The Pittsburg girls finished second in the Class 4A regional Friday at Iola and placed a small percentage of the 3,456 qualifiers across the state of Kansas for next weekend's state track meet in Wichita.

Chelsea Baker qualified in several events: second in the triple jump at 35 feet, 6 3/4 inches, fourth in the high jump at 5-0, third in the 100-meter hurdles in 16.82 seconds and she participated in the second place 4x100 relay with Nicole Striplin, Sarah Jewett and Andie Casper.

Casper won the lone Pittsburg girls regional title in the long jump with a leap of 17-3 1/4. She finished just outside the top four in the 100 and the 200. Casper also participated in the 4x400 with Jewett, Striplin and Lizzy Willis.

The versatile Jewett finished third in the 800 in 2:28.15 and took part in all three state-qualifying relays: 4x100, 4x400 and 4x800 with Willis, freshman Morgan Plank and Katie Phalen.

KSHSAA State Tournament brackets
BASEBALL
CLASS 6A (Lawrence)
Thursday, May 23
1) Wichita Heights (19-3) vs. 8) Derby (9-11), 11 a.m.
4) Manhattan (16-5) vs. 5) Olathe South (16-5), 1:30 p.m.
2) Blue Valley West (18-4) vs. 7) Olathe Northwest (14-8), 4 p.m.
3) Wichita Northwest (17-5) vs. 6) Blue Valley (13-7), 6:30 p.m.
Friday, May 24
Semifinal No. 1, 11 a.m.
Semifinal No. 2, 1:30 p.m.
Third Place, 4 p.m.
Championship, 6:30 p.m.

CLASS 5A (Wichita)
Thursday, May 23
2) Topeka Seaman (20-2) vs. 7) Blue Valley Southwest (13-9), 11 a.m.
3) Shawnee Heights (19-3) vs. 6) Andover Central (16-4), 1:30 p.m.
1) Bishop Carroll (20-1) vs. 8) Eisenhower (10-11), 4 p.m.
4) Maize South (15-3) vs. 5) Mill Valley (18-4), 6:30 p.m.
Friday, May 24
Semifinal No. 1, 11 a.m.
Semifinal No. 2, 1:30 p.m.
Third Place, 4 p.m.
Championship, 6:30 p.m.

The St. Mary’s Colgan Panthers turned momentum on its side in the Class 3A regional final Thursday night against the Riverton Rams.

Riverton staked a 2-0 lead after four behind Nolan Wall throwing a strong game on the mound and two solo home runs by T.J. McDonald off Colgan senior V.J. Piccini.

The Panthers retired the Rams in the top half of the fifth and loaded the bases in the bottom half, coming through with two RBI groundouts and a RBI single to gain a 3-2 lead. Christian Cedeno relieved Piccini in the seventh and the Panthers worked their way out of a bases loaded jam with a strikeout and a pop out caught by Cedeno over his shoulder for the final out.

“Riverton playing the second game, they came off a big win,” Colgan head coach Mike Watt said. “They had to battle with Southeast and they came out with a big win. They’ve got a lot of emotion and that carried right over into this championship game. They turn a big double play early. They were playing very well and I told our kids, ‘Hey, just keep plugging along and do what we do.’ We’ll get an opportunity and the kids did a great job.”

Frontenac dominated Parsons 15-0 in a three-inning run-rule Class 4A regional first-round game Monday afternoon.

Frontenac pitchers Lindsey Gorham and Rachel Amershek combined on a three-inning no-hitter. Gorham struck out two.

Offensively, Jennifer Long went 2-for-2 with two runs scored, a walk, two stolen bases and one RBI. Ashton Alex went 2-3 with two runs scored, a double and two RBI. Gorham supported herself with two RBI and two runs scored and her stat line included a walk and a sacrifice. Sam Bonner drove in three runs with a triple, her lone hit of the contest. Libby Warrick scored a run and Ryleigh McCartney scored two.

Frontenac (18-1) plays Baxter Springs at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the semifinals, back in Chanute.

The Girard Trojans swept the Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League titles on Thursday, the girls by 20 points over Frontenac and the boys in a landslide with the second-best team (St. Mary's Colgan) 42 points behind the Trojans, 141-98.

On the boys side, Drew Davied, a freshman who has won nearly every meet this season, won his first league title in the high jump with a mark of 6 feet, 8 inches, matching his personal best (one of the best high school marks in Kansas).

Logan Franklin won the javelin at 167-9, finished third in the shot put at 39-10 and third in the discus at 119-3.

The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) released its regional brackets for baseball and softball on Wednesday.

On the baseball side, defending Class 3A state champion Frontenac (18-0) earned a No. 1 seed in Class 4A and will host three games on Monday — a play-in game at 2 p.m. between Girard (2-16) and Parsons (1-15), a first-round game at 4 p.m. between Pittsburg (9-11) and Baxter Springs (7-10) and Frontenac will take on the Girard-Parsons winner in the 6 p.m. nightcap.

The Columbus Titans won their first Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League title on Wednesday, finishing the fifth of five official league tournaments with a 327 team score, 19 strokes better than both St. Mary’s Colgan and Frontenac, and Dawson Soper won the individual sweepstakes with a low round of 78.

The weather spat nice cool rain all tournament at Schifferdecker.

Officially the road team Tuesday night, the Frontenac Raiders closed out their regular season with a sweep of Southeast, 6-0 and 7-1.

Last season, the Lancers handed the Raiders their first loss of the regular season in Game 20. No go this season as Frontenac won both to close its back-to-back Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League championship season 17-1 overall, no doubt securing a No. 1 seed in the Class 4A regional next week.

Frontenac senior Lindsey Gorham won both games in the circle, pitching all 14 innings. She allowed seven hits in the first game and four in the second, striking out nine in the first and three in the second, and walking one hitter in each game.

The St. Mary’s Colgan Panthers more than likely wrapped up a No. 1 regional seed and gave seniors Nate Grimaldi, Grant Normand and V.J. Piccini a proper home sendoff Tuesday night by sweeping Girard, 8-1 and 12-2.

“In all aspects, I thought we played well,” Colgan head coach Mike Watt said. “Pitched well, hit well, ran the bases well, solid defense and I really think we’re starting to put it together at the right time of the year.”

Pittsburg High introduced Sean Lauderdale as the new head soccer coach Monday afternoon.

“I’ve been coaching competitive soccer for about 10 years,” Lauderdale said. “Some of you may know that I’ve been the coach of one of the largest clubs in the Joplin region, currently with Midwest Soccer. . . . We have a history of success with Midwest Soccer. We take our players and travel throughout the country playing soccer.

“Although I bring knowledge to the table about how to train players, how to teach players formation and how to be successful in the pitch, players have to execute. Soccer is unlike any other sport. Like American football, where a coach is calling in a play constantly. Players in soccer have to be smart enough to know what’s expected of them and have the skills to execute that on the pitch without a coach on the bench screaming out at them what to do.

“If you can’t do the fundamentals of soccer, which is to receive the ball out of the air, on your chest, on your thigh, on your foot, on multiple surfaces of your foot, you cannot play. You may be the fastest player out there but if you can’t control the ball, you’re no good to a soccer team.”