Stories from Monday, May 12, 2008

Sometimes the better team doesn't win. Sometimes, it's the team that does better. Independence, the No. 6 seed in the Girard Class 4A Regional, did things better in a first-round game at Don Hewett Field Monday afternoon. And they did them better when it mattered...

WICHITA -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball season came to an end Monday morning with a 4-3 loss to 10th-ranked Seward County in the losers' bracket of the Region VI Tournament here. The Greyhounds (38-21) lost to Hutchinson Saturday, 9-5, to drop into consolation then bounced back to beat Allen County, 6-5, on Sunday...

PRAIRIE VILLAGE -- Senior Stephen Buntain went 1-3 at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament here over the weekend but that shouldn't take away from a 27-13 season and a four-year varsity career in which he won 94 matches. "Stephen has had a remarkable high-school tennis career," Fort Scott's head coach, Lynn Barr, said. ...