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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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

Tigers tough one out versus Panthers (03/02/10)
Fort Scott High's girls knew that Paola, even as a No. 7 seed in the Osawatomie Class 4A Sub-State, was not going to be an easy team to beat when they met them in a first-round game at the FSHS gymnasium Monday night. Considering the quality of competition the Panthers (6-15) have played this season, it wasn't surprising to see them hang with the second-seeded Tigers (15-6) early on. ...

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. ...

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...

Tiger boys rally to beat Parsons (02/16/10)
PARSONS -- Gary Floyd's free throws with 1.8 seconds remaining completed Fort Scott High's rally as the Tigers bounced second-place Parsons, 40-39, in Southeast Kansas League play here Tuesday night. Fort Scott (9-5 SEK, 11-7 overall) trailed 27-19 at halftime. But a 6-0 run at the end of the third period, with 4 points by Floyd and a buzz-beating stickback by Griffin Knopp, brought the Tigers within 34-30 as the fourth quarter started...

Sharp ties single-season scoring mark (02/16/10)
JOPLIN -- Senior Jolee Sharp has matched yet another Fort Scott High School girls basketball record in the Tigers' 50-43 Southeast Kansas League victory over Parsons in the Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium here. Tuesday night, her free throws with under a minute remaining gave Sharp 390 points for the season, tying her for the FSHS single-season record with Dennie Young, who scored the same number of points in the 1991-92 season. ...

Sharp's Stats (02/11/10)
Fort Scott High School senior Jolee Sharp has put her name on several all-time FSHS basketball record lists during her career. Friday night at Chanute, it's certain that she will reach the 1,000-point mark for her high-school career. This is a mark that has been reached by only two boys in school history even though boys basketball has been played in one form or another at FSHS for over 100 years while girls basketball only got its start in the mid-1970's...

Tiger wrestlers split Pittsburg triangular (02/11/10)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling team defeated Iola but lost to Pittsburg at a Southeast Kansas League make-up triangular here Tuesday night. The Tigers defeated Iola 48-15 and lost to Pittsburg 54-9. In the other dual, Pittsburg beat Iola 66-10...

Tigers tame tough Titans in Tuesday tussle (02/10/10)
If you really feel that there is an easy mark in the Southeast Kansas League, you might want to remind the last-place Columbus Titans. Why? Because once again, the Titans gave Fort Scott High's boys about as much as they could handle before the Tigers finally began to pull away in the fourth quarter of what ended up a 61-47 league victory at the FSHS gymnasium...

Tiger girls roll in second half as Sharp nears 1,000-point mark (02/10/10)
Senior Jolee Sharp scored 28 points Tuesday night and Fort Scott High School's all-time leading girls' scorer edged closer to becoming the first to reach the 1,000-point mark as the Tigers defeated Columbus in Southeast Kansas League play, 56-28, at the FSHS gymnasium...

Tigers struggle at loaded Rose Hill tourney (02/08/10)
ROSE HILL -- If one is a believer of the idea, "In order to be the best, you have to beat the best," then one understands why Fort Scott High School's wrestling team comes to the Rose Hill Tournament every year. There were six teams ranked in their respective classes by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association here. And Tiger grapplers faced a total of nine ranked opponents in the tournament...

Tigers roll to easy win (02/05/10)
On the first of back-to-back nights, Fort Scott High's girls rolled over rival Pittsburg, 54-30, in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. This was a make-up as the game was snowed out last Friday. The Tigers (7-3 SEK, 8-6 overall) broke a 5-game winning streak on Pittsburg's part, the longest streak the Purple Dragons have had in five years. Fort Scott, meanwhile, bounced back from a tough loss Tuesday night at SEK leader Labette County...

Dragons take control early (02/05/10)
A 9-0 run midway through the first quarter was enough to give visiting Pittsburg the momentum it need to take a 55-45 victory over Fort Scott High in a Southeast Kansas League make-up game at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. Gary Floyd, playing with an injured elbow, scored the Tigers' first 4 points and Jonathan Stark's 3-pointer put Fort Scott up 7-5 with exactly five minutes left in the first quarter...

Tiger boys hold on for victory over Labette County (02/03/10)
ALTAMONT -- A game that looked to be a blowout at halftime turned into a nail-biter in the second half here Tuesday night. But Fort Scott's boys held on for a 46-41 Southeast Kansas League victory over Labette County. The Tigers (6-3 SEK, 8-5 overall) held a 30-10 halftime lead after holding LCHS (3-6, 4-9) to one field goal during a 20-2 run that covered about the last 10 minutes of the first half. Gary Floyd already had 14 points at the break, 9 in the second quarter...

LCHS girls open second half with 15-0 run to take control over Tigers (02/03/10)
ALTAMONT -- A 15-0 run to open the second half gave Labette County's girls control of a Southeast Kansas League game here Tuesday night as the host Grizzlies went on to a 49-34 victory over Fort Scott High. The Tigers (6-3 SEK, 7-6 overall) led 9-6 with 1:46 left in the first half after Jolee Sharp took a steal in for a layup. But they wouldn't score a field goal again for about 13 minutes...

Softball signing (02/01/10)

Fort Scott Homecoming postponed; game, ceremonies to made up on different dates (01/30/10)
Naturally, every single game that was to be held on the Kansas side of the state line involving area teams was postponed Friday afternoon. The storm passing through even put off two events that were to be held Saturday. Homecoming at Fort Scott High School, with Pittsburg as the opponent for the basketball doubleheader, has been rescheduled for Thursday, Jan. ...

Short roster factors in Fort Scott wrestling split (01/30/10)
ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling team might have been in position to sweep a Southeast Kansas League wrestling triangular here Thursday night. The Tigers defeated Labette County and won 5 out of the 8 matches that were held against Independence...

FSHS Homecoming postponed (01/29/10)
With Pittsburg High School canceling classes Friday morning, Fort Scott High School has postponed Homecoming activities scheduled for Friday night. Pittsburg was to be Fort Scott's opponent for the Homecoming games tonight. Those have been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 4...

Sharp's 30 leads Tigers in blowout of Nado (01/26/10)
COFFEYVILLE -- Jolee Sharp scored 30 points here Tuesday night as Fort Scott High's girls blasted Coffeyville, 70-25, in Southeast Kansas League play.

Cordray, Mitchell lead state-ranked Nado over Tigers (01/26/10)
COFFEYVILLE -- On the verge of being blown away by Coffeyville's Golden Tornado, Fort Scott High's boys fought back to take the lead midway through the third quarter of a key Southeast Kansas League game here Tuesday night. But Coffeyville, ranked No. 7 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, wrestled the lead back with a 11-2 run and held off the Tigers for a 71-60 victory to remain on top of the league standings at 7-0 (9-1 overall)...

Tiger wrestlers fifth at Paola (01/26/10)
PAOLA -- Fort Scott High School head wrestling coach David Brown only took eight wrestlers to the Paola Tournament here Saturday. But the Tigers finished fifth in the 13-team field as seven of them earned medals. Fort Scott was in second place, just one point out of first, going into the championship and consolation finals. Shawnee Mission East won the team title with 135 1/2 points, followed by Pittsburg with 113, Eudora 115 1/2, Great Bend 107 1/2 and Fort Scott 105...

Tigers roll over Vikings, Tornado (01/20/10)
Fort Scott High School's wrestling team didn't get a lot of action in their final home triangular of the season at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. But they made the most of what they had. Fort Scott only had 10 wrestlers. But Coffeyville brought only nine and Parsons had just three. So while only two Tigers got to compete in both duals, FSHS won 10 of the 11 matches that actually took place...

Sharp becomes all-time leading scorer in rout (01/19/10)
Senior Jolee Sharp became the all-time leading scorer in the history of Fort Scott High School's girls' basketball program Monday night as a stickback of a teammate's miss with 2:39 left in the third period gave her her 870th and 871st points as a Tiger...

Vikings take tight battle between pair of SEK elites (01/19/10)
Visiting Parsons likes to shoot a lot of 3-pointers. Fort Scott High's boys don't mind running up and down the floor. So, naturally, Monday night's battle between two of the Southeast Kansas League's top four teams was a defensive battle, with Parsons coming out on top 43-40...

Tigers compete at always-tough Bobcat Classic (01/19/10)
BASEHOR -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling sent nine wrestlers to the 32-team Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic here Friday and Saturday. The Tigers finished tied for 25th place in a field that included state powers in each of the four wrestling classes in Kansas as well as a couple of out-of-state schools...

Local students perform in Alamo Bowl halftime show (01/14/10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Fort Scott High School senior Torie Simons and junior Hali Eads were part of a 260-member halftime show performance at the Alamo Bowl on January 2. Simons and Eads were both invited to participate in the show and traveled to San Antonio on December 31. The game itself pitted Michigan State and Texas A&M universites, both of which had been embroiled in controversies prior to the game...

Freshmen boys beat Iola (01/14/10)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High's freshmen boys' team defeated Iola Tuesday night by a score of 62-53. Marques Floyd and Straton Hunziker each scored 10 points to lead the Tigers and Anthony Sercer added 8. The Tigers will face Girard at 6 p.m. Tonight at Fort Scott Middle School and Parsons at the same time and location Monday night...

FSCC women victorious (01/13/10)
IOLA -- Fort Scott Community College's women won their first Jayhawk Conerence-Eastern Division game here Wednesday night as they defeated Allen County, 60-51. Valencia Kelly led Fort Scott (1-2 East, 9-6 overall) with 20 points while Brittany Demery addded 11...

Tigers whip Mustangs, move into 2nd in SEK (01/12/10)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High's boys defeated Iola for the 37th consecutive time here Tuesday night, taking a 65-42 victory in Southeast Kansas League action. With Coffeyville beating Parsons, 65-53, at Coffeyville in a battle of teams tied for the league lead, the Tigers found themselves in second place in the league at the end of the night. ...

Tigers hold off Fillies late in game (01/12/10)
IOLA -- Early on Tuesday night, it looked as though Fort Scott High's girls would run away from Iola. But the Fillies' 1-4 record entering the game was a bit deceiving and they made a game of it before the Tigers were able to hold on for a 47-42 victory in Southeast Kansas League play...

Six Tigers earn medals at Bonner Springs (01/11/10)
BONNER SPRINGS -- Six of the nine wrestlers Fort Scott High School head coach David Brown brought to the Dick Burns Mat Classic, hosted by Bonner Springs High School here Saturday. Denzell Davis won the 119-pound bracket while Dane Cummings finished second at 171. Tyler Sharp, Justin Sharp and Drew Bryant each had third-place finishes and Victor Hughes was fourth...

B.C.'s back: Campbell will return as FSHS football coach after 4 years away (01/06/10)
Word had swirled around since mid-December but Monday night, the USD 234 School Board made the return of Bob Campbell as Fort Scott High School's football coach official. However, Campbell won't be giving up his day job. He'll continue his work as a partner for BSD Financial, where he went to work after leaving FSHS after the 2005-06 school year...

Boys hold off Comets (01/06/10)
Fort Scott High School's boys finally came out on top of a last-second finish Tuesday night as Gary Floyd rebounded a last-ditch Chanute shot to preserve a 57-56 Southeast Kansas League victory. The Tigers, who improved to 4-1 in the SEK and 5-3 overall, lost a pair of close games earlier in the season. ...

Girls break away in 2nd quarter (01/06/10)
Fort Scott High School's girls broke open a close game early in the second quarter and held visiting Chanute without a field goal for nearly 10 minutes during the second half as the Tigers took a 55-35 victory in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. It was the first game back from the holiday break for both teams...

Tiger JV boys improve to 4-0 (12/16/09)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity boys' basketball team has won four straight games after beating Independence Tuesday night, 54-47. Jaret Thorpe led the Tigers in a road victory with 11 points. The Tigers also won the Iola JV Tournament. On Dec. 10, they beat host Iola as Matt Wright scored 24 points...

Last-second shot dooms Tiger boys (12/16/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- Easton Julian's turnaround jumper with no time left on the clock completed an improbable rally for Independence here Tuesday night and the Bulldogs picked up a 61-59 victory over Fort Scott High in Southeast Kansas League play at Losey Gymnasium...

Lady Tigers struggle offensively in loss (12/16/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- Independence held Fort Scott High's Jolee Sharp to 4 points here Tuesday night as the Bulldogs went on to a 33-24 victory in Southeast Kansas League play at Losey Gymnasium. The Bulldogs (4-0 SEK and overall) held the Tigers (1-2, 2-4) to their fewest points since a 47-24 loss at Parsons on Feb. 10, 2006. The last time the Tigers scored less was in 1989-90 when they lost to Iola, 22-18...

Six place at Eudora T.O.C. (12/14/09)
EUDORA -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling team brought nine wrestlers to the Eudora Tournament of Champions over the weekend and six of them came back with medals. Results of round-robin pools determined which eight wrestlers in each class moved on to the brackets on Saturday. Pool results were not provided by Eudora officials...

Tiger boys win, girls lose (12/11/09)
PITTSBURG -- Straton Hunziker scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds Tuesday night to lead Fort Scott High's freshmen boys to a 42-31 victory over Pittsburg in their season opener. Marques Floyd had 9 points and 5 rebounds for the Tigers. Tiger girls, who were also playing their first game of the season, lost to the Purple Dragons, 44-33. They trailed 8-6 after one period but Pittsburg opened things up in the second and the Tigers could not quite make up the difference...

Tigers sweep Pittsburg in SEK league openers (12/08/09)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's basketball teams have each won two in a row after a sweep of Pittsburg in the first games of Southeast Kansas League play here Tuesday night. Tiger girls held off the Purple Dragons to prevailed 42-40. The boys had to rely on other players as Gary Floyd didn't score in the first three quarter before producing 11 in the fourth period of a 52-45 victory...

Tigers open season with third-place finish (12/07/09)
Webb City and Louisburg went down to the wire in the final match of the day with the championship of the season-opening Fort Scott Dual Tournament on the line at the FSHS gymnasium Saturday while the Tigers turned in impressive performances in finishing third...

Broken Arrow sweeps Willard openers (12/04/09)
WILLARD, Mo. -- Broken Arrow, the largest school in Oklahoma, swept Fort Scott High's basketball teams on the first night of the Willard Four-State Classic here Thursday night. Fort Scott's girls lost to Broken Arrow, which also calls its teams the Tigers, 43-31. Fort Scott's boys fell 63-31...

League coaches pick Tiger girls third, boys fourth (11/17/09)
PITTSBURG -- Defending girls' champion Fort Scott was picked to finish third while defending boys' tri-champ Fort Scott was tabbed four fourth at the Southeast Kansas League pre-season media conference here Monday. Tiger girls, 16-0 in the league and 18-4 overall last season, received two first-place votes and received the most top-three votes, eight...

11 Tigers on All-SEK teams; Bingesser, Gray coaches of year (11/12/09)
Southeast Kansas League coaches announced their picks for All-SEK in football, volleyball and soccer earlier this week. In addition to the 11 players from Fort Scott High School who received all-league honors in their sports, two FSHS coaches were named Coach of the Year in their sports...

Epps resigns football position, remains boys' track coach (11/09/09)
Reports surfaced over the weekend -- confirmed on Sunday by KSNF-TV -- that Fort Scott head football coach Don Epps resigned his position Friday. Epps will remain the Tigers' head boys' track coach and as a teacher at the high school. Epps moved up from an assistant's position before the 2006 season to replace long-time head coach Bob Campbell, who resigned to take a position at BSD Financial. ...

Chanute hands Tigers 42-20 loss in finale (10/30/09)
CHANUTE -- As they did last season, Fort Scott's Tigers gave Chanute some fits in a season-ending game that the Blue Comets probably expected to be easier. But, again, Chanute just had too much firepower and went on to clinch the Southeast Kansas League championship outright with a 42-20 victory over Fort Scott...

Shot down in the dark (10/28/09)
After 105 minutes of play, Paola upsets Tigers in the twilight

Blue Comets dash Tigers' hopes (10/26/09)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team was familiar with every one of the teams in the Parsons Class 4A Sub-State Tournament, held here Saturday at the Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium. While that was a good thing in the sense that there would be no surprises for the third-seeded Tigers, it also meant that there would be no surprises for their opponents...

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 roll by Riverton, 4-0 (10/20/09)
Fort Scott High School's soccer team concluded its best regular-season in the 10-year history of the program Tuesday with a 4-0 shutout of Riverton at Ellis Park. The Tigers finished the regular slate at 11-5 and are virtually certain to host a playoff game for the first time ever. ...

Brown ties for 25th in Class 4A (10/20/09)
HUTCHINSON -- Fort Scott High junior Kacie Brown finished tied for 25th place at the Kansas Class 4A State Golf Tournament here Monday. Brown shot 53's on each nine to finish with a total of 106. The score was the same as Brown recorded at State last season, when she finished 38th. She did not qualify as a freshman in 2007...

Soccer brings home program's first trophy (10/20/09)
COFFEYVILLE -- The Fort Scott High School soccer team won its ninth and 10th games of the season here Saturday as the Tigers posted two shutout victories to win the Coffeyville Tornado Tournament for the first time ever. The previous record for victories in a season was 7, which the Tigers had in 2004. ...

Pittsburg victory over Chanute gives Tigers SEK title outright (10/20/09)
CHANUTE -- Pittsburg defeated Chanute, 25-22, 25-8, here Monday night, a victory which was a favor for its biggest rival. Chanute came into this Southeast Kansas League triangular -- originally scheduled for Oct. 1 but postponed due to a flu outbreak -- with a chance to tie Fort Scott High for the league championship. But Pittsburg's sweep gave the Blue Comets their second league loss...

Volleyball third at Anderson County (10/20/09)
GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team wrapped up the regular season with a third-place finish at the Anderson County Tournament here Saturday. "Overall, the girls played well," Fort Scott head coach Carol Bingesser said. "We were battling not feeling 100-percent (healthy) as a team. The girls stayed focused and played very well as a team."...

Tiger soccer 'run rules' Coffeyville (10/15/09)
Fort Scott High's soccer team posted its highest goal total in five years Thursday in 'run ruling' Coffeyville 10-0 in Southeast Kansas League play at Ellis Park. The Tigers clinched no worse than second place in the Southeast Kansas League with the victory as this completed the league schedule. ...

Tiger volleyball claims share of league title (10/15/09)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team swept Chanute and Iola here Thursday night while Pittsburg was upset by Parsons at Altamont. Those results gave the Tigers at least a share of the Southeast Kansas League championship. Chanute was unbeaten in league play going into the night at 4-0. ...

Brown earns State berth (10/13/09)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott junior Kacie Brown finished third in the Girard Class 4A Regional Golf Tournament here Tuesday and earned a berth into the State Tournament, which will be held at Hutchinson Monday. The Tigers finished sixth as a team and were not able to return to State as a team. Brown was the only individual qualifier...

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...

Tiger soccer pounds Columbus, 7-1 (10/12/09)
Cold, wind, mist. None of those things really bothered Fort Scott High's soccer team as they pounced Columbus 7-1 in Southeast Kansas League play at Ellis Park Monday. The game was originally scheduled for Thursday but postponed due to the condition of the field...

Tiger tennis season comes to end (10/12/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis season came to an end here Friday as each of the Tigers' entries were eliminated in one match at the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament. However, the Tigers showed marked improvement this season, winning the most total matches as a team (31) since 2005 after a winless season in 2008...

Fort Scott breaks through on Homecoming (10/12/09)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The kid was all right. Fort Scott's Luke Brown became the first sophomore to start a game at quarterback in the known history of the Tiger football program Friday night as an eight-game losing streak was broken with a 35-6 Homecoming victory at Frary Field in Southeast Kansas League play...

Fort Scott JV volleyball splits (10/12/09)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity volleyball team split a triangular at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. The Tigers defeated Columbus, 25-15, 25-15. Kenzie Heatherly served 4 aces for the Tigers and Paige Denton served 2. Taylor Grant led with 3 kills. Fort Scott lost to Pittsburg, 25-21, 25-21...

Tigers beat Titans, fall to Dragons (10/08/09)
Pittsburg's Kristina Willis took over the match at just the wrong time as far as Fort Scott High School's volleyball team was concerned Thursday night and the Purple Dragons forced the Tigers to settle for a split of a Southeast Kansas League triangular at the FSHS gymnasium...

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...

Districts assigned for 2010-11 (10/07/09)
No room for Chanute on schedule as Prairie View assigned to Tigers' group

Tigers seventh at SEK tennis (10/06/09)
PITTSBURG -- For the sixth consecutive season, Independence won the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament as the Bulldogs beat out Parsons for the team title by four points. Independence also had three of the four bracket champions and the runner-up in the other. All four finals were between Independence and Parsons entrants...

Tiger soccer gains 2-0 win at Riverton (10/06/09)
RIVERTON -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team posted a 2-0 victory over Riverton in a non-league soccer match here Monday. Max McAllister scored a first-half goal for the Tigers while Matt Scharenberg scored in the second half. Garret Baugher and Jason Trejo combined for the shutout as each played goalkeeper for a half...

Golfers have good day at Anderson County (10/06/09)
GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School girls' golf coach Karen Curran was understandably pleased with the performance her Tigers turned in at the Anderson County Invitational here Tuesday. Although the Tigers finished fourth, most of the girls turned in season or career best scores for 9 and 18 holes. Fort Scott shot 414 as a team, their best over 18 holes this season...

Columbus rolls over Fort Scott, 62-14 (10/06/09)
COLUMBUS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School found some success early in the first quarter of Friday night's Southeast Kansas League battle with Columbus. But it was short lived as the Titans went on to score 23 points in the last 3:46 of the first quarter and went on to a 62-14 rout of the Tigers...

Fort Scott moves atop SEK volleyball standings (10/05/09)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team beat Independence and Labette County in three games each here Thursday night and moved atop the Southeast Kansas League standings. The Tigers (4-0 SEK, 15-7 overall) defeated the host Bulldogs (2-2, 14-9) in the opening match, 25-17, 21-25, 25-22. Halsey dished 22 assists. Shelton had 11 kills and 9 blocks. Megan McDermed had 3 kills and 2 digs and Carpenter had 2 digs...

FSHS hosts four-team tennis tourney (10/05/09)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team hosted a four-team tournament here Thursday with both doubles teams finishing in second place in their pools. There were actually six Fort Scott entries as head coach Lynn Barr put a couple of players into the singles pools to fill in for Columbus players who couldn't come. There...

Fort Scott 4th, Uniontown 5th at Columbus tourney (10/06/09)
COLUMBUS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished fourth while Uniontown was fifth at the Columbus Invitational here Thursday. For the Southeast Kansas League school here, this served as the third and final of the three league tournaments. ...

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...

Neosho takes victory over Tigers (10/01/09)
Jarod Hill scored two goals and assisted on another as visiting Neosho (Mo.) took a 3-1 victory over Fort Scott High in a non-league soccer match at Ellis Park. After a half-hour delay caused when two of the officials went to the wrong city, Fort Scott junior Josh Buller came out and scored quickly despite a nagging groin injury. His goal in just the third minute of play put the Tigers (5-5) up 1-0...

Tiger tennis falls at Nevada (10/01/09)
NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team dropped all of its matches in a best-of-9 dual here Tuesday. The Tigers hosted their home tournament Thursday evening. Results were not available by press time but will be published in Saturday's edition of the Weekend Herald-Tribune...

Brown fourth in SEK race (10/01/09)
COLUMBUS -- According to information sent out by the Chanute Tribune, Fort Scott's Kacie Brown has finished in fourth place in the Southeast Kansas League in the first-ever sanctioned girls' golf season. The SEK was able to begin officially sponsoring girls' golf this year when Chanute came on to make up the fifth team needed for league sanction. ...

Tiger golfers 7th at Pittsburg (10/01/09)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished second among Southeast Kansas League teams and seventh overall at the Pittsburg Invitational here Tuesday. The tournament is one of the three Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments. The last one will be held today at Columbus. The unofficial totals have Chanute 45 strokes ahead of Fort Scott in the team standings...

Jayhawk-Linn, Pleasanton each drop one classification (09/29/09)
While Fort Scott and Uniontown will remain in their classes for this school year, both Jayhawk-Linn and Pleasanton will each drop one classification after the Kansas State High School Activities Association released 2009-10 assignments Tuesday. Football classes for the 2010 and 2011 seasons were also released. Those will be reviewed in Thursday's edition...

Tiger JV tennis finishes fourth at Parsons (09/29/09)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team finished fourth in a seven-team bracketed tournament here Monday, finishing its season on a pretty high note. The Tigers finished with the same number of team points as Coffeyville, 10, but were dropped one spot because they had to leave one slot open to keep players from going over the number of competition days limited by state rule...

Tigers struggle at tough Louisburg tourney (09/29/09)
LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High's volleyball team had problems with its serve receive most of the day here Saturday and had to settle for seventh place at the tough Louisburg Tournament. "Serve receive killed us," Fort Scott head coach Carol Bingesser said. "If you can't pass, you can't start your offense."...

Tigers sweep league foes at home (09/25/09)
In many cases, the team that will give a coach the most trouble is the one that would normally be the one least expected. Fort Scott High had trouble with Coffeyville -- which only gained its first two wins of the season last Saturday -- before finally putting the Golden Tornado away in two games, 25-17, 25-19 in the middle match of a Southeast Kansas League triangular at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. ...

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...

FSHS JV fourth at LCHS tourney (09/23/09)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team finished fourth in a six-team tournament hosted by Labette County here Tuesday. Bailee Hall and Corina Harrison had a 4-1 record in No. 2 doubles, finishing the highest of Fort Scott's entrants. ...

Tigers beat Pittsburg 2-0 in SEK soccer tilt (09/22/09)
Josh Buller scored both goals and freshman goalkeeper Brett Allen posted his third straight shutout as Fort Scott High's soccer team posted a 2-0 victory over Pittsburg in Southeast Kansas League play at Ellis Park Tuesday evening. After an 0-2 start to the season in which they were outscored 12-2, the Tigers have won three straight and outscored their opponents 14-0...

Tigers 5th at Galena (09/21/09)
JOPLIN -- Fort Scott High School's varsity golf team finished fifth at Galena's tournament, held here Thursday. The Tigers shot 237 over nine holes. Joplin won the team title with a 190. This was just a day after the Tigers did not fare well in an 18-hole tourney at Girard...

Tiger varsity 1-4 at Pittsburg (09/21/09)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's varsity volleyball team won only one of four matches at a tough tournament here Saturday. The Tigers (11-7) defeated Labette County in three games in the final match of the day for their only win. Scores were 21-25, 25-19, 26-24...

Tiger JV 2-2 at home (09/21/09)
The Fort Scott High School junior varsity volleyball team had two victories in four matches as it hosted the Southeast Kansas League JV Tournament Saturday. The Tigers (5-7) began the day with a 25-18, 25-18 loss to Parsons. Kenzie Heatherly had 5 digs in the match...

Pittsburg stuns Fort Scott, 53-14 (09/19/09)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Pittsburg took advantage of two first-quarter Fort Scott turnovers at Hutchinson Field here Friday night and jumped out to a three-touchdown lead on its way to a 53-14 Southeast Kansas League victory. As has been the case in all three games this season, the running game was key. Fort Scott (0-2 SEK, 0-3 overall) rushed for only 28 yards on 33 carries and allowed 376 yards on 53 rushes...

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...

Tiger golfers struggle at Girard (09/18/09)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's golf team struggled in its first 18-hole tournament of the season, finishing seventh out of nine full teams and unable to crack the top 20 individually. "We didn't play nearly as well (Wednesday) as we did at Chanute on Monday," Fort Scott head coach Karen Curran said. "So goes the game of golf...lots of ups and downs. Hopefully, the girls will rebound (at Joplin) and fair better at Shifferdecker."...

FSHS Volleyball takes two of three (09/16/09)
OSAWATOMIE -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team took two of three matches here Tuesday night. The Tigers defeated Prairie View, 25-19, 20-25, 25-21, and Osawatomie, 25-22, 13-25, 25-18, before falling to Louisburg, 25-11, 25-11. "We played well against Prairie View and Osawatomie but in both matches, let down in the second game," Fort Scott head coach Carol Bingesser said. "Louisburg is by far the best team we have seen this season."...

Hobbs third at Independence tourney (09/16/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- Heather Hobbs took third place in No. 2 singles here Tuesday as Fort Scott High's tennis team took part in a five-team round-robin tournament here. Hobbs (5-9) defeated Elyse Merritt of Labette County, 8-4, in her first match. In the second match, she lost 8-2 to Emily Derrick, an Independence player who was filling a vacant slot in the Parsons line up. The third match was an 8-0 loss to Taylor Mason of Independence. Finally, she defeated Alyssa Schurle of Neodesha, 8-5...

Tigers claim second place in SEK golf (09/15/09)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's girls' golf team took third place in the first-ever Southeast Kansas League designated girls' golf tournament here Monday. But because second-place Caney Valley is not a member of the SEK, the Tigers are actually in second place in team standings...

Tiger JV tennis sees doubles team take 1st (09/15/09)
Fort Scott High School hosted a junior varsity tennis tournament Monday. No team scores were kept but the Tigers had a bracket winner in No.1 doubles and a pair of thirds. There were four teams entered. Sammi Carr and Corina Harrison were the winners of the No. ...

Independence runs over Fort Scott, 29-7 (09/15/09)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's football team is a team of two halves. In the first half of both their games this season, they have shown a strong effort. Unfortunately, they have taken steps back in the second half of both games. After thwarting Independence three times in the "red zone" in the first half Friday night and going into the locker room with a 7-6 lead, the Tigers were unable to stop the Bulldog running game in the second half nor could they get much offense going against them.. ...

Tiger tennis results from Independence (09/15/09)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School tennis coach Lynn Barr had an opportunity to give several of his players different kinds of experience at the Independence Invitational here Thursday. Medals were not awarded at this tournament, so Barr treated the round-robin tournament basically like four duals. He used one lineup for the first two rounds and another for the final two...

Fort Scott soccer shuts out Pittsburg (09/15/09)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Josh Buller scored twice and goalie Brett Allen posted a shutout as Fort Scott High's soccer team posted a 4-0 Southeast Kansas League victory over Pittsburg. Buller scored his first goal at about the 24th minute, which held up as the only goal of the first half. ...

Tiger volleyball sweeps at Erie (09/14/09)
ERIE -- Fort Scott High's volleyball team improved to 8-2 on the season by sweeping through a quadrangular here Saturday. The Tigers defeated Southeast Kansas League rival Parsons in a non-league match, 27-29, 25-15, 25-21. They swept host Erie, 25-11, 25-8 and Southeast-Cherokee, 25-8, 25-16...

JV golfers play at Galena tourney (09/14/09)
JOPLIN -- Fort Scott High School's golf team sent a contingent to a tournament hosted by Galena as Schifferdecker Park here Friday with Devan Lloyd winning the title with a score of 62 over nine holes. Lloyd, a junior, was competing in just the third third tournament of her high-school career. ...

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. ...

Rain no handicap to Caney Valley; Tigers 4th (09/09/09)
The rain didn't keep the golfers off the course at Fort Scott Country Club Tuesday afternoon as the Fort Scott Invitational went on as scheduled. It also didn't prove much of a handicap to Caney Valley's golfers as five of the six Bullpups finished in the top 10, giving it the team title easily with a score of 205...

Bulldogs control play in 4-1 victory over Tigers (09/09/09)
Independence controlled play most of the game at Ellis Park Tuesday afternoon as the Bulldogs rolled to a 4-1 victory over Fort Scott High School's soccer team in the Tigers' home opener. The Bulldogs (1-0 Southeast Kansas League, 1-1 overall) took 36 shots at the Tigers' goal while Fort Scott (0-1, 0-2) mustered only four in the game and one in the second half, although that did result in the Tigers' lone goal, a hard charge by Chris McAllister in the final minute of play...

Offensive line takes over for Nevada (09/05/09)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- There was no scoring in the second half at Frary Field here Friday night. But Nevada's offensive line was the clear winner as it controlled play in a 13-7 victory over Fort Scott. Nevada (1-1) rushed for 133 yards in the fourth quarter alone. In the game, it rushed for 303 yards on 57 carries with senior fullback Nathan Ryan going for 151 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries...

FSHS volleyball posts sweep (09/04/09)
IOLA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team is on a five-match winning streak after sweeping Prairie View and Iola in a non-league triangular here Thursday night. The Tigers (5-2) defeated Prairie View in three games, 25-23, 20-25, 28-26. Then they downed Southeast Kansas League rival Iola, 25-22, 25-22...

Fort Scott tennis picks up 3 wins (09/04/09)
PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team picked up three victories in its matches at the Labette County Invitational here Thursday. Heather Hobbs picked up a win in singles play while Michelle Buntain and Ashlyn Baugher teamed up for two in doubles...

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...

JV volleyball opens with sweep (09/03/09)
COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity volleyball team began its season here Tuesday night by sweeping three opponents, including Iola and Independence. Against Columbus, the scores were 25-7, 25-18. Kenzie Heatherly served 4 aces. Taylor Grant had 4 kills and Jessica Cox recorded 6 digs...

Golf team starting season at home (09/03/09)
The first junior varsity and varsity outings for Fort Scott High's golf team will be on the Tigers' home course. The junior varsity starts first by participating in Uniontown's JV tournament at the Fort Scott Country Club Friday. The varsity hosts its own invitational Tuesday at 3 p.m...

JV tennis splits dual with Pittsburg (09/03/09)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team split a 12-match dual with Pittsburg here Tuesday with five victories coming in singles. This was an extra meet placed into the schedule as the girls were not scheduled to play again until Tuesday after opening the season with a home tournament back on Aug. 24...

Louisburg bounces Tigers in soccer opener (09/03/09)
LOUISBURG -- Chris McAllister scored Fort Scott High's only goal here Tuesday as host Louisburg bounced the Tigers 8-1 in a non-league contest. Crosswhite and Wilson scored two goals each for the Wildcats, who improved to 1-1 on the season. No other details were available from this game...

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."...

Tigers sweep Chanute, Colgan (09/01/09)
Fort Scott High School's volleyball team won both matches at its first home triangular of the season Tuesday night at the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers beat Southeast Kansas League rival Chanute in a non-league dual, 25-21, 26-24, and Pittsburg Colgan, 25-19, 25-22. Chanute beat Colgan, 25-19, 29-27...

Tigers win one of three at Girard (09/01/09)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team learned what it will need to do in order to compete in the Southeast Kansas League here Saturday as the Tigers opened the season at a non-league quadrangular here. The Tigers lost to defending SEK champion Pittsburg, 25-11, 25-11, defending Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee league champion Girard, 25-15, 25-18, but beat Columbus, 25-15, 25-21. Girard was also a Class 4A State Tournament qualifier last season...

Fort Scott tennis plays first varsity tournament (08/31/09)
PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis team opened its season here Thursday with a five-team round-robin tournament here. Heather Hobbs went 1-3 for the Tigers in No. 1 singles. The victory came in her final match of the day, an 8-5 decision over Baya Abudu of Coffeyville...

Fort Scott tennis has nowhere to go but up (08/30/09)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's girls' tennis team is looking to improve this season even though the team has no seniors. There are 15 players out for the team right now, seven who return from last year while one more player awaits the outcome of her physical before she can begin practice. The Tigers begin their season by hosting a junior varsity tournament at 3 p.m. Monday while the varsity season begins at Parsons, Kan., Thursday...

Tigers, alumni scrimmage (08/27/09)
Rather than just have varsity players play against junior varsity players, Fort Scott High School's soccer team scrimmaged a team of alumni at Ellis Field Thursday evening. The unofficial score had the Tigers beating the alumni 6-3. Senior Chris McAllister scored four goals, senior Kholton Dwyer had one and junior Max McAllister had one...

Fort Scott High tennis team hosts junior varsity tournament (08/26/09)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team opened the junior varsity portion of its schedule with a home tournament Monday afternoon. Ashley Allen had the Tigers' best finish of the day, going 1-2 in No. 2 singles. The other three entries did not win any matches. The point was more about gaining experience for a young squad...

Competition driving Tigers in pre-season (08/24/09)
Fort Scott High School head coach Don Epps was happy with the display his Tigers put on during a lawnchair scrimmage at the FSHS practice field Saturday morning. The fourth-year head coach saw a lot of aggressiveness on the field as competition for almost every position has resulted hard work from the players...