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

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

Lyndon bounces Eagles (05/15/13)
YATES CENTER -- Lyndon used an 8-run second inning to take control of a Yates Center Class 2-1A Regional Baseball first-round game here and bring an end to Uniontown's season, 16-6, in five innings. The Eagles finished the season 3-12 but won 3 of their last 5 games...

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

Seward County eliminates 'Hounds (05/14/13)
WICHITA -- Fort Scott Community College's stay in the Region VI Tournament finals lasted just two games as the Greyhounds were knocked out of the double-elimination tournament by Jayhawk Conference-Western Division champion Seward County here Saturday, 8-5...

Eagle baseball picks up pair of wins (05/14/13)
CHETOPA -- Uniontown's baseball team swept Chetopa in a Three Rivers League make-up doubleheader her Friday to end the regular season with three victories in their final four games following an 0-10 start. The Eagles went into Monday's Yates Center Class 2-1A Regional Tournament game against Lyndon with a final league mark of 2-8 and an overall record of 3-11...

Neosho drops 'Hounds, 4-2 (05/11/13)
WICHITA -- In every game from this point forward, Fort Scott Community College's baseball team will be in a fight to keep its season alive. The Greyhounds held a 2-0 lead after four innings of play in a first-round Region VI Tournament game at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. But Neosho County, the sixth-place finisher in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division rallied with 3 runs in the sixth, added an insurance run in the seventh and dropped Fort Scott into the losers' bracket, 4-2...

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

Region VI Tournament begins today (05/10/13)
WICHITA -- The eight best junior college baseball teams in Kansas will begin a four-to-five-day long battle for a berth in the NJCAA World Series beginning this morning at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. The Region VI Tournament finals start at 10 a.m. with Fort Scott Community College (40-15) facing Neosho County (31-23) in a battle of Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division teams...

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

Eagles split with Wildcats (05/09/13)
YATES CENTER -- Uniontown's baseball team picked up its first victory of the season here Tuesday as it took game one of a non-league make-up doubleheader with Yates Center. The Eagles (1-11) took game one 11-6. Yates Center won the nightcap 14-4 in 5 innings with the aid of a 10-run fifth...

'Hounds sweep Pratt to advance (05/07/13)
Fort Scott makes it to Wichita for the first time since 2009

Fort Scott Communit y College playoff series pushed back to Monday (05/04/13)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team stated in a Saturday afternoon email that the Region VI Tournament Sub-Regional Playoff Series versus Pratt will not begin Sunday afternoon due to wet field conditions. The series was originally slated to begin Saturday...

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

FSCC to host Pratt in playoff series (05/03/13)
Fort Scott Community College finished second in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division this season and is a series win away from it's second 40-victory season in three years. Pratt Community College needed to sweep Butler Monday just to be certain it would even qualify for the post-season. Fortunately for the Beavers, they did just that and also passed Cloud County in the Jayhawk Conference-Western Division standings to finish seventh...

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

Humboldt thrashes Eagles (05/03/13)
BRONSON -- Visiting Humboldt run-ruled Uniontown in both games of a non-league doubleheader at Dawson Field here Wednesday. The Cubs won the opener 15-1 in five innings and took the second game 18-3 in four. The Eagles (0-8) had just 3 hits in the opener, picked up by Jary Harp, Devonte Robinson and James Pearson, who scored Uniontown's only run in the fifth inning. Garrett Murrow was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force Pearson home...

'Hounds win scorefest over No. 6 Crowder (05/02/13)
Fort Scott Community College snuck in a make-up home game with No. 6 Crowder, Mo., at Lions Field Wednesday afternoon and beat the nationally-ranked Roughriders in a nine-inning game for the second time in a month. The Greyhounds defeated then-No. 1 Crowder, 11-4, at Neosho, Mo., on April 17. At the time, the Riders had lost 4 of 5 going into that game since being named No. 1 in the NJCAA Division I poll earlier that week...

St. Paul sweeps (05/02/13)
BRONSON -- Garrett Murrow's 3 hits, which included two solo home runs, weren't enough here Tuesday as Uniontown's baseball team was swept by St. Paul in a Three Rivers League make-up doubleheader at Dawson Field. Murrow 2 for 2 in the opener and scored 3 runs. He hit his first run in the bottom of the fourth inning...

'Hounds clinch Sub-Regional host's role (04/30/13)
Changes to this story made to reflect corrections in format of Sub-Regional and team that Fort Scott will face this weekend.

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

'Hounds sweep Baker JV; regular season concludes this weekend (04/26/13)
Edited April 28 to make a correction regarding the Sub-Regional Tournament playoff format.

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

'Hounds move into second-place tie after split (04/23/13)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team moved into a second-place tie with Coffeyville in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division over the weekend -- but only after salvaging a split of its four-game series with Highland by winning the second game of Sunday's doubleheader in its final at-bat...

'Hounds rout No. 1 Crowder, 11-4 (04/18/13)
NEOSHO, Mo. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team knocked off No. 1-ranked Crowder here Wednesday, 11-4, in a single nine-inning game. The game was moved here to try and avoid the severe storms forecast for the area. Crowder was voted No. 1 in the National Junior College Athletic Association's Division I poll on April 10. ...

Slugging out a 1st-place finish (04/18/13)

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

'Hounds sweep Ottawa JV (04/17/13)
OTTAWA -- Fort Scott Community College swept the Ottawa University junior varsity in a doubleheader here Monday. These games were originally scheduled for Tuesday but moved up to avoid the possibility of a rainout. Fort Scott (29-12) took the first game 4-3 and the nightcap 10-4...

Greyhound baseball keeps pace with Ravens (04/16/13)
Fort Scott Community College head baseball coach John Hill III shared an interesting statistic with KSEK-FM's Matt Newbery after the Greyhounds defeated Labette in the second game of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon. "I was at a coaching convention," Hill remembered, "and one of the speakers said that about 70 percent of college baseball games are won by a team that scores more runs in one inning than the opponent scores in the entire game."...

In Command (04/13/13)

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

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

Tom earns conference, national player of week honors (04/11/13)
Ka'ai Tom, a freshman outfielder from Kaneohe, Hawaii, was named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Player of the Week and was one of three co-recipients of the National Junior College Athletic Association Player of the Week, a period which included a stretch in which he belted five home runs in four days. He drove in 15 runs during a week in which the Greyhounds won six consecutive games, the first two on April 3 against Cowley, ranked sixth in the nation...

FSCC baseball team announces 14 signings (04/11/13)
Fort Scott Community College recently released a list of 14 players who have committed to play baseball for the Greyhounds and head coach John Hill III next season. "We are very excited about next year's incoming class," Hill said. "Each player has shown the ability to play at a high level and has accepted the challenge of being a Fort Scott Greyhound. They understand the expectations in the classroom, in the community, and on the field."...

Baseball camp on May 1 (04/11/13)
Fort Scott Community College baseball recently announced that it will hold a youth baseball clinic sponsored by 5 Corners Mini-Mart of Fort Scott from 5 to 6:30 p.m. May 1 at Lions Field on the FSCC campus. The camp is being organized and run by Greyhound baseball coaches and players...

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

Oswego sweeps Uniontown in TRL play (04/10/13)
OSWEGO -- Uniontown's baseball team dropped a pair of Three Rivers League games here Monday night. The opener went just three innings before the run rule put a stop to Oswego's 18-2 win. The Eagles led the second game 3-1 after 3 1/2 innings but the Indians rallied for a 6-3 win...

Sweep of Indy brings 'Hounds within half game of 2nd place (04/09/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team scored 43 runs in a sweep of a four-game Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division series with Independence here over the weekend and moved to within 1/2 game of second-place Coffeyville. The top two teams in both of the Jayhawk Conference's divisions host first-round Sub-Regional tournaments. ...

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

'Hounds sweep No. 6 Cowley, move up 2 places (04/04/13)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team moved up two places in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division Wednesday when the Greyhounds stunned No. 6-ranked Cowley 13-4 and 6-3 in a make-up doubleheader at Lions Field. The Greyhounds began the day in sixth place in the division but now stand in third place. ...

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

Northeast sweeps Eagles (04/04/13)
ARMA -- Uniontown's baseball team dropped both ends of a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Monday, 14-4 and 11-1, to host Northeast. This was the Eagles' season opener after two earlier doubleheaders had been postponed. The young Eagle team, which started five freshmen, trailed 9-1 after three innings of the opener and 8-0 after four in the nightcap...

Coffeyville sweeps 'Hounds Saturday (04/02/13)
COFFEYVILLE -- Friday, Fort Scott Community College's baseball team gained some ground on second-place Coffeyville by sweeping a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader. Saturday, the Greyhounds took a step back as Coffeyville posted a 12-4, 4-1 sweep while taking advantage of 10 Fort Scott errors in the twinbill...

'Hounds sweep Coffeyville to open series (03/30/13)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team opened its weekend Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division series against Coffeyville by posting a sweep. The Greyhounds took game one 4-0 and the second game 8-1. The series concludes with another doubleheader here Today, weather permitting...

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

Logan no-hits Evangel JV (03/29/13)
Freshman left-hander Payton Logan didn't allow a hit as Fort Scott Community College's baseball team shut out the Evangel University junior varsity in the first game of a doubleheader at Lions Field Thursday. Logan (1-0) allowed 2 walks and struck out 8 in 5 innings, which is as far as the game went due to the run-rule. Only one Evangel runner reached second base...

League title top goal for Eagle baseball (03/29/13)
There's no question what Uniontown head coach Chris Woods expects from his Eagle baseball team this season. "Uniontown's No. 1 goal is to win the Three Rivers League," Woods said. "I feel we will be very competitive. We are young but determined. The guys work hard and are learning quick."...

Cowley takes pair of 1-run extra-inning games (03/23/13)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team once again played "dodge the weather" and moved its doubleheader versus Cowley to Jaycee Ball Park here Friday afternoon. Once there, the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division leading Tigers took a pair of extra-inning 1-run games. They took the opener 3-2 in 9 innings and the nightcap 4-3 in 11 (Junior-college doubleheaders are normally two 7-inning games)...

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

'Hounds salvage Monday split (03/19/13)
Usually, if you go out, the saying goes that you want to "Go out with a bang." Fort Scott Community College went out of the second game of Monday's doubleheaders with a series of soft "plunks" but it gave them a come-from-behind victory over Johnson County, salvaging a split for the day and a series win...

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

'Hounds came into season with high expectations (03/19/13)
A 30-win season with a winning record would be enough for most programs to point to as a positive. And while that was true of last year's Fort Scott Community College baseball team, the coaching staff is hoping to build on that and, more importantly, turn things around in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division...

FSCC softball snaps long losing streak (03/15/13)
Also: Volleyball letters of intent, Phi Theta Kappa inductees, and an all-star basketball game.

'Hounds split with KCK again (03/14/13)
TOPEKA -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team split another Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader against Kansas City Kansas Wednesday, this time in Topeka after the teams played Tuesday's games in St. Joseph, Mo. Fort Scott won the opener 2-1. Kansas City took the second game 2-0...

'Hounds split with KCK (03/13/13)
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- Ka'ai Tom's 4 runs batted in helped Fort Scott Community College's baseball team salvage a split with Kansas City Kansas here Tuesday. The games were moved to Missouri Western State University's stadium because the field in Kansas City was unplayable. It was not certain at press time if this would be the venue for today's doubleheader between the same teams...

Weather changes 'Hound schedule again (03/12/13)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team is once again finding it difficult to play games as scheduled. A weekend Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division series at Kansas City Kansas has yet to be played. Scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at KCK's new field, the original plan was to move the games to Missouri Western State University's stadium in St. Joseph because the facility in Kansas City was unplayable. But then it rained over the weekend and washed away that plan...

'Hounds open conference play (03/07/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team finally hit the field Tuesday following a three-day delay to the start of their four-game Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division series with Neosho County. Prior to Tuesday, the Greyhounds last played February 17, when they split a doubleheader against North Central Missouri at Pittsburg. Since then, they've had a four-game series with Muscatine (Iowa) cancelled and a home single game versus Crowder (Mo.) postponed twice...

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

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

'Hounds take 3 of 4 from NCMC (02/19/13)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team took three out of four games from North Central Missouri College at Jaycee Ball Park here over the weekend. The Greyhounds (7-1) swept Saturday's games 8-2 and 3-1. They won Sunday's opener 7-2 but lost the second game in eight innings, 4-3...

Greyhounds open baseball season (02/12/13)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team opened its season by taking advantage of the FieldTurf facility at Jaycee Ballpark here Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, the Greyhounds defeated Southeast Nebraska, 3-2, in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader. The second game was cancelled when rain arrived in the area...

Dedicated to Dave (01/29/13)

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

Pratt signings (08/08/12)

Cal Ripken 11's go to State (07/26/12)
Fort Scott's 11-year-old Cal Ripken baseball team went 1-2 in pool play at the State Tournament held in Parsons July 19-23. Osawatomie defeated Fort Scott in the first game, 5-2. The Most Valuable Player for Fort Scott was Braden Shelton while the WOW Award, given to an individual from each team who makes an outstanding play in each game, went to Daniel Eichenberger...

FSCC baseball 4th nationally in GPA (07/24/12)
The postseason honors continue for Fort Scott Community College baseball as the team finished fourth in the NJCAA in team grade-point average (GPA) and had two players, Cody McNeece and Caden Cleveland, earn Exemplary Academic Achievement honors with a GPA between 3.60 and 3.79...

Local 15's qualify for USSSA nationals (07/17/12)
LENEXA -- The Fort Scott Tigers 15-year-old baseball team won the USSSA State Tournament held here July 6-8 and qualified for the USSSA Elite World Series, which will be held in Orlando. Fla., July 29-Aug. 4 The Tigers went undefeated in the tournament and won by run rule in three of their five games. ...

Winning on the diamonds (06/27/12)

Six 'Hounds earn NJCAA academic honor (06/26/12)
The National Junior College Athletic Association has released its list of athletes on its NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards list. This was previously called the Academic All-American list. Six members of Fort Scott Community College's athletic teams were honored. Dallas Buck of the football team and Kathleen Tyler and Brandi Wiley of the softball team received Superior Academic Achievement awards for having grade-point averages between 3.80 and 3.99 on a 4-point scale...

Post 25 at 4-0 following sweep (06/08/12)
Fort Scott American Legion Post 25 improved to 4-0 on the season with a sweep of Garnett Post 48 in a doubleheader at Ty Cullor Field Thursday evening. Post 25 improved to 4-0. Fort Scott swept Chanute Post 170 in the season opener at Ty Cullor Tuesday night, 4-2 and 14-4...

Three earn spots on All-SEK baseball team (06/04/12)
Three members of Fort Scott High School's baseball team were named to the All-Southeast Kansas League baseball team earlier in the week. Per league policy, the team was not released until all of the league's schools concluded post-season play. Pittsburg lost to Mulvane in the first round of the Kansas Class 4A State Baseball Tournament last weekend...

Five 'Hounds named to All-KJCCC baseball team (05/25/12)
Five members of Fort Scott Community College's baseball team recently received All-Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division honors. Pitcher John Means was named to the First Team. Third baseman Ryan Sugai made the Second Team while outfielder Cody Ball and pitchers Brett Swain and Travis Higgs were named to the Honorable Mention list...

Champions at Champions (05/23/12)

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...

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