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St. Paul baseball remains undefeated
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com ST. PAUL — Five dates into the season, the St. Paul High School baseball team is still undefeated. The Indians swept a doubleheader from rival Chetopa on Tuesday, winning game one 9-2 and then taking the second game 5-1. With the sweep, the Indians are now 5-0 on the season. St. Paul Coach Pat Schibi said his team can still get better. “We definitely still have room for improvement,” Schibi said. “We’ve go...
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LCHS wins golf invite
PITTSBURG — Gilvon Darkis and Braden Page led the Labette County High School boys golf team to a first place finish at the Pittsburg Invitational on Tuesday at Crestwood Country Club. Darkis took first place overall with a score of 78. Page tied for second with a 79. Austin Krewson finished fourth overall with an 80, while Aaron White carded an 83. Griffin Argo finished with an 89, and Drew Dwyer had a 102. “The boys played well again,” LCHS C...
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Local athletes selected to Harold Turner All-Star Game
Local athletes selected to NCCC’s Turner all-star game The Harold Turner High School Basketball All-Star games will take place on Sunday at Neosho County Community College in Chanute. Several local athletes will be participating in the game. Erie’s Kailey Cleaver and Katie Brungardt were selected to the girls game. Participating in the boys game will be Jake O’Brien, Anthony Diskin, and Brayden Beachner of St. Paul, along with Oswego’s Zac Dic...
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Fort Scott too much for Lady Vikings
FORT SCOTT — The offense was hard to come by for the Parsons High School softballl team on Tuesday at Fort Scott. Led by strong pitching, unbeaten Fort Scott swept a doubleheader from the Lady Vikings at Don Hewett Field. Fort Scott won game one 10-0, as Tigers pitcher Kyenne Wade threw a no-hitter. Parsons had three base runners the game — two walks and one hit batter. A sophomore, Wade struck out 15 Vikings. “We watched several strikes go by...
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Lady Vikings host swim meet with Grizzlies
The Parsons High School girls swim team hosted a meet with Labette County on Wednesday at the Parsons State Hospital pool. In top photo, Sydney Markley competes for Parsons in the 100-yard freestyle on Wednesday. Look for results more photos in Friday's Sun.
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Grizzlies host invite at Forest Park
The Labette County High School tennis team hosted an invite on Tuesday at Forest Park in Parsons. The Grizzlies took second place with six wins. Independence was first with 10 wins, while Columbus and Fort Scott finished third and fourth. At number-one singles, Josh Mathes took third place. His win came against Fort Scott 8-0. Mathes lost his matches to Independence and Columbus. Aidan Carter took second place at number-two singles, earnings w...
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St. Paul baseball hosts rival Chetopa
The St. Paul High School baseball team hosted rival Chetopa for a doubleheader. The Indians won the first game 9-2. Pictured: Anthony Diskin of St. Paul pitches against the Green Hornets on Tuesday afternoon. Look for more on the St. Paul-Chetopa baseball games tomorrow.
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Despite loss, Vikings baseball team makes progress
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Gerald Beardmore looked on the bright side. After his Parsons High School baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader with Nevada, Mo. on Monday night, Beardmore focused on the positives, not the negatives. Nevada took game one 12-5, and then won the second game 14-4 in non-conference action at Marvel Park. Beardmore said his team did a lot of good things overall in the two games against an always-s...
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Prep swimming: St. Paul girls qualify for state, Parsons hosts meet with Grizzlies today
The St. Paul High School girls swim team has just four members. And three of them have already qualified for the state meet with their individual performances. The Indians have competed at three meets this season. Team members are Sara Greenough, Brytany Stewart, Taylor McClanahan, and Jordyn Tuck. Greenough and Stewart swam state-qualifying times at the first meet of the season, Greenough in the breaststroke and Stewart in the 50 free and bac...
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LCHS softball earns first win
COLUMBUS — The Labette County High School softball team earned a 6-5 victory over Columbus on Monday. It was the team’s first win of the season. Columbus earned a split by taking game two 17-7. In the first game, Columbus led 5-2 when the Lady Grizzlies scored three runs in the fifth and one in the sixth. Taya Leech hit a home run for Labette County, and also had a single. Molly Stevenson had two singles, while Aubri Kimbrough had two hits an...
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Labette County baseball sweeps Columbus
COLUMBUS — The Labette County Grizzlies swept a baseball doubleheader from Columbus on Monday, winning game one 12-0, and game two 9-2. In the first game, Klay Weaver limited Columbus to just one hit. Mason Vance went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBIs, while Austin Yanez and Parker Grant added two runs apiece. Weaver drove in two runs, Joey Reaves and Trevor Kellogg scored three runs apiece, and Austin Ryan scored twice. Will Owens and...
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Hurley is new Oswego football coach
Travis Hurley will take over the football coaching duties at Oswego High School. Hurley’s hire was approved by the school board on Monday. Hurley was an assistant at Labette County this past season, but has head coaching experience. He was Erie’s head coach for a couple of seasons. Hurley will take over for Travis Burk, who resigned the position after one season.
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PHS baseball hosts Nevada
Quintin Hammer slides safely back into first base on Monday night against Nevada. See accompanying story for more.
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LCC baseball takes three of four from Allen County
The Labette Community College baseball team took three of four games from Allen County. The first three games were played over the weekend in Iola, with game four being played Monday afternoon in Parsons. LCC won Monday’s game 9-0. Allen County beat LCC 3-1 on Saturday. Aaron Boucher had two hits for LCC. Drew Arnold took the loss on the mound, allowing two earned runs while striking out four in five innings. Devin Konarik came on in relief....
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Kemp pitches LCC past Hesston
Taylor Kemp got the win in both games as the Labette Community College softball team swept a doubleheader from Hesston on Saturday. LCC won both games by identical scores of 9-0. “Taylor Kemp had a phenomenal effort today in the circle,” LCC Coach Ryan Phillips said. “She made a good Hesston offense look not very good.  I’m happy with our offense the past couple days.  It would be difficult to say which day was a more productive day, because t...
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Parsons comes up short vs. Nevada
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Miscues in the field proved costly for the Parsons High School baseball team on Monday. Visiting Nevada, Mo. took full advantage of their extra opportunities in a 12-5 non-conference victory over the host Vikings at Marvel Park in game one of a doubleheader. Parsons committed nine errors in the game, with several coming early in the contest, allowing Nevada to get a ...
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Rivals meet at all-star game
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com PITTSBURG — Michaela O’Brien and Dontae Johnson both got hot from behind the arc at the 2013 KSEK/KLKC Via Christi All-Star Basketball Games. The Labette County High School duo both won their respective three-point contests at the seventh annual event, which was held Sunday at the St. Mary’s Colgan Fieldhouse. Both Grizzlies also made strong cases for Most Valuable Player honors in their respective games, ...
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Parsons hosts track invite: Krull, Russell shine
By Jason Peake jpeake@parsonssun.com Kaylee Krull and Abe Russell led the way for the hosts at Friday’s Parsons Invitational Track Meet. A Parsons High School junior distance runner, Krull had two first place finishes at the meet, which featured 12 teams. Krull took first place in the 1600 with a time of 5:38. Krull also crossed the line first in the 3200, finishing with a time of 12:11. Parsons Coach Mike Krull said he was pleased with his...
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LCC softball sweeps Hutchinson
An offensive explosion propelled the Labette Community College softball team to a 12-5 win over Hutchinson in game one of a doubleheader on Friday. Labette completed the sweep by taking game two 9-3. “We picked up two good wins against a very well coached softball team,” LCC Coach Ryan Phillips said. “This was probably one of the best overall offensive games we have had this season.” Game one The Lady Cards put up 12 runs on 17 hits in six in...
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St. Paul earns walk-off victory
ST. PAUL — St. Paul beat Jayhawk-Linn in walk-off fashion on Thursday, winning 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader. The second game was called off due to darkness. In game one, Riley O’Brien went the distance on the mound for St. Paul, allowing just two hits while striking out 12. The Indians got on the board in the second inning. Jake O’Brien and Paul Schibi both singled. Austin O’Brien’s sac fly scored Jake O’Brien. Jayhawk-Linn used a s...
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