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Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012
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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...
Uniontown sweeps Jayhawk-Linn (01/25/12)
MOUND CITY -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Jayhawk-Linn here Tuesday night in key games for all teams involved in the doubleheader. Eagle girls avenged a Saturday loss to the Jayhawks in the Pleasanton Tournament third-place game by beating them 33-25...
Pioneer League sweeps Pleasanton titles (01/24/12)
PLEASANTON -- The Pioneer League swept the championships at the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament Saturday. Prairie View's girls defeated league rival Central Heights, 33-31, in the girls' title game. Central Heights took down Humboldt of the Tri-Valley League, 68-58, in the boys' final...
Uniontown, J-Linn girls to meet for 3rd (01/20/12)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn will meet in the third-place game of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament Saturday as a result of semifinal losses here Thursday. Of the Tribune Area's three boys' and three girls' teams, the only victors Thursday night were Pleasanton's girls and Jayhawk-Linn's boys, both in consolation semifinals...
Jayhawk girls bounce Wildcats (12/15/11)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls outscored visiting Marmaton Valley 22-4 in the first quarter on their way to a 53-17 rout of the Wildcats in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday night. Emma Hargrove made 10 of 16 shots from the field as she led the Jayhawks (1-0 TRL, 3-1 overall) with 20 points. Baylea White made 9 of 15 field-goal tries to finish with 18 points. Kailey Boyd led Marmaton Valley (0-1, 0-5) with 8 points...
Jayhawk girls blast Miami (12/10/11)
MOUND CITY, Kan. -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls wrapped up play in the Linn County Tournament by blasting Amoret-Miami, 65-5 here Friday. Baylea White scored 17 points for the Jayhawks while Carly Jackson added 16 on 8-of-19 field-goal shooting. Jayhawk-Linn (2-1) shot 45 percent from the field, making 29 of 65 attempts. Miami attempted just 6 field goals the entire game, making 2...
Jayhawks sweep Blu-Jays in LCT (12/08/11)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn's teams swept Pleasanton on the opening night of the round-robin Linn County Tournament here Tuesday night. Jayhawk-Linn's boys took a 53-46 victory. Austin Coleman led the Jayhawks (1-0) with 20 points while Jake Rowe added 10. Preston Coffman led Pleasanton (0-1) with 19 points...
Jayhawks picked second on both sides of TRL (11/15/11)
PITTSBURG -- Three Rivers League basketball coaches greeted Jayhawk-Linn upon its return by picking the Jayhawks to finish second in both boys' and girls' play in the pre-season poll released by KSEK-FM here Monday. Crest's boys were picked to finish on top on the boys' side while Oswego was the choice to end St. Paul's three-season reign on the girls' side...
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...
'Hawks beat Eagles for 2A State berth (10/25/11)
OSWEGO -- Jayhawk-Linn defeated Uniontown two games to one in the final of the Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament here Saturday. It was the third meeting of the season between the top-seeded Eagles (27-10) and second-seeded Jayhawks. Jayhawk-Linn won each time but it always took three games to do so...
Three area runners advance to 2A State Meet (10/25/11)
MOUND CITY -- Three runners from three area schools will participate in this Saturday's Class 2A State Cross Country Meet at Wamego. All three moved on as at-large qualifiers out of the Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Regional Meet, held Saturday at Sugar Valley Golf Course...
Eagles sweep, clinch top seed (10/20/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's sweep of Pleasanton and Marmaton Valley here Tuesday night allowed the Eagles to clinch the top seed at Saturday's Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament. Uniontown (23-9) has two fewer losses than second-seeded Jayhawk-Linn (23-11). The Eagles will face Marmaton Valley (12-22) in the first round at 1 p.m...
Jayhawks take league lead from Eagles (09/29/11)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn defeated Uniontown's volleyball team in three games here Tuesday night, taking the lead in the Three Rivers League. The Eagles (6-1 TRL, 18-5 overall) took the other two matches in the quadrangular from Chetopa and Marmaton Valley...
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...
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...
Krull takes 3rd in 2A pole vault (06/01/11)
Jayhawk-Linn senior Shelby Krull improved on her 2010 State result by two places Class 2A girls' pole vault at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita Saturday. Krull cleared 9 feet even to finish in third place. LaShae Hedstrom, the State runner-up last year, won the title on tie-breakers after both she and Elbing Berean Academy's Xannie Quiring both cleared 9' 6"...
J-Linn having difficulty finding success (05/28/11)
WICHITA, Kan. -- There were no medalists in finals or qualifiers from the preliminaries for Jayhawk-Linn's teams at the Kansas Class 2A State Track and Field Championships here Friday. The Jayhawks will have three competitors today. Senior Shelby Krull will compete in girls' pole vault at 8 a.m. Freshman Megan Leavitt will run in the 1,600 meters at 1 p.m. And Austin Coleman will be in boys' discus competition at 1:15 p.m...
More State Track Notes (05/26/11)
Boys' defending champions: 6A -- Olathe East, 5A -- Hays, 4A -- Paola (2nd straight), 3A -- Garden Plain (2nd straight), 2A -- Bennington, 1A -- Ness City (2nd straight). Girls' defending champions: 6A -- Olathe East (3rd straight; 1st sweep in 6A since Hutchinson in 2004), 5A -- Gardner-Edgerton, 4A -- Baldwin, 3A -- Rossville, 2A -- Olpe, 1A -- Victoria...
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.
Jayhawk-Linn sees four claim Regional championships (05/24/11)
YATES CENTER -- Chelsea Beckman, Shelby Krull and Austin Coleman as well as a girls' relay team won Regional titles here Friday at the Yates Center Class 2A Regional Meet. They are among eight Jayhawk-Linn athletes who have earned trips to this weekend's Class 2A State Championships as a result of placing in the top four at the Regional. The top six finishers earned medals...
Jayhawk softball going to State (05/19/11)
MORAN -- Jayhawk-Linn's softball team will be making its first apearance at the Class 2-1A State Tournament in Emporia May 27-28. The Jayhawks (17-5) earned the berth by winning the Marmaton Valley Class 2-1A Regional here Tuesday. Jayhawk-Linn drew the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye and so didn't have to play on Monday...
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...
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...
Jayhawk-Linn sees five picked to Pioneer League team (03/18/11)
Five Jayhawk-Linn basketball players were awarded spots on the All-Pioneer League basketball teams. Chelsea Beckman earned First Team honors on the girls' squad while teammates Emma Hargrove and Baylea White were given Second Team positions. Taylor Kellerman received a Second Team berth on the boys' squad while Seth Gabbert was picked as an Honorable Mention player...
Jayhawks finish fourth at 2A State (03/14/11)
MANHATTAN -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls finished fourth in the Kansas Class 2A State Girls' Basketball Tournament here Saturday afternoon after falling to top-seeded Oxford, 48-44. The Jayhawks finish their season with a record of 14-12 but with the school's first-ever State Tournament victory. ...
ONLINE FIRST: Jayhawk-Linn girls stun Oakley, 44-41 (03/10/11)
Updated at 10:35 p.m.
ONLINE FIRST: Jayhawk girls face No. 2 seed Oakley Thursday (03/07/11)
MOUND CITY -- For the second time in three seasons, Jayhawk-Linn's girls have qualified for State Tournament competition. Two seasons ago, the Jayhawks qualified for the Class 3A State Tournament. Saturday, they completed a run through their own Class 2A Sub-State Tournament as the No. 5 seed to advance to the Class 2A State Tournament at Kansas State University...
J-Linn girls advance; Uniontown teams outsted (03/03/11)
COTTONWOOD FALLS -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls will get to play on their home court one more time. The opportunity comes about after the fifth-seeded Jayhawks went on the road Tuesday night and defeated the No. 4 seed, Chase County here, 52-41, in the first round of the Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Sub-State Tournament...
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...
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...
Battle of the Birds (01/27/11)
Jayhawk-Linn teams sweep Uniontown (01/26/11)
UNIONTOWN -- For the second time in four days, Jayhawk-Linn's girls defeated Uniontown, following up a victory in the third-place game at the Pleasanton Tournament Saturday with a 62-48 triumph here Tuesday night. In this game, turnovers were the undoing for Uniontown (5-7), which committed 32 turnovers to just 12 for the Jayhawks (7-6)...
Central Heights claims both crowns at Pleasanton Tourney (01/25/11)
PLEASANTON -- Central Heights' teams claimed the championships of both the boys' and girls' brackets of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament here Saturday. Viking boys (9-1) defeated Pioneer League rival Jayhawk-Linn, 67-38, in the boys' championship game. This was the first of three meetings the teams will have in seven days. They also met in a make-up game at Richmond Monday night and will face each other at Mound City Friday night...
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...
Brackets set for Pleasanton tourney (01/14/11)
PLEASANTON -- The brackets are set for next week's annual Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament, which also includes area schools Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn. Games will be played Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Action starts at 4 p.m. the first two days and at 1 p.m. Saturday. Two gyms will be used...
Brown, Kramer honored by KWCA (12/14/10)
Fort Scott High School head coach David Brown and Jayhawk-Linn head coach Brett Kramer recently received honors from the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Associaiton. Brown received two awards. The first was a 25-year service award. The other was for coaching 100 dual victories...
Playoff odds better for some than others (10/28/10)
Some area football team's chances are as easy as "A beats B" while others are a bit more complicated as high-school and junior-college regular-season play comes to a close over the weekend. Tonight at Garnett, for example, both opponents in the Fort Scott-Anderson County contest already know they've qualified for the Class 4A playoffs. ...
Two qualify from Sugar Valley (10/25/10)
MOUND CITY -- Pleasanton's Savannah Smith and Jayhawk-Linn's Lane Harris will be going to their respective State Cross Country meets this Saturday after qualifying from Regionals held at Sugar Valley Golf Course here Saturday. Smith finished in seventh place in the Pleasanton Class 1A Meet's girls' race, going 4 kilometers in 17 minutes, 49.74 seconds, to qualify as one of the at-large runners...
Three area teams draw No. 1 seeds in Sub-States (10/22/10)
The volleyball team from Fort Scott, Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn high schools have all drawn No. 1 seeds for their Sub-State tournaments that will be held Saturday. Fort Scott is the top seed at the Louisburg Class 4A Sub-State, Uniontown at the Northeast Arma Class 3A Sub-State and Jayhawk-Linn at the Yates Center Class 2A Sub-State. Meanwhile, Pleasanton will be the No. 4 seed at the St. Paul Class 1A-Division I Sub-State...
Uniontown climbs to 3A; Class 1A splits into divisions (10/01/10)
Only one school among those in the Southeast Kansas League, Three Rivers League or Pioneer League changed classes when the Kansas State High School Activities Association released its enrollment figures that will be effective in all sports other than football for the 2010-11 school year...
Tigers picked for 8th-place tie (08/12/10)
Chanute favored in SEK poll; St. Paul picked in TRL, Galena in CNC
Smith takes 2 titles; Mann, Snyder win gold (06/01/10)
WICHITA -- Tribune Area athletes picked up four more gold medals at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Saturday, bringing the weekend's total to four for athletes from Jayhawk-Linn and Uniontown high schools. Uniontown senior Abbie Smith won two events, taking home the Class 2A State title in both long jump and the 100-meter hurdles. ...
100th Boys'/39th Girls' KSHSAA Track and Field Championships (05/27/10)
Friday, 7:45 a.m. (Classes 6A, 5A and 4A) and 2 p.m. (Classes 3A, 2A and 1A) and Saturday 8 a.m. Cessna Stadium, Wichita State University --- Schedule: A compete schedule of preliminaries and finals for each event in which a Tribune Area athlete is participating was published in Tuesday's edition...
Jayhawks fourth in Class 2A golf (05/25/10)
PITTSBURG -- Jayhawk-Linn's golf team finished fourth at the Class 2A State Tournament at Crestwood Country Club here Monday. The Jayhawks shot 348 as a team, finishing one stroke ahead of Hutchinson Trinity and four ahead of Lyndon. Pittsburg Colgan won its second consecutive State title, shooting 314. Syracuse was a distant second at 335 while Seneca-Nemaha Valley was third at 341...
Several from area among state's best (05/25/10)
A check of state track times and distances shows that five individuals and one relay team from the Tribune Area have marks that are among the state's best this season. Those individuals will get their chance to prove their mettle when the best athletes in Kansas gather in Wichita for the Kansas State Track and Field Meet Friday and Saturday...
Jayhawks to make 1st State trip (05/24/10)
CHANUTE -- Jayhawk-Linn's baseball team earned its first-ever trip to a State baseball tournament by winning the Humboldt Class 2-1A Regional Tournament here Friday. The tournament was moved to Neosho County Community College's home field to ensure it could be completed...
Colgan earns return trip to 2-1A State (05/24/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Pittsburg Colgan will be going back to the Class 2-1A State Softball Tournament after its pitchers spun back-to-back shutouts in the Uniontown Class 2-1A Regional Tournament here Friday. Colgan (22-1) first shut out fourth-seeded Marmaton Valley 8-0. Then they defeated host Uniontown 11-0 in five innings in the championship...
Area teams qualify 28 for Class 2A State (05/24/10)
BURDEN -- Area schools qualified 28 to State from the Central-Burden Class 2A Regional Track Meet here Friday. Jayhawk-Linn, which took second place in boys' and girls' team standings, qualified 21 while Uniontown had the other seven. Those competitors will compete in the Kansas State Track and Field Meet in Wichita Friday and Saturday...
ONLINE FIRST: Area State Track Qualifiers (05/22/10)
The following is the list of area qualifiers to the Kansas State Track and Field Meet, which will be held May 28-29 at Wichita State University. More details on how these athletes qualified as well as other results from Regional meets will be published in Tuesday's print edition...
Area Regionals postponed until Friday (05/20/10)
Regional baseball and softball tournaments involving Tribune Area teams have all been postponed until Friday. These tournaments include the Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament at Girard, the Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament at Fort Scott, the Class 2-1A Regional Baseball Tournament at Humboldt and the Class 2-1A Regional Softball Tournament at Uniontown...
Uniontown's Query, Jayhawk-Linn's team qualify for 2A State golf (05/20/10)
Jayhawk-Linn earned the third team berth to the Class 2A State Tournament while Uniontown's Justin Query grabbed one of the at-large individual berths at the Uniontown Class 2A Regional Golf Tournament, held at the Fort Scott Golf Course & Country Club here Monday...
Despite host role, Tigers on road in 1st round (05/13/10)
Uniontown No. 2 seed in home Regional
Tigers, Eagles both top seeds (05/13/10)
Fort Scott and Uniontown have drawn the top seed in their upcoming Regional baseball tournaments, which will get underway next week. Fort Scott, 8-7, will host a first-round Girard Class 4A Regional Tournament game against Coffeyville (5-15) Monday at 4:30 at Lions Field. The Tigers are the only team in the field with a winning record...
Regional Assignments (04/29/10)
Regional assignments for each Tribune Area school in each sport and the schools assigned to those regionals with them (first-round baseball and softball games may be held at home field of higher-seeded team). FORT SCOTT, Class 4A...
Eagle girls win home meet; Smith sets 2 more records (04/27/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Abbie Smith set two more meet record, this time on her home track, at the 23rd Annual Uniontown Invitational meet here Monday. Smith won three events, setting record in long jump and the 100-meter hurdles. Her long jump mark was 17 feet, 2 3/4 inches. She ran a 15.9 in the 100-meter hurdles. And her 300-meter hurdle time was 53.4 seconds...
Jayhawk girls win Waverly meet; J-Linn boys second (04/22/10)
BURLINGTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls won the team title at the 17-team Waverly Invitational held here Tuesday while the girls finished second. Uniontown and Pleasanton also participated in the meet. Due to space constraints in the print edition, the medalists from area schools are listed below...
Smith sets two meet records at Frontenac; Jayhawk's Miller breaks javelin mark (04/11/10)
FRONTENAC, Kan. -- Senior Abbie Smith broke two meet records at the Frontenac Invitational here Thursday. Smith, who set a school record in the 100-meter hurdles Tuesday at Oswego, won that event here with a record time of 15.91 seconds. She ran a 15.7 at Oswego...
Jayhawks roll by Patriots, to face hosts Thursday (03/02/10)
MOUND CITY -- Four Jayhawks reached double figures in scoring Monday night as third-seeded Jayhawk-Linn defeated Howard-West Elk 54-20 in a first-round game of the Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Tournament. The Jayhawks (15-6) will take on the tournament hosts Thursday night at 7:30. Oswego (16-5) defeated Marmaton Valley 64-35 Monday...
Sub-State seeds set; Tigers hosting rare first-round doubleheader (02/25/10)
Sub-State tournament pairings were made official Wednesday afternoon with a twist on the usual first-round scenario for Fort Scott's teams. Sub-States were drawn in Classes 4A, 3A, and 2A, Classes 6A and 5A will be drawn Saturday while Class 1A Sub-States will be determined by the outcome of this week's 1A Regional Tournaments...
Pair of Jayhawks going to 3-2-1A State (02/23/10)
ROSSVILLE -- Jayhawk-Linn senior Eli Walrod won the 285-pound bracket while classmate Quincy Hodges took fourth place at 160, ensuring both athletes berths into the State Class 3-2-1A State Tournament, which will be held this coming weekend on the campus of Fort Hays State University...
Jayhawk girls win 12th game (02/17/10)
GARNETT -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls won their 12th game of the season here Tuesday night as they defeated Anderson County, 44-37, in Pioneer League play. The Bulldogs led 14-11 after one period but the Jayhawks rebounded to take a 24-20 lead at halftime...
Jayhawk-Linn girls take close one from Osawatomie (02/03/10)
MOUND CITY -- Taylor Dawson scored 17 points and Chelsea Beckman added 10 as Jayhawk-Linn's girls won a Pioneer League make-up game over Osawa-tomie, 44-42, here Monday night. The Jayhawks (1-2 Pioneer, 10-3 overall) traied 14-10 after the first quarter but turned things around by outscoring the Trojans (1-1, 4-7) 11-3 in the second...
Fort Scott Homecoming postponed; game, ceremonies to made up on different dates (01/30/10)
Naturally, every single game that was to be held on the Kansas side of the state line involving area teams was postponed Friday afternoon. The storm passing through even put off two events that were to be held Saturday. Homecoming at Fort Scott High School, with Pittsburg as the opponent for the basketball doubleheader, has been rescheduled for Thursday, Jan. ...
'Hawks claim another victory over Eagles (01/26/10)
MOUND CITY -- For the second consecutive outing, Jayhawk-Linn's girls defeated Uniontown. This time, however, the Jayhawks had to scrap a lot more in the fourth quarter than they did in Saturday's victory in the Pleasanton Tournament championship game...
'Hawks beat Eagles for title (01/26/10)
PLEASANTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls caught fire in the fourth quarter of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament championship game here Saturday and went on to a 44-33 victory over Uniontown. The teams will square off again tonight at Mound City. The girls' tip is set for around 6:30 p.m. -- after a junior varsity game finishes -- with the boys' teams to follow...
Uniontown girls advance at Pleasanton (01/21/10)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's girls advanced into the championship semifinals of the Pleasanton Tournament with a 55-16 rout of Humboldt in the first round on Tuesday. The Eagles (6-3) will face Prairie View at 7 p.m. tonight in Pleasanton's north gym. Tiffany Poyner led Uniontown with a season-high 14 points. Abbie Smith followed with 12 and Brooke Harper added 10...
Jayhawks sweep Marmaton Valley (12/16/09)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls jumped out to a 31-2 lead after one period of play here Tuesday night and went on to a 62-21 whitewashing of Marmaton Valley in non-league play. Jayhawk boys took a 37-35 victory over Marmaton Valley. Chelsea Beckman led Jayhawk girls (5-0) with 13 points while Taylor Dawson scored 12. According to Jayhawk stats, Beckman made all 6 shots she took from the field while Dawson went 6 for 7...
Lady 'Hawks complete sweep of Linn County (12/14/09)
PLEASANTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls finished a sweep through the Linn County Tournament here Saturday night with a 49-13 bashing of host Pleasanton. Due to an error with the Tribune's fax machine, Jayhawk-Linn scoring totals are not available. The Jayhawks shot 50 percent from the field, making 22 of 56 field-goal attempts. Emma Hargrove had 6 rebounds to lead the 'Hawks (4-0) and Meriel Long had 11 steals...
Uniontown going to Class 2A State (10/26/09)
PITTSBURG -- Last season, Uniontown's volleyball team lost to Pittsburg Colgan in the finals of Sub-State on their home court at West Bourbon Elementary School. Saturday, the Eagles gained a measure of revenge by beating Colgan in the finals on the Panthers' home court. ...
Jayhawks' Long, Craig qualify for 2A State (10/26/09)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn senior Meriel Long and junior Mason Craig qualified individually for the Class 2A State Cross Country Meet as a result of their finishes at the Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Regional Meet at Sugar Valley Golf Course here Saturday...
Tigers join field at Jayhawk-Linn; girls third (10/13/09)
MOUND CITY -- Fort Scott High's cross-country team joined the crowd at the make-up of Jayhawk-Linn's invitational meet here Monday. Jayhawk-Linn was set to host this meet Thursday with Pleasanton participating while Fort Scott was originally scheduled to be at Independence that day. Rain made the courses at both sites unsafe for the runners. Independence chose not to reschedule its meet so Fort Scott joined this meet...
Area teams compete at Central Heights (10/06/09)
RICHMOND, Kan. -- Fort Scott, Jayhawk-Linn and Pleasanton all sent athletes to the Central Heights Invitational here Thursday. Fort Scott's involvement was a last-minute arrangement as the meet it was scheduled to go to at Pittsburg was canceled after heavy rains made the course at Four Oaks Golf Course unusable...
Jayhawk-Linn, Pleasanton each drop one classification (09/29/09)
While Fort Scott and Uniontown will remain in their classes for this school year, both Jayhawk-Linn and Pleasanton will each drop one classification after the Kansas State High School Activities Association released 2009-10 assignments Tuesday. Football classes for the 2010 and 2011 seasons were also released. Those will be reviewed in Thursday's edition...
Long wins meet for J-Linn at Wellsville (09/19/09)
WELLSVILLE, Kan. -- Jayhawk-Linn's Meriel Long took the varsity girls' race at a cross country race here Thursday, finishing as the only runner under 17 minutes with her time of 16:41. She was the only Jayhawk in the varsity race. Kelsey Carbajo of Spring Hill, Kan., was second in 17:07...
Bogina wins Fort Scott meet again (09/10/09)
Tracey Bogina, Fort Scott High School's head cross country coach, doesn't like to make a big deal out of how well her son, Austin, runs for Northeast-Arma. It's not her nature. Even if Tracey were that kind of parent -- and those who know her know she is the antithesis of the overbearing jock mom -- she wouldn't have to shout from the rooftops. ...