Sports
NCCC track makes an impact at Region VI championship
Brian McDowell Sports editor Athletes on this year’s NCCC track and field team are forging a new legacy of success and shattering several long-standing school records. This was made clear at the Region VI track and field championships last weekend in Great Bend, where Panther athletes battled against cold weather to make a big impact. SHERAE BATES - A freshman from the St. Louis area, Bates has broken school records in 10 events so far as a P...
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Season ends at Regionals for Chanute tennis team
Shifting line-ups, youth and inexperience indicated that this would be a season of struggles for the Chanute varsity boys tennis team. However, the singles and doubles players on the Comets squad fought hard through the season, gaining valuable court experience, and pushing Chanute firmly into the middle of the SEK pack. The team’s season ended sooner than its players wanted it to, at the Regionals event in Independence on Friday. The team’s ...
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Varsity baseball and softball to play Coffeyville later today
The varsity baseball and softball games that were scheduled to be played here in Chanute on Monday against Coffeyville were again postponed until today at 4:30 p.m. These contests were originally scheduled for Thursday, May 2, but were postponed by stormy weather. Now, these games are set to made up this afternoon, with the baseball team playing at Katy Park and the softball team at Santa Fe Park.
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Dodge City playoff victories sending Panthers to Wichita
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The NCCC baseball team has had to overcome many obstacles this season, dealing with everything from youth and inexperience to injuries to key players. The Panthers have had to deal with severe weather and resulting schedule changes. However, the Panthers have proved highly capable of rising up and meeting all challenges. Their ability to roll with the punches will be rewarded this weekend, when, for the third year...
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Chanute basketball coaches hosting summer camps
The basketball coaches at Chanute High School will be holding their youth basketball camps at the beginning of June. These camps, led by coaches Max Ruark and Dustin Fox, will focus on fundamentals and give kids ideas on how to go improve their games beyond their time at camp. The high school’s boys and girls coaches are combining the grade school camp this year. Fox, the coach of the Comets girls team, will also be running middle school and...
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Weather shifts spring sport schedules
As it has done throughout this spring sports season, weather has caused some changes in the schedules of events for CHS varsity teams. First, the Comets’ regional tennis event at Riverside Park in Independence will now finish on Monday. This event was originally scheduled for May 2 and 3. Because of snow and rain on Thursday, the event was pushed to Friday and today. Friday’s matches went on as scheduled, but because of low temperatures, pa...
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Two victories by second-place Llamas help Comets secure fourth in Neody
NEODESHA — Two victories by number two singles player Pedro Llamas gave the Chanute tennis team a boost, and helped the Comets finish fourth at the Neodesha tennis tournament on Tuesday afternoon. Llamas finished second at this event, which was the Comets’ last regular season tournament. Because of forecasted bad weather in the area on Thursday, the team’s regionals event will start on Friday morning after a coaches’ seeding meeting at 10 a....
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Chanute track and field results from Burlington
Athletes from the varsity Chanute track and field team traveled to participate in a meet in Burlington on Tuesday. Team results from this event were not yet available at press-time, but several Comet athletes did put in strong individual and relay performances. Among the highlights for Chanute at this event were the performances of jumpers for both the girls and boys teams. Freshman Madi Rollins set a meet record for the girls in the high jum...
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34 total runs scored in Panthers’ last regular season loss
There were an awful lot of runs scored in the NCCC baseball team’s last game of the season. The Panthers lost the road match-up on Tuesday with Crowder 22-12, in Neosho, Mo. According to Panthers coach Steve Murry, the Neosho County squad played all of its players and threw every available pitcher on a script, while Crowder played their starters as a regular season game. This is what he felt led to the final results of this eight-inning run r...
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Busy Tuesday for Erie golf teams
Erie golf was busy on Tuesday as both the varsity and the junior varsity squads competed in meets in different towns. The varsity Red Devils traveled to Independence to take part in the Neodesha Invitational Golf Tournament. Erie took fourth as a team, with a total score of 350 amongst some tough competition. Independence won the event with a 334. Also, Hunter Mildfelt lost first place due to a scorecard playoff to capture the second over...
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Chanute tennis star Wendt is Baker-bound
A three-time state qualifier for the Chanute tennis team will be taking her talents to Baldwin City next year. Madison Wendt signed her letter of intent on Wednesday afternoon, to play tennis at Baker University. Wendt’s family, doubles partner Alexis Thuston, Chanute tennis coach Mike De La Torre, and Baker University coach Joe Ahmadian were all in attendance when Wendt announced her intent to attend the liberal arts university. Wendt explai...
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JV tennis team serves up four wins at Labette tourney
The Chanute JV tennis team finished its season at a meet in Parsons last week hosted by Labette County. Number one singles player Logan Bennett went 2-1 for the day. Bennett won matches against Neodesha’s Isaac Tayton 6-4 and Columbus’ Blake McKenson, while falling to Independence’s Austin Whitson (6-1). Caleb Jones occupied the number two spot for the Comets, falling to Neodesha’s Cory Blecha in an overtime match-up 5-6 (6-8), as well as bot...
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Royster boys track results
The Royster boys track team traveled to a tournament on Parsons on Monday. Here are the results: 7th GRADE BOYS - High Jump Jake Fiscus 1st 5’0”, Long Jump Jake Fiscus 4th 14’8”, Sprint Medley Izzy Miranda, Huntyr Schwegman, Bryce Wheldon, Matt Hernandez 6th 2:14, Discus Fisher Lund 5th 76’, 4x100 Relay Jake Fiscus, Jacody Hockett, Izzy Miranda, Matt Hernandez 4th 56.93 8th GRADE BOYS - Hurdles Blake McDaniel 5th 17.18, Discus Jake Clin...
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Richey’s perfect game boosts Humboldt softball to sweep of Cherryvale
A perfect game pitched by Courtney Richey helped the Humboldt softball team swept Cherryvale in road contests on Monday. The 17-6 and 18-0 victories improved the Lady Cubs’ record to 6-2. Jaci Ross took the mound for the first five innings of the first game, allowing six runs while striking out three. Cherryvale was able to score four runs in the game’s first inning to take an early lead. “You could tell we had not played in 10 days by the w...
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Erie golf drives to first place at Sedan tourney
The Erie varsity golf team traveled to Sedan to take part in a varsity tournament on Thursday, April 24. Erie took first place as a team and had four individual medalists. “I am really proud of all of my golfers who competed today,” 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 compet...
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Split series with Coffeyville puts Panthers in sixth seed
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The NCCC baseball team will spend next weekend trying to get the heck outta’ Dodge City. That is where the sixth-seeded Panthers will be traveling to in the first round of post-season play. The Panthers finished conference play with a split with the Coffeyville Red Ravens on Monday. The Panthers lost the first contest against Coffeyville 3-2, but rebounded to win the second match-up 8-3. The win and the loss puts ...
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Ryan McAninch wins Sunday afternoon mod feature at Humboldt
Scott Lee Stewart Special to the Tribune HUMBOLDT — As is the case with many area activities of late, weather has played havoc with Humboldt Speedway’s schedule. Fortunately, Sunday afternoon provided perfect racing weather, and Wichita driver Ryan McAninish took ample advantage to win his first ever McCarthy Auto Group /USRA Modified feature at the Speedway. While McAninish wired the field, John Allen diced with Canadian Joey Galloway for ru...
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Humboldt Speedway schedule:
Friday, May 3 -Mod Lites + Daisy Dukes and Cowboy Boots Night Friday, May 10 -Factory Stock Challenge Friday, May 17 -Kid’s Night (bicycle races‚ö Friday, May 24-Regular Races (Special Trophy Sponsor-Crawford Sales) Sunday, May 26-Whitworth Memorial Special-NCRA Sport Mod, $2,000 B-Mod Challenge Friday, May 31-Regular Races Friday, June 7-McCarthy Auto Group Night Friday, June 14- 5th Annual Old Timer’s Reunion Friday, June 21-MLRA Late Mode...
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Humboldt track results from Neodesha Invitational
The Humboldt track team traveled to Neodesha for a track meet last Thursday. Here are the results: BOYS - 2ND/13 TEAMS Bryce Isaac - TJ - 4th - 38’10” Andrew Keazer - 800 - 2nd - 2:12.8 Tanner McNutt - LJ - 1st - 21’2” - 200 - 1st - 22.9 - 400 - 1st - 50.5 Hayden Boring - LJ - 6th - 18’7.5” Sam Aguirre - 110H - 1st - 15.7 - 300H - 3rd - 42.4 Ethan Bartlett - 400 - 4...
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SEK anglers compete at Big Hill Lake
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 last weekend. Brian Fahler of Independence won the April 27 tournament and Becky Minor of Parsons took second place. “Brian and I were fishing less than 200 yards from each other a good part of the day,” Minor said. “The fish in the mid-lake section were biting better than fish in other...
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