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Hughes wins at Humboldt Speedway's season-opener
Scott Lee Stewart Special to the Tribune HUMBOLDT— Normally when a driver starts in the 16th spot in a field of 27 of the fastest Modifieds in the United States, spectators would agree that a top 10 finish would be quite an achievement. Jason Hughes, however, is anything but a spectator. Winner of no less than seven USMTS features previously at Humboldt Speedway, Hughes and 68 other Modified pilots returned to kick off the 2011 season on ...
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Red Devils named to all-CNC team
Tribune staff Erie High School had two athletes named to the CNC All-League Basketball Teams. Keith Marquardt was an honorable mention pick on the boys side, while Tiffany Dean was named to the honorable mention team on the girls side. Both all-league teams are below. CNC ALL-LEAGUE TEAM BOYS BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM Weston Taconis, Baxter Reid Murphy, Girard Logan North, Riverton Andy Farmer, Colgan Dilan Lansford, Galena SECOND TEAM...
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NCCC's Anderson named to all-region team
Neosho County Community College sophomore Trey Anderson has been named a first team selection on the Region VI Men's Basketball Team. The entire team is below. Region VI Team Men First Team Tyrus McGee, Cowley Jeremy Jones, Seward Joe Mitchell, Hutchinson Dennis Tinnon, KCK Kevin Broussard, Coffeyville Titus Rubles, Independence Anthony Downing, Indy Bruce Massey, Dodge City Trey Anderson, Neosho Co. Jason Smith, Allen County ...
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Fredonia girls, Parsons boys lose in first round
Tribune staff HUTCHINSON—Top-ranked Jefferson North handled Fredonia 59-37 in a first round contest of the Class 3A girls state tournament on Wednesday. The Chargers used an 18-2 run to go ahead 25-9 late in the first half. The Yellowjackets hit three of its first six shots, but then went cold. Fredonia missed 18 of 19 shots from the floor at one point. Undefeated Jefferson North held Fredonia to 24 percent shooting in the first half. The Y...
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NCCC sends athletes to indoor national track meet
Neosho County Community College sent several athletes to the NJCAA National Indoor Track Meet on March 4-5 at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Men’s results Harold Lathan took fifth place in the 55-hurdles for the Panthers, finishing in 7.51. Chris Seiler was fifth in the weight throw (52-11.5) and Junior Harper was eighth (51-09.75). Dustin Green finished 16th (45-11). Neosho County’s Harper finished eighth in the shot put with a throw...
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SEK, CNC preseason polls released for baseball, softball
Tribune staff The Chanute High School girls softball team was picked to finish fifth in the Southeast Kansas League at the inaugural baseball/softball media day in Pittsburg on Monday. Chanute’s baseball team was picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll. In softball, Labette County was picked first, Fort Scott was second and Parsons was picked third. Columbus was fourth and Chanute fifth. Pittsburg, Iola, Indy and Coffeyville rounded o...
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Blue Comets represent SEK at all-star wrestling event
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor PARSONS — Tim Wrestler and Troy Clark pulled on the singlet one last time as Chanute High School wrestlers. The two Blue Comets represented southeast Kansas at the Second Annual U.S. Army Strong Mo-Kan Classic All-Star Senior Wrestling Dual on Monday night at Labette Community College. Wrestler and Clark competed with the Kansas team in an event that pits the top seniors from southeast Kansas against the ...
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St. Paul boys end season with 2OT loss
Tribune staff IOLA — The season ended in heartbreaking fashion for the St. Paul High School boys basketball team on Friday night. Colony-Crest defeated St. Paul 43-41 in double overtime in a semifinal contest of the Southern Coffey County Class 1A D-I Sub-State at Allen County Community College. “We had our chances,” St. Paul Coach Brian Carlson said. “We had opportunities to win it, but we just didn’t get the shots to fall. It was a tough...
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Humboldt Speedway opens season with the US Modified series
Humboldt Speedway had its playday day Sunday afternoon, and with 90 cars in attendance, it looks like the drivers and fans are fired up and ready for Saturday. The speedway starts its season in March on Saturday nights, then moves to Fridays at the beginning of April. This Saturday’s event will be the 19th time the USMTS Modifieds have battled at “The Hummer” and the first of many laps to be turned on the newly-configured high-banked quart...
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Shriners sign-up Bowman
Local Shriners officially signed-up Chanute High School senior Eric Bowman for the 2011 Kansas Shrine Bowl football game. Bowman is pictured with his parents, Sean Bowman and Dawn Kerr, Chanute Head Football Coach Don Simmons and local Shriners. The Shrine Bowl is July 30 in Hays.
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Panthers take two more from Allen County
Tribune staff IOLA—The Neosho County Community College baseball team swept a doubleheader from Allen County on Monday. The Panthers won game one 15-3 and then took game two 5-2. In the first game, Matt Strahm got the win on the mound. He went all five innings and allowed just five hits and three earned runs. He struck out seven. The Panthers ended the game early with two six-run innings, the second and the fifth. A three-run fourth roun...
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Area hoops: Fredonia girls open state tourney with top seed
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Fredonia High School’s reward for advancing to state is a first-round game against Class 3A’s top seed. The eighth-seeded Yellowjackets will begin the Class 3A state tournament today in Hutchinson against top-seeded Jefferson North (23-0). Fredonia’s girls won the Neodesha Class 3A Sub-State on Saturday with a 59-34 blowout win over Caney Valley. The Yellowjackets are now 15-8 this season. The win in the ...
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Comets named to all-league wrestling team
Tribune staff Chanute High School had five athletes named to the 2010-11 All-Southeast Kansas League Wrestling Team. CHS senior Tim Wrestler was first team all-SEK at 125 pounds. Senior Troy Clark was honorable mention at 135. Junior Sam Son was a first team all-SEK selection at 152 pounds. Junior Skylar McGinnis was an honorable mention pick at 171 pounds and junior Jared McComb was first team all-league at 189. The entire team is below...
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NCCC splits with Allen County
Tribune staff IOLA — The Neosho County Community College baseball team is now 5-5 on the season after a weekend split with Allen County. Allen County won game one 8-7 in eight innings. Behind Adam Giacalone’s strong outing, Neosho County won the second game 9-0. Panthers Coach Steve Murry said his team gave one away in the opener. “The meltdown our relievers had is unacceptable,” Murry said. “We also had a huge error that killed us. We fla...
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Region VI hoops: title games set
Coffeyville and Seward County will play on Monday night for a berth in the national junior college basketball tournament. The title game is at Koch Arena in Wichita. The women's title game features Hutchinson vs. Cloud. Full results from the Region VI tourney are below: Region VI Men's Basketball Tournament First round results Seward def. Labette 99-63 KCK def. Dodge City 80-71 Allen def. Cloud 77-68 Cowley def. Barton 65-63 Hutchins...
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State basketball pairings released
STATE TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS First-round games Boys CLASS 6A at WICHITA Wednesday’s games Dodge City (19-2) vs Leavenworth (16-6), 3 p.m.; BV Northwest (21-1) vs Wichita Northwest (15-7), 4:45 p.m.; Olathe East (19-3) vs. Washburn Rural (18-4), 6:30 p.m.; Wichita Heights (22-0) vs Blue Valley West (9-13), 8:15 p.m. CLASS 5A at TOPEKA Thursday’s games Andover Central (16-5) vs St. Thomas Aquinas (13-9), 3 p.m.; McPherson (21-1) vs Bishop M...
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Erie's upset bid vs. Cherryvale falls just short
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor NEODESHA — When Mike Casteel emerged from his team’s sullen lockerroom, one word was on his mind — proud. Casteel’s Erie Red Devils came very close to upsetting the number-one seed at the Neodesha Class 3A Sub-State Tournament on Friday night. Sixth-seeded Erie had Cherryvale on the ropes late, but the Chargers were the team left standing when the final horn sounded. In the end, Cherryvale’s boys earned a...
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Parsons boys, Indy girls advance to state
The Parsons boys and Independence girls punched tickets to state on Saturday night at the Parsons 4A Sub-State. Independence held on late and knocked off Labette County 30-28. In the boys title game, Parsons rolled over Columbus 73-53. In a 3A sub-state of interest, Fredonia's girls beat Caney at Neodesha to advance to state.
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Area teams fall at sub-state tourneys
Erie's boys basketball team fell 60-54 in OT to Cherryvale on Friday night at the Neodesha 3A Sub-State. St. Paul's boys fell to Crest 43-41 in 2OT at the Southern Coffey County 1A Sub-State. Altoona-Midway's boys fell to Hope 71-37 at the Emporia 1A Sub-State. Look for more on these games in Tuesday's Tribune. Friday's Kansas high school sub-state basketball scores (March 4) Boys Class 6A Dodge City A Dodge City 55, Hutchinson 54 Dod...
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CCA teams finish seasons at state
The Chanute Christian Academy basketball teams traveled to Ark City last week to participate in the KCAA 1A State Tournament. The CCA boys finished third. In the first game, CCA lost to Ark City 67-36. “We had played ACCA two times during the year, losing both games,” Coach David Yarnell said. “Going into the contest we knew that ACCA would press the entire game. We worked very hard in practice on our press break and it paid off. It did not c...
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