Sports
Humboldt, Erie compete at track meets
Tribune staff EUREKA—The Humboldt High School track team competed at the Eureka Invitational on Thursday. In varsity girls competition, Humboldt’s 4x800 relay team of Michaela Bartlett, Whitney Strack, Kolbyn Allen and Raquel Hill finished fifth with a time of 12:59. “Our girls 4x800 team is making progress and working to drop at least a minute off their time,” Coach Eric Carlson said. “They did run better than last week, so I was pleased t...
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CHS BASEBALL: Bell's big night leads Comets to first wins
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — For the entire 2010 baseball season, Brandon Bell hit two home runs. He matched that feat on Thursday night alone. A Chanute High School junior, Bell led the way as the Blue Comets swept Parsons in the home-opener at Paul Lindblad Field at Katy Park. Chanute won both games by an identical score of 7-2. Bell hit two home runs on the night and finished the doubleheader with six RBIs. Bell’s night al...
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CHS GOLF: GAINING EXPERIENCE
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor IOLA — Chanute Coach Bill Woodard used Tuesday’s Iola Invitational Golf Tournament as a way to get some of his inexperienced golfers some quality time on the course. Chanute finished seventh in the team standings, but as Woodard pointed out, Tuesday was all about gaining experience. “I typically schedule at least two additional varsity tournaments where I take some of the better JV kids to give them some v...
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Royster track begins season
Tribune staff The Royster Middle School track team opened the season on Tuesday with a dual against Pittsburg. The eighth grade boys won 122-121. Pittsburg won the seventh grade boys dual 131-107. “It was a great start to the season, the guys are really working hard,” Coach Dallas Masoner said. 8th grade boys results 3200—Wyatt Powell, second; Brian Yost, third. Discus—Gage Kingery, first, 92’9; Jake Galemore, second; Colton Erikson, thi...
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Panthers earn conference honors
Tribune staff Neosho County Community College baseball players Adam Giacalone and Matt Strahm were named KJCCC Players of the Week. Giacalone had six RBIs in a game against KCK. He hit .550 for the week. It was his third game of the year with at least five RBIs. The freshman from Shawnee also had an on-base percentage of .650. Strahm is a 6-3 freshman pitcher from West Fargo, North Dakota. He had 12 strikeouts against Independence in seve...
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Blue Comets stand out at first track meet
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Reaching a personal best in the first meet of the season is usually a good sign. A few Chanute High School track and field athletes pulled off that feat last Friday at the Labette County Invitational, possibly a foreshadowing of good things to come. Chanute’s Darian Rubow cleared 5-foot-2 in the girls high jump, tying her personal best from last season. The sophomore is the defending SEK League champion an...
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Humboldt briefs
Humboldt softball falls to Burlington Burlington swept a softball doubleheader from Humboldt on Monday. Burlington won game one 7-0 and game two 3-1. In the first game, Kylee Carson had two hits and Kaley Riebel added one. Melissa Davidson took the loss in both games. In the second game, Hannah McCall had two hits, Taylor Fitzmaurice and Carson had one hit apiece. “Our batting was not very good,” Coach Brad Piley said. “We still have a lot o...
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Chanute baseball drops two at Iola
IOLA — The Chanute High School baseball team fell to 0-4 on the season after two losses to host Iola on a cold and windy Monday. The Mustangs won game one 12-2 in five innings and then took game two 14-5. In the opener, Iola took a 1-0 lead on a homer by Levi Ashmore. The Mustangs then scored three more runs in the second and led 4-0. The Blue Comets got two runs back in the third, but Iola answered back with five runs. The Mustangs end...
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A DOMINATING SWEEP
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor IOLA — It’s still early, but the Chanute Blue Comets are all alone on top of the Southeast Kansas League standings. Chanute’s varsity softball team improved to 4-0 on the year with a dominating sweep over Iola on a wind-chilled Monday at Riverside Park. The Blue Comets won game one 14-6 and then took game two 19-2. “The 4-0 start is the best we’ve had in the last seven years,” Chanute Coach Don Simmons sa...
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CHS track results from LCHS Invite
LCHS Track Invitational Varsity girls team scores — 1. Iola 100, 2. Girard 87, 3. Fredonia 86, 4. Chanute 83, 5. LCHS 78, 6. Fort Scott 37, 7. Parsons 32, 8. Coffeyville 28, 9. Independence 17, 10. Columbus 0. Varsity boys team scores — 1. Fort Scott 84.5; 2. Chanute 73.5; 3. Parsons 72, 4. Girard 65, 5. Fredonia 57, 6. Coffeyville 55, 7. LCHS 49, 8. Fredonia 8, 9. Columbus 6, 10. Indy 0. Varsity boys results 3200 —Trevor Summers, first, ...
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CHS softball sweeps Pittsburg, baseball slips
Tribune staff PITTSBURG — The Chanute High School softball team began the season by sweeping Pittsburg on Friday. The Blue Comets won game one 15-3 and then took game two 9-3. “It was a great way to start the season,” Chanute Coach Don Simmons said. “We had great hitting, good pitching and our defense played well. That gives you a chance to win games. That was the first time we’ve swept Pittsburg in over seven years.” In game one, Chanute ...
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NCCC's Turner all-star game is Sunday
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Fourth Annual Harold Turner High School All-Star Game will be held on Sunday, April 10 at Neosho County Community College in Chanute. The annual all-star game will feature many of the region’s top senior basketball players. The girls game will tip-off at 2 p.m. with the boys game to follow. Chanute’s Jordan Wiltse and Mackenzey Sutcliffe will compete in the girls game. Other area players in the game in...
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Humboldt Speedway back on Fridays, so is Bolin
Scott Lee Stewart Special to the Tribune April Fools Day marked the return of Friday night racing at Humboldt Speedway, and the performance of Brian Bolin was no laughing matter. In the Allen County Chiropractic “A” Main Modifieds, Bolin proved to be lightning fast. Starting from the outside pole, Bolin out-dueled some of the toughest competition The Hummer has to offer, leading the majority of the 20- lap feature en route to victory. Pade...
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Panthers take three of four from KCK
Tribune staff KANSAS CITY — The wins keep coming for the Neosho County Community College baseball team. The Panthers took three of four from Kansas City, Kansas over the weekend. With the wins, the Panthers improved to 23-9 overall and 15-5 in the Jayhawk East. Saturday’s results The Panthers struggled offensively in game one of a doubleheader at KCK on Saturday. But they made up for it in a big way in game two. After a 3-2 game one los...
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Blue Comets compete with area's best, Wiltse earns MVP
Tribune staff PITTSBURG — Jordan Wiltse scored 19 points and was named the Most Valuable Player as the Chanute High School senior led Team KSEK to an 84-71 win over Team KLKC on Saturday at the U.S. Army All-Star Game at St. Mary’s Colgan in Pittsburg. Fellow Blue Comet Mackenzey Sutcliffe scored 10 for Team KSEK in the win. St. Paul’s Morgan Westhoff scored 17 and Indy’s Kelby McGrath added 11 for the winners. Team KSEK used an 11-2 run e...
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CHS TRACK SLIDESHOW
The CHS track team competed at Labette County on Friday. Attached are a few images from the meet.
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Miner leads Comets at Indy
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — Skyler Miner’s seventh place finish led the Chanute High School golf team to a fifth place finish at the season-opening Independence Invitational on a chilly Thursday. Miner shot an 81 to lead the Blue Comets. He shot a 38 on the first nine and a 43 on the second nine. Chanute senior Austin Rickabaugh finished 24th overall with a score of 95. Chanute’s Evan Bolt and Caleb Dietsch tied for 3...
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GOLF SEASON TEES OFF
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor When the Class 4A State Golf Tournament ended last May, Chanute had two top-10 finishers. And neither one was a senior. But as the 2011 high school golf season begins, neither one of those players are on the course. Nevertheless, Chanute Coach Bill Woodard isn’t feeling sorry for himself. “You play the cards you’re dealt,” Woodard said. “And when you have kids that are laid up and can’t play, you have ot...
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CHS TRACK: QUICK GLANCE
Breakdown CHS TRACK AND FIELD STATE QUALIFIERS The Blue Comets have seven returning state qualifiers on the team this spring. On the girls side, senior Kaitlyn Dispensa, junior Morgan Olson and sophomores Darian Rubow and Ashlyn Cole competed at the Class 4A State Track Meet last May in Wichita. Senior Jordan Wiltse competed at state two years ago. Dispensa and Rubow qualified individually, with Dispensa competing in the mile and Rubow q...
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Youth wrestlers win titles, earn medals at Kids State
Tribune staff Chanute athletes fared very well at the 2011 Kansas Kids State Championships in Topeka this past weekend. The Chanute Wrestling Club had five kids qualify, while the SEK Jr. Comets sent 20 to state. There were four state champs from Chanute this year. High school In the high school division, Sam Son took first place at 160 pounds. Son defeated Sterling Terry of Ark City 7-6 in the title match. Troy Clark won the state title...
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