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Chamber golf tourney set
The Parsons Chamber of Commerce has announced the date for its annual golf tournament to be held at the Katy Golf Course in Parsons. The long-standing tradition of being one of the first major golf outings of the year has returned to the Chamber event with a date of Saturday, May 21. The committee is seeking individuals and businesses interested in sponsorship opportunities. These include competition, refreshment and individual hole sponsors...
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Fishing tourney set in Arma
ARMA — Twenty-two anglers and two active duty soldiers were on hand for the fourth tournament of the Southeast Kansas District 58 American Bass Anglers Tournament Circuit on Saturday. Bone Creek Lake in Arma provided the perfect setting for what many thought would be a pre-spawn free-for-all, but a week of below-normal temperatures had the water dropping by as much as 10 degrees, sending the already spawn-staging fish headed back to deeper w...
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LC takes on Coffeyville
COFFEYVILLE — Baseball season opened for Labette County High School on Tuesday afternoon when the Grizzlies took on the Golden Tornado here. The two teams split the doubleheader to move to 1-1 within the Southeast Kansas League. Labette County took the opener 23-18, and Coffeyville salvaged a split with an 8-2 victory in game two. The two teams combined for 27 hits in the opener in a game that was far from short on fireworks. After two innin...
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Parsons, LCHS golf travel to Iola
The Parsons and Labette County High School golf teams had a busy afternoon Tuesday. The two teams split into varsity and junior varsity and attended two tournaments at two different locations. The varsity teams traveled to Iola for the Iola Invitational. There, the Vikings survived extremely windy conditions and were able to fire a 357 as a team, good for third place. “This is the first time in a long time that our team has medaled. We play...
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Girls move to 4-0 with two more shutouts
COFFEYVILLE — Through four games the Labette County High School softball team has yet to surrender a run. The LCHS Lady Grizzlies improved to 4-0 overall and in Southeast Kansas League play on Tuesday with a pair of double-digit victories over the Golden Tornado. Labette pitcher Allie Reynolds had a big day at the plate, but it was overshadowed by her performance on the mound. Reynolds totaled 19 strikeouts in two games and gave up just one ...
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Viking swimmers travel to Winfield
WINFIELD — The Parsons High School swim team traveled to Winfield Tuesday for the 2011 Winfield Invitational. The Vikings took six swimmers to the invite and finished with two second-place finishes overall. The top placers were junior Reagan Argo, who took second in the 200-yard freestyle (2:53.97) and freshman Sydney Markley, who took second in the 100 freestyle (1:07.37). “Returning swimmers Reagan Argo, Bliss Betzen, Taylor Piva and Kie...
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Erie track begins 2011 season
CHEROKEE — The Erie High School track team opened the 2011 season on Tuesday in Cherokee at the Southeast Invitational. In the girls’ division, Ronni Pontious placed second in the javelin and took sixth in the shot put. On the boys’ side, Chris Bohrer placed second in the javelin, and Christian Murphy took second in the 300-meter hurdles. Murphy also finished in third in the high hurdles, while Bohrer had a fifth-place finish in both hurdle...
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SEK all-stars compete
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor PITTSBURG — Eight local athletes took part in the annual U.S. Army KSEK/KLKC All-Star Game here Sunday afternoon. The annual event split the best talent in the area from the Southeast Kansas, CNC and Tri-Valley Leagues into even teams for a girls and boys basketball game. A 3-point contest for girls and boys and dunk contest for boys was also held. Team KSEK was the winning team in both contests. The day bega...
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Williams gets hole-in-one
Long-time golfer Larry Williams accomplished a rare feat Thursday afternoon when he smacked a hole-in-one on the No. 6 hole at the Katy Golf Course. Williams was accompanied by Dick Ney during his round of golf. The ace was shot from a temporary tee box on the Par 3 sixth hole. The distance of the shot was estimated to be around 100 yards.
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PHS finishes first at Indy tennis meet
INDEPENDENCE — The Parsons and Labette County High School students were able to avoid rain here Thursday afternoon and competed in the Independence Invitational tennis tourney. For the Vikings, the tournament ended with a first-place finish as the PHS players tied with the Independence varsity in the five-team tourney. The Vikings finished perfect against Fort Scott, Arkansas City and Labette County and salvaged a 2-2 split with Independence...
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LCHS, Parsons compete at Indy golf invite
INDEPENDENCE — Local golfers faced cold and windy conditions on Thursday as they competed in the Independence Invitational Golf Tournament. For Parsons High School, the invite kicked off the 2011 season while Labette County High School players were competing in their second tourney of the week and season after traveling to Miami, Okla., on Monday. As a team, the Labette County golfers fired a 373 to finish in sixth place and one shot back of ...
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Track season begins at LCHS meet
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor ALTAMONT — Friday evening marked the beginning of the 2011 track and field season for local schools with the 2011 LCHS Invitational here. The Parsons and Labette County High School teams were joined by eight other schools with members of the Southeast Kansas League, CNC League and Tri Valley League being represented. At the varsity boys level, the Fort Scott Tigers took home first-place honors with 84.5 total ...
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LCC freshman recognized
Labette Community College softball infielder Lacie Cook has been recognized as the NJCAA Division 2 Player of the Week for her efforts during a six-game stretch last week. Cook helped Labette go 5-1 over that time and went 12-of-22 from the plate during the six games. Cook had seven doubles, one homer and eight RBIs while scoring 14 runs and stealing five bases. “Lacie has had a very great offensive explosion since our trip down to the Bro...
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Labette baseball team splits four with rival Coffeyville
The Labette Community College baseball team finished its series of doubleheaders with Coffeyville Wednesday afternoon after weather twice delayed the games originally scheduled for Saturday and Sunday. The two teams opened with a split on Monday, but a wet outfield on Tuesday forced the completion of the series to be played on Wednesday afternoon. In the end, each team won two games over the three days with the final outcome being 3-2 in all ...
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Three PWC wrestlers place at state
Seven Parsons Wrestling club members who qualified via districts traveled to the Kansas Folkstyle State Championship Tournament held at the Expo Center in Topeka last weekend. Three of the seven wrestlers made their way through the 16-man brackets to find a spot on the podium Sunday afternoon. Kolton Misener, Keenan Dodd and Dontel Martinez have all qualified for the tourney in past years, but all ended this year’s tourney with career bests...
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Lady Grizzlies open with sweep of Fillies
By Anthony Cook Sports Editor ALTAMONT — If the entire Grizzly lineup hits like it did Tuesday, the Southeast Kansas League title might be staying in Altamont for another year. The Labette County High School softball team improved to 2-0 overall and in league play with 13-0 and 15-0 victories over visiting Iola on Tuesday. The Grizzlies needed only 4 1/2 innings in the first game and three in the second to dispatch of the Fillies. “I told...
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St. Paul swim team has its first meet
The St. Paul High School swimming team raced in its first meet ever on Tuesday evening in El Dorado. The swimming team was added this year, and four of the five members, including one Southeast High School student who is swimming with the program, competed in El Dorado. Below are the entire results. Next up for the swim team will be a trip to Coffeyville on Saturday morning. El Dorado meet Tuesday, March 29 Relay results 200 freestyle ...
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Parsons, LCHS JV tennis travel to Independence
INDEPENDENCE — Tennis season resumed for the Parsons and Labette County high school junior varsity teams here Monday with a six-team invitational. The host team Independence was divided into two teams. The Vikings took first overall with 20 points while Neodesha came in second with 15 and Independence Black came in third with 11 points. Labette County finished sixth as a team with three points. For Parsons, Kevin Debald took first overall i...
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St. Paul opens season
ARMA — The St. Paul High School baseball season began on Monday with a split when the team traveled to Northeast High School for the 2011 Northeast Invitational Baseball Tournament. St. Paul began play in the tourney against host Northeast and lost 8-3 to the Vikings despite out-hitting Northeast 5-3. The two teams were knotted after an inning of play, but the Indians took a 1-0 lead after two when first baseman Nick Corn scored after walkin...
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MIAMI, Okla. — The Labette County High School golf team competed in the Miami Invitational at the Peoria Ridge Golf Course in Miami, Okla., on Monday morning. Two Grizzly golfers shot sub-90 rounds in the 18-hole tournament. Freshman Braden Page had the best round by an LCHS golfer with an 86 while senior Spencer Schulze turned in an 89 for Labette. Rounding out the scoring was Heath Charles (93), Dylan Vitt (100) and Aaron White (100). T...
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