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Iola takes 9-1 win in baseball semi (05/17/12)
OTTAWA -- Southeast Kansas League tri-champion Iola eliminated Fort Scott High, 9-1, in the semifinals of the Ottawa Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament here Tuesday afternoon. The Mustangs (17-6) went on to lost to top-seeded Ottawa in the final, 13-5. The Cyclones (19-4) reached the final with a 15-2 rout of fourth-seeded Osawatomie in the semifinal...

Tops in Topeka (05/16/12)
An 11-and-under traveling baseball team from Fort Scott took first place at a USSSA Tournament in Topeka May 12-13. The team has also won tournaments held in Kansas City May 5-6 and Nevada April 28-29. Members of the team are (from left): FRONT -- Treyton Wilson, Nick Deloney, Graham Hathaway and Tyler Gorman; BACK -- Christion Ashe, Chandler Defebaugh, Carter Goldston, Kieran Houlihan, Matt Campbell and Mason Couch. ...

Tigers beat No. 3 seed in opening round, lose to Iola in semis (05/16/12)
OTTAWA -- Sixth-seeded Fort Scott High bounced third-seeded Paola, 5-4, in the first round of the Ottawa Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament here Monday afternoon. Paola (13-8) scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning and had the tying run on third with one out. Justin Uhler (4-3) brought things to an end by inducing a pop up for the second out and striking out the last batter of the game...

Short-handed Fort Scott splits with Chanute (05/12/12)
FORT SCOTT -- A short-handed Fort Scott High baseball team managed a split with Chanute in the final regular-season games at Lions Field Thursday night. The Tigers won the opener of the Southeast Kansas League doubleheader 6-4 but Chanute took the nightcap 6-2...

Regional baseball, softball play begins Monday (05/11/12)
Regional playoff action in baseball and softball will get underway at most sites throughout the state of Kansas Monday afternoon. Fort Scott High School baseball and softball gets underway that day at four of the five locations featuring Tribune Area teams...

Uniontown baseball receives forfeits (05/10/12)
Fan Appreciation Day moved to softball games

Iola eliminates Fort Scott from SEK race (05/10/12)
Fort Scott High School's baseball team still had a shot at at least a share of the Southeast Kansas League title if it could sweep Iola in a make-up doubleheader at Lions Field Tuesday and some other games went their way. Instead, it was Iola that kept its hopes alive by sweeping the Tigers 10-2 and 9-2. The Mustangs (10-4 SEK, 13-5 overall) can move into a tie with Independence if it sweeps another make-up twinbill at Columbus Friday...

Tiger baseball today; UHS baseball Friday (05/07/12)
Fort Scott High School's baseball doubleheader at Iola was postponed Monday. It will be made up Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at either Lions Field or Ty Cullor Field, whichever is in better shape. Because these were Iola's home games, it is expected that Fort Scott will bat as the visitor...

Fort Scott baseball posts sweep of Columbus (05/05/12)
COLUMBUS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team posted its first doubleheader sweep since April 5 and just its second of the season here Thursday. The Tigers took care of Columbus in a pair of one-run decisions in Southeast Kansas League play, 5-4 in the opener and 4-3 in the nightcap...

Eagle baseball swept at Humboldt (05/05/12)
HUMBOLDT, Kan. -- Uniontown's baseball team suffered a sweep at Humboldt's hands here Thursday by scored of 10-0 and 11-1. Both games were stopped after five innings by the run rule. The Cubs (18-0) scored 3 runs in the third inning of the opener, and then added 7 more in the fifth. The only inning they did not score in during the second game was the second...

Eagle baseball hosting Fan Appreciation Night Monday (05/04/12)
The Uniontown baseball team will hold a Fan Appreciation Night at Dawson Field in Bronson Monday as the Eagles conclude regular-season play with a Three Rivers League doubleheader against Chetopa. A cookout will be a part of the festivities. The grill will be open from 4 to 8 p.m. and fans can purchase a meal including a hamburger, chips and a soda for $4. Proceeds from the cookout will go toward the UHS senior trip...

Scotties keep 'Hounds out of playoffs (05/01/12)
HIGHLAND -- Fort Scott's bid to overcome a 13-game losing streak at the beginning of the conference schedule fell short here Monday when the Greyhounds dropped the opener of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader to Highland. The Greyhounds (11-25 East, 30-26 overall) had a chance to make the playoffs going into the weekend as long as they could sweep the Scotties and avoid unfavorable tie-beaker situations. ...

Nevada bats rock Fort Scott, 15-3 (04/28/12)
FORT SCOTT -- The worst weather stayed away from Ty Cullor Field so that Nevada and Fort Scott could play their second game of the season against each other here Friday afternoon. A storm arrived in the fourth inning, made up of Nevada's bats and baserunners. The visitors scored 13 runs in the fourth and fifth innings and went on to take a 15-3 contest in five innings...

Fort Scott baseball splits at Coffeyville (04/28/12)
COFFEYVILLE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team split a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader with Coffeyville here Thursday, making the third straight outing the Tigers have had to settle for one win on the day. Fort Scott (5-5 SEK, 6-7 overall) won game one 6-1. Coffeyville (3-9, 6-10) took the second game 9-8...

8-run inning leads Tiger baseball to split at Parsons (04/26/12)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's first-game rally didn't hold up but the Tigers went out early in the second game and made sure another rally wouldn't be necessary in a split against Parsons here Tuesday in Southeast Kansas League play. The Tigers rallied from a 5-0 deficit after four innings in the first game to take an 8-5 lead into the bottom of the seventh. But a home run by Keaton Nolting jump-started a 4-run Viking rally as Parsons came back to win 9-8...

Tigers settle for split with LCHS (04/25/12)
The Fort Scott High School baseball team had to settle for a split with Labette County in Southeast Kansas League play at Lions Field Friday night. The Tigers won the opener 6-5 in eight innings as Clayton Hixson scored the winning run on Benjamin Labbe's 2-out double. But LCHS took the second game 11-5...

'Hounds split with Labette, unable to improve playoff position (04/24/12)
PARSONS -- Despite holding Labette to a total of one hit here Sunday, Fort Scott Community College's baseball team did not improve its playoff position in its bid to overtake the Cardinals for eighth place in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division in a four-game series that concluded Monday...

Young bucks in command (04/24/12)

Eagle baseball gets first victory of season (04/21/12)
BRONSON, Kan. -- Uniontown High School's baseball team chalked up its first victory of the season Thursday, beating Hume 12-2 in a non-league game at Dawson Field. The second game started but was called off after one inning due to a conflict with another activity for Hume...

FSCC baseball schedules youth clinic (04/21/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team will host The 5 Corners Mini-Mart of Fort Scott Annual Youth Clinic May 2 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Lions Field on the northwest corner of the campus. FSCC coaches and players will run the clinic. Fundamentals of hitting, throwing, infield, outfield, and base running will all be covered during the clinc...

Eastern Division playoff chase tightens (04/19/12)
The battle for the final playoff spot in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division intensified during the first two days of this week. Labette took three of four games from Allen Monday and Tuesday, passing Independence in the standings. Labette, ninth in the division going into last weekend, passed Indy for eighth place and would be the final qualifier from the East for the Region VI Tournament if the season ended today...

Independence keeps Tigers in check (04/18/12)
Fort Scott High School head baseball coach Josh Regan felt like his team was unprepared for Tuesday's Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Lions Field following an 11-day layoff between games. And he wants you to know that's all on him. "We were playing our best baseball against Pittsburg (April 5)," Regan said. "We had a week and a half off and it was my job to make sure that we maintained that spark, that same pop. And I totally failed in that regard and I'll take that."...

Eagles pick up five medals in Waverly meet (04/18/12)
BURLINGTON -- Uniontown's track team picked up three medals at the Waverly Invitational, held in Burlington Monday morning and afternoon. Kelli Wilkinson won two medals as she ran the 3,200 meters in 13:49 to place fourth and the 1,600 in 6:23 to place sixth...

Making some progress: 'Hounds take 3 of 4 from Indy, get within 2 games of 8th (04/17/12)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team gained more control over its post-season fate by taking three of four games over Independence in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play at Lions Field over the weekend. The top eight teams from the Eastern Division qualify for the Region VI Tournament, which begins in early May. ...

Jayhawk-Linn takes 15-5 verdict over Uniontown (04/17/12)
BRONSON -- Jayhawk-Linn took a 15-5 verdict in the first game of a Three Rivers League at Dawson Field here Friday evening. The second game was suspended due to rain with Jayhawk-Linn leading 3-1 in the top of the fourth inning. "Overall, we were putting the ball into play," UHS head coach Chris Woods said. "But the Jayhawks made the outs leaving (us) stranding runners throughout the game."...

Sports Notebook (04/13/12)
FSHS girls' JV track PLEASANTON -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity girls' track team finished seventh out of eight teams at Pleasanton's varsity track meet here Tuesday. Here is a list of how Tiger athletes fared: The Fort Scott JV is scheduled to compete at Paola Monday and Nevada on Tuesday...

Buck Commander wins tourney (04/12/12)

Greyhounds settle for split with Ravens (04/10/12)
First, the bad news. Fort Scott Community College's baseball team managed just a split with Coffeyville at Lions Field in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play Saturday night and remains in last place in the division. The good news is that the Greyhounds are just four games out of the final playoff spot and control their own destiny with 12 games left on the conference schedule...

Cleveland's walk-off homer salvages split for FSCC (04/07/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Caden Cleveland's eighth-inning, 2-run home run gave Fort Scott Community College a 10-9 victory over visiting Coffeyville at Lions Field Friday afternoon, allowing the Greyhounds to salvage a split of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader. Coffeyville won the opener 3-1 with all the runs scored in the seventh inning...

Pair of homers help Fort Scott sweep Pittsburg (04/07/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Home runs by Luke Brown in the opener and Brent Parsons in the second game helped lead Fort Scott High's baseball team to a Southeast Kansas League sweep over Pittsburg at Lions Field Thursday night. The Tigers won the opener 13-6 and the nightcap 5-4...

Fort Scott 10-year-olds win in Nevada (03/31/12)

Uhler strikes out 11; Tigers split (03/30/12)
Senior pitcher Justin Uhler struck out 11 batters and the defense played solidly behind him as Fort Scott High's baseball team took the first game of a doubleheader from Girard, 4-3, at Lions Field Thursday evening. The Trojans rallied in the second game, scoring three times in the top of the seventh inning and then holding off the Tigers in the bottom of the inning to salvage a split by a 7-4 score...

Tigers drop season opener at Nevada (03/27/12)
NEVADA -- Host Nevada scored 5 runs in the bottom of the first inning and made them stand in the season opener for Fort Scott High School's baseball team here Monday. Nevada threatened to add more in the bottom of the second, loading the bases with nobody out. But Fort Scott pitcher Brent Parsons got back-to-back strikeouts for the first two outs and a fly ball out to center field to get out of the inning...

Regan at home in charge of Tiger baseball (03/23/12)
Things have come full circle for new Fort Scott High School head baseball coach Josh Regan, who grew up with the program his father, David, started in 1990. When David Regan passed away in 2002, Josh returned from the west coast and was moved by what well wishers said about how his father had impacted their lives both as a coach and a teacher...

KCK sweeps Greyhounds in weekend series (03/20/12)
The struggles of the Fort Scott Community College baseball team in conference play continued over the weekend as Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division co-leader Kansas City Kansas swept a four-game series at Lions Field Saturday and Sunday. Kansas City (10-2 East, 13-8 overall) took Saturday's games 8-0 in 11 innings and 7-5 in eight innings. Sunday, the Blue Devils posted 7-4 and 1-0 victories...

Fort Scott picked 3rd in softball, 4th in baseball poll (03/08/12)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's softball team was picked to finish in third place in the Southeast Kansas League while the baseball team was tabbed fourth in a pre-season coaches poll released at a media conference held here Monday. The Tiger softball team received one first-place vote and six top-three votes, according to the poll conducted by KSEK-FM. Coaches could not vote for their own teams...

Defense, pitching lead 'Hounds (03/07/12)
It was such a windy day at Lions Field Wednesday afternoon that the U.S. flag was blown off the flagpole during a non-conference game between Fort Scott Community College and visiting Crowder College. "It's just another day here," FSCC head coach John Hill III joked after a 6-3 victory over the Roughriders. "It's usually 20 MPH but with the 40-MPH gusts, this is crazy...

Allen takes four in baseball (03/05/12)
IOLA -- The Jayhawk Conference portion of the schedule did not begin well for Fort Scott Community College's baseball team over the weekend as the Greyhounds were swept by Allen in an Eastern Division series. Allen claimed 3-2 and 11-1 victories on Saturday and 3-2 and 5-4 wins on Sunday. The Greyhounds fell to 12-5 overall while the Red Devils improved to 8-5...

Two Greyhound athletes receive POTW honor (03/01/12)
Two Fort Scott Community College athletes recently received conference and nationl Player of the Week honors in their respective sports. Sophomore Jolee Sharp, a graduate of Fort Scott High School, recently received Jayhawk Conference women's basketball POTW honors for the second time this season. She first received the honor the week of February 5...

FSCC changes early baseball schedule (02/11/12)
Editor's Note: This information came to the attention of the Tribune post-deadline and could not be included in the print edition. ----- The extremely-cold weather scheduled for this weekend has forced Fort Scott Community College's baseball team to postpone the doubleheaders against Southeast Nebraska that were scheduled for Saturday and Sunday...

FSCC baseball sets academic pace (01/24/12)
The Fort Scott Community College baseball team had another impressive semester in the classroom, marking the seventh academic semester in a row that the team has earned a team grade-point average surpassing a 3.0. This fall, Greyhound baseball players earned a team GPA of 3.33. Of the 36 players on the team, 30 earned a GPA above 3.0 including three who had a perfect 4.0, while 11 had a GPA above 3.5, and 16 more had between a 3.0-3.49 GPA...

Second at State (08/18/11)

Kenai forces Griffons to settle for 3rd in NBC (08/13/11)
WICHITA, Kan. -- For the third time in their history, the Nevada Griffons will return home with the third-place trophy from the National Baseball Congress World Series after falling to three-time champion Kenai (Alaska) in the semifinals, 11-6, at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium Friday night...

Loss to Topeka gives Griffons 8 a.m. start today (08/06/11)
WICHITA, Kan. -- If the Nevada Griffons are going to win the National Baseball Congress World Series, they're going to have to do so from the losers' bracket and they're going to have to start bright and early this morning. A 9-4 loss to former MINK League rival Topeka Golden Giants Friday night forces the Griffons to play the Austin Gold Sox in an elimination game at 8 a.m. this morning at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium...

Winners in Dodge City (08/06/11)

Downpour forces premature end to tourney (07/26/11)
The 2011 Kansas Cal Ripken State 9-Year-Old Baseball Tournament ended Monday afternoon without really ending. The flash downpour that hit Fort Scott at about 3:15 Monday afternoon left Don Hewett Field too muddy to resume play. And with the tournament champion and its runner up both required to be in Yankton, S. Dak., for the Midwest Plains Regional Tournament Wednesday afternoon, it was deemed impractical to return to play out the tournament today...

Fort Scott, Emporia conclude pool play unbeaten (07/26/11)
Sunday's Cal Ripken Tournament report

Fort Scott downs Cimarron River, 6-4 (07/26/11)
Saturday's Cal Ripken Tournament report.

They do run, run, run: Tourney winners average just over 20 runs on Day 1 (07/23/11)
FORT SCOTT -- None of the four games on the opening day of the Kansas Cal Ripken 9-Year-Old State Baseball Tournament needed a fifth inning here Friday. First-round pool play games at Don Hewett Field were decided by an average of 20 1/4 runs as the winners prevailed by a combined margin of 81-14...

Emporia wins skills contest; tourney opens today (07/22/11)
Emporia won the skills contest, a prelude to the Kansas Cal Ripken 9-Year-Old State Baseball Tournament, at Don Hewett Field Thursday night. Emporia took second place in two of the events and won the catch-and-throw relay. Fort Scott finished in second place, winning the throwing accuracy contest and taking second in catch-and-throw. Paola was third with 19 points and won the base-running relay...

Back-to-back State champs (07/21/11)

Skills contest kicks tourney off Thursday (07/20/11)
Four days of play begin Friday at noon

10-year-olds win State (07/20/11)
OSWEGO -- Fort Scott's 10-year-olds won the Kansas Cal Ripken Baseball State Tournament held here over the weekend. The 10-year-olds advance to Regional tourney play, which will begin July 27 at Kalona, Iowa. Friday night, Fort Scott defeated Parsons, 6-5, in their first game of the tournament. Kieran Houlihan was Fort Scott's Most Valuable Player while Daniel Eichenberger was given the WOW Award, which goes to a player on each team that made an exceptional play...

13-year-olds to play in Garden City this weekend (07/20/11)
Fort Scott's 13-year-old Babe Ruth Baseball team will be in Garden City this weekend seeking a State championship of its own. The team qualified for the State Tournament by taking a best-of-3 series from Osawatomie, 2 games to none. Both games were played July 7 with Fort Scott winning by a combined score of 42-18...

Cal Ripken 10's play at State this weekend (07/12/11)
9-year-olds to host; Babe Ruth 13's head to Garden City next weekend

Cal Ripken League district tournaments under way (07/08/11)
The boys of summer continued their quest for victory as local teams participated in the Cal Ripken Baseball League District State tournaments. Wednesday night, the 11-year-old team from Fort Scott faced off against Osawatomie at Fisher Park. Jumping to an early lead, the Fort Scott team went on to win that game by a score of 9-5. ...

Post 25 drops two to Wellsville (07/06/11)
Fort Scott Post No. 25 never really got anything going as they dropped two games to Wellsville Post No. 194 Tuesday night at Ty Cullor Field. Post 25 head coach Cody Kramer said the team has suffered "two tough losses" as they head to the close of the regular season. Dropping two games 4-2 and 13-1, Kramer said the team never shown the desire to win...

13 FSCC athletes, 3 teams earn academic honors (07/02/11)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Thirteen Fort Scott Community College athletes and three of the college's teams earned academic honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). There are three levels of individual achievement. The highest is the Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence, given to those who earn a perfect 4.00 on a 4.00-point scale. Although no Greyhounds received that honor, one came within 0.08 points...

Fort Scott Post 25 sweeps Spring Hill (07/02/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott American Legion Post 25 swept the Spring Hill Post 350 Braves in a doubleheader at Ty Cullor Field Friday night. Fort Scott won game one 9-1 as Post 25 collected 11 hits and pitcher Matt Carrillo struck out 11 Braves. They took the second game 2-1 despite committing 6 errors...

To the X-treme (07/01/11)

Post 25 splits with Baldwin at home (06/15/11)
Luke Brown's 2-run, 2-out home run in the seventh inning tied to score and gave Fort Scott American Legion Post 25 the chance to win in the 8th inning of a doubleheader against Baldwin Post 228 at Ty Cullor Field Tuesday night. But Baldwin pounced on five Fort Scott pitchers in the second game and took a 11-3 victory to salvage a split...

Post 25 sweeps opener (06/02/11)
The summer American Legion baseball season got underway Wednesday night at Ty Cullor Field as Fort Scott Post 25 swept Bur-lington Post 38 by scores of 7-0 and 5-1. Matt Carrillo struck out 13 batters in the opener, allowing no walks and just 4 hits. Justin Uhler allowed 2 hits in the nightcap along with 3 walks while striking out 7...

Nine Eagles picked to All-TRL teams (06/02/11)
Five Uniontown softball players and four members of the Eagle baseball team receoved All-Three Rivers League honors recently. Softball league champion Uniontown had three selections to the First Team: senior Tiffany Poyner and juniors Hope Jurgensen and Taylor Shook...

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...

14-year-olds win tournament in Nevada (05/20/11)
NEVADA -- The Fort Scott Tigers 14-and-under baseball team won the Champro Appreciation Baseball Tournament, held at Champion Diamonds here last weekend. The Tigers were a perfect 5-0 on the weekend and are ranked eighth in Kansas Power Ratings for United States Specialty Sports Association 14-and-under Baseball...

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 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...

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...

Trophy winners (05/13/11)

Host Colby finishes Greyhounds' season (05/11/11)
COLBY -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team saw its season come to an end here Monday afternoon when the Greyhounds lost to host Colby at the Region VI West 2 Sub-Regional Tournament. The Greyhounds (42-17) had to come through the losers bracket to reach the final after losing 9-3 to Butler in the opening round on Saturday. The Grizzlies (31-26) pounded out 17 hits in the victory...

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...

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...

'Hounds traveling to Colby for playoffs (05/03/11)
The start times for the games at the Sub-Regional tournament were changed between the time of original publication and Wednesday afternoon. This version lists the correct times.

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...

Uniontown falls to Northeast, 12-7 (04/29/11)
ARMA -- Uniontown's baseball team came out on the losing end of a 12-7 decision to Northeast in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was suspended tied 2-2 after 3 innings. Uniontown and Northeast were tied 4-4 after 4 innings but the Vikings scored 8 times in the bottom of the fifth...

FSCC youth baseball clinic set for May 3 (04/23/11)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A youth baseball clinic, sponsored by 5 Corners Mini--Mart, will be held May 3 from 5-6:30 p.m. The clinic will be conducted by the coaches and players of the Fort Scott Community College baseball team and will be held at Lions Field on the FSCC campus...

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...

Uniontown teams enjoy success on diamonds (04/21/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's baseball and softball teams enjoyed success earlier this week. Monday, both teams hosted Marmaton Valley and posted sweeps while the softball team swept St. Paul Tuesday. The baseball team (3-1 league, 3-4 overall) won its Three Rivers League games 5-1 and 3-2. Ty Clayton belted a 3-run homer in the bottom of the first inning of the opener and Jake Dawson (2-2) was 2 for 3 and allowed no earned runs on 2 hits and 2 walks while striking out 6...

Eagle baseball splits TRL twinbill with Indians (04/13/11)
BRONSON -- Uniontown's baseball team split with Oswego in hits first home doubleheader at Dawson Field here Monday. The Eagles claimed game one by a 7-0 score while Oswego took the second game of the Three Rivers League twinbill, 18-4. The Eagles (1-1, 1-4) hit three home runs in the opener. ...

No. 17 Cowley takes series (04/12/11)

Central Heights run-rules Uniontown, 12-2 (04/09/11)
PRINCETON, Kan. -- Central Heights only needed five innings to defeat Union-town's baseball team here Thursday by a score of 12-2. The Eagles fell to 0-3 on the season. The Vikings scored in every inning and needed just 7 hits to score their runs. Uniontown scored a run in the top of the second inning when designated hitter Mitchell Newman drove in Max Labbe. That brought the Eagles within 2-1 at the time...

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...

'Hounds take 3 of 4 from Cavaliers (04/05/11)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball took three out of four games in a weekend series with 20th-ranked Johnson County over the weekend, showing the kind of potential against one of the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division's teams that they had lacked in their last two series...

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...

Seven starters return for UHS (03/26/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Seven starters return for a Uniontown baseball team that finished 8-10 last season and begins its 2011 season Tuesday with a doubleheader at Yates Center. Among the starters back for head coach Chris Woods are senior catcher Ty Clayton and junior third baseman Jordan Woods, who both earned First Team honors on the All-Three Rivers League team last season...

New wall latest improvement at Lions Field (03/19/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Lions Field, the home of Fort Scott Community College baseball, now has a new stone wall on the right-field side of the park. When John Hill III and his coaching staff took over the FSCC program in the fall of 2008, the first thing they did was build a new right field wall because the old one was crumbling. ...

'Hounds take 3 of 4 from Allen (03/14/11)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team took three of four games in a weekend series with Allen County at Lions Field over the weekend, keeping pace with the leaders in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division. Fort Scott swept Saturday's doubleheader 9-4 and 14-4. The Greyhounds dropped game one of Sunday's twinbill 11-9 but won the nightcap 16-6 battling both the Red Devils and the deteriorating weather...

KSEK announces FSCC spring broadcast dates (03/12/11)
FORT SCOTT -- KSEK-FM (99.1), rightsholder for Fort Scott Community College radio broadcasts, has announced a four-event broadcast schedule for Greyhound spring sports. Two baseball doubleheaders will be broadcast: April 9 vs. Cowley College and April 30 vs. Labette. Both doubleheaders begin at 1 p.m. with pre-game shows starting at 12:45...

Follow through (03/08/11)

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...

Longview beats FSCC, 5-3 (03/04/11)
Longview (Mo.) took advantage of several Fort Scott Community College miscues and turned two double plays in the late innings to take a 5-3 win over the Greyhounds at Lions Field here Thursday afternoon. The teams were tied 2-2 after one inning but the Lakers scored single runs in the second, fifth and sixth innings while taking advantage of Greyhound errors...

Crowder scores 5 in 7th to beat 'Hounds (03/03/11)
A five-run seventh inning gave visiting Crowder College (Mo.) momentum to go on to a 10-5 victory over Fort Scott Community College's baseball team at Lions Field Wednesday afternoon. In that seventh inning, Crowder (12-4) scored all its runs with nobody out, the last 3 coming on on a David Guarno home run over the left-field fence...

FSCC baseball takes four from North Central Mo. (02/22/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team finally got its season underway here over the weekend by moving a four-game series with North Central Missouri to Jaycee Ball Park here. The Greyhounds swept the Pirates in a pair of doubleheaders. Saturday's scores were 3-2 in the opener and 14-2 in the second game. Sunday's scores were 5-1 and 2-1...

FSCC baseball tries to beat weather by moving games to Pittsburg (02/19/11)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team will has moved scheduled Saturday and Sunday home doubleheaders with North Central Missouri to Jaycee Ball Park in Pittsburg. FSCC has seen five doubleheaders postponed this season and has yet to take the field. They were to host the Bethany JV February 5 and 6 and Southeast Nebraska February 12 and 13. A scheduled doubleheader at Crowder College in Neosho, Mo., Wednesday was also called off...

FSHS grad traded back to T-Bones (11/04/10)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The Kansas City T-Bones and Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association have agreed to a trade that will send the playing rights for pitcher Drew Graham back to Kansas City. Graham, 24, was originally traded to Winnipeg on August 8 for future considerations. ...

Three inducted, five honored by FSCC this Saturday (10/07/10)
Fort Scott Community College will induct three individuals into FSCC's Hall of Fame during ceremonies Saturday. The inductees for FSCC's Class of 2010 are Adam LaRoche, Kansas State Sen. Bob Marshall, and Rhonda Reeves. These three individuals made outstanding contributions in the sports of baseball, football, and women's basketball respectively at FSCC. Equally as important, all three individuals have made outstanding contributions to their respective communities...

Dixon, writer of Negro League books, to make visit Saturday (10/06/10)
Phil S. Dixon will be appearing at Books & Grannies, 11 N. Main, from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday to talk about the Kansas City Monarchs and his new book on the team "Wilber 'Bullet' Rogan and the Kansas City Monarchs". The book both a biography of Rogan and a history of the Monarchs teams he played for between 1920 and 1938...

Second at Dodge City (08/20/10)

Second at Ottawa (08/18/10)

Tourney winners (08/10/10)

FSRC home run derby results (08/05/10)
The results of the 2010 home run derby, held at Fisher South Field, are as follows:...

Fort Scott 9-year-olds depart Wednesday (07/26/10)
Fort Scott's 9-year-old Cal Ripken Baseball state champion team will depart for the regional tournament Wednesday morning between 6:45 and 7 a.m. at Buck Run Community Center. The regional takes place at Kelso Ball Park in Kelso, Mo. Fort Scott plays the first game in the tournament at noon against a wild-card team from Missouri. ...

State champs (07/22/10)

Fort Scott 13-15 Babe Ruth (07/14/10)

Third in Pittsburg (07/13/10)

Trophy teams (07/02/10)

Six receive All-SEK honors on diamonds (06/22/10)
Six players from Fort Scott High School received honors on the All-Southeast Kansas League baseball and softball teams. Four of the Tigers honored were chosen for excellence on the baseball diamond. Mikey Karleskint and Josh Durossette were named First Team players in baseball while Alex Pemberton and Jeremy Hull were placed on the Second Team. Positions were not noted for the players...

Griffons defeat Omaha in Parents' Weekend opener, 6-2 (06/18/10)
By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune The Nevada Griffons officially opened the 2010 Parents' Weekend Friday night with the second of four home games in four days against one of the new faces to the MINK League this season. The Omaha Diamond Spirit baseball team was founded in 1994 by general manager and head coach Arden Rakorsky, but just joined the MINK League this season after Rakorsky took advantage of the vacancy created by the folding of the Beatrice Bruins organization after last season...

TRL announces all-league baseball, softball (06/02/10)
The Three Rivers League has announced its All-TRL baseball and softball teams for 2010. Uniontown has six players on the softball team and six on the baseball team. The Eagle baseball team finished third with a 4-4 league record. Oswego and St. Paul were co-champions with a 7-1 league record...

Midwest Athletics dominating play (05/28/10)
The Midwest Athletics are going out with a bang during their final season together as a team. With high school just around the corner, their final youth season will soon be at an end. Although most of the team is from Nevada, there are three players from Fort Scott: Clayton Hixon, Jacob Durossette and Zach Denton...

Tigers will be challenged (05/27/10)
Whether the Fort Scott High School baseball plays just one game or wins a State title at the Class 4A State Baseball Tournament here this weekend, the Tigers will know that they faced as stern a test as any team that has ventured to Salina's Dean Evans Stadium...

Tigers rally in Regional final, advance to State (05/24/10)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the championship game of the Girard Class 4A Regional Tournament here Friday night to prevail 7-4 and earn the program's seventh trip to a state tournament. In the semifinals earlier in the day, the top-seeded Tigers (12-8) got by fourth-seeded Labette County 1-0...

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...

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...

Tigers bounce Nado (05/18/10)
Six strong innings from Cole Clayton before a bit of controversy got in the way of things and a pair of RBIs from Mikey Karleskint and Jaret Thorpe helped top-seeded Fort Scott High to an 8-2 victory over Coffeyville in a first-round Girard Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament game at Lions Field Tuesday...

FSCC sees two sign with Division I programs (05/14/10)
The Fort Scott Community College Baseball program has announced that sophomores Brandon Davis and Tyler Spear have signed scholarship offers with NCAA Division I universites. Davis, a catcher from Highlands Ranch, Colo., signed with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He will join fellow Greyhound baseball alumni Jason Houston and Kelson Boyer on the Trojan baseball team...

FSHS athletics affected by rain (05/13/10)
Early-morning rain has affected several Fort Scott High School athletic events scheduled for today (Thursday)...

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...

St. Paul sweeps Eagles (05/10/10)
BRONSON -- Errors were deadly for Uniontown's baseball team as it was swept in a Three Rivers League make-up doubleheader at Dawson Field here Friday, 17-12 and 9-7. The Eagles (2-4 TRL, 5-9 overall) committed 8 errors in each game. St. Paul scored 11 runs in the first 3 innings of the opener in taking what proved to be an insurmountable lead...

'Hounds draw No. 25 Garden City in 1st round (05/06/10)
ARKANSAS CITY -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team will begin post-season play against a nationally-ranked opponent in the first round of the Region VI East 2 Sub-Regional here Saturday afternoon. Instead of a best-of-3 first-round playoff series this season, there are four four-team Sub-Regionals held at the home field of the top two finishers in the Eastern and Western Divisions of the Jayhawk Conference. ...

Tournament champs (05/04/10)

Greyhound softball playoff postponed (05/01/10)
Due to rain and wet field conditions, he start of the Region VI Division II softball first-round playoff series between Coffeyville and Fort Scott Community College, scheduled for today (Saturday) at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex, has been postponed to 1 p.m. Sunday...

No Tiger baseball today (04/30/10)
Fort Scott High School's baseball game with Nevada, scheduled for today (Friday) at Lions Field, has been canceled, according to an e-mail from FSHS Athletic Director Larry Fink sent this morning. Ironically, this game was originally scheduled for Nevada but the location was swapped with the season opener, which was moved to Nevada on May 29 when it rained that day...

Playoff position comes down to final weekend (04/29/10)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team swept Allen County in the completion of a previously-suspended doubleheader at Iola Wednesday and finds itself in position to finish as high as fifth in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division. Wednesday's scores were 10-4 in the completion of the first game and 8-6 in the second. ...

FSCC baseball clinic Wednesday (04/29/10)
American Family Insurance of Fort Scott is sponsoring a Youth Clinic to be held Wednesday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Lions Field. Coaches and players from the Fort Scott Community College Baseball team will be instructors at the camp. Fundamentals of hitting, throwing, infield, outfield, and baserunning will all be covered during the camp...

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 baseball evens record (04/28/10)
BRONSON -- Uniontown's baseball team evened its record at 5-5 with a 12-2 run-rule victory over Marmaton Valley Tuesday in a non-league game. The game was part of an Appreciation Day the Eagles hosted to thanks those people and businesses who helped get the program started three years ago...

Tigers sweep Bulldogs in league twinbill (04/21/10)
Timely hitting, good defense, solid pitching. All these elements came together for the Fort Scott High School baseball team in a Southeast Kansas League sweep of Independence at Lions Field Tuesday night. The Tigers handed the Bulldogs their first league losses by scores of 4-1 and 6-3...

Eagle baseball sweeps Wildcats (04/21/10)
MORAN -- Uniontown's baseball team swept Marmaton Valley in a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Monday by scores of 7-6 and 15-2. Anthony Myers (3-1) was the winning pitcher for the Eagles in the opener, striking out 6 batters while allowing 9 hits and 6 walks. Jake Dawson earned a save with 2 strikeouts in the seventh...

'Hound baseball splits with Cards (04/19/10)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team remains the leader as the chase for the final playoff spot from the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division heads into its final two weeks after a split of Labette Saturday at Lions Field. The Greyhounds took game one 2-1 in eight innings but dropped the second game 19-16. Fort Scott is in eighth place in the East (11-17 conference, 19-23 overall) going into a doubleheader today at ninth-place Kansas City Kansas (9-15, 22-15)...

Stark named Jayhawk Conference Player of Week (04/16/10)
Fort Scott Community College's Gavin Stark is the recipient of this week's Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Player of the Week award. The Lees Summit, Mo., freshman went 11 for 22 (.500) at the plate last week scoring 10 runs and driving in nine runs. For the week, Stark hit three home runs, two doubles and a triple...

Mercy to sponsor Saturday FSCC baseball (04/13/10)
Mercy Rehabilitation Services will sponsor Saturday's Fort Scott Community College baseball doubleheader against Labette. The first pitch for the first game is scheduled for 1 p.m. This is the second year Mercy has been the sponsor of an FSCC baseball contest as it also sponsored a game last season...

'Hounds split with Pirates (04/12/10)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team kept itself in the Region VI playoff picture by splitting a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader here Saturday. The homestanding Pirates used a 3-run rally in the bottom of the seventh to win the opener 8-7. The Greyhounds scored 20 runs over the final 2 innings of the second game to take a 25-12 run-rule verdict...

Uniontown baseball splits at Neodesha (04/12/10)
NEODESHA -- Uniontown's baseball team split a doubleheader here Friday, winning the opener 12-8 while Neodesha won the nightcap 17-4 after 4 1/2 innings on the run rule. Junior pitcher Anthony Myers (2-1) pitched all 7 innings for the Eagles. He allowed 11 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts...

Pittsburg sweeps Fort Scott (04/11/10)
FORT SCOTT -- Visiting Pittsburg swept Fort Scott High in a Southeast Kansas League baseball doubleheader at Ty Cullor Field Thursday night. The Purple Dragons won game one 5-2 and took the second game 5-4 after holding off a late Tiger rally. Tiger pitchers struck out a total of 21 batters in the doubleheader but were not helped all that much by their defense, which committed 8 errors. Those errors led to 7 unearned runs...

Oswego pounces Uniontown pitching (04/11/10)
OSWEGO, Kan. -- Oswego scored 36 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Uniontown in Three Rivers League games here Thursday, sweeping 15-10 and 21-3.. The Eagles were playing without their leadoff batter and starting shortstop, Tyler Hall, due to the flu. But early in the first game, it seemed they had adjusted quite well as they found themselves with a 10-2 lead after 4 1/2 innings. Two of the 5 runs they scored in the top of the fifth came via a Du'Shaun Robinson home run...

'Hounds find extra pitching just when needed (04/05/10)
Leek, Samuelson, each on hill for 1st time this season, give FSCC split with division leader Cowley

Girard sweeps Tigers (04/01/10)
Errors by Fort Scott High's defense allowed visiting Girard to post big innings as the Trojans took an 11-5, 12-7 sweep of a non-league doubleheader at Ty Cullor Field Thursday night. The Tigers' (1-2) first home games were marred by 8 errors -- 6 of them in the second game -- which led to 11 unearned runs that Girard (2-1) scored...

Tigers open season with 4-2 victory (03/29/10)
NEVADA -- Mother Nature attempted to put a stop to Monday evening's interstate baseball battle, wetting down the field at Fort Scott's Lions Field. Nevada and Fort Scott High School coaches and athletic directors went right to work to avoid that cancellation, however, and ultimately moved the contest to Lyons Stadium in Nevada, allowing the Tigers to begin their season after all...

Tiger baseball today at Nevada (03/29/10)
Due to wet field conditions at Lions Park, Fort Scott High School's season-opening baseball game against Nevada has been moved to Nevada's Lyons Stadium. The times remain the same with the varsity contest between the teams scheduled to begin at 4:30 with a junior varsity game to follow...

Fort Scott baseball looks to senior leaders (03/27/10)
FORT SCOTT -- One thing Fort Scott High School head baseball coach B.J. Pruitt appreciates is having a senior class to provide leadership for this year's squad, which hopes to begin its season Monday against Nevada at Lions Field, weather permitting...

Fort Scott baseball looks to senior leaders (03/26/10)
By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT -- One thing Fort Scott High School head baseball coach B.J. Pruitt appreciates is having a senior class to provide leadership for this year's squad, which hopes to begin its season Monday against Nevada at Lions Field, weather permitting...

Johnson County sweeps 'Hounds in KJCCC play (03/16/10)
Johnson County swept Fort Scott Community College in a Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at Lions Field Tuesday. The Cavaliers took game one 13-2 and game two 4-3. Fort Scott fell to 0-4 in the East as the Greyhounds were also swept Saturday at Cowley, 5-10 overall...

Middle relief woes lead to Greyhound loss (03/10/10)
For the most part, Fort Scott Community College's baseball team showed how much its improved from the beginning of the season in its game against Crowder (Mo.) at Lions Field Wednesday afternoon. At Neosho, Mo., in their season opener, the Roughriders swept the Greyhounds by double-digit margins in a doubleheader. Wednesday, only some shaky middle relief pitching was the difference between the teams as Fort Scott dropped a 6-5 decision...

Greyhound baseball plays home openers (03/09/10)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team finally got a chance to play some home games as they hosted Southwestern Iowa for a three-day series at Lions Field. The Greyhounds had tried to play at home a few times before but had to cancel due to weather...

Cool runnings (01/14/10)

Royals caravan to visit Monday (01/14/10)
A number of current Kansas City Royals players, announcers and front office officials, as well as Royals legends, will take part in the annual Caravan event with trips to Midwestern towns throughout January. This Caravan trip will take place Sunday and Monday, making stops in six communities throughout parts of Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri. ...

League champs (08/19/09)

Home run derby results announced (08/04/09)
A season-ending home run derby was held by the Fort Scott Recreation Commission recently. The results are as follows...

Fort Scott 11's finish third at State (07/28/09)
LIBERAL -- Fort Scott's 11-year-old Cal Ripken Baseball team finished in third place at the State Tournament held here over the weekend. The 11-year-olds had to survive a three-way tie-breaker to advance out of pool play Fort Scott also won the Sportsmanship Award. Jacob Bradbury, Dalton Barnes and Kaleb DeLaTorre were all named to the All-Tournament Team...

Ottawa wins third consecutive State title (07/27/09)
The Ottawa All-Stars defeated the Wellington Braves, 13-4, Monday afternoon in the championship game of the Kansas Cal Ripken Baseball 12-Year-Old State Tournament at Don Hewett Field. The All-Stars, who came through the winner's bracket, are three-time champions having won State titles as 10-year-olds and 11-year-olds. They'll go to Grand Island, Neb., this weekend to play in the Regional Tournament...

11-year-olds take 3rd (07/27/09)
LIBERAL -- Fort Scott's 11-year-old Cal Ripken team took third place at the State Tournament here Monday. In the semifinals, Fort Scott lost the SPIAA team, 9-8, as SPIAA used a four-run rally in the bottom of the fifth inning to move into the finals...

Sunday's games Wellington wins two to advance to finals (07/27/09)
Sunday's games from the Kansas Cal Ripken 12-Year-Old State Tournament

Fort Scott gives Ottawa toughest game (07/27/09)
Saturday's games from the Kansas Cal Ripken 12-Year-Old State Tournament.

Teams arrive; Ottawa wins Skills Contest (07/23/09)
The participating teams in the Kansas Cal Ripken Baseball 12-Year-Old State Tournament arrived in Fort Scott Thursday afternoon and started things off with a Skills Contest. There were three events in the contest, with points awarded for placing. The totals in each contest were added up and the team with the highest total was the Skills Contest winner...

9-year-olds finish third; win sportsmanship award (07/22/09)
LAKIN -- Fort Scott's 9-year-old Cal Ripken Baseball team finished third at the State Tournament here Monday, taking the third-place game over Columbus by a score of 10-2. Earlier in the day, Fort Scott lost to Cimarron River, 5-3, in the semifinals. Paola beat Columbus, 12-0, in the other semifinal and went on to beat Cimarron River in the championship game, 13-3...

10 year-old titans (07/22/09)

Schedule for 12-year-old tourney announced (07/22/09)
Teams will begin arriving this afternoon to take part in the Cal Ripken Baseball 12-year-old State Tournament, which will be held at Don Hewett Field at 6th and Main streets this weekend. A picnic for teams and host families will be hald at 6 p.m. at Buck Run Community Center, which is adjacent to Fisher Park, where Don Hewett Field is located, at 735 Scott Ave...

9-year-olds still alive at Lakin (07/20/09)
Fort Scott's 10-year-olds finish third at Wellington

Fort Scott 12's win district (07/16/09)
Team set to host State tournament next weekend

Pair of Fort Scott teams advance to Ripken State (07/14/09)
Fort Scott's 9-year-old and 10-year-old Cal Ripken Baseball teams have both advanced to State tournaments this weekend after winning district tournaments at Don Hewitt Field last week. Both teams came from the loser's bracket in order to advance. The 9-year-olds will go to Lakin and play their first game Thursday at noon against Paola. The 10-year-olds are on their way to Wellington. They play their first game at 4 p.m. Friday. Both tournaments will conclude Monday...

Baseball tourney winners (06/09/09)

Six Tigers named to All-SEK softball team (06/03/09)
Six members of Fort Scott High School's softball team were named to the All-Southeast Kansas League team, which was released earlier this week after Iola concluded its run in the Class 4A State Tournament. In baseball, only one member of Fort Scott's team received honors as junior Mikey Karleskint was named to the First Team...

Youth tournaments at Girard (06/03/09)
The Girard American Legion baseball team will be sponsoring a youth baseball tournament July 17-19 at Red Wutke Park in Girard. There will be separate divisions for second grade and under, third grade, fourth grade, fifth grade and sixth grade. The second-grade-and-under division will use a pitching machine...

9-and-under tourney champs (06/02/09)

Griffon players in need of summer host familes (05/29/09)
NEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Griffons are looking for summer homes for seven of their team members that are either here or will be arriving shortly. Joyce Wilson, the Griffons housing coordinator, said that she has temporary housing for the seven players, but she needs to find them permanent homes as soon as possible...

Mansfield thinks Griffons have right mix (05/29/09)
NEVADA, Mo -- Not all of the 2009 Griffons players have arrived and they have only had two practices, but head coach Ryan Mans-field, who is in his second year with the Griffons, thinks they have the right mix of players for a successful season. Mansfield was assistant coach for the Griffons last season and is in his first year as the Griffons head coach. ...

Buffalos eliminate Tigers (05/19/09)
Missed opportunities hurt Fort Scott High School's baseball team in a 9-4 loss to top-seeded Prairie View in the first round of the Fort Scott Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament at Lions Field Monday night. The Tigers (3-16) left 11 runners stranded on base, including three in the first inning and two in each of the last five innings...

Tigers No. 2 seed in softball; baseball hosts Regional (05/13/09)
Fort Scott High School will host a Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament Monday and Tuesday at both Lions Field and Ty Cullor Field. Meanwhile, on the same days, the Fort Scott High softball team will go to Garnett to take part in the Anderson County Class 4A Regional Tournament...

Eagles beat Chetopa, fall to Oswego (05/13/09)
CHETOPA -- Uniontown's baseball team concluded its regular-season schedule Monday with a 10-7 win over Chetopa and a 19-3 loss to Oswego here. The Eagles (3-9) will host a first-round Yates Center Class 2-1A Regional Tournament game Monday at 6 p.m. at Dawson Field in Bronson. Uniontown is the No. 4 seed in the five-team tourney and will face No. 5 Altoona-Midway (1-9)...

Garden City eliminates Greyhounds from Region VI (05/12/09)
WICHITA -- The Fort Scott Community College baseball team was eliminated from the post-season here Monday. But it took each of the Jayhawk Conference's division winner to knock the Greyhounds out of the Region VI Tournament. Eastern Division champion Cowley knocked Fort Scott down into the losers' bracket with a 7-1 victory in the first round on Saturday. Sunday, the 'Hounds bumped off Western Division runner-up Hutchinson, 3-2...

Tiger baseball splits with Iola (05/12/09)

Greyhound baseball advances to Wichita (05/07/09)
EL DORADO -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team advanced to the elimination round of the Region VI Tournament as a result of sweeping Butler, 10-4 and 13-0, in a best-of-three series here Monday. Fort Scott was the No. 5 seed out of the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division. It's the second time in three seasons that the Greyhounds (27-25) won a first-round series on the road. Two years ago, they rallied after losing the first game of the series to win the next two at Colby...

Greyhound baseball to play first round at Butler (04/29/09)
Fort Scott Community College's football team faces Butler once -- sometimes twice -- a season. The FSCC men's basketball team has played Butler occasionally throughout the past few seasons. But this may be the first time in decades that the two schools' baseball programs will face each other -- if they ever have, that is...

Central Heights teams roll by Uniontown (04/28/09)
PRINCETON -- Uniontown's baseball and softball teams had long days here Friday as each one was shut out by Central Heights in non-league single games. The baseball Eagles (2-4) lost to Central Heights, 16-1, in a game that lasted just three innings...

Devils sweep hinders 'Hounds in home-field quest (04/23/09)
IOLA -- Allen County dealt a blow to Fort Scott Community College's hopes of hosting a first-round series in the upcoming Region VI Baseball Tournament by sweeping the Greyhounds 6-3 and 12-3 here Wednesday. The sweep keeps the Greyhounds in fifth place in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division at 18-16 (25-23 overall). ...

'Hounds score 23 runs in sweep of Highland (04/23/09)
HIGHLAND -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team scored 23 runs in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division sweep of Highland here Tuesday. Scores were 11-1 and 12-1. Both Fort Scott pitchers hurled complete games. Sean Felt allowed five hits and no walks in the opener while striking out eight Scotties. Ryan Prickett allowed only two hits and didn't walk anyone while punching out six in the second game...

Wildcats take two from Uniontown (04/21/09)
BRONSON -- Uniontown's baseball team had no answer for Marmaton Valley's pitching here Monday night and suffered a 16-2, 11-0 sweep in a Three Rivers League doubleheader. The Eagles (1-2 TRL, 2-3 overall) had just two base hits in each game. DuShaun Robinson and Tyler Felt had the hits in the opener while Jordan Woods and Max Labbe had them in the nightcap. Labbe's was a double...

Eagles, Jayhawks split doubleheader (04/21/09)
MOUND CITY -- Uniontown won a wild first game of a non-league doubleheader here Friday, 15-13, but host Jayhawk-Linn salvaged the split by taking the second game, 12-2, via run-rule. The Eagles scored seven runs in the top of the first inning. But the Jayhawk evened the score with seven of their own in the bottom of the second...

'Hounds sweep Labette (04/17/09)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team swept a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader from Labette at Lions Field Thursday, winning game one 7-0 and taking the nightcap, 16-5. The Greyhounds also split a division doubleheader with Neosho County at Lions Field Wednesday afternoon...

Tigers fall to Pittsburg (04/17/09)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's baseball team lost to Pittsburg, 10-0, here Wed-nesday night as the teams made up the second game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader that had been rained out April 9. Cole Clayton had Fort Scott's only hit off Pittsburg's Jordan Elliott...

Dragons beat Tigers, 1-0; storm halts second game (04/09/09)
PITTSBURG -- Zach White's first-inning solo home run resulted in the only score of the first game of a scheduled Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Jaycee Ball Park here Thursday, won by host Pittsburg over Fort Scott High by a 1-0 score. The second game was postponed when lightning arrived in the area. No make-up date had been announced as of press time...

'Hounds split with Allen County (04/06/09)
Fort Scott Community College split a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Allen County Saturday at Lions Field, which gave the Greyhounds three wins in two days and allowed them to leapfrog from fifth place to third in the division standings...

Girard sweeps Tigers Friday (04/06/09)
GIRARD -- Girard's baseball team swept Fort Scott High in a non-league doubleheader here Friday night by scores of 10-0 and 8-0. According to statistics sent to the Tribune by the Pittsburg Morning Sun, Girard's pitchers hurled no-hitters in both games. Tanner Poppe went the distance in the opener, striking out 11...

'Hounds rained out in Kansas City (04/02/09)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team was unable to play its scheduled Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader against Kansas City Kansas here Thursday due to rain. A make-up date has not yet been announced. The Greyhounds are scheduled to host Coffeyville at 1 p.m. Friday and Allen County at 1 p.m. Saturday. Both outings are Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division twinbills...

Several area events called off (03/31/09)
Due to wet grounds, the following area sporting events were postponed Tuesday. Fort Scott High School's season-opening softball tournament Tuesday at Ellis Park was called off due to muddy grounds. No make-up date has been set. The junior varsity schedule begins on Friday with a doubleheader at Pittsburg. The next scheduled varsity outing is Thursday, April 9 at Pittsburg unless the tournament can be rescheduled before then...

Mercy sponsors FSCC baseball doubleheader (03/31/09)
The Fort Scott Community College baseball team has found a teammate in Mercy Rehab and Mercy Health for Life. Saturday, both Mercy services will be the co-sponsors of the Greyhounds doubleheader against Allen County Community College, which begins at 1 p.m. at Lions Field...

LaRoche brothers may not be together long (03/24/09)
BRADENTON, Fla. -- As a youngster Adam LaRoche would shoot BBs at his little brother, Andy, in mock war games, when they were growing up in Fort Scott. "A lot of times I was that little brother tagging along and it made him mad," Andy LaRoche said...

'Hounds sweep home doubleheader (03/23/09)
With the wind blowing in from the south Saturday afternoon, Lions Park took on its pitcher-friendly identity as Fort Scott Community College hosted a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader against Independence. Fort Scott's pitchers held the Pirates to two runs in the doubleheader as the Greyhounds took a 3-2, 6-0 sweep...

'Hounds split with No. 15 Longview (03/16/09)
LEES SUMMIT, Mo. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team split a doubleheader with Long-view here Sunday afternoon. Long-view won game one 3-2 while Fort Scott took game two by the same score in eight innings. Longview began the season as the No. 15-ranked team in NJCAA Division II. Unlike NCAA Division I and Division II, there is not a dramatic difference in the talent level between the better NJCAA-II teams and most NJCAA Division I teams...

'Hounds sweep, even conference record (03/09/09)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team finally got to play its first home games Saturday afternoon. After sprinkler malfunctions and snowstorms caused their original home-opening game to be moved and the rest of that series to be cancelled, the Greyhounds got their first home wins of the season...

No. 1 DMACC sweeps 'Hounds (03/03/09)
IOLA -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team was able to get in just one day of its originally-scheduled three-day weekend series with Des Moines Area (Iowa). In order to do that, the Greyhounds had to move Friday's games to Iola. Saturday's and Sunday's games could not be played due to snow...

Saturday forecast brings about schedule changes (02/27/09)
Fort Scott Community College has made a few changes as it tries to ensure that its baseball and softball teams are able to play their first scheduled home games of the season this weekend. With the forecast calling for snow on Saturday, the FSCC baseball team has decided to reschedule Saturday's single game against Des Moines Area as the second game of a doubleheader this afternoon. That doubleheader will begin at 1 p.m. Lions Field...

'Hound baseball takes two at Evangel (02/26/09)
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team swept a non-conference doubleheader from the Evangel University junior varsity here Tuesday. The Greyhounds won the opener 9-3 and the second game 19-2. Both teams scored three runs in the first inning. The Greyhounds (4-4) put up two in the second, fifth and seventh innings...

Five-run ninth costly for Greyhound baseball (02/23/09)
WILBURTON, Okla. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team surrendered five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning here Saturday and lost to Eastern Oklahoma State, 8-7, in a single non-conference game. Fort Scott (2-4) had just added a run in the top of the inning to make it 7-3. Two pitchers gave up five hits and two walks in the bottom of the frame...

FSCC baseball off to 2-3 start (02/18/09)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball season is off to a 2-3 start after five games. The Greyhounds split at Carl Albert, Okla., Sunday, then were swept at Hesston Tuesday before winning at Crowder (Mo.) Wednesday. All five games were on the road...

Fort Scott 11-year-olds finish third at State tourney (07/23/08)
PEABODY -- Fort Scott's team finished in third place at the Cal Ripken Baseball Kansas 11-year-old State Tournament here Monday night after beating Parsons, 9-1, in the third-place game. Fort Scott was 2-1 in pool play over the weekend before losing to Ottawa, the defending champion, in the semifinals. Ottawa went on to repeat as champs with a 7-6 win over Wellington...

Emporia's Epic (07/21/08)
State title decided in final at-bat

Dirtbags oust Fort Scott but fall to Rattlers (07/21/08)
Fort Scott's entry in the Cal Ripken Baseball Kansas State 10-year-old Tournament was eliminated by the Haysville Dirtbags in elimination bracket play Sunday afternoon at Don Hewett Field. The Dirtbags won that game 6-1 but fell to Cimarron River in the very next game, 3-2, despite a sixth-inning rally. Fort Scott finished fourth in the tournament while Haysville placed third...

Fort Scott splits Saturday games (07/21/08)
Fort Scott's team lost its first game Saturday but later beat Coffeyville to remain alive in the Cal Ripken Baseball Kansas State 10-year-old Tournament at Don Hewett Field. Cimarron River, which would go on to finish second in the tournament, defeated Fort Scott in a winners' bracket semifinal game in the afternoon, 12-2...

Haysville hitter wins home run derby (07/17/08)
Tourney action begins at noon; Fort Scott plays Friday night at 7 p.m.

Fort Scott 11-year-olds also going to State (07/15/08)
OSAWATOMIE -- Fort Scott's 11-year-old Cal Ripken Baseball team won the four-team District Six Tournament here over the weekend and earned a berth into the Kansas 11-year-old State Tournament, which will be held in Peabody beginning Friday. The State Tournament will have eight teams split into four pools. Fort Scott is in a pool with host team Cottonwood Valley, Rose Hill and Wellington. The first game will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday against the hosts...

Ottawa up first for 10-year-old squad (07/15/08)
Cal Ripken State Tournament

Home run derby to kick things off (07/14/08)
Cal Ripken State Tournament

All-SEK Teams: Four honored for baseball prowess (06/06/08)
Four Fort Scott High School baseball players, all seniors, recently earned honors from Southeast Kansas League coaches. Outfielder Alex Bowman and shortstop/pitcher John Leek were selected to the All-Southeast Kansas League First Team while catcher Andre Davis and utility player Blake Nelson were chosen to the Second Team...

Moving on (05/28/08)
Fort Scott Community College photo Four Fort Scott Community College sophomore baseball players recently signed letters of intent with four-year schools for next season. Third baseman Trevor Geist (front, left) signed with Northwestern State (La.), a Division I school and member of the Southland Conference. ...

Six Greyhounds receive Jayhawk Conference honors (05/16/08)
Six members of Fort Scott Community College's baseball team received honors recently from the Jayhawk Conference. They were awarded with places in the All-Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division team. First Team honors went to third baseman Trevor Geist, outfielder Zach Caldwell and second baseman Jason Houston. All three were also named to the All-Region VI team, which featured the best players in both divisions of the conference...

Northeast rally ends Uniontown's season (05/13/08)
BRONSON -- Visiting Northeast-Arma rallied in the top of the sixth inning and defeated Uniontown, 9-7, in a Pittsburg Colgan Class 2-1A Regional Baseball Tournament game at Dawson Field here Monday night. Uniontown (5-6) led 7-2 after five innings, scoring twice in the first, three times in the third and twice again in the fourth...

Seward County eliminates Greyhounds from tournament (05/12/08)
WICHITA -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball season came to an end Monday morning with a 4-3 loss to 10th-ranked Seward County in the losers' bracket of the Region VI Tournament here. The Greyhounds (38-21) lost to Hutchinson Saturday, 9-5, to drop into consolation then bounced back to beat Allen County, 6-5, on Sunday...

Baseball, softball seedings announced (05/07/08)
Seedings were announced Wednesday for Regional baseball and softball tournaments which are slated to begin Monday throughout the area. Fort Scott High School baseball is the No. 3 seed in the Chanute Class 4A Regional. All the games in the tournament will be played in Chanute with the first day's play split between CHS' Katy Park and Neosho County Community College's Hudson Field...

Uniontown splits with Chetopa (05/06/08)
Uniontown's baseball team has won two of the three most recent games it has played, including a split of a home doubleheader with Chetopa at Bronson Monday. The Eagles defeated Altoona-Midway in a Three Rivers League game Thursday at Buffalo, 9-7. In that game, Luke Spainhoward went four for four at the plate and stole three bases. Freshman Ty Clayton was three for four, stole three bases, and pitched a complete game for his first win. He walked eight batters and struck out seven...

Fort Scott's 'Conq'uest (05/05/08)
'Hounds fight back, beat Dodge in first-round series

'Hounds beat Dodge in Game 3, advance to Wichita (05/04/08)
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'Hounds, Conqs split; game three Sunday (05/03/08)
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Region VI Baseball First-Round Playoff Series (05/01/08)
Printed in the form of a Hype Box in Friday's edition

Erie takes varsity game while Eagles win junior varsity contest (05/01/08)
BRONSON -- Uniontown's baseball team split a varsity/junior varsity doubleheader with Erie at Dawson Field here Tuesday. The visiting Red Devils took the varsity contest, 11-9, but the Eagles won in just five innings in the nightcap, 12-3. Due to rainouts and other schedule juggling, these were the first home games for the revived baseball program...

They Know Drama: Tigers take pair of one-run games in final innings (04/30/08)
Fort Scott High School's Southeast Kansas League doubleheader against Labette County at Ty Cullor Field Tuesday night was chock full of drama with the opener going nine innings and the Grizzlies' attempting to rally from a five-run deficit in the seventh inning of the nightcap...

Streak ends at 16; Moddelmog gets 200th win (04/29/08)
Allen County put an end to Fort Scott Community College's winning streak in the second game of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at Lions Field Saturday afternoon. But some saw this as a good sign...

'Hounds complete suspended game, win 15th straight (04/24/08)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team has had to scramble a little bit to get some games in with all the rain that fell overnight. Wednesday, the Greyhounds were scheduled to play Hutchinson, the second-place team in the Jayhawk Conference-Western Division, in a non-conference doubleheader. But, according to FSCC head coach Chris Moddelmog, it started to rain almost as soon as the 'Hounds got there. The games were, of course, cancelled...

Fun for kids at ball park Saturday (04/24/08)
The Greyhounds have designated Saturday as "'Hounds Family Day at the Ballpark." Kids will be able to run the bases between games. There will also be drawings for prizes and Greyhound players will sign autographs. Any boy or girl who arrives at the ball field before and reports to the first-base dugout 12:45 has a chance to join the players on the field for pre-game introductions...

Tiger baseball at Coffeyville moved to Monday (04/24/08)
Fort Scott High School's baseball doubleheader at Coffeyville scheduled for Thursday was postponed due to bad field conditions. It has been rescheduled for Monday. This means that the Tigers will be playing doubleheaders on consecutive days as the make-up of last Friday's home doubleheader with Labette County will be played at 4:30 Tuesday at Ty Cullor Field...

Tiger baseball splits at Parsons (04/24/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's baseball team run-ruled Parsons in the first game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Tuesday. But the Vikings bounced back to salvage a split with a 3-1 win in the nightcap. The Tigers (2-5 in the SEK, 3-6 overall) led 7-0 after two innings and needed only six innings to dispatch the Vikes (4-2, 6-3) in the opener...

Greyhounds extend winning streak to 14 (04/23/08)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team extended its winning streak to 14 games when it defeated Kansas City Kansas, 7-6, in a make-up game here Monday afternoon. The game went back and forth. The Blue Devils led 3-0 after two innings and 5-3 after four...

'Hounds move into second place as streak continues (04/21/08)
Fort Scott Community College's winning streak was at 13 games after a pair of sweeps --which included three consecutive shutouts -- over the weekend. It's the longest winning streak -- the only one in double digits -- for FSCC baseball in a decade. With the sweeps, Fort Scott moved ahead of Johnson County into second place with a division record of 21-9 and an overall mark of 31-16. ...

Greyhounds slip into third place in East (04/17/08)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team took over third place in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division with a 12-5 win over Kansas City Kansas here Thursday. The second game of the doubleheader was rained out. Fort Scott is a half-game ahead of KCK at the moment. The Greyhounds are 17-9 in conference play and 27-16 overall while the Blue Devils fell to 16-9, 24-10...

Pittsburg stays perfect on season with sweep of Tigers (04/16/08)
There are two things you can't deny Pittsburg's baseball team does well: Hit the ball and score runs. The Purple Dragons remained undefeated on the season with a 17-2, 11-3 sweep of Fort Scott High at Lions Field Wednesday night. The first game ended after three innings as Pittsburg (6-0 in the SEK, 7-0 overall) scored nine runs in the first inning...

'Hound baseball extends win streak to eight games (04/16/08)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team extended its winning streak to eight after seeping Coffeyville 3-2 and 6-1 at Lions Field Tuesday. It's the longest streak for the Greyhounds (16-9 in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division, 26-16 overall) since winning seven straight during the early portion of the 2006 season. Coffeyville fell to 9-15, 9-19...

Eagle baseball splits with Wildcats (04/16/08)
MORAN -- Uniontown's baseball team continued its pattern of splitting doubleheaders here Monday afternoon. Marmaton Valley won the first game 10-0 but the Eagles took game two 4-1. Eagle pitching surrendered eight hits and five walks in the opener but head coach Chris Wood said errors were to blame foe the loss. He said Uniontown (3-3) committed seven errors...

It's like starting over again (04/15/08)
Tigers see action for first time in 2 1/2 weeks, split with Indy

Greyhounds post sweep of Cardinals (04/14/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team posted a sweep of Labette in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play here Saturday. Fort Scott won the first game in eight innings, 6-3, then took the second game, 5-2. The Greyhounds (13-9 in the East and 24-16 overall) are now a half-game ahead of Allen County (13-11, 20-16) for fourth place in the division. ...

'Hounds get one in and win (04/09/08)
Fort Scott Community College and Independence beat Wednesday's thunderstorm long enough to get in one game of a scheduled Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at Lions Field Wednesday afternoon. "It was nice to win one of those at the end," Fort Scott head coach Chris Moddelmog said. "We haven't done that in a while."...

Going Greyhound (04/09/08)

Greyhounds sweep Rockhurst JV (04/09/08)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team swept a doubleheader from the Rockhurst College junior varsity here Monday, winning game one 10-3 and taking the second game, 5-3. Lions Field was too wet, especially in the outfield, to play Tuesday's scheduled Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Independence. The teams will try to play this afternoon at 2 p.m. Thursday, the Greyhounds (21-16) go to Highland for another conference doubleheader...

Greyhounds split pair of weekend doubleheaders (04/07/08)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball teams split a pair of Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheaders on the road last weekend but managed to stay in fourth place in the division. The top eight teams in the Eastern and Western divisions qualify for the Region VI Tournament. The top four teams in each division get to host a best-of-three first-round series...

Eagle baseball splits at Oswego (04/07/08)
OSWEGO -- Uniontown's baseball team split a make-up doubleheader with Oswego here Friday evening. The homestanding Indians won the first game, 16-1, but the Eagles took the second game, 3-1. Uniontown (2-2) scored its only run when Shawn Pritchett drove in Luke Spainhoward in the first inning. Ethan Hammond had the Eagles' only other hit...

Location for Saturday Tiger softball games changed (04/04/08)
Includes notes concerning other rescheduled activities. Posted at 2:20 p.m. Friday afternoon.

Greyhounds split at Johnson County (04/02/08)
OVERLAND PARK -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team moved into a third-place tie in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division after splitting a conference doubleheader against Johnson County here Tuesday. The Greyhounds are now 9-7 in the East and 17-14 overall. They're tied for third with Kansas City Kansas (15-8 overall). Both teams are ahead of Independence and Allen County, both 10-8 in the division, on percentage points (.563 to .555)...

Greyhounds swept at Cowley, fall into fourth place (03/31/08)
ARKANSAS CITY -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team had chances to win both games of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader against Cowley here Saturday. Instead, the Greyhound bullpen was unable to hold late leads and division-leading Cowley was able to pull off a sweep with identical 7-6 scores in each game...

Girard sweeps Tigers (03/31/08)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's baseball teams dropped a pair of one-run decisions here Friday as Girard took a 4-3, 8-7 sweep of the Tigers in a non-league doubleheader at Red Wutke Park. Each team scored a run in the seventh inning of the opener. Andre Davis had just tied the game in the top of the inning with a solo home run -- the Tigers' first of the season -- before Girard (2-1) pushed the winning run acorss on Tanner Poppe's two-out single to right field...

Uniontown plays first baseball, softball games (03/31/08)
ERIE -- Thursday afternoon, Uniontown High School created a little bit of school history. For the first time since about the middle 1960's, UHS played a baseballl game and, for the first time ever, the school had an interscholastic softball game. The softball team fell in the first game of a triangular to Erie, 17-2. In their second game, the Eagles lost to Humboldt, a Class 2-1A State Tournament qualifier last season, 14-1. No statistics were available from the games...

Greyhound baseball sweeps Coffeyville (03/26/08)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team kept it's hold on third place in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division with a 6-4, 13-3 sweep of Coffeyville here Tuesday. The Greyhounds (7-3 in the East, 15-10 overall) are ahead of fourth-place Independence (9-5, 14-10) on percentage points. Cowley (11-3, 14-11) leads the East with Johnson County one game behind (10-4, 14-9)...

Tigers win season opener in bottom of seventh (03/24/08)
exander's throw home and scored the winning run for Fort Scott in the baseball season opener for both teams in a 4-3 decision over Nevada at Lions Field Monday evening. Leek got on base for the first time in the game when he reached safely after Nevada catcher Chris Harris dropped strike three and threw high and wide to first base to open the bottom of the seventh inning...

Greyhounds get key sweep before long road trek (03/24/08)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team returned to Lions Field after a week-long trip to Arizona and found home cooking to its liking in a 3-2, 11-8 sweep of Labette in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader Saturday afternoon. The Greyhounds (5-3 in the East, 13-10 overall) had to enjoy it while they could. ...

Fort Scott baseball looks to leadership of new coach (03/22/08)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- New Fort Scott High School baseball coach B.J. Pruitt seems to be having a lot of fun as he takes over the Tiger program from Jeff DeLaTorre this season. We say that because he uses that word to describe his experiences so far. In fact, it would also be evident that he doesn't feel any pressure in taking over the team as indicated by the fact that he never used that word in describing the job...

Cowley posts sweep but 'Hounds take pair on Sunday (03/10/08)
Sometimes, you just gotta relax. That seems to be how it is when Fort Scott Community College's baseball team plays well. The Greyhounds are loose, yet focused. They're having fun while taking the game seriously. Greyhound head coach Chris Moddelmog suggested that the 'Hounds were a bit tight in dropping a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader against Cowley Saturday at Lions Park and that even carried over into the first inning of the opener of a make-up twinbill against Carl Albert State (Okla.) on Sunday.. ...

'Hound bats continue to produce (03/04/08)
Now that Fort Scott Community College's bats have gotten going, they might be difficult to stop. After scoring only six total runs in their three previous games, Fort Scott's bats have produced 19 in their last two outings. That includes Tuesday's 9-1 bashing of visiting Crowder (Mo.), which avenged a last-at-bat 3-2 loss to the Roughriders on Feb. 28...

Not exactly a breeze: 'Hounds survive high winds but drop two of three (03/03/08)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team had to fight extremely strong winds and battle with two good teams over the weekend. We'd call the fight with the wind a draw. It got pretty bad at times, but the teams managed to get through things. However, the Greyhounds (3-3) lost two games on Saturday before salvaging the weekend with a win over Des Moines Area (Iowa) on Sunday...

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