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State Track: Five have previous State experience (05/22/13)
Five of the seven Tribune Area State Track qualifiers have previous experience at State meets. This will be the third State appearance for Fort Scott junior Katren Rienbolt and the second for her classmate, Jillian Lattimer, as well as Uniontown seniors Trenton Miller and Abby Dixon and junior Da'Nisha Robinson. The first timers are Fort Scott junior Chris Allen and freshman Nick Woods...

4A State Golf: Wichita Collegiate wins 17th State title (05/22/13)
CHENEY -- Fort Scott High School junior Jonathan Allen shot 45 on the front nine and 41 on the back to finish with an 86 at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at Cherry Oaks Golf Course here Monday. That score tied for 70 out of 106 golfers at the tournament...

Rienbolt, Lattimer, Woods, Allen qualify for State (05/21/13)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High School will send four athletes to this weekend's State Track and Field Meet in four events as a result of efforts at Friday's Iola Class 4A Regional Meet. The top six finishers in each event earned medals, as is the case at all meets, but only the top four qualified for State...

It's a pretty 'Swede' deal (05/18/13)

Iola brings Tigers' season to close (05/18/13)
GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team defeated Ottawa in the semifinals of the Anderson County Class 4A Regional Tournament here Thursday. But undefeated Iola put a rough ending to the season by rolling in the championship game, 17-6. The Mustangs (18-0) will be the top seed and the only unbeaten team in the Class 4A State Tournament at Salina next weekend. ...

Frontenac takes final in pitchers' duel (05/17/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's softball team avenged an embarrassing home loss to Girard in Wednesday's semifinal but fell to Frontenac in the final of the Chanute Class 4A Regional Tournament in a pitchers' duel. Fort Scott, which finished its season at 17-4, split a doubleheader with Girard at Don Hewett Field on April 30 but lost the second game that day 17-0. The Tigers shut out Girard in the semifinal, 4-0...

Iola downs Tigers for State berth (05/17/13)
NOTE - This version corrects the score of the Fort Scott-Iola game that was listed in the print edition.

Chanute wins Rohde Award (05/16/13)
Fort Scott third in SEK all-sports standings

Frontenac downs Tigers, 1-0, in Regional final (05/16/13)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's softball team defeated Girard in the semifinal of the Chanute Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament here Wednesday. But Frontenac took the championship game from the Tigers, 1-0, to earn its first trip to State since moving up into Class 4A...

Eagles host Regional semifinals, finals today (05/16/13)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team is hoping to use home-field advantage this afternoon to get to the Class 2-1A State Tournament. The second-seeded Eagles (7-9), who have lost seven of their last eight games, take on third-seeded St. Paul (7-8) in the second semifinal of the Uniontown Class 2-1A Regional Tournament this afternoon at 4:45 p.m. at George Warren Field...

Allen qualifies for State golf (05/15/13)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High junior Jonathan Allen finished in seventh place after a three-way playoff at the KATY Course here Monday and qualified for the Class 4A State Tournament, which will be held at Cherry Oaks Golf Course in Cheney. As a team, the Tigers finished fifth in the Parsons Class 4A Regional Tournament. Every member of the top two teams and the five top players from non-qualifying teams earn berths to State...

Knopp fans 12; streaking Tigers advance (05/14/13)
NOTE: Two corrections have been made in this article from the print edition. 1) The date of the semifinals and championship games is Thursday, not Wednesday as originally published. 2) The Tigers' season record is 14-4, not 12-4 as originally published.

6-run sixth, combined no-hitter gets Tigers past Dragons (05/14/13)
Hopefully, Delane Gray remembered sometime between the end of Monday night's game and right now to look up who Kirk Gibson is. A comparison to Gray's pinch-hit, run scoring single to Gibson's 1988 World Series home run was brought up during a Chanute Class 4A Regional Tournament game at Don Hewett Field. The second-seeded Tigers (16-3) defeated rival Pittsburg, 6-0, in a game much, much closer than the score indicated...

Tiger pair finishes 2-2 at State (05/14/13)
WICHITA -- Fort Scott High's Davis Drake and Gage Addington finished their season with a 2-2 record in the doubles bracket at the Kansas Class 4A State Tennis Tournament here Friday. Fort Scott's pair finished this season with a record of 17-9. "Coming in as a sixth-place qualifier makes the State Tournament a challenge and Davis and Gage should be very proud of the way they competed," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

Fort Scott clinches SEK softball title (05/14/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's softball team clinched its first Southeast Kansas League title since 2009 Friday when it swept Chanute 11-4 and 4-0 in a league doubleheader, ending Labette County's three-year championship reign. The Tigers finished the regular season unbeaten in league play, 10-0, and were 15-3 overall going into Monday's first-round Class 4A Regional Tournament game against Pittsburg. ...

Rienbolt defends distance titles (05/11/13)
Lawrence, Sinn also win events at league championships

FSHS baseball, softball reset for today (05/10/13)
Fort Scott High School baseball and softball, originally scheduled for Thursday at Chanute, will try to get their final games of the regular season in today. Both programs' varsity and junior varsity teams were both set to play doubleheaders. Today's schedule for both sports will have a single JV game at 3 p.m. with varsity doubleheaders to follow...

Drake, Addington set for 4A State (05/09/13)
The match that assured Fort Scott High's Davis Drake and Gage Addington would qualify for the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament wasn't especially tough. A 6-2, 6-2 sweep of a pair from Iola at the Independence Class 4A Regional put the Tiger duo into the fifth-place match. The top six doubles teams were assured of a trip to Wichita this weekend...

Tiger and Eagle baseball, softball teams seeded (05/09/13)
Directors of Regional baseball and softball tournaments released the brackets for next week's tournaments on Wednesday afternoon and both of Fort Scott High School's teams find themselves in nine-team brackets. Nine-team brackets happen when a classification has more than 64 schools because co-op programs are placed in classes according to the schools' combined enrollment. ...

Tiger golfers finish in top 2 of SEK (05/08/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School golfers finished in the top two spots in the Southeast Kansas League this season following the results of the fourth and final league-designated tournament here Monday. Jonathan Allen, the leader coming in, only finished 10th at the Chanute Invitational. But Labette County's Austin Krewson, who was four strokes behind in second place, finished 15th, which also allowed Fort Scott's Conner Antonetti to move past him into second in the final standings...

Coyote Corner (05/08/13)

Davis, Addington advance to State tourney (05/08/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- Davis Drake and Gage Addington will represent Fort Scott High School at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament this weekend following a sixth-place finish at the Independence Regional here Friday and Monday. This will be the first State trip for both players...

So what about this proposal? A Class 4A FAQ (05/04/13)
This much you probably already know: The Kansas State High School Activities Association's board of directors voted April 26 to allow Class 4A schools to vote whether or not to split into two divisions in five sports. Ballots will go out to KSHSAA Class 4A schools over the next month and are to be returned by June 15. Unreturned ballots will be counted as "no" votes...

FSCC games set for Sunday; Tigers Monday (05/04/13)
Fort Scott Community College's Region VI Sub-Regional Playoff Series versus Pratt will not begin until Sunday due to wet field conditions at Lions Field Friday that were not expected to improve Saturday. The best-of-three series was one of three that were postponed. The others were Butler at Kansas City and Hutchinson at Coffeyville. Both those will begin Sunday as well...

Tigers take lead in SEK baseball race (05/03/13)
Fort Scott High's baseball team posted four wins in two days and took the lead in the Southeast Kansas League baseball race. The Tigers swept Parsons at Lions Field Tuesday and took a pair of make-up games from then-leader Labette County Wednesday. "Our guys stepped up big time, playing four games in two days -- especially with the second day on the road," Fort Scott head coach Josh Regan said...

Tiger softball sweeps Grizzlies (05/03/13)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School's softball team got back to its winning ways Wednesday, drubbing Labette County 11-0 and 14-2 in a Southeast Kansas League make-up doubleheader. The Tigers had lost three of their last four games going into the twinbill but the winners of those contests, Paola and Girard, are a combined 26-2 this season...

Allen assumes lead in SEK golf standings (05/02/13)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott's Jonathan Allen moved to the top of the Southeast Kansas League golf standings after three of the four designated league tournaments following the results of the Coffeyville Invitational here Tuesday. Two non-league schools, Caney Valley and Iola, were part of the field, so movement among league players and schools within season standings didn't necessarily correspond with the outcome of the tournament. ...

Tigers get by in opener; Girard routs in 2nd game (05/01/13)
The first game of Tuesday's make-up softball doubleheader between Fort Scott High and Girard was perhaps what most people expected to be: A hard-fought battle between maybe the two best teams in southeast Kansas. The second game was anything but. After the Tigers won the opener at Don Hewett Field, 8-7, the Trojans completely controlled game two and won 17-0 in just 4 innings to come away with a split...

Tiger girls fourth at Girard Invitational (05/01/13)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's girls finished fourth in the Girard Optimist Club Invitational here Monday while the boys finished 12th. The meet was originally scheduled for Friday but postponed due to rain. Pittsburg's girls won the team title by 64 points over Grove, Okla. Webb City, Mo., was third followed by the Tigers...

Weather bumps more events; track Monday (04/27/13)
Fort Scott High School baseball and track and Uniontown baseball and softball doubleheaders were all rained out Friday. The one event with a known make-up date as of press time Friday night was the Girard Optimist Club Track Meet, in which Fort Scott was scheduled to take part. According to KNEM/KNMO Radio in Nevada, that has been rescheduled for Monday...

Tigers tie for 4th at SEK meet (04/27/13)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team tied for fourth place with Chanute at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Thursday, led by a third-place finish by its No. 1 doubles team. Independence reclaimed the crown with 26 points followed by Pittsburg with 19 and defending champion Parsons with 15. Fort Scott and Chanute each had 8 points. Labette County and Coffeyville tied for sixth with 6 points each...

FSHS baseball finally plays at home (04/27/13)
Fort Scott High School's baseball team finally got to play at home as Thursday night the Tigers hosted Field Kindley High School of Coffeyville. Fort Scott swept the Southeast Kansas League doubleheader from Coffeyville by scores of 5-3 and 10-1 at Ty Cullor Field...

Tiger duo sits atop golf standings (04/27/13)
PARSONS -- A 2-3 finish at the Labette County Invitational has a Fort Scott duo sitting 1-2 in Southeast Kansas League golf standings following the second of four league designated tournaments at Parsons Country Club here Thursday. Jonathan Allen and Conner Antonetti each shot identical scores -- 40 on the front nine, 38 on the back for totals of 78 -- in the LCHS tourney. ...

Paola sweeps Tiger JV (04/27/13)
Fort Scott High's junior varsity softball team was swept by Paola on the south field at Fisher Park Thursday night by scores of 16-10 and 9-4. The Tigers had 8 hits in the first game, four of which were doubles. Abi Keating and Kyle Brown each had 2 hits. Those two along with Tanner Wunderly drove in 2 runs each...

Paola remains undefeated, gives Tigers 1st losses (04/26/13)
The difference in the battle of undefeated softball teams at Don Hewett Field Thursday night was defense. Paola made three errors on the night. But Fort Scott High committed 11 over the course of the doubleheader, including five in one inning of the nightcap. The visiting Panthers swept 3-1 and 10-0 to remain unbeaten a 14-0. The Tigers slipped to 10-2...

Tiger teams pick up 29 medals in home meet (04/26/13)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity track teams picked up a total of 29 medals in their home meet at Frary Field Tuesday. Fort Scott's girls won 17 medals, including seven first-place marks. Tiger boys did not win any events. Team scores were not kept...

If the weather's good... (04/25/13)
Tiger baseball, softball on field often in next 9 days

Tiger tennis heads to SEK (04/25/13)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team dodged a few raindrops but got the make-up of its home varsity tournament completed Monday. "It was nice to finally get this tournament completed and be able to play at home," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We were a little worried when we had to take a delay due to lightning and a little light rain, but when that passed it ended up being a beautiful evening."...

Tiger golfers take two two spots at Parsons (04/24/13)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School golfers took the top two spots at the Parsons Invitational at the KATY Course Monday, setting the pace as the Southeast Kansas League individual race got underway. Connor Antonetti led the field with a 79 after shooting 40 on the front nine and 39 on the back. Jonathan Allen took second with his 38-43-81, winning a scorecard playoff over Independence's Caleb Vowell (40-41)...

Tiger JV sweeps Labette County (04/24/13)
Fort Scott High's junior varsity softball team swept Labette County Monday at Fisher Park's south field. The Tigers took the first game 5-3. Emily Bowman, Kyle Brown and Tanner Wunderly each had 3 hits and Wunderly drove in 3 runs as she hit 2 doubles...

A perfect day for softball (04/23/13)
Gevena, Wade don't allow a single baserunner as Tigers sweep Coffeyville

Tennis 6th at Chanute (04/23/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's tennis team got a taste of what this week's Southeast Kansas League Tournament will be like as they played in a bracket-style tournament here Friday. The Tigers finished in sixth place out of eight teams. Fort Scott played the make-up of its home tournament Monday. Those results will be available in Wednesday's edition...

Tiger JV takes two from Southeast (04/23/13)
Fort Scott High's junior varsity softball team swept Southeast at Don Hewett Field Friday evening. The Tigers won the first game 3-1 and rallied to take the second game, 8-5. Emily Bowman scored 2 runs for the Tigers in the first game. Kinede Ross had Fort Scott's only hit, which drove in Abi Keating in the third inning...

Paola sweeps relays; Tiger girls win 3 events (04/20/13)
Paola's boys and girls teams swept the Fort Scott Relays at Frary Field Friday while Fort Scott High's girls finished fourth out of the eight teams here. Tiger boys placed seventh. Fort Scott's girls won three individual events in finishing with 61 points, two behind third-place Anderson County. The Tigers lost points that would have put them third as senior distance runner Paige Denton had to be withheld from the meet due to a muscle injury in her leg...

FSCC all-star games set for Sunday (04/19/13)
Fort Scott Community College's men's and women's basketball teams will host the third annual Pechone Stepps All-Star Games for high-school seniors Sunday afternoon at Arnold Arena. The women's game will begin at 1 p.m. and the men's game will follow at 3 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students...

Tiger girls win four events at Columbus meet (04/18/13)
COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High School's girls won four events as they claimed third place in team standings at the Columbus Invitational here Tuesday. The Tigers boys' track team finished in fourth place. They didn't win any events but picked up nine medals...

Tennis tourney reset for Monday; Tiger baseball, softball make-ups May 3 (04/17/13)
The coaches waited as long as they could at the Fort Scott High School tennis courts Tuesday afternoon. But after waiting an extra hour, it was determined that the courts at both the high school and Woodland Hills Golf Courts were not going to dry enough to hold the Fort Scott varsity invitational...

Tiger tennis JV gets home tourney in (04/17/13)
Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team got its home invitational played on Monday, beating out the rain by a few hours, though it was still cold and windy most of the day. D.J. Blethen and Raifen Cruse were 1-3 in No. 1 doubles. They lost to Pittsburg's Josh Dial/Jack Patterson in their first match, 6-0. They came back to beat Parsons' Matt Mosier/Chance Hurley, 6-4. Independence's Kyler Brown/Joel Rice took a 6-2 win and Chanute's Drake Gilmore/Zane Wyrick won in a tie-breaker, 6-5 (7-2)...

Tigers second in home tourney (04/16/13)
The course conditions weren't the best due to damage caused by the previous weekend's storm. The weather conditions weren't the best -- cloudy and unseasonably cool -- due to the weather system that's supposed to bring storms this week. But Fort Scott High finished in second place as a team and won three individual medals in their home tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course Monday...

Addington third at Parsons (04/16/13)
PARSONS -- Gage Addington finished third in No. 1 singles here Friday as Fort Scott High School's tennis team competed in the Parsons Invitational. The Tigers will be at home this afternoon for the make-up of the Fort Scott Invitational, weather permitting. Play will begin at 3 p.m. If that is rained out, the Tigers' next tourney will be at Chanute Friday...

Six earn medals at Pitt State Relays (04/16/13)
PITTSBURG -- Six Fort Scott High School athletes earned medals at the 24th Annual Jock's Nitch/PSU Gorilla Relays at Carnie Smith Stadium here Friday. Chris Allen won boys' javelin with a mark of 165 feet even, nearly 17 feet better than that of the runner-up, Riverton's Kevin Qualls (148 feet, 4 inches). Seth Marshall was fourth for the Tigers at 142' 11"...

Uniontown JV golfers 3rd at J-Linn (04/13/13)
MOUND CITY -- Uniontown High School's junior varsity golf team finished third here Thursday at the Jayhawk-Linn Tournament, just 19 strokes behind winner Burlington in the 9-hole tournament. The Fort Scott junior varsity was also present at the tournament but was not eligible for team scoring as only two golfers played...

Weather affecting Tiger baseball the most (04/12/13)
Due to wet fields, both Fort Scott High Baseball and Tiger softball had to postpone home doubleheaders scheduled for Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Fort Scott High golf team also had its tournament at Parsons postponed due to wet conditions at the KATY course there...

Tiger JV baseball beats Nevada (04/12/13)
NEVADA -- The Fort Scott High School junior varsity baseball team defeated Nevada, 5-4, in a game held here Tuesday night. "I'm proud of the performance of our JV guys up to this point in the season," Fort Scott head baseball coach Josh Regan said. "We have put a lot on them and they have handled it really well. ...

JV boys'track dominates Chanute meet (04/12/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's boys' junior varsiy track led the field by nearly 30 points in winning the team title at Monday's Chanute Invitational. The Tigers won 5 events and 15 total medals in racking up 103 points. Runner-up Paola finished with 84 points...

Allen 8th at Pittsburg tourney (04/11/13)
PITTSBURG -- Jonathan Allen finished eighth at the Pittsburg Invitational here Tuesday but he was the only member of Fort Scott High's golf team who earned a medal. Allen shot 42 on the front nine and 40 on the back to finish at 82 at Crestwood Country Club. He is the only Tiger to medal in all three meets...

Tennis unable to find wins at Parsons (04/11/13)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's golf team took part in a five-team tournament here Tuesday but were unable to come away with a win in 11 matches. "In order to keep everyone under the eight-day limit on days of competition we did hold out both Gage (Addington) and Davis (Drake), so we were playing a little weaker line up than usual. ...

JV girls' track takes Chanute title (04/11/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School girls' track team took the team title at the Chanute Invitational here Monday, beating second-place Paola by 37 points. The Tigers won six events, including two relays. Fort Scott's 4x100-meter relay team of Michaela Webb, Maddie Barbour, Elisha Hasenplaugh and Keaira Meadows finished in 54.57 seconds. Cherryvale was second in 56.25...

Wade throws no-hitter in Tiger sweep (04/10/13)
Fort Scott High School pitcher Kyenne Wade probably didn't realize just how special her effort as the Tigers' starting pitcher in the opener of Tuesday's doubleheader at Don Hewett Field was. The sophomore retired the first 10 Parsons batters in order, walked two batters, hit one and struck out 15 as she threw a no-hitter in a 10-0 victory...

Nevada wins relocated battle of Tigers, 4-0 (04/10/13)
The box score from Tuesday evening's game might deceive those who see it. Fort Scott High out-hit host Nevada 10-6 and put an army's worth of runners on base. But the Tigers were unable to score as the hosts won 4-0...

Junior varsity softball takes two from Pittsburg (04/10/13)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity softball team took both games of a doubleheader here Monday by scores of 13-1 and 15-5. The games were originally scheduled to be played at Don Hewett Field but moved to Pittsburg due to field conditions. The Tigers batted as the home team in both games...

Her future's in the 'Cards' (04/09/13)
Fort Scott High School senior Sidney Maycumber (seated, center) signed a letter of intent Monday to play basketball at Labette Community College, Parsons, beginning with the 2014 season. With Shelby as she signed were (clockwise from top) FSHS head coach Jeff Armstrong and her parents, Jamie and Kristie. (Scott Nuzum/Tribune)...

Nevada takes dual from Tigers (04/09/13)
Fort Scott High's tennis team played for the first time at home this season but dropped a best-of-9 dual to Nevada, 6 matches to 3. Davis Drake picked up a pair of wins. He won the No. 1 singles match, 8-2, over Nevada's Sam McCoy and teamed up with Raifen Cruse to take the No. 2 doubles match from Skyler Laning and Anthony Do, 8-7 (7-2)...

Rienbolt, Denton finish 1-2 in two events (04/09/13)
PAOLA -- Fort Scott High's Katren Rienbolt and Paige Denton finished 1-2 in distance running events at the Paola Invitational meet here Friday. Rienbolt finished first in the 1,600-meter run in 5:26 while Denton followed in 5:31. Then Rienbolt took the 3,200 meters in 11:52 with Denton second in 13:13...

Girard takes pair from JV softball (04/09/13)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity softball team fell twice at Girard here Friday night. Girard's pitcher threw a no-hitter in her team's 11-0 win in the opening game. The Tigers fell in the second game 6-5 after the Trojans rallied with 3 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning...

Tiger softball takes truncated tourney (04/06/13)
Fort Scott High's softball team won its home tournament at Don Hewett Field Friday in a bit of an unusual manner. With Baxter Springs unable to attend the tournament on it's make-up date -- it was originally scheduled for March 26 -- the tournament became a three-team round-robin. The Tigers (6-0) played the first and third games...

Tiger baseball bounces back for split vs. Pitt (04/06/13)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High lost the opening game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader to Pittsburg, 12-6. But they rallied to salvage a split with a 6-run third inning leading to a 12-1 win in five innings. "Big innings and momentum were the story of the night," Fort Scott head coach Josh Regan said. "Both teams were on each end of it at different points"...

Drake, Addington go unbeaten in doubles at Pittsburg, improve to 8-4 on season (04/06/13)
PITTSBURG -- Davis Drake and Gage Addington went unbeaten in No. 1 doubles here Thursday as they won their division in the Pittsburg Invitational at the Pittsburg State University courts. "It was great to finally get a day with some decent weather," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We still have to keep improving and trying to eliminate more of our unforced errors, but overall I felt like we had a good effort out of everyone. Davis and Gage had a very good tournament."...

Tiger softball scores 19 runs in sweep (04/05/13)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's softball team scored 19 runs in a sweep of Pittsburg in Southeast Kansas League play here Thursday, 10-2 and 9-3. The Tigers took the lead in the Southeast Kansas League with the sweep at 2-0. They're 4-0 overall going into today's Fort Scott Tournament, which is being made up after it was postponed on March 26...

Area trio selected for Sunday All-Star games (04/05/13)
PITTSBURG -- The rosters have been finalized for the seventh annual KSEK/KLKC Via Christi All-Star Basketball Games, which will be played Sunday at St. Mary's-Colgan Fieldhouse here. A total of 21 girls and 20 boys from Southeast Kansas have been recognized with selection. ...

Fort Scott golfers win Iola Tournament (04/04/13)
IOLA -- Four members of the Fort Scott High School golf team finished in the top 10 here Tuesday as the Tigers claimed the team title at the Iola Invitational. The Tigers had a four-man score of 334, one stroke better than Iola, which was led by individual champion Kaden Macha, who finished with the only score under 80: 35 on the front nine, 36 on the back for a total of 71. Independence was third out of five complete teams at 353...

Tigers, Louisburg split doubleheader (04/04/13)
LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High's baseball team split a non-league doubleheader here Tuesday with each game ending with 7-5 scores. The Tigers (2-1) won the opener while host Louisburg won the nightcap. The games were moved here from Ty Cullor Field in Fort Scott due to early-morning rain. They started earlier than usual in Louisburg to avoid potential lightning delays...

Tiger tennis plays pair of best-of-9's (04/04/13)
SPRING HILL -- Although the format for the day's play changed, Fort Scott High School head coach Lynn Barr said that playing a triangular with best-of-9 duals gave the Tigers an opportunity they normally wouldn't have. "This was a good chance for our players to get to play both singles and doubles in the same day and to get four matches in," Barr said...

Tiger softball sweeps Louisburg (04/03/13)
The first game of Tuesday's Fort Scott High School season-opening doubleheader was won with pitching and defense. The second game was won with timely hitting. Together, they led to a Tiger sweep of Louisburg, 2-1 in the opener and 8-5 in the nightcap, at Don Hewett Field...

Tiger baseball wins season opener (03/30/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team defeated Girard in its season opener here Thursday evening by a score of 9-5. The second game was suspended in the fourth inning due to darkness. The games were moved to Neosho County Community College's Hudson Field after Girard's home field was too wet to play on. ...

Rienbolt sweeps distance events; JV boys take title (03/30/13)
ALTAMONT -- Katren Rienbolt took both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs as Fort Scott High School's track and field teams opened their seasons at the Labette County Invitational here Thursday. Both the varsity and junior varsity competed with Fort Scott's JV boys claiming the team title with 162 points and 25 medals...

Golfers fifth, two medal (03/30/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- Jonathan Allen and Connor Antonetti earned medals at the Independence Tournament here Thursday. Fort Scott High's golfers finished fifth in the 10-team field with a four-man total of 362. Host Independence was the winner at 339 followed by Labette County at 343...

Tennis struggles at tough tourney (03/30/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- When Independence, Arkansas City and Parsons are at the same tennis tournament, it's going to be a long day for the other teams that were invited. Fort Scott High School and Labette County were the other teams here Thursday. The Tigers struggled in the tournament with just one win in 12 matches...

Varsity track teams to be filled out as year goes on (03/28/13)
Neither veteran girls' head coach Tracey Bogina nor first-year boys' head coach Jeff Armstrong will use a lot of the athletes they take with them to today's season-opening Labette County track meet at the varsity level. The season-opening LCHS meet runs both varsity and junior varsity divisions and the lower level is where most of the evaluation will be done. Both coaches said earlier in the week that they would each only use five athletes in the varsity division...

Golfers looking for 4th scorer (03/27/13)
Four members of Fort Scott High School's State-qualifying golf team return this season. But the challenge for head coach Ken Klassen will be finding the fourth golfer the Tigers need to score well as a team in tournaments. The season is scheduled to begin Thursday with the Independence Tournament. The Tigers, who finished second in the Southeast Kansas League last season, have not been on the course very much in pre-season practice but have found ways to get some work in...

Fort Scott High wins Sportsmanship Award (03/26/13)
Fort Scott High School has received recognition from the Kansas State High School Activities Association for sportsmanship at the Class 4A State Basketball Tournament, held in Salina March 6-9. Fort Scott and state champion Wamego were awarded medals and a plaque by the KSHSAA while Labette County, Clearwater and Pratt received certificates. ...

Tigers young, yet experienced (03/22/13)
Fort Scott High School head baseball coach Josh Regan has a large group put this year -- 30 boys are still out for Tiger baseball as of Thursday morning. And he feels that his sophomore-dominated team -- 13 from that grade are on the roster -- will be a good group to work with...

Seniors, pitching softball strengths (03/22/13)
Fort Scott High School's softball team will have a good mix of experience and youth this season. There are 14 freshmen among the 28 out for the team and a few of them will have a chance to contribute at the varsity level. The Tigers, 10-4 in the Southeast Kansas League and 13-8 overall last season, bring back several players who will be starters for their third or fourth seasons. ...

Saturday sweep posted ahead of Sunday showers (03/19/13)
Alex Copeland's 3-run home run in the ninth inning of Saturday's opener gave Fort Scott Community College a come-from-behind 8-7 victory in the opener of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Johnson County at Lions Field. Aaron Mason's pitching was a large part of the Greyhounds' 4-0 win in the second game to give them a sweep...

Tiger tennis opens season at Indy (03/14/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team struggled here Tuesday in its season-opening tournament at Independence. The Tigers finished in a last-place tie with Chanute after winning only three matches during the day. "Overall I thought we competed OK at times," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "But we have a lot of work to do (and) we knew that with so many players without a great deal of playing experience."...

Five Tigers receive All-SEK honor (03/13/13)
Four members of Fort Scott High School's girls basketball team and one from the boys' squad received All-Southeast Kansas League honors as the coaches voted on and released the all-league teams Monday night. Girls' league champion Fort Scott and Chanute each had four players picked while Labette County had three and Pittsburg two...

Tigers finish 3rd following victory over Paola (03/12/13)
SALINA -- As it turned out, both teams in Saturday's third-place game at the Kansas Class 4A State Tournament here Saturday afternoon came out ready to end their season on a high note. In many cases, a third-place game can end up being a rout because one team couldn't get over the previous night's loss or it can be a poorly-played game because neither team really wants to be in it...

Tiger tennis begins season today at Indy (03/12/13)
It will be a relatively inexperience team that takes the court today at Independence as Fort Scott High School's boys tennis season gets underway. Of the nine players out, only four have varsity experience and only two of them played extensively at the top level last season...

TIgers handle Clearwater, top seed Wamego next (03/08/13)
SALINA -- If teams are going to continue to put Fort Scott High junior Katren Rienbolt at the free-throw line late in close games, she has no problem with that. She made six free throws in the final 1:06 of the Sub-State championship game last weekend. Thursday, she made six of eight charity tosses in the final 1:03 to help the Tigers finish up a 45-36 victory over Clearwater in the first round of the Kansas Class 4A State Tournament at Salina's Bicentennial Center...

Former Tiger playing in national tourney (03/07/13)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Cameron Woodring, a former Fort Scott Tiger, led Ozark Christian College with 22 points and 7 assists Tuesday night to help the Ambassadors knock off Valley Forge Christian in the first round of the National Christian College Athletic Association Division II National Men's Basketball Tournament...

8 receive SEK wrestling honors (03/06/13)
Eight members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team recently received All-Southeast Kansas League honors based on a vote of league coaches. Four Tigers were named to the First Team. They were Tyler Sharp at 120 pounds, Victor Hughes at 138, Jacob Durossette at 145 and John Metcalf at 195...

Triumph in the Tigerdome (03/06/13)
With the aid of six free throws by Katren Rienbolt during the final 1:06 Saturday night, Fort Scott High's girls claimed the school's first Sub-State title since 2008 by beating top-seeded Frontenac, 47-41, in the Class 4A Sub-State Tournament championship game in front of a raving crowd of true believers at the place that's become known as the Tigerdome...

But what a run it was... (03/06/13)
Tigers' season ends at hands of Anderson County

Tiger baseball picked 3rd, softball 2nd (03/06/13)
PITTSBURG -- It may seem a little early -- okay, maybe a lot early -- to hold a pre-season media conference for high-school baseball and softball. But at least one Southeast Kansas League team starts its season next week, so league coaches met at Watco Industries here Monday for a conference hosted by KSEK-FM radio...

Pittsburg gets to know Jack as Tigers rally (03/02/13)
Another post-season hero emerged Friday night as Fort Scott High's boys, the No. 7 seed in the Class 4A Sub-State Tournament that they're hosting, continued their rise through the tournament with a 54-49 comeback victory over rival third seed Pittsburg...

Tiger girls dominate 4th quarter (03/02/13)
Fort Scott High's girls held seventh-seeded Columbus to just three points, all on free throws, in the fourth quarter Friday night as the Tigers claimed a 44-25 victory in the semifinals of their own Class 4A Sub-State Basketball Tournament. The Tigers (16-5), who began the season 0-4 but have since won 16 of their last 17, which includes their last 12 on a row, will face top-seeded Frontenac (18-4) at 6 p.m. ...

Tiger girls survive Purple Dragon rally, 56-52 (03/01/13)
Tigers will face No. 7 Columbus tonight in 2nd semifinal game

Tigers bounce Raiders, 62-43 (02/28/13)
Fort Scott boys to face rival Pittsburg in semifinal Friday

Girls' Sub-State quarters moved to Thursday (02/27/13)
There will be 14 basketball games played in four days on the court at the Fort Scott High School gymnasium following the postponment of all four girls' quarterfinal games that were schedued for Tuesday in the Fort Scott Class 4A Sub-State Tournament...

Four Tigers medal; Hughes takes 3rd (02/26/13)
SALINA -- Fort Scott High School senior Victor Hughes finished third in the 138-pound bracket to lead four Tigers who earned medals at the Kansas Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament here Saturday. Senior Jake Durossette (145 pounds) and junior Jerad Heckman (126) finished fourth in their weight classes while senior John Metcalf (195) took fifth in his bracket...

Sub-State boys' quarters moved to Wednesday (02/26/13)
All four first-round boys' games of the Fort Scott Class 4A Sub-State Basketball Tournament scheduled for Monday will be made up Wednesday night at the FSHS gymnasium. The status of tonight's girls quarterfinal games, including Pittsburg at Fort Scott, had not been determined at press time. Updates will be provided on the Tribune's website, www.fstribune.com...

Fort Scott boys, all 4A Sub-State games postponed (02/25/13)
All four first-round games in the boys' bracket of the Fort Scott Class 4A Sub-State Tournament have been postponed until Wednesday, according to an email sent out by FSHS Athletic Director Larry Fink this afternoon. One of the games had Fort Scott's boys visiting Frontenac. Other games had Prairie View at Girard, Baxter Springs at Frontenac and Columbus at Pittsburg...

Hughes, Durossette reach championship semifinals (02/23/13)
SALINA -- Victor Hughes and Jacob Durossette are still in the hunt for individual championships at the Kansas Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament. Three of Fort Scott High School's other six wrestlers are still alive in the consolation bracket. Action resumes this morning at 10 a.m. at the Bicentennial Center. This is one hour later than originally scheduled...

Tiger basketball canceled (02/22/13)
Fort Scott High School's final basketball games of the regular season versus Pittsburg, originally scheduled for Thursday before being postponed to tonight, have been canceled. This leaves the boys' and girls' teams with just 19 varsity games this season instead of the usual 20...

Wrestling delayed another 4 hours; hoops to try tonight (02/22/13)
Fort Scott High School will try to squeeze in its final basketball doubleheader of the regular season tonight at the FSHS gymnasium while the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament will begin about six hours later this afternoon than originally scheduled due to the difficulty in travel caused by the so-called "Winter Storm Q."...

FSHS girls' powerlifting team takes first at Girard (02/22/13)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's powerlifting teams participated in the 20th Annual Strength and Speed Meet here last weekend. Tiger girls took first place with Maddi Allen winning three events. The boys finished in seventh place with Seth Marshall winning four medals, including a second and two thirds...

Tiger girls No. 3 seed; boys, Eagle teams on road (02/21/13)
Fort Scott High School's girls, who clinched the Southeast Kansas League title Tuesday night, will be the No. 3 seed in their own Sub-State next week. Sub-State Tournaments, which begin Monday in Classes 4A down through 1A and Feb. 27 for classes 6A and 5A, were seeded Wednesday morning. ...

Start of State Wrestling delayed (02/21/13)
SALINA -- The Kansas State High School Activities Association announced Wednesday morning that the start of competition at all three venues for State wrestling competition on Friday will be delayed by a minimum of two hours. This affects Fort Scott High School wrestlers who will be taking part in the Class 4A State Tournament at Salina and Jayhawk-Linn wrestlers competing in the Class 3-2-1A tournament at Hays as well as the Class 6A and Class 5A tournaments at Park City...

Tiger girls beat Chanute, clinch title when LC falls (02/20/13)
CHANUTE -- A victory over Chanute here Tuesday night guaranteed Fort Scott High's girls no worse than a share of the Southeast Kansas League title. The Tigers -- who now appear in the No. 10 spot in Class 4A in the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll -- gave themselves that much when they defeated Chanute, 57-44...

Comet boys hold off Tiger rally, 50-47 (02/20/13)
CHANUTE -- Chanute made 12 of 14 free throws in the final four minutes of play here Tuesday night and that proved to be just enough to hold off Fort Scott High's boys, 50-47, in Southeast Kansas League play. The Tigers (4-7 SEK, 7-12 overall) took their first lead of the game when Johnathan Stark hit a 3-pointer early in the second half to put the Tigers up, 26-25. Chanute went back in front before Mason Knopp tied it at 29-29 with a 3-point shot...

Hughes, Durossette win Regional titles (02/19/13)
Six Tigers qualify for State; Fort Scott 2nd in team standings

Tiger girls one step closer to SEK title (02/16/13)
Fort Scott High School's girls took another step in their journey to a Southeast Kansas League championship by beating Independence in league play, 49-36, Friday night at the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers (9-1 SEK, 13-5 overall), winners of nine straight games and 13 of their last 14, are one ahead of Labette County (9-2, 12-6) in the loss column. Chanute (8-3, 15-4) is in third place. LCHS defeated Parsons, 66-27, Friday night while Chanute was idle...

Independence boys take conrol in 4th quarter (02/16/13)
Independence pretty much dared Fort Scott High's boys to beat them from the outside Friday night. And while the Tigers were up to that challenge early, the shots eventually stopped falling as the visiting Bulldogs took a 57-46 victory in Southeast Kansas League play...

Five Tigers already assured State berths (02/16/13)
PITTSBURG -- Four members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team are already assured of appearing in the Class 4A State Tournament based on their position in the brackets of the Pittsburg Class 4A Regional after Friday's action. The tournament resumes today at 11 a.m...

Go, Gorilla, Go (02/16/13)

Football Signings, Part IV (02/15/13)

20 ranked wrestlers in Pittsburg Regional (02/15/13)
Twenty wrestlers who are ranked in Class 4A in their respective weight classes will be taking part in the Pittsburg Class 4A Regional Tournament Friday and Saturday. Fort Scott High School will have five ranked wrestlers, more than any of the 15 schools in the field...

Football Signings, Part III (02/14/13)

Fort Scott defense clinches 41-34 win over Vikes (02/13/13)
The identity of the Fort Scott High School boys' basketball team is abundantly clear: A defensive-oriented squad that's going to win games with scores in the 40s. And that could earn the Tigers a first-round home game in their own Sub-State coming up in two weeks...

Tiger girls trounce Vikings, 52-27, stay atop SEK (02/13/13)
It took a little time for Fort Scott High's girls to get going Tuesday night. But once they did, they rolled to a 52-27 victory over Parsons in Southeast Kansas League play and remained in first place although the race has tightened up a bit. Second-place Chanute got nipped by fourth-place Pittsburg, 43-41, as the Purple Dragons kept their slim chances of getting at least a share of the title alive. Meanwhile, Labette County got by Independence, 37-34, to take over second from the Blue Comets...

Tiger girls continue on their roll (02/09/13)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's girls are winners in 11 of their last 12 games following a 49-26 shellacking of Coffeyvillle here Friday night in Southeast Kansas League play. The Tigers started the season 0-4 but three of those losses came to schools that would be Class 6A schools in Kansas at the season-opening Willard (Mo.) Four-State Classic and the fourth was on the road in overtime at Labette County, which has since been avenged. ...

Tiger boys take No. 10 Nado to OT (02/09/13)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's boys fought back from a 19-2 deficit to force overtime against Southeast Kansas League-leading Coffeyville here Friday night. But the Golden Tornado, ranked No. 10 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, rediscovered some of their form in the extra session and held on for a 47-39 victory...

Fort Scott wrestlers split in final regular-season duals (02/09/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's wrestling team wrapped up its regular season schedule with a split in a triangular here Thursday night. The Tigers defeated Columbus in a non-league match, 45-24, but lost to Chanute in a Southeast Kansas League dual, 38-24...

Signing Day, Part II (02/08/13)

Signing Day, Part I (02/07/13)

FSHS Scholars' Bowl team hosts home tourney (02/07/13)
Fort Scott Scholars' Bowl teams hosted their home tournament. Twenty-four teams competed in three pools of round-robin style, and then the top eight teams competed in single-elimination style. Winners were third-place Paola, second-place Yates Center, and first-place Fort Scott. The Fort Scott team consisted of Mark Garner, Zadok Self, Michelle Buntain, Krista Hightower, and Mady McColm...

Durossette, Metcalf champions at Rose Hill (02/05/13)
ROSE HILL -- Jake Durossette and John Metcalf each won their brackets at the Rose Hill Invitational wrestling tournament here over the weekend. Just five Tigers made the trip but four of them won medals and three appeared in championship matches. And even with just those five wrestlers, Fort Scott, ranked No. ...

Tigers take lead in SEK (02/02/13)
Fort Scott High School's girls started the season 0-4. The last team the Tigers lost to during that streak was Labette County at Altamont by 2 points in overtime. Since then, Fort Scott has won 10 of 11 games. The most recent result during this run was Friday night's 60-48 victory over Labette County at the FSHS gymnasium that pushed the Tigers into the lead of the Southeast Kansas League...

Defense does it for Tigers (02/02/13)
Who gave Fort Scott High's boys a chance to beat Labette County, the eighth-ranked team in Class 4A, Friday night? The Fort Scott High boys did. By outrebounding the Grizzlies, forcing twice as many turnovers as they committed and allowing LCHS to shoot just 33 percent from the field, the Tigers (3-4 SEK, 6-9 overall) managed to "uglify" the game and came away with a 38-34 stunner in Southeast Kansas League play...

Tiger girls set up Friday showdown (01/30/13)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's girls will be playing for first place in the Southeast Kansas League Friday night when Labette County comes to the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers rolled by Pittsburg, 57-33, here Tuesday night while Labette County stunned SEK co-leader Chanute, 68-53, at Altamont. The Blue Comets, ranked No. 6 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, and Grizzlies were tied for the lead coming into the night with Fort Scott in third place...

Fort Scott boys unable to hold off Dragons (01/30/13)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's boys held a one-point lead four times in a roughly five-minute stretch of the late third and early fourth quarters here Tuesday night. But the Tigers could never get that next basket to get them on a roll and Pittsburg slowly pulled away for a 58-52 Southeast Kansas League victory...

Dedicated to Dave (01/29/13)

Freshman tourney champs (01/29/13)

Tiger girls give Armstrong 100th victory (01/26/13)
Fort Scott High School head girls' basketball coach Jeff Armstrong doesn't see himself as someone who's won 100 games since he took over 7 1/2 seasons ago. He's just happened to coach a lot of good players over the years, showing them how to win 100 games, including a 43-13 Homecoming rout of former Southeast Kansas League rival Iola at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night that put him right on the century mark...

Tiger boys handle Iola (01/26/13)
A dominating second quarter in which Fort Scott High's boys outscored Iola 20-3 held up Friday night as the main difference in the Tigers' 49-26 rout of Iola in a non-league game on Homecoming at the FSHS gymnasium. Iola (7-6) made just 3 field goals in the first half on 18 shots. The Mustangs didn't get on the board until there was 2:08 remaining in the first quarter and scored just 1 point in the final five minutes of the first half...

Tiger grapplers take pair of duals (01/25/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's wrestlers took both duals at a Southeast Kansas League triangular here Thursday night. The Tigers, ranked No. 4 in Class 4A in the latest Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association poll, defeated Labette County, 66-15, and Independence, 52-27...

Softball signings (01/25/13)

Frontenac Invitational champs (01/24/13)

Tiger freshmen boys off to 5-4 start (01/24/13)
The Fort Scott High School freshmen basketball boys' team is off to a 5-4 start, while steadily helping build for the future of the high school program. The Tigers opened the season with a narrow 45-44 loss at Labette County Dec. 7 in overtime on a last-second shot that beat the buzzer...

Tiger girls take Frontenac title, 43-37 (01/22/13)
FRONTENAC -- Fort Scott High's girls claimed the championship of the first Frontenac Kansas National Guard Invitational here Saturday with a 43-37 victory over Baxter Springs in the final game of the round-robin tournament. Fort Scott went 3-0 in the tournament and has won seven of its last eight games overall. Baxter Springs finished in third place with a 1-2 record in the tourney. The Lions are 5-4 overall...

Wrestlers fourth at Paola (01/22/13)
PAOLA -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling finished in fourth place at the Paola Invitational here Saturday. Class 6A Derby was the team champion with 216.5 points followed by 5A Great Bend with 197.5 and 6A Olathe North with 120. Fort Scott scored 111 points and the next-best Class 4A school was Atchison, which finished sixth...

Tiger boys finish sixth (01/22/13)
PAOLA -- Fort Scott High School's boys finished in sixth place at the first Frontenac Kansas National Guard Invitation Saturday after the Tigers fell to the host school, 61-48, in the fifth-place game. Top-seeded Oklahoma City-Frederick Douglass put on another scoring display in the championship game, rolling by third-seeded Winfield, 99-64...

Tigers take down hosts; one away from title (01/19/13)
FRONTENAC -- Fort Scott High's girls are one victory away from clinching the first-ever Frontenac Kansas National Guard Invitational following Friday night's 56-45 victory over the host Raiders. If the Tigers (2-0 tournament, 6-5 overall) should lose to Baxter Springs in the finale of the round-robin tournament this afternoon, they could possibly still win the title on tie-breakers. But beating the Lions (6-3) will take things out of the hands of mathematicians...

Stark leads Tiger comeback over McDonald County (01/19/13)
FRONTENAC -- Johnathan Stark didn't have a single point in the first three quarters Friday night and Fort Scott High School's boys trailed McDonald County, Mo., by 13 points going into the fourth period. But Stark came alive in the fourth quarter, scoring 19 points as the Tigers (4-7) outscored the Mustangs, 23-7, and claimed a 47-44 victory in the consolation semifinals of the Frontenac Kansas National Guard Invitational...

Homecoming Jan. 25 (01/19/13)
Fort Scott High School's Homecoming games against Iola will be played Friday, Jan. 25. Other events planned during the evening include: The Fort Scott High School Physics Club deli feed from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the commons area. For $5, the club will served a ham or turkey sandwich with cheese, lettuce and tomato, chips, homemade cookies and a drink. ...

Tiger girls roll behind 31-3 2nd-half output (01/18/13)
FRONTENAC -- Fort Scott High's girls allowed the fewest points in a game since the 2006-07 season here Thursday night as they routed Hogan Prep of Kansas City, Mo., 52-16, in the first round of the round-robin Frontenac Kansas National Guard Invitational...

Winfield holds off Fort Scott boys' rally, 56-52 (01/18/13)
FRONTENAC -- Fort Scott High's boys rallied to within 2 points of Winfield late in the third quarter of Friday night's first-round meeting in Frontenac's Kansas National Guard Invitational here Thursday night. But the third-seeded Vikings (7-3) scored 8 of the first 10 points of the fourth quarter and were able to hold off the sixth-seeded Tigers, 56-52...

Tiger wrestlers split league duals at Parsons (01/17/13)
PARSONS -- The rule book gave Coffeyville a 37-36 win over Fort Scott High's wrestling team here Tuesday night, forcing the Tigers to settle for a split in a Southeast Kansas League triangular. Brendan Blackburn's pin over Austin Ryder at 285 pounds tied the dual before the tie-breakers were checked off. Because Coffeyville won 7 of the 13 matches held, the Golden Tornado received an extra team point for a 37-36 win...

Two chosen to play in all-star soccer match (01/16/13)
Fort Scott High School seniors Chase Howser and Roger Rodriguez have been selected to play in the Kansas Soccer Coaches Association All-Star Game, which will be held this summer. The date and location were not available on the KSCA website at publication...

Numbers favor Red Devils (01/15/13)
D'Shawna Lee was able to return to Fort Scott Community College's lineup Saturday afternoon. But Malori Gales couldn't play due to a concussion, so the Greyhounds still had only five players for its Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division game against Allen, which used all 14 players on its roster...

Four medal at Basehor (01/15/13)
BASEHOR -- Five states and 36 schools were represented at the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic over the weekend. Fort Scott High school's team had four medalists and finished in 13th place. Fort Scott was one of 13 schools ranked by a state coaches' association at the tournament. ...

CORRECTION (01/15/13)
-- To Friday's article looking ahead to this week's Frontenac Kansas National Guard Invitational: The "Douglass" listed on the tournament bracket is not Douglass, Kan., as was stated in the article. It is actually Frederick Douglass High School of Oklahoma City that is the top seed in the boys' bracket...

Tiger boys hold off Girard for 45-35 victory (01/12/13)
GIRARD -- It was rather fortunate for Fort Scott High's boys that Girard's Devin Alters' hot streak came only in the third quarter here Friday night. Alters scored all 12 of his points in that period and his effort helped the Trojans take the lead midway through. But then the Tigers reclaimed the lead with three 3-point goals and held off Girard, 45-35, in non-league play...

No. 9 Trojans claim win in final seconds (01/12/13)
GIRARD -- Three free throws in the final 35 seconds allowed Girard's girls, ranked No. 9 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, to come away with a 39-36 victory over Fort Scott High in non-league play here Friday night. Haydn Herlocker, said to have already committed to playing at Pittsburg State, sparked the Trojans (7-2) in the fourth quarter as she scored 11 of her game-high 17 points...

Tigers at inaugural Frontenac tourney next week (01/11/13)
Fort Scott High School's basketball teams will take part in the first edition of the Frontenac National Guard Invitational Tournament next week. Tiger teams will go to Girard tonight to play non-league games against the Trojans before going to the tournament on Thursday...

Tigers enter wrestling coaches poll at No. 6 (01/10/13)
Fort Scott High School's wrestling team has had individuals ranked in their weight classes in Class 4A this season. But this week's poll marks the first time the Tigers have cracked the rankings as a team. In the poll released Tuesday, Fort Scott makes its debut at No. 6 in the Class 4A poll, one spot behind league rival Chanute...

Tiger girls take 37-35 win (01/09/13)
Ashley Cook's 3-point shooting rallied Fort Scott High's girls Tuesday night. Brianne Lawrence's rebounding won the game for the Tigers. Fort Scott never led until Cook hit back-to-back 3-point shots with less than 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the third quarter. Lawrence's putback of a teammate's missed shot with three seconds left in the contest gave the Tigers a 37-35 victory over Chanute in Southeast Kansas League play...

Chanute shakes off doldrums first, goes on to 63-41 win (01/09/13)
Both teams began Tuesday night's game at the FSHS gymnasium in a shooting funk. Visiting Chanute snapped out of its doldrums first and went on to take a 63-41 victory over Fort Scott High's boys in Southeast Kansas League play. The Tigers led 3-2 after one period of play and didn't make their first field goal of the game until Alex Fink scored with 2:34 left in the second quarter. Fort Scott had missed its first 15 attempts from the field...

Four win titles; Tigers top team at Bonner Springs (01/08/13)
BONNER SPRINGS -- Fort Scott High's wrestling claimed the team title and four individuals won their weight classes at the Bonner Springs Dick Burns Mat Classic here Saturday. Of the 11 wrestlers head coach David Brown brought here, nine earned medals. This helped the Tigers score 204 1/2 points to win the title by 28 1/2 points over the host school, which is ranked second in Class 4A by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association...

Third-quarter rally aids Tiger boys (01/05/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's boys trailed by 8 points early in the first half here Friday night but rallied for a 49-43 victory over Independence in Southeast Kansas League play. The Tigers (2-2 SEK, 2-5 overall) have won two straight after starting the season with five consecutive losses...

Fort Scott girls overcome cold shooting (01/05/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- During one long stretch that began late in the first quarter and extended into late in the third here Friday night, Fort Scott High School's girls made just one of 24 field-goal attempts. But while the Tigers were missing shots, they were making free throws and playing good defense. ...

Tigers dominate Iola; Pittsburg wins tight dual (01/04/13)
In what was already their final home appearance of the season, Fort Scott High School's wrestlers split a triangular with Iola and Pittsburg at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. The Tigers defeated former Southeast Kansas League foe Iola, 70-4, winning 13 of of the 14 matches with six coming via forfeit. But they fell to SEK rival Pittsburg, 38-37, in the final match of the evening...

JV girls winners in 5 of first 6 games (01/04/13)
Fort Scott's junior varsity girls' basketball team has opened with five victories in its first six games, including winning the Fort Scott Junior Varsity Tournament Dec. 6 and 8, sweeping the competition in three games. "I'm very proud of the way our JV has started the season," Fort Scott assistant girls' basketball Coach Curt Toll said...

Tiger boys get first win of season, 45-34 (12/19/12)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's boys got their first win of the season here Friday night but still had to overcome their recent first-quarter doldrums in order to get it. The Tigers made just 1 of 14 field-goal attempts in the first quarter but trailed only 9-6. They outscored Parsons 16-4 in the fourth to claim a 45-34 Southeast Kansas League victory at Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium...

Fort Scott girls pick up second victory, 59-44 (12/19/12)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's girls picked up their second victory of the season here Tuesday night, downing Parsons, 59-44, in Southeast Kansas League action at Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium. Following an 0-4 start, the Tigers are now 2-1 in the SEK and 2-4 overall. Parsons fell to 0-4, 0-6, its last victory coming in last season's Sub-State semifinal...

Tigers fourth at Ottawa; two finish unbeaten (12/18/12)
OTTAWA --Fort Scott High School's wrestling team finished fourth in a 10-team dual tournament here Saturday, its final competition before the holidays. The Tigers (7-3 in duals) defeated Burlington, 48-27, in their first dual and Topeka West, 60-18, in the second. Prairie View won the third dual, 50-24. Fort Scott defeated host Ottawa in the final round of pool bouts, 53-24. Baldwin won the third-place dual, 44-33...

Former Fort Scott coach wins 300th dual (12/18/12)
MULVANE -- Mulvane High School head wrestling coach Rick Langerot recently became just the second Kansas wrestling coach to win 300 dual meets. Langerot began his coaching career at Fort Scott High in 1977. Current Tiger head coach David Brown and assistant coach Alvin Metcalf were among the first Langerot coached. Fourteen other former wrestlers are coaches at either the high-school or middle-school level and many others coach kids wrestling programs...

Fort Scott girls take first victory of season, 54-31 (12/15/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Ashley Cook's back-to-back 3-point goals capped an 11-2 opening run Friday night at the Fort Scott High School gymnasium and Fort Scott High's girls went on to roll to their first victory of the season, 54-31 over Coffeyville in Southeast Kansas League play...

Short-handed Fort Scott boys fall to Nado (12/15/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott's top two scorers this season, Johnathan Stark and Garin Sinn, woke up Friday morning with cases of the flu so bad that there was no way they could play Friday night when Coffeyville visited the FSHS gymnasium...

Sharp, Metcalf earn 100th wins at Eudora (12/11/12)
EUDORA -- Seniors Tyler Sharp and John Metcalf earned the 100th victories of their high-school wrestling careers here over the weekend at the Eudora Tournament of Champions. Sharp's 100th win came during pool wrestling at 120 pounds on Friday when he pinned Sky Summers of Lansing in his third match of the day...

Fort Scott JV takes boys' and girls' titles (12/11/12)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity girls' and boys' basketball teams each won their divisions of the FSHS junior varsity tournament, held Thursday and Saturday. Tiger boys defeated Frontenac, 57-35, Thursday night. They beat Iola, 57-19, Saturday morning and clinched the title with a 50-33 victory over Chanute to finish the round-robin tournament with a 3-0 record...

Fort Scott girls fall in overtime at LCHS (12/08/12)
ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Every coach will stress the importance of free throws. In a game such as this Friday night, free throws made a huge difference in the outcome of this Southeast Kansas League game at Harrison Gymnasium. Fort Scott High's girls made just 7 of 21 free throws on the night and went just 1 for 7 in overtime. Labette County's 10-of-14 performance at the charity stripe, meanwhile, was one of the major reasons the homestanding Grizzlies took a 44-42 victory...

Fort Scott boys show tenacity in loss (12/08/12)
ALTAMONT, Kan. -- It's not often one will find positives in a 20-plus-point loss such as the one Fort Scott High's boys suffered to Labette County in their league opener at Harrison Gymnasium Friday night. Consider, though, that the Tigers could have easily just played out the string after finding themselves down 27-1 late in the first quarter. Instead, they fought back and knocked the deficit down to 9 points three times in the second half before running out of gas and falling, 73-52...

Rienbolt receives coaches' academic recognition (12/06/12)
Fort Scott High School junior Katren Rienbolt was recently named to the Kansas Croas Country/Track & Field Coaches Association 2012 Class 4A Academic All-State Team. Rienbolt won the Class 4A State title in November.

Tigers take second in home tourney (12/04/12)
Fort Scott High School's wrestling team finished second in its annual home dual tournament Saturday at the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers won four of five duals despite filling only nine of the 14 weight classes. "That itself is something I'll have to sit down and study," Fort Scott head coach David Brown said of the Tigers' feat. ...

Har-Ber teams sweep Tigers in Willard finale (12/04/12)
WILLARD, Mo. -- Har-Ber High School of Springdale, Ark., swept Fort Scott High's teams here Saturday on the final day of the 25th Annual Willard Four-State Classic. Fort Scott's girls fell in the first game of the day, 54-32, as the Wildcats took a 15-5 lead after one period. They were up 33-14 at the half...

Broken Arrow boys hold off Fort Scott rally, 62-53 (12/01/12)
WILLARD, Mo. -- Fort Scott High School's boys rallied from a 12-point halftime deficit to get within 3 points of Broken Arrow (Okla.) with four minutes left in the third period here Friday night. But the Oklahomans went on a 13-0 run right after that gave them control and they went on to a 62-53 victory on the second night of the Willard Four-State Classic...

Fort Scott girls fall, 62-51 (12/01/12)
WILLARD, Mo. -- Broken Arrow's girls outscored Fort Scott High 15-6 in the third quarter here Friday night and that held up in a 62-51 win on the second night of the round-robin Willard Four-State Classic. Fort Scott dropped to 0-2 on the season following its seventh consecutive loss at Willard. The Tigers will play Springdale (Ark.) Har-Ber at 1 p.m. this afternoon to conclude their annual stay here...

Willard sweeps openers; girls fall in 2 OT (11/30/12)
WILLARD, Mo. -- The two schools that have played in each of the 25 editions of the Willard Classic faced off Thursday night in the opening round of the annual round-robin tournament. This time, host Willard took a sweep of Fort Scott in the annual battle of the Tigers...

Tiger squads make first appearances (11/27/12)
Fort Scott High School's Red & White Scrimmages went off without a hitch Monday night at the FSHS gymnasium as both basketball teams made their first public appearances of the season. The scrimmages themselves were informal. Though there were officials working, they were played with running clocks over periods of 10 to 15 minutes, depending on which unit was out on the floor...

Red & White Scrimmages set for Monday (11/22/12)
Fort Scott High School's Red & White basketball scrimmages are set for Monday night at the FSHS gymnasium. The girls' basketball team scrimmages at 6:30 p.m.with the boys to follow. The Tiger wrestling team will also be introduced. Admission is a free-will donation. There will be door prizes and other activities...

SEK champs have 10 honored by coaches (11/17/12)
The All-Southeast Kansas League football team features 10 members of the league champion Fort Scott squad, five of whom were named to the First Team. Seniors Johnathan Stark and Marques Floyd were picked as First Team defensive backs. Classmate John Metcalf was chosen as a defensive lineman and junior Jacob Durossette was picked as a linebacker. Junior Brendan Blackburn was picked as a defensive lineman and an offensive lineman, making him the only Tiger picked for the First Team offense...

Seven named All-SEK in soccer (11/14/12)
Southeast Kansas League coaches recently named the All-SEK Soccer team and put seven members of the Fort Scott High School team on it. Six Tigers were also named to the All-Region Team. First Team All-SEK players are Chase Howser, Brett Allen, Roger Rodriguez and Austin Sather. Weston Woodring, Marcus Brennon and William Bush were named to the Second Team...

Tiger girls picked to win SEK (11/13/12)
PITTSBURG -- Southeast Kansas League coaches predicted tight races in girls' basketball championships race in pre-season polls released at the KSEK-FM 99.1 The Ticket media conference here Monday. Fort Scott's girls were picked to win the league even though they didn't get most of the first-place votes. Chanute, picked to finish second, got three top votes while the Tigers, Labette County and Independence each got one. The top four teams were within 4 points of each other in the tabulation...

'Nado, LC boys tabbed to tie; Fort Scott third (11/13/12)
PITTSBURG -- Coffeyville and Labette County were voted into a first-place tie in the KSEK-FM 99.1 The Ticket's pre-season Southeast Kansas League poll released Monday morning. Coffeyville, which qualified for last year's Class 4A State Tournament along with Fort Scott, received four first-place votes while Labette County picked up two. The Grizzlies finished 10-12 last season...

Media day notebook (11/13/12)
-- There was a clear dividing line in the CNC girls' poll as the top four teams picked are the league's Class 4A schools and the bottom four are the Class 3A schools. Frontenac received six first-place votes while Girard got the other two. Baxter Springs was picked third and newcomer Columbus fourth followed by Colgan, Southeast, Riverton and Galena......

Tiger debaters find success at two events (10/31/12)
The Fort Scott debate squad traveled in two directions on Saturday. One group stayed close to home, competing at St. Mary's Colgan while the other headed 2 1/2 hours west to Leon-Bluestem. The Colgan group ended the day with a third-place sweepstakes finish off the strong efforts of novice partners Jentry Cruse/Thomas Nighswonger (4-1, fourth) and Camden Stiles/Trenton Sinn (3-2, seventh)...

Louisburg lines dominate; Tigers' season ends (10/31/12)
It's hard to say if Louisburg's offensive and defensive lines have the best talent the Fort Scott High School football team has faced this season. But it's easy to see that the Wildcats' lines played the best anyone has against the Tigers (9-1) this season...

Rienbolt wins State with PR time (10/30/12)
Fort Scott High School junior Katren Rienbolt only took up cross country last year but finished third at the Class 4A State Championship Meet in Wamego in her first year of competition. On the same course Saturday, Rienbolt became the third Fort Scott State champion -- the first girl to accomplish the feat -- as she ran a personal-record time of 14:50.20 in winning the meet by nearly 40 seconds...

ONLINE FIRST: Fort Scott soccer will be at McPherson Tuesday (10/27/12)
Fort Scott High School will be going west for the Class 4-3-2-1A Quarterfinal round Tuesday. There was some thought at first that the Tigers (13-5) would be going north for the quarterfinals. A review of KSHSAA documents Friday night found that there was different wording on different sheets explaining the process...

Quarter Masters: Tigers beat Nado, secure quarterfinal berth (10/26/12)
Fort Scott High School soccer coach Kevin Gray said his 2012 squad wanted to be the first in the program's 12-year history to represent Fort Scott in the state quarterfinals. Mission accomplished. Tiger senior Chase Howser scored the first of his three goals Thursday afternoon at the 24:38 mark of the first half as he led the Tigers to a 4-1 win over the Coffeyville Golden Tornado and a 4-3-2-1A Regional Championship at Ellis Park...

Tigers hold on for District title (10/26/12)
Had Chanute managed to complete its rally and win Thursday night's game at Frary Field, it would have been one of the strangest tales in the history of Fort Scott High School football. Despite dropped passes, overthrows, a series of strange official's calls and a series of plays in which they went backward 15 yards, the visiting Blue Comets managed to get a field goal by A.J. LaRocca to get within a touchdown, recover the ensuing onside kick and give itself a chance...

Going Four-th (10/24/12)
Howser's 4-goal effort leads Tigers into Regional final

Rienbolt going to second State Meet (10/23/12)
GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School junior Katren Rienbolt earned her second straight State Meet berth in winning the girls' race at the Anderson County Class 4A Regional Cross-Country Meet here Saturday. Rienbolt, who didn't take up the sport until last year, finished nearly a minute ahead of the runner-up on the four-kilometer course, turning in a time of 15 minutes, 32.43 seconds. ...

Tiger season ends at 4A Sub-State (10/23/12)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball season came to an end Saturday with a loss to second-seeded Girard at the Pittsburg Class 4A Sub-State Tournament. Girard took the match, 25-22, 25-18. Fort Scott's season ended with a 10-24 record. "We didn't finish the way we wanted to," Fort Scott head coach Carol Bingesser said. "We just couldn't get a run going. It seemed like we would get one and our and just couldn't make a run on them."...

ONLINE FIRST: Tigers No. 2 seed in Regional Soccer Tournament (10/20/12)
Just after deadline Friday night/Saturday morning, the Tribune received the brackets for the two Class 4-3-2-1A Southeast Regional Soccer tournaments that begin Monday with play-in games. The Kansas State High School Activities Association guidelines printed prior to the season stated that seeding meetings were scheduled for Saturday morning. But since all 10 teams being seeded were finished with their regular seasons, they went ahead and got things done early...

Fort Scott wins match but loses goalkeeper (10/20/12)
PAOLA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team bounced back from Tuesday's shutout loss at Riverton to beat Paola, 4-1, Thursday in the final match of the regular season. But during the game, senior goalkeeper Brett Allen, who has been a starter since his freshman season, suffered a broken leg and will miss the upcoming Class 4-3-2-1-A Regional Tournament that begins Monday. ...

Fort Scott fights off pesky Iola squad (10/20/12)
IOLA, Kan. -- Iola did its best to keep fifth-ranked Fort Scott High School within striking distance at Riverside Park here Friday night, managing to go on several long offensive drives. But the Tigers kept the Mustangs out of the end zone on most of them and hung on for a 34-7 victory on the strength of a three-touchdown first quarter...

Tiger soccer on track for Regional home date (10/19/12)
Saturday morning, the Fort Scott High School soccer team will find out if it will be the host of a Class 4-3-2-1A Southeast Regional Tournament game on Tuesday at Ellis Park. A seeding meeting will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday morning at Fort Scott High School to place 10 schools into two five-team brackets...

Tigers seeded seventh at Pittsburg Sub-State (10/18/12)
Fort Scott High School will be the No. 7 seed at Saturday's Pittsburg Class 4A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament. Play begins at 2 p.m. with first-round and semifinal action on two courts. Fort Scott (10-23) will face second-seeded Girard (23-12) at 2 p.m. ...

Weather part of woes at State tennis (10/17/12)
EMPORIA -- The three entrants from Fort Scott High School were unable to win a match at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament. But Head Coach Lynn Barr says that in no way diminishes what the Tigers accomplished this season. "These girls have nothing to feel bad about and should be very proud of all that they accomplished this season," he said. "It was one of the best seasons in recent history for our girls' program and these young ladies were very instrumental in that success."...

Southeast Kansas golfers take top two spots in Class 4A (10/17/12)
HESSTON -- Southeast Kansas golfers had to go to a playoff to decide who was the best in the state at the Class 4A State Girls' Golf Tournament here Monday. Meanwhile, Fort Scott had two representatives here. Senior Karley Stark finished her career by shooting a 53 on the front nine and 57 on the back for a 110 at Hesston Golf Park...

Undefeated Tigers finally earn state rankings (10/16/12)
Fort Scott High School's football team became just one of two unbeaten teams remaining in Class 4A when Lenexa St. James took a 41-12 loss to Spring Hill Thursday night. The Tigers beat Anderson County, 48-6 at Frary Field Friday night to remain undefeated. That was enough for Fort Scott to finally break out of the "others" category and into the top five in the Wichita Eagle and Topeka Capital-Journal polls...

Tigers 2-2 at Anderson County; Sub-State next (10/16/12)
GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team went 2-2 at the Anderson County Tournament here Saturday. The Tigers will go into Class 4A Sub-State play at Pittsburg this weekend with a record of 10-23. "Overall I thought the girls did a really good job," Fort Scott head coach Carol Bingesser said. "We let a couple of the matches slip away from us but, for the most part, I thought we played with a lot of intensity. It was nice to get back on track and get a couple of wins...

Fort Scott rolls like thunder to 48-6 victory (10/13/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School's Class 4A District 6 opener was stopped with 6:34 remaining in the contest Friday night when severe lightning arrived in the Fort Scott area. The same storm system that delayed the start of the Chanute-at-Iola game twice and then knocked out power to Iola's stadium and forced Fort Scott High's girls' tennis team to return home after the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament was suspended only arrived soon enough to stop the game. ...

Rienbolt defends SEK cross country title (10/13/12)
CHANUTE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School junior Katren Rienbolt successfully defended her Southeast Kansas League championship as she once again finished on top of the pack at the league cross-country meet here Thursday. With Labette County's Drew Baum also able to defend his boys' title, it's the first time both defending individual champions have repeated since 1981-82. In those years, Bryan Lawrence of Iola and Gena Thomas of Labette County both won back-to-back titles...

Fort Scott soccer falls on the road (10/13/12)
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to Coffeyville in the final match of Southeast Kansas League play here Thursday. The loss did not affect the Tigers' league championship status as they had clinched it with a win over the Golden Tornado about three weeks ago...

Fort Scott volleyball plays rare 3-set match (10/13/12)
CHANUTE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High and Chanute played a rare 3-set volleyball match here Thursday night as the schools played their Southeast Kansas League finale. The host Blue Comets, ranked No. 3 in Class 4A by the Kansas Volleyball Association, swept the match, 25-15, 25-10, 25-12...

High scores turn into high hopes (10/12/12)
Tiger duo weren't sure if Regional scores would earn State berths; now looking to finish season on high note

5 going to State for 1st time since 2000 (10/10/12)
The last time Fort Scott High School sent five players to a State Tennis Tournament, it was still a Class 5A school. And as was the case in 2000, the year's Tigers will send two doubles teams and a singles player to the 2012 Class 4A State Tournament, which begins Friday morning in Emporia...

Five Tigers qualify for Class 4A State Tennis (10/09/12)
INDEPENDENCE -- Five members of Fort Scott High School's tennis team will be going to this weekend's Class 4A State Tournament at Emporia after qualifying from last weekend's Independence Regional. Fort Scott finished third as a team behind champion Independence and runner-up Parsons. ...

Stark, Robertson advance to 4A State Golf (10/09/12)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School senior Karley Stark and junior Morgan Robertson will play in next Monday's Class 4A State Golf Tournament after qualifying as at-large participants. Stark and Robertson were two of the top five best individuals from schools which did not qualify the entire team out of Monday's Girard Class 4A Regional Tournament. As a team, Fort Scott shot 521, its highest 18-hole score of the year, and finished fifth...

Fort Scott wins Homecoming game, 41-6 (10/06/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High scored on each of its first six possessions Friday night and the Tigers went on to steamroll Labette County in Southeast Kansas League action, 41-6, on Homecoming at Frary Field. Victor Hughes rushed for 206 yards on 14 carries and scored twice, the most rushing yards by a Tiger since B.J. ...

Rienbolt winner at Independence (10/06/12)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's Katren Rienbolt took a convincing win at the Independence Cross-Country Invitational here Thursday, beating rival Michaela Ozier of Labette County by nearly a minute. Rienbolt finished the four-kilometer course in a time of 15 minutes, 7.69 seconds. Ozier came in next in 16:02.57...

Stark named Honorable Mention All-SE-KAN golfer (10/06/12)
The All-SE-KAN girls' golf team was made official and released Tuesday afternoon. SE-KAN was created by Fort Scott Head Coach Karen Curran and her husband, Girard Head Coach Steve Curran, in 2004. That was a time when none of the leagues in Southeast Kansas sponsored the sport and the players didn't have league honors to earn...

Tigers swept in home finale (10/05/12)
Fort Scott High School's volleyball team may have played one of their better matches in the past two weeks at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. But their effort wasn't enough as the Tigers lost both matches in their final home triangular of the season on "Dig Pink Night."...

Soccer downs Columbus, 4-1 (10/05/12)
COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team improved to 10-3 on the season with a 4-1 victory over Columbus here Thursday in a non-league match. Chase Howser scored two of the goals for the Tigers. Brett Allen scored on a penalty kick and Clayton Hixon scored the final goal...

JV golfers win final tourney (10/05/12)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity golf team finished its season by winning the Girard Invitational here Tuesday. The Tigers defeated Girard in what amounted to a dual, 269-297, as none of the other three schools fielded full team. Ingrid Diaz finished fifth for the Tigers with a score of 62. Emily Martin and Ellen Harrison tied for sixth at 65. Maddie Barbour finished tied for 11th at 77. Parsons' Marina Shields was the winner with a 51...

ONLINE FIRST: 'Dig Pink' Thursday night at FSHS volleyball (10/03/12)
Thrusday will be the annual "Dig Pink" night at Fort Scott High School's volleyball triangular with Pittsburg and Osawatomie at the FSHS gymnasium. Play is set to begin at 5 p.m. with Osawatomie taking on Fort Scott. A draw for prizes will take place following the opening match, then Pittsburg will take on Osawatomie. ...

Local teams struggle at Anderson Co. (10/03/12)
GARNETT -- Both Fort Scott and Uniontown had their share of struggles in the final regular-season golf tournament hosted by Anderson County here Monday. Fort Scott finished sixth in the 18-hole affair with its four-woman score of 453 while Uniontown was eighth out of nine full teams at 460...

Soccer finishes home slate with 6-1 rout (10/02/12)
Chase Howser scored three goals and Brett Allen needed to make only three saves Monday afternoon. They and six other Tiger seniors won their final regular-season home match as Fort Scott High's soccer team routed Riverton, 6-1, in a non-league match at Ellis Park...

Tigers' doubles teams 2nd at SEK (10/02/12)
PARSONS -- Both of Fort Scott's doubles teams finished in second place at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Saturday. Meanwhile, the Tigers finished fifth in the now-seven-team tournament is just two points separated second place from fifth...

Fort Scott throttles Independence, 48-9 (09/29/12)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School had one of its best rushing games in recent years Friday night as the Tigers throttled Independence, 48-9, in Southeast Kansas League play at Emmott Field. The Tigers improved to 4-0 in the SEK and 5-0 overall while Independence fell to 0-4, 0-5, although the Bulldogs managed to avoid being shut out for a third consecutive game...

Rienbolt beats Ozier at Pittsburg (09/29/12)
Fort Scott junior Katren Rienbolt beat rival Michaela Ozier of Labette County by 19 seconds to win the girls' varsity race at the Pittsburg Invitational here Thursday afternoon. Rienbolt took the race in 15 minutes, 46 seconds while Ozier finished in 16:05. Paige White of Baxter Springs, who could be another tough competitor when Kansas Class 4A Regionals are held on October 20, was third in 16:14...

Parks, Fort Scott second at Columbus (09/29/12)
COLUMBUS, Kan. -- Laine Parks shot a personal-best 47 at the Columbus Invitational here Thursday to lead Fort Scott High School's golfers to a second-place finish. Parks finished five strokes back of Southeast Kansas League champion Anna Pool of Coffeyville. Erica Gartner of Labette County won a scorecard playoff over Chanute's Danae Decker for third place at 49...

Fort Scott volleyball falls in league play (09/29/12)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott HIgh School's volleyball team dropped a pair of Southeast Kansas League matches here Thursday, losing to Independence in two sets and to Labette County in three. The Tigers (1-3 SEK, 8-18 overall) lost to Indy, 25-18, 25-21. Brianne Lawrence led Fort Scott with 8 kills. Maddi Allen had 12 assists while Meredith Hill handed out 9. Allen also had 8 digs while Paige Denton had 7 and Erica Shoemaker came up with 6...

Golfers finish league play with two in top 10 (09/27/12)
CHICOPEE -- Fort Scott High School's golf team saw two players finish with All-Southeast Kansas League honors while three others earned Honorable Mention as league play wrapped up with the fourth and final SEK Designated Tournament at Crestwood Country Club here Tuesday...

Storm brings end to Tiger tennis dual (09/27/12)
NOTE: This article as seen here corrects errors that appeared in the print edition. The Tribune regrets those errors and the confusion it may have caused.

No. Seven's Heaven (09/26/12)
7th victory of season gives Tigers first SEK title

JV tennis 3rd at Chanute (09/26/12)
CHANUTE -- The Fort Scott High School junior varsity tennis team finished third out of eight teams at a tournament here Monday. Independence came in first followed by Chanute. Kandice Rost and Jasmine Davis finished second in No. 1 doubles. They beat Lauren Sullivan/Sam Cicero of Pittsburg, 6-4, and shut out Chanute's Sarah Methvin/Haley Markham. They lost in the finals to Independence's Kaeli Matthews/Shaeli Matthews, 6-0...

Eagles finish third in home tourney (09/25/12)
Uniontown's golf team finished in third place in its first 18-hole tournament of the season at Woodland Hills Golf Course Monday afternoon. Eureka won the Uniontown Invitational team title with a four-woman total of 425 followed by Fredonia at 449 and Uniontown at 457...

Rienbolt fifth at Rim Rock Farm (09/25/12)
LAWRENCE -- Fort Scott High School junior Katren Rienbolt finished fifth at Rim Rock Farm north of here Saturday morning as she was one of 211 runners to compete in the Blue Varsity division of the University of Kansas Invitational. Rienbolt turned in a time of 15 minutes, 38.65 seconds over four kilometers on what will likely be the toughest course she sees this season. ...

Fort Scott shuts out Coffeyville, takes sole lead in SEK (09/22/12)
FORT SCOTT -- The Southeast Kansas League's two highest-scoring teams met at Frary Field Friday night. But Fort Scott High School's defense was the star attraction as the Tigers held visiting Coffeyville to just 105 yards of total offense in a 12-0 victory...

FSHS doubles teams undefeated at Pittsburg (09/22/12)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Both Fort Scott High School doubles teams were undefeated in their brackets here Thursday as the Tigers finished in second place in the Pittsburg Invitational on the Pittsburg State University courts. Pittsburg scored 14 points to take the team title while Fort Scott had 13. Labette County finished third with 7 points followed by Columbus with 3 and Iola with 2...

Slow starts, fast fade lead to Tiger home split (09/21/12)
Fort Scott High School's volleyball team was just a half-beat off during its Southeast Kansas League triangular at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. The Tigers swept Coffeyville, 25-15, 25-6, but couldn't overcome slow starts and fading finishes in both games versus Parsons and suffered a 26-24, 25-19 sweep. Parsons also swept Coffeyville in the middle match, 25-10, 25-10...

Soccer improves to 4-0 in SEK (09/21/12)
Fort Scott High School's soccer team rallied from a 1-0 halftime deficit to record a 3-2 victory over Independence at Ellis Park Thursday to remain undefeated in the Southeast Kansas League. It's the first time in the program's history that the Tigers swept the Bulldogs in the season series. Fort Scott took a 2-1 victory at Independence Sept. 10 that broke the Bulldogs' 49-match league unbeaten streak (47-0-2). Indy (0-3 SEK, 2-5 overall) hasn't won a league match since...

Tigers second in home tourney (09/20/12)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished in second place at its home tournament Tuesday. Independence won the team title with 11 points as its players won three of the four pools. Fort Scott, led by Jennifer Harrison's first-place finish in No. 1 singles, took second with nine points. Labette County was third with three points while Columbus came in last with one point...

Tigers shut out Dragons (09/20/12)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team continues on its best pace in school history, shutting out Pittsburg 4-0 on its new home field in Southeast Kansas League play here Tuesday. Tyler Endicott scored two goals for the league-leading Tigers, who are 3-0 in the league and 5-2 overall. Both of those are best-ever marks for this point of the season...

Denton wins pair of meets (09/20/12)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High School senior Paige Denton has participated in just two cross-country meets this season. This is because she also plays volleyball and since she has declared that her priority sport, she doesn't get to run much as most cross-country meets and volleyball matches are held on Thursdays...

Tigers, Eagles show improvement at Parsons (09/19/12)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott's golf team continued its show of improvement on the KATY Golf Course here Monday, scoring 219 at the Parsons Invitational, the third of the four Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments. The Tigers finished in fourth place but had the second-best score among league teams. ...

Tiger junior varsity tennis finishes fifth at Parsons tournament (09/19/12)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team finished fifth in a eight-team tournament here Monday. Chanute won the team title followed by Independence, Pittsburg and Parsons. Char Hutchison and Emmah Reeves finished second in No.2 doubles. They defeated Kalee Bryant/Katie Capps of Independence in a tie-breaker 7-6 (7-5) and downed Nikita Ghandi/Natalie Benevidas of Parsons, 6-2. The fell in the final to Chanute's Rachel Ungle/Angela Alger, 7-5...

'Golden goal' gives Tigers 2-1 win (09/18/12)
Fort Scott's soccer team overcame a sluggish first half in which they allowed an own goal to take a 2-1 "golden goal" victory over Spring Hill Monday at Ellis Park. "Golden goal" is the soccer equivalent of sudden-death overtime. Roger Rodriguez scored from about 25 yards on a free kick three minutes into the extra session to give the Tigers the victory...

Tiger volleyball fourth at Pittsburg (09/18/12)
PITTSBURG -- The Fort Scott High School volleyball team finished fourth at the Pittsburg Tournament here Saturday, winning two of five matches. Both of Fort Scott's wins came in pool play. The Tigers (6-11) defeated Labette County, 25-18, 31-29, as Ericah Shoemaker had 7 kills and Jillian Lattimer had 5. Maddie Allen handed out 9 assists and Meredith Hill dished 6. Paige Denton was credited with 16 digs...

Rienbolt second at Parsons (09/18/12)
CHERRYVALE -- Fort Scott High junior Katren Rienbolt finished in second place in the girls' varsity race of Parsons' Calvin Priest Cross-Country Invitational at Big Hill Lake near here Thursday. Labette County's Michaela Ozier won the four-kilometer race in 15:14.93 with Rienbolt coming in at 15:21.01...

Fort Scott wins with control of running game (09/15/12)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Fort Scott High went 70 yards on a 20-play drive that consumed over 9 1/2 minutes of the first quarter here Friday night and didn't get a score out of it. But what they did get from it set things up for success later in the game as the Tigers went on to beat rival Pittsburg, 41-20, in a battle of Southeast Kansas League co-leaders at Hutchinson Field...

Fort Scott varsity golfers post best scores of season (09/15/12)
JOPLIN -- Fort Scott High School's varsity golf team posted its best team score of the season while placing four girls in the top 10 at the Galena Invitational here Thursday. Girard won yet again with a four-woman score of 185 over nine holes. But the Tigers came in second with a 217, by far their best finish of the year. Caney Valley was third at 247 followed by Columbus at 270, Pittsburg 272 and host Galena rounding out the field with a 280...

FSHS volleyball wins one of three at Osawatomie (09/15/12)
OSAWATOMIE, Kan -- Fort Scott High School won just one of three matches in a non-league quadrangular here Thursday which included two of the tougher teams from the general Kansas City area. The Tigers (4-8) lost to Louisburg, 25-12, 25-7, in their first match of the day. Next, they fell to host Osawatomie, 25-9, 25-11. In the final match, the Fort Scott defeated Prairie View, 21-25, 25-23, 25-15...

Tigers blank Columbus (09/14/12)
Fort Scott High School goalkeeper Brett Allen was, for the most part, a lonely man Thursday afternoon. Allen had few challenges during the Tigers' 2-0 victory over Columbus at Ellis Park. The Titans failed to get off a single shot against him. The closest Allen came to any action would be the few occasions a long pass would bounce in front of him. The closest thing Columbus got to a shot on goal came late in the game but Allen smothered the ball before a Titan could get a foot on it...

Tiger tennis second at Independence (09/13/12)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's tennis team finished second at the Independence Invitational here Tuesday with the No. 2 doubles team of Courtney Crain and Kenna Savage winning their pool. Independence finished with 14 points while Fort Scott had 12. Labette County and Neodesha each had 8 points while Parsons failed to score...

Tiger soccer breaks Indy streak (09/12/12)
INDEPENDENCE -- Roger Rodriguez scored both Fort Scott goals on free kicks, including one from just outside the 18-yard box with around five minutes left to go here Monday, to give the Tiger soccer program just its second victory ever against Independence. The Bulldogs have won at least a share of all but one Southeast Kansas League championship since soccer became a league sport in 2002...

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