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Huge fourth quarter rallies St. Paul girls to win
OSWEGO – After three quarters, the St. Paul girls led Oswego by two points Tuesday, 24-22, but fired away for a 26-point fourth period in a 50-32 victory. Kacy Phillips scored 7 of her 11 in the fourth quarter with a pair of threes and Josie Albertini six of her 12 points in the final stanza. Camri Burke and Ashton Wood scored five apiece, all down the stretch. Also in double figures was Jordyn Tuck with 10 and Nikki Sears added seven tallies...
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Early and late play hurts Chanute girls in two-point loss to Pittsburg
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PITTSBURG — According to Dustin Fox, the Chanute girls basketball team played well enough between the first three minutes and the last three minutes of the Comets’ road match-up with Pittsburg on Tuesday night to get a win. Unfortunately, the way that Chanute both began and ended the game ultimately shot their chances for a victory in the foot. “We just didn’t stay as poised as we need to stay,” Fox said. “We made...
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23-point Richards’ performance fuels comeback, forces overtime in Comets’ loss
Brian McDowell Sports Editor PITTSBURG — In a game rife with rough play and controversial calls from on-court officials, the Chanute boys basketball team rode both a fourth quarter offensive surge and a 23–point performance by Jordan Richards to force its Tuesday night meeting with Pittsburg into overtime. “Jordan had a nice game for us,” Chanute Coach Max Ruark said. “He played well, hit a lot of shots, and that was something we needed.” ...
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Murry set to guide Panthers through ‘turnover-type’ season
Last year’s NCCC Panthers baseball squad (49-16) experienced great success, which culminated in a trip to the NJCAA World Series in Grand Junction, Colo. After the season, most of the impact players on that squad either transferred to Division One colleges or entered the Major League Baseball draft. “With success comes a lot of schools that, I don’t want to say steal our kids, but they steal our kids,” Murry said, “or the draft takes our kid...
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CCA’s Clover sets scoring record with 46
The CCA boys took on Independence Bible in what turned out to be a record-setting night. Point gaurd Alex Clover hit seven 3-pointers on his way to setting a new school record of 46 points and leading the way to a 91-64 victory. CCA came out on fire from the floor and on defense being led in the first period by senior Sterling Stepp who put in 10 points along with a number of rebounds and set a new personal best of 26 points and 12 rebounds. ...
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Ottawa native Goedert to make big offensive impact for Panthers
NCCC freshman Connor Goedert has already signed to transfer to the highly-touted baseball program at Wichita State next year. However, this year, Goedert will play third base and will be a key piese of the offensive puzzle for the Panthers baseball team. “I’ve obviously never played college baseball before, so I don’t have much to compare it to,” Goedert said, “but it looks like we’re pretty sharp and have a lot of energy, and a lot of hard w...
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Seven NCCC wrestlers qualify in District Championships
PRATT — The NCCC wrestling team competed in the NJCAA West/Central District Championships in Pratt on Saturday with the opportunity to qualify individuals at the 10 weight classes contested. When the day was through, the Panthers qualified seven wrestlers. “We did pretty good,” Coach Wayne Petterson said. “Going in we thought we could get anywhere from five to eight qualified depending on how we performed and reacted. Knowing that, we also k...
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Sinclair set to return to Panthers’ rotation
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Chance Sinclair was a key starting pitcher on last year’s World Series qualifying Panthers baseball squad. He was involved in a car accident late in the season that injured his knee. He hasn’t had many chances to pitch to live hitters since then. “It’s tough, because throwing in the bullpen is really easy for me,” Sinclair said, “but when you get a batter up there, you get a lot of adrenaline running, and it makes...
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Chanute wrestling wins SEK with dual victory over Fort Scott
Brian McDowell Sports Editor The “Best Wrestling team in the SEK” title can now be stamped on the Chanute Blue Comets. Hosting its last dual event of the season, the Comet squad bested the Fort Scott Tigers 38-24 to claim the SEK title. “That was one of our team goals,” Chanute Coach Andy Albright said. “Number one was to be coachable and number two was to win League, and we did that. And so far this year, for the most part, the boys have bee...
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Chanute boys lose to Parsons on last-second shot
Brian McDowell Sports Editor After his team’s latest razor-thin game on Friday night, Chanute boys basketball coach Max Ruark joked that if the Comets keep playing in games like this, he is going to need to get one of those home blood-pressure reading machines. This has been a season marked by thrilling last-minute wins and wild escapes for the Chanute boys. Half of their victories this season have come at a span of three points of less. How...
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Comet girls cruise to 51-point victory
Brian McDowell Sports Editor “It was one of those nights where we were the better team, and we played like it.” Those were the thoughts of Chanute girls basketball coach Dustin Fox after the Comets put together a 68-17 home rout of Parsons on Friday night. “A lot of times high school kids have a tendency to play down to their competition,” Fox said, “but we didn’t do that.” Before the game, Fox and the Comet players talked about keeping thin...
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Softball pitcher Johnson signs with NCCC
Meaghan Thompson signed a letter of intent on Wednesday to play softball for NCCC. Her mother, Laura, was born and raised in Humboldt, so Thompson will have her own built in fan club, with many aunts, uncles and cousins waiting in the wings to come and watch her play. Most importantly, Thompson’s beloved grandmother will be close by for guidance, support, love and some home cooking. “I think Meaghan is going to come in and be an immediate i...
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Chanute football’s Gilmore, Fairchild and Howell sign letters of intent
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Three Chanute seniors signed letters of intent on Wednesday morning to play football for two-year colleges in the area. Comet quarterback Brock Gilmore and receiver Seb Fairchild both signed to play for Coffeyville, while a standout on both offense and defense and Shrine Bowl honoree Cody Howell will be playing for Butler County next year. These three players were all captains of this year’s football team, which w...
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Humboldt stays unbeaten in Neodesha
The Humboldt boys basketball team faced a challenge in Neodesha on Tuesday night, but the undefeated Cubs escaped with a 49-43 win. Noah Thornbrugh scored 12 points in the victory while both Tanner McNutt and Hunter Murrow had 11. Humboldt will next put its 17-0 record to the test on Friday night in Fredonia. Humboldt 15 5 19 10-49 Neodesha 6 11 9 17-43
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Comet boys escape with two-point win in Indy nailbiter
Brian McDowell Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — Once again, the Chanute boys basketball team managed to survive a roller coaster of a defensive battle, and escape with a razor-thin victory. The Comets scored a 54-52 road win over Independence on Tuesday night. Chanute was leading by five headed into the game’s final stretch when Independence hit two free throws to cut the lead down to three. Chanute sophomore Derek Sharp was then fouled and hit t...
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Chanute girls overcome poor early shooting to put together big victory
Brian McDowell Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — The mark of a truly good basketball team is that it wins even when it doesn’t play its best. That is what Chanute girls basketball coach Dustin Fox took away from the Comets’ Tuesday night 47-30 road victory over the Independence Bulldogs. It was a game marked by sloppy offensive play at times, and shooters missing several easy baskets, yet the Comets’ defense played lights-out enough that Chanute ...
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Fritch leads 7th grade Rockets past Coffeyville
The Royster 7th grade A basketball team hosted Coffeyville Monday night, where the Rockets’ own Todd Fritch dominated the game. Coffeyville simply didn’t have an answer for Fritch, especially inside the paint. Fritch scored a season best 21 points and added eight rebounds as well. Also, solid defensive performances from Jake Fiscus and Jacody Hockett helped the Rockets to shut down Coffeyville’s Manning, who is a sharpshooter for the Nado. T...
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Royster eighth grade teams beat Coffeyville
The Royster eighth grade basketball teams have struggled a bit this season, but both teams were able to put together big wins at home against Coffeyville on Monday. The B team earned a convincing 31-5 win for its second victory of the year, and the A team benefitted from late free throws to win its match-up 52-48 in overtime. “I’m so happy for the guys,” Coach Steve Slane said. “While the A team has worked hard all year, they started playing ...
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Humboldt boys number five in statewide KBCA rankings
The Humboldt Cubs boys basketball team was the only area team featured on the statewide KBCA rankings, which were released on Monday. The undefeated 16-0 Cubs were voted the number five boys 3A team. Scott City was selected as number one. A loss to Labette County last week seemingly knocked the Chanute girls basketball team (13-3) out of the top 10 statewide 4A rankings, which were released Monday by the KCBA. Prior to this week, the Comets w...
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Albertini hits 29 in St. Paul win
ST. PAUL — The St. Paul Indians settled for a split with the Oswego Indians Friday night. St. Paul won the girls contest 70-58 and Oswego nipped the St. Paul boys 53-50. Freshmen Josie Albertini and Jordyn Tuck led the girls to victory. Albertini shot for 29 points including 6 three-pointers. Twelve of those points came in a 27-point first quarter. Tuck chipped in with 13 points including a pair of three-pointers. Oswego’s boys drained a tri...
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