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SEK co-leader Parsons beats Tiger girls, 58-49 (02/08/12)
PARSONS -- Kiralyn Mosier scored 17 of her game-high 19 points in the first half at Harold C. Johnson Gymnasium Tuesday night, while Taylor Kemp added 10 of her 12 points in the second half as Parsons defeated Fort Scott High's girls 58-49 in Southeast Kansas League play...

Six earn medals at Rose Hill (02/07/12)
ROSE HILL -- Six of the 10 Fort Scott High School wrestlers head coach David Brown brought here earned medals at the Rose Hill Tournament over the weekend. "I thought we wrestled very well," Brown said. "This was good test for us heading into the final weeks. Western schools and bigger schools were on the menu and we got a pretty good sample and fared well."...

Chanute holds Fort Scott girls in two-point affair (02/04/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Brenna Olson preserved victory for visiting Chanute by stealing a pass on the inside with under five seconds remaining Friday night as the Blue Comets held off Fort Scott High's girls, 45-42, in Southeast Kansas League play. Chanute (1-2 SEK, 6-9 overall) tried to pull away in the fourth quarter, extending its lead to 34-26 with six minutes to go. But Fort Scott (2-1, 5-10) was able to trade one- and two-point possessions for three-point possessions and make some headway...

Tiger boys bounce back with SEK win (02/01/12)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's boys bounced back from maybe their worst performance of the season Friday night at Independence to have perhaps their best performance of the year here Friday night. The Tigers never trailed and shot 55 percent from the floor in a 77-68 victory over Coffeyville in Southeast Kansas League play...

FSHS girls improve to 2-0 in league (02/01/12)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's girls are 2-0 in Southeast Kansas League play after beating Coffeyville, 48-29, here Tuesday night. A 16-1 run in the first quarter in which five player scored gave the Tigers (2-0 SEK, 5-9 overall) control. They led 16-5 after one period and pushed it to 23-9 by the 3-minute mark of the second...

Two Tigers take titles in home JV tourney (01/31/12)
Two Fort Scott JV wrestlers won titles in the Tigers' home junior varsity tournament Saturday. Trevor Pulliam won the 145-pound B division while B.J. Wilson won the 220-pound A class. Also, Hayse Howser placed second at 182A and Cole Stewart was second at 106, Cody Bunn third at 160A, Adam Deloney fourth at 126 and Caleb Gazaway fifth at 138A...

Front-line strength leads to Fort Scott girls victory (01/28/12)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- The strength of Fort Scott High's girls up front led to a 57-47 victory over Independence as Southeast Kansas League play opened here Friday night. Post players Mallory Shelton, Heather Karleskint, Brianne Lawrence and Jillian Lattimer combined for 32 points as the Tigers (4-9 overall) won their sixth consecutive SEK opener. Include forwards Katren Rienbolt and Sidney Maycumber and one ends up with a total of 49 points from the front line...

Independence capitalizes on Fort Scott shooting woes (01/28/12)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- It was the kind of night where nothing would go into the net even though Fort Scott High's boys were shooting the roof off Independence's new gymnasium here Friday night. The Tigers were held to 28-percent field-goal shooting and 22 rebounds as the Bulldogs took advantage and opened Southeast Kansas League play with a 54-37 verdict...

Durossette, Hughes champs at Paola (01/24/12)
PAOLA -- Jacob Durossette and Victor Hughes won their respective weight brackets at the Paola Invitational here Saturday. In all, Fort Scott High's grapplers won four medals and finished tied for fifth place in the 15-team field. Durossette won the 132-pound class while Hughes was champ at 138. Jared Heckman finished second at 126 and John Hughes placed third at 152...

Fort Scott boys take fifth at Basehor-Linwood (01/21/12)
BASEHOR, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's boys never trailed -- although the score was tied about halfway through the third period -- in the fifth-place game of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational here Friday night, taking a 62-53 victory over Maryville, Mo...

Prembroke Hill girls hold off Fort Scott in 7th-place game (01/21/12)
BASEHOR, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's girls played one of their best defensive games of the season in the seventh-place game of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational Friday afternoon. But the Tiger offense wasn't able to keep up the pace it needed to take a lead and Pembroke Hill (Mo.) held on for a 36-29 victory...

Tigers conclude Basehor tourney play tonight (01/20/12)
BASEHOR -- Tyler Adams had his second consecutive 20-point game Wednesday night as Fort Scott High's boys defeated Pembroke Hill (Mo.) 82-65 in the consolation semifinal of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational. One night after falling to Ottawa, the No. 3-ranked team in Class 4A, Tiger girls dropped a 45-38 decision to host Basehor-Linwood in the consolation semifinals...

FSHS basketball teams fall on first night at Basehor (01/19/12)
BASEHOR -- Fort Scott High's boys tried to rally only to fall short here Tuesday night on the first day of the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Invitational. Tiger boys (7-3) fell to Park Hill, Mo., 65-59, while the girls (3-7) lost to Ottawa, 48-37. Both teams played Wednesday night -- the girls against host Basehor-Linwood and the boys versus Pembroke Hill -- but results were not available before press time...

Tiger wrestlers sweep Coffeyville, Parsons (01/18/12)
Fort Scott High School's wrestlers didn't have much trouble overall in their home Southeast Kansas League dual Tuesday night. The Tigers defeated Coffeyville 41-12 and Parsons 66-6. Parsons beat Coffeyville, 45-24, in the opening dual. "Most matches went exactly as I thought they would," head coach David Brown said. "We wrestled hard. And that's tough after coming back from the tournament at Basehor this weekend."...

7 earn medals at Basehor-Linwood (01/17/12)
BASEHOR -- Seven of the eight wrestlers Fort Scott High School head coach David Brown took with him to the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic last weekend returned with medals. This year's tournament had 35 teams from five states. Blue Springs, Mo., was the winner with 219.5 points followed by Collinsville, Okla., with 191 and Andale -- the defending Kansas Class 4A State champion -- third with 159.5. Fort Scott finished tied for 14th with Lenexa St. James Academy, each scoring 76.5 points...

Fort Scott boys dominate Girard, 60-27 (01/17/12)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's boys dominated Girard at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night, shooting 53 percent from the field and turning the ball over just 11 times in a 60-27 victory. The Tigers (7-2) used a 12-0 run at the end of the first half to break things open, taking a 35-12 lead into the locker room. It was a night head coach Jeff DeLaTorre had been looking for his team to have since its return from the holiday break...

Herlocker leads Girard girls to victory over Fort Scott (01/17/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Hadyn Herlocker lifted Girard team to victory Friday night as she scored 30 points and put her team ahead with 10 seconds remaining and made two free throws after that to give the visiting Trojans (7-2) a 42-39 victory over Fort Scott High...

Basehor-Linwood brackets set; Tigers play Tuesday (01/13/12)
Both of Fort Scott High School's basketball teams will play first-round games Tuesday as they make their annual trip to the Basehor-Linwood Invitational. The Tigers play host to Girard tonight at the FSHS gymnasium. Those games will not affect the tournament as it was seeded based on records as of Wednesday night...

Wright putback gives Tiger boys win (01/11/12)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High's boys may have "out-miracled" Iola here Tuesday night. In one of the rarest plays in basketball, Iola's Jerrik Sigg converted a 5-point play to put his team ahead by one point with 10.1 seconds left in the game. But Matt Wright's putback of a teammate's miss at the buzzer gave the Tigers a 45-44 victory in non-league play...

Tiger girls hold off Fillies (01/11/12)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High's girls rallied to take the lead in the second quarter and were able to fend off Iola despite its performance at the free-throw line here Tuesday night. The Tigers scored the last 10 points of the second quarter to take the lead for good then got their defense to settle in and prevent the Fillies from rallying, holding on for a 43-29 victory...

Three win brackets at Bonner Springs invite (01/10/12)
BONNER SPRINGS -- Jacob Durossette, Victor Hughes and Dane Cummings won the championships of their respective brackets at the Bonner Springs Dick Burns Mat Classic here Saturday. As a team, the Tigers finished in third place. Blue Valley Southwest won the team title with 199 points. ...

Vikings knock off Tigers (01/04/12)
A 10-0 fourth-quarter run gave visiting Parsons what it needed to remain undefeated on the season following a 57-51 victory over Fort Scott High's boys at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. The Tigers (5-2) used a 12-0 run of their own to overcome a 9-point deficit and take a 33-30 lead with 3:40 remaining in the first half. They lead 37-35 going into the fourth quarter and went up 47-45 on Cameron Woodring's free throws with 3:37 remaining...

Tigers win in final minute (01/04/12)
Fort Scott High's girls rallied in the game's final minute Tuesday night as the Tigers prevailed over Parsons, 39-36, in a non-league game at the FSHS gymnasium. Parsons led 36-35 after Taylor Kemp made two free throws with 1:25 remaining. The Vikings (3-2) had the ball again when Mallory Shelton forced a turnover with 50 seconds left...

Tiger wrestlers finish fifth at Ottawa dual tourney (12/20/11)
Revised to correct an error concerning the day's record for three of the wrestlers.

Tiger boys serve 'Dogs defeat (12/14/11)
Five Tigers scored in double figures as Fort Scott High's boys made 2/3rds of their field-goal attempts and handed out 24 assists in a 67-45 drubbing of Anderson County at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. "I think when we played our best was when we let things flow, we saw the open guy and we gave out the extra pass and found guys wide open," Fort Scott head coach Jeff DeLaTorre said...

Fort Scott girls pick up first victory (12/14/11)
Fort Scott High's girls jumped out to a 12-0 lead on their way to claiming their first victory of the season, 49-22 over Anderson County at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. The Tigers (1-4), playing their first home game, allowed no field goals in the opening stanza and just 8 for the game in keeping the Bulldogs (0-4) winless...

Five earn medals at Eudora (12/13/11)
EUDORA -- Five Fort Scott High School wrestlers earned medals as the Tigers finished in fifth place at the Eudora Tournament of Champions here over the weekend. Victor Hughes won seven matches on his way to finishing on top of the 138-pound bracket. Tyler Sharp (120) and John Metcalf (170) finished fifth in their weight classes while Christian Tavenaro (182) was seventh and Jerad Heckman (126) finished eighth...

Pittsburg gets by Fort Scott boys in overtime (12/10/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Pittsburg's boys outscored Fort Scott High 11-6 in overtime Friday night and gave the Tigers their first loss of the season in a non-league contest, 56-51. Fort Scott (3-1) trailed 45-39 with less than four minutes remaining but held the Dragons (2-1) scoreless the remainder of regulation as Tyler Adams connected on a pair of 3-point goals during the rally. ...

Pittsburg girls pull away from Fort Scott (12/10/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Pittsburg's girls pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 35-23 victory over Fort Scott High Friday night as the Purple Dragons picked up their first victory of the season while keeping the Tigers winless. Fort Scott (0-4) trailed by only one point, 20-19, after three periods. But Pittsburg (1-2) made 4 of 9 field-goal attempts and 7 of 8 free throws in the final stanza while holding the Tigers to 1-of-7 field-goal shooting...

Tiger wrestlers second in opening tourney (12/06/11)
Fort Scott High School's wrestling team opened the season Saturday by finishing in second place in their home dual tournament. Blue Valley Southwest was the champion, beating the Tigers in the final, 41-22. The Tigers won three of their five duals, losing to Blue Valley Southwest in a pool match. Four wrestlers went undefeated with Tyler Sharp, Victor Hughes and John Metcalf wrestling five times each and Dane Cummings wrestling three times and receiving two forfeits. J.T. Heckman was 4-1...

Tiger boys claim Willard title; girls fall (12/06/11)
WILLARD, Mo. -- Fort Scott High's boys clinched their first Willard Tri-State Classic championship since the 2007 tournament by beating Har-Ber of Springdale, Ark. here Saturday evening, 72-67. Har-Ber's girls defeated Fort Scott (0-3) by a 69-47 score, pulling away in the middle two periods...

Fort Scott boys hold off Willard, 81-78 (12/03/11)
WILLARD, Mo. -- Fort Scott High School's boys survived an attempt to send the game into overtime and held off host Willard, 81-78, on the second night of the Willard Tri-State Classic here Friday night. Though the Tigers (2-0) trailed only for a few seconds early in the final stanza, they couldn't shake off the host school, which got within 80-78 on a stickback basket by Skyler Frazier with 9.4 seconds remaining...

Willard girls dominate third period on way to win over Fort Scott (12/03/11)
WILLARD, Mo. -- Willard's 21-3 third-quarter run delivered a blow to Fort Scott High's girls on the second night of the Willard Tri-State Classic here Friday night as the tourney hosts went on to a 62-34 victory. Willard (3-0) led 21-12 at the half after outscoring Fort Scott 9-5 in the second. ...

Tiger boys beat AB, 56-55 (12/02/11)
Fort Scott girls fall to Eagles in first game at Willard

Tiger hoop squads give fans a sneak peek (11/29/11)
Fort Scott High School's basketball teams gave spectators a look at their teams during the Red & White Scrimmage at the Fort Scott High School Gymnasium here Monday night. The girls' basketball team scrimmaged first. During the break before the boys' basketball scrimmage, the entire rosters of both teams, including freshmen, were introduced, head wrestling coach David Brown introduced his team, and the FSHS dance team and cheerleaders performed routines...

FSHS basketball scrimmages set for Nov. 28 (11/18/11)
Fort Scott High School has chosen Nov. 28 as the date for this year's Red & White basketball scrimmages. Both the girls' and boys' basketball teams will scrimmage that night. There will also be performances by FSHS cheerleaders and the FSHS dance team...

11 Tigers receive SEK football honors (11/16/11)
Following Chanute's elimination from the Class 4A football playoffs Friday night, the All-Southeast Kansas League Football Team has been released. Eight players from Fort Scott High School received honors in voting by league coaches. Five Tigers were named to the First Team, all seniors. They are offensive lineman/linebacker Christian Tavenaro, running back/defensive back Jason Thorpe, running back/linebacker Dane Cummings, defensive end Cody McGehee and tight end/defensive back Luke Brown...

Defending champs get nods to repeat (11/15/11)
PITTSBURG -- The coaches of the Southeast Kansas League picked the defending champions -- Parsons' boys and Labette County's girls -- to win those titles again this season at the pre-season media day sponsored by KSEK-FM here Monday. Parsons' boys (20-4 last season) received seven first-place votes and picked up 63 points. ...

Griffin leads Louisburg to playoff win over Tigers (11/02/11)
Garrett Griffin was simply unstoppable Tuesday night. Louisburg's do-everything running back ran roughshod over Fort Scott High in a Class 4A Bi-District Playoff Game at Frary Field, rushing for 295 yards and scoring all four of Louisburg's touchdowns as the visiting Wildcats held on for a 27-20 victory...

Rienbolt finishes 3rd at State (10/31/11)
WAMEGO -- Fort Scott High School sophomore Katren Rienbolt finished third in the Class 4A State Cross Country Meet here Saturday. As a top-10 finisher, Rienbolt earned All-State honors in her first season of competition. She finished the four-kilometer course in a time of 15 minutes, 39.09 seconds...

Tigers rush to claim district title (10/28/11)
Fort Scott High capped off one of its most dominating runs through district play with a 41-6 victory over Anderson County at Frary Field Thursday night. The victory gave the Tigers (8-1) the Class 4A District 6 title. They will host District 5 runner-up and defending Class 4A State champion Louisburg (4-5) Tuesday night at 7 p.m. for a Bi-District Playoff Game...

Rienbolt enjoying successful first season (10/27/11)
The first cross-country race of Katren Rienbolt's life at the beginning of this season was the longest race she had ever run. She won. Then the next week, she was promoted to the varsity for the Fort Scott High School home meet. She won again. And she kept winning. But the FSHS sophomore, who will be running at the Kansas Class 4A State Cross Country Meet in Wamego Saturday, says that it's not been easy by any means...

The breakthrough (10/26/11)
It's been a long time coming. But Fort Scott High School's soccer team won a Regional playoff game for the first time in the program's history Tuesday afternoon, beating Coffeyville 4-0 at Ellis Park. The soccer program began in 2000. The Tigers had never had a home playoff game until two seasons ago. But they lost in 2009 to Paola in double overtime as darkness overcame the pitch. Last season, they lost to Baldwin...

Rienbolt qualifies for State (10/25/11)
OTTAWA -- Fort Scott High School sophomore Katren Rienbolt finished in sixth place at the Ottawa Class 4A Regional Cross Country Meet here Saturday to qualify as an at-large entry into this Saturday's Class 4A State Meet at Wamego. Rienbolt, this year's Southeast Kansas League champion who had not competed in the sport prior to this season, turned in a time of 16 minutes, 34.96 seconds on the four-kilometer course at the Eisenhower Road Course. ...

Tigers fall in Sub-State final (10/25/11)
GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team was confident that they could reach the finals of the Anderson County Class 4A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament here Saturday. However, top-seeded Chanute wouldn't let the Tigers advance any further and earned the berth to the Class 4A State Tournament at Salina this weekend...

Fort Scott rolls past Prairie View, 53-0 (10/22/11)
LaCYGNE, Kan. -- Fort Scott had over 350 yards of total offense at halftime here Friday night and went on to roll to a 53-0 victory over Prairie View in Kansas Class 4A-District 6 play here Friday night. The Tigers (2-0 district, 7-1 overall) needed two plays or less to score on four of their seven first-half scoring drives. Their longest drive of the half was the first one, which needed nine plays...

Tigers seeded sixth at 4A Sub-State (10/20/11)
Fort Scott High School's volleyball team will be the No. 6 seed at the Anderson County Class 4A Sub-State Tournament, which begins at 2 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The Tigers are 16-18 and will face No. 3 seed Girard (24-12) at approximately 3 p.m. Two courts are being used with the tournament starting at 2 p.m. with side-by-side matches...

Savage breaks record in Tigers' victory (10/19/11)
It took longer than anticipated but Fort Scott High School senior Don Savage broke the soccer program's single-season goal-scoring record off an assist from Wyatt Hulbert in the 29th minute of play against Riverton at Ellis Park Tuesday evening. The Tigers won 7-0 with Savage scoring a second goal in the 47th minute, giving him 25 for the season. The old record of 23 was set by Troy Stumfoll in 2005...

Tiger volleyball struggles at Anderson County (10/19/11)
GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School volleyball struggled here Saturday, managing just one win in four matches at the Anderson County Invitational. The Tigers' only victory came over Iola, 25-12, 25-21. Mallory Shelton had 8 kills and Taylor Grant had 7. Kenzie Heatherly dished 9 assists...

Fort Scott duo 0-2 at State (10/17/11)
PRATT -- Fort Scott High School's doubles team, juniors Michelle Buntain and Corina Harrison, lost both matches at the Class 4A State Tournament here Friday. The Tiger duo (18-10) lost in the first round to McPherson's Taylor Swartzendruber/Brooke Bate, 2-6, 6-2 (10-6)...

Fort Scott rushes for over 500 yards in rout (10/15/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott and Iola engaged in a shootout at Frary Field Friday night. But the host Tigers simply had more ammunition. In what was both the Class 4A-District 6 opener and the final meeting between these schools in a Southeast Kansas League game, Fort Scott rushed for 506 yards in a 64-28 rout of Iola...

Reinbolt wins SEK championship (10/15/11)
IOLA, Kan. -- Fort Scott sophomore Katren Rienbolt, in her first year of competition, won the varsity girls' race in the Southeast Kansas League Cross-Country Meet here Thursday, becoming the first Tiger to do so since Heather Williams did so in consecutive seasons, 2004 and 2005...

Tigers split home finale (10/14/11)
Fort Scott High School's volleyball team split in its final home triangular of the season, falling to Chanute but beating Iola in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. Chanute and Fort Scott came into the night hoping for a chance to tie or even finish ahead of Pittsburg for the SEK title should the Purple Dragons slip in their triangular at Parsons. ...

Savage ties single-season goal-scoring mark with 23 (10/14/11)
Senior Don Savage tied Fort Scott High School's single-season goal-scoring mark in the Tigers' 7-1 rout of Coffeyville in Southeast Kansas League play at Ellis Park Thursday evening. Savage scored two goals to tie the record of 23 goals. David Goff added three goals for the Tigers and Wyatt Hulbert put in two more...

Four from area All-SE-KAN golf honorable mention (10/14/11)
Four area golfers were recognized with Honorable Mention status on the All-SE-KAN Golf Team recently. All-SE-KAN gives honors to players on southeast Kansas golf teams, all of which do not have league honors because there are not enough schools fielding teams in each one -- the Southeast Kansas, Three Rivers, Pioneer, Tri-Valley or CNC -- to have all-league teams...

Tiger doubles team ready for State tourney (10/13/11)
Fort Scott High School juniors Michelle Buntain and Corina Harrison will play doubles this weekend at the Class 4A State Tournament at the Walter Blake Complex in Pratt. The two earned their appearance with a fifth-place finish in last weekend's Chanute Class 4A Regional Tournament...

Tiger golf season ends at regional (10/11/11)
GARNETT -- Fort Scott High School's golf season came to an end at the Anderson County Class 4A Regional Tournament here Monday. The Tigers finished sixth out of eight teams and did not have any individual qualifiers for the Class 4A State Tournament...

Buntain, Harrison earn State Tennis berths (10/11/11)
CHANUTE -- Juniors Michelle Buntain and Corina Harrison finished fifth at the Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament here over the weekend, earning a berth into the Class 4A State Tournament, which will be held this coming weekend at Pratt's Walter Blake Tennis Complex...

Fort Scott volleyball splits at Pittsburg (10/10/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Pittsburg grabbed the lead to itself in the Southeast Kansas League volleyball race with a sweep here Thursday night. Fort Scott fell a match behind and into a tie for second with Chanute when the Tigers fell in the final match of the night, 25-23, 26-24. Earlier, the Tigers beat Columbus, 25-9, 25-10, and Pittsburg swept the Titans, 25-12, 25-9...

Rienbolt sets unbeatable pace at Independence (10/10/11)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- First-year sophomore runner Katren Rienbolt won yet another race Thursday, taking the Independence meet by about 50 seconds over the second-place finisher. The only race Rienbolt hasn't won was the University of Kansas Invitational. She tied for third in that event, which featured runners who are among the best in Kansas and Missouri. Her time Thursday at Indy was 15 minutes, 47.71 seconds over four kilometers. Kelsie Mars of Arkansas City was second in 16:28.83...

Fort Scott unable to overcome big-play Dragons (10/08/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Turnovers. Big plays. They're both great when they work in favor of a football team. They're both detrimental to the cause when they work against a team. Fort Scott High was hurt by turnovers and Pittsburg's big plays Friday night. The homestanding Purple Dragons scored 13 points off two Tiger fumbles and had 66- and 54-yard touchdown passes as they clinched the Southeast Kansas League championship with a 27-14 victory at Hutchinson Field...

Tigers roll to 7-1 victory over Titans (10/07/11)
Fort Scott High School's soccer team could have looked past winless Columbus when the teams met at Ellis Park for a Southeast Kansas League soccer match Thursday afternoon. But with a chance to clinch a home Regional playoff game for the third consecutive season, the Tigers (5-2 SEK, 9-5 overall) didn't take the Titans lightly, thumping them 7-1 and winning for the fifth time in six matches...

Caravan to Pittsburg Friday night (10/06/11)
Members of the Fort Scott High School student body are organizing a caravan to Pittsburg for tonight's football game against the Purple Dragons. Tiger fans are invited to follow the pep bus to to Pittsburg for the 7 p.m. contest between the Southeast Kansas League leaders...

Area golfers prepare for Regionals (10/05/11)
GARNETT -- Area golfers played one last regular-season tournament here Monday as they prepare for Regional Tournament play next Monday. Uniontown's team finished sixth out of nine at the Anderon County Invitational, an 18-hole affair, with a four-woman score of 431. Fort Scott finished eighth at 461...

Tiger soccer pounces Riverton, 8-0 (10/05/11)
RIVERTON -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team pounced on Riverton, 8-0, in a non-league contest here Monday, winning its fourth game in its last 5 outings. Don Savage scored four goals for the Tigers (8-5), raising his total to 19 for the season, which is four shy of the school record with three games -- all at home -- remaining in the regular season...

JV volleyball splits at LCHS (10/05/11)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School's JV volleyball team defeated Independence, 25-13, 25-20, and lost to Labette County, 30-28, 25-21, Thursday. Kelsey Simons served 4 aces against Indy while she and Jillian Lattimer had 6 kills each. Meredith Hill delivered 17 assists. Rikki Buller had 12 digs for the Tigers (13-9) against Labette County. Jessie Combs had 5 kills...

Tigers fifth at SEK; Parsons wins title (10/04/11)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's No. 2 doubles team of senior Ashlyn Baugher and sophomore Kenna Savage finished in third place here Saturday at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament. The Tigers finished fifth as a team, not as high as coach Lynn Barr had hoped for but one spot better than last season. ...

Fort Scott overcomes early deficit, rolls to victory over Columbus (10/01/11)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School head football coach Bob Campbell had been saying all week that Columbus had a good football team, even though it had just a 1-3 record going into Friday night. And for most of the first quarter, the Titans showed it. They went out to a 14-0 lead and looked to score a big upset in Southeast Kansas League play...

Fort Scott volleyball remains unbeaten in SEK play (10/01/11)
ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team remains just one of two still unbeaten in Southeast Kansas League play after beating both Independence and host Labette County here Thursday. Pittsburg is the other unbeaten team. The Purple Dragons beat Coffeyville and knocked Chanute out of a share of first place with 2-0 sweeps Thursday night. Fort Scott (4-0 SEK, 13-13 overall) and Pittsburg (16-6 overall) face each other next Thursday at Pittsburg with Columbus also in attendance...

Fort Scott golfers fifth at Oswego (10/01/11)
OSWEGO, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's girls' golf team finished fifth here Thursday at the Columbus Invitational. Girard and Chanute tied for the team title at 224 with Girard winning the tie-breaker. Caney Valley and Galena tied for third at 233 with Caney winning that tie-breaker. Fort Scott finished at 249 and Columbus was sixth at 262...

Nevada gets best of Tigers in dual (09/29/11)
NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team played the best-of-nine dual format against Nevada here Tuesday with the home team winning six matches. Fort Scott's junior varsity won four of five matches played. "We don't play the dual format except for this one match each season and it's good to see how the girls play when playing both singles and doubles." Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We opened with doubles and then came back and played the singles matches...

Fort Scott golfers fourth in event at Pittsburg (09/29/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished fourth at a tournament here Tuesday. The Tigers shot 496 to finish two shots up on fifth-place Parsons. Karley Stark was the 10th-place medalist as she shot 53 on the front nine and 54 on the back for a total of 107...

Frontenac moves into 4A football (09/28/11)
Who would have ever thought it would be possible for Fort Scott and Frontenac to be assigned to the same district in football? It could happen depending on how the Kansas State High School Activities Association carves up the 64 Class 4A schools when it makes its football district assignments next week. Frontenac, which will be the second-smallest Class 4A football school, moved up from Class 3A after gaining 20 students since the last time football classes were determined two years ago...

Pittsburg drops to 4A in other sports (09/28/11)
The Kansas State High School Activities Association has changed its method of determining the classes in all sports other than football and it may have affected Pittsburg. In the past, the six classes were determined by a count of students in grades 10-12. Beginning year, the KSHSAA is counting students in grades 9-12...

Rienbolt ties for 3rd at Rim Rock Farm (09/27/11)
LAWRENCE -- Fort Scott High School's Katren Rienbolt, appearing in just the third varsity race of her first season running cross country, finished tied for third over four kilometers in the Blue Varsity race at the University of Kansas Invitational at Rim Rock Farm here Saturday...

Tiger volleyball stumbles at Louisburg (09/27/11)
LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team won just one match here Saturday in a tough Louisburg Tournament. The Tigers lost to host Louisburg, 25-21, 25-22; Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail, 26-24, 25-19; Basehor-Linwood, 25-16; 25-23; and Blue Valley Southwest, 25-12, 25-10. Their only victory was over Anderson County, 24-26, 25-23, 25-17...

Fort Scott rolls over Parsons, 61-12 (09/24/11)
Sports Editor's Note: After double-checking rushing yard totals Sunday night, the Web version of the story has been revised to reflect corrected totals.

Fort Scott volleyball begins league play with sweep (09/24/11)
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School began the league portion of its volleyball schedule by sweeping Coffeyville and Parsons here Thursday. "Overall I was very pleased with the girls," Fort Scott head coach Carol Bingesser said. "We had some younger girls step up, which I was very pleased to see."...

Buntain and Harrison team up to win Pittsburg invite (09/24/11)
Michelle Buntain and Corina Harrison won the No. 1 doubles pool at the Pittsburg Invitational Thursday, leading Fort Scott High to a third-place finish. Labette County won the tournament with 14 points followed by Pittsburg with 12 and the Tigers with 10. Fort Scott also had two third-place finishes from players called up from the junior varsity...

2 doubles team wins home tourney (09/22/11)
Fort Scott High School's No. 2 doubles team of Kenna Savage and Ashlyn Baugher won their pool of the Fort Scott Invitational Tuesday. The pair, who played together for just the third time this season, lost just 5 games all day. "Kenna and Ashlyn had a solid tournament winning all three matches," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "Both of these players are continuing to improve and we will need good strong performances from them going into the SEK Tournament."...

Sellers 13th at Doc Stiles Invitational (09/22/11)
IOLA -- Fort Scott's Robert Sellers finished in 13th place here Tuesday at the Doc Stiles Invitational hosted by Iola High School. Sellers ran the 5K varsity course in 19 minutes, 9 seconds to claim one of the medals given to the top 15 finishers. Kyle Altic finished the course in 23:27...

JV volleyball 2-2 at home (09/22/11)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity volleyball team went 2-2 in the Fort Scott Junior Varsity Tournament, held here Saturday. The Tigers lost to Jayhawk-Linn in their first match, 25-18, 24-26, 17-15. Jillian Lattimer served 7 aces and had 3 blocks. Rikki Butler had 12 digs and Katie Jo Hull had 11. Meredith Hill was credited with 13 assists. Lattimer and Jessie Combs had 3 blocks each...

Tigers bamboozle Purple Dragons (09/21/11)
Fort Scott High School's soccer team defeated Pittsburg for the fourth consecutive time, winning a Southeast Kansas League match, 4-1, at Ellis Park Tuesday. The Tigers have won nine of the last 11 meetings dating back to 2008 and have an 18-9 lead in the series that began in 2000, the first year of Fort Scott soccer...

No medals for area golfers at tough Parsons course (09/21/11)
PARSONS -- Neither Fort Scott nor Uniontown picked up a medal at the Parsons Invitational at the Katy Course here Monday. While the two schools together had five of six entrants shoot under 60, the low medalist came in three strokes lower than the best area golfer...

Kramer, FSCC Hall of Famer, passes at 92 (09/20/11)
Woodrow "Woody" Kramer, a Fort Scott Junior College graduate and former Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College coach, died Thursday at Elm Grove Estates in Hutchinson. He was 92. Kramer attended Pittsburg State Teachers College following graduation from what is now FSCC. ...

Tiger volleyball fourth at Pittsburg tourney (09/20/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team finished in fourth place at the Pittsburg Invitational over the weekend, going 2-3. "We played as whole very well all day," Fort Scott head coach Carol Bingesser said. "Mallory (Shelton) ended the day with a total of 70 kills which was outstanding...

Defense rises to occasion in Fort Scott victory (09/17/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott's defense stopped visiting Independence five times in its Tiger territory here Friday night, including three times inside the Fort Scott 30-yard line as the Tigers claimed a 14-0 victory in Southeast Kansas League play. Indy advanced past midfield three times in the first half alone but came away with nothing to show for it...

Fort Scott volleyball goes 1-2 at Prairie View (09/17/11)
LaCYGNE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team won one of three matches in a quadrangular here Thursday night. The Tigers lost to Louisburg in the opener, 25-22, 25-17; defeated Prairie View in the middle match, 27-25, 25-16; and lost to Osawatomie in the finale, 25-23, 19-25, 25-18...

Two medal for Fort Scott at Joplin (09/17/11)
JOPLIN -- Two Fort Scott golfers earned medals at the Galena Invitational, held at Joplin's Schifferdecker Park Thursday. Karley Stark earned her second medal of the season finishing eighth with her 9-hole score of 54. Hayden Shelden, in just her second varsity tournament, earned a 10th-place medal, winning a scorecard playoff after tying with Caney Valley's Amanda Denny at 60. ...

Rienbolt wins third race in as many starts (09/17/11)
CHERRYALE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School Sophomore Katren Rienbolt has run three cross-country races in her high-school life. She's won all of them. She started the season by winning a junior varsity race -- her first ever -- at Labette County. Last week, she was moved up to varsity and won the Fort Scott Invitation. Thursday, she claimed the crown at the Parsons Invitational at Big Hill Lake...

Tiger tennis mixes lineups at Indy (09/15/11)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team used different lineups in a non-medal event here thursday with head coach Lynn Barr bringing up a pair of junior varsity players -- Brittany Burns and Krista Hightower -- to give them some varsity experience...

Uniontown golfers third at Chanute (09/14/11)
CHANUTE -- Uniontown's golf team finished third out of seven full teams at the Chanute Invitational here Monday. The Eagles shot 228 as a team while winner Girard finished at 199 and runner-up Caney Valley scored 207. Individually, Uniontown had two medalists and missed having a third on tie-breakers. Timbrelee McNair of Girard was the winner with a score of 37 over nine holes. She won by 10 strokes over Chanute's Danae Decker and Caney Valley's Deseree Nelson and Tiffani Ward...

JV Tennis hosts tourney (09/14/11)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team fielded six entries in a junior varsity tournament hosted by the Tigers Monday. Results are as follows: The Fort Scott JV will compete at Parsons Monday...

'Dogs spoil home opener (09/13/11)
Visiting Independence spoiled the home opener for Fort Scott High School's soccer team Monday night, taking the Tigers down by a 2-1 score in a Southeast Kansas League match at Ellis Park. The Bulldogs (1-0 SEK, 2-2 overall) controlled play, possessing the ball roughly 70 percent of the time. But the Tigers (1-1, 2-2) still had chances to at least pull out a tie as time was running down...

Fort Scott holds off Coffeyville, improves to 2-0 (09/10/11)
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's football squad rolled up nearly 300 yards of total offense in beating Coffeyville, 26-8, in Southeast Kansas League action at Veteran's Memorial Stadium Friday night. The Golden Tornado (0-2 SEK, 0-2 overall) was only able to score on special teams trick plays. Without that, they had only 181 total yards...

Fort Scott soccer rallies past Purple Dragons (09/10/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team overcame a 2-0 deficit to take a 5-3 Southeast Kansas League victory over Pittsburg here Thursday afternoon. The Dragons, who were playing their season opener, got early goals from Joe Otter and Casey Steinmiller, to go out in front...

Nevada golfers third at Girard; Fort Scott struggles (09/10/11)
GIRARD, Kan. -- Nevada finished in third place at an 18-hole golf tournament here Thursday, shooting 421 as a team. Meanwhile, Fort Scott only sent two players who struggled with the course. Girard was team champion with a four-woman score of 414 and also had the individual high medalist as Timbrelee McNair shot 38 on the front nine and 45 on the back for a total of 83...

Fort Scott tennis second with mix-n-match lineup (09/10/11)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- With the opportunity to use different lineup combinations, Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr used four different sets of entrants in a tournament here Thursday. "This may be one of the most interchangeable groups of girls we've had in quite a while," Barr said. ...

Fort Scott volleyball swept up north (09/10/11)
PAOLA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team suffered a sweep in a non-league triangular here Thursday night, falling to Paola and Wellsville in two games. The Tigers (5-4) lost to Paola, 25-20, 25-12. Mallory Shelton had 6 kills and 3 blocks for the Tigers. Kenzie Heatherly dished 9 assists...

Rienbolt reigns over girls' varsity division (09/09/11)
Fort Scott High School sophomore Katren Rienbolt has run in exactly two cross country races. Last week, in her first race ever at Labette County, she won the junior varsity race by two minutes. She was placed into the varsity girls' race at the Fort Scott Invitational. She won it by 1 minute...

Tigers second at Labette County (09/08/11)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team finished second in a tournament hosted by Labette County here Tuesday. The Tigers had 9 team points to Pittsburg's 14. The highest-placing entry was the No. 1 doubles team of Jasmine Davis and Aubin Duff, which finished second. ...

Stark third; Eagles second (09/07/11)
Karley Stark finished in eighth place to earn a medal Tuesday on her home course as Fort Scott High's golf team opened its season by hosting its annual invitational tournament. Uniontown, playing its first varsity tournament of the year, finished in second place as a team with a four-woman score of 219. Anderson County won the tournament with a 214 and Parsons was third at 220...

Fort Scott rolls in season opener 39-6 (09/03/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School head coach Bob Campbell can't say too much about the Tigers' passing game. That's because FSHS didn't need to pass much Friday night at Frary Field as the running game was too effective not to use. The Tigers gained 291 yards rushing in a 39-6 Southeast Kansas League victory over Labette County in both teams' season opener...

Fort Scott tennis takes second at LCHS (09/03/11)
PARSONS, Kan. -- A first-place finish by the Tigers' No. 2 doubles team led Fort Scott High's girls' tennis team to second place at the Labette County Invitational here Thursday. Ashlyn Baugher and Haleigh Whitten played together for the first time this season and went 4-0. The Tigers finished one point behind host LCHS for first place...

Tigers sweep first home matches (09/02/11)
Fort Scott High School's volleyball team played its first home matches Thursday night and came away from them with a sweep. The Tigers (5-2) defeated Iola in a non-league match, 25-12, 25-11. They had trouble with Prairie View before dominating the third game of a 25-23, 18-25, 25-11 verdict...

Tigers earn three top 10 finishes at Labette County (09/02/11)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School's cross country team opened its season Thursday morning at the Labette County Invitational and got three top-10 finishes from its runners. Junior Paige Denton, who was added to the roster after the season preview story was written on Wednesday, took third place in the girls' varsity race. The form turned in did not list the athletes' times in this race. Haydn Herlocker of Girard won the 3,200-meter race followed by Paige White of Baxter Springs...

Golf program rebuilding (09/01/11)
Coaches don't really like to use the word "rebuilding." First of all, there's still a team, so there's still a "building," so to speak. Second, it implies that a team's season would be moot. But in the case of the Fort Scott High School girls' golf program, six of the eight players are brand new to the sport. And it takes a while to pick up the nuances of the game...

Tiger soccer beats Louisburg for first time (09/01/11)
LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High's soccer team defeated Louisburg, a four-time defending Regional champion, for the first time in the program's history here Tuesday afternoon by a score of 3-1. Wyatt Hulbert scored on a penalty kick for the Tigers' first goal. Andy Cowlishaw headed in a cross from Don Savage for the second and Savage scored third on a pass from Cowlishaw...

Tiger volleyball splits at Chanute (09/01/11)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's volleyball team split a non-league triangular at Chanute Tuesday night. The Tigers defeated Colgan, 25-9, 25-20, but lost to the host Blue Comets, 25-11, 25-19. Mallory Shelton recorded 12 kills against Colgan and Ericah Shoemaker had 4 kills...

Just 6 out for FSHS cross country team (08/31/11)
Fort Scott High School cross-country coach Tracey Bogina has just six athletes this season. The three boys are all returning runners. The girls are all new. Bogina says that though she would like more runners, she can give each one individual attention, an extension of the way she handles things in the classroom...

No. 1 doubles team 2nd at Pittsburg JV quad (08/31/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team got a second-place finish from its No. 1 doubles team in a quadrangular here Monday. Fort Scott entered one team and an extra player to fill out one pool while Pittsburg fielded three teams...

Tigers take 2 of 3 at Pittsburg quad (08/30/11)
Fort Scott High's volleyball team opened its season by taking two of three matches at a non-league quadrangular in Pittsburg Saturday. The Tigers opened with a 28-26, 25-23 sweep of Girard, usually one of the top teams in the area. Mallory Shelton recorded 19 kills. Kenzie Heatherly handed out 20 assists and Paige Denton had 10 digs...

FSHS football scrimmage (08/27/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School's Red & White Scrimmage did nothing to settle the question of who the Tigers' starting quarterback will be this season. That's going to be determined next week. What it allowed fans to see is that with either senior Luke Brown or junior Johnathan Stark under center, the Tigers will be a very good football team. And the one who does now win the quarterback job is too good not to have on the field as a receiver...

Tiger volleyball scrimmages (08/27/11)

Fort Scott tennis third in opening tourney (08/27/11)
Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis team took third place in a five-team tournament at Parsons, Kan., Thursday. The Tigers and Pittsburg each finished with 7 points but Fort Scott was awarded second because it won more total games, 76-70. Parsons and Independence each scored 13 points with Parsons awarded first on a tiebreaker...

Pieces in place for FSHS volleyball (08/24/11)
The pieces are in place for Fort Scott High's volleyball team to have a very good season. But keeping players healthy will be a key as there isn't much depth, particularly at setter. Head coach Carol Bingesser feels good about her starting lineup and her specialists. ...

Tiger JV second in home tournament (08/24/11)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team began its season with a second-place finish in its home tournament Monday, tying with Pittsburg. Independence won the team title with 12 points as it swept all four divisions. Fort Scott and Pittsburg had 6 points each with both getting two seconds and two thirds. Iola scored no points...

Tigers scrimmage, coaches evaluate (08/23/11)
Fort Scott High School's informal scrimmage, held at the practice field Saturday morning, gave Tiger head coach Bob Campbell and his staff an idea of which players are taking what they're being taught and using it on the field. "We're going to watch film, which will give us a chance to evaluate technique, who's doing their job, who's blocking the right people, who's not," Campbell said after the scrimmage...

Three with experience to lead FSHS tennis (08/20/11)
FORT SCOTT - Fort Scott High School's girls' tennis team has two returning seniors this season. But younger players have the most varsity experience as the 2011 season gets underway with a home junior varsity tournament Monday and a varsity outing Thursday...

Fall sports practices underway (08/16/11)
Fall sports practices got underway Monday, the first day allowed under the rules of the Kansas State High School Activities Association. The first event of the new sports year will be held Monday afternoon as Fort Scott High School's tennis team hosts a junior varsity tournament which is set to begin at 3 p.m...

Tigers picked third in SEK; Crest tops TRL vote (08/12/11)
PITTSBURG -- Chanute and Pittsburg are co-favorites in Southeast Kansas League football, Crest is the top pick in Three Rivers League eight-man football, and Colgan was tabbed as the best in the CNC in voting released at a media conference here Thursday afternoon...

FSHS photo days scheduled (07/28/11)
Fort Scott High School fall sports photos will be taken on August 23. All sports and related activities will have their pictures taken on the same day this year. Band will be the first for photos. Members need to be a Frary Field at 8:30 a.m. The drill team photos will be next at 8:50 at Frary Field...

Three locals playing in all-star soccer game (06/23/11)
chool 2011 graduates Josh Buller, Jordan Karleskint and Max McAllister will be participants in the SoccerSavings.com Kansas Soccer Coaches Association at Wichita this weekend. Weekend activities begin Friday with a coaches clinic hosted by Kapaun Mount Carmel High School with featured guest Mark Francis, the head coach of the women's soccer program at the University of Kansas...

Fink wins 4A 400-meter medal (06/01/11)
Fort Scott junior Brady Fink finished in seventh place, winning a medal for his effort in the finals of the boys' 400-meter dash at the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Championships in Wichita Saturday. Fink completed the race in 51.77 seconds, beating out Rose Hill's Austin Schafer for the last medal by .07 seconds. Last year's runner-up, Morgan Burns of Wichita Trinity, was the winner in 48.66, beating out Louisburg's Mark Sitek by 1.22 seconds...

Knopp second in high jump on tie-breaker (05/28/11)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Defending Class 4A State high jump champion Griffin Knopp of Fort Scott was again able to jump the highest as he set out to defend his title at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Friday. However, Kerry Graber, a senior from nearby Maize South, was also able to clear the same height, 6 feet, 8 inches, and was declared the 2011 State champion on the tie-breaker -- it took him at least one fewer attempt to clear 6' 8" than it did Knopp -- while the Fort Scott senior had to settle for second.. ...

Tigers sending eight athletes to State track (05/26/11)
Fort Scott High School will send eight athletes to compete in seven events at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships this weekend at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium. This is the 100th State Championship Meet. Girls' championships began in 1972, making this year the 40th anniversary of the first girls' meet. ...

Several drops in the bucket (05/25/11)

All-SEK baseball, softball teams announced (05/25/11)
The Southeast Kansas League has released information on the picks for the post-season All-SEK baseball and softball teams. Fort Scott High School is represented by five players on the softball team and four on the baseball list. First Team softball picks are senior Jade Weeter at catcher, classmate Morgan Tourtillott at first base and junior Kenzie Heatherly at second base. Sophomore center fielder Hannah Tourtillott and freshman shortstop Delane Gray were named to the Second Team...

State Track Schedule (05/25/11)
Italic type indicates a preliminary event. The athlete(s) listed must qualify for the finals. All finals are in regular type.

Knopp, McDermed win Regional titles; 8 to State (05/24/11)
OTTAWA -- A contingent of eight individuals will be going to the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Championships in seven events this weekend as a result of their performances at the Ottawa Class 4A Regional here Friday. Senior Griffin Knopp will have an opportunity to defend high Class 4A high jump title. He won the Regional with a height of 6 feet, 2 inches, clearing the mark in fewer attempts than Wes Krull of Parsons. Brady Fink also qualified as he cleared 6 feet even...

Pittsburg wins 4th consecutive all-sports trophy (05/20/11)
Pittsburg High School has tied a league record by winning the Southeast Kansas League's Martin Rohde All-Sports Trophy for the fourth consecutive school year. Pittsburg won eight league sports in the 2010-11 school year -- Girls' cross-country, volleyball, football, wrestling, boys' golf, girls' track, boys' track out right and sharing baseball with Columbus. This is very likely a league record. Previously, Labette County won seven sports in 1997-98 school year...

Broncos rally to end Tigers' season (05/18/11)
SPRING HILL -- A four-run sixth inning brought third-seeded Spring Hill a 7-4 victory over Fort Scott High School in the championship game of the Spring Hill Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament here Tuesday night. The Tigers (15-7) defeated eighth-seeded Prairie View in the day's first semifinal, 4-3, as Fort Scott scored twice in the bottom of the sixth and held on. Spring Hill defeated Iola, 5-0, in the second semifinal...

Tiger golfers struggle at Regional (05/18/11)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's young golf team struggled on the course at the Chanute Class 4A Regional Golf Tournament here Monday and were only able to finish fifth. The Tigers shot 399 as a team and had no one shoot better than 96. Junior Baker Weilert was Fort Scott's best golfer on the day, shooting 50-46--96, which put him in 14th place. Freshman Jonathan Allen finished at 47-51--98. tying for 17th. Tucker Horn's 51-49--100 tied for 20th...

Ottawa offense brings Tigers' season to close (05/18/11)
OSAWATOMIE -- Third-seeded Ottawa scored 10 runs over the final three innings of play in taking a Osawatomie Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament semifinal from Fort Scott High Tuesday evening. The Tigers (14-8) held a 2-1 lead after 2 innings. But the Cyclones (13-8) scored 6 in the top of the fifth...

Tigers advance, 11-1 (05/17/11)
Fort Scott High School beat Iola by a combined total of 26 runs when they faced off in a doubleheader a week ago. But a 3-victory team such as the Fillies can be a scary proposition for a coach when they face each other in a winner-take-all game. However, the Tigers didn't take things for granted and routed Iola 11-1 in an Osawatomie Class 4A Regional Tournament first-round game at Don Hewitt Field Monday...

Doubles team finishes 7th (05/17/11)
LINDSBORG -- Senior Colton Grillott and junior Kyle Altic finished seventh in doubles at the Kansas Class 4A State Tennis Tournament here over the weekend. Senior Ben Bristley also qualified in singles but was eliminated in two matches. The usually cool weather that enveloped the state over the weekend was not much of a factor, according to FSHS head coach Lynn Barr, even though temperatures topped out at 50 degrees and winds gusted up to 30 MPH...

Tiger baseball beats Paola, 4-3 (05/17/11)
SPRING HILL -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team defeated Paola, 4-3, in the first round of the Spring Hill Class 4A Baseball Tournament here Monday. The second-seeded Tigers (14-6) will play the winner of Monday night's game between Prairie View and Osawatomie this afternoon at 2 p.m. The Trojans (17-1) went into the tournament as the top seed. If the Tigers win, they'll play for the championship at 7 p.m. All FSHS games will be broadcast on KOMB, 103.9 FM...

Fort Scott baseball sweeps Chanute (05/14/11)
CHANUTE, Kan. -- A total of 37 runs were scored in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader between Fort Scott High and Chanute here Thursday night. Fort Scott won both games, 11-10 in the opener and 9-7 in the nightcap. The second game lasted only five innings as the teams were at Neosho County Community College's field, which has a FieldTurf infield but doesn't have lights...

Fort Scott softball settles for split at Chanute (05/14/11)
CHANUTE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's softball team concluded regular-season play here Thursday, splitting with Chanute in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader. Fort Scott won the opener 4-0 but host Chanute took the nightcap 12-2. In the opener, the Tigers (12-4 SEK, 13-7 overall) were held to 6 hits bur prevailed as Delane Gray (8-3) held Chanute to 4 hits. Gray walked 2 batters and struck out 3...

Fort Scott track teams each finish fourth (05/14/11)
IOLA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's girls won three events while Griffin Knopp took the boys' high jump title at the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Thrusday. Pittsburg took both team titles, doing so for the second consecutive season. It's just the eighth time boys and girls teams from the same school have won the meet since girls began competing in 1974 and just the second time the feat has been accomplished in consecutive years...

Nielson finishes fourth at Parsons (05/14/11)
PARSONS, Kan. -- Two Fort Scott High golfers took part in a tournament here Thursday to make up meets they had missed earlier in the season due to illness. Channing Nielson finished in fourth place shooting 40 on the front nine and 41 on the back for a total of 81, his second-best score of the season coming off the 78 he shot at the Tigers' home tournament at Nevada...

Regional baseball, softball pairings set (05/13/11)
First-round pairings for Regional baseball and softball tournaments to be held next week were released Wednesday. All tournaments are set to begin on Monday. Fort Scott High School's baseball team has been assigned to the Spring Hill Class 4A Regional, with all of the games played at the host site. The Tigers (11-6) drew the No. 4 seed and will face fifth-seeded Paola (8-12) at 4:30 p.m. Monday...

Tiger trio getting ready for State Tennis (05/12/11)
Fort Scott High School will send three players to the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament, which will be held at Smoky Valley High School in Lindsborg this weekend. Senior Colton Grillot and junior Kyle Altic will be playing doubles while senior Ben Bristley will be in singles. Grillot qualified for State last season with then-senior Charlie Sercer. The pair finished in eighth place...

Tiger golfers win at home away from home (05/12/11)
NEVADA -- With Fort Scott's course not yet ready for competitive play, Fort Scott High School hosted its annual home tournament at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Course here Tuesday. The Nevada course offered to host team practices and the home tournament at the beginning of the season, when it became clear that the closure of Fort Scott's course meant that the Tigers didn't have a home. ...

Tiger softball scores 28 runs in sweep (05/11/11)
Fort Scott High School's softball team routed Iola in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Don Hewitt Field Monday night, winning the opener 11-0 and taking the second game 17-2. The Tigers (11-3 SEK, 12-6 overall) can clinch second place in the league with a sweep at Chanute Thursday (there are other ways; this is the simplest). Labette County (14-0, 17-1) clinched the title last week...

Freshman achieves SEK Honorable Mention status (05/11/11)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott freshman Channing Nielson earned Honorable Mention status among Southeast Kansas League golfers after finishing in a tie for 15th place at the Chanute Invitational, the fourth and final SEK designated tournament of the season, here Monday...

Iola sweeps Tigers, takes lead in SEK (05/10/11)
The Southeast Kansas League baseball race has been turned on its ear in the past six days. Thursday, Columbus came to Fort Scott as the league leader but was swept by the Tigers. Saturday, Columbus went to Pittsburg, which had taken over the lead when the Titans were swept, and took both games from the Purple Dragons...

Tiger boys second at Chanute (05/10/11)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott's boys track team finished in second place at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday. The Tigers finished 8 points behind champion Chanute as they won 17 events. Fort Scott's girls finished in sixth place with 11 medals and 51 points, one behind Labette County. Pittsburg ran away with the team title with 143 points while runner-up Chanute scored 115...

Fort Scott tennis sending 3 to State tourney (05/07/11)
(NOTE: The location where the tournament took place has been corrected.) INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team will be sending three team members to the Class 4A State Tournament as the Tigers qualified one singles and one doubles entry from the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament, which concluded Friday...

Fort Scott softball splits with Columbus (05/07/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School's hope to gain at least a share of the Southeast Kansas League title came to an end Thursday night when the Tigers dropped the first game of a league doubleheader to Columbus, 1-0, at Don Hewitt Field. Fort Scott (9-3 SEK, 10-6 overall) took the second game, 5-4, but Labette County (14-0, 17-0) clinched it's second consecutive league title when it swept Parsons. Those were the Grizzlies' 27th and 28th consecutive victories in league play...

Tigers pounce on SEK leader Columbus (05/06/11)
Columbus entered Thursday's doubleheader at Ty Cullor Field as the leader in the Southeast Kansas League baseball race. The Titans limped out in fourth place after Fort Scott High clobbered Columbus 15-0 and 6-0 in a league doubleheader at Ty Cullor Field...

FSHS golfers 8th at Coffeyville (05/05/11)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished in eighth place at a Southeast Kansas League designated tourament here Tuesday with a team score of 383. "The Coffeyville course is by far the longest we will play on this year," Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said. "The greens were very fast. The pin placements were quite difficult. So our young team faced a tough set of parameters, but of course so did the entire field."...

Tiger thinclads make up Indy meet (05/05/11)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's track team made up a meet that was rained out April 15 when they traveled here Tuesday. Much of what was sent in via fax was unreadable but the Tribune was able to discern where all of Fort Scott's athletes finished. However, some of the times and distances could not be read...

JV tennis concludes season (05/04/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team completed its season schedule here Friday in a tournament at Pittsburg. Fort Scott had six entries, two of them playing with a group of extra players from each of the schools. Austin Sather finished second in No. ...

Tigers win 4 events at Girard meet (05/03/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's track team won 4 events and 22 medals at the annual Girard Optimist Club Invitational, which was held at Pittsburg State's Carnie Smith Stadium this year due to renovations of Girard's track. Megan McDermed was the lone girls' event winner as she recorded a best throw of 125 feet, 5 1/2" inches in javelin, beating the runner-up by nearly 12 1/2 feet...

Bouncing back (04/30/11)
FORT SCOTT -- To say Fort Scott High School's softball team hadn't had a good week going into Friday's doubleheader against Coffeyville at Don Hewitt Field here would be an understatement. Tuesday, the Tigers took on the defending Southeast Kansas League champion Labette County at Altamont and were drubbed by the league leaders by 10 runs and 15 runs...

Fort Scott tennis takes 3rd at SEK (04/30/11)
CHANUTE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team met its goal on improving on a sixth-place finish at last year's Southeast Kansas League Tournament with a third-place finish in the annual event here Thursday. Independence won its 11th consecutive team title and its 22nd since 1989 finishing 4 points ahead of Parsons and 6 points ahead of the Tigers...

FSHS golfers continue to show improvement (04/30/11)
PARSONS, Kan. -- Though they finished seventh here Thursday, Fort Scott High School's young golf team continued to show improvement as three players finished with scores under 90 at the Labette County Tournament. "Our young team is definitely more competitive," Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said. ...

Tigers solid in all phases in sweep of Nado (04/29/11)
Fort Scott High's baseball team had only played once in the previous 20 days. But the Tigers were as sharp as a team could be in all areas as they swept Coffeyville by scores of 7-2 and 9-3 in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Lions Field Thursday night...

Tiger varsity wins 5 events in home meet (04/28/11)
Fort Scott High's varsity teams won 5 events and 26 total medals at the Fort Scott Relays at Frary Field Tuesday evening. The meet -- which became a combined varsity/junior varsity event after rain forced the postponement of the varsity met Thursday and Monday -- was halted with about five events remaining when lightning approached the area. The results of the meets are final as there will not be an attempt to hold the events that were called off...

FSHS grad, former J-Linn principal named to KSHSAA position (04/28/11)
TOPEKA -- The Executive Board of the Kansas State High School Activities Association has selected Mark A. Lentz, Paola, as Assistant Executive Director effective July 1. Lentz was selected in a national search from a field of 60 candidates and will succeed Rick Bowden, who is retiring from the KSHSAA staff June 30, after 18 years of service...

Golfers fare well at Buck Quincy (04/28/11)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High's golfers posted their best team and individual finishes of the season here Tuesday at Iola's Buck Quincy Invitational. Jonathan Allen finished in second place after a scorecard playoff with three other golfers tied at 83. Chanute's Skyler Miner, who shot 42 on the front nine and 41 on the back, was named the winner. Allen (39-44) was placed ahead of Yates Center's Paul Stockebrand (42-41) and Iola's Weston Hines (44-39)...

Tennis' day cut short at Parsons (04/28/11)
PARSONS -- Thunderstorms in the area forced five matches to be called off but otherwise, Fort Scott High's tennis team managed to get plenty of action at the Parsons tournament here. It was meant to be a 5-team round-robin tournament but the last round could not be played. Also, a No. 1 doubles match was suspended in progress. There are no plans to come back and resume the meet...

LCHS sweeps Tigers, retains SEK lead (04/28/11)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High's softball team was swept by Labette County here Tuesday night in a showdown of Southeast Kansas League leaders. The Grizzlies, which retained the lead in the league race, scored an 11-1 win in the opener and took the second game 15-0...

Tiger baseball sweeps at Indy (04/22/11)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team swept Independence in Southeast Kansas League action Tuesday. Thursday's scheduled games at Labette County were postponed due to rain in Altamont. Fort Scott (2-2 SEK, 2-3 overall) won the first game 12-2 in five innings and took the second game 4-1...

Schedule changes (04/21/11)
Fort Scott High School baseball and softball at Labette County, tennis at Chanute, golf at Parsons, and the Fort Scott Relays were all called off Thursday due to rain. The Fort Scott Relays will be held Monday at Frary Field. FSHS baseball will be made up Monday while softball has been rescheduled for Tuesday...

Tiger sweep sets up first-place showdown today (04/21/11)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's sweep of Independence here Tuesday sets up a showdown for leadership in the Southeast Kansas League softball race when the Tigers visit defending champion Labette County this afternoon. Fort Scott swept Independence 7-1 and 16-3 to improve to 6-0 in the SEK and 7-1 overall. Labette County is 6-0, 9-0 after beating Frontenac in a non-league game Tuesday. Indy fell to 3-2 in the SEK and 4-3 overall and is now tied for third with Chanute...

Tigers claim 30 medals; FSHS Relays today (04/21/11)
COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High School's boys finished second while the girls took third place at a track meet here Tuesday. Fort Scott's boys scored 82 points and finished as the runner-up behind Baxter Springs, which had 83 points. Labette County was third with 79...

Doubles teams 1st, 3rd in JV tournament (04/21/11)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis tournament was held on Monday with nine members of the team taking part. The best finish was posted by the No. 1 doubles team of Matt Hull and Wyatt Hulbert, who went 3-0 in the bracket. They defeated Stewart/ Konek of Pittsburg, 6-5 (7-2), Lewman/Wallace of Independence, 6-4, and Moerlien/Murdock of Parsons, 6-4, after rallying from a 5-1 deficit in the finals...

Tiger varsity wins every match in home tourney (04/20/11)
Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis team won every match at its home invitational Saturday. And the Fort Scott junior varsity, filling in for one of the teams which could not make it, didn't fare badly, either. "Although the day started out a little rough weather wise when we began play, it ended up being a good day for tennis and the boys did a great job in their home tournament," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

Future FSCC players shine in all-star games (04/19/11)
Three players scored more than 20 points in leading the Maroon boys over the White team, 95-85, at the First Annual Pechone Stepps All-Star Games at Arnold Arena Sunday afternoon. Fort Scott Community College had six signees in the girls' game but a volleyball signee was the Most Valuable Player as the Black squad defeated the White, 85-51...

Tiger track takes 3 events (04/19/11)
PITTSBURG -- With the Independence meet rained out Friday, Fort Scott High School track coaches Don Epps and Tracey Bogina took a few of their athletes to the Pittsburg State University high school meet and came away with six medals. The Gorilla Relays included schools from Oklahoma and Missouri, some from Wichita, Springfield and suburban Tulsa and from as large as Class 6A to as small as MIssouri Class 1. Some events had over 30 entrants...

More to come (04/19/11)

Tigers win every match at Labette County (04/14/11)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's tennis team won every match in all four divisions at the Labette County Invitational, held here Tuesday. "This was a good tournament and the boys played some good tennis today," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We are still rotating line ups a little bit to keep everyone under their limit on days of competition, and we moved some other players up to varsity today and they did a fine job for us."...

Soccer players choose colleges, receive All-Star game honors (04/14/11)

Tigers play at Crestwood (04/14/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's young golf team struggled here Tuesday and finished ninth in the first Southeast Kansas League designated tournament. Channing Nielson, who missed the previous tournament with an illness, finished 11th individually. He shot 39 on the front nine and 44 on the back for a total of 83...

FSHS tennis team helping Sharing Bucket (04/14/11)
The Fort Scott High School tennis team is helping the Sharing Bucket by having a "Bucket Rally" next week, April 18-22. The Sharing Bucket is a local group which provides assistance to those suffering from cancer and their supporters. FSHS tennis players will be seeking donations next week. ...

FSHS JV softball loses pair to Pittsburg (04/14/11)
The Fort Scott High junior varsity softball team played Pittsburg at Don Hewett Field Monday and were swept by scores of 7-4 and 10-5. In the first game, Riley Brown and Ericah Shoemaker had 2 hits each. Shoemaker scored twice and was credited with a run batted in. RBI were also picked up by Tiera Floyd, Nichole Wallace and Kelsey Simons...

Tigers rally twice, sweep Parsons (04/13/11)
Most often, when one speaks of a team "rallying," it's a talk about what it needs to do offensively to get the lead. Sometimes, a team has to rally itself on defense -- stop making errors and support its pitcher. Fort Scott High's softball team had to rally defensively in the first game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader with Parsons at Don Hewitt Field Tuesday after committing 7 errors. The Tigers rallied on offense to break a tie in the second game...

JV Tigers second at Parsons (04/13/11)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team finished in third place at a tournament held here Monday. Parsons Blue was the winner followed by Independence and Fort Scott. Both doubles teams took second place with 2-1 records while both singles entrants went 1-2...

Knopp wins high jump at Paola (04/12/11)
PAOLA -- Senior Griffin Knopp won the boys' high jump at the Paola Invitational here Friday, clearing 6 feet, 6 inches to win the event by 6 inches. It was just one of three individual wins for the Tigers here as the boys dropped from a first-place finish the week before at Labette County to seventh place here. Fort Scott girls were also seventh as a team...

FSHS tennis wins Pittsburg tourney (04/09/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- The Fort Scott High School tennis team won 14 of 16 matches here Friday and won the Pittsburg Invitational after a tie-breaker. The Tigers and Pittsburg each finished with 14 team points, but Fort Scott won more games, 124-122. The Tigers (10-4-2 in duals) and Purple Dragons went 2-2 against each other but Fort Scott posted 4-0 sweeps of the other three teams, Iola, Columbus and Labette County...

Fort Scott softball sweeps Pittsburg (04/09/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's softball team picked up its first two league victories of the season by sweeping Pittsburg 18-0 and 18-10 in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader Thursday. (It's possible that the Tigers scored 20 runs in each game but the totals on the stat sheets the Herald-Tribune received added up to 18.)...

Dragons outpitch Tigers in sweep (04/08/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's baseball team displayed good enough pitching to win most games here Tuesday, a big step up from allowing 17 runs in their season-opening loss to Nevada March 28. But Pittsburg's pitching was just that little bit better and the Purple Dragons took both ends of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Jaycee Ball Park, 3-2 in eight innings and 4-1...

Tiger tennis takes Spring Hill title (04/07/11)
SPRING HILL -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team captured the team title and finished no lower than second in the individual divisions at the Spring Hill Invitational here Tuesday. The Tigers finished with 9 team points while Spring Hill had 8 and Baldwin had 7. The fourth team, Lansing, did not score...

FSHS golfers show improvement at Iola (04/07/11)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High's golf team showed a 21-stroke improvement over their first tournament of the season and finished sixth here Tuesday despite that one of its players had to miss the meet. The young team, which has four freshmen on the varsity, opened the season with a 417 at Independence but improved to 396 Tuesday...

Tiger boys win LCHS title; Knopp wins three events (04/05/11)
ALTAMONT -- The track and field season opened here Friday as Labette County High School continued its tradition of running its varsity and junior varsity meets on the same day. Fort Scott's varsity boys won the team tite behind the triple-event-winning performance of senior Griffin Knopp. The Tigers finshed with 84 1/2 team points while second-place Chanute was 11 points behind...

Knopp leads all-star team; Harper wins 3-point contest (04/05/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School senior Griffin Knopp scored 11 points to help lead Team KSEK to an 84-78 victory over Team KLKC in the 2011 U.S. Army KSEK/KLKC All-Star Game Sunday at St. Mary's-Colgan Fieldhouse here. The all-star game is for southeast Kansas high school seniors. There was also a girls' game, 3-point shooting contests and a slam-dunk competition...

A score for the good guys (04/02/11)

Fort Scott tennis plays at Indy (04/02/11)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team faced tough competition at a five-team round-robin tournament here Thursday and finished in fourth place. All of the Tigers' victories came against Labette County. Independence, Parsons and Arkansas City each swept Fort Scott...

Young Fort Scott golfers take first step at Independence (04/02/11)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's young golf team experienced a rough first outing Thursday at the Independence Invitational. The Tigers finished ninth out of the 10 teams here and did not have any medalists. Independence won the meet with a four-man score of 326 followed by Pittsburg at 341 and Colgan at 347. Fort Scott shot 417...

Knopp, Harper to play in all-star game (04/01/11)
Fort Scott High School seniors Griffin Knopp and Cody Harper have been invited to participate in the Fifth Annual U.S. Army KSEK/KLKC All-Star Basketball Games that will take place Sunday at the St. Mary's-Colgan High School Fieldhouse in Pittsburg...

Young Tiger golf team happy to have a home (03/31/11)
It seemed to be forgotten in the debate over whether or not the City of Fort Scott should purchase the property formerly known as the Fort Scott Country Club. Where was the high school golf team going to play? With no other options available as long as the course was closed, the Tigers have been practicing three days a week on open space at Gunn Park -- which is often soggy, thanks to Mother Nature's whim -- and once a week over at the public course in Nevada...

Girard wins tourney (03/30/11)
Girard won the Fort Scott Softball Tournament for the fifth consecutive season Tuesday, outscoring its competition 26-4 in only 10 1/2 innings of play. The Trojans defeated Class 6A Blue Valley Northwest, 15-4, in six innings in one semifinal while host Fort Scott got by Pittsburg, 11-10, in the other. Girard then went on to defeat the Tigers, 11-0, in 4 1/2 innings in the championship games...

Tiger tennis dominates Nevada (03/30/11)
Fort Scott's varsity tennis team handed Nevada a 7-2 defeat in a best-of-nine dual Monday afternoon. And then the Tiger junior varsity swept Nevada 7-0. It was Fort Scott's first action in almost two weeks as the varsity and JV hadn't played since the week prior to spring break...

Nevada defeats Fort Scott in opener (03/29/11)
There was a total of 27 runs scored here Monday afternoon as Nevada and Fort Scott faced off in a non-league baseball contest. But the story wasn't so much about either team's offense. Both teams struggled with their pitching, combining to issue 25 walks as Nevada (1-1) prevailed 17-10...

State trip gives Fort Scott baseball confidence (03/26/11)
FORT SCOTT -- After a 1-4 start to last season, Fort Scott High School's baseball team found its stride in time for the postseason, winning Regionals and qualifying for the Kansas Class 4A State Baseball Tournament where they lost to eventual State champion Kansas City Bishop Ward in the first round...

FSHS softball hopes to contend in deep league (03/26/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School head softball coach Alvin Metcalf was somewhat surprised to see his Tigers had been picked to finish second in the Southeast Kansas League in a pre-season poll. The surprise doesn't mean Metcalf doesn't think he has a good team. It comes more from the fact several teams showed enough improvement last season to pass the Tigers -- who finished seventh -- in the standings and a lot of those teams have a lot of talent coming back...

Fort Scott JV tennis opens season (03/19/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team opened its season Thursday as head coach Lynn Barr brought two teams to an invitational here. The Fort Scott Red team won the tournament title by one point over Pittsburg Purple. Pittsburg White was third followed by Fort Scott White and Chanute...

Four Tigers earn All-SEK honors (03/18/11)
Four Fort Scott High School players received post-season honors recently from Southeast Kansas League basketball coaches as the All-SEK teams were released earlier this week. Senior Megan McDermed was named to the Second Team and freshman Brianne Lawrence was a pick for the Third Team on the All-SEK girls' basketball team. Fort Scott senior Griffin Knopp and junior Cameron Woodring were named to the All-SEK boys' Second Team...

Tigers take 1st at Independence to open season (03/17/11)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's tennis team started the season by winning the Independence Invitational here Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers finished ahead of Chanute by one point and Pittsburg by two. Independence, which was unable to field a full lineup due to a conflict with the school's honor banquet, finished fourth in the five-team field. Since the Bulldogs are usually a deep team, wins over backup players are still good wins...

Fort Scott tennis season begins Tuesday (03/12/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Tennis season approaches quickly. In fact, Fort Scott High School's season begins Tuesday when the Tigers travel to Independence for a season-opening tournament. Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr has 17 players out and has been able to get more practice time outdoors this season than in the past few years...

Three Tigers make All-SEK wrestling team (03/09/11)
Three members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team have been honored with spots on the All-Southeast Kansas League team. Sophomore Tyler Sharp was named to the First Team as the 112-pound wrestler. Sharp advanced to the Class 4A State Tournament this season...

Tigers picked 2nd in softball, 3rd in baseball (03/08/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott's softball and baseball teams were picked for high finishes at the first Southeast Kansas League Baseball and Softball Media Conference here Monday. League media conferences have been a staple in the area for about a decade but baseball and softball had previously never had one...

Ottawa eliminates Fort Scott (03/05/11)
PAOLA, Kan. -- Top-seeded Ottawa ended the season for Fort Scott High's girls in dominant fashion here Friday night with a 46-31 victory in the semifinals of the Paola Class 4A Sub-State Tournament. The Cyclones (18-3), ranked No. 8 by the Kansas State Basketball Coaches Association, were the more aggressive team and used that to build a 13-4 lead after one period of play as Jordan Baldwin scored 8 of her game-high 22 points...

Ojeleye takes control as No. 1 seed Ottawa beats Tigers (03/04/11)
PAOLA -- Ottawa sophomore Semi Ojeleye, the younger brother of Kansas State junior Victor Ojeleye, scored 22 of his game-high 29 points in the second half here Thursday night as the Cyclones (19-3) ended Fort Scott High's season with a 66-36 decision in the semifinals of the Paola Class 4A Sub-State Basketball Tournament...

Tiger girls hold off Iola rally (03/02/11)
IOLA -- Katren Rienbolt's first and only field goal of the night with about 20 seconds remaining allowed Fort Scott High's girls to survive a late Iola rally and come away with a 44-43 victory in the first round of the Class 4A Paola Sub-State Basketball Tournament here Tuesday night...

Tigers advance, 43-40 (03/01/11)
Fort Scott High's boys have had that way of taking a game to the limit this season, Monday's Paola Class 4A Sub-State first-round game against Louisburg was no exception. Fourth-seeded Fort Scott (12-9) has played eight games in the month of February. This was the sixth to be decided by 5 points or less. This 43-40 decision is fourth of those games the fourth-seeded Tigers have won...

Bryant finishes 6th at State wrestling (03/01/11)
SALINA -- Fort Scott senior Drew Bryant finished sixth at the Kansas Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament in the 215-pound weight class here Saturday. Bryant (29-15) made it to the semifinals on Friday before he was pinned by Matt Holt of Abilene, who entered the tournament with the No. 1 ranking from the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association in this weight class...

Bryant reaches semifinals; Sharp still alive (02/26/11)
SALINA, Kan. -- Two Fort Scott High School wrestlers remain alive at the Kansas Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament going into today's action. Senior Drew Bryant (29-13) advanced to the semifinals at 285 pounds but was pinned there by Abilene's Matt Holt. Bryant drops into the consolation semifinals, where he has the luxury of watching his potential opponent wrestle twice before Bryant faces him...

Tiger boys beat LCHS (02/25/11)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High's boys broke a two-game losing streak here Thursday night and may have recaptured some momentum going into Monday night's first-round Sub-State match-up with Louisburg. The Tigers defeated Labette County, 70-62, in the regular-season finale behind the personal-best scoring nights of Cody Harper and Daniel Durbin...

LC defense stymies Tigers (02/25/11)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School's girls continued to struggle offensively in a 36-21 loss to Labette County in Southeast Kansas League play here Thursday night as the Tigers lost for the fifth time in their last seven games. In this seven-game stretch, the Tigers (3-5 SEK, 9-11 overall) have scored about 35 points a game. In the 13 games prior to this stretch, they had averaged around 42 points...

Most Sub-State seeds set; tourneys begin Monday (02/24/11)
Most of the Sub-State tournament assignments were released by the Kansas State High School Activities Association Wednesday afternoon. Fielders were set for the Paola Class 4A Sub-State, which features Fort Scott, the Burlington Class 3A Sub-State, which includes Uniontown, and the Class 2A Sub-State which Jayhawk-Linn is hosting...

Dragons squelch Tiger rally, 48-45 (02/23/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's boys dug themselves a hole for the second consecutive night. And in as many nights, the Tigers were not able to climb all the way out of the hole. Pittsburg never trailed in a 48-45 victory over Fort Scott in Southeast Kansas League play here Tuesday night. But the Tigers (3-4 SEK, 10-9 overall) got within 2 points several times in the fourth quarter...

Dragons break streak vs. Tigers (02/23/11)
PITTSBURG -- Megan McDermed score the first two baskets of a Southeast Kansas League game for Fort Scott's girls before a minute had even ticked off the game clock here Tuesday night. But then before one could really blink again, Lizzy Willis scored two quick baskets to the the game, which boosted her Pittsburg squad as they took control from that point on and went on to a 40-35 victory...

Parsons holds off Tigers, 71-70 (02/22/11)
Fourth-ranked Parsons and Fort Scott High's boys held an epic Southeast Kansas League battle at the FSHS gymnasium Monday night with the visiting Vikings holding off the Tigers, 71-70, in a make-up game. Fort Scott (2-3 SEK, 9-8 overall) trailed by as many as 9 points in the first half and went into the fourth quarter down by 5...

Five Tigers advance to State tourney (02/22/11)
CHANUTE -- Five members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team will be participating in the Class 4A State Tournament this weekend in Salina. The top four finishers in each weight bracket at the Chanute Class 4A Regional over the weekend qualified for State. Victor Hughes, John Metcalf, Tyler Sharp, Jacob Durossette and Drew Bryant will represent Fort Scott...

Parsons girls dominant in 52-34 decision (02/22/11)
Friday night, Fort Scott High's girls trailed 8-1 to Columbus but managed to find a way to fight back and win by 15 points. Tuesday night at the FSHS gymnasium, the Tigers fell behind 12-2 in the first five minutes of play. But visiting Parsons remained in control, leading the entire way in a 52-34 decision in a Southeast Kansas League make-up game...

Fort Scott girls overcome shaky start (02/19/11)
FORT SCOTT -- An injury-and-illness decimated Fort Scott High team, missing three of its starters, shook off a nightmare first quarter as one of the Tigers' seniors played the best game of her high school varsity career in leading her team to a 48-33 victory over Columbus in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night...

Fort Scott boys bomb Columbus (02/19/11)
FORT SCOTT -- What's it mean when your post player leads your team in assists? It means one of two things. First, your center is a good passer. Second, it means that he's doing his job of getting defensive attention so that his teammates can hit some open 3-pointers...

On the dotted line (02/17/11)

On to college (02/16/11)

Columbus downs Tigers (02/15/11)
PITTSBURG -- Columbus defeated Fort Scott, 45-24, in a make-up Southeast Kansas League wrestling dual here Saturday. This was the only dual of the day for the Tigers (5-3 SEK, 13-5 overall) but the first of five for the Titans (6-1, 7-4)...

Going Greyhound (02/12/11)

Fort Scott boys hang on for win over Iola (02/12/11)
IOLA -- There was no time remaining in the game. But Iola's Jerrik Sigg was at the free-throw line with his team 2 points down and a chance to take his Mustangs to overtime against Fort Scott High's boys here Friday night. Sigg drew a foul on a last-second shot and was at the free-throw line by himself with zeroes on the clock...

Second quarter woes hurt Fort Scott girls (02/12/11)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High's girls were able to keep pace with Iola in the first quarter of a Southeast Kansas League game here Friday night. But the Fillies' Kayla Callahan found her stride in the second quarter and lifted her team to an 8-point halftime lead that held up for a 46-36 victory...

NJCAA reports 40 FSCC signees; N.C. prep QB said to be coming (02/12/11)
FORT SCOTT -- The National Junior College Athletic Association website has a list of 40 high school seniors who have signed football letters of intent with Fort Scott Community College for next season. That count, if accurate, can be boosted to at least 42 as Drew Bryant and Griffin Knopp joined Fort Scott High School teammate Kelsey Adams on that list in a signing meeting at the FSHS media center Friday afternoon (related photo, Page 1B)...

Blue Flu: Virus, Comets both take toll on Tiger wrestlers (02/11/11)
Fort Scott High's wrestlers had it bad enough going into a Southeast Kansas League wrestling dual with Chanute at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. The Tigers were already devastated by the flu. Five wrestlers were either out with the flu or just back from missing matches because of it...

ONLINE FIRST: Thursday's high school wrestling schedule changed (02/10/11)
Note correction concerning Senior Night activities in the third paragraph. Also, the time of the Columbus-Fort Scott make-up dual has been set.

Tigers postponed; make-ups piling up in area leagues (02/09/11)
Fort Scott High School's basketball games versus Parsons, scheduled for to be held at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night, have been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 21. Fort Scott's doubleheader was one of eight in the Southeast Kansas, Three Rivers and Pioneer leagues that were postponed Tuesday. The only other area school to be affected was Pleasanton, which scheduled a TRL doubleheader versus Crest for February 17. Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn were not scheduled to play Tuesday...

Chanute girls roll by Fort Scott, 49-28 (02/08/11)
CHANUTE, Kan. -- Chanute's girls controlled the game from start to finish here Friday night, defeating Fort Scott High, 49-28, in Southeast Kansas League play. The Tigers' first score didn't come until three minutes remained in the first quarter on a Brianne Lawrence basket. The Blue Comets (2-0 SEK, 7-7 overall) led 8-5 after one period, then held Fort Scott (1-1, 7-7) to a single field goal in the second period on their way to a 20-7 halftime advantage...

Fort Scott boys hold off Chanute, 62-57 (02/08/11)
CHANUTE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's boys survived a third-quarter onslaught here Friday night and rallied in the fourth to defeat Chanute, 62-57, in Southeast Kansas League play. Chanute outscored the Tigers 30-12 in the third as the Blue Comets connected on 10 of their first 11 field-goal attempts on the period. ...

Tiger girls outlast Coffeyville, 42-36 (02/08/11)
Fort Scott's girls had only had two days off coming into a Southeast Kansas League make-up game at the "Tigerdome," as KOMB's Larry Gazaway has come to call it, Monday night. Visiting Coffeyville hadn't played since January 28. That could have been a factor in how Coffeyville was able to hang with the Tigers for a bit over three quarters. ...

Tiger boys' rally falls just short, 60-57 (02/08/11)
Friday night at Chanute, the homestanding Blue Comets had a 30-point quarter against Fort Scott. But it wasn't enough as the Tigers held on for a 62-57 victory. Tuesday night at the "Tigerdome," Fort Scott's boys had a 30-point quarter against visiting Coffeyville. But it wasn't enough as the Golden Tornado held on for a 60-57 victory in Southeast Kansas League play...

3 earn medals at Rose Hill (02/08/11)
ROSE HILL -- Three Fort Scott High School wrestlers earned medals at the two-day Rose Hill Invitational here over the weekend. Jacob Durossette finished second in the 125-pound weight class. Tyler Sharp was fourth at 112 and John Metcalf placed sixth at 160...

Tigers won't play Tuesday (01/31/11)
Fort Scott High School's basketball games versus Coffeyville, scheduled for Tuesday, have been postponed until Monday. This is the third postponement for Tiger basketball this season. The games against Iola which were played Feb. 25 were make-ups from Feb. 11. And Feb. 19 consolation games at the Basehor-Linwood Tournament were postponed until the next day...

Fort Scott girls open SEK play with win (01/29/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Southeast Kansas League play opened Friday night with Fort Scott High's girls fighting off Independence for a 42-37 victory on Homecoming night. The visiting Bulldogs tied the score 31-31 halfway through the fourth quarter and were able to tie the score at 37-37 on a pair of Jordan Sutton free throws with 1:49 remaining...

Tigers dominate Independence, LCHS (01/28/11)
Fort Scott High's wrestling was dominant in sweeping Independence and Labette County in a Southeast Kansas League triangular at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. Fort Scott went out to a 38-6 lead in the opening dual and rolled to a 59-18 decision over Independence. The Tigers (5-1 SEK, 13-3 overall) jumped out to a 51-0 lead over LCHS and went on to prevail 66-5...

Chili feed Friday afternoon (01/27/11)
The Fort Scott High School Physics Club will host a chili feed Friday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the commons area west of the main gym. A bowl of chili or a chili dog, home-made dessert and a drink costs $5. Proceeds will help fund club activities.

Tiger boys overcome early struggles (01/26/11)
Fort Scott High's boys struggled against visiting Iola in the first half at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night. But the Tigers used defense to keep the Mustangs down until the offense finally got going in what ended up being a 46-25 victory in a non-league contest...

Tiger girls find way to win (01/26/11)
With senior Megan McDermed out due to a foot injury and a new point guard in the lineup, Fort Scott High's girls had some adjusting to do Tuesday night against Iola at the FSHS gymnasium. It took a quarter. With three freshmen in the starting line-up and two seniors providing key plays off the bench, the Tigers defeated Iola, 42-34...

Three earn medals at Paola (01/25/11)
PAOLA -- For the second straight weekend, Fort Scott High School saw three wrestlers earn medals, this time at the Paola Invitational here Saturday. The Tigers finished seventh in the 14-team field. Derby was the team champion with 190 1/2 points followed by Pittsburg with 141 1/2 and Great Bend with 136...

Tiger boys rout St. Joseph-Benton (01/25/11)
BASEHOR -- Fort Scott High's boys hit 4 3-point goals in the first quarter and went on to rout St. Joseph (Mo.)-Benton, 63-27, in the seventh-place game of the Basehor-Linwood Tournament here Saturday. Cameron Woodring made three of those 3-pointers as the Tigers (6-5) jumped out to a 15-2 lead. They led 19-6 after one period of play and 25-8 halfway through the second...

Basehor-Linwood girls hold off Tigers (01/25/11)
BASEHOR -- Basehor-Linwood scored the first 7 points of the game and Fort Scott High's girls couldn't fully recover as the host Bobcats went on to win the seventh-place game of their own tournament, 50-43. The Bobcats, a Class 4A State Tournament qualifier last season, held leads of 11-2 during the first quarter and 19-5 going into the second. They led 27-16 at the half...

Weather changes area tournament schedules (01/20/11)
Inclement weather has changed the schedules for the tournaments which involve area basketball teams. Fort Scott High's teams saw their games at the Basehor-Linwood Invitational postponed for the second consecutive day. In order to keep the tournament going in a lively fashion the boys and girls will play at the same time Friday...

ONLINE FIRST: Basehor-Linwood Tourney postponed again (01/20/11)
BASEHOR -- Once again, due to bad weather in the Kansas City area, the schedule at the Basehor-Linwood Invitational has been changed. Fort Scott High's boys' and girls' consolation bracket games, which were originally scheduled for Wednesday, will be played Friday afternoon. In order to keep the tournament on schedule to conclude Saturday, both Tiger teams will have to play at the same time...

Basehor-Linwood Tournament rescheduled due to weather (01/19/11)
BASEHOR -- The consolation semifinals of the Basehor-Linwood Invitational have been postponed until Thursday afternoon and the remainder of the tournament has been rescheduled. Basehor-Linwood Athletic Director Joe Keeler told the Tribune during a phone call Wednesday afternoon that the game times for Thursday will also be moved one hour later to give the condition of the roads in the Kansas City area more time to improve...

Missouri-ranked teams down Tigers at Basehor (01/19/11)
BASEHOR -- The return of Fort Scott High's basketball teams to the Basehor-Linwood Invitational was marked by a pair of rude receptions from Missouri schools here Tuesday. First, Maryville's boys, ranked No. 6 in Class 3 by the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association, held off a Tiger rally to prevail, 56-49...

Tiger wrestlers beat Coffeyville, Parsons (01/19/11)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's wrestling teams defeated Coffeyville and Parsons in a Southeast Kansas League triangular here Tuesday night. The Tigers defeated Parsons, 48-22, and Coffeyville, 34-26. Head coach David Brown said that he used several junior varsity wrestlers in the varsity duals...

Three medal at Basehor-Linwood (01/18/11)
BASEHOR -- Three members of Fort Scott High School's wrestling team earned medals at the always-tough Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic here over the weekend. The Tigers finished 17th out of 34 schools. However, each of the top seven finishers and 12 of the teams present are ranked by their respective state's associations...

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