Fort Scott, Kansas · Saturday, March 20, 2010
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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. ...