Sports
Season, era ends for St. Paul
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor IOLA —  An end of an era. That’s the way Doug Tuck summed it up. The St. Paul High School girls basketball team suffered a 40-37 loss to host Southern Coffey County on Thursday night in a Class 1A Division I sub-state semifinal contest at Allen County Community College. With the loss, the careers of Morgan Westhoff and Erin Tuck came to an end. The two seniors were a big part of the program’s success in recen...
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Sub-State basketball update
Parsons 4A Sub-State Monday's boys scores Parsons 48, Girard 24 Indy 56, Baxter Springs 33 Coffeyville 66, Labette Co. 63 Columbus 74, Chanute 67 Thursday’s boys scores Columbus 61, Coffeyville 56 Parsons 59, Independence 49 Tonight’s title game — 7:30 Parsons vs. Columbus Tuesday's girls scores Girard 72, Coffeyville 59 Indy 59, Parsons 51 Labette 49, Columbus 32 Baxter Springs 43, Chanute 33 Friday’ girls scores Independe...
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Web update: St. Paul girls fall in semifinals
IOLA — The season ended for the St. Paul High School girls basketball team on Thursday night with a 40-37 loss to Southern Coffey County in a sub-state semifinal at Allen County Community College. Morgan Westhoff's last-second three-pointer was off the mark and the Indians fell short. Look for a full story in Saturday's Tribune. SCC 40, St. Paul 37 SC 4 10 11 15 — 40 SP 1 10 16 10 — 37 St. Paul: Nikki Sears 2 2-8 6, Morgan W...
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Blue Comets sign with Friends University
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor For as long as they can remember, Austin Richard and Ethan Beck have been teammates on the football field. Richard and Beck were teammates in youth football, and at both Royster Middle School and Chanute High School. Now they’ll be teammates again. The two Chanute High School seniors signed with Friends University on Thursday, where they’ll play football for the Falcons. “I think Ethan and I have been pl...
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Panthers split with Seminole State
CLAREMORE, Okla. — The NCCC Panthers split a doubleheader against Seminole State on Tuesday afternoon. Neosho County fell in the day’s first game 7-3, but powered its way to a 9-2 win in the second game. Seminole was already up 5-0 headed into the third inning of the first game. With Jeremy Mansur on the mound for the Panthers, Seminole scored on a first-inning single, and walks, errors and a hit batsman, all with the bases loaded in the seco...
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NCCC hoops lands two on all-conference team
Tribune staff Neosho County Community College had two athletes selected to the 2010-11 Jayhawk East Basketball Team. Sophomore guard Trey Anderson was a second team all-conference selection. A 6-4 point guard, Anderson averaged 20 points, eight rebounds, and seven assists a game. He scored 621 total points and made 48 percent of his field goals. Sophomore guard Antonio Banks was an honorable mention pick. Banks averaged 12.5 points a game a...
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Panthers fall in first round at Garden City
Tribune staff GARDEN CITY — Garden City’s big first half was too much to overcome for the Neosho County Community College men’s basketball team. Garden City defeated Neosho County 86-62 on Tuesday night in a first round game of the 2011 NJCAA Region VI Tournament. The fourth-seed out of the West, Garden City led 40-25 at the half en route to the win. The fifth seed from the East, Neosho County had more offensive production in the second ha...
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Area basketball teams advance at sub-state tourneys
Tribune staff ERIE — For the sixth time in as many years, the Erie High School boys basketball team has advanced to a sub-state semifinal. Erie defeated Southeast 43-39 on Tuesday night in a first round playoff game. “This game was won by defense and rebounding,” Erie Coach Mike Casteel said. “The kids played tough. They were not going to be denied.” The fourth-seeded Red Devils will play top seed Cherryvale on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at...
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Season ends for CHS girls in first round
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor BAXTER SPRINGS —  Just when the Chanute High School girls basketball team seemed to have all of the momentum on its side, the Baxter Springs Lions took it away. And they never gave it back. The Lions clawed, scratched and scrapped their way past the Blue Comets 43-33 on Tuesday night in a first round contest of the Parsons Class 4A Sub-State Tournament. With the loss, the season ended for the Comets. Ch...
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Monday's loss an unfitting end for CHS seniors
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The seniors of the Chanute High School basketball team have taken the floor together for the last time. For Alec Haight, Griffin Williams, Dustin Eccles, and Skyler Miner, three years of varsity basketball is now over. Throw in classmates Mitchell Hale, Caleb Wood and Logan Fox, and a solid senior season has come to an end. Chanute Coach Max Ruark said he’ll miss the group. “Some of them have been playing...
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CHS BOYS: ONE AND DONE
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — Shocked. Stunned. Silenced. All three of those words sum up the general feeling that took a hold of the Chanute High School boys basketball team and its fans on Monday night as the final seconds ticked off the scoreboard. A team with high postseason expectations was suddenly done — season over. Sixth-seeded Columbus came to town and upset the third-seeded Blue Comets 74-67 in a first round contest of...
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Monday's sub-state basketball scores
PARSONS CLASS 4A SUB-STATE Monday's boys scores Parsons 48, Girard 24 Independence 56, Baxter Springs 44 Coffeyville 66, Labette County 63 Columbus 74, Chanute 67 Thursday's games AT PARSONS Parsons vs. Indy Coffeyville vs. Columbus Saturday's title game — 7:30 p.m. Class 2A boys at Sedan Oswego 31, Central-Burden 24 Pittsburg Colgan 68, Humboldt 32 Yates Center 50, West Elk 37 Sedan 67, Oxford 37
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WEB UPDATE: Columbus upsets Chanute
Columbus defeated Chanute 74-67 on Monday night in a first round game of the Parsons 4A Sub-State. Chanute's boys entered the game as the third seed in the sub-state, but the sixth-seeded Titans pulled out the win. With the loss, the season ended for the Comets. Look for more in Wednesday's Tribune and on-line tomorrow. Columbus 74, Chanute 67 CO 12 15 16 31 — 74 CH 18 14 9 26 — 67 Chanute: Alec Haight 4 0-0 9, Du...
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STATE WRESTLING: McComb, Fiscus earn medals
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor SALINA — In more ways than one, Jared McComb was motivated. On Friday, the Chanute High School junior was pinned by Rose Hill’s Eastin Dockers in a quarterfinal match of the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament. On Saturday night, the two met up again — with completely different results. McComb got some payback by pinning Dockers in the fifth place match at 189 pounds. After the match, McComb admitted he w...
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STATE WRESTLING: Son captures third
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor SALINA — Sam Son’s only loss of the entire 2010-11 season came in the semifinals of the Class 4A State Tournament on Friday night in Salina. But if you ask anyone who knows anything about the sport of wrestling in the state of Kansas, they’ll tell you that semifinal bout was really the state title match. A Chanute High School junior, Son fell 4-3 to Ryne Cokeley of St. James Academy on Friday, but respond...
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STATE WRESTLING: Seniors finish careers with wins
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor SALINA — In their final moments as high school wrestlers, Tim Wrestler and Troy Clark had their hands raised in victory. It was a fitting end for the Chanute High School seniors. Both Blue Comet standouts went out with wins, with both coming in third place matches on Saturday night at the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament at the Bicentennial Center in Salina. Wrestler defeated Robbie Hines of Ulysses 3-...
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STATE WRESTLING: Chanute finishes sixth at state
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor SALINA — With five different athletes earning trips to the medal stand, the Chanute High School wrestling team finished sixth overall at the 2011 Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament in Salina. The Blue Comets scored 76 points at state, the second highest point total in school history. Chanute’s 2009 team scored 96.5 points and also finished sixth at state. Chanute Coach Andy Albright was definitely please...
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Video interviews now on-line
Watch exclusive videos of Chanute's state wrestling qualifiers as they chat with Tribune Sports Editor Jason Peake at the state tournament in Salina. Click multimedia at left to check out the videos and tell us what you think.
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WEB UPDATE: Chanute sixth at 4A state wrestling
The Chanute High School wrestling finished sixth in Class 4A at the state wrestling tournament on Saturday in Salina. Chanute's Sam Son, Tim Wrestler and Troy Clark all finished third in their brackets. Jared McComb and Jared Fiscus both finished fifth. Look for more online Monday and in Tuesday's Tribune.
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Oehlert's hunting video to air on national television
PITTSBURG — Nathan Oehlert loves the outdoors and he has dreams of turning his passion for hunting and fishing into a career. Oehlert, a senior at Pittsburg State University from Chanute, will take a significant step in that direction on March 6 when the Outdoor Channel airs a video he shot to chronicle one of his most memorable bow hunting experiences. Oehlert’s film will air at 6 p.m. that day on the Matthews TV with Dave Watson show.  ...
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