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LCC's Lutz signs with D-II school in Florida
Labette Community College sophomore basketball player Ashley Lutz will continue her athletic and academic career at Barry University, a NCAA Division II school in Miami Shores, Fla. A 5-8 guard, Lutz is a Topeka product who played her high school ball at Highland Park. Lutz averaged 12 points and three rebounds a game for Anna Nimz and the Lady Cardinals (12-19) this past season. Lutz had a team-high 85 assists (three a game) and was second on...
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Regional track meet is Friday in Iola
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com The Parsons Vikings and Labette County Grizzlies will be among the teams competing at the Iola Class 4A Regional Track Meet on Friday. The top four in each event will advance to the 2013 State Track Meet. The field events will begin at 3:30 at Iola’s Riverside Park stadium. The prelims of the running events are scheduled to start at 5 p.m. Teams competing at Iola are Labette County, Parsons, Baxter Springs...
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St. Paul rolls to regional title
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com YATES CENTER — Two dominating wins secured a regional title for the St. Paul Indians. Earning run-rule victories in both the semifinals and the title game, the Indians won the Yates Center Class 2-1A Baseball Regional at Kluender Field on Wednesday. The regional championship is the second straight for St. Paul, and the Indians advanced to the Class 2-1A State Baseball Tournament with Wednesday’s victories....
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St. Paul Indians: Regional champs
The St. Paul High School baseball team won the Yates Center Regional on Wednesday and advanced to state with the win.
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Oswego, Chetopa golf teams going to state
The Oswego High School boys golf team took second place at the Uniontown Class 2A Regional on Monday. In 2A and in 1A, the top three teams advance to state. Kansas City Christian took first place in the team standings with a score of 355, Oswego was second with a 429 and Pleasanton finished third with a 434. Individually, Oswego’s Zac Dickerson finished fourth overall with a 91. Travis Schenker also earned a top 10 finish with a 98, taking eig...
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Regional golf: Saving his best for last
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Joey Sanders definitely saved his best for last. The Parsons High School senior entered the Parsons Class 4A Regional Golf Tournament at Katy Golf Course on Monday morning faced with a simple scenario. If he had a good day on the course, a trip to state would be a possibility. If he had an average or bad day, his prep golf career would be over. In the end, Sanders didn’t just have a good day — he had a st...
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Regional softball: Oswego tops Chetopa for regional title
OSWEGO — The Oswego High School softball team is going to state. The host Lady Indians defeated Chetopa 1-0 in the title game of the Oswego Class 2-1A Regional on Monday. For Oswego, Aimee Wimp had three singles, while Tiffany Wimp had two singles and drove in the only run of the game. Sydney Pemberton had a double, and Tyler Garris added a single for the Indians (7-10). Aimee Wimp pitched, while Kinzi Taylor was the catcher. Oswego advanced ...
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Regional golf: Erie's Page qualifies for state
PITTSBURG — The Erie High School golf team just missed qualifying their entire squad to next week’s state golf tourney. In the end, Gavon Page of Erie advanced as an individual at Monday’s Colgan Class 3A Golf Regional at Crestwood Country Club. The top two teams at the regional advanced to the Class 3A State Tournament. There was a three-way tie for second, as Erie, Fredonia and Jayhawk-Linn all finished with team scores of 355. A tie-breake...
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Regional softball: Lady Vikes fall to top seed
CHANUTE — Number-one seed Frontenac defeated ninth-seeded Parsons 15-0 in a first round game of the Chanute Class 4A Softball Regional on Monday. The season ended for the Lady Vikings with the loss. The game ended after three innings. Bailey Foster had the only single of the game for Parsons. Syvauna Hinman-Mitchell and Haleigh Stewart drew walks in the game. The Raiders scored three runs in the first inning against PHS starting pitcher Hanna...
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Regional softball: Mulvane too much for Lady Grizzlies
INDEPENDENCE — The season came to an end for the Labette County High School softball team on Monday after a first round loss at the Independence Class 4A Softball Regional. Third-seeded Mulvane shut out sixth-seeded Labette County 12-0. “This was definitely a game where we beat ourselves,” LCHS Coach Lori Green said. “We hit the ball, it just went right to them. Their pitcher only had two strikeouts the entire game. We just kicked the ball aro...
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LCHS Baseball Regional continues Wednesday
LCHS Baseball 4A Regional Monday’s scores Girard 7, Parsons 3 Pittsburg 7, Baxter Springs 3 Frontenac 7, Girard 0 Columbus 3, Labette 2 Coffeyville 2, Indy 1 (12 inn.) Wednesday's schedule At Vic George Field, Altamont Semifinals Frontenac vs. Pittsburg, 2 Columbus vs. Coffeyville, 4 Title game — 6 p.m.
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Surprise champ: Sanders wins regional golf title, Grizzlies will team title
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Joey Sanders couldn’t have picked a better day to play his best golf. A Parsons High School senior, Sanders surprised the field and took first place at the Parsons Class 4A Golf Regional on Monday at Katy Golf Course. Sanders carded a 77 and earned medalist honors. He also advanced to the Class 4A State Golf Tournament with his performance. “He picked the right time to play the best round of his life,” Par...
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STATE TENNIS: Vikings earn state hardware
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Payton Hays ended his prep tennis career with a win — and with another state medal. A Parsons High School senior, Hays won the seventh place match at the 2013 Class 4A State Tennis Tournament on Saturday at Wichita Collegiate High School. And for the third-straight year, Hays brought back some hardware from the state tourney. Hays took sixth in the 2011, and finished seventh in both 2012 and ‘13. “Payton w...
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Regional baseball: Season ends for Vikings
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com FRONTENAC — Early miscues in the field doomed the Parsons Vikings on the opening day of the Labette County Class 4A Baseball Regional. Eighth-seeded Girard took full advantage of their extra opportunities and defeated ninth-seeded Parsons 7-3 on Monday at the Raider Sports Complex in Frontenac. The season came to an end for the Vikings with the loss. Girard scored six early runs on just three hits. But the...
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Regional baseball: Titans upset Grizzlies
ALTAMONT — Seventh-seeded Columbus shocked second-seeded Labette County with a 3-2 win in a first round game of the Labette County Class 4A Baseball Regional on Monday at Vic George Field. “Unfortunately for us, we didn’t hit the ball well enough to support our pitchers and that was the difference in the game,” LCHS Coach Jesse Ybarra said. “We have had a solid season, but we had the potential to do so much more. And that’s what makes a game ...
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Lady Grizzlies sweep Lady Vikings
ALTAMONT — Labette County swept a high school softball doubleheader from Parsons on Friday in the regular season finale for both teams. Labette County took game one 10-0 and then the Lady Grizzlies won game two 15-1. In the first game, Parsons was limited to just two hits in the game by LCHS pitcher Aubri Kimbrough. For PHS, Bailey Foster hit a double and Tatum Johnson had a single. The Grizzlies scored three runs in the first, and then added...
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STATE TENNIS: Vikings earn wins at state
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com WICHITA — The first day of the Class 4A Boys State Tennis Tournament went extremely well for the Parsons Vikings. Both entries from Parsons High School secured wins on Day One of the two-day event at Wichita Collegiate High School on Friday. As a regional champ in singles, Parsons senior Payton Hays had a first-round bye. In the second round, Hays had little trouble in knocking off McPherson’s Conner Schaf...
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The issue: Will Class 4A split up into two divisions?
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com To split or not to split — that’s the question facing Class 4A high schools in the state of Kansas. And before long, those schools will vote to decide the classification’s future. First things first. Let’s review. At its April Board of Directors meeting, the Kansas State High School Activities Association voted to allow the Class 4A schools to decide whether to split up into two classes for the “major” sp...
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Golfers from LCHS, PHS compete at Winfield
WINFIELD — Golfers from Parsons and Labette County High Schools had one final tune-up before Monday’s regional with Thursday’s Winfield Invitational. Braden Page of Labette County tied for second place with a 76. Also for the Grizzlies, Drew Dwyer tied for 29th (87) and Austin Krewson was 33rd (88). Tanner Nelson finished with a 92, good for 43rd place. Joey Sanders of Parsons was 45th overall with a 94, and Labette’s Griffin Argo took 59th w...
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LCHS softball sweeps Parsons
Labette County swept a high school softball doubleheader from Parsons on Friday, as the Lady Grizzlies won 10-0 in game one and then took game two 15-1. Look for more on these games in Tuesday’s Sun.
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