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Comet volleyball gets off to good start in SEK play
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The Blue Comets volleyball team celebrated its Senior Night game by surviving a scare against Labette County. The Comets came away with victories against both Columbus (25-4, 25-16) and the Grizzlies (25-13, 25-21) at the triangular that Chanute hosted in the CHS gym on Thursday. The Comets, whose record is now a dominating 17-1, handily dispatched the Columbus team at the event. “Columbus is another one of those ...
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Meeting between rivals doesn’t go Chanute’s way
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PITTSBURG — Football coach Don Simmons called the hard-fought battle between the Pittsburg Purple Dragons and the Chanute Blue Comets a game where “two teams went at it tooth and toenail.” The Friday night match-up between the two SEK rivals definitely lived up to its billing. The two teams regularly traded leads throughout the game. Unfortunately for Chanute, their offense was stopped in its tracks during the sec...
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Chanute tennis comes in 3rd at Parsons
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The Chanute varsity tennis team earned four wins against Coffeyville, which helped the Comets get third place at a tournament in Parsons on Thursday. The team’s number one singles player Czarina Ramos went 2-1 at the tournament, beating players from Coffeyville 8-0 and Independence 8-7. However, she lost 8-1 to a player from Parsons. The team’s number two player Breianna Brooks beat a player from Coffeyville 8-6, ...
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Panther volleyball to wear pink, serve barbecue
The NCCC volleyball Panthers will be hosting their Breast Cancer Awareness game on Monday, Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m., when they will be taking on Butler County. All local fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game and cheer loud for the Panthers. Then, on Oct. 5, the team will be hosting a tailgate party before their match-up with Allen County. Hot dogs, hamburgers and baked beans will be served outdoors in front of the student union at the coll...
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Isaac completes sweep of women’s golf tour
Chanute resident Nancy Isaac finished strong her season on the State Line women’s tour on Monday at the Ironhorse Golf Club in Leawood, close to Kansas City. Incredibly, Isaac won her sixth event in six tries on this year’s tour. She shot a 38 on the front nine, and a 3-over par 39 on the back 9, giving her a total score of 77. This was good enough to beat her closest competitor by three strokes. When she is not dominating area women’s golf t...
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Both NCCC soccer teams win 2-1 at Indy
Both NCCC Panthers beat their equivalent teams from Independence Community College by a score of 2-1 in games on Wednesday. It was the first regional win of the season for the women’s team, which outshot their opponents in the game 22 to 4. Enyi Rosa scored four minutes into the game with a shot from the corner. The second goal came with a few minutes to go in the first half. Steffany Olivares kicked a ball that was flicked into the goal by S...
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The 8th Grade A volleyball team from Royster Middle School visited Meadowview school on Thursday, Sept
The 8th Grade A volleyball team from Royster Middle School visited Meadowview school on Thursday, Sept. 15, and were bested by both Altamont (19-25, 25-18, 10-15) and Meadowview (19-25, 25-18, 10-15). Madi Rollins had 20 serve points in these match-ups, Anna Bagshaw had 13, Paige Kidwell had 11, Sierra Thompson had seven, Kelsi Jackett picked up five and Valerie Blume had three. Despite the losses, coach Beth Jackett said she was pleased with...
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Chanute JV evens mark at Columbus
After losing the first game by one point to Labette County, Chanute’s junior varsity football team moved to 1-1 on the season with a 6-0 shutout road win over rival Columbus on Monday. “The defense was stellar on Monday and Coach Mike Martin and I were proud of the boys’ performance,” Coach Clete Frazell said. According to Frazell, Abron Weaver, Trey Ellis, AJ LaRocca, Nick Pryor, Trey Huston, and Karter Krokstrom all stood out on defense. Th...
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For whom Brandon Bell tolls
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Runningback Brandon Bell was perhaps the person most affected by the shakeup of the Chanute Blue Comets football team caused by star runningback Jared McComb’s abrupt departure to Texas. The ensuing moves thrust Bell into the position of being at the center of many of the offensive plans. “Him leaving, that was a big loss, but we all try not to dwell on it,” Bell said. “There are always 11 players on the field at ...
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Road to perfection ends at Paola
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PAOLA — The unbeaten streak of Chanute’s volleyball team ended with an epic three-game match-up with the Paola Panthers on Tuesday. The Comets dominated the early portion of their appearance at the tournament held in front of a raucous crowd of Paola students. Chanute beat their SEK rivals Pittsburg in two games 25-20 and 25-17, and then, won their first close knit match-up with the tough Panthers squad 25-22. How...
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Chanute cross country dominates at Iola
Brian McDowell Sports Editor IOLA — Both the boys and girls cross country teams from Chanute won their meets in Iola on Tuesday. The boys team has won this meet multiple years in a row. Senior Trevor Summers came in third place in the boys race with a time of 17.57. Connor Lair came in right behind Summers, in 4th place with a 18:15, and Jefferson Holmes finished in 6th. Colton Fiene and Chandler Summers also wound up finishing in the top 10,...
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Setters vital to CHS volleyball success
Brian McDowell Sports Editor When a volleyball is sailing over a net, the awaiting team has to hit it three times or less with the ball staying inbounds and without it touching the ground — their seemingly simple objective of sending it back over the net. The second one of these hits is delivered by the setter, a highly specialized position. In doing their job, the setter doesn’t actually score points for the volleyball team. They put a hitte...
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Comets claim Erie tournament crown
Brian McDowell Sports Editor ERIE — Katie Martin, the primary setter for the undefeated Chanute volleyball team, celebrated her 15th birthday by helping to serve up a resounding victory for the Comets at a tournament in Erie. Not only did Martin have 67 set assists during the event on Saturday, Sept. 17. She also served the ball 51 times with no service errors. This win occurred even though two of the best players for the team were absent fro...
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St. Paul rolls over Burlingame
ST. PAUL — After a slow start, St. Paul put up 20 second quarter points en route to a 48-0 shutout over visiting Burlingame. “We came out slow,” said Coach Doug Tuck, lamenting critical holding calls on offense and third down lapses on defense. “But we kept them out of the end zone.” With the defense getting the ball back for the offense, the Indians took advantage by cleaning up mistakes. “The offense did a good job of opening holes and the ...
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Chanute delivers 41-7 rout of Titans
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Before his team’s Friday night home game against the Columbus Titans, football coach Don Simmons predicted that the Blue Comets would deliver a balanced attack on offense and a hard hitting defense. Chanute certainly lived up to this billing in the contest, scoring on both runs, passes and an interception, and delivering a 41-7 rout of their SEK rivals on a cold, drizzly night at the sports complex. The scoring st...
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Chanute native wins MMA belt
Brian McDowell Sports Editor By day, Chanute native Cale Petersen is an unassuming student of history and anthropology at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. At night, he beats people up. Petersen currently holds the amateur featherweight 1Zero8 title in mixed martial arts, a full contact sport that combines kickboxing with wrestling-style grappling. The basis for Ultimate Fighting, it is rapidly gaining in worldwide popularity. Petersen wre...
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Chanute excited about first home game
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Don Simmons estimated that during his eight-year tenure as the coach of Chanute’s football team, the Comets have won 90 percent of their home games. Simmons said he suspects that this is because the team doesn’t have to go on a long bus ride to get to these games, other teams aren’t used to playing on the kind of turf that carpets Chanute’s football field, and because of the loud encouragement offered by local foot...
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Comet frosh win in overtime
After being down by 8-0 at halftime, Chanute’s freshman football team came back to beat the Labette County Grizzlies 14-8 in a home game on Monday. The Comets scored first on a 36-yard sweep pass from Ethin Van Anne to Derrick Sharp for a fourth quarter touchdown. Then, Colton Erickson threw a short pass to Dakota Gough for a successful two-point conversion, which tied the game at eight. In overtime, Erickson threw a pass to Van Anne for a t...
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CHS adds Eureka, Fredonia to ‘W’ list
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The Chanute volleyball team extended its season-long unbeaten streak in victories against both Eureka and Fredonia at a tournament in the Comets’ home gym on Tuesday evening. Chanute beat Eureka handily in the first game 25-12. “We knew they would be good,” coach Gail Petersen said, “and I told the girls beforehand I wanted Eureka to go home wondering what had happened and I think they were wondering, especially a...
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Sam Son makes the most of offensive opportunity
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Sam Son has heard plenty of jokes about his name, but he said that, overall, he is very comfortable with his unique moniker. “It just makes me easy to remember,” Son said. He has been one of the Chanute Blue Comets’ primarily outside linebacker since his sophomore year. When the team’s star runningback Jared McComb moved to Texas with no notice in what would have been the beginning of his senior year, Son saw an o...
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