins. LCHS head coach Lori Green is shown on the back row and the Lady Grizzlies' 2012 Class 4A regional trophy is on display on the table. Goins is a four-year member of the Lady Grizzlies who have won three Southeast Kansas League titles in a row. Goins is a three-year starter for the team and was an all-SEK first team selection in 2011 at first base. This season, Goins is hitting .447 and has an on-base percentage of .517 and slugging percentage of .629. She also leads the team in steals with 13. Goins is also a member of the National Honor Society and was a Kansas Governor Scholar this year. The LCHS Lady Grizzlies enter this year's state softball tourney as the No. 1 seed with their 23-0 record. They'll take on Mulvane at 5 p.m. on Friday in Salina.
Goins signs with LCC Thursday

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Kelly named to 2012 Shrine Bowl
By Anthony Cook acook@parsonssun.com For the second year in a row, a Parsons Viking will be on hand at the annual Shrine Bowl. A big week got even bigger for Parsons High School senior Ivory Kelly when he found out Monday that he’d be jumping from an alternate to the 2012 Kansas Shrine Bowl to the East squad. “Coach (David) Pitts called me to his room Monday morning and said they’d sent an e-mail asking if I was interested,” said Kelly. The an...
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