COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High School's golf team took third place at the third of four Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments here Tuesday. The Tigers finished with a team score of 330 while Chanute and Pittsburg each scored 326.

The unofficial results showed that Chanute and Pittsburg's No. 5 golfers each had the exact same score and neither team's sixth-place golfer -- if they had one -- was listed on the official results sheet. So it's presumed, at least unofficially, that the tie wasn't broken.

Unofficial league team standings have Chanute still on top with a three-tournament total of 965. Fort Scott is second at 987 and Pittsburg is third with 994. The final SEK designated tournament is at Fort Scott on May 8.

"With winds 20-30 M.P.H. we could not expect to score as well as we had last week, but overall we played pretty well," Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said.

Individually, Chanute's Jeremy Gant was the winner, shooting 35 on the front nine and 37 on the back for a total of 72. Landon Williams of Pittsburg was second at 37-38--75 while Brandon Yeubanks of Coffeyville was third with 43-37--80.

Fort Scott golfers took the next three spots. Cole Murrin shot 39-42--81 for fourth place. Tanner Beckham shot a career-best 40-42--82 to place fifth, winning his first varsity medal. Chris Brown was sixth at 41-42--83 after winning the scorecard playoff with Iola's Chase Ellis (43-40) and Pittsburg's Jon Nichols (40-43) and Spencer Orecheln (41-42).

"Cole and Chris were disappointed with their scores, especially because, in general, they struck the ball well but their short game let them down," Klassen said. "But a fourth- and sixth-place finish for the two is not too shabby.

"But Tanner Beckham was the story of the day. He was one happy camper after his round. I hope his good results -- a fifth-place finish -- will encourage Tanner to keep working hard at practice. His teammates will encourage him, I'm sure."

Rounding out Tiger results were Paul Norris, whose 44-40--84 missed out on 10th place only because of the scorecard playoff (five players shot 84), Dyan Renfro, who shot 42-44--86, and Andrew Defenbaugh, 49-49--98.

"Paul and Dylan, like Chris and Cole, did not play as well as they have previously," Klassen said. "But Paul finished tied for 10th and Dylan at 18th. They played well against the field on a day when the conditions were difficult."

The next action of the Tiger varsity will be Monday at the Buck Quincy Invitational in Iola. Play will begin at 8:30 a.m.

Team scores

1 (tie). Chanute (CH) 326 (Gant 72, Gard 84, Hale 84, Coronado 86, Hudson 91, no sixth score) and Pittsburg (PT) 326 (L.Williams 75, J.Nichols 83, Orcheln 83, T.Nichols 85, Esch 91, no sixth score); 3. Fort Scott (FS) 330 (Murrin 81, Beckham 82, Brown 83, Norris 84);

4. Coffeyville (CF) 351 (Yeubanks 80, Watts 90, Hurlbutt 90, Moore 91); 5. Parsons 355 (Darkis 84, Walters 87, Heenan 90, Chandler 94); 6. Iola (IO) 356 (C.Ellis 83, A.Ellis 85, Walden 92, Ivy 96);

7. Independence (IN) 357 (Goad 84, Webster 89, Botts 91, Berberick 93); 8. Labette County 369 (Sparks 90, Carter 91, Fentress 92, Arb 96); 9. Columbus 428 (Schoech 85, R.Chancellor 94, Beech 123, Torchia 126).

Medalists

1. Jeremy Gant, CH, 35-37--72; 2. Landon Williams, PT, 37-38--75; 3. Brandon Yeubanks, CF, 43-37--80; 4. Cole Murrin, FS, 39-42--81; 5. Tanner Beckham, FS, 40-42--82;

6. Chris Brown, FS, 41-42--83; 7. Chase Ellis, IO, 43-40--83; 8. Jon Nichols, PT, 40-43--83; 9. Spencer Orcheln, PT, 41-42--83; 10. Tanner Goad, IN, 40-44--84.

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JUNIOR VARSITY -- Fort Scott's JV took a squad over to Columbus Monday to compete in a tournament made up mostly of smaller school's varsity teams and finished in third place.

Girard was the winner with a score of 327. Frontenac was next at 351 followed by the Tiger JV at 358.

Fort Scott's highest-placing individual was Corey Midkiff, whose 41-47--88 tied for 10th place. Tyler Cook was 12th at 40-49--89 with Evan Heiser tied for 13th at 45-45--90, Nolan Stark tied for 15th at 47-44--91 and Trevor Swim in 25th place at 51-49--100.

The Tiger JV was scheduled to compete at Prairie View Wednesday, then at Labette County April 29.