Sports
Freshmen to give NCCC men’s basketball team fresh start; Smith will be team’s only returning player
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The lineup for the NCCC Panther men’s basketball team will have a whole new look next year. The team’s coach Jeremy Coombs has announced that only one player from this year’s squad, D’Marco Smith, will be back next year. The other freshmen on this year’s team have been notified that they won’t be coming back. Sitting in his campus office on Thursday, Coombs explained that this was a difficult decision to make, be...
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Royster competes at huge Iola meet
The Royster track team was one of 18 teams in attendance at a meet in Iola on Tuesday night . The 7th grade boys finished 9th with 25.5 points. The 8th grade boys finished 6th place with 30 points. According to the school’s boys track coach Dallas Masoner, in a meet this big, the points get really spread out. Masoner was very pleased with his boys performances. “We saw many kids with personal best times and distances,” Masoner said. “Thing...
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Illnesses, errors and stranded runners doom Comets in Paola
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PAOLA — A short-handed roster, fielding errors and leaving runners on base doomed the Chanute Blue Comets baseball team in its Tuesday night visit to Paola. The Comets lost to the Panthers 16-7 and 3-2. “We just weren’t mentally very sharp,” Chanute Coach Matt Koester said. “It cost us pretty bad.” In the first game, Chanute fell behind 2-0 in the first, with a homer by Paola’s leadoff hitter and a score on a sacr...
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Erie 2nd at Marmaton Valley Tournament
Erie placed 2nd at the Marmaton Valley Golf Tournament held at Cedar Brook Golf Course Iola, Monday. The contest was delayed by weather, causing darkness to shorten the tournament from 18 to 9 holes for scoring. Jayhawk-Linn was the winner of the tournament with a score of 178. Erie was 2nd with a score of 182, followed by Pleasanton with 203, Oswego 215, Uniontown 223, Marmaton Valley 228. Chetopa and Yates Center didn’t have a team score. M...
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Coach sees improvement in Chanute golf team at Pittsburg
PITTSBURG — Even though the Chanute golf team finished 10th place out of 11 teams at the invitational golf tournament in Pittsburg Tuesday afternoon, Coach Bill Woodard felt that they played a little better overall. The Pittsburg course is a little more demanding than some that the team has played this year, he noted. “We played the ball down as you would in post season play to give the guys some experience in doing that,” Woodard said. “Over...
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Chanute track team goes the distance at Baker Relays
The Chanute varsity track teams traveled to Baldwin City on Tuesday to participate in the Baker University Relays. Several key figures on the girls team were missing in action at this event, because of illness and injury, which made doing relays on the girls side interesting, according to the team’s coach Derek Liggett. Luckily for Chanute, it had some kids step up and do really well. Despite the challenges, the school’s girls track team pic...
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Chanute softball struggles to produce runs in Paola
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PAOLA — Even though her Lady Comets lost to Paola in two games by a combined score of 17-2 on Tuesday, Chanute Softball Coach Maria Hernandez was encouraged by what she witnessed. Perennial top contender in softball, the Panthers have made it to state the last five years in the sport, so it wasn’t particularly surprising to Hernandez that they beat Chanute 13-2 and 4-0 in consecutive contests. However, according t...
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Allen wins first official 2012 mod feature at Humboldt
Scott Lee Stewart Special to the Tribune John Allen blasted his way into the record books Friday night at Humboldt Speedway by winning the first “official” USRA modified feature of 2012 at Humboldt Speedway. Winning the race gives Allen the official points lead for the young season. Allen’s closest nemesis was runner up Whitey Folk; the duo was tied for the lead at several points. Still, Allen proved to be stronger off the corners in holding ...
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Panthers punctured by Johnson County sweep
OVERLAND PARK — The nationally ranked NCCC baseball team hit a rough patch last weekend, as it was swept in four games by the Johnson County Cavaliers. The Panthers (29-12) lost Friday’s games 2-1 and 4-3, and then were defeated 1-0 and 2-1 on Saturday. The first game on Friday started out well for Neosho County as catcher Tyler Palmer was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the first inning, which allowed Adam Giacalone to score. Unfortu...
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NCCC softball sweeps Hesston
Andrew Towne Special to the Tribune The struggling NCCC softball team picked up two much needed wins Friday afternoon in Chanute. The wins were number 11 and 12 on the season for the Lady Panthers. After the victories, Neosho County’s record now stands at 12-25. In the first game, the Lady Larks from Hesston College scored their first and only run in the top of the first inning. The Lady Panther bats were quiet through the first four innings...
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Erie baseball loses two to Colgan
The Erie baseball team lost both games in double-header against St. Mary’s Colgan on Thursday, falling 0-9 and 0-15. “We had good starting pitching in the first after Brett Thompson was able to settle in,” first-year Coach Jacon Porta said. “We played good defense and was putting the ball in play, everything was right to them and they made plays. I was happy for us to play seven innings with a good ball club like Colgan and was proud with ...
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Humboldt Speedway race results
Whitworth Construction Pure Stock HEAT 1 Bryon Wunschel, Danah Hampton, Floyd Taggart, Tyler Kidwell, Ryan Smith HEAT 2 Jeremy Willard, Stetson Deets, Jarrid Johnson, Dakota Hufferd, Eddie Coulter, Mark McDaniel HEAT 3 Levi Phillips, Derek Michael, Travis Barker, Mike Aiello, Shannon Osborn, Ronnie Shadden A FEATURE Jeremy Willard, Levi Phillips, Derek Michael, Jarrid Johnson, Stetson Deets, Dakota Hufferd, Byron Wunschel, Travis Barker, Dana...
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Erie track team visits Parsons
PARSONS — Erie High School’s track teams participated in the meet in Parsons on Thursday. The school’s boys team got seventh place with 37 points, while the girls team came in eighth with 22. Here are the Erie athletes that placed at the event: Girls Varsity 4x400 6th (Waun, Oliphant, South and MClanahan) 5:20.00 200m dash 9th Sasha Rowan 32.76 800m dash 7th Chelsea Oliphant 2:55.62 High Jump 5th Christian Cornette J4-06.00 400m Dash 11th Lor...
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Chanute tennis players struggle in Parsons
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PARSONS — The Chanute tennis boys team struggled at the Parsons Tennis Invitational on Thursday, as all the players on the team failed to win any of their matches. Chanute placed fourth place out of four teams at the tournament, which was won by Independence. The Comets’ number one player Ian Cheshier was defeated by competitors from Independence (2-8), Coffeyville (2-8), and Parsons (0-8). Their number two player...
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Seven SEK Jr. Comets place at Folkstyle Championships
The SEK Jr. Comets had seven wrestlers place at Kids Folkstyle Championships, and placed 17th as a team out of 161 teams. Here are the results: 8 and under 55 Trent Clements 2nd place 8 and under 58 Colton Seely 2nd place 10 and under 58 Devon Walker 4th place 10 and under 64 Gunner Elder 5th place 14 and under 155 Alex Son 1st place 14 and under 205 Gage Clark 4th place HS division 160 Sam Son 1st place
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JV golf finishes in 4th at Girard
The Chanute JV golf team came in fourth place at the Girard Invitational on Thursday. Chanute had 221 strokes, one point more than third place Caney. Labette County won the event with 189, while Independence came in second with 192. Karter Krokstrom and Dylan Wolverton tied for the lead among Chanute JV golfers, each getting 53 scores, while Nick Carman ended up with 55. Javyn Krenzel had 60 strokes and Dylan Allen finished with 62. “Each of...
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CHS track in middle of pack
PARSONS — Both the boys and girls track teams from Chanute High School participated in a track meet on Thursday in Parsons. The Chanute girls came in fourth place with 89.5 points, while the boys were in sixth place with 50 points. Both the boys and the girls side was dominated by Labette County. Next, both the boys and girls varsity track teams will be traveling to Baker University for a meet on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Here are those that placed ...
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Lady Comets lose two in Parsons
PARSONS — The Chanute softball team’s games against Parsons on Thursday evening were not pretty, according to the team’s coach Maria Hernandez. “We had walks when we didn’t need walks, we had errors when we didn’t need errors, we missed batting signs and missed pitching spots, and we did not hit like we can hit,” Hernandez said. Parsons defeated the Lady Comets in both games, 6-4 and 11-0. The Comets were down 2-0 in the first game, when B...
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Chanute swim team changing locations and looking for participants
The Chanute Swim Team is changing locations, and will now compete as a public swim team at the Maring Aquatic Center in Chanute. An informational meeting is being held on Wednesday, April 11 at 6 p.m. to discuss the upcoming swim season. Anyone who likes to swim is encouraged to come and hear about the team. The Chanute Swim Team is open to all boys and girls ages 4-18. This first meeting is only informational and there will be a separate ...
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Chanute baseball sweeps Parsons with two lopsided road wins
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PARSONS — The Chanute baseball team improved its record to 3-3 with two big road wins over Parsons on Thursday, beating the Vikings by wide margin in both games, 12-2 in the first and a 8-0 one-hit shutout thrown by senior Grant McMillan in the second. “We played well both games defensively and we played well offensively,” Coach Matt Koester said. “We ran the bases really poorly the first game, but we’re going to...
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