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All-SEK basketball selections were released on Monday, and Chanute seniors Brenna Olson and Brock Gilmore were both honored as first-team players by the league
All-SEK basketball selections were released on Monday, and Chanute seniors Brenna Olson and Brock Gilmore were both honored as first-team players by the league. In all, four Comet girls and two boys were selected for recognition by coaches in the SEK. Senior Darian Rubow and freshman Anna Bagshaw made the second-team girls ballot and sophomore Macy Flowers was a third-team selection. Sophomore Derek Sharp was on the third-team of the boys ros...
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Chanute prepares to host Olympic stars
This weekend, some of the greatest athletes of all time will be in Chanute for the NCCC track team’s fundraiser, A Night With The Olympians. This event at The Venue on Main Street on Saturday night will feature Olympic legend Jackie Joyner Kersee. She is a three time gold-medalist who was voted the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated. Other track and field stars who are confirmed to be attending this event are si...
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Cubs fall in championship game, but Humboldt still made history
Brian McDowell Sports Editor “Anything can happen. We’re just fortunate that some things happened in our favor.” This is how Humboldt boys basketball coach David Taylor explains the perfect record his team had headed into last Saturday night’s 3A State championship match-up. However, the Cubs’ winning streak ended in the game at the Hutchinson Sports Arena, as Scott City won its third-straight 3A championship by beating the Cubs 74-55. The lo...
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Panthers hosting Indy in today’s weather-delayed doubleheader
Weather has once again caused changes in the NCCC baseball schedule. Because of rain in the area this weekend, the doubleheader between the Panthers and the Independence Pirates that was originally scheduled to occur on Sunday will now be played later today at 1 p.m. at the stadium on the campus of Neosho County. These will be must-win match-ups for the Panthers (5-5), after being swept by Independence in both games last Saturday. With Jeremy...
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Humboldt scores comeback win in first game at State
Brian McDowell Sports Editor HUTCHINSON — The last few games for the Humboldt Cubs boys basketball team have featured thrilling comebacks and last-minute escapes for the scrappy squad. The ability to pull this off helped the team get through both its regular season and sub-state without any losses. This trend continued for the Cubs in the first game of the 3A State Tournament in Hutchinson on Thursday night, as the Cubs came back from being f...
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Panthers fall to Fort Scott in Wednesday doubleheader
After resuming its baseball season with a double-header sweep of Fort Scott on Tuesday, the NCCC baseball team lost two games to the Greyhounds on Wednesday. The Panthers fell 9-3 and 9-8 in the home contests, NCCC’s record is now 5-3. With Cody Hutchinson starting on the mound for the Panthers, Fort Scott took an early lead in the top of the second, scoring on a two-run single, and a RBI triple. A bases-loaded walk of Colton Crocker brought ...
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Panthers baseball resumes action with two wins over Fort Scott
After an unscheduled break caused by winter weather, the NCCC Panthers baseball team resumed play on Tuesday afternoon with a double-header against Fort Scott. The Panthers scored two consecutive 4-1 victories on a sunny but extremely windy day, in front of a small crowd that included plenty of scouts from Major League teams. Panthers ace Chance Sinclair took the mound in the first game, and gave up a run in the first inning on a RBI double by...
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Chanute baseball and softball fourth in pre-season SEK polls
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Both the CHS softball and baseball teams were selected to finish fourth in a pre-season poll of SEK coaches. These results were released at a league coach’s luncheon in Pittsburg on Monday. Second-year softball coach Maria Hernandez and first-year baseball coach Josh Messer represented the Comets at the event. Hernandez felt “safe” with her team’s place on the poll. “Not extremely high, not extremely low,” Hernand...
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Chanute wrestling well represented on all-SEK list
Five Chanute wrestlers were named as first-team selections as all-SEK wrestlers this year, on a list that was released on Tuesday. Adam Cole, Chase Cole, Alex Son, Josh Smeed and Will Divine all were selected by coaches in the league to be honored as all SEK. Three more Comet wrestlers - Nick Ornelas, Jared Fiscus and Cody Howell - warranted Honorable Mentions on the all-SEK list. Here is the complete All-SEK list this season. Names are follo...
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CCA boys win State championship
SALINA — The Chanute Christian Academy Warriors boys basketball team notched a State championship win last weekend in the Kansas Christian Athletic Association (KCAA) 1A State Tournament in Salina. In Friday’s semi-final game, Chanute took on a much-improved Hearland Christian from Colby who would end up placing third in the tournament. CCA started fast with some hot shooting from guards Alex Clover and Christopher McMahan along with some v...
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Second consecutive overtime victory sends undefeated Cubs to State
With its second heroic last-second overtime win in a row on Saturday night, the Humboldt boys basketball team both preserved its perfect record this season and earned a spot in the 3A State tournament. The Cubs accomplished both goals with a last-second 59-58 win over Eureka in the final game of the Humboldt-hosted sub-state. Eureka led for most of the game, but the Cubs forged a second-half comeback that forced the game into an extra session...
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Season ends for Chanute girls with loss to Labette
Brian McDowell Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — The Chanute girls basketball team only trailed its SEK rivals from Labette County by one point at halftime of its Saturday night sub-state championship game. However, the contest got away from the Comets in the second half, and the squad ended this season with a 46-37 loss. “I think it was a good competitive game in both halves,” Chanute Coach Dustin Fox said. “We missed some shots that we’d normall...
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NCCC athletes All-American in seven events at Nationals
The indoor track and field season came to a close over the weekend at the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field National Championship in Lubbock, Texas. The NCCC Panthers broke six school records and earned All-American honors in seven different events. Sharae Bates led the women’s team as she broke a pair of school records and earning All-America honors in both. In the 55 meter hurdles Bates broke the school record with an 8.17 in the prelims which ...
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Racing at Humboldt starts this weekend
The Humboldt Speedway will be starting its racing season this weekend with the 8th annual Spring Fling at the Bullring. A canceled event at the Valley Speedway has added an extra night to this USMTS Special, with racing action on both Friday and Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. The speedway will be running complete shows of USRA Modifieds, B-Mods and Pure Stock on both nights.
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Loss to Butler ends NCCC men’s season
EL DORADO — The NCCC men’s basketball team ended its season on Saturday with a 90-67 loss to Butler County, in a first round Region VI playoff game. This was the third time this season that the Panthers would lose to the Grizzlies in Saturday night’s first round Region VI playoff game. The Panthers played this game without their second leading scorer, Jamie Batish, who was recovering from a concussion suffered earlier this season. The absenc...
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Cubs win 2OT thriller in semis
In its undefeated season, the Humboldt Cubs team hasn’t had a lot of pressure free throw shooting and that showed Friday night. But despite missing six charities in a row in the first overtime, Cub fans breathed a big sigh of relief at the end of the 74-70 double overtime win over Tri-Valley League foe Burlington. Humboldt, 22-0, led the entire game, including a double-digit lead in the third quarter, until the Wildcats knotted the score 55-5...
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Defensive intensity saves Comets in narrow sub-state victory over Indy
Brian McDowell Sports Editor INDEPENDENCE — Dustin Fox joked that he’s glad that he’s only 30 years old, and not a little older, or else his heart might not be able to take games like his Chanute girls basketball team played on Friday night. The Comets narrowly escaped with a 43-39 victory over sub-state hosts Independence in the second round of sub-state, in a rough and tumble, roller coaster of a game. “The girls competed,” Fox said. “That’...
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Erie squads end season with sub-state losses
Erie came back in the fourth quarter, outscoring Riverton, but it wasn’t enough. Christian Murphy and Kody Tredway each scored 11 points for Erie. Joe Lehenbauer and Garek Peters added seven each for the Red Devils. Erie girls 12 23 13 10 -58 Cherryvale 11 13 14 23 -61 Erie:Cleaver 3, 7-10, 13 Francis 1, 0-0, 2 Brungardt 0, 4-4,, 4 Maurer 5, 7-8, 17 Cornett 2, 0-0, 4 Oliphant 2, 0-1, 4 McGuire 6, 1-2, 14 Three-Pointers: McGuire Cherryvale...
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Struggles led NCCC sophomore wrestler Barnes to championship glory
Brian McDowell Sports Editor Last, weekend, NCCC sophomore wrestler Le’Roy Barnes won a National Championship at 133 at the NJCAA in Des Moines. His victory came in a comeback win by fall over Mizam Tamaradze of Springfield Technical Community College “The kid that I wrestled, he wasn’t a bad kid,” Barnes said. “He was pretty good. He had good hips.” Barnes was taken down early on in the scramble, which caused him to fall behind 2-0. He ende...
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St. Paul powers past Flinthills
UDALL — The St. Paul Indians boys basketball team dispatched Flinthills 57-28 Thursday in Class 1A basketball sub-state action. Both the boys and girls teams will play this afternoon in Udall. St. Paul held just a 15-14 lead after one quarter, but held Flinthills scoreless to take a 24-14 halftime advantage. The Indians then blitzed their foe 25-4 in the third period to take a commanding 49-18 advantage. Three players scored 10 points, A. O’B...
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