High School Sports

Tigers struggle at loaded Rose Hill tourney (02/08/10)
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...

Uniontown girls fall to Southern Coffey County (02/08/10)
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...

Strategy, free throws help Fort Scott boys hold off Independence (02/06/10)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- One incident changed the way Fort Scott High's boys played in the fourth quarter of Friday night's Southeast Kansas League contest against Independence. But the Tigers were able to adapt and hold off the Bulldogs, 55-50, in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium...

Fort Scott girls roll to another victory (02/06/10)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's girls second-quarter defense propelled the Tigers to a 53-33 Southeast Kansas League victory over Independence at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night for their second win by at least 20 points in as many nights...

Tigers roll to easy win (02/05/10)
On the first of back-to-back nights, Fort Scott High's girls rolled over rival Pittsburg, 54-30, in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. This was a make-up as the game was snowed out last Friday. The Tigers (7-3 SEK, 8-6 overall) broke a 5-game winning streak on Pittsburg's part, the longest streak the Purple Dragons have had in five years. Fort Scott, meanwhile, bounced back from a tough loss Tuesday night at SEK leader Labette County...

Dragons take control early (02/05/10)
A 9-0 run midway through the first quarter was enough to give visiting Pittsburg the momentum it need to take a 55-45 victory over Fort Scott High in a Southeast Kansas League make-up game at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. Gary Floyd, playing with an injured elbow, scored the Tigers' first 4 points and Jonathan Stark's 3-pointer put Fort Scott up 7-5 with exactly five minutes left in the first quarter...

Tiger boys hold on for victory over Labette County (02/03/10)
ALTAMONT -- A game that looked to be a blowout at halftime turned into a nail-biter in the second half here Tuesday night. But Fort Scott's boys held on for a 46-41 Southeast Kansas League victory over Labette County. The Tigers (6-3 SEK, 8-5 overall) held a 30-10 halftime lead after holding LCHS (3-6, 4-9) to one field goal during a 20-2 run that covered about the last 10 minutes of the first half. Gary Floyd already had 14 points at the break, 9 in the second quarter...

LCHS girls open second half with 15-0 run to take control over Tigers (02/03/10)
ALTAMONT -- A 15-0 run to open the second half gave Labette County's girls control of a Southeast Kansas League game here Tuesday night as the host Grizzlies went on to a 49-34 victory over Fort Scott High. The Tigers (6-3 SEK, 7-6 overall) led 9-6 with 1:46 left in the first half after Jolee Sharp took a steal in for a layup. But they wouldn't score a field goal again for about 13 minutes...

Uniontown sweeps Chetopa in league doubleheader (02/03/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown swept a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Tuesday night. Eagle girls defeated visiting Chetopa 55-31 while the boys' defeated the Hornets 37-34. Jacy Ermel scored 24 points and hauled down 17 rebounds for Uniotown's girls (2-1 TRL, 9-5 overall) while Abbie Smith scored 15 points...

Jayhawk-Linn girls take close one from Osawatomie (02/03/10)
MOUND CITY -- Taylor Dawson scored 17 points and Chelsea Beckman added 10 as Jayhawk-Linn's girls won a Pioneer League make-up game over Osawa-tomie, 44-42, here Monday night. The Jayhawks (1-2 Pioneer, 10-3 overall) traied 14-10 after the first quarter but turned things around by outscoring the Trojans (1-1, 4-7) 11-3 in the second...

Softball signing (02/01/10)

Short roster factors in Fort Scott wrestling split (01/30/10)
ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling team might have been in position to sweep a Southeast Kansas League wrestling triangular Thursday night. The Tigers defeated Labette County and won five out of the eight matches that were held against Independence...

Nevada Classic postponed (01/30/10)
NEVADA, Mo. -- Due to inclement weather, officials at Nevada High School were forced to postpone Friday's action in the 11th annual Nevada Tiger and Lady Tiger Classic tournament. Originally scheduled for Friday were semifinal round games on the girls' side of the bracket. ...

Nevada moves to Class 3 (01/30/10)
The Missouri State High School Activities Association released the new class and district assignments for the 2010 football season Friday morning. Thanks to the addition of football at a number of smaller high schools around the state, MSHSAA has re-evaluated class sizes and made a number of changes to class and district assignments around the state. Due to the new limits that have been given to class sizes, Nevada High School will be moving from Class 4 to Class 3 for the 2010 season...

Fort Scott Homecoming postponed (01/30/10)
Naturally, every single game that was to be held on the Kansas side of the state line involving area teams was postponed Friday afternoon. The storm passing through even put off two events that were to be held Saturday. Homecoming at Fort Scott High School, with Pittsburg as the opponent for the basketball doubleheader, has been rescheduled for Thursday, Jan. ...

Uniontown girls handle Erie (01/28/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls controlled the game from start to finish as the Eagles (8-5) defeated Erie, 63-37, in a non-league make-up game at the West Bourbon Elementary gymnasium here Thursday night. Uniontown led 19-6 after one period of play and never looked back. It was 34-15 at the half and 54-21 after three...

Red Devils hold off Eagles in make-up contest (01/28/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Erie held off Uniontown, 56-52, here Thursday night in a non-league make-up game at the West Bourbon Elementary gymnasium. Ben Dixon led the Eagles (5-8) with 20 points. Du'Shaun Robinson added 16 and Zach Travis scored 12. Uniontown led by one point, 14-13, after one quarter. Erie outscored the Eagles, 19-13, in the second to go into halftime with a 32-27 lead...

Sharp's 30 leads Tigers in blowout of Nado (01/26/10)
COFFEYVILLE -- Jolee Sharp scored 30 points here Tuesday night as Fort Scott High's girls blasted Coffeyville, 70-25, in Southeast Kansas League play.

Cordray, Mitchell lead state-ranked Nado over Tigers (01/26/10)
COFFEYVILLE -- On the verge of being blown away by Coffeyville's Golden Tornado, Fort Scott High's boys fought back to take the lead midway through the third quarter of a key Southeast Kansas League game here Tuesday night. But Coffeyville, ranked No. 7 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, wrestled the lead back with a 11-2 run and held off the Tigers for a 71-60 victory to remain on top of the league standings at 7-0 (9-1 overall)...

'Hawks claim another victory over Eagles (01/26/10)
MOUND CITY -- For the second consecutive outing, Jayhawk-Linn's girls defeated Uniontown. This time, however, the Jayhawks had to scrap a lot more in the fourth quarter than they did in Saturday's victory in the Pleasanton Tournament championship game...

'Hawks beat Eagles for title (01/26/10)
PLEASANTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls caught fire in the fourth quarter of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament championship game here Saturday and went on to a 44-33 victory over Uniontown. The teams will square off again tonight at Mound City. The girls' tip is set for around 6:30 p.m. -- after a junior varsity game finishes -- with the boys' teams to follow...

Tiger wrestlers fifth at Paola (01/26/10)
PAOLA -- Fort Scott High School head wrestling coach David Brown only took eight wrestlers to the Paola Tournament here Saturday. But the Tigers finished fifth in the 13-team field as seven of them earned medals. Fort Scott was in second place, just one point out of first, going into the championship and consolation finals. Shawnee Mission East won the team title with 135 1/2 points, followed by Pittsburg with 113, Eudora 115 1/2, Great Bend 107 1/2 and Fort Scott 105...

Uniontown girls advance at Pleasanton (01/21/10)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's girls advanced into the championship semifinals of the Pleasanton Tournament with a 55-16 rout of Humboldt in the first round on Tuesday. The Eagles (6-3) will face Prairie View at 7 p.m. tonight in Pleasanton's north gym. Tiffany Poyner led Uniontown with a season-high 14 points. Abbie Smith followed with 12 and Brooke Harper added 10...

Tigers roll over Vikings, Tornado (01/20/10)
Fort Scott High School's wrestling team didn't get a lot of action in their final home triangular of the season at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. But they made the most of what they had. Fort Scott only had 10 wrestlers. But Coffeyville brought only nine and Parsons had just three. So while only two Tigers got to compete in both duals, FSHS won 10 of the 11 matches that actually took place...

Sharp becomes all-time leading scorer in rout (01/19/10)
Senior Jolee Sharp became the all-time leading scorer in the history of Fort Scott High School's girls' basketball program Monday night as a stickback of a teammate's miss with 2:39 left in the third period gave her her 870th and 871st points as a Tiger...