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Commentary: It's time to move on
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor There’s no easy way to say it — I think it’s time for me to move on. After more than five years as sports editor of the Chanute Tribune, I’ve accepted a sports writing position elsewhere. I came to Chanute in late spring of 2006 when then-publisher Ann Charles hired me. At the time, I had never been to southeast Kansas and had some reservations about moving to a place where I knew no one. Plus, I was worki...
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'I WON THE FIGHT'
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor “I’m still here and I feel better than ever.” That’s the way Jeremy Gant begins the conversation. And that’s the message he wants to pass along. The Jeremy Gant Heart Classic was held on Saturday at Chanute’s Quarry Stone Country Club. While a previous event was held as a fund-raiser for his foundation, Gant said this past weekend’s tourney was about showing people how well he’s doing. “It was about them seei...
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One last football game for Bowman
Tribune staff Eric Bowman represented Chanute High School at the 38th annual Kansas Shrine Bowl on Saturday at Fort Hays State University’s Lewis Field Stadium. The West team defeated the East 30-7. Playing for the East, Bowman caught one pass for nine yards. Bowman took one handoff and lost one yard. The West won the all-star game for the sixth-straight year. The East’s only score of the game came in the fourth quarter when Topeka Hayden’s Al...
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Isaac wins Tri-State Championships
Tribune staff Chanute’s Nancy Isaac took first place at the 74th Women’s Tri-State Golf Association annual stroke play championship hosted by Ledgestone Golf Club in Reed Springs, Mo. Isaac won by one stroke. “The last five holes were rather tense and left no room for error,” Isaac said. The tourney featured 119 players in the 36-hole stroke play event and was held July 25-26. Chanute golfers Cathy Cleaver, Patti Dighero, Wanda Gard, Joan Newm...
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Weide earns win at Humboldt Speedway
Scott Lee Stewart For the Tribune HUMBOLDT— Just when you think things can’t get worse, they often do. Ask Brandon Weide—his whole season has been that way. If it wasn’t right place, wrong time it was mechanical woes, flat tires, name it. Even his Factory Stock heat race Friday night went South.The strong, however, never surrender. And, when feature time came, the strength that makes a winner came forth. Faced with a three-wide mob fighting...
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Chanute High School graduate Eric Bowman poses last weekend in Salina with Andrew, a patient at Shriners Hospitals for Children. Both the East and West Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star football squads visited several patients of Shriners Hospitals for Children to learn and understand the purpose of the Shrine Bowl events. The 38th Annual Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Game will kick-off at 7 p.m. on Saturday night in Hays. Bowman will play for the East. The East team is currently holding its camp at Emporia State University, while the West is holding its camp in Salina. The players and coaches travel to Hays this weekend. All net proceeds from the game go to Shriners Hospitals for Children. Tickets and more information are available at www.ksshrine.com or by calling 800-530-5524. Bowman gives CHS a player in the game for the third-straight year, following Matt Bollig and Ty Blanchard. Bowman is the 15th CHS player selected overall.
SHRINE BOWL VISIT

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Commentary: Let's have a public youth swim team
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Should the Chanute Sharks swim team be an exclusive club? I say no. Currently, it is. Don’t get me wrong. The local youth swim team currently provides a great opportunity for a lot of Chanute kids. And it has for years. But there’s a catch. For a child to be on the Chanute swim team, a parent or grandparent must be a member of the Quarry Stone Country Club. Of course, this costs money. In my opinion, it’s t...
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Sharks finish fourth at league meet
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — The Chanute Sharks are small in numbers, but big in talent. The second-smallest team at the SEK League Championships, the Sharks swim team finished fourth at the eight-team meet on a scorching hot Saturday at the Maring Aquatic Center. “I was thrilled with our performance,” said Sharks Coach Eric Holmes. “We had multiple kids swim far below their personal best times for the season. We just didn’t h...
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SLIDESHOW: LEAGUE SWIM MEET
Chanute's Maring Aquatic Center hosted the southeast Kansas league swim meet on Saturday. Included in the slideshow are: — Cheyenne DeVoe — Drew Schoenberger — Dylan Lowery — Kaitlyn Newton — Jaylyn Schoenberger — Jefferson Holmes — Jordan Schoenberger — Kallen Yockey — Kam Koester — Katie Lair — Keaton Holmes — Larsen Koester — Payton Tallent — Kaitlyn Newton (butterfly) — Rhiannon Gossett — Sydney Wilson — Ty Bowman To purchase a larger ...
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Season ends for Chanute Post 170
GARNETT — Linn County run-ruled Chanute Post 170 12-2 on Wednesday night at the American Legion AA Zone 3 Tournament in Garnett. With the loss, the season ended for Chanute. Post 170 scored first. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Grant McMillan singled, stole second and scored on a double to left field by Quinton Schooley. After Linn County tied the game in the top of the second, Jared Fiscus led off the bottom of the inning with a h...
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A TOUGH WAY TO LOSE
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor GARNETT — Chanute was just one strike away from extra innings. But Zach Denton stole home for the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning and Fort Scott Post 25 defeated Chanute Post 170 8-7 in a first round game of the American Legion AA Zone 3 Tournament on Monday night in Garnett. The loss sends Post 170 to the loser’s bracket of the double-elimination tournament. Monday’s loss was definitely a...
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Boney wins SMP opener at Humboldt Speedway
Scott Lee Stewart For the Tribune HUMBOLDT — Southern Modified Promotions (SMP) honored Humboldt Speedway by choosing to kick off its annual Speedweek at The Hummer. Thirty-six Modifieds time-trialed and raced for a spot in the 22-car A feature, a 30-lap affair that paid the winner $1500. The event also allowed local drivers to match their skills against those who race nationwide. The main event was a thriller. Kansas City’s Dustin Boney, a ...
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SLIDESHOW: HUMBOLDT SPEEDWAY
Images from Humboldt Speedway: — Dustin Boney held off a late race charge from Johnny Bone, Jr. to collect the $1500 SMP Modified Feature event; — Jeremy Chambers battled to the front of the B-Mod competition; — Jeremy Wilson finds his way back to the Factory Stock winners circle; — Jeremey Willard wins in the Pure Stock division. All photos by Dayton Sutterby www.finishlinepics.photoreflect.com
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SLIDESHOW: DON SIMMONS FOOTBALL CAMP
Chanute Head Football Coach Don Simmons and his staff held the annual football camp all week long at the community sports complex.
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Sharks finish regular season
Tribune staff CHANUTE — The Chanute Sharks swim team finished the regular season by hosting Humboldt on Wednesday night at Quarry Stone Country Club’s pool. Chanute won 66 of the 78 events, including all 12 relay events. The Sharks swept the top three places in 17 of the 54 individual events en route to a 527-199 victory. Several younger Sharks made their debut races in their first season on the team. Simon Luebbering, Paige Kueser, and Dev...
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INSTANT SUCCESS: Rollins qualifies for Junior Olympics
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Madi Rollins just recently decided to give the high jump a try. And since then, she’s had instant success in her new event of choice. Rollins, who will be an eighth grader at Royster Middle School this fall, is headed to the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics in Wichita. Rollins qualified in the girls high jump at the Missouri Valley Regional Championships in Lawrence recently. Rollins took third place in he...
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Schooley leads Post 170 to win over Garnett
Tribune staff GARNETT—Behind three home runs from Quinton Schooley, the Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team defeated Garnett 9-8 on Monday night in the opening round of the KABA League Tournament in Garnett. Schooley led off the third inning with a solo shot to right center, hit a two-run homer to left in the fourth and capped his night with a decisive three- run drive to center in the top of the sixth. “What a huge night for Q. He...
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Humboldt Speedway: Best Modified race of 2011
Tribune staff HUMBOLDT — If you missed Friday night’s races at Humboldt Speedway, you probably missed out on the best Modified race ever at the Hummer. With 27 Modifieds signing in for the evening, the track’s owners knew it was going to be an outstanding show. And that it was. With Brian Bolin, Johnny Bone Jr., Dennis Bishop and Justin Folk claiming win’s in their heat races, they were sitting pretty good for the feature line-up. In the f...
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Wellsville takes two from Chanute Post 170
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — A busy week may have caught up with the Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team. Visiting Wellsville spoiled Chanute’s final home date of the regular season, as Post 194 swept a doubleheader from Post 170 on Thursday night at Katy Park. Playing its third doubleheader in six days, Chanute had just one big inning offensively, and appeared sluggish at times in the field. Wellsville won the first ...
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Chanute Sharks meet Hurricanes
Tribune staff For their fifth meet of the season, the Chanute Sharks swim team ventured to league juggernaut Fort Scott. Outnumbered again, the Sharks still managed to win 23 of the 53 individual races they entered, but only one of the nine relays. Disregarding the 150 points Fort Scott got on events where Chanute had no swimmers, the Sharks lost 225 to 349 in the remaining events. “Fort Scott is always tough, and even more so with the p...
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