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Cubs’ season ends with playoff loss to Colgan
PITTSBURG — The Humboldt Cubs football program experienced a resurgence this year, under Head Coach K. B. Criss’sreturn to its helm. Unfortunately for Humboldt, the season did not end the way that the coach and the team wanted it to on Saturday night. Criss pointed out that out of 64 teams in Class 3-A only one team will end the season the way they would like it to. The Cubs lost to Colgan 63-28, in the second round of the 3A playoffs. “I was...
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Comets advance in playoffs with Saturday night rout
Brian McDowell Sports Editor For the second year in a row, the Chanute Blue Comets football team has won the Regional Championship in the second round of the playoffs. This feat now ties the squad for the most statistically successful in the school’s history. The Comets accomplished this with a 53-6 rout of Girard on Saturday night. “This was real fun,” Chanute Coach Don Simmons said. “This is what it’s all about.” The victory puts Chanute in ...
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Panthers men make strong showing in home opener
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The rebuilt NCCC Panthers men’s basketball squad was originally scheduled to play Texas Christian Prep on Thursday night. When Coach Jeremy Coombs heard that school had to drop out of this game because of financial issues, he was afraid that the Panthers wouldn’t be able to fill their 30-game schedule. To prevent this from happening, people around the college scrambled to put together a rag-tag team of talented lo...
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‘Never say die’ Comets prepared to host playoff match-up
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The Chanute Blue Comets football team has a “never say die” attitude that has been demonstrated in close games throughout this season. The team mounted comebacks and stayed close in all three of the SEK games it lost this year, and further demonstrated its fighting spirit in last Tuesday’s 13-7 victory over Paola. “In the games that we lost, we were behind by at least two touchdowns in all of them,” Coach Don Simm...
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Three Chanute coaches win SEK Coach of the Year
Three coaches of fall sports from Chanute High School were voted SEK coaches of the year. Voting results released Thursday revealed that girls golf coach Bill Woodard, volleyball coach Gail Petersen and girls cross country coach Derek Liggett were all honored by the conference for the results that their teams achieved this season. All three of these Chanute squads won the SEK. Here are the official results from the SEK’s Coach of The Year vot...
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CCA soccer wins Midstates tourney
Alex Clover Sophomore, CCA Chanute Christian Academy hosted the annual Midstates Christian League soccer tournament last Friday, where the Senior Division squad took first place. The tournament was a round robin with three teams: Covenant Harvest School of Pittsburg, Bethel Christian Academy of Ottawa, and Chanute Christian Academy. Heading into the tournament, it looked like the CCA team was going to have a rebuilding year. They had a few o...
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Chanute volleyball’s State run stirs memories for former coach McDaniel
Brian McDowell Sports Tribune When local resident Wayne McDaniel read articles in the Tribune about the State run made by this year’s Comets volleyball team, the stories seemed awfully familiar to him. Exactly 25 years ago, McDaniel was the high school’s volleyball coach, and guided a one-loss Chanute volleyball team to a state tournament as the number one seed. This year’s Comets squad only had one loss, and also went into the state tourname...
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Cubs sail past Vikings 48-6
HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Cubs waltzed to a 41-6 halftime lead and a 48-6 Class 3A playoff victory over Central Heights Tuesday night. Nathan Whitcomb and Noah Thornbrugh connected for three touchdown passes in the first quarter, for 61 yards, 39 yards and 42 yards. Whitcomb added two more TDs through the air, and Tanner McNutt ran a punt back for a 64-yard score. Along with two touchdown receptions, Hunter Murrow had two interceptions. “I tho...
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Dominating defense drives CHS in Paola playoff win
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PAOLA — Chanute Football Coach Don Simmons called his team’s Tuesday night playoff showdown with Paola the kind of game that he wants his team to play in. “When you get to the playoffs, you know they’re all going to be like that,” Simmons said The Comets emerged triumphant from its bi-district first round playoff battle with Paola on Tuesday night, demonstrating a tough defense and taking advantage of enough opport...
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Sophomores Summers and Dispensa make a State run
Brian McDowell Sports Editor WAMEGO — Two Chanute sophomores traveled to Wamego this weekend, to run in Saturday’s 4A State Cross Country Championship meet. Chandler Summers and Madison Dispensa each qualified for the prestigious event for their second year in a row. In the 4A boys race, Summers crossed the finish line in 60th with a time of 18:04.20. Dispensa finished the 4A girls race in 35th place, running a 16:28.90. Chanute Cross Country...
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Macy Flowers selected for KVA All-Tourney team
6-3 Chanute sophomore Macy Flowers was among the talented players named to the Class 4A State All-Tournament team by the Kansas Volleyball Association. Flowers led the Comets in kills this season, and used her skills at the net to make 27 kills in the Comets’ three games at State.
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Comets’ stellar season meets disappointing end
Brian McDowell Sports Editor SALINA — The Chanute Blue Comet volleyball squad had experienced a lot of success this year, losing only one game, mounting a victorious effort at sub-state, and entered Friday’s 4A State Volleyball Tournament in Salina as the number one seed. However, the team’s stellar season did not end the way that its players and coaches wanted it to, as the Comets were eliminated from the State Tournament in Salina after th...
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Cubs coast into home date for playoffs
BURLINGTON — Humboldt’s 61-14 win at Burlington Thursday night claimed the 7-2 Cubs’ first District championship since 1995. Tuesday’s home game will be Humboldt’s sixth playoff appearance of the past 11 years. “I am very proud of our entire team for setting out and accomplishing their goal of being District champions and having the opportunity to host a first round playoff game.” said Cub Coach K.B. Criss. “I thought we played extremely wel...
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View from the Sports-Desk Armstrong should still Live Strong
It is not often that a sports editor in the middle of football season and a local volleyball squad going to State would devote page space to a guy famous for riding a bicycle. However, Lance Armstrong was thought to be one of the most inspiring athletes of my generation, someone who exemplified many of the things we seek from following sports. He was tough, persistent, and in his brave battle against testicular cancer, overcame the greatest o...
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NCCC women’s basketball hosting last scrimmage
The NCCC women’s basketball team will host its last scrimmage of the preseason on Saturday at the school’s gymnasium at 2 p.m. The Panthers will be taking on the Kansas Nuggets semi-pro team of the WBCBL. The Kansas Nuggets, which are both co-owned and coached by Panthers Coach Kelley Newton during the season, went 13-1 this year. Assistant coaches will take over coaching duties during this match-up, while Newton helms the Panthers. The Nugge...
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Races cancelled this weekend at Humboldt
The Mo-Kan Nationals races that were scheduled for this weekend at the Humboldt Speedway have been cancelled to due to forecasted bad weather. “We hate to end the season this way, but have no choice,” race track owner Rhenda Whitworth said.
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Dispensa and Summers ready to go to Wamego
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Two Chanute sophomores will be headed to Wamego this weekend to represent the school at the State cross country meet. Madison Dispensa and Chandler Summers both qualified for the event as individuals even though both the school’s boys and girls cross country teams fell short of qualifying for the event this year. Dispensa earned her second trip in a row to State at the Regionals event last weekend in Anderson Cou...
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Playoff-bound Comets’ comeback falls short at Fort Scott
Brian McDowell Sports Editor FORT SCOTT — Even though the Chanute Blue Comets football team did not meet its goal of either winning District or spoiling Fort Scott’s season-long unbeaten streak on Thursday night, players on the team proved that they always fight through adversity and never quit. That is what Coach Don Simmons took away from Chanute’s heartbreakingly close 24-18 loss to Fort Scott in both teams’ final District game and final c...
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Panther women end season with playoff loss
The season ended for the NCCC women’s soccer team with a 2-0 loss on the road to Barton County in a first-round playoff game on Monday night. Coach Damon Solomon’s Panthers squad possessed the ball for about 65 percent of the game, just couldn’t score. Offense has been an issue for the team all season, and if it had scored more, Solomon feels that the Panthers could have been a top two team this year. “Our defense and our goal keeper were so ...
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Marmaton steamrolls St. Paul
ST. PAUL — St. Paul ran into a buzz saw with visiting Marmaton Valley Thursday night. The undefeated Wildcats rolled to a 52-6 win to claim the Eight-man District title. The Indians ended their season at 6-2, falling on the last two weeks of the season. “We won our first six games and in half we probably weren’t favored,” Coach Doug Tuck said. “We only had 14 out and not a lot of depth. “The last two games were frustrating, but it was a fun y...
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