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Four Chanute players named to All-SEK Volleyball team
The rosters have been released for the All-SEK volleyball teams, and four players from the sub-state winning Chanute Blue Comets were honored as part of the list. Junior Mallory Flowers and senior Morgan Hudson were both named to the first team, while sophomore setter Katie Martin and freshman Macy Flowers were named to the third team. Here is the roster of volleyball players honored by the district: Name Grade Hometown 1st T...
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Prices set for Friday night’s Chanute football game
This Friday’s Sectional Playoff Football game between Chanute and Eudora is set for a 7 p.m. kickoff at the Chanute Sports Complex. This is a KSHSAA Playoff event, therefore no passes will be accepted. Ticket prices are also set by KSHSAA at $6 for adults and $5 for students.
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8th grade Royster girls beat Parsons
The 8th grade Royster “A” basketball team scored a 28-19 victory over Parsons on Monday, Nov. 17. “We played hard, but we allowed them to get us out of any rhythm offensively,” Coach Steve Slane said. “We’ll continue to improve as the season progresses.” Anna Bagshaw led Royster in scoring with 15, while Madi Rollins had six points, Paige Kidwell contributed five, and Jordan Schoenberger chipped in with two. Next up for the 2-0 8th Grade “A...
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Panthers blow out Ottawa JV
Andrew Towne Special to the Tribune The Neosho County Community College Panthers hit the road on Monday night for the first time this season to take on the Ottawa University Braves JV squad. Three Panthers would score in double figures in the 102-54 rout. Brison White led the way for the Panthers with 23 points; also scoring in double figures were Chris Patton with 16 and Slim Magee with 14. Ottawa was led in scoring by Zach Brown with 11. N...
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Living the Dream a nightmare for NCCC women
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter CHANUTE -- Alexis Hafenstein and Autum Zenon scored 17 and 12 points but the Neosho College women’s basketball team was unable to overcome a 22 percent shooting slump as travel squad Living the Dream coasted to a 70-49 victory over the home team Panthers Saturday afternoon. Neosho converted a dismal 14 of 63 shots from the floor against LTD while banking on 5 of 23 from beyond the arc. There was light at the fr...
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Panthers suffer first setback in 75-69 loss to Cloud
Travis Hendryx Tribune Reporter For 40 minutes the Neosho College men’s basketball team made life difficult for Cloud County. Second half miscues, however, swung the momentum toward the visiting T-Birds in a 75-69 win over the Panthers in the second and final day of the Tip Off Classic on Saturday. Brison White and Gregoryshon Magee finished the day with double digits with 19 and 18 points on the night. Magee was also the top rebounder with...
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Chanute shutout victory proves history doesn’t always repeat itself
Brian McDowell Sports Editor LOUISBURG — According to coach Don Simmons, the Chanute Blue Comets’ first shutout of the year on Friday night couldn’t have come at a better time. Facing a crucial second-round playoff match-up against a Louisburg squad that had beaten the Comets and ended their season the last three times they had met in the playoffs, the Comets stepped up their defensive efforts and had some key offensive plays go their way to ...
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Lady Panthers start season with 59-40 loss
In the first half of their Friday night match-up with Northeast Oklahoma A&M, the Neosho County Community College Lady Panthers were down 10-11, and had four defensive stops in a row. However, their offense proved unable to take advantage, and put points on the board in either case. “You can’t play college basketball and have situations like that,” Coach Kelly Newton said. “When you get stops in a situation like that, you’ve got to find a ...
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Bartholomew ready to catch Louisburg as Comets starting receiver
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Even though he has been playing tackle football since third grade, and has been on the Chanute Blue Comets varsity team since he was a sophomore, this is the first season that wide receiver and linebacker Chase Bartholomew has gotten a significant amount of playing time. So, he watched last year’s defeat of his team by the defending state champions from Louisburg from the sidelines. “Believe me, the hate is still ...
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Panthers sneak away with four-point victory
The Neosho County Panthers men’s basketball team earned its second win of the season Friday night by sneaking away with a four-point victory in a physical, topsy-turvy roller coaster of a game, against Pratt. The Panthers fell behind early in the game, but fought back to establish a 34-27 lead in halftime. “I thought we guarded well in the first half,” Coach Jeremy Coombs said. “We held them to 27 points which was really good, and I just did...
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It’s Chanute vs. Louisburg again in playoffs
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The defending 4A state football championship team from Louisburg has beaten the Chanute Blue Comets and ended their season in their last three playoff meetings, including in the second round last year. “It was a good ballgame,” Chanute Coach Don Simmons said of the game last year against what became the State champion team. “They were only giving up seven points a game, and we scored 35 and that still wasn’t enoug...
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Freshman finds success at state
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Cross country is an endurance sport that rewards both individual and team achievement. All the finishing positions in a race achieved by individual participants from a school are added up for a total team score. The school with the lowest score wins the meet. But individuals are also rewarded for finishing in the top 20 places in a race, This year, for the first time in history, both the boys and the girls cross ...
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NCCC wrestling edged out 27-23 in season’s first showdown
The opening duel of the season saw the Neosho County Community College Panthers wrestling team lose a hard fought, exciting battle to conference foe Pratt 27-23. Opening an 11-point lead with a pin at 125 from Jeff Vesta and a technical fall from Le’Roy Barnes at 133, the Panthers then lost three consecutive decisions at the 141, 149, and 157 weight divisions. With the score now 11-9 at the halfway mark, Cody Hill then pinned his opponent at ...
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Lady Panthers lose Exhibition
Andrew Towne Special to the Tribune Hosting the Kansas Lady Nuggets on Tuesday night, the Neosho County Community College Lady Panthers lost an exhibition game 72-65. The Lady Panthers had three players score in double figures. Alexis Hafenstein led the way for the Lady Panthers with 17 points, Autumn Zenon with 16, and TaMiya Green added 10. The Lady Nuggets were led in scoring by current Lady Panther Assistant Coach Dana Olsen with 17. The ...
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Rosario becomes NCCC’s first ever regional champ
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Neosho County Community College cross country standout Leslie Rosario came in first place at the Region VI cross country championships on Monday, Oct. 31, with a time of 19:27:50 in the 5K run. Her average mile time was 6:15. This accomplishment makes her the first regional champion in the school’s history and qualifies her to run in Nationals in Hobbs, New Mexico, on Saturday, Nov. 12. “We are so proud of Leslie...
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Panthers men down Central Methodist
Andrew Towne Special to the Tribune The Neosho County Community College men tipped off their 2011-12 season on Tuesday night at home against Central Methodist University Eagles. Brison White’s 37 points and 8 steals and Chris Patton’s 23 points and 9 rebounds paced the Panthers to a 97-81 victory. The Panthers shot 51.5 percent from the field in route to the win, while Central Methodist shot 43.3 percent for the game. Jordan Bredehoeft led th...
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Comets advance with overtime victory in Coffeyville rematch
Brian McDowell Sports Editor COFFEYVILLE — Before his team’s Tuesday night match-up with the Coffeyville Golden Tornado in the first round of 4A playoffs, Chanute football coach Don Simmons promised this would be a good game between two evenly matched teams. The rematch between the two teams certainly lived up to the billing. Thanks to a thrilling one-point overtime victory, the Comets live to fight another day, as they defeated Coffeyville ...
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Historic Chanute cross country season ends at State
Brian McDowell Sports Editor WAMEGO — This history-making season for Chanute’s boys and girls cross country teams, which saw both squads overcome injuries well enough for the girls to win the SEK conference and the boys team make it to state for the first time ever, culminated in both teams’ appearances at the state meet at the Wamego Country Club on Saturday. Chanute earned the right to attend this event when the boys team won a regional mee...
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Chanute volleyball meets fate at State
Brian McDowell Sports Editor SALINA — The Chanute Blue Comets had already been mathematically eliminated from advancing from first-day pool play in the state volleyball tournament in Salina on Friday night when they stood across the net from St. James-Lenexa, the number one seeded 4A team. After winning the first set of the day, the fourth-seeded Comets lost two games, in four straight sets, to fifth-seeded Cheney (25-20, 14-25, 16-25) and ei...
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Comets prepared to start playoffs with crucial Coffeyville rematch
Brian McDowell Sports editor “It’s going to be a great ballgame between two evenly matched teams.” That is the promise that Chanute Coach Don Simmons makes about tonight’s first round playoff match-up between his football team and the Coffeyville Golden Tornado. When these two teams met in the regular season, Chanute was outscored 35-0 in the game’s second half and Coffeyville snuck away with a surprise win. “Do we want to get back at them fo...
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