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Australians bring fundamentals to NCCC Panthers
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The NCCC Panther’s men’s basketball team is getting some international flair this year, as the squad features two Australian players. Chris Patton and Tyler Hickert are bringing their talents to Chanute this season. Jeremy Coombs, the coach of the Panthers, keeps in touch with Division One coaches about different players who are coming up in the scene. When he was on the coaching staff at Nicholls State, the school...
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Chanute boys lose rough and tumble game with Coffeyville
Brian McDowell Sports Editor COFFEYVILLE — The Tuesday night showdown between the Chanute Blue Comets boys basketball team featured too much blood and not enough buckets. In a game marked by rough play and bloody players, the Comets continued their season-long struggle, losing to their SEK rivals 64-53. “They ran at us with some pressure,” Coach Max Ruark said. “At times, we did a really great job of handling the pressure and got layups out o...
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Chanute Blues extend win streak in Emporia
The Chanute Blues extended their winning streak this weekend in Emporia finishing 4-0 to win the Emporia MAYB tournament. Chanute defeated WCS D-Up from Salina 29-23 in the first game. Lane Harvey led the Blues with 12 points. Corbett Kimberlin was high point scorer in the second game with eight in the Blues’ 41-27 win over Emporia Rapidfire. The third win came in a 43-25 win over the Emporia Jr. Spartans. Brennen Feeback scored 13 points and...
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Chanute Wrestling Club Woods’ Classic results:
The Chanute Wrestling Club hosted its 17th annual Woods’ Classic tournament on Saturday at Chanute High School. The event attracted 442 wrestlers from Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. These were the placers from the Chanute Wrestling Club. 1st Place - Trey Dillow - 6 and Under 61 lbs Dillon DeMerritt - 8 and Under 49 lbs Brayden Dillow - 8 and Under HWT 2nd Place - Logan McDonald - 10 and Under 76 lbs 3rd Place - Timmy Borton - 6 and Under 46...
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Turnovers, rebounds and toughness cost Lady Panthers
Brian McDowell Sports Editor ARKANSAS CITY — Turnovers, rebounds and toughness. According to NCCC women’s basketball Coach Kelley Newton, these three factors determined the game’s outcome from the first possession of the Lady Panthers Saturday evening match-up with the Cowley County Tigers. The Tigers leapt out to a huge lead early in the game, quickly gaining a lead of 15-2 over Neosho County, who has only one win this season. The Panthers c...
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Panthers come up short in defensive battle with Cowley
Brian McDowell Sports Editor ARKANSAS CITY — It is uncharacteristic for the high-flying, quick-scoring NCCC men’s basketball team to be involved in a sluggish defensive battle, but that is exactly what awaited the Panthers in their Saturday night visit to Cowley County. Even though the match-up was radically different than the type that this team is used to, the Panthers adjusted their game, and managed to make the game competitive until the ...
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Comets fall in last-minute at Girard
Brian McDowell Sports Editor GIRARD — Chanute freshman Derek Sharp got the chance to feel like a hero for a few seconds in his Blue Comets boys basketball team’s Tuesday match-up in Girard, until the home team showed off some last -second heroics of its own. The meeting between the two squads was tightly-knit early on, tied at 10 at the end of the first quarter and Girard had a mere three-point lead at halftime. The Trojans offensively broke ...
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Chanute girls go down in 53-45 defeat to Girard
Brian McDowell Sports Editor GIRARD — A late-game scoring spurt by Chanute’s Darian Rubow was not enough to save the Chanute Blue Comets girls team from defeat 53-45 by the Girard Trojans on Tuesday night. The meeting between the two teams was tight early on, tied at the end of the first and Girard only led by three at the half. The team’s quick shut-down defender Morgan Olson got in early foul trouble, something that Chanute Coach Dustin Fox...
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Late-game NCCC comeback falls one-point short
Brian McDowell Sports Editor When Neosho County Community College was putting together its Sonic Shootout tournament, men’s basketball coach Jeremy Coombs wanted to invite good teams that could offer a legitimate challenge to his Panthers squad. During much of the team’s first game of the tournament, it appeared that, in the case of the Seward County Saints, Coombs may have overshot that mark. The Saints started the game against the tournamen...
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West Plains opens Sonic Shootout with win
Missouri State University-West Plains overcame an eight-point deficit in the first half to win the opening game of this weekend’s Sonic Shootout 60-53 in the Neosho County Community College gymnasium. The Johnson County Cavaliers jumped out to an early lead in the match-up, at one point leading 8-0. However, thanks to a blistering defensive effort and the offensive production of freshman Gage Wooten, who eventually scored 22 points in the gam...
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Coombs and Panthers prepared to host Sonic Shootout tourney
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The one thing that NCCC men’s basketball coach Jeremy Coombs wanted when a mid-season Sonic Shootout classic tournament was proposed for the school was to make sure that the teams that were invited could genuinely play. “I see a lot of these schools have these classics where they’re playing JV teams or are playing a team that’s not very good, but I wanted really good teams here,” Coombs said. Among the really good...
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Jr. Comets wrestlers fare well at several tourneys
Members of the SEK Jr. Comets Wrestling Club made appearances at several area tournaments on Saturday, Dec. 17. Here is how they did. Coffeyville: 6&U Natasha Scott 3rd place at 43 lbs. Wyatt Scott 3rd place at 40 lbs. 8&U Sam Ornelas 3rd place at 43-46 lbs. 10&U Gunner Elder 1st at 64 lbs, Mathew Vail 3rd at 79 lbs. 12&U Gage Matlock 2nd at 72-80 lbs, 14&U Calub Welch 2nd at 150-165 lbs. Derby: 8&U Trent Clements 2nd place at 55 lbs. Colto...
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Chanute Blues start 3rd season with tourney victories
The third season of the Chanute Blues youth basketball team has gotten off to a great start. Now playing in the 5th Grade division the Blues won their first two tournaments of the year. They started off the season by winning the MAYB Winter Kickoff at Newton Dec. 10-11. They began the tournament with a close game against Circle Swoosh but came out on top 41-38. They completed pool play by defeating the Southard Cyclones 46-12 and Mulvane 40-1...
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Humboldt boys lose to Burlington
The Humboldt Cubs boys team fell to Burlington 59-53 in a road match-up on Friday night. Noah Thornbrugh led the Cubs in scoring with 19 points and also picked up seven rebounds. Tanner McNutt and Hunter Morrow both scored 11 points for Humboldt in the loss, with McNutt also getting seven rebounds. Nathan Whitcomb scored four points in the game, but also had both five rebounds and five assists. Humboldt will travel to take on Caney tonight, ...
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Chanute JV girls beat Pittsburg
The Chanute Blue Comets JV girls basketball team scored a 38-32 victory over Pittsburg Friday night. The two teams were tied at the end of the first quarter, but a strong second quarter. in which the Purple Dragons didn’t score at all, put Chanute in the driver’s seat. Katie Martin and Macy and Mallory Flowers each scored seven points in the match-up, while Katy Batten and Madison Richard scored five. Sarah Methvin, Brook Turner, and Reagan ...
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Youth wrestlers Dillow and McDonald win in Coffeyville
The Chanute Wrestling Club visited Coffeyville on Saturday, Dec. 17, and several of their young wrestlers secured top spots. 1st Place - Brayden Dillow - 8 and Under 110 lbs. Logan McDonald - 10 and Under 76 lbs. 2nd Place - Trey Dillow - 6 and Under 61 lbs. Tuker Davis - 6 and Under 100 lbs. 3rd Place - Brady McDonald - 10 and Under 73 lbs. Jake Fiscus - 12 and Under 92 lbs.
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Chanute boys expect improvement after second big loss in a row
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The Chanute Blue Comets’ 70-47 loss to the Pittsburg Purple Dragons on Friday night was the team’s second loss in a row to a SEK Conference rival by a wide margin. However, Coach Max Ruark was happier with his team’s performance against Pittsburg than he was with the way they played Tuesday night in Independence. According to Ruark, Chanute didn’t compete in the Independence match-up. However, Ruark said he could...
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Poor shooting dooms Comet girls in 35-24 loss
Brian McDowell Sports Editor “We couldn’t throw it into an ocean.” This was Coach Dustin Fox’s main complaint about his Chanute girls basketball team’s 35-24 loss to the Pittsburg Purple Dragons, in which the Comets only made 8 out of 47 from the field (17 percent) and 0 for 13 from the three-point range. Fox said his team got good looks, but their shots just weren’t falling in during this game. “I don’t know if it’s being home for the first ...
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Three seniors ‘step up’ to lead Comets
Brian McDowell Sports Editor This season is off to a successful start for the Chanute Blue Comets girls basketball team, who is riding a three-game winning streak into tonight’s first home match-up against the Pittsburg Purple Dragons. Pitching in mightily to their team’s winning ways are three seniors who, with their on-court skills and leadership abilities, form the backbone of this year’s squad. The team’s first-year Head Coach Dustin Fox ...
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Chanute JV earns three wins at Fort Scott tourney
Chanute’s girls basketball JV team participated in the Fort Scott JV tournament, which was hosted in Iola this year. In their first game on Thursday, the Comets opened against Iola and battled to a hard fought 8-6 win. According to Coach Bill Woodard, the team missed a lot of shots, turned the ball over a lot and basically had a lot of first game jitters. Tristyn Stanislaus, Sarah Methvin and Macy Flowers all scored two points for the Comets ...
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