Sports

Sports Notebook: FSCC women's basketball camp (06/30/09)
ch Stasha Richards will host a Basketball All-Stars Camp July 13-16 at Arnold Arena on the FSCC campus. This camp is open to kids ages 5 through high school age. The camp will cover a range of basketball skills from fundamental through advanced. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day...

Shaun Hill Football Camp to be held in July (06/28/09)
PARSONS, Kan. -- On July 13-15, from 9 a.m. to Noon each day, the Parsons Police Officers Association will be hosting the Shaun Hill Youth Football Camp at the Parsons High School, Parsons, Kan. Parsons native Shaun Hill is currently in the NFL as the San Francisco 49ers quarterback. He has been involved with the youth football camp since 2004. The PPOA Youth Football Camp actually formed a year earlier when local Police Officers taught basic skills...

Nevada High School to host football camps (06/28/09)
NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Tiger Football coaching staff is offering three different football camps this July to anyone entering third through 12th grades in the upcoming school year. For boys entering grades 9-12, camp begins July 20, at 8 a.m., at a cost of $40. ...

Knights of Columbus host annual golf tournament (06/28/09)
NEVADA, Mo. -- The eighth annual Knights of Columbus Golf Tournament was held Saturday, June 20, at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course at Twin Lakes. The tournament was played in a three-person scramble format and the teams were divided into two flights with awards going to the top three in each flight...

Griffons drop third straight to Bombers (06/28/09)
NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Griffons returned home Friday night for the first time in a week as they took on the Sedalia Bombers. The Griffons came into the night trying to bounce back and avenge two consecutive losses at the hands of the MINK League South Division leading Bombers on Tuesday and Thursday nights. That was not to be, however, as the Bombers took the victory by a final score of 5-3, handing the Griffons their third consecutive loss...

Solo divisions tightening up in RAAM (06/25/09)
While four-man and eight-man teams continue to pass through the Fort Scott time station today as they cross the country in the Race Across America, the solo riders are creating drama as they travel through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Almost all of the eight-man team had been through Fort Scott as of Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, the back half of the four-person field were expected to arrive overnight or early Thursday morning...

Riders shrug off heat (06/23/09)
The effects of 108-degree-in-the-shade temperatures didn't seem to be affecting some of the teams much as the checked into the Race Across America time station on North National Ave. early Tuesday evening. Four riders checked into the station -- the 29th of 52 the riders must pass before the finish in Annapolis, Md. ...

100-plus degree heat greets RAAM riders (06/22/09)
It was 103 degrees in the shade as Paul Danhaus checked in at the Fort Scott time station on North National Ave. early Monday evening. Danhaus is the only rider in the 60-and-older division of the Race Across America, a coast-to-coast bicycle marathon that began last Tuesday in Oceanside, Calif...

'Hounds unable to reach CNFR final (06/22/09)
CASPER, Wyo. -- The two representatives of Fort Scott Community College's rodeo team were unable to reach the finals in their events at the College National Finals Rodeo. Bareback rider James Bond still had a chance to reach the finals going into Friday's third short-go although it was a long shot. However, he was unable to stay on long enough to receive a score and finished his three short-gos with a total of 80 points, which ranked him 31st among all riders...

Griffons saved by mid-game rainout (06/20/09)
The Nevada Griffons made their return to Lyons Stadium Friday night in a rematch from earlier in the week against the A's of Clarinda, Iowa. The Griffons came into the night looking for revenge after Tuesday night's trip to Clarinda resulted in a 9-3 loss...

Forkner to represent Cobra in international competition (06/20/09)
"I did really good at the Spring Nationals. I mean, there's other fast Cobra riders, but I'm the fastest Cobra rider they have so they sent me down there to show off the bike." Austin Forkner credited his performances at this year's Spring Nationals at Lake Whitney, Texas and Oak Hill Raceway in Decatur, Texas with earning him a trip to Belgium in July to compete in MX Master Kids -- an international motocross racing event in Limes, Belgium...

Lifters turn out for BCSD fundraiser (06/17/09)
UNIONTOWN -- The Bourbon County Sheriff's Department Corrections Division was host for a bench-pressing meet at the Uniontown High School gymnasium here Saturday. The event serves as one of the fundraisers for the department's annual Christmas toy drive...

Greyhound Golf Classic raises funds (06/17/09)
The Fort Scott Community College Athletic Department hosted the annual Greyhound Golf Classic on June 5. The tournament, held at the Fort Scott Country Club, had nine participating teams. The proceeds from the event benefit Fort Scott Community College athletic scholarships...

Greyhound softball players receive All- American honor (06/17/09)
Two Fort Scott Community College softball players were named to the Louisville Slugger NFCA NJCAA Division II All-American Team. FSCC Outfielder Sarah Doyle was named to the First Team and FSCC Outfielder Hannah Somers made Second Team. Doyle is a sophomore from Prairie Village. She was named First Team All-Conference and is the FSCC single-season and career stolen base leader with 38 this season and 69 in her career...

Fort Scott entrants in tough position to advance (06/16/09)
CASPER, Wyo. -- Fort Scott Community College's entrants in the College National Finals rodeo find themselves in tough positions as they seek to advance in their events. Bareback rider James Bond fell 10 positions in the standings to 23rd place after riders who hadn't taken their second go already produced better results. ...

2009 RAAM underway (06/16/09)
At 2 p.m. Central time Tuesday, the 2009 Race Across America coast-to-coast bicycle race got underway as the women and the 60-and-older men's solo racers left the starting point at Oceanside, Calif. Since 2003, the RAAM has placed one of its time stations in Fort Scott and will do so again this year. A time station is a place where riders must check in as their progress across the country is recorded...

Red Sox drop opening game at Carl Junction tournament (06/13/09)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Nevada Red Sox AAA squad got their trip to the Carl Junction tournament started with a tough loss Thursday evening. The Red Sox opened the tournament by squaring off against Galena, Kan., and came up short as Galena took the victory by a final score of 3-0, despite a very strong effort by starting pitcher Ron Johnson. "Ron Johnson pitched a great game; we just didn't hit," Red Sox Assistant Coach Jason Irwin said...

Giants draft Adam Champion (06/13/09)
The Nevada Griffons have once again seen one of their players taken by the MLB draft. Left-handed pitcher Adam Champion posted a 1-0 record for the Griffons this season in two appearances. Champion pitched just 6 1-3 innings for the Griffons, but was able to record seven strikeouts and an opposing batting average of just .136 on his way to becoming one of the most valuable members of the Griffons' starting rotation...

Nevada Junior Eagles sponsor local softball team (06/13/09)