Sports
Sharks finish regular season
Tribune staff CHANUTE — The Chanute Sharks swim team finished the regular season by hosting Humboldt on Wednesday night at Quarry Stone Country Club’s pool. Chanute won 66 of the 78 events, including all 12 relay events. The Sharks swept the top three places in 17 of the 54 individual events en route to a 527-199 victory. Several younger Sharks made their debut races in their first season on the team. Simon Luebbering, Paige Kueser, and Dev...
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INSTANT SUCCESS: Rollins qualifies for Junior Olympics
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Madi Rollins just recently decided to give the high jump a try. And since then, she’s had instant success in her new event of choice. Rollins, who will be an eighth grader at Royster Middle School this fall, is headed to the USA Track and Field Junior Olympics in Wichita. Rollins qualified in the girls high jump at the Missouri Valley Regional Championships in Lawrence recently. Rollins took third place in he...
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Schooley leads Post 170 to win over Garnett
Tribune staff GARNETT—Behind three home runs from Quinton Schooley, the Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team defeated Garnett 9-8 on Monday night in the opening round of the KABA League Tournament in Garnett. Schooley led off the third inning with a solo shot to right center, hit a two-run homer to left in the fourth and capped his night with a decisive three- run drive to center in the top of the sixth. “What a huge night for Q. He...
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Humboldt Speedway: Best Modified race of 2011
Tribune staff HUMBOLDT — If you missed Friday night’s races at Humboldt Speedway, you probably missed out on the best Modified race ever at the Hummer. With 27 Modifieds signing in for the evening, the track’s owners knew it was going to be an outstanding show. And that it was. With Brian Bolin, Johnny Bone Jr., Dennis Bishop and Justin Folk claiming win’s in their heat races, they were sitting pretty good for the feature line-up. In the f...
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Wellsville takes two from Chanute Post 170
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — A busy week may have caught up with the Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team. Visiting Wellsville spoiled Chanute’s final home date of the regular season, as Post 194 swept a doubleheader from Post 170 on Thursday night at Katy Park. Playing its third doubleheader in six days, Chanute had just one big inning offensively, and appeared sluggish at times in the field. Wellsville won the first ...
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Chanute Sharks meet Hurricanes
Tribune staff For their fifth meet of the season, the Chanute Sharks swim team ventured to league juggernaut Fort Scott. Outnumbered again, the Sharks still managed to win 23 of the 53 individual races they entered, but only one of the nine relays. Disregarding the 150 points Fort Scott got on events where Chanute had no swimmers, the Sharks lost 225 to 349 in the remaining events. “Fort Scott is always tough, and even more so with the p...
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Chanute Post 170 splits at Lindblad tourney
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — A slimmed down version of the Paul Lindblad Tournament was held on a blistering hot Saturday at Katy Park. Chanute Post 170 played host to Iola and Osawatomie in a round-robin tourney. Host Chanute went 1-1 on the day, topping Iola 6-5 and falling to Osawatomie 12-2. Osawatomie went 2-0 on the day by beating Iola 5-4. Chanute vs. Iola Chanute Post 170 earned a 6-5 win over rival Iola in the first g...
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Folk wins at Humboldt Speedway
Scott Lee Stewart For the Tribune HUMBOLDT— It’s tough to watch a really talented driver struggle through a slump. It’s tougher still to be that driver. All you can do is keep working, until, at last, the set up comes back. Then, look out! So far this year, Jess Folk, Jr. has been that driver. The former Humboldt Speedway track champ has struggled all year, yet made steady improvements in the last several weeks. Finally, July 1, two simple ...
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Wiltse's golf game on the rise
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor If you’re trying to get ahold of Cameron Wiltse, call at night. Why? Because it’s almost a given Wiltse will be on a golf course during the day. A former Chanute resident, Wiltse is now living in the Kansas City area, where his golf game continues to make headlines. And it’s safe to say Chanute’s loss was definitely St. Thomas Aquinas’ gain. After leaving his hometown to go live with his mother, Wiltse had a ...
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Lindblad tourney is today
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor It may not be as large as it once was, but the annual Paul Lindblad Tournament will still take place. The tournament takes place today at Katy Park in Chanute. There are just three teams in this year’s tourney — host Chanute, Iola and Osawatomie. There are three games scheduled, with 11 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. start times. Chanute Post 170 will play at 11 a.m. and then again at 3 p.m. Chanute is now 9-7 on the s...
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Simmons football camp is July 11-15
CHANUTE — The Don Simmons Summer Football Camp will be held July 11-15 at the Chanute Community Sports Complex. The camp is for all boys in grades 9-12 who plan to play football for the Chanute Blue Comets this fall. The cost is $30 and includes instruction, refreshments and a camp T-shirt. The camp will be held each morning from 8:45 to 11:15 a.m. Coach Simmons said athletes should bring tennis shoes on Monday to time 40’s on the track. Athl...
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Chanute Sharks dominate Iola
Tribune staff CHANUTE —The Chanute Sharks hosted the Iola Seahorses on Wednesday night at Quarry Stone. The Sharks won 64 of the 78 events, including 11 of the 12 relays. “It was nice to be the team with more swimmers this week,” said Coach Eric Holmes. “We had a lot of kids improve their times. The kids who are working hard at practice are making significant improvement.” The Sharks will travel to Fort Scott next Wednesday, before finis...
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A successful summer on the golf course
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor Nancy Isaac has been busy. Busy winning golf tournaments that is. Chanute’s Isaac has been standing out on the golf course this summer. Isaac recently took first place in the Women’s Amateur in Kansas City at Swope Memorial Golf Course. And the win came in exciting fashion. Isaac was actually down eight shots off the leader heading into the final day of competition. Isaac made up a lot of ground on Sunday, sho...
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Chanute Post 170 wins marathon nightcap vs. Iola
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE— When Chanute and Iola get together, it’s safe to say that anything can happen. And on Tuesday night, just about everything did. A wild marathon nightcap finally ended when Grant McMillan connected for a base hit, sending everyone home and giving the hosts reason to celebrate. More importantly, McMillan’s game-winning RBI in the 12th inning gave the Chanute Post 170 American Legion baseball team a 4-3 ...
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SOFTBALL SUCCESS
Jason Peake Tribune Sports Editor First they topped the best the state of Kansas had to offer. One week later, they took on the top teams from Kansas and Missouri. And the result was the same — a championship trophy. The SEK Sluggers 14 and under girls softball team won the USSSA Mo-Kan State Championships this past weekend in Basehor. The team of local youth softball players won the Kansas State Championships a week earlier. “It’s a pretty bi...
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Local sports briefs
Funk makes hole-in-one Abbegale Funk scored a hole-in-one during the SEK Junior Golf Tournament on June 23 at the Independence Country Club. The shot occurred on the 96 yard par three 17th hole using a pitching wedge. The shot helped secure first place for Funk in the 12-13-year-old girls division with her final score of 47 over nine holes. Chanute golfers fare well in SEK League tourney The SEK Women’s Golf League Tournament was played...
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Chanute junior golfers fare well at Indy
Tribune staff The Quarry Stone Junior Golf Team from Chanute fared well last Thursday at the SEK tournament hosted by Independence Country Club. The highlight of the day was Abbe Funk’s hole-in-one on the par 3 17th hole. Funk also placed first in her division with a score of 47. Several other Quarry Stone golfers medaled. Cole Wheeler took first place in the boys 9-10 division with a 42. In the boys 11-12 division, Kobe Chance finished s...
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SLIDESHOW: VOLLEYBALL CAMP
The Chanute volleyball camp was held this week at Royster Middle School. Jason Peake/Tribune
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SLIDESHOW: CHS GIRLS TENNIS CAMP
The Chanute High School girls tennis camp was held all week at the sports complex. Jason Peake/Tribune photos
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Short-handed Chanute Sharks fall to Coffeyville
COFFEYVILLE —The Chanute Sharks Swim Team, or at least part of them, traveled to Coffeyville on Wednesday for the third meet of the year. The Sharks were short-handed for the meet. Summer schedules and a couple of illnesses cut the Sharks team nearly in half. In spite of this, Chanute still won six of the 12 relay events and 29 of the 56 individual events where they entered at least one swimmer. As far as the final team results, Chanute c...
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