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Plenty at stake at Big 12 tourney
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Most years, the Big 12 tournament has just a handful of teams with a realistic chance win it, usually starting with Kansas and Texas. The Jayhawks and Longhorns have plenty of company this year — and they’re not even the favorites. While a wild and unpredictable regular season is over, the Big 12 shifts to its season-ending tournament in Oklahoma City, where there’s sure to be a few more unexpected turns before Satu...
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Panthers earn huge wins over Allen
Tribune Staff Tribune staff CHANUTE—Steve Murry called them “huge.” The Neosho County Community College baseball team swept a doubleheader from rival Allen County over the weekend. The Panthers won game one 11-10 and then took game two 7-5. Allen County entered the doubleheader with a record of 8-1. The Panthers rallied late to pull off come-from-behind wins in both games. “Allen is a very good team and the second game comeback was mon...
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Panthers earn all-american status at indoor nationals
Tribune Staff Tribune staff This past weekend the Neosho County Community College track and field team competed at the indoor national championships in Lubbock, Texas at Texas Tech University. The team came back with nine All-Americans, 20th place nationally for the women, and a tenth place finish for the men. The NCCC women were led by the strong throwing of sophomore Tenelle Gaines. Gaines received her fourth career All American a...
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Colgan ends Humboldt’s season
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor ARMA—For one half of basketball, the Humboldt Cubs nearly matched top-seeded St. Mary’s Colgan point for point. Unfortunately for the Cubs, the second half was a different story. The Panthers caught fire right after intermission and ran past Humboldt 61-41 in the Northeast Class 2A Sub-State championship game on Saturday night. After an up-tempo back and forth first half, Colgan led by ju...
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Murry set to begin next chapter
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The next chapter of Zack Murry’s baseball career is about to be written. The former Chanute High School and Neosho County Community College All-American will head to Tucson, Arizona this weekend. Murry will once again be taking part in the Colorado Rockies spring training. “I’m excited to get back at it,” Murry said. “It’s been nice to be back home for awhile, but I’m ready to get back to b...
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Neosho County splits with NEO, home today
Tribune Staff Tribune staff A rare triple play was one highlight as the Neosho County Community College baseball team split a doubleheader with NEO on Wednesday in Miami, Oklahoma. The Panthers won game one 9-5, but dropped game two 6-5. “We played way better,” Panthers Coach Steve Murry said. “NEO is a good team and we probably should have won both.” Murry said game one’s triple play was the first the program has had in 23 years. NEO h...
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Sub-state glance: Erie falls, title games set
Tribune Staff Chanute Class 4A Sub-State Tonight’s games At Chanute High Girls title game—6 p.m. Girard vs. Indy Boys title game—7:30 Girard vs. Labette Co. Thursday’s boys results Girard 48, Coffeyville 39 Labette 60, Parsons 57 Friday’s girls scores Indy 63, Labette 57 Girard 70, Chanute 47 Scores of interest Boys SE-Cherokee Sub-State Galena 65, Erie 49 Cherryvale 62, Southeast-Cherokee 45 Girls Ottawa Sub-State O...
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SEASON ENDS FOR CHANUTE GIRLS
Tribune Staff Girard will play Indy for title Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—The Chanute Blue Comets hung tough for three quarters, but the Girard Trojans are the number-one seed for a reason. Girard used a big fourth quarter run to knock off the host Blue Comets 70-47 in a girls semifinal contest of the Chanute Class 4A Sub-State on Friday night. After three solid quarters of play, the Blue Comets seemed to run out of steam late i...
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Humboldt girls advance to title game
Tribune Staff Tribune staff ARMA — The Humboldt girls waited until the two-minute mark to take the lead and walked away with a 46-44 semifinal victory over Oswego in Class 3A Sub-State action Friday night. The No. 2 seeded Indians led the No. 3 seeded Cubs 21-20 at the half. A strong 13-7 third quarter propelled Oswego into a 34-27 lead. Then Humboldt scrapped to a 19-10 advantage down the stretch, hitting a bunch of free throws along the...
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St. Paul girls will play for sub-state title
Tribune Staff Tribune staff EL DORADO—The St. Paul High School girls basketball team will play Argonia for the EL Dorado Sub-State title tonight at 6 p.m. The Indians defeated Madison 55-45 on Thursday night to advance. Argonia (24-0) handled Little River 43-29 in the other semifinal. In Thursday’s contest, St. Paul was clinging to a 38-36 lead entering the fourth quarter. The Indians then went on a 17-9 run to end the game. Morgan Wes...
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AN IRREPLACEABLE GROUP
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The seniors of the Chanute High School wrestling team definitely left their mark on the program. The group, led by Cameron Jesseph, Kenneth Ornelas, Adam Leedy and Lukias Stacy, helped the team to a sixth place finish at the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament in Salina last weekend. The showing came after a seventh place finish a year ago. That’s not all. The group won three SEK titles a...
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Comets, Trojans will meet again
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The first meeting now seems like ancient history. But way back on December 12, 2008 the Chanute High School girls basketball team knocked off Girard 58-55. The two teams are now set to get reacquainted. And this time, a lot more will be at stake. Fourth-seeded Chanute will square off with top-seeded Girard on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in the second semifinal contest of the Chanute Clas...
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Neosho County wrestlers earn all-american honors
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Neosho County Community College wrestling team competed at the 50th NJCAA Natioanl Wrestling Championships held in Rochester, Minnesota last weekend.¬† Alex Gorton, Rory Kendall, Zac Taylor and Derek Heckel all competed for the Panthers. Heckel took fourth place at 184 and Taylor was eighth at 157. As a team, Neosho County finished 11th. “Finishing 11th in the nation with just four qualifiers isn’t too b...
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Season ends for Panthers
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—The Neosho County Panthers were technically the home team on Wednesday night. But at times, they thought they were on the road. The Hutchinson Blue Dragons seemed to get all of the breaks and all of the calls in knocking off Neosho County 87-68 in a first round Region VI men’s playoff game. The Dragons shot 48 free throws, while the Panthers attempted just 24. “They hit some big shots a...
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CCA teams finish seasons, Bilby sets scoring mark
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Chanute Christian Academy girls basketball team finished in fourth place at the KCAA 1A State Tournament last weekend.¬† The opening game was against Calvary Christian, a team CCA had defeated twice during the regular season. The Warriors started out slow and allowed Calvary to stay close the first quarter 9-6. In the second quarter CCA extended the lead and led 23-10 at the half. “We shut them out in the th...
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Area roundup: Erie boys win in OT, Humboldt girls advance
Tribune Staff HUMBOLDT—The Humboldt High School girls basketball team ran past Yates Center 51-27 on Tuesday night in a first round game of the Northeast Class 2A Sub-State tournament. Humboldt will play at Arma on Firday against Oswego. Oswego defeated Northeast 56-38 on Tuesday. Colgan beat Marmaton Valley 81-20 and Uniontown beat Pleasanton 59-39 in other first round games. No stats were available. Boys Yates Center ran past Humbo...
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Blue Comets battle to the end
Tribune Staff Chanute’s season ends with 68-55 loss to Labette Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor ALTAMONT—The Chanute Blue Comets didn’t go down without a fight. But in the end, the Labette County Grizzlies had too much firepower. Labette County defeated Chanute 68-55 on Monday night in a first round game of the Chanute Class 4A Sub-State. With the loss, the season came to an end for the Comets. “We fought all the way to the end,” Cha...
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Panthers host playoff game with Hutch on Wednesday night
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Neosho County Community College men’s basketball team will host Hutchinson at 7 p.m. on Wednesday night in a first round game of the Region VI playoffs. Neosho County is now 16-14 on the season, while Hutchinson is 19-11. NCCC is the fourth seed from the Jayhawk East, while Hutch is the fifth seed from the Jayhawk West. This ‘N That Hutchinson hasn’t played in Chanute since 1991. This will b...
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WEB UPDATE: Chanute boys fall to Labette 68-55
Tribune Staff Season ends for Comets ALTAMONT—The Labette County Grizzlies defeated the Chanute High School boys basketball team 68-55 on Monday night in a first round game of the Chanute Class 4A Sub-State. The loss ends the season for the Comets. Look for more on this game in Wednesday’s Tribune.
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Ornelas, Leedy take third
Tribune Staff Wrestler takes sixth Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor SALINA—Kenneth Ornelas and Adam Leedy both ended their careers with a win. The two Chanute High School seniors took third place in their respective weight classes at the 2009 Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday night. Ornelas earned a little payback in the process. Ornelas topped Bo Newport of Prairie View 3-2 in the third place bout. Newport upset Ornel...
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