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LCHS defeats Pittsburg in OT
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM PITTSBURG — Down 15 midway through the third quarter, it looked like Labette County was going packing. But the Grizzlies blazed the nets and flustered Pittsburg with a full-court press to force overtime and winded up winning 67-63 Tuesday evening. “These kids never panicked. We stayed with the game plan. You can’t say enough about the second half on how we played. We played in that position several times. O...
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Dolphins compete in championships at Wichita
The Parsons Dolphins swim team traveled to the 2012 Division II SCY South Championships at the Garvey Aquatic Center in Wichita over the weekend. The event took place on Saturday and Sunday. Below are the results for the Dolphins. 2012 Division II SCY South Championships Girls 10 and under 50 fly — 9. Dara Mendoza, 42.45. 14. Kaleigh Burke, 45.30. 10 and under 100 freestyle — 14. Kaleigh Burke, 1:28.97. 18. Carys Gossett, 1:36.15. 10 and unde...
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Chargers fall in double OT Monday
GALENA — The Chargers' season ended Monday evening with a 69-65 double-overtime loss to Galena. Cherryvale High School entered the Erie hosted substate at 11-9 overall and had the Bulldogs on the ropes near the end of the contest but ultimately fell in two extra periods. Cherryvale's Trent Loganbill scored a team-high 20 points and John Anderson added 14. Hunter Robertson scored 11 points and had three triples while Cody O'Brien put in 10. The...
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Parsons boys advance
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM Four minutes into Monday's game the Vikings were on a 152-16 pace. That's about all you need to figure out how things went for Parsons High School in their final home game of the year. PHS improved to 19-2 overall with a 69-44 victory over Baxter (3-18) Monday in the opening round of substate basketball. The No. 1-seeded Vikings went up 23-4 after a quarter of play on the way to a win over the  visiting Lio...
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Lady Vikings defeat Baxter
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM The Lions hung around until the very end. But when the horn sounded — Parsons had too much firepower. The Parsons High School girls basketball team stayed true to its seed Monday evening, knocking off Baxter 54-45. The two teams entered with nearly identical records. Parsons finished the year at 15-5 overall while Baxter was 14-6. But the one-game difference gave Parsons the No. 4 seed and Baxter the five, ...
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LCHS girls destroy Columbus
ALTAMONT — The Labette County girls basketball team won by 30 points on Monday night to set up a 4A substate game with Parsons on Thursday. Labette County took a 13-9 lead over Columbus into the second quarter, when the Lady Grizzlies allowed just two points for a 25-11 halftime lead. The Lady Titans scored only 10 points in the second half, and Labette County cruised to a 51-21 victory. "We really had some kids step up tonight when we got int...
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Oswego girls advance
OSWEGO — The Oswego High School Lady Indians handily defeated Marmaton Valley of Moran here Monday night 61-24. "The girls came out pretty strong to start the game," Oswego girls coach Neal Cruse said. Their level of play and unselfishness set the tone for the game, he said. The Oswego girls were leading 18-3 after a quarter and 31-9 at the half. Moran's biggest quarter was the third, when it scored 13 points. The only cloud over an otherwise ...
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Season ends of Erie boys
CANEY — The Erie Red Devils' basketball season ended on Monday night with a 52-41 loss to Caney Valley in a 3A substate tournament. "The kids played hard tonight but just could not come out on top at the end of the night. I'm very proud of the kids and their work this year," Erie coach Caleb Reimer said. Keaton Page led the way for Erie in scoring with 10 points. Justin Hartzel had seven points, and Kyle Spielbusch and Christian Murphy both ad...
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LCC splits with Crowder Saturday
The Labette Community College baseball team suffered their first loss of the year over the weekend but still earned a split in a doubleheader with Crowder. LCC traveled to Neosho, Mo. for two games with Crowder and opened with a 3-0 victory. Kacy Cook pitched seven innings of five-hit baseball and didn't allow a run while striking out four to earn the victory. Crowder's Cody Althouse reached third in the first inning on a lead-off walk, but th...
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Murdock goes 1-2 at state tourney
Thatcher Murdock of Parsons High School finished the Class 4A state wrestling tourney at 1-2 over the weekend. Murdock, a 132-pound senior, advanced to the second day by opening with a 5-3 win over Slade Sare of Abilene. Murdock lost his second match to Kyle Macy of El Dorado by 4-0 decision Friday and lost his opening-round match Saturday with Jacob Durosette of Fort Scott 3-2. Murdock finishes his senior campaign with a 33-7 record overall. ...
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Greg Hunn/Courtesy photo The Labette Community College wrestling team is shown. The LCC wrestlers placed first at this year's NJCAA national tourney in Rochester, Minn. over the weekend and finished with two national champions as well as nine All-Americans.
Labette's title comes as no suprrise
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM There's something about Rochester. The Labette Community College wrestling team returned to Rochester, Minn., the site of their first NJCAA title, and earned another Saturday. LCC gathered 161.5 points to take down No. 1-ranked Iowa Central Community College, who scored 145 points in the two-day tourney. Lincoln College was third overall with 111 points while defending champ Clackamas came in fourth overall...
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LCC men survive Johnson trip; women fall
The Cavaliers nearly made the lead disappear, but the Cardinals did enough to keep it. The Labette Community College men's basketball team improved to 18-10 overall and 8-8 within the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Eastern Division with a 68-66 victory at Johnson on Saturday. The Cardinals rushed out to a 46-27 lead at the half and shot 48 percent from the field, including an 8 of 14 clip from behind the arc. LCC also forced 15 tu...
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Anthony Cook/Sun photo Parsons High School senior Sawyer Woodworth signs her letter of intent to play volleyball at Labette Community College next season. Woodworth is joined on the front row by mother Dixie Jenkins and father Joe Woodworth. PHS volleyball coach Hillary Lott is shown on the back row. Woodworth was an all-SEK first teamer this season and helped lead PHS to the substate semi-finals.
PHS senior signs LOI with Labette

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Gatewood places fifth at state tourney
Labette County High School senior Spencer Gatewood completed the Class 4A wrestling tourney in Salina with a fifth-place finish Saturday. Friday, Gatewood defeated Anthony White of Cheney by pinfall to start the tourney. "I could tell from the time Spencer stepped on the Suburban Thursday night that he was very focused and that his head was where it needed to be to compete at this level," said LCHS head coach Matt Shields. "You never know how ...
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Labette wins national title
The Labette Community College wrestling team scored 161.5 points to dominate the field at the NJCAA National Wrestling Tourney in Rochester, Minn. over the weekend. LCC was one of only three teams to break the 100-point mark at the national field and had 16.5 more points than No. 1-ranked Iowa Central College. Defending champion Clackamas came in fourth with 97 points and Lincoln College was third with 111. Labette head coach Joe Renfro was al...
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LCC leads national tourney after day one
The Labette Community College wrestling team is in position to capture its first national championship since 2005. It all comes down to day two. The Cardinals enter the final day of wrestling at the NJCAA National Wrestling Championships in Rochester, Minn. with a 1.5-point lead over No. 1-ranked Iowa Central Community College. LCC currently has 87.5 points while Iowa Central has 86. Defending national champion Clackamas trails in a distant fo...
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Viking, Grizzly advance to second day of state tourney
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM Parsons High School senior Thatcher Murdock and Labette County High School senior Spencer Gatewood advanced past the first day of state wrestling at the Salina Bicentennial Center in Salina Friday and will wrestle in the consolation rounds today. The two advanced to the state tourney through the Fort Scott regional last weekend. Sixteen competitors in 14 different weight brackets represent their schools in ...
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Johnson, Jackson key Vikes
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM COFFEYVILLE — It was a historic night for the Vikings. James Jackson entered the 1,000-points club, Tevin Johnson had a career-high 32 points and the Vikes put their names on their 30th Southeast Kansas League title. Parsons High School improved to 18-2 overall and 7-1 within the SEK in the final game of the regular season Thursday here. The Vikings defeated the Golden Tornado 80-64 in a follow-up to a 77-6...
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Lady Vikings rout Coffeyville
By Anthony Cook ACOOK@PARSONSSUN.COM COFFEYVILLE — It was a historic night for the Lady Vikings. Parsons' name will be etched on the Southeast Kansas League title for just the fourth time overall. It will also be the first time they won't be joined by another team. PHS earned the title thanks to a 54-32 victory over Coffeyville (4-16 overall, 1-7 SEK) here Thursday. The Lady Vikings got some help from Fort Scott, who defeated Labette County in...
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Grizzlies upset Tigers
FORT SCOTT — The Labette County High School boys defeated Fort Scott on their home floor here Thursday night, knocking the Tigers out of race for the SEK League crown. The Grizzlies won 60-55. Three Grizzlies were in double figures and held most of Fort Scott's offense to a single player, who scored nearly half of the Tigers' points. "Overall, we really played a good game. We really played well tonight," LCHS boys coach Brad Smith said. The Gr...
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