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Blue Comets, Purple Dragons picked to win SEK League
Jason Peake
Tribune Sports Editor
PITTSBURG — Chanute and Pittsburg tied for first place in the 2011 SEK Preseason Coaches Poll.
The poll was released on Thursday at the seventh annual Kansas High School Coaches Media Day at WATCO Companies in Pittsburg.
The Blue Comets and Purple Dragons both received 59 total points and each school received four first-place votes. Coaches cannot vote for their own team.
Chanute went 8-3 last year and brings ...
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Chanute girls tennis team returns experience
Jason Peake
Tribune Sports Editor
Czarina Ramos and Madison Wendt are expected to lead the way for Chanute High School girls tennis team this fall.
Both were key performers on last year’s team and will once again occupy varsity spots in 2011.
“They have both worked really hard over the summer,” Chanute Coach Mike De La Torre said. “I’m not sure what I’m going to do with them yet. I have a lot of options. They’re both good singles players and ...
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CHS football check-out, team meeting Thursday
Chanute High School Head Football Coach Don Simmons has announced that equipment check-out and a team meeting will be held on Thursday.
Juniors and seniors will check-out equipment at 4 p.m. A team meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. for all players, ninth through 12th.
The freshmen and sophomores will then check-out equipment at 5 p.m.
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Excitement building for CHS volleyball
Jason Peake
Tribune Sports Editor
It all starts at 6 a.m. next Monday.
That’s when the Chanute High School volleyball team will officially begin fall practices.
And Gail Petersen is counting down the hours.
“I have butterflies in my stomach just thinking about it,” Petersen said. “And the girls are so excited. They’re hungry and they’re ready. I think some of them can’t contain themselves when they think about the possibilities.”
The team’s lo...
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Willard doubles up at Humboldt Speedway
Scott L. Stewart
For the Tribune
HUMBOLDT—Round two of the Humboldt Speedway “Twofer” weekend went off Saturday Night.
Jeremy Willard made it two in-a-row by winning Saturday night’s Pure Stock feature wire-to-wire. Derek Michael finished in second, ahead of Tyler Kidwell, Matthew Kay, and Michael Aiello.
Jeremy Wilson came from deep in the field to win the Factory Stock main event. To do so, he had to track down all four of the rest of the...
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Post 170 has three listed on KABA all-league team
The Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team had three players named to the KABA all-league team.
Brandon Bell was second team all-league as an outfielder. Grant McMillan was listed as honorable mention at shortstop and as a pitcher. Jack Martin was listed on the honorable mention team as a catcher.
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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
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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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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
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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
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