Sports
Royster volleyball wins Iola tourney
Tribune staff The Royster Middle School 7th grade A and B volleyball teams traveled to Iola on Saturday.¬† The A team won the 12-team tournament and the B team won all of their pool matches before getting beat by the Royster A team in the semifinals.¬† “I was very impressed with all the girls this weekend,” Coach Rexine Spencer said. “Coach (Sharon) Vallier and her B team did a super job. They never lost a game in their pool against Iola, P...
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Royster comes up short against Iola
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The carnival wasn’t in town this week, but there was a ride available for the Royster Rocket football team Thursday evening and its name was Derek.¬† Derek Nelson, running back for the visiting Iola Ponies, was a steady force, pounding out two-to-four-yard gains again and again carrying would-be Rocket tacklers for extra yardage in Iola’s 14-6 win. “We actually played very sound assignment defensive football fo...
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Tennis team struggles at Parsons
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The wins were hard to come by for the Chanute High School girls tennis team at Parsons on Thursday. Chanute managed just one win on the evening. Senior Lauren Galemore went 1-2 on the day. Sara Ong of Parsons defeated Galemore 8-1 and Indy’s Katie Porter beat Galemore 8-2. Galemore earned a win over Coffeyville’s Candace Chapman by default. In the number-two singles bracket, Eunae Abbuehl went 0-3. Amy Shaw...
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Chanute girls take second in Iola
Tribune Staff Sharp finishes second overall Tribune staff IOLA—Led by a second-place finish by Brooke Sharp, the Chanute High School girls cross country team took second place at the Doc Stiles Invitational Cross Country Meet on Thursday at Iola’s Riverside Park. With four runners in the top 10, the Comets ended up just five points behind first-place Pittsburg. Sharp, a junior, finished the 4K in 17:19 and crossed the finish line second...
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MISSED OPPORTUNITIES
Tribune Staff Chanute has chances, falls to Pittsburg 14-7 Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor PITTSBURG—Inches away. That’s how close the Chanute Blue Comets were from scoring in a key first quarter possession. But the Comets’ run was stuffed at the goal line and all of the momentum the team had going was stopped, as well. Propelled by the early goal-line stand, the Pittsburg Purple Dragons held off the Comets 14-7 on Friday night at ...
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Humboldt stings Fredonia
Tribune Staff FREDONIA—Andrew Whitaker ran for two touchdowns and passed for two more to lead the Humboldt Cubs to a convincing 35-0 road win over the Fredonia Yellowjackets Friday night. “He had a wonderful night,” Humboldt Head Coach Travis Burk said. “We caught the ball well, played good defense, overall we played well tonight.” Whitaker rushed 13 times for 201 yards and had five completions in seven attempts for 114 yards, including a...
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St. Paul falls to Marmaton Valley
Tribune Staff ST. PAUL—It was one of those games Friday night for the St. Paul Indians. “We had a very poor week of practice and it showed in the game,” said St. Paul Head Coach Doug Tuck following his Indians’ 48-12 home loss Friday night to the visiting Marmaton Valley Wildcats. “We came out with little intensity and got outphysicaled on both sides of the ball.” St. Paul’s only touchdowns came on a five-yard run by Kendall Winter in th...
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Area teams compete at Doc Stiles Invite
Tribune Staff Area teams run in Iola Humboldt and Erie High Schools were represented at the Doc Stiles Invitational Cross Country Meet on Thursday night at Iola’s Riverside Park. Humboldt results Raquel Hill took 20th place in the girls 4K. Hill finished in 19:04. In the varsity boys race, Humboldt’s Andy Hill was 11th (17:35) and Cody Wright was 18th (18:12). In the JV boys 4K, Chris Coronado was 11th (16:18). Alexis Hosack was 32nd i...
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Comets earn conference wins
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Chrissy Thomen did a little bit of everything on Thursday night. When the Chanute High School senior wasn’t slamming a kill at the net or blocking an opposing player, she was serving aces and diving for digs. She was even one of three players recognized on Parent’s Night. Thomen led the way for the Chanute High School volleyball team as the Blue Comets cruised to two conference wins. Chanute han...
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Area volleyball: Cubs sweep, Devils split
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Humboldt Cubs were two-for-two against Burlington on Tuesday night. Humboldt defeated Burlington twice, winning match one 25-10, 25-19. Megan Dillow had six kills and Callie Umholtz had five kills. Kelci Owens had 15 assists and Lenzie Boring had 11 service points. Randi Barnett added eight points and five digs. In a second match against Burlington, Humboldt won 18-25, 25-12, 25-11. Bailey Myers had 15 ...
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DO OR DIE TIME FOR COMETS
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Chanute Blue Comets have reached a crucial fork in the road. After last week’s loss at Columbus, the Chanute High School football team’s season can now go one of two ways: north or south. This week’s showdown with the Pittsburg Purple Dragons will determine which road the Comets will take. A win would be huge. For starters, it would keep the team’s Southeast Kansas League title hopes alive. ...
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Panthers cross country team ranked nationally
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor For the first time in four years, the Neosho County Community College men’s cross country team is ranked nationally. The Panthers are now ranked 25th in the nation in the latest NJCAA Division I Cross Country Rankings. “It’s really rewarding to see,” Panthers Coach Darin Schmitz said. “These kids have worked really hard, so it’s nice to see that they were recognized.” Schmitz added the recogniti...
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Panthers soccer teams sweep Hesston
Tribune Staff The Neosho County Community College men’s soccer team beat Hesston 3-0 on Tuesday night at Chanute Community Sports Complex. “We played well last night and dominated possession,” Coach Steven Harrison said. “I was actually hoping for more goals, but it didn’t happen.” Neosho County’s goals were scored by Auston Jacobsen, Alex Cimmara and Frank Hurtig. The Panthers are now 1-1-1 in Region 6 play and play at Johnson County today a...
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Galemore leads tennis team
Tribune Staff Tribune staff INDY— The Chanute High School girls tennis team took third place at the Independence Invite on Tuesday. Chanute senior Lauren Galemore took second place in the number-one singles bracket. Galemore, a senior, went 3-1 on the day. Galemore defeated Molly Mangan of Indy 8-3 and beat Pittsburg’s Erin Farmer 8-5. Bayley Conner of Indy beat Galemore 8-4, but the Blue Comet bounced back and beat Iola’s Kirti Gandhi 8-0. “...
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Volleyball team off to solid start
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor New faces in important roles has not stopped the Chanute High School volleyball team from starting the season in impressive fashion. The Blue Comets are now 11-4 on the season after taking third place at the Erie Red Devil Classic this past weekend. And the Comets have done it with new players at the setter position as junior Taylor Vallier, sophomore Mackensey Sutcliffe and junior Court...
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Neosho County cross country team runs at Stampede
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Neosho County Community College cross country team competed at the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin this past weekend. The meet is the third largest cross country meet in the country and hosted over 700 collegiate athletes. The NCCC men’s team finished 21st overall and third amongst junior colleges. The junior colleges that participated are nationally-ranked Cowley, Johnson, and Coffeyville along with Al...
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Blue Comets frosh beat Titans
Tribune Staff Tribune staff CHANUTE—The Chanute Blue Comets defeated Columbus 26-20 in overtime on Monday night at Chanute Community Sports Complex in a game featuring freshmen and sophomores. Columbus did not have enough players for a JV game, so the two schools played one game with just freshmen and sophomores allowed to play. Usually a freshman and a JV game are played. In the game, the Blue Comets struck first. Quarterback Alec Haigh...
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Comets capture third at Classic
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—The ones that get away are always the hardest to take. Chanute failed to make the Erie Red Devil Classic title match after letting one slip away against the Pittsburg Purple Dragons. Nevertheless, the Blue Comets volleyball team ended the tournament on a positive note by beating Parsons in the third place match on Saturday evening. Chanute Coach Gail Petersen said she was pleased with h...
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Blue Comets must bounce back
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor With a stinging 31-28 loss at the hands of the Columbus Titans still fresh on their minds, the Chanute Blue Comets must bounce back in a hurry. “We started talking about it on the bus ride home,” Chanute coach Don Simmons said. “We have to bounce back. We can still win the league title. We have to do that one step at a time. We’ll regroup.” Coach Simmons had one message for his team: “One loss i...
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Erie goes 2-3 at Red Devil Classic
Tribune Staff Tribune staff ERIE—Host Erie High School went 2-3 on the day at the Red Devil Classic Volleyball Tournament. “It was a long day,” Erie coach Eric Flaton said. “We had a week to prepare and did not take advantage of it. You can chalk it up to poor coaching.” The Devils beat Coffeyville 15-25, 25-20, 25-22. Kendra Mattox had six kills and four aces. Allison Short added six kills and Bethany Hastings had five kills. The Devi...
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