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Comets earn conference wins
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Chrissy Thomen did a little bit of everything on Thursday night. When the Chanute High School senior wasn’t slamming a kill at the net or blocking an opposing player, she was serving aces and diving for digs. She was even one of three players recognized on Parent’s Night. Thomen led the way for the Chanute High School volleyball team as the Blue Comets cruised to two conference wins. Chanute han...
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Area volleyball: Cubs sweep, Devils split
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Humboldt Cubs were two-for-two against Burlington on Tuesday night. Humboldt defeated Burlington twice, winning match one 25-10, 25-19. Megan Dillow had six kills and Callie Umholtz had five kills. Kelci Owens had 15 assists and Lenzie Boring had 11 service points. Randi Barnett added eight points and five digs. In a second match against Burlington, Humboldt won 18-25, 25-12, 25-11. Bailey Myers had 15 ...
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DO OR DIE TIME FOR COMETS
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Chanute Blue Comets have reached a crucial fork in the road. After last week’s loss at Columbus, the Chanute High School football team’s season can now go one of two ways: north or south. This week’s showdown with the Pittsburg Purple Dragons will determine which road the Comets will take. A win would be huge. For starters, it would keep the team’s Southeast Kansas League title hopes alive. ...
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Panthers cross country team ranked nationally
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor For the first time in four years, the Neosho County Community College men’s cross country team is ranked nationally. The Panthers are now ranked 25th in the nation in the latest NJCAA Division I Cross Country Rankings. “It’s really rewarding to see,” Panthers Coach Darin Schmitz said. “These kids have worked really hard, so it’s nice to see that they were recognized.” Schmitz added the recogniti...
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Panthers soccer teams sweep Hesston
Tribune Staff The Neosho County Community College men’s soccer team beat Hesston 3-0 on Tuesday night at Chanute Community Sports Complex. “We played well last night and dominated possession,” Coach Steven Harrison said. “I was actually hoping for more goals, but it didn’t happen.” Neosho County’s goals were scored by Auston Jacobsen, Alex Cimmara and Frank Hurtig. The Panthers are now 1-1-1 in Region 6 play and play at Johnson County today a...
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Galemore leads tennis team
Tribune Staff Tribune staff INDY— The Chanute High School girls tennis team took third place at the Independence Invite on Tuesday. Chanute senior Lauren Galemore took second place in the number-one singles bracket. Galemore, a senior, went 3-1 on the day. Galemore defeated Molly Mangan of Indy 8-3 and beat Pittsburg’s Erin Farmer 8-5. Bayley Conner of Indy beat Galemore 8-4, but the Blue Comet bounced back and beat Iola’s Kirti Gandhi 8-0. “...
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Volleyball team off to solid start
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor New faces in important roles has not stopped the Chanute High School volleyball team from starting the season in impressive fashion. The Blue Comets are now 11-4 on the season after taking third place at the Erie Red Devil Classic this past weekend. And the Comets have done it with new players at the setter position as junior Taylor Vallier, sophomore Mackensey Sutcliffe and junior Court...
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Neosho County cross country team runs at Stampede
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Neosho County Community College cross country team competed at the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin this past weekend. The meet is the third largest cross country meet in the country and hosted over 700 collegiate athletes. The NCCC men’s team finished 21st overall and third amongst junior colleges. The junior colleges that participated are nationally-ranked Cowley, Johnson, and Coffeyville along with Al...
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Blue Comets frosh beat Titans
Tribune Staff Tribune staff CHANUTE—The Chanute Blue Comets defeated Columbus 26-20 in overtime on Monday night at Chanute Community Sports Complex in a game featuring freshmen and sophomores. Columbus did not have enough players for a JV game, so the two schools played one game with just freshmen and sophomores allowed to play. Usually a freshman and a JV game are played. In the game, the Blue Comets struck first. Quarterback Alec Haigh...
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Comets capture third at Classic
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—The ones that get away are always the hardest to take. Chanute failed to make the Erie Red Devil Classic title match after letting one slip away against the Pittsburg Purple Dragons. Nevertheless, the Blue Comets volleyball team ended the tournament on a positive note by beating Parsons in the third place match on Saturday evening. Chanute Coach Gail Petersen said she was pleased with h...
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Blue Comets must bounce back
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor With a stinging 31-28 loss at the hands of the Columbus Titans still fresh on their minds, the Chanute Blue Comets must bounce back in a hurry. “We started talking about it on the bus ride home,” Chanute coach Don Simmons said. “We have to bounce back. We can still win the league title. We have to do that one step at a time. We’ll regroup.” Coach Simmons had one message for his team: “One loss i...
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Erie goes 2-3 at Red Devil Classic
Tribune Staff Tribune staff ERIE—Host Erie High School went 2-3 on the day at the Red Devil Classic Volleyball Tournament. “It was a long day,” Erie coach Eric Flaton said. “We had a week to prepare and did not take advantage of it. You can chalk it up to poor coaching.” The Devils beat Coffeyville 15-25, 25-20, 25-22. Kendra Mattox had six kills and four aces. Allison Short added six kills and Bethany Hastings had five kills. The Devi...
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Cubs fall short, Indians fare well at Oswego
Tribune Staff Area volleyball roundup Tribune staff HUMBOLDT—Lebo High School won the Humboldt Tournament on Saturday. Colgan was second, while Baxter Springs finished third and Pleasanton was fourth. The host Cubs went 2-2 on the day. “Unforced errors hampered us all day,” Cubs coach Staci Hudlin said. “ The girls played well against Lebo, but missed serves kept us from winning the match.” The Cubs defeated Altoona-Midway 25-10, 25-6 to open...
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Jets, Devils fall on Friday night
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Altoona-Midway Jets fell to Marmaton Valley 52-6 on Friday night. The Jets (0-3) struggled offensively. For the game, the Jets had just one first down and ended up with negative 44 yards of total offense. The only touchdown of the game for Altoona-Midway came on a returned interception. Marmaton Valley ended up with 198 rushing yards and 96 passing yards. No other information was available to the Tribune. Cres...
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St. Paul earns key win
Tribune Staff Tribune staff CHETOPA—The St. Paul Indians earned a key Three Rivers League victory over Chetopa 56-30 on Friday. “It’s a big league win,” St. Paul Coach Doug Tuck said. “And it’s always a rivalry game.” The game featured a contrast in styles: St. Paul’s running attack versus Chetopa’s passing attack. “We did a pretty good of containing their passing game,” Tuck said. “We’re disappointed that we gave up 30 points, though. We di...
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Comets fall short
Tribune Staff Tribune staff COLUMBUS—A late comeback fell short and the Columbus Titans defeated the Chanute Blue Comets 31-28 on Friday night. Down five, Chanute had one last chance with 1:23 to play. Chanute’s Ty Blanchard ran for a first down and then quarterback Craig Gilmore passed to Alec Haight on the 48-yard line. With 38 seconds to play, Gilmore was hit, fumbled and Columbus recovered, all but sealing the win. Chanute falls to ...
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Freshmen beat LCHS
Tribune Staff Tribune staff Chanute High School’s freshmen football team defeated Labette County 22-8 on Monday. Jared McComb scored on an 11-yd touchdown run. The two-point try was good as QB Grant McMillan passed to Chase Bartholomew. Labette scored and the two-point conversion was good. In the second quarter, McMillan completed an 11-yard touchdown pass to Sam Son. The two-point try failed. In the third, McComb ran in from eight y...
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Humboldt hammers Eureka
Tribune Staff Tribune staff HUMBOLDT— “We needed this.” That’s how Humboldt High School football Coach Travis Burk summed up Friday’s 56-0 win over Eureka. After dropping consecutive games in the first two weeks of the season, it was the first victory for the Cubs. “It was a nice win,” Coach Burk said. “Our kids played hard and they needed a win. We’re more focused now after a tough week of practice and our kids played with a lot more fire a...
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Royster football falls to Pittsburg
Tribune Staff CHANUTE—The Royster Rockets had their home-opener Thursday night against Pittsburg and fell 20-12. After a sluggish start, the Rockets battled back to make a very exciting game of it. After a failed on-side kick attempt on the opening kick-off, Pittsburg got off to a good start running the ball via a no-huddle, hurry-up offense to grab an early 6-0 lead with 5:52 left in the first quarter. The Rocket defense would find its...
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Comets tennis fourth at Coffeyville
Tribune Staff Tribune staff COFFEYVILLE—Led by a second-place finish by Eunae Abbuehl, the Chanute High School girls tennis team took fourth place at the Coffeyville Invitational on Thursday. Abbuehl went 3-1 at number-two singles. The CHS senior beat Josie Frietag of Columbus 8-7 (7-1), defeated Nikki Reddington of Coffeyville 8-4 and then defeated Iola’s Kirti Gandhi 8-5. Sara Verga of Pittsburg topped Abbuehl 8-2. “Eunae did really ...
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