High School Sports

Bronaugh sophomore vaults to first (06/14/08)
On May 16, Vanessa Langford achieved part of the goal she had set for herself. She won the Missouri Class 1 girls pole vault championship with a vault of 9 feet, 9 inches. She did not break the state Class 1 record of 10 feet, 3 inches. "She actually has been over 10 foot, 3 inches in practice," Warren Langford, her father and coach, said...

Five Eagles named All-TRL in softball (06/10/08)
Five members of Uniontown's first-year softball team received All-Three Rivers League honors. League champion Oswego also had five players. Uniontown was the runner-up in the first year of league-sanctioned softball. Seniors Alison Warren, a pitcher, and Diana Ayers, a catcher/pitcher, were named to the First Team along with Oswego senior shortstop Chelsey Parker, junior pitcher Hayden Ward and freshman catcher Kali Kitterman...

Nevada track awards (06/07/08)

Three Nevada grads to play in Lion's all-star game (06/07/08)
Herald-Tribune The Lion's Club is hosting their annual high school basketball all star game. The game is an invitation only event for players and coaches, and is reserved for the graduating class of each year it takes place. Nevada High School has 3 players who were selected to play this year, on the girls' and boys' teams. ...

All-SEK Teams: Five softball players rewarded (06/06/08)
Five members of Fort Scott High School's softball team received All-Southeast Kansas League honors recently. Senior shortstop Joce Allen and catcher Hannah Hawkins and junior pitcher Erica Davis were named to the First Team to represent Fort Scott, which finished second in the league behind champion Columbus...

All-SEK Teams: Four honored for baseball prowess (06/06/08)
Four Fort Scott High School baseball players, all seniors, recently earned honors from Southeast Kansas League coaches. Outfielder Alex Bowman and shortstop/pitcher John Leek were selected to the All-Southeast Kansas League First Team while catcher Andre Davis and utility player Blake Nelson were chosen to the Second Team...

Tigers win relay medal on final day (05/27/08)
WICHITA -- Fort Scott High School's track team had just three events Saturday -- all of them in boys' competition -- at the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Meet at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium here Saturday. The only medal was won by the boys' 4x100-meter relay team, which finished seventh in finals with a time of 44.99 seconds. ...

Jayhawk-Linn teams both finish in sixth place; Girls' relay takes Class 3A crown (05/27/08)
WICHITA -- Both Jayhawk-Linn track teams finished in sixth place in Class 3A at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium here Saturday. Coincidentally, both the boys and girls scored 28 team points. The girls shared sixth place with Allen-Northern Heights while the boys held their spot outright...

McCullough, Allen win Saturday medals (05/27/08)
WICHITA -- Pleasanton won two medals in the Class 2A State Track and Field Meet at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium. Senior Danny McCullough finished fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.76 seconds The winning time was 39.03, turned in by Bennington senior Lawson Montgomery. Solomon senior Derek Knight was second in 40.46 and Meade junior Taylor Headrick was third in 40.67...

Mason medals in 300-meter hurdles (05/27/08)
WICHITA -- Uniontown won one medal here Saturday in the Class 2A State Track and Field Meet at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium. Senior Zach Mason finished in seventh place in the 300-meter hurdles in 42.02 seconds. Bennington senior Lawson Montgomery was the winner in 39.03. Solomon senior Derek Knight was second in 40.46 and Meade junior Taylor Headrick was third in 40.67...

Four athletes win medals at Kansas 2A and 3A meets (05/26/08)
By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune WICHITA -- Area athletes won five medals at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium here Friday afternoon. Competition continues throughout the day today. Area medalists include Jayhawk-Linn sophomore Steven Mann, who took two medals in Class 3A, Uniontown's Jamie Shelton and Abbie Smith and Pleasanton's Danny McCullough, each of whom won one event in Class 2A...

Fort Scott sees three win medals on first day of Kansas track finals (05/26/08)
By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune WICHITA, Kan. -- Fort Scott seniors Clint Lawrence and Brandon Boyd and sophomore Breianna Jones have won State medals on the first day of the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium...

Brown wins third State medal (05/20/08)
MANHATTAN -- Fort Scott High School senior Chris Brown finished his career by earning his third State medal after the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at Stag Hill Golf Course here Monday. Brown also won an individual medal at State last year and a team medal when the Tigers placed in 2006...

State Track Schedule (05/20/08)
State Track Schedule From the 2008 Track & Field Manual, published by the KSHSAA: This schedule is a guide. Should the meet sessions run ahead of schedule, (they) will continue to run ahead and no adjustments will be made. In the first session on Friday, Class 4A will compete first followed by Class 5A and Class 6A. ...

Jayhawk-Linn dominates Baxter Springs Regional (05/20/08)
BAXTER SPRINGS -- Jayhawk-Linn's track teams swept the team titles at the Baxter Springs Class 3A Regional Meet here Friday as the Jayhawks won a total of 33 medals and qualified 27 entries into this weekend's Class 3A State Track and Field Championships...

Pleasanton to send 17 entries to State; Uniontown will take 15 (05/20/08)
PLEASANTON -- Pleasanton will send 17 entrants to this weekend's Class 2A State Track and Field Championship while Uniontown will send 15 there as a result of finishes at Pleasanton's Class 2A Regional Meet here Friday. Pleasanton's boys finished second in the team standings, scoring 63 points. Uniontown was fifth with 51 points. Howard-West Elk was the winner with 88 points...

Nevada athletes receive end of year honors (05/19/08)

Fort Scott Tigers send eleven to state (05/17/08)
OTTAWA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's track teams combined to send 11 entries to state, eight of them from the boys' team, out of the Ottawa Class 4A Regional Meet at Ottawa University Friday night. Final team scores have Fort Scott's boys fourth as a team behind champion Paola, DeSoto, then Louisburg. The girls' placed seventh with Baldwin winning the team title followed by Eudora and DeSoto...

Nevada says goodbye to '08 baseball season (05/17/08)
By Chris Patch Herald-Tribune Nevada baseball's years in the Southwest Conference are over. The Tigers' 6-2 loss to Carthage, Monday night in the first round of the District 12 Tournament closed the door on an era of Southwest play and an 8-10, 3-6 2008 season, as the conference will dissolve next year. Looking back at a season that didn't end the way the team would have liked, head coach Jared Brown still found many positives to take away...