High School Sports

Tiger boys knock off No. 4 Parsons, move into second place in SEK (02/08/12)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's boys moved into second place in the Southeast Kansas League Tuesday night, beating Parsons 49-44 in league action here at Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium. SEK leader Independence received a scare from Labette County before prevailing in overtime at Altamont, 61-55. Pittsburg beat Coffyville, which entered the night tied for third with Fort Scott, 81-74 in overtime...

SEK co-leader Parsons beats Tiger girls, 58-49 (02/08/12)
PARSONS -- Kiralyn Mosier scored 17 of her game-high 19 points in the first half at Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium Tuesday night, while Taylor Kemp added 10 of her 12 points in the second half as Parsons defeated Fort Scott High's girls 58-49 in Southeast Kansas League play...

Shook signs with Allen County (02/07/12)
Uniontown senior Tayler Shook (seated, center) recently signed a letter on intent to play volleyball at Allen County Community College next season. With Shook as she signed were (clockwise from lower left) UHS head coach Jackie Hall, mother and step-father Tammy and Mark McDaniel, grandparents Danny and Paula Peacock, UHS athletic director Jim Mason and her sister, Kim Brooks. Shook was a four-year volleyball letter winner for the Eagles. (Submitted photo)...

Six earn medals at Rose Hill (02/07/12)
ROSE HILL -- Six of the 10 Fort Scott High School wrestlers head coach David Brown brought here earned medals at the Rose Hill Tournament over the weekend. "I thought we wrestled very well," Brown said. "This was good test for us heading into the final weeks. Western schools and bigger schools were on the menu and we got a pretty good sample and fared well."...

Fort Scott boys get by Chanute, 68-55 (02/04/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Proving that there are no easy games in the Southeast Kansas League, Chanute, winners of just two games this season coming into Friday night's contest, gave Fort Scott High's boys a tough time before the Tigers finally found some cushion in the fourth quarter of a 68-55 victory...

Chanute holds Fort Scott girls in two-point affair (02/04/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Brenna Olson preserved victory for visiting Chanute by stealing a pass on the inside with under five seconds remaining Friday night as the Blue Comets held off Fort Scott High's girls, 45-42, in Southeast Kansas League play. Chanute (1-2 SEK, 6-9 overall) tried to pull away in the fourth quarter, extending its lead to 34-26 with six minutes to go. But Fort Scott (2-1, 5-10) was able to trade one- and two-point possessions for three-point possessions and make some headway...

Uniontown teams sweep rival Marmaton Valley (02/04/12)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's teams swept rival Marmaton Valley in a Three Rivers League doubleheader Friday night. Eagle girls won their fourth consecutive game in beating the Wildcats 60-40. Uniontown's boys kept pace with league leader Northeast with a 46-23 win...

Signing day at FSHS (02/03/12)

Tiger boys bounce back with SEK win (02/01/12)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's boys bounced back from maybe their worst performance of the season Friday night at Independence to have perhaps their best performance of the year here Friday night. The Tigers never trailed and shot 55 percent from the floor in a 77-68 victory over Coffeyville in Southeast Kansas League play...

FSHS girls improve to 2-0 in league (02/01/12)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's girls are 2-0 in Southeast Kansas League play after beating Coffeyville, 48-29, here Tuesday night. A 16-1 run in the first quarter in which five player scored gave the Tigers (2-0 SEK, 5-9 overall) control. They led 16-5 after one period and pushed it to 23-9 by the 3-minute mark of the second...

Eagles sweep Chetopa (02/01/12)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's basketball teams swatted away Chetopa's Green Hornets here Friday night in a Three Rivers League doubleheader. Eagle girls routed the Hornets, 63-20. Uniontown's boys drubbed Chetopa, 54-29. The boys were able to keep a hold of their share of first place in the TRL, improving to 5-0 in league play and 11-4 overall. Northeast (5-0, 11-3), the other co-leader, defeated Oswego Tuesday night in a low-scoring affair, 46-34...

Two Tigers take titles in home JV tourney (01/31/12)
Two Fort Scott JV wrestlers won titles in the Tigers' home junior varsity tournament Saturday. Trevor Pulliam won the 145-pound B division while B.J. Wilson won the 220-pound A class. Also, Hayse Howser placed second at 182A and Cole Stewart was second at 106, Cody Bunn third at 160A, Adam Deloney fourth at 126 and Caleb Gazaway fifth at 138A...

Front-line strength leads to Fort Scott girls victory (01/28/12)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- The strength of Fort Scott High's girls up front led to a 57-47 victory over Independence as Southeast Kansas League play opened here Friday night. Post players Mallory Shelton, Heather Karleskint, Brianne Lawrence and Jillian Lattimer combined for 32 points as the Tigers (4-9 overall) won their sixth consecutive SEK opener. Include forwards Katren Rienbolt and Sidney Maycumber and one ends up with a total of 49 points from the front line...

Independence capitalizes on Fort Scott shooting woes (01/28/12)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- It was the kind of night where nothing would go into the net even though Fort Scott High's boys were shooting the roof off Independence's new gymnasium here Friday night. The Tigers were held to 28-percent field-goal shooting and 22 rebounds as the Bulldogs took advantage and opened Southeast Kansas League play with a 54-37 verdict...

Uniontown teams take care of Crest (01/28/12)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Crest in Three Rivers League action on Homecoming here Friday night. Eagle girls started things off by bouncing the Lancers, 48-21. Uniontown boys maintained a share of the league lead with a 57-46 verdict...

Uniontown sweeps Jayhawk-Linn (01/25/12)
MOUND CITY -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Jayhawk-Linn here Tuesday night in key games for all teams involved in the doubleheader. Eagle girls avenged a Saturday loss to the Jayhawks in the Pleasanton Tournament third-place game by beating them 33-25...

Durossette, Hughes champs at Paola (01/24/12)
PAOLA -- Jacob Durossette and Victor Hughes won their respective weight brackets at the Paola Invitational here Saturday. In all, Fort Scott High's grapplers won four medals and finished tied for fifth place in the 15-team field. Durossette won the 132-pound class while Hughes was champ at 138. Jared Heckman finished second at 126 and John Hughes placed third at 152...

Pioneer League sweeps Pleasanton titles (01/24/12)
PLEASANTON -- The Pioneer League swept the championships at the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament Saturday. Prairie View's girls defeated league rival Central Heights, 33-31, in the girls' title game. Central Heights took down Humboldt of the Tri-Valley League, 68-58, in the boys' final...

Fort Scott boys take fifth at Basehor-Linwood (01/21/12)
BASEHOR, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's boys never trailed -- although the score was tied about halfway through the third period -- in the fifth-place game of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational here Friday night, taking a 62-53 victory over Maryville, Mo...

Uniontown, J-Linn girls to meet for 3rd (01/20/12)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn will meet in the third-place game of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament Saturday as a result of semifinal losses here Thursday. Of the Tribune Area's three boys' and three girls' teams, the only victors Thursday night were Pleasanton's girls and Jayhawk-Linn's boys, both in consolation semifinals...

Tigers conclude Basehor tourney play tonight (01/20/12)
BASEHOR -- Tyler Adams had his second consecutive 20-point game Wednesday night as Fort Scott High's boys defeated Pembroke Hill (Mo.) 82-65 in the consolation semifinal of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational. One night after falling to Ottawa, the No. 3-ranked team in Class 4A, Tiger girls dropped a 45-38 decision to host Basehor-Linwood in the consolation semifinals...

FSHS basketball teams fall on first night at Basehor (01/19/12)
BASEHOR -- Fort Scott High's boys tried to rally only to fall short here Tuesday night on the first day of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational. Tiger boys (7-3) fell to Park Hill, Mo., 65-59, while the girls (3-7) lost to Ottawa, 48-37. Both teams played Wednesday night -- the girls against host Basehor-Linwood and the boys versus Pembroke Hill -- but results were not available before press time...

Tiger wrestlers sweep Coffeyville, Parsons (01/18/12)
Fort Scott High School's wrestlers didn't have much trouble overall in their home Southeast Kansas League dual Tuesday night. The Tigers defeated Coffeyville 41-12 and Parsons 66-6. Parsons beat Coffeyville, 45-24, in the opening dual. "Most matches went exactly as I thought they would," head coach David Brown said. "We wrestled hard. And that's tough after coming back from the tournament at Basehor this weekend."...

Eagle teams post victories at Pleasanton tourney (01/18/12)
PLEASANTON -- Hayden Rathbun's 32-point night helped Uniontown's girls beat Humboldt 60-47 in the first round of the Pleasanton Tournament here Tuesday. The Eagles (6-4) saw Humboldt close to within 6 points a couple of times. But their 22-of-34 performace at the free-throw stripe helped hold off the Cubs...

7 earn medals at Basehor-Linwood (01/17/12)
BASEHOR -- Seven of the eight wrestlers Fort Scott High School head coach David Brown took with him to the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic last weekend returned with medals. This year's tournament had 35 teams from five states. Blue Springs, Mo., was the winner with 219.5 points followed by Collinsville, Okla., with 191 and Andale -- the defending Kansas Class 4A State champion -- third with 159.5. Fort Scott finished tied for 14th with Lenexa St. James Academy, each scoring 76.5 points...

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