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All-Star experience begins for Blanchard
Tribune Staff Shrine Bowl is July 25 Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Shrine Bowl experience has officially begun for Chanute High School graduate Ty Blanchard. Blanchard was selected to play in the 2009 Kansas Shrine Bowl All-Star Football Game last winter. Players reported to training camp on Friday morning. Blanchard and the East team reported to Emporia State University. Today the players will head to St. Louis for the annual trip t...
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Chanute Sharks swim at Coffeyville
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Chanute Sharks youth swim team competed at Coffeyville on Wednesday. Chanute won the highly competitive meet 378 to 341. The Sharks will compete at the league meet in Fort Scott on Saturday, July 25. The host Fort Scott Hurricanes have won the league title the last seven years in-a-row. Wednesday’s results from Coffeyville are below: Mixed 15-18 200 Medley 2, A ‘CST’ (Javyn Krenzel, Jefferson Holmes...
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Legion team takes on undefeated Ottawa today
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor When the Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team heads to Burlington this afternoon, they’ll have a tough task ahead of them. Chanute will take on Ottawa at 4:30 p.m. today at Burlington High School in a Kansas Amateur Baseball Association League Tournament contest. So why is that a tough task? Ottawa is now 33-0 on the season after a 10-2 win over Wellsville in five innings on Tues...
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A walk-off victory
Tribune Staff Martin comes up big for Post 170 Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—The Chanute American Legion baseball team made sure their final home game of the summer was a memorable one. Kevin Martin hit a grand slam and later scored the game-winning run for Chanute Post 170 in a wild 14-13 come from behind win on Tuesday night against Coffeyville at Paul Lindblad Stadium at Katy Park. The game was an opening round contest o...
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Legion team hosts playoff game tonight
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team will host a playoff game tonight at Paul Lindblad Stadium at Katy Park. Iola and Coffeyville will play tonight at 6 p.m. in a first round game of the Kansas Amateur Baseball Association Post Season Tournament. The winner of that contest will take on Chanute at approximately 8 p.m. Chanute has a win over Iola this season. Post 170 split a doub...
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Post 170 splits at Garnett
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor GARNETT— The Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team ended the regular season by splitting a doubleheader at Garnett on Thursday night. The host Muddogs took game one 2-1. Chanute Post 170 got revenge by taking the nightcap 9-2. Chanute ends the regular season with a record of 14-11. The postseason will begin on Tuesday. In the opener, Chanute stranded runners in every inning but ...
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Chanute Sharks compete at Fort Scott
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Chanute Sharks swim team competed at Fort Scott on Wednesday. Fort Scott defeated Chanute 457-257. Chanute is at Coffeyville next week. Girls 11-18 200 Free 3, Aylward, Ali, CST, 2:45.06Y. 4, Erikson, Bailey, CST, 2:47.51Y. Boys 11-18 200 Free 3, Bolt, Taylor, CST, 2:37.63Y. 5, Holmes, Jefferson, CST, 3:07.93Y. 6, Morgan, Kevan, CST, 3:12.95Y. Girls 10&U 50 Free 0, Newton, Kaitlyn, CST, 39.99Y....
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LEARNING FROM THE BEST
Tribune Staff Schmitz selected to attend USATF coaching clinic Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Figuratively speaking, the anticipation is killing Darin Schmitz. Like a child waiting for Christmas, Schmitz is thrilled at what’s coming soon. Schmitz, the head track coach at Neosho County Community College, has been selected to attend a unique coaches clinic at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Cal. At the clinic later ...
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Gant qualifies for Kansas Amateur Championship
Tribune Staff Tribune staff Chanute’s Jeremy Gant has qualified for the 99th Kansas Amateur Golf Championship to be held at the Kansas City Country Club on July 27-August 2. Gant qualified with his performance at Sand Creek Station Golf Course in Newton. Gant shot a 76. Also qualifying from the area were Charlie Sloan of Pittsburg (76) and David Pawlus of Parsons (77). Caleb Childs of Wichita and Raleigh Hughes of Winfield tied for th...
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Royster football camp is July 14-16
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Royster Middle School football camp will be held from Tuesday, July 14 to Thursday, July 16 at the Chanute Community Sports Complex from 1 to 3 p.m. The camp is for boys going into seventh and eighth grade who plan on going out for football this fall at RMS. The cost is $20 and can be brought to the camp on Tuesday. Registration forms will be available at the camp and at summer weights and conditioning fr...
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Post 170 still has a shot at division title
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor The Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team is still in the hunt for the Kansas Amateur Baseball Association’s South Division title. Currently, Chanute is in second place in the six-team race. At the same time, all six teams still have a shot at the division title. Fort Scott is now 10-7 and in first place with Post 170 at 9-7 in the league. The team that finishes first in the division ...
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Chanute golfers compete at junior tourney in Parsons
Tribune Staff Tribune staff A Southeast Kansas junior golf meet was hosted by the Parsons Golf Club on Thursday, June 25. The tourney was stroke play with nine hole competition and six hole competition. The meet included participants from Chanute, Independence, Parsons and Columbus. A total of 50 junior golfers participated. Several golfers from Chanute competed. Taylor Gard took first place in the girls 15-16 year old division. Caleb Diets...
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Blue Comets hit the field
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Six weeks before the start of fall practices, the Chanute High School football team is hitting the field with the 2009 season in mind. Under the sun and on the turf at Chanute Community Sports Complex, the Don Simmons Summer Football Camp is being held this week. Simmons and his coaching staff are putting the Blue Comets through drill after drill each morning this week. Simmons said this i...
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Chanute golfers compete at Junior Team Championships
Tribune Staff Tribune staff Chanute’s Jeremy Gant and teammate Jeff Jarvis finished tied for 11th place at the 9th Junior Team Championship Golf Tournament at Eagle Bend Golf Course on Thursday in Lawrence. The event is held by the Kansas Junior Golf Association. Gant and Jarvis finished with gross scores of 70 and 74 for a 144. Jarvis is from Phillipsburg. The team of Elliot Soyez and Michael Gellerman finished first with a score of 134...
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Chanute Post 170 drops a pair
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — A long week caught up to the Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team. Playing its third doubleheader in as many nights, Chanute dropped both games to Osawatomie last Thursday night at Paul Lindblad Stadium at Katy Park. The Osawatomie Raiders knocked off Post 170 6-3 in the opener and then won game two 10-0. “Six games in three days is tough for anybody,” Chanute Coach M...
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Chanute Sharks see success vs. Indy
Tribune Staff Tribune staff The Chanute Sharks swim team hosted Independence last Wednesday night at the Quarry Stone Country Club pool. Chanute won the meet 411-313. The team is at Fort Scott this week. Results are below: Mixed 15-18 200 Medley 2, ‘CST’ (Ali Aylward, Chandler Boone, Dani Rubow, Taylor Bolt), 2:18.44. 3, ‘CST’ (Becca Huerter, Kayli Morgan, Bailey Erikson, Witney Morgan), 2:41.85. ‘CST’ (Kenna Bideau, Jefferson H...
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Chanute football camp begins Monday
Tribune Staff Chanute High School football coach Don Simmons and his staff will hold the Don Simmons Summer Football Camp next week at Chanute Community Sports Complex. The camp is for any high school athlete who plans to play football at CHS this fall. The camp begins Monday and runs through Friday. The camp will begin at 8:15 a.m. and finishes up at 10:45 a.m. each day. The cost is $25 and includes instruction, refreshments and a T-shi...
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SECOND-STRAIGHT SWEEP
Tribune Staff Legion team beats Eudora Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—For the second-straight night, the Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team earned a sweep. And for the second-straight night, the team was solid in all facets of the game. As a result, Chanute defeated the visiting Eudora Cardinals 4-3 in the opener and then ended the night early with a 15-6 victory in game two. Before Wednesday’s sweep over Eudora...
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Pitching leads Post 170 to sweep
Tribune Staff Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—John Michael Wallace and Dustin Eccles were nearly unhittable and a busy week started off with a sweep for the Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team. With a solid performance overall, Chanute swept a doubleheader from the Louisburg Bombers on Tuesday night at Paul Lindblad Stadium at Katy Park. The team’s pitchers led the way, while the offense did more than enough. In ga...
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