Stories from Monday, February 8, 2010

UNIONTOWN -- Southern Coffey County's girls dominated the middle two periods, outscoring Uniontown 36-20, and went on to a 61-42 victory in a make-up game here Saturday night. The boys' score was not reported by press time. The Eagles (10-6) led 14-13 after one quarter of play...

ROSE HILL -- If one is a believer of the idea, "In order to be the best, you have to beat the best," then one understands why Fort Scott High School's wrestling team comes to the Rose Hill Tournament every year. There were six teams ranked in their respective classes by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association here. And Tiger grapplers faced a total of nine ranked opponents in the tournament...

The Fort Scott Community College women's basketball team turned a 180 at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon. In most of their conference losses, they've played a poor first half and a good second half but lost because the hole they dug was too deep to rally from...

It was already tough for Fort Scott Community College's men, who have been playing with just seven or eight men for about a month now. But as the Region VI Tournament approaches, it could get tougher. Saturday's 70-54 loss to Allen County at Arnold Arena was the Greyhounds' 24th game of the season. Last year in high school, this year's freshmen would be at the end of the season if their teams made their state's playoffs. In college, that means there are still six games to go before the playoffs...