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Nevada Pit wrestling brings home medals
Nevada, Mo. -- Nevada Tiger Pit Wrestling recently competed in the Missouri State Freestyle and Greco Tournament. Five wrestlers received medals in their first or second tournament ever. From left: Gage Brookes (fourth greco), Tanner Charles (fourth greco), Hunter Balk (third freestyle, fourth greco), Regar Hardin (fourth freestyle), Nate Chamberlain (fourth freestyle)... More > >

Jayhawk-Linn girls win inaugural Pioneer League meet (05/10/08)
Herald-Tribune RICHMOND, Kan. -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls won the inaugural Pioneer League Relays here Friday, outdistancing second-place Anderson County by 59 points while the boys finished just four points behind Osawatomie in the chase for the boys' title...

Fort Scott boys second, girls third at SEK Relays (05/09/08)

Rain delays cause unusual end of season junior varsity matchup (05/09/08)
Herald-Tribune Nevada, Mo. -- Nevada baseball wrapped up the regular season with a 7-5 loss at Carthage Friday night in a preview of the first-round district tournament game Monday night at Carthage. Carthage (8-15, 5-3) took advantage of the absence of four Nevada seniors due to a previously-planned trip to hit the Tigers nine times and win its fifth conference game of the year despite committing six errors...

A small town's golden arm (05/09/08)
By Chris Patch Nevada Daily Mail Hume, Mo. -- Hume baseball may be a class 1 team without much publicity, but this year an ace pitcher by the name of Ryan Austin has commanded attention by putting up unheard of statistics. Austin has been virtually unhittable this season, and that's not hyperbole. ...

Tigers, Murrin win home tourney; Chanute takes SEK (05/08/08)
Cole Murrin, in his second tournament back from knee surgery, recorded his second consecutive tournament victory, shooting a 38-32--70 to take the Fort Scott Invitational at Fort Scott Country Club Thursday. That score helped the Tigers win the team title by five strokes over Chanute, 312-317. Pittsburg was only one stroke farther back in third place at 318...

Sigwing named KJCCC-East Coach of Year (05/07/08)
Lauren Sigwing, Fort Scott Community College's second-year head softball coach, was recently honored by her peers as she was named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference-Eastern Division coach of the Year. Sigwing's Greyhounds had a 17-25 overall record this season, which included an 8-10 record in conference play. They were also 11-9 against district opponents...

But it's still black and orange (05/07/08)

Baseball, softball seedings announced (05/07/08)
Seedings were announced Wednesday for Regional baseball and softball tournaments which are slated to begin Monday throughout the area. Fort Scott High School baseball is the No. 3 seed in the Chanute Class 4A Regional. All the games in the tournament will be played in Chanute with the first day's play split between CHS' Katy Park and Neosho County Community College's Hudson Field...

Now he's on his own (05/06/08)
After reaching State in doubles last year, senior Buntain returns as singles player

Tiger softball sweeps Iola (05/06/08)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High School softball swept Iola in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Monday evening. The Tigers took the opener 8-1 then followed up with an 11-6 win. Joce Allen was four for five at the plate in the opener, scoring three runs. Afton Gray was three for five with three RBIs. Hannah Hawkins was two for three and Jamie Collins was two for two...

Eagles finish second in TRL (05/06/08)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team assured itself of a second-place finish in the Three Rivers League in its first year of existence after beating Chetopa, 10-9, in the opening game of a doubleheader here Monday. In the second game, a non-league contest, the Eagles took a 7-6 win, which means that that their first season will not end with a losing record...

Uniontown splits with Chetopa (05/06/08)
Uniontown's baseball team has won two of the three most recent games it has played, including a split of a home doubleheader with Chetopa at Bronson Monday. The Eagles defeated Altoona-Midway in a Three Rivers League game Thursday at Buffalo, 9-7. In that game, Luke Spainhoward went four for four at the plate and stole three bases. Freshman Ty Clayton was three for four, stole three bases, and pitched a complete game for his first win. He walked eight batters and struck out seven...

Fort Scott's 'Conq'uest (05/05/08)
'Hounds fight back, beat Dodge in first-round series

Tiger girls second, boys third at Chanute meet (05/05/08)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's girls finished second in team standings while Tiger boys placed third at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday. Chanute's girls won the meet with 105 points followed by the Tigers with 89, 20 points ahead of third-place Independence...

Buntain qualifies for State for second straight year (05/05/08)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School senior Stephen Buntain has qualified for the Class 4A State Tournament for the second consecutive season. He advanced as the fourth-place finisher in singles play at the Independence Class 4A Sub-State Tournament Friday afternoon...

Austin throws Hume past Adrian, 3-0 (05/03/08)
Herald Tribune Hume baseball won its third game in four days Thursday 3-0 at Adrian. Junior Ryan Austin pitched a complete game for the Hornets, allowing two hits, two walks and 15 strikeouts. It was Austin's third shutout of the season, the other two were no-hitters. Austin's season numbers are mind-boggling: he has 76 strikouts over 37 innings with four earned runs and an ERA of 0.97...

New deer hunting rules impact Vernon county (05/03/08)
By Chris Patch Herald Tribune The Missouri Conservation Commission has added Vernon County to the "four-point rule," a regulation that limits hunters to only taking bucks with antlers less than three inches long or with at least four points one inch or longer on at least one side...

Opening week shows limited progress for turkey population (05/03/08)
By Chris Patch Herald Tribune Hunters bagged 22,308 turkeys in the first week of the 2008 season, slightly behind last year's 22,764, one of the smallest harvests in a decade. The good news is this year's total didn't fall drastically hehind 2007, when a deep freeze in the first week of April changed turkey mating behavior, resulting in a small harvest. ...

Nevada tennis drops close match to Clinton (05/03/08)
Herald-Tribune Nevada tennis dropped its final home match of the season 4-5 to Clinton Thursday. The Tigers won the No's 1 and 2 doubles points but were only able to salvage 2 more singles points and came out on the losing end. Taylor Chapman and Ethan Holmes began the day with a comfortable 8-5 win at No.1 doubles and James Smith and Dominic Habjan won at No. 2 8-6. Chris Claypool and Will Andrews-Weiss dropped the No. 3 singles point 6-8...