High School Sports

Four recieve All-SEK hoop honors (03/16/10)
Four Fort Scott High School players -- two boys and two girls -- were picked for the All-Southeast Kansas League basketball teams last week. Fort Scott senior Gary Floyd was one of three unanimous picks to the boys' First Team. The others were Coffeyville junior Cameron Craig and Chanute senior Cory Henshall. Also on the team were Coffeyville senior Ethan Cordray, Labette County senior Brannon Green and Pittsburg senior Blake Wilson...

Three Eagles, one Blu-Jay earn All-TRL honors (03/13/10)
Three members of Uniontown's team and one Pleasanton player were named to the All-Three Rivers League girls' basketball team, which arrived at the Fort Scott Tribune office Friday afternoon. The All-TRL boys' team was not available at press time. It will be presented once it arrives...

Tiger wrestlers compete in all-star events (03/11/10)
Two Fort Scott High School wrestlers competed in senior all-star invitationals earlier this week. Monday night, seniors Denzell Davis and Justin Sharp competed at the First Annual SEK vs. SEMO Wrestling Classic at Labette Community College in Parsons. Wednesday, Davis took part in the 18th Annual Metro Classic at Kansas City Kansas Community College...

4 Tigers earn All-SEK honors (03/11/10)
Four members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team received All-Southeast Kansas League honors earlier this week. Denzell Davis was named to the First Team as the 119-pound wrestler. Others on the First Team included Jeremiah Jones of Pittsburg at 103 pounds, Jared Fiscus of Chanute at 112, Troy Clark of Chanute at 125, Kyle Johnson of Columbus at 130, Zach Conway of Columbus at 135, B.T. ...

Sophomore, freshman place for Eagles at Girard Speed and Strength Meet (03/09/10)
GIRARD -- The 17th Annual Girard Strength and Speed Meet was held February 20 at Girard High School. Over 200 students participated in the meet including Uniontown, Pittsburg, Columbus, Girard, Baxter Springs, Oswego, Northeast-Arma, Southeast-Cherokee and St. Paul as well as Missouri schools Webb City McDonald County, Carl Junction, Carthage, Lamar, Liberal, and Seneca...

Ottawa holds off Fort Scott boys in Sub-State semifinal (03/06/10)
OSAWATOMIE -- An 11-0 run to end the first half gave Ottawa all the cushion it needed to hold off Fort Scott High's boys in the semifinal round of the Osawatomie Class 4A Sub-State Tournament here Friday night. Freshman Semi Ojeleye (pronounced "sem-ee o-jay-el-ay") scored 9 of his team-leading 17 points in the second period, including 6 in that half-ending run...

Wrestling all-star events on tap for Monday, Wednesday (03/06/10)
FORT SCOTT -- Two Fort Scott High School wrestlers will take part in a high-school all-star event at Labette Community College in Parsons Monday night. Wednesday night, one of the Tigers will compete in another event at Kansas City Kansas Community College...

Tigers' rally falls short (03/04/10)
OSAWATOMIE -- Early in the fourth quarter of an Osawatomie Class 4A Sub-State semifinal game here Thrusday night, Fort Scott High School's girls could have easily written off their season. They trailed by 16 points and had already been called for enough fouls that Spring Hill was in the two-shot bonus before the period began...

Jayhawks roll by Patriots, to face hosts Thursday (03/02/10)
MOUND CITY -- Four Jayhawks reached double figures in scoring Monday night as third-seeded Jayhawk-Linn defeated Howard-West Elk 54-20 in a first-round game of the Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Tournament. The Jayhawks (15-6) will take on the tournament hosts Thursday night at 7:30. Oswego (16-5) defeated Marmaton Valley 64-35 Monday...

Tigers survive to face Ottawa in semis (03/02/10)
Jonathan Stark will be able to attest to how physical Fort Scott High's first-round Osawatomie Class 4A Sub-State game with Paola was at the FSHS gymnasium Monday night. Stark was injured not once but twice during play. He was already playing with a face mask to protect a broken nose. The first time he got hurt, he lost a tooth. The second time, he got knocked woozy...

Buzzer-beater boosts Sedan (03/02/10)
UNIONTOWN -- G.A. Tucker hit a contested shot with two seconds remaining to bring Uniontown girls' season to a premature end here Monday night. Tucker's shot capped a 29-point night as the Sedan sharpshooter led her fifth-seeded Blue Devils to a 46-45 victory over the fourth-seeded Eagles in a first-round Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Tournament game...

Davis finishes second in 4A (03/02/10)
SALINA -- Fort Scott High School senior Denzell Davis finished in second place at 119 pounds at the Kansas Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament here Saturday while classmate Justin Sharp claimed a fifth-place medal at 125 pounds. By virtue of winning all his matches Friday, Davis (33-9) earned his berth into finals Saturday where he was pitted against senior Zac Sparr of Rose Hill (33-2) who had finished either second or third in his previous three trips to the State Tournament. ...

Nevada High School Wall of Fame inductees announced (02/27/10)
NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada High School Athletic Wall of Fame Committee has announced its newest class of inductees. The 2010-'11 class of inductees includes three teams, as well as three individual athletes. The 1975 Nevada Tigers football team went undefeated in conference play and throughout the regular season and suffered just one loss in a very close contest in which Columbia Rock Bridge defeated Nevada 10-0 for the state championship. ...

Fort Scott boys win freshmen tourney title; girls second (02/27/10)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School's boys won the championship of their own season-ending tournament while the girls finished in second place as both teams defeated their Friday-night opponents. Tiger boys beat Chanute 64-60. Iola's boys beat Jayhawk-Linn earlier in the day, creating the three-way tie. Unofficially, Jayhawk-Linn finished second and Chanute third in the four-team round-robin...

Tigers drub league champs (02/26/10)
It's tough to figure which was more impressive in the early going of Fort Scott High's 47-32 drubbing of Southeast Kansas League champion Coffeyville Thursday night. Was is the 10-0 run that started the game, half of those points coming from Jacob Ruhl, who got the start in his last home game as a senior?...

Lady Tigers get balance in final game before Sub-State (02/26/10)
Fort Scott High's girls handed Coffeyville its 22nd consecutive setback Thursday night as the Tigers closed out the regular season with a 49-27 victory in Southeast Kansas League play. Missing a starter, point guard Courtney Carpenter, who was attending a music festival, head coach Jeff Armstrong placed Kori Allen into the starting lineup. ...

Sub-State seeds set; Tigers hosting rare first-round doubleheader (02/25/10)
Sub-State tournament pairings were made official Wednesday afternoon with a twist on the usual first-round scenario for Fort Scott's teams. Sub-States were drawn in Classes 4A, 3A, and 2A, Classes 6A and 5A will be drawn Saturday while Class 1A Sub-States will be determined by the outcome of this week's 1A Regional Tournaments...

Signing on (02/25/10)

3 Tigers advance to State (02/23/10)
CHANUTE -- Three members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team will take part in the Class 4A State Tournament this weekend in Salina. Seniors Denzell Davis and Justin Sharp and freshman Tyler Sharp are the Tigers' qualifiers. They advanced from the Chanute Class 4A Regional Tournament, which was held here Friday and Saturday...

Pair of Jayhawks going to 3-2-1A State (02/23/10)
ROSSVILLE -- Jayhawk-Linn senior Eli Walrod won the 285-pound bracket while classmate Quincy Hodges took fourth place at 160, ensuring both athletes berths into the State Class 3-2-1A State Tournament, which will be held this coming weekend on the campus of Fort Hays State University...

McDermed steps up in Fort Scott girls victory (02/20/10)
By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott junior Megan McDermed stepped up with a season-high 23 points Friday night as the Tigers took control in the second half of a 42-29 victory in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium...

Fort Scott boys score 38th straight victory over Iola (02/20/10)
By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT -- Visiting Iola made things tough for about 11 minutes here Friday night but Fort Scott High's boys ended the second quarter with a 19-2 run and went on to defeat the Mustangs for the 38th consecutive time, 63-32...

Nevada Tigers take narrow victory over El Do Bulldogs (02/20/10)
By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail With 26.7 seconds left in the game and the Tigers leading the El Dorado Springs Bulldogs 56-53, Bubba Banes stepped to the charity stripe and hit one, then two free throws to give the Tigers a two possession lead down the stretch, which was enough for the Tigers to hold on and win 58-53 to finish the regular season with a 9-14 record...

Uniontown girls finish with victory over Crest (02/20/10)
Herald-Tribune UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls clinched second place in the Three Rivers League with a 62-34 victory over Crest here Friday night in their regular-season finale. Meanwhile, Crest boys wrapped up their third consecutive TRL championship with a 38-32 win over Uniontown...

Stiles, Brier advance at state wrestling championships (02/20/10)
By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As the end of day one came to a close at Mizzou Arena, the field of nearly 900 wrestlers present at the 2010 Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships had been cut nearly in half. The Nevada Tigers, however, remained strong into day two as all four of the wrestlers that Nevada High School brought to the tournament remained alive heading into Friday's competition...