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Neosho County wrestling has depth in '09-10
Tribune staff The season is now underway for the Neosho County Community College wrestling team. Panthers Coach Wayne Petterson said his team has a lot of depth this year. “I anticipate balance in our lineup with only real questions marks at one or two weights,” Coach Petterson said. “With injuries and the like we feel pretty comfortable with our depth and the abilities of our backups. Our strength will come from our lower and middle weigh...
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NCCC roundup: volleyball ends season, women fall in Texas
Tribune staff With the season on the line, the Neosho County Community College volleyball team lost a close one to Kansas City, Kansas on Saturday in a first round playoff game of the Region VI D-II tourney at Cowley College. KCK defeated NCCC 28-26, 23-25, 29-27, 10-25, 15-11. The Panthers end the season with record of 20-19 for Coach Asya Herron. Neosho County went 7-4 in the Jayhawk East this year. Cowley defeated Coffeyville in the first ...
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Panthers pull off comeback win over Cloud
CHANUTE—The Neosho County Community College men's basketball team knocked off Cloud County 75-71 on Saturday night. The Panthers were down 12 in the second half, but battled back and earned the win. Look for a complete story in Tuesday's Tribune. NCCC 75, Cloud County 71 Neosho County: Justin Fairman 4-12 1-1 10, D'Andre Tomlin 3-7 2-3 8, Jahmal Burroughs 1-5 3-6 5, Antonio Bostic 2-11 3-5 8, Kris Wilson 0-2 1-3 1, Jordan Hickert 0-0 0-0 0...
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Royster girls split with Coffeyville
Tribune staff The Royster Middle School girls basketball teams hosted Coffeyville on Thursday. In the eighth grade A game, Royster won 50-14. “Our defensive intensity was great and we really ran the floor well,” Coach Steve Slane said. “The balanced scoring made us really hard to defend. Hopefully we can build on this, because Coffeyville is a good team and we’ve talked to the girls about believing in themselves.” Payton Tallent led a bal...
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CHS FOOTBALL: A SEASON TO REMEMBER
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Don Simmons called it one of the most rewarding seasons he’s ever had as a coach. It’s not hard to see why. The Chanute High School football went 8-2, won the Southeast Kansas League title outright and also won the District 6 title in the 2009 season. “It was a very memorable season,” Simmons said. “In 32 years as a coach and in 26 as a head coach, this was probably one of the most rewarding years I’ve ha...
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What a Fall for Chanute High School
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor To say that it’s been a good Fall for Chanute High School would be a huge understatement. In fact, I might even want to replace the word “good” with “unbelievable.” Each and every CHS Fall sports team has had a successful and memorable season. Let’s take a quick look at each team and what they’ve accomplished this season. For starters, the CHS football team secured the district title and the league title in th...
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Panthers cruise in opener
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—Whether you call it a coming-out party or a sneak peek, the Neosho County Community College men’s basketball team gave all those in attendance a glimpse of what kind of season it may be. With an intense, in your face pressure defense, the Panthers overwhelmed the Ottawa University JV team from the start and ran past the Braves 96-55 in the season-opener on Thursday night at the Panthers Gym. If yo...
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Artificial turf coming to NCCC's Hudson Field
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—When the season begins next spring, it’s not a stretch to say the Neosho County Panthers will have one of the finest fields in community college baseball. On Nov. 20, Neosho County Community College will break ground on installing artificial turf to the infield at Hudson Field. The FieldTurf will be installed in plenty of time for the 2010 season. In addition to the new turf, a new drainage system...
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CHS XC program has come back to life
Commentary Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor It may be hard to believe now, but for nearly 20 years, Chanute High School had no cross country program. During the 1981 season, only four athletes were out for cross country at CHS. The next year the program was dropped due to a lack of interest. Nearly two decades went by. But in 1999 Wayne Woodyard brought the program back to life. That year, Woodyard had just 13 athletes out for the spo...
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Blue Comets had a season to remember
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor It was arguably the best season in school history for the Chanute High School cross country team. The Blue Comets definitely accomplished a lot this season. For starters, the CHS girls won the El Dorado Regional title and took a team to the Class 4A State Cross Country Meet. Chanute’s girls were second at the Southeast Kansas League Meet, too. Chanute’s boys won the SEK and had two runners qualify for state—Ju...
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NCCC MEN'S HOOPS: EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor In two seasons under Jeremy Coombs, the Neosho County Community College men’s basketball program has made progress each year. Now, as the 2009-10 season begins, the Panthers hope to go one step further. As he enters his third year as head coach, Coombs feels this year’s group has the potential to have a stellar season. “I think the expectations are a lot higher this year,” Coombs said. “Last year I thoug...
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Newcomers will lead NCCC women's team
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor A large group of newcomers are expected to lead the way for the Neosho County Community College women’s basketball team in 2009-10. In all, 16 new players are in the program this year for second-year head coach Tonika Bruce. Returning players this year are Riley Stephens and Quinetta Hadley. Stephens is a 5-5 guard from Uniontown and Hadley is a 5-7 forward from Gainesville, Fla. Other than those two, the...
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TURNOVERS DOOM COMETS
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE—Turnovers can make all the difference. This was definitely evident on Tuesday night. Four fumbles and two interceptions proved to be too much to overcome for the Chanute High School football team. Taking advantage of Chanute’s miscues and with a solid running attack, the Paola Panthers defeated the Blue Comets 48-14 in a first round Bi-District game of the Class 4A playoffs at Chanute Community Sp...
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Erie, Humboldt fall in round one of playoffs
Tribune staff GALENA— The Erie Red Devils had a tough first-round draw in their Class 3A playoff high school game on Tuesday night. For one quarter, the Devils hung in against what head coach Don Barcus says is one of the top three or four 3A teams in the state, but Galena busted the game open in a 29-point second quarter on the way to a 53-8 win. Despite the big loss, Barcus said he is proud of his team, and all of his coaches also are pro...
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CHS volleyball had successful season
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Gail Petersen wonders what could have been. The coach of the Chanute High School volleyball team feels her group never got a chance to play its best volleyball of the season. And that season ended at the Parsons Class 4A Sub-State with a loss to Girard in the tourney title match. The Blue Comets went 24-13 overall and tied for second in the Southeast Kansas League with a 6-2 mark. “It was a successful se...
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NCCC women fall in season-opener
Tribune staff NEOSHO (Mo.)—The Neosho County Community College women’s basketball team dropped its season opener 89-86 to Crowder College on Monday night. No other information on the game was available to the Tribune. The Panthers went 11-20 last year for Coach Tonika Bruce. The Panthers are at the TVCC Tournament in Texas this weekend. The first home game for the women’s team is next Tuesday at 6 p.m. against Butler.
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Panthers wrestling team hosts club team
Tribune staff The Neosho County Community College wrestling team hosted the Wichita State University club team in a dual on Sunday afternoon.  Neosho defeated the club team 35-9. At 125-pounds NCCC’s Derek Steeley pinned Evan Amaro in the first period.  Neosho won by forfeit at 133 and Josh Wolfe beat Nick Thomas 15-4 at 141. At 149 sophomore Justin Ringgold lost to the Shockers 8-3.  Josh Isam won 7-4 at 157 and Derrick Ageday earned an...
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State XC: Looking back, looking ahead
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor WAMEGO—Justin Lawrence was reflective. Trevor Summers was thinking of the future. Both Chanute High School athletes competed as individuals at the 2009 Class 4A State Cross Country Meet on Saturday at Wamego Country Club. A sophomore, Summers finished 36th with a time of 18:03. A senior, Lawrence was 47th, finishing with a time of 18:12. And at state, both Blue Comets realized they’re at different stages...
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SEASON ENDS WITH STATE'S BEST
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor WAMEGO—Only the best of the best finish the season at the state meet. The Chanute High School girls cross country team proved they belonged alongside the state’s elite. The Blue Comets finished a memorable and successful season by taking ninth place at the 2009 Class 4A State Cross Country Meet on a sunny Saturday afternoon at Wamego Country Club. The Comets were just a few points away from finishing seve...
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WEB UPDATE: Chanute girls ninth at state cross country
WAMEGO—The Chanute High School girls cross country team took ninth place at the 2009 Class 4A State Cross Country Meet on Saturday at Wamego Country Club. For Chanute, Abby Neeley finished 39th (16:58), Brooke Sharp was 50th (17:23), Kaitlyn Dispensa was 59th (17:31) and Macy Harsch finished 63rd (17:44). Also for Chanute, Asia Hale was 82nd (18:29), Melissa Adkins was 83rd (18:40) and Allison Cooper was 97th (20:21). Class 4A girls Team ...
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