Sports
Sanders leads PHS golf team at Coffeyville
COFFEYVILLE — Joey Sanders led the way for the Parsons High School boys golf team on Tuesday at the Coffeyville Invitational. Sanders shot a 98 and took 30th place. Also for Parsons, Ben Brewer shot a 99 and finished 34th, while Bryan Walker took 37th place with a 103. Rounding out the scoring for Parsons were Lee Head (111, 46th), and Max Newland (116, 49th). The Vikings are scheduled to compete at Winfield today, and at Chanute on Monday. Th...
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Murphy leads Erie track at Baxter Springs
BAXTER — The Erie High School track team competed at Baxter Springs on Tuesday. For the Red Devils, Christian Murphy took first place in the 110 hurdles, first in the 300 hurdles, fourth in the shot put, and fifth in the discus. Erie Coach Nathan Teichgraeber said Murphy’s times in the hurdles events are tops in Class 3A. Also for Erie, Brett Thompson took first place in the javelin and Justin Hartzell was third. Hartzell also finished fourth ...
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Grizzlies knock off Panthers
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com ALTAMONT — A busy week began with a win for the Labette County High School softball team. Host Labette County defeated St. Mary’s Colgan 7-2 on Tuesday. It was the first of three-straight dates for the Grizzlies, who play Fort Scott today and Parsons on Thursday. Labette County led 3-0 right away and never looked back against the Panthers. “We started off well, and scoring those three runs in the first inn...
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Chetopa earns walk-off win over Parsons
CHETOPA — After a late rally forced extra innings, the Chetopa High School softball team earned a 5-4 walk-off victory over the Parsons Lady Vikings on Monday night. Visiting Parsons led 4-2 entering the bottom of the seventh. But Chetopa rallied for two runs in the seventh to force extra innings. The Hornets then won the game in the bottom of the eighth. “Unfortunately, we were not able to close out the game in the bottom of the seventh,” Par...
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Grizzlies win team title at Coffeyville Relays
COFFEYVILLE — The Labette County High School track team had several impressive performances at the Coffeyville Relays Track and Field Invitational. In fact, the boys took first place in the team standings. The meet was rained out on Friday, but made up on Monday. LCHS Boys Coach Craig Hartman said he’s been impressed with his Grizzlies. “I have been extremely proud of this team and the leadership of this senior class has been outstanding,” Ha...
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LCC baseball ends conference play on a high note
The Labette Community College baseball team finished Jayhawk East play on a positive note. The Cardinals swept a doubleheader from Johnson County on Monday, winning game one 8-7 and game two 4-2. In game one, LCC trailed 4-0, but the Cardinals scored four runs in the fifth and five more in the sixth to get the win. Mike Smith hit a home run and had four RBIs. Tyler Hatcher drove in three runs for LCC, and David Wright had one RBI. Cale Parnell...
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Chetopa's ace
Chetopa's Chelsea LaPee delivers a pitch against Parsons on Monday.
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LCC SOFTBALL: A DOMINATING SWEEP
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com The Labette Community College softball team hadn’t played in nearly two weeks. It was hard to tell. Looking anything but rusty, the Lady Cardinals dominated from start to finish in a two-game sweep over Fort Scott on Monday in a District E first round series of the Region VI Tournament. The Lady Cardinals won game one 18-3 in five innings. Labette took game two 13-0, also in five innings. With the series w...
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Lady Vikings knock off St. Paul
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com CHETOPA — The Parsons Lady Vikings earned a non-league softball win over St. Paul on Monday in Chetopa. But it wasn’t easy. After building a big early lead, the Lady Vikings had to battle to the end to secure a much-needed win. Parsons eventually earned an 18-12 victory over the Indians. The Vikings played Chetopa in a second game, but that result was not available at press time. Parsons improved to 3-10 ...
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Erie golf takes first at Sedan
The Erie High School varsity golf team took first place at the Sedan Invitational last Thursday. “I am really proud of all of my golfers who competed today,” Erie Coach Ronnie Williams said. “They have worked hard in practice and I really felt like they deserved to win. Overall, I’m really pleased with where we are now as a team, and I think we are going to be very competitive heading into our league and regional tournaments.” Erie’s Garek Pet...
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Parsons Chamber golf tourney is May 11
The Parsons Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their 22nd Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at the Parsons Golf and Fitness Center. Tee-off times for the three-person scrambles are set for 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. if enough teams warrant an afternoon tee off. The $175 per team entry fee includes 18 holes of golf, mulligans, lunch and beverages. Cash prizes will be awarded and will be based on the number of entries per flight. Pr...
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Big Hill Lake hosts fishing tournament
Some of the best fishermen in southeast Kansas braved wind and rain to compete in the American Bass Anglers qualifying event on Big Hill Lake near Cherryvale this past weekend.  Brian Fahler of Independence won the April 27 tournament and Becky Minor of Parsons took second place.  Fahler’s 19.81 pound winning string of fish was anchored by the big bass of the event, a 5.71 pound large mouth.  Fahler reported he caught his fish on a white spinn...
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Prep track and field: Neodesha, Caney invite results
Neodesha invite results The Neodesha Invitational Track Meet featured athletes from Cherryvale, St. Paul and Erie High Schools. The meet was held last Thursday. Local medalists are listed below. GIRLS Girls team standings: 1. Fredonia 151, 2. Neodesha 81, 3. Yates Center 66, 4. Southeast 63, 5. Cherryvale 53, 6. Caney Valley 39, 7. Uniontown 28, 8. Erie 21, 9. Humboldt 18, 10. St. Paul 12, 11. Leon-Bluestem 10, 12. Altoona-Midway 8. Cherryva...
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Grizzlies win home golf invite
Grizzlies win home golf invite The Labette County High School boys golf team took first place at Thursday’s invitational at Parsons Golf and Fitness. Austin Krewson earned medalists honors at the invite with a score of 77. “Austin played his best tournament to date,” LCHS Coach Jake Leake said. “And I still feel like as a team we have room to improve.” Braden Page and Gilvon Darkis tied for fourth place at the invitational, as both finished w...
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Grizzlies stay on top of league baseball standings
INDEPENDENCE — The Labette County Grizzlies needed extra innings in game two, but in the end, the visitors earned a high school baseball sweep over Independence on Thursday. Labette County won the opener 9-0. The Grizzlies took the nightcap 7-5 in nine innings. The Grizzlies stayed on top of the league standings with the sweep. Labette County is now 10-4 on the season and 5-1 in the SEK League. In game one, Klay Weaver allowed just one hit in ...
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Lady Vikings can't hold late leads
The Parsons High School varsity girls softball team saw leads slip away in both games of a doubleheader with Pittsburg on Thursday. As a result, the visiting Purple Dragons took both league games from the Lady Vikings. Pittsburg won the opener 13-5, and the Dragons took game two 11-8. The Dragons led 3-0 early in game one, but the Vikings scored three runs in the fourth, with Tatum Johnson scoring on Shelbi Carpenter’s RBI single. Shay Kelly ...
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LCC wrestlers sign with four-year schools
After leading the Labette Community College wrestling program to back-to-back national championships, eight members of the team have signed on with four-year schools. The group is led by Devin Aguirre, a sophomore from Ponca City, Okla. After winning back-to-back individual NJCAA national titles, Aguirre has signed a letter of intent to continue his athletic and academic career at Oklahoma State University, where he’ll look to add a NCAA Divi...
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PHS swim team competes at Emporia
EMPORIA — The Parsons High School girls swim team competed at the Emporia Relays on Thursday. Shannon Dunlay placed seventh in the 200 free with a time of 2:21. Dunlay qualified for state in the 500 free with a time of 6:20, finishing third overall in the event. Sydney Markley took sixth in the 200 free with a time of 2:19, which was just off the state-qualifying time of 2:18.86. Coach Robin Rea said Markley has a state-consideration time in t...
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Kimbrough's homers lift LCHS to victory
INDEPENDENCE — Aubri Kimbrough’s big day at the plate led the Labette County High School softball team to a 12-7 win over Independence on Thursday in game two of a doubleheader. The Bulldogs took the first game, winning 8-2. But in the second game, Kimbrough went 5-for-5 at the plate with two singles, three home runs and four RBIs. “Aubri was just amazing,” Grizzlies Coach Lori Green said. “All three home runs were over the fence in center. I...
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LCC softball pushed back to Sunday
The Labette Community College softball games vs. Fort Scott have been rescheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. The games are a first round playoff series.
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