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Area hoops: Humboldt, Erie fall
Tribune staff HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Cubs were just a step behind Burlington all night on Friday, falling in a Tri-Valley League matchup 53-45. The visiting Wildcats outscored Humboldt by one point in the first quarter, three points in the second stanza, and by two points each over the final two frames. “They’re the best team we’ve played so far,” said Cub Coach David Taylor. “We played extremely hard. I was pleased with our intensity.” On...
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Mustangs knock off Comets
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—A big fourth quarter propelled the Iola Mustangs past the Chanute Blue Comets 66-56 on Friday night at the CHS Gymnasium. The Mustangs led 48-46 with just under four minutes to play. An 18-10 run to end the game gave the Mustangs the win. “They made the plays when it mattered late,” Chanute Coach Max Ruark said of the Mustangs. “They hit some shots and we didn’t respond. We had to start fouling and...
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BLUE COMETS DOMINATE FILLIES
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—Megan Reid definitely liked what she saw. Dominant from start to finish, the Chanute High School girls basketball team blew out Iola 58-26 on Friday night in the final game of the 2009 portion of the schedule. “We’re starting to see the girls play closer to their potential,” Reid said. “I’m proud of them. I’m excited right now. We were really on tonight. We put a lot of pressure on them early and ...
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Coaches pick Bollig, Walls as all-state
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Matt Bollig and T.J. Walls definitely impressed the Class 4A coaches of Kansas. Both Chanute High School seniors were named all-state in Class 4A by the Kansas Football Coaches Association. Chanute Coach Don Simmons explained that the 4A coaches watched hours of film and poured over stats for every player nominated. After the coaches examined the stats and watched film on the players, they voted for the a...
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CHS wrestling: Another weekend, another tourney
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Chanute High School wrestling team will finish the 2009 portion of the schedule at the Claremore (Ok.) Tournament this weekend. The tourney begins today. Chanute Coach Andy Albright said the tourney will be very tough. He added only six members of the team will be participating due to illness, injuries and the fact that some of the younger wrestlers may not be ready for this type of tournament. Chanut...
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Indians sweep Jets
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor ST. PAUL—Opening night at Billy Fager Fieldhouse definitely went well for the St. Paul High School basketball teams. Hosting hoops for the first time in their brand new gym, the Indians swept both the girls and boys games from rival Altoona-Midway on Thursday night. The St. Paul girls ran past the Jets 60-33. St. Paul’s boys rolled to a 66-23 win over the Jets. Girls game Led by its guard play and press...
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Area hoops roundup
Tribune staff ERIE—The Erie High School boys basketball team blew out Eureka 61-35 on Tuesday. It was the first home game of the season for the Devils. The Devils were up 22-4 after one period of play and then put the game out of reach with a 20-9 second quarter. Erie led 42-13 at the break and 57-23 after three quarters. Tyler Kiister scored 22 to lead the Devils. Kaleb Tredway added 14. Erie is now 4-1. Erie boys 61, Eureka 35 EU 4 ...
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Blue Comets making progress
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Turnovers and missed free throws were too much to overcome for the Chanute High School boys basketball team on Tuesday night. Parsons pulled away from the Comets late in a 68-54 win. Despite the loss, Chanute Coach Max Ruark said he was proud of his team’s effort against the state-ranked Vikings. “I can’t fault the guys at all, they played hard,” Ruark said. “We just have to get better at the little thing...
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Seniors get it done for Blue Comets
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor When crunch time arrived on Tuesday night, the seniors of the Chanute High School girls basketball team made all the big plays. The result was a 53-51 win for Chanute over Parsons. All three of Chanute’s seniors came up big down the stretch. Kameron Braman and Brooke Sharp each drained huge three-pointers. Sharp also grabbed a key steal and pulled down a big defensive rebound late in the game. Ali Aylwar...
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CHS JV boys beat Parsons, compete at Iola tourney
Tribune staff The Chanute High School JV boys basketball team defeated Parsons 67-54 on Tuesday night. “Against a very athletic team, we handled their full and half court pressure well and got the ball inside early and often,” Coach Eric Holmes said. “It was by far the highest level game we’ve played in this year and was a very nice win.” Caleb Wood scored 23 and Logan Fox added 12. Chanute 67, Parsons 54 CH 17 22 13 15 — 67 PA 20 1...
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Late rally gives girls a win
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor PARSONS—Down by 11 in the fourth quarter, the Chanute Blue Comets could have quit and called it a night. Instead, the Blue Comets did the opposite—they stepped it up and rallied. The result was a 53-51 win over Parsons on Tuesday night at Harold Johnson Gymnasium. The host Vikings held a 42-31 lead early in the final frame. With a renewed intensity, Chanute then went on a 16-5 run. The Comets then made al...
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Henshall's 25 not enough for Blue Comets
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor PARSONS—Cory Henshall’s big night was not enough and the Parsons Vikings defeated the Chanute Blue Comets 68-54 on Tuesday. Henshall, Chanute’s 6-7 senior post player, scored 25 points in the game. But the speed of the Parsons Vikings proved more than enough to overcome Henshall’s big game. The Blue Comets hung tough with the Vikings for most of the night, but a 10-0 spurt pushed the Vikings in front for ...
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CHS hoops notes: Vikings present a challenge for Comets
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Chanute High School boys basketball team will face a big early-season test tonight at Parsons. The Blue Comets will take on the Vikings at 8 p.m. in a league showdown. Parsons is now 2-0 on the season after wins over Independence and Columbus. The Vikings were picked second in the SEK Preseason Coaches Poll as they return a large group of returning starters. “They’re experienced and they have a lot o...
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Area hoops roundup
Tribune staff YATES CENTER—Erie’s girls finished the Yates Center Wildcat Winter Classic on a high note by cruising past Crest 54-16 on Saturday in the seventh place game. The win comes after the Red Devils lost to Altoona-Midway 33-29 on Friday night. “I challenged the girls after Friday night,” Erie Coach Brianna Volmer said. “I asked them to come ready to play on Saturday. They responded. Our team did a lot of growing up this weekend. Th...
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Blue Comets finish sixth at Eudora tourney
Tribune staff EUDORA—Led by Tim Wrestler’s individual title, the Chanute High School wrestling team took sixth place at the Eudora Tournament of Champions on Saturday. Chanute had six medalists at the tournament. A junior, Wrestler took first place in the 119-pound bracket. Senior Jacob LaRue was second at heavyweight and sophomore Sam Son finished third at 152 pounds. Junior Troy Clark took fourth at 125, senior Cody Markham was sixth at 140...
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Red Devils win Winter Classic
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor YATES CENTER—The game plan was simple for the Erie Red Devils—get the ball inside. And by taking advantage of their height in the paint, the Red Devils earned the Yates Center Wildcat Winter Classic championship. Erie defeated Sedan 68-61 in the tourney’s title game on Saturday night at Norris Gymnasium. Simply put, Erie dominated inside as Tyler Kiister and Kaleb Tredway scored at will against the much-...
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Royster girls finish season
Tribune staff The Royster Middle School eighth grade girls basketball team finished the season at the Parsons Winter Classic on Saturday. In the first game of the tourney, Columbus edged Royster 28-27. “We got in foul trouble early and got behind,” Coach Steve Slane said. “However, we had some different girls take over and they played well. We talked about how we couldn’t score if we wouldn’t shoot and we finally started making a few from ou...
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CHS girls fall short vs. Trojans
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor GIRARD—For nearly three quarters, the Chanute Blue Comets gave the Girard Trojans all they could handle. But late in the game, the Trojans got going in a big way and pulled away for good in a 71-50 win over the Chanute girls on Friday night at Ted Taylor Gymnasium. Girard used a 21-1 run in the second half to put the game out of reach. Key to the spurt was the fact that the Comets began to turn the ball o...
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Area roundup: Cubs win second-straight, Jets beat Devils
Tribune staff MORAN — Humboldt left the Marmaton Valley Preseason Tournament on a two-game winning streak, downing Northeast-Arma 60-38 Friday night, earning second place in the round-robin event. After a 2 overtime victory against Marmaton Valley on Thursday night, Coach David Taylor said his Cubs were dead-legged in the first half. At intermission the Cubs led 25-17. But all doubt on the outcome disappeared as Humboldt outscored the Vikin...
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Blue Comets blow out Trojans
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor GIRARD—One image told the story perfectly. Once loud and boisterous, the Girard High School student section was quietly sitting by the third quarter. It summed things up pretty well. Chanute blew out the Trojans 58-32 on Friday night at Taylor Gymnasium. “I thought we had great energy and our guys did a great job on the defensive end of the floor,” Chanute Coach Max Ruark said. “I thought we forced a lot...
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