Fort Scott Tribune: Sports : Cross-Country

Cross-Country

Jayhawks' Long, Craig qualify for 2A State (10/26/09)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn senior Meriel Long and junior Mason Craig qualified individually for the Class 2A State Cross Country Meet as a result of their finishes at the Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Regional Meet at Sugar Valley Golf Course here Saturday...

Tigers unable to advance to State (10/26/09)
EL DORADO -- Fort Scott High School's cross country season came to an end here Saturday as no member of the team was able to finish high enough to qualify for the State meet. Fort Scott's boys posted the following finishes over 5 kilometers: Robert Sellers, 36th in 18:38; Keenan Gregory, 58th in 19:52; Charlie Sercer, 69th in 20:30; Colton Ballou, 80th in 21:16; Anthony Sercer, 85th in 21:59; and Austin Sather, 87th in 22:17...

Tigers join field at Jayhawk-Linn; girls third (10/13/09)
MOUND CITY -- Fort Scott High's cross-country team joined the crowd at the make-up of Jayhawk-Linn's invitational meet here Monday. Jayhawk-Linn was set to host this meet Thursday with Pleasanton participating while Fort Scott was originally scheduled to be at Independence that day. Rain made the courses at both sites unsafe for the runners. Independence chose not to reschedule its meet so Fort Scott joined this meet...

Soccer postponed; golf, cross-country canceled (10/08/09)
Fort Scott High School's soccer match with Columbus, scheduled for Thursday afternoon at Ellis Park, was postponed until 4:30 p.m. Monday due to the rain making field conditions poor. The Tigers are not scheduled to play prior to Monday. Fort Scott's girls' golf team was to send three players to Parsons Thursday but rain washed out that event. The Tigers will play in the Girard Class 4A Regional Tournament Monday...

Area teams compete at Central Heights (10/06/09)
RICHMOND, Kan. -- Fort Scott, Jayhawk-Linn and Pleasanton all sent athletes to the Central Heights Invitational here Thursday. Fort Scott's involvement was a last-minute arrangement as the meet it was scheduled to go to at Pittsburg was canceled after heavy rains made the course at Four Oaks Golf Course unusable...

Tigers take part in Iola meet (09/23/09)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High School's cross country team participated in Iola's Doc Stiles Invitational here Tuesday. In the 5-kilometer boys' varsity race, Robert Sellers was 29th in 18 minutes, 35 seconds. Logan Fancher finished 36th in 18:50, Keenan Gregory 39th in 19:04 and Charlie Sercer 47th in 19:36. The race-winning time was not available...

Fort Scott runners compete at Big Hill Lake (09/19/09)
CHERRYVALE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's cross country teams took part in a meet at Big Hill Lake here Thursday with Parsons acting as the host. In the 4-kilometer girls' varsity run, Jenna Harper finished in 13th place for the Tigers with a time of 19:59.93 while Morgan Tourtillott was 14th in 20:08.37...

Long wins meet for J-Linn at Wellsville (09/19/09)
WELLSVILLE, Kan. -- Jayhawk-Linn's Meriel Long took the varsity girls' race at a cross country race here Thursday, finishing as the only runner under 17 minutes with her time of 16:41. She was the only Jayhawk in the varsity race. Kelsey Carbajo of Spring Hill, Kan., was second in 17:07...

Bogina wins Fort Scott meet again (09/10/09)
Tracey Bogina, Fort Scott High School's head cross country coach, doesn't like to make a big deal out of how well her son, Austin, runs for Northeast-Arma. It's not her nature. Even if Tracey were that kind of parent -- and those who know her know she is the antithesis of the overbearing jock mom -- she wouldn't have to shout from the rooftops. ...

Fort Scott JV boys place at LCHS meet (09/04/09)
ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity boys cross country team finished fourth at the season-opening Labette County Invitational here Thursday morning. The boys' varsity team ran 5 kilometers and entered three athletes. The other races were over 3,200 meters...

Short-handed Pleasanton team opens season (09/04/09)
GARNETT, Kan. -- Pleasanton did not have its full contingent when it opened its season Thursday at the Jerry Howarter Invitational, hosted by Anderson County High School. According to head coach Dan Saulsberry, many members of the team had responsibilities involving the football team's season-opening home game, which was also played Thursday...

Cross country numbers are up (09/02/09)
Fort Scott High School head cross country coach Tracey Bogina has seen a spike in the numbers on her team this season. After a few years of low numbers, there are 17 boys and girls out this year. "That's pretty good numbers for cross country," Bogina said Wednesday afternoon. "With other good sports to choose from, I'm glad these kids chose ours."...

Long qualifies for 3A State (10/27/08)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn junior Meriel Long qualified for the Class 3A State Cross Country Meet after finishing seventh here Saturday at the Jayhawk-Linn Class 3A Regional Meet at Sugar Valley Golf Course. Long will compete in the Class 3A State Meet at Wamego Saturday morning. Classes 4A, 2A and 1A will also compete there with the 3A girls' race taking place first at 9 a.m. at the Wamego Country Club...

Blu-Jays take part in league meet (10/20/08)
BURLINGTON -- Cross-country teams from Pleasanton High School and Pleasanton Middle School took part at a meet here Thursday that served as the Three Rivers League championship meet. The TRL varsity meet was combined with a meet Burlington was hosting, so each athlete has a placing within the race as a whole and also among the league runners...

Iola, Pittsburg win SEK cross-country titles (10/16/08)
Iola won the boys' team title while Pittsburg took the girls' championship at the Southeast Kansas League Cross Country Meet, held on the grounds of the Great West Insurance building Thursday afternoon. Fort Scott was not eligible for the boys' championship as it didn't have the minimum five runners. Tiger girls finished in fourth place...

Correction (Cross country) (10/10/08)
Due to poor editing, the Sports Calendar in today's (Friday's) edition of the Tribune says that there is a Regional Cross Country meet today at Great West Insurance. There is no meet on for today. The Southeast Kansas League Meet is the one that will be held next and it will be held Thursday (Oct. 16) afternoon on the Great West grounds beginning at 4 p.m...

Richmond sets school record at Richmond (10/05/08)
RICHMOND, Kan. -- Pleasanton's Rachel Richmond set a new Pleasanton High School varsity girls' record when she ran the 4,000-meter course at the Central Heights Invitational here Thursday. The KSHSAA directory lists Central Heights as being in Richmond, although it is actually out in the country. Still, it seems appropriate for someone named Richmond to set a record here...

Nevada, Fort Scott compete in Pittsburg meet (10/05/08)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Both Nevada and Fort Scott high schools sent runners to Four Oaks Golf Course here Thursday to compete in the Pittsburg Invitational. The highest finisher from either school in varsity competition was Nevada's Todd Brier, who finished 15th in the 5,000-meter boys' race with a time of 16:43. Charlie Sercer was the only Fort Scott runner in the race, placing 41st in 18:04...

Fort Scott girls come up big at Big Hill Lake (09/20/08)
CHERRYVALE, Kan. -- Fort Scott and Pleasanton's cross-country teams took part in the Parsons meet at Big Hill Lake near here Thursday evening. Fort Scott's junior varsity girls' team swept honors as the Tigers won the team title and Morgan Tourtillott won the individual crown. Tourtillott finished in 15 minutes, 22 seconds while Fort Scott scored 20 points to beat Chanute by 15 points...

A good day for the Bognia family (09/11/08)
Son wins meet hosted by mother's school for aunt's team on course plotted by his father on a rainy afternoon

Jayhawks get early start on cross country season (09/04/08)
FREEMAN, Mo. -- Jayhawk-Linn got an early start on the cross-country season with a Wednesday meet hosted by Cass-Midway here. The Jayhawks did not have full teams in either the boys' or girls' division but did have two girls finish in the top 10. Meriel Long ran her two miles in 14 minutes, 13 seconds to finish in sixth place. Sylvia Grant turned in a time of 14:21 to finish ninth. They were the only Jayhawks competing...

Cross country opener could be held up (09/03/08)
If things went as planned, then Fort Scott High School's cross country team is opening its season today at Labette County's invitational in Altamont, as it does every year. However, as the remains of Hurricane Gustav continued falling Wednesday night, there was a strong possibility that the meet might not be held. ...