Sports
Grizzlies sending talented group to state track meet
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com If things go as planned, the Labette County High School boys track team could be bringing home quite a bit of hardware from the state track meet. Eight different Labette County Grizzlies will be competing at the Class 4A State Track Meet on Friday and Saturday at Cessna Stadium on the campus of Wichita State University. And if you ask LCHS Coach Craig Hartman, each and every Grizzly competing at state has ...
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State track meet will have local flavor
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Jenny O’Bryan will be running bright and early on Friday morning at the Class 1A State Track Meet in Wichita. The St. Paul freshman will among the girls competing in the 1A 3200-meter run. The event begins at 7:45 a.m. on Friday, and is the first event of the 2013 State Track Meet at Cessna Stadium. O’Bryan has the second-best time in the field (12:33). O’Bryan also qualified in the 1600, which will be h...
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ANOTHER STATE RUN: Vikings set for state track meet
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com This is it for Abe Russell. The Parsons High School senior has one more race in that blue and gold singlet. Russell and teammate Kaylee Krull will be competing at the 2013 Kansas Class 4A State Track Meet on Friday and Saturday at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium. Russell won the 800-meter run at the Iola Regional to advance to state in his signature event. Russell’s regional time (1:59.75) ranks...
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State golf: Sanders finishes prep golf career at state
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Joey Sanders ended his prep golf career at Monday at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament in Cheney. A Parsons High School senior, Sanders shot an 84 and was unable to medal. He finished 61st overall in the 4A field. “It was kind of a grind it out day for Joey,” Parsons Coach Anthony Houk said. “He started out with three bogeys, and then he had a couple of pars. He was three over after seven holes.” But the ...
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Various summer camp dates, info released
Tennis camp, lessons offered A local tennis camp for middle school and high school athletes will July 15-18 at Forest Park. Contact Parsons Coach Jane Posch at 620-820-3855 to sign-up. Cost is $20. The camp will run from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Monday through Thursday. Posch is also offering tennis lessons, beginning the first week of June. Interested athletes (ages 4-18) can sign-up at the rec center. Lessons will be held from June 3-27 and from Ju...
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Parsons High School has several coaching vacancies
Parsons High School Principal Matt Rogers has confirmed to the Sun that PHS now has several varsity head coaching vacancies. Parsons High School is now looking for new head coaches for volleyball, cross country, boys basketball, girls basketball, and track and field. Rogers said the search is on-going. “They’re all open and we’re actively looking,” Rogers said. “We have our kids best interests at heart.” PHS also needs an assistant tennis co...
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Rogers: Parsons voting yes for Class 4A split
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Should Class 4A be split up into two divisions? Parsons High School Principal Matt Rogers says yes. If you ask Rogers, the pros outweigh the cons when it comes to splitting up Class 4A into two divisions. Rogers told the Sun on Tuesday that Parsons High School has voted yes for the proposal to split 4A into large and small divisions. “It’s a big deal for Parsons,” Rogers said. “We’re a little bit different...
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State Baseball: St. Paul has state goals set high
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com A third place finish at last year’s state baseball tournament left the St. Paul Indians wanting more. And after winning the Yates Center Regional last week in dominating fashion, the Indians will get another shot at a state crown. St. Paul (14-2) is the number-one seed at the 2013 Kansas Class 2-1A State Baseball Tournament. The Indians will begin the state tourney on Thursday at 11 a.m. at Emporia’s Soden...
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State Golf: Oswego's Dickerson takes eighth in 2A, Berrios leads Chetopa at 1A event
DODGE CITY— Zac Dickerson of Oswego earned an eighth place finish at the 2013 Class 2A State Golf Tournament on Monday at Mariah Hills Golf Course in Dodge City. Dickerson shot an 82 and finished eighth overall, earning a medal. Oswego finished 10th in the team standings. Decatur Community took first with a 339. Also for Oswego, Travis Schenker took 21st place with an 87. Others from Oswego were Shawn Riley (32nd place, 98), Gus Tomlinson (38t...
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State Golf: Erie's Page competes at 3A tournament
SENECA — Erie’s Gavon Page competed at the Class 3A State Golf Tournament on Monday at Spring Creek Golf Course in Seneca. Page shot a 99 and was unable to medal. Erie Coach Ronnie Williams said rain prohibited Page from getting in a practice round the day before the state tourney. “So that made a difficult course even more difficult,” Williams said. “After a slow start, Gavon started to play much better and with a lot more confidence.” Page s...
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State Golf: Page leads Grizzlies at 4A tourney
CHENEY — Labette County finished 10th in the team standings at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament on Monday at Cherry Oaks Golf Course in Cheney. The Grizzlies finished with a team score of 334. Wichita Collegiate won the team title with a score of 299 and Kansas City Piper was a close second with a 305. Iola’s Kaden Macha was the state champ with a 72. He won a playoff for first over Collegiate’s Camron Chugg and KC Piper’s Montana Fasching. ...
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State Softball: Oswego will look to pull off another upset
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com If the Oswego High School girls softball team wants to advance past the first round of the Kansas Class 2-1A State Softball Tournament, they’ll have to knock off the undefeated defending state champs. Seeded eighth, Oswego will take on number-one seed Cottonwood Falls-Chase County on Thursday at 5 p.m. in a first round state contest at Emporia’s Trusler Sports Complex. The defending state champs, Chase Cou...
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Devils, Chargers move on to state
WELLSVILLE — Christian Murphy will end his prep career at the state track meet. The Erie High School senior advanced to state in his signature event at the Wellsville Class 3A Regional. Murphy took first place in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.46. Murphy won’t be the only Red Devil competing at state. Brett Thompson of Erie also earned a top four finish, taking third in the javelin (166-01). For the Red Devil girls, Lindsay Francis took se...
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Regional recap: State berths secured at track regionals
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Nine different athletes from the Parsons-area will be competing at the Class 4A State Track Meet on Friday and Saturday at Wichita State University’s Cessna Stadium. The Grizzlies and Vikings qualified for the state track meet by finishing in the top four of their respective events at Friday’s Iola Class 4A Regional. Vikings get two in Abe Russell and Kaylee Krull are no strangers to the state track meet. ...
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Oswego tracksters qualify for state
YATES CENTER — Oswego High School had athletes qualify for state at the Class 2A Yates Center Regional. David Kirkpatrick finished third in the both the 100 (11.20) and 200 (23.33) to advance in both events. Ethan Jacobs qualified in the boys discus by taking third place. Jacobs recorded a throw of 134’03. Oswego’s girls 4x800 relay team advanced to state by finishing fourth with a time of 11:16. The relay team consists of Katie Solomon, N...
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Lady Vikings, Indians compete at state meet
TOPEKA — The Kansas Class 5-4-3-2-1A State Swimming and Diving Championships were held Friday and Saturday in Topeka. Three athletes from Parsons High School and two from St. Paul High School competed alongside the state’s best. Sydney Markley of Parsons advanced to the finals of the 100 yard freestyle with a 13th place finish in the preliminaries on Friday. Markley finished with a time of 59.77. The top 16 moved on to the finals. Parsons Coac...
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St. Paul athletes qualify for state meet
BURLINGTON — St. Paul High School athletes competed at the Southern Coffey County Class 1A Track Regional at Burlington High School on Friday. St. Paul distance runner Jenny O’Bryan advanced to state by winning gold in two events. The freshman took first place in the girls mile with a time of 5:42 and also won the 3200, finishing in 12:33. St. Paul’s Josie Albertini finished fourth in the javelin (101’0) to advance to state. St. Paul’s Brayden...
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REGIONAL TRACK: VIKINGS, GRIZZLIES PUNCH TICKETS TO STATE
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com IOLA — As Abe Russell crossed the finish line, he pumped his fist into the air and let out a celebratory scream. Moments after qualifying for state, Jon Kelly was just looking for a place to throw up. And as for Kaylee Krull, she was satisfied, but not exactly thrilled with her performance. Those were just three of the story-lines at Friday’s Iola Class 4A Track and Field Regional. The top four in each eve...
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LCHS basketball camps are May 28-31
The 2013 Labette County Basketball Camp will be held from Tuesday, May 28 to Friday, May 31 at LCHS. The camp is under the direction of LCHS Boys Coach Brad Smith, LCHS Girls Coach Kristi Snider and assistant coaches Clint Witty, Brian Tucker and Heather Wilson. Current and former LCHS players will assist with the camp. The basketball camp is for any boy or girl who will be in grades 1-12 the following school year. The camp for grades 1-3 wil...
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State golf tournaments are Monday
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Is the Parsons-area a hotbed for golf or what? The area will be well-represented at state golf tourneys all over the state. For starters, Labette County will taking a full team to the Class 4A State Golf Tournament in Cheney. The Grizzlies took first place at the Parsons 4A Regional. Individually, Joey Sanders of Parsons advanced as a regional champion. The 4A State Tournament is Monday at Cherry Oaks. Eri...
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