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CHS track in middle of pack
PARSONS — Both the boys and girls track teams from Chanute High School participated in a track meet on Thursday in Parsons. The Chanute girls came in fourth place with 89.5 points, while the boys were in sixth place with 50 points. Both the boys and the girls side was dominated by Labette County. Next, both the boys and girls varsity track teams will be traveling to Baker University for a meet on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Here are those that placed ...
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Lady Comets lose two in Parsons
PARSONS — The Chanute softball team’s games against Parsons on Thursday evening were not pretty, according to the team’s coach Maria Hernandez. “We had walks when we didn’t need walks, we had errors when we didn’t need errors, we missed batting signs and missed pitching spots, and we did not hit like we can hit,” Hernandez said. Parsons defeated the Lady Comets in both games, 6-4 and 11-0. The Comets were down 2-0 in the first game, when B...
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Chanute swim team changing locations and looking for participants
The Chanute Swim Team is changing locations, and will now compete as a public swim team at the Maring Aquatic Center in Chanute. An informational meeting is being held on Wednesday, April 11 at 6 p.m. to discuss the upcoming swim season. Anyone who likes to swim is encouraged to come and hear about the team. The Chanute Swim Team is open to all boys and girls ages 4-18. This first meeting is only informational and there will be a separate ...
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Chanute baseball sweeps Parsons with two lopsided road wins
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PARSONS — The Chanute baseball team improved its record to 3-3 with two big road wins over Parsons on Thursday, beating the Vikings by wide margin in both games, 12-2 in the first and a 8-0 one-hit shutout thrown by senior Grant McMillan in the second. “We played well both games defensively and we played well offensively,” Coach Matt Koester said. “We ran the bases really poorly the first game, but we’re going to...
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Chanute JV softball beats Iola in 23-point rout
The Chanute JV softball team resoundingly beat its rivals from Iola 29-6 in the first game of a doubleheader against the Iola Fillies on Tuesday, before tying Iola 8-8 in the second game. In the first game, the Lady Comets’ offensive attack was led by Chelsea Bearick, who went 2-for-2 and had four RBIs in the game. Rachel Debler went 3-for-3 with three RBIs, Emily Gutierrez went 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs, and Ashley Adkins also drove in three runs....
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Royster runs away with first dual track meet
The track team from Royster Middle School hosted its first dual meets of the season Tuesday against Pittsburg. According to girls track coach, Teresa Taylor, this was a great first track meet to get the 7th graders used to the procedures for reporting to events and running in heats. “They were really nervous before the meet started,” Taylor said. “All the girls stepped up and performed well.” Both of Taylor’s girls squads beat their opponen...
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Erie golf third at Prairie Ridge
Erie High School hosted an invitational golf tournament at Prairie Ridge Golf Course on Monday and finished third. Caney won team honors for a second time this season with a team score of 342. Jayhawk Linn was second with a 354, followed by Erie at 386, Pleasanton 397, Neodesha 427, Uniontown 436, and Oswego 438. Marmaton Valley had no team score. Tyler Wyant of Caney Valley with a score of 36-41-77 took medalist honors for the second time...
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Chanute softball sweeps Iola
The Chanute softball team swept its rivals from Iola on Monday, beating the Fillies 14-6 and 11-7. In the opener, the Lady Comets scored five quick runs in the bottom of the first. However, defensive mistakes in the second and third innings allowed Iola to come back and tie the score. The Fillies eventually took the lead briefly in the top of the fifth. In the bottom of that inning, Chanute put the game away, on an eight- run offensive explo...
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Humboldt softball beats Burlington to remain undefeated
BURLINGTON ¬≠¬≠— The Humboldt Cubs softball team swept Burlington on the road on Monday, bringing its record to a perfect 6-0. Humboldt won both match-ups by wide margins, 11-1 and 12-2. Taylyn Wells, Kylee Carson, Hannah McCall and Morgan Morris each had two RBIs in the first game, while Kasey Beeman had three RBIs in the second. Brenna Kline, McCall and Morris also managed to drive in two runners in the second game. Kline managed to do by...
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Chanute duo fishes its way to second place
A pair of Chanute fisherman won second place at the Midwest Hawghunter’s season opening team bass tournament on Sunday, April 1t, on Grand Lake in Oklahoma, out of the Grove City boat ramp. At this event, last year’s total points championship team started off the 2012 season the same way they ended 2011, as the father and son team of Dallas Beem from Longton and Jason Beem from Louisburg caught a four bass limit weighing 14.81 lbs. This garne...
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Giacalone wins player-of-the-week honors
NCCC’s Adam Giacalone was named the KJCCC Verizon Wireless Baseball Player of the Week this week for a span of six games in which the sophomore powered the Panthers’ offense to a perfect 6-0 record. The conference’s website points to Giacalaone’s .600 batting average during these games, with three doubles and four home runs for a 1.350 slugging percentage for the week. Giacalone, who also pitches and plays first base for the Panthers, scored...
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Walk-off homer earns Chanute baseball split with Iola
Brian McDowell Sports Editor After losing the first two games last week, the Chanute Comets baseball team tried to rebound in a doubleheader against its rivals from Iola Monday night. The Comets made progress towards their goal by winning their first game of the afternoon in thrilling fashion, with a game-winning walk-off grand slam cementing an 8-6 victory. However, their luck didn’t continue in the second game, which Chanute lost 20-4. Coac...
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Son places sixth at Wrestling Nationals
Chanute senior Sam Son added to the list of wrestling honors he’s received this season. Last weekend, Son placed 6th in the nation at 160 lbs. at the NHSCA Senior Nationals in Virginia Beach, Va. This is the most prestigious folk style tournament for high school competitors after their senior year. College coaches flock to Virginia to find recruits who do well in this tournament. This great accomplishment was the perfect follow-up to last mon...
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Kentucky tops Kansas 67-59 for title
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — No matter where Anthony Davis and his buddies go to make their millions, their ol' Kentucky home will long remember this championship season. The Wildcats hit the jackpot with their lottery picks Monday night, ignoring Davis' bad shooting night and parlaying a roster full of NBA talent into a 67-59 victory over Kansas for the team's eighth national title — and its first since 1998. The one-and-doners did it in a wire-to-wi...
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Chanute softball splits first two games of the season
The Chanute softball team split its first two games of the season against Pittsburg Thursday afternoon, winning the first game 12-2, and losing the second 7-5. According to first-year Chanute Head Coach Maria Hernandez, the girls did great in the first game by putting the ball in play and moving the runners around and not leaving runners stranded. “Offensively we needed to be patient and work the pitcher. Once we started doing that the pitche...
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Chanute boys golf starts season with struggle in Indy
INDEPENDENCE — The Chanute golf team struggled in its first tournament of the spring season on Wednesday, coming in eighth place out of 11 teams at the Independence Country Club. The Independence team won the event it hosted with 333 points, while Chanute had 390. The team did not play as well as Coach Bill Woodard had hoped. “Inexperience and poor execution are not good combinations,” Woodard said. “We have much work to do if the we are goin...
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Chanute’s Littleton impresses in singles debut at tennis tourney
COFFEYVILLE — The Chanute boys tennis team tied for third place out of four teams in its second tournament of the season, in Coffeyville on Thursday afternoon. Head Coach Wayne Woodyard was happy with the efforts of his players at this event. “We are getting better with each match we play,” Woodyard said. Both of the school’s singles players, Ian Cheshier and Cornell Littleton, and the doubles team of Jefferson Holmes and Tyler Dillow won the...
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Chanute track team prepares to get season off to running start
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Chanute was the second place track team last year in the SEK conference, and the boys were just a couple of points from winning last year’s conference meet. With more than 70 athletes competing in 18 events, Chanute track coach Derek Liggett has a goal to win the conference this year. He thinks that Chanute has retained enough talented athletes and brought in enough quality freshmen to do so. Liggett also aims to...
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Chanute baseball struggles in season’s 1st game, almost triumphs in 2nd
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Going into the bottom of the seventh inning of the second game of the season-opening double-header against Pittsburg, it seemed as though the Chanute baseball team was going to lose two consecutive routs. Hosting the Purple Dragons at Katy Park, the Comets had already been defeated in their first game 11-4, and were losing the second one 10-3. However, through tenacious hitting and taking advantage of mistakes by ...
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NCCC baseball hosts ‘Game On For A Cure’ Saturday
Neosho County Community College Panther Baseball, in conjunction with Relay For Life of Neosho County, will present a “Game On For A Cure” event this Saturday, March 31 at Hudson Field on the NCCC campus. The Panthers (25-8) will be playing a double-header with Labette County Community College. Games begin at 1 p.m. Besides exciting baseball action, the day is going to be filled with an abundance of information to raise awareness of cancer an...
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