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Parsons Babe Ruth update 06/29/12
The Kiwanis Rangers defeated the Ray Products Rockies Monday evening in Parsons Babe Ruth League action in Winway Park. The Rangers earned a 10-1 win in a game that was scoreless through three and a half. The Rangers changed that with five runs in the fourth inning and after the Rockies scored one in the fifth added five more in the bottom of the inning to move ahead by nine. Brayden Myers singled three times for the Rangers and Alex Meister a...
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Parsons 16-18s improve to 16-2
The Parsons Babe Ruth League 16-18 year old team improved to 16-2 on the season with a two-game sweep over Coffeyville Tuesday evening. Parsons opened the night with a 12-6 win over Coffeyville behind nine strikeouts from pitcher Keaton Nolting. Parsons took advantage of the home setting with five runs in the first inning in a game they led the entire way. Coffeyville scored one run in the second and two in the third but still trailed 8-3 and ...
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District play starts for senior Babe Ruth teams
COLUMBUS — The Parsons Senior Babe Ruth team of 16-18-year-olds will begin district play on Tuesday in Columbus, which is hosting the district tourney. The Parsons team, which is 16-2 overall, will play Riverton at 6 p.m. Tuesday. If Parsons wins Tuesday, it will play Humboldt at 8 p.m. Thursday. If Parsons loses Tuesday, it will play at 1 p.m. Saturday in the losers' bracket against Coffeyville or Columbus. Coffeyville will play Columbus (16...
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Babe Ruth 13s sweep Fort Scott
The Parsons Power Flame 13-year-old Babe Ruth League team took a pair of games from Fort Scott in Fort Scott Friday evening. The 13s won game one 18-4 behind four strong innings from Silas Russell and 14 hits from the team. Parsons led 3-1 after one and 7-3 after two and never looked back. Russell pitched the entire way for Parsons and struggled early before settling down and gaining control in the final two innings. Russell totaled six strike...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Matt Ray (left) of the Tucker & Markham Mariners grabs a throw to second as Ethan Dieker (right) of the VFW Rays arrives safely at second on a steal following a strikeout in the second inning of Thursday’s game between the two at Sonny Johnson Field in Winway Park. The Mariners won 8-3 after the game was tied 3-3 early on. Quintin Smith and Ray teamed up in a solid pitching performance for the Mariners.
Babe Ruth update 6/21/12
Rains postponed 11-12 year old and older divisions in the Parsons Babe Ruth League Thursday evening, but the Rookie League and 9-10 year old divisions were still able to complete their games. In 9-10 year old action, the Oswego Indians defeated the CST Storage Cardinals 15-5 at Sonny Johnson Field in Winway Park in the second game of the night. Oswego opened the game with two runs in the first before the Cardinals squared things in the top of ...
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O'Brien gets no-hitter in win over Cherokee
The Parsons 16-18 year old Babe Ruth League baseball team started the week 4-0 with two sweeps over Cherokee and Neodesha. Parsons opened play with two games against Cherokee in Marvel Park on Tuesday evening. Parsons Family Pharmacy pitcher Riley O'Brien pitched seven innings and allowed no hits and just one base on balls in a 2-0 win in game one. O'Brien also struck out 11 batters and needed only 73 pitches to get the win. Cherokee matched P...
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Shaun Hill camp, tourney returning in July
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM Once again, Parsons will get a visit from one of its own — who just so happens to be a quarterback in the NFL ranks — in July. Shaun Hill will host the Shaun Hill Golf Tourney and the Shaun Hill Youth Football Camp on the week of July 7-11. Hill, a back-up quarterback for the Detroit Lions is a former graduate of Parsons High School. This year, the Shaun Hill Golf Tourney will be played at the Katy Golf Cou...
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Babe Ruth update 06/20/12
The Parsons Power Flame 13-year-old Babe Ruth Baseball team took on Frontenac in Frontenac on Thursday, June 14 and came away with a 12-8 win in seven innings. With both teams having games coming up two days later, a seven-inning game was played instead of two five-inning games to conserve pitching. Parsons opened the game with a 2-0 lead after half an inning before Frontenac tied things through one. The score stood at 2-2 until the third when...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School head coach Jane Posch (right) shows youth tennis player Amanda Rogers (left) the finer points of a backhand return Tuesday morning in Forest Park. Posch, who led the PHS boys' and girls' teams to a Southeast Kansas League title this year, was named the Class 4A boys' tennis Coach of the Year Saturday. The PHS tennis boys won the SEK title and finished third in the state in Class 4A in 2012.
Posch named Class 4A COY
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM It's easy to find Jane Posch. Minus a few cold and bitter weeks or months, the Parsons High School tennis coach can be found at or near the Marvel Park tennis courts. That's where she was Tuesday morning as she worked with youth in her summer tennis clinic, which is ongoing in June. The work Posch does in the summer, which includes teaching the basics to those who can barely hold a racket and honing the ski...
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Parsons hosts ASA softball tourney
2012 Kansas ASA Softball State Invitational Parsons, June 16 10 and under division Pool play Flames 15, Lunachicks 0 Flames 9, Energy 0 Energy 10, Lunachicks 1 Tourney play Energy 7, Lunachicks 1 Flames 0, Energy 5 Eight and under division Pool play Columbus 8, Aftershock 16 Aftershock 17, Energy 4 Energy 5, Columbus 20 Bracket play Columbus 17, Energy 10 Aftershock 17, Columbus 0
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Babe Ruth update 06/18/12
The Erie Heat took on the Parsons Mariners Monday evening at Sonny Johnson Field in Winway Park, with Erie falling 8-4 after taking a 4-2 lead early on. Parsons scored twice in the first inning but Erie scored four runs over the next two innings, including a three-run effort in the second, to gain the advantage. However, Parsons pulled within one in the third and took the lead for good in the fourth with four runs. THURSDAY, THE CST CARDINALS...
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Dolphins compete in Nevada
Nevada Neptunes Invitational Swim meet June 16-17 Girls' division Parsons Dolphins swimmers Sidni Meister and Carys Gossett took home high-point trophies in the six and under and eight and under age groups Six and under 25 backstroke — 1. Sidni Meister, 21.87. Six and under 25 freestyle — 1. Sidni Meister, 17.48. Six and under 25 butterfly — 1. Sidni Meister, 20.98. Six and under 25 breaststroke — 1. Sidni Meister, 30.43. Eight and under 2...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Drake Miller of the Rookie League Ray Products Rockies (right) reaches for a throw to second while Davis West (left) of the Bowen Pharmacy Yankees slides into second during a game between the two. The Rockies defeated the Yankees 18-4 Thursday evening at the Winway Park Rookie League field in Parsons.
Parsons Babe Ruth update 06/14/12
The Ray Products Rockies defeated the Bowen Pharmacy Yankees 18-4 in Rookie League action Thursday evening at Winway Park in Parsons. The Rockies got on the board early and often and scored five runs in the first, four in the second and another five in the third on the way to a 14-1 lead after three trips to the plate. The Yankees had their biggest inning of the game in the fourth with three runs and gained ground on the Rockies after holding ...
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Cunningham wins weightlifting contest
Saturday, The Gym hosted the 3rd Annual Magman's Weightlifting Contest. Their were three divisions in this year's contest. Daniel Cunningham was the top lifter in the over 200-pound division. Cunningham lifted 1,595 pounds cumulatively over three dead lift attempts. Cunningham also won the Biggest Arm Challenge, with his arms measuring 20 inches. Brock Pease was second overall and Jeremy Henson placed third. In the under 200-pound division, Ma...
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16-18s win 3 of 4 to open week heading into Friday, Saturday games
The Parsons Family Pharmacy 16-18 year old Babe Ruth baseball team swept Frontenac Wednesday evening at Marvel Park in Parsons. A late surge won the first game for Parsons as the 16-18 year olds scored 10 runs in the final two innings to secure the victory. Frontenac got on the board in the second inning and led 1-0 before Parsons scored its first run of the game in the third to tie things up. Parsons opened a 2-1 lead thanks to their second r...
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Locals compete in KJGA tourneys
Kansas Junior Golf Association Southeast section Emporia Municipal Golf Course Monday, June 4 11 and under — 1. Cole Wheeler 50 (Chanute); 2. Nicholas King 50 (Fort Scott), 3. Grant Brenneman 56 (Hesston) 12-13 age division — 1. Austin Liudahl 89 (Chanute); 2. Andrew Fuentez 94 (Parsons); 3. Kobe Chanute 95 (Chanute); 4. Brent Haster 99 (Emporia); 5. Clete Carlson 110 (Chanute) 14-15 age division — 1. Kaden Macha 71 (Iola); 2. Troy Watson 75...
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Babe Ruth 13s split with Frontenac
The Parsons Power Flame 13-year-old baseball team split a home doubleheader with Frontenac in Winway Park Monday evening. Power Flame dropped the first game 12-8. The two teams scored four each in the first inning and Parsons scored two runs in the second and in the third to lead 8-5 after three. The fourth inning was a big one for Frontenac though as the visitors scored eight runs to come away with the victory. Tyler Metcalf tripled and singl...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Jayden Schultz works on her backhand during the Parsons High School tennis clinic in Forest Park in Parsons Wednesday morning. The PHS and Parsons Middle School team host a tennis clinic throughout the month of June every year in Parsons. This year, around 65 aspiring tennis players of various ages are participating in the clinic, which Parsons coaches and players assist with.
Learning the basics

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Local hunters to be featured on Sportsman Channel
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM Dane Roberts and AJ Brinkman know they're on the right track in their hunting career, because they're about to be on "On the Right Track". The two former Parsons High School graduates, both currently living in Manhattan, have been filming their hunts, which include deer, coyotes, ducks and about everything else, for the past three years. The two have shot most of their hunts with what Brinkman calls "an ant...
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Babe Ruth update 06/12/12
The Bleacher Gear/KMH 14-15 year old Babe Ruth League team took on Columbus last Thursday in Winway Park and split the doubleheader in a pair of lopsided games. Parsons hammered home 10 runs in the first inning of the opener on the way to a 23-8 win. Columbus had opened a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the first but Parsons answered with 10 runs to take a substantial lead going into the second. Columbus responded with another four runs to c...
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