Sports
Sutcliffe leads CHS girls past Eudora
Tribune staff TONGANOXIE — The Chanute High School girls basketball team defeated Eudora 53-43 on Monday afternoon in a first round contest of the Tonganoxie Invitational. With the win, the Blue Comets advance in the winner’s bracket and will play on Friday at 3 p.m. against the winner of Silver Lake and Atchison. Chanute used a 9-0 run in the first quarter to pull ahead. The Comets held an 18-11 lead after the first quarter. Mackenzey Sut...
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SEK League basketball scores, standings
SEK Basketball GIRLS League Overall Labette County 0-0 5-2 Fort Scott 0-0 5-3 Iola 0-0 5-3 Columbus 0-0 4-4 Independence 0-0 4-4 Chanute 0-0 3-6 Parsons 0-0 2-5 Coffeyville 0-0 1-7 Pittsburg 0-0 0-8 Thursday, Jan. 13 Frontenac 45, Columbus 35 Friday, Jan. 14 Girard 39, Fort Scott 38 Parsons 40, Independence 36 Labette County 55, Chanute 39 Co...
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Poor first quarter dooms CHS girls
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — For three quarters, the Chanute High School girls basketball team hung tough with the Labette County Grizzlies, matching the veteran team point for point. One problem, though. A sluggish and sloppy first quarter made all the difference. Labette County earned a 55-39 win over Chanute on Friday night. The Grizzlies looked sharp early, while the Comets turned the ball over again and again against...
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Buzzer-beater downs Comets
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — Draped by two defenders and with time running out, Mitchell Smith spun, hung in the air, leaned in and drained a three-pointer at the buzzer, giving the Labette County Grizzlies a 41-40 win over the host Chanute Blue Comets on Friday night. After the shot went in, there was some confusion whether it was a three or a two, but the Grizzlies were credited with a three and the game ended with the visi...
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A HISTORY: CHANUTE AT STATE BASKETBALL
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor With the Kansas State High School Activities Association celebrating 100 years of state basketball tournaments this year, I thought it would be an appropriate time to look back at Chanute High School’s complete history at the state basketball tournament. In all, Chanute has competed at 23 state boys basketball tournaments. Chanute’s lone state championship came in 1935. Let’s take a look at Chanute’s hist...
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CHS WRESTLING: BACK IN ACTION
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor IOLA — If there was any rust from a long layoff, it was hard to recognize. The Chanute High School wrestling team looked solid from top to bottom in earning two SEK League duals on Thursday night at Iola High School. The Comets, who hadn’t competed since Dec. 18, cruised past both Labette County and the host Mustangs. Chanute beat LCHS 53-13 and Iola 61-15. “We hadn’t wrestled since Marion County, so the...
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Royster boys handle Iola
Tribune staff CHANUTE — A balanced scoring effort led the Royster Middle School eighth grade boys basketball team to a 39-27 win over Iola on Thursday night. “We played much better overall,” Coach Steve Slane said. “The scoring was more balanced in both games and we were able to get a lot of people playing time. Hopefully we can continue that going into this weekend’s tournament and next week.” Royster led 12-4 right away. A 13-1 third quar...
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Gilmore: From Comet to Grizzly to Hornet
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Craig Gilmore is ready to take the next step — or perhaps the next snap. A 2009 graduate of Chanute High School, Gilmore has signed to play football at Emporia State University. Gilmore has spent the past two college football seasons at Butler County Community College in El Dorado. The former Blue Comet standout recently signed with Emporia State and has already transferred to the D-II school. “I just fe...
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NCCC wrestling earns win vs. Bacone
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — Led by Jeff Vesta and D.J. Hartrum, the Neosho County Community College wrestling team defeated Bacone College 24-21 on Wednesday night. “Vesta and Hartrum controlled their matches and those two falls won us the dual,” Neosho County Coach Wayne Petterson said. The dual started at 125 pounds. In that match, Neosho County’s Vesta pinned Chase Martinez in the second period. Neosho’s Zach Vann le...
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Panthers suffer first conference loss
Tribune staff KANSAS CITY — Kansas City, Kansas used a strong second half to knock off the Neosho County Community College men’s basketball team 89-68 on Wednesday night. It was the first conference loss for Jeremy Coombs’ Panthers. The Panthers led 38-36 at the half, but KCK outscored NCCC 53-30 in the second half to run away with the win. The Panthers fall to 4-1 in the Jayhawk East and KCK improved to 4-1. Cowley and Independence are al...
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Wilson County Classic schedule
2011 Wilson County Classic At Fredonia High School BOYS BRACKET Monday, Jan. 17 Erie vs. Pittsburg, 3:15 p.m. Caney vs. Independence, 5 p.m. Neodesha vs. Girard, 6:45 p.m. Fredonia vs. Cherryvale, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18 Winner’s bracket game, 5 p.m. Loser’s bracket game, 5 p.m. Winner’s bracket game, 8:30 p.m. Loser’s bracket game, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20 Seventh place, 7:45 p.m. Fifth place, 7:45 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21 ...
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Tonganoxie Invitational schedule
Tonganoxie Invitational GIRLS BRACKET Monday, Jan. 17 Chanute vs. Eudora, 3 p.m. Silver Lake vs. Atchison, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18 Lansing vs. Blue Valley SW, 3 p.m. Tonganoxie vs. DeSoto, 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20 Monday's losers play at 3 & 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21 Silver Lake-Atchison winner vs. Chanute-Eudora winner, 3 p.m. Tonganoxie-DeSoto winner vs. Lansing-Blue Valley winner, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22 Seventh place — 10 a.m. ...
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TORNADO DOWN COMETS
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — The Chanute Blue Comets were looking to build off Friday’s huge win and keep the momentum going forward. The Coffeyville Golden Tornado didn’t cooperate. Coffeyville outplayed the Blue Comets throughout and raced past the hosts 59-46 on Tuesday night. Chanute Coach Max Ruark admitted his team didn’t look much like the one that beat a solid Parsons team on Friday night. “It’s great to get a big ...
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Blue Comet girls get back on track
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — The Chanute High School girls basketball team rebounded from a disappointing loss and got back on track with a convincing 47-24 win over Coffeyville on Tuesday night. Chanute led 17-6 at the end of the first quarter and cruised from there. “All-around, we had a much better focus tonight than we did on Friday,” Chanute Coach Megan Reid said. “And scoring 17 points in the first quarter is a much b...
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CHS girls bounce back, Blue Comet boys take a step backwards
The Chanute High School girls basketball team got back on track with a 47-24 win over Coffeyville on Tuesday night. In the boys game, Coffeyville out-played the Comets throughout and raced past the Comets 59-46. The Golden Tornado built a 20-point lead in the game. Look for full stories on Wednesday afternoon and in Thursday's print edition. Chanute girls 47, Coffeyville 24 CO 6 6 9 3 — 24 CH 17 8 16 6 — 47 Chanute: B...
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NCCC hosts wrestling tourney
The Neosho County Community College wrestling squad hosted the Panther Duals on Saturday against North Iowa Area CC (NIACC), Lincoln (IL) College, and Pratt CC.  Lincoln proved to have the dominant team with three impressive wins.  The three other teams fought it out to a tie with identical 1-2 records for the day.  Leading the way for the Panthers was D.J. Hartrum at 141 pounds, going 3-0 on the day.  Posting 2-1 records were Jeff Vesta at ...
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Chanute hosts Woods Classic youth wrestling tourney
Tribune staff The annual Woods Classic youth wrestling tournament was held on Saturday in Chanute. More than 400 youth wrestlers from Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas competed. The Chanute Youth Wrestling Club had several top performers at the tourney. Logan McDonald took first place at 70 pounds in the eight and under age division. Next, Gage Guiot took second place in the 64-67 pound division at six and under, while Brady McDonald was second at...
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Royster boys split at Coffeyville
Tribune staff COFFEYVILLE — Coffeyville’s pressure defense gave the Royster Middle School eighth grade boys basketball team problems on Monday night. The result was a 30-23 win for Coffeyville. “They pressured us and were physical and once again, we didn’t handle it well,” Coach Steve Slane said. “I don’t think we ever got into our offense, as we let the pressure get us all out of focus. That disappoints me, but we’ll keep working on it. We...
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NCCC beat Fort Scott, women fall short
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — The look on Jeremy Coombs’ face told the story. Coombs’ Neosho County Community College men’s basketball team had just knocked off Fort Scott CC 81-72 on Saturday night. Despite the win, Coombs was not pleased with his team’s performance. “I’m disappointed,” Coombs said. “We came out and played extremely well in the first half. Then we subbed in five and we weren’t attacking and seemed flat. I w...
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WEB UPDATE: A STATEMENT WIN FOR COMETS
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor PARSONS — Facing an undefeated team in a hostile environment didn't seem to faze the Chanute Blue Comets one bit. In fact, the Comets seemed right at home. The Comets made all the plays down the stretch and earned an exciting 60-54 win over the Parsons Vikings on Friday night in front of a packed Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium. "This is a big win for us," Chanute Coach Max Ruark said. "That's a team that wa...
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