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Tigers give league leaders trouble before falling (12/19/18)Gavyn Elkamil’s 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds to go in the FSHS gymnasium gave his visiting Pittsburg team the lead. Trenton Austin’s tip of the inbound pass following a time out preserved a 64-61 win for the Purple Dragons over Fort Scott High’s boys in Southeast Kansas League play Tuesday night...
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Cherryvale posts sweep of Eagles (12/19/18)UNIONTOWN — Luke George scored 11 points here Tuesday night but Uniontown’s boys fell to visiting Cherryvale by a score of 63-34 in non-league basketball. Jake Harvey added 8 points for the Eagles, who will head into the holiday break with an 0-6 record...
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’Hound men finish Texas trip with 2 wins (12/19/18)Fort Scott Community College’s men finished its weekend trip to Texas with two wins. Following Thursday’s win at North Lake, which was summarized in Saturday’s edition, the Greyhounds took a 70-62 win at Brookhaven in overtime on Friday. Saturday, they were beaten in overtime by Eastfield, currently the No. 6-ranked team in NJCAA Division III...
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Tiger boys dominate LCHS, girls fall by 10 (12/14/18)ALTAMONT — Jordan Hall’s 16-point outing and C.J. Horton’s double-double helped lead Fort Scott High’s boys to a 22-point rout of Labette County in Southeast Kansas League action here Friday night. Prior to that, Labette County’s girls, ranked No. 4 in Class 4A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association, dealt the Tigers a 10-point loss...
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Greyhound men rally to win on first leg of Texas trip (12/14/18)IRVING, Texas — Fort Scott Community College’s men’s basketball team opened up a three-game Texas road trip by rallying for a 69-66 win over North Lake College here Thursday night. North Lake led 37-26 at the half. The Greyhounds outscored them in the second 20 minutes, 43-29...
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Uniontown teams fall to league-leading St. Paul (12/11/18)ST. PAUL — Uniontown’s girls faced off against St. Paul in an early battle of Three Rivers League leaders here Tuesday night. The five-time defending champion Indians proved mightier on this night, moving to 2-0 in league play with a 53-25 victory...
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Greyhound men back to .500 mark following Monday win (12/11/18)LEAVENWORTH — Fort Scott Community College’s men are back at the .500 level for the season following Monday night’s 76-43 win over the University of Saint Mary junior varsity here Monday night. Unlike the last meeting at Arnold Arena on Nov. 19, when the Spires brought only five players, USM bothered to bring out a full squad this time. However, that didn’t stop the Greyhounds from evening their season record at 7-7 following their fourth straight victory...
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’Hounds split with Washburn JV (12/8/18)TOPEKA — Fort Scott Community College’s basketball teams split with the Washburn University junior varsity here Wednesday night. Greyhound women fell to the Lady Ichabods, 73-54, while the men defeated Washburn, 66-61. Women: Washburn JV 73, Fort Scott 54...
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Eagle girls second at Humboldt tourney (12/8/18)HUMBOLDT — Uniontown’s girls took second place at the Humboldt Pre-Season Tournament here Friday night when they defeated Three Rivers League rival Crest in the final game of the round-robin affair, 35-24. The Eagles finished 2-1 in the tournament, losing to Erie, the tourney champ, Thursday night. They opened play Tuesday night with a win over host Humboldt and are now 3-1 on the season...
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Harrison sweeps Tigers as classic concludes (12/4/18)WILLARD, Mo. — Harrison, Ark., swept Fort Scott High’s basketball teams here Saturday night in the final round of the annual Willard Tri-State Classic. Harrison’s girls led all the way in a 51-29 win. The Goblins boys’ squad pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 65-52 victory...
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Fort Scott teams seeking first wins today (12/1/18)WILLARD, Mo. — Both of Fort Scott High’s basketball teams will be looking for their first wins of the season when they take on Harrison, Ark., in the final round of the Willard (Mo.) Tri-State Classic here today. Fort Scott’s girls fell to Bentonville (Ark.) West, 43-26, Thursday afternoon and to host Willard, 59-34, Friday despite the effort of sophomore Ella Beth, who has scored a total of 43 points in the two games...
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Sub-State, Regional assignments released (12/1/18)The Kansas State High School Activities Association released Sub-State assignments for basketball in classes 3A on down and wrestling for all four classes Thursday morning. With the changes in Class 4A that make Sub-State the same as classes 6A and 5A, Fort Scott High’s teams won’t know what their assignments are until seeding takes place at the end of the season...
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Uniontown splits with Marmaton Valley (12/1/18)UNIONTOWN — Uniontown’s basketball teams opened the season here Friday night with a split against rival Marmaton Valley in a Three Rivers League doubleheader. Uniontown girls won 45-34 as Karleigh Schoenberger led the way with 13 points. Danielle Young added 8 points to the total. Breleigh Harris handed out 6 assists and Danielle Howard was credited with 4 steals...
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WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: Tiger boys will challenge SEK with height (11/29/18)Was it somewhat surprising to see Fort Scott High’s boys picked to finish sixth in the Southeast Kansas League coaches poll? Consider that it’s not because that the coaches don’t think the Tigers, 8-13 last season, don’t have the experience or the talent to compete in the always-tough SEK...
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WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: Eagle boys will be very young (11/29/18)Describing Uniontown’s boys’ basketball team as “young” this season is probably an understatement. Of the 12 players out for basketball at Uniontown this season, five are sophmores and five are freshmen. There are no seniors. “We’ll just need to keep building and growing physically as well as mentally,” Eagle head coach Jeremy Neville says...
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WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: Experience to guide Vikings (11/29/18)Early last season, Northeast High School’s boys got off to a rough start. But during that time, head coach Russ Cramer didn’t have the team he knew he’d finish the season with. “We started 0-4,” Cramer said. “But some kids who transferred became eligible second semester and we finished the season on a 13-3 run. When we played well together, we were tough to beat.”...
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Tiger scrimmage; season begins Thursday (11/27/18)Red & White Night at the FSHS gymnasium Monday night was not only an opportunity for Fort Scott High basketball fans to see their teams in action, it was also an opportunity to meet the wrestlers and watch the school’s spirit teams perform. There weren’t any real glitches in either scrimmage except for one drive in the boys’ contest on which Nick Lawrence was fouled hard. But he shook it off and came back in later...
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FSCC men drop two at Mineral Area, beat Southwestern JV (11/27/18)Fort Scott Community College’s men have seven losses this season, all of which have come to NJCAA Division I competition. They also have four wins, all of which have been over four-year schools’ junior varsity teams. Over the weekend, the Division II Greyhounds lost a pair of games to Division I schools at a weekend affair at Mineral Area, Mo. The Greyhounds have not yet played a Division II team this season...
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Greyhound men walk over short-handed St. Marys team (11/20/18)Fort Scott Community College’s men held a 12-point halftime lead on their way to an 84-61 walkover of the University of Saint Mary junior varsity at Arnold Arena Monday night. Over the weekend, the Greyhounds (3-5) lost a pair of games versus NJCAA Division I competition at an event in Enid, Okla...
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Both Tiger teams tabbed for 6th-place finishes (11/17/18)CHANUTE —Both of Fort Scott High School’s basketball teams were chosen to finish in sixth place in the Southeast Kansas League in coaches’ polls released at a media conference hosted by SEK-Sports.com here Thursday. The case could be made, especially on the boys’ side, that the low placement of Fort Scott’s teams are a tribute to how tough the boys’ and girls’ races are expected to be in the SEK this season...
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’Hound men’s comeback falls short, 86-80 (11/13/18)In a tale of two halves at Arnold Arena Saturday night, Fort Scott Community College’s men were unable to completely overcome a first half in which they were outscored by 26 points and fell to Division I Neosho County, 86-80, in the final game of the Gladbach Classic...
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’Hound men enjoy the comforts of home (11/9/18)After starting the season 0-2 with losses last weekend in the Coffeyville Classic, Fort Scott Community College’s men have evened their record this week with a pair of home victories. Wednesday night, the Greyhounds rolled by the Washburn University junior varsity, 89-63. Friday, on the first night of the annual Gladbach Classic, Fort Scott rolled by Louisiana Christian School, 84-56...
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FSCC men drop pair to D-I teams (11/6/18)COFFEYVILLE — Fort Scott Community College’s men opened here over the weekend, taking losses to a pair of losses to Division I teams. The Greyhounds lost to No. 4-ranked host Coffeyville, 75-42, Friday night and to Cowley, 76-62, Saturday. Friday: Coffeyville 74, Fort Scott 42...
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FSCC men picked to finish third (10/23/18)’Hound women tabbed for fifth in pre-season poll
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Fort Scott to host 2019 State Debate Tournaments (6/1/18)The Kansas State High School Activities Association Thursday named the sites of championship events for the 2018-19 winter sports season, choosing Fort Scott High School as host of the Class 4A and Class 3-2-1A State Debate Tournaments. The tournaments will be held January 11 and 12, 2019...
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Five Tigers receive All-SEK honors (3/14/18)Five members of Fort Scott High School’s basketball teams were honored recently by Southeast Kansas League coaches. Seniors Madison Cook and Skyelar Brown were two of four players voted unanimously to the All-SEK Girls’ First Team. Also selected unanimously were Labette County senior Tristan Gegg, who concluded her career as the first SEK player (female or male) to score 2,000 points, ad Parsons junior Nena Taylor. Parsons junior Ayanna Correll was also named to the First Team...
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5 from area tabbed by TRL coaches (3/14/18)Two Northeast players and one Uniontown athlete were named to the All-Three Rivers League boys’ basketball team. But only one player each from the area’s schools were named to the All-TRL girls’ basketball team. Uniontown senior Ben George and Northeast sophomore Matt Cashero were picked for First Team honors along with Jayhawk-Linn senior Brandon Gray, Yates Center junior Aaron King, Crest junior Hayden Hermreck and St. ...
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Two Greyhounds receive KJCCC conference honors (3/9/18)Fort Scott Community College saw two of its players, both sophomores, named to the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Division II First Team in awards announced Friday afternoon. Tyler Zinn and John Montgomery, who joined the Greyhounds at semester, earned the honors for the Greyhounds, who finished 20-12 this season, their highest victory total since 1990-91 when they also won 20 games. ...
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Highland holds off Greyhound men in Region VI semifinals (3/6/18)HIGHLAND — Fort Scott Community College’s men were able to climb out of an early deficit to make a game of it for a while in the first half here Saturday afternoon. But when Highland built up a big lead again, the Greyhounds were unable to answer a second time and fell to the Scotties, 78-71, in the semifinals of the Region VI-Division II Tournament...
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Big 2nd quarter pushes Indy past Tiger boys (3/2/18)Fort Scott High’s boys found themselves in a battle with Independence at the end of the first quarter of play in a Class 4A-Division I Sub-State first-round game at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night. After leading 7-2, the Tigers found themselves down after one period 15-14 and that was after Jesse Jones hit a shot with three seconds left to close the gap...
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Greyhounds rally for first-round win, 69-63 (3/2/18)A six-man Kansas City Kansas squad with nothing to lose made things very interesting for Fort Scott Community College’s men in the first half of a first-round Region VI-Division II Tournament game at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. The Blue Devils shot well and outworked the Greyhounds on the boards in the first half in building a lead that was as large as 13 points in the first half. ...
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Post-season Blues strike Vikes (2/27/18)No. 7 Neodesha upsets Northeast boys in first round
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Seasons come to close for area teams (2/27/18)Monday: Yates Center girls 59, Uniontown 41. YATES CENTER — Karleigh Schoenberger led Uniontown’s girls with 17 points and 7 rebounds but the Eagles fell to second-seeded Yates Center, 59-41, in a Colgan Class 2A Sub-State first-round game. The Wildcats (16-5) led 16-6 after one period. The Eagles (4-17) outscored Yates Center in the second to catch up to 31-24 at the half. But the Cats won the second half, 28-17...
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’Hound men host KCK in 1st round tonight (2/27/18)After going through January undefeated (8-0), Fort Scott Community College’s men have been in a slump in February so far going just 2-7 this month. The Greyhounds only two victories this month are over teams that finished below them in Region VI-Division II Tournament seeding, Hesston and Kansas City Kansas...
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Furious rally falls short, 67-64 (2/24/18)Fort Scott High’s boys have this way of somehow not being out of a game lately. Down 11 after one period in which nothing looked like it was going to go their way and by 20 early in the second in Friday night’s Southeast Kansas League game against Parsons, the Tigers came back steadily until Alec Michaud tied the score, 57-57, on a 3-pointer with 1:41 to go...
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Southern Coffey sweeps Uniontown (2/24/18)Southern Coffey County sweeps Uniontown. UNIONTOWN — Uniontown’s teams swere swept buy Southern Coffey County in non-league games to conclude the regular season here Friday night. Uniontown girls (4-16) lost 44-32. Karleigh Schoenberger led the Eagles with 8 points while Danielle Young collected 6 rebounds...
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Tigers rally, hang on to snap losing streak (2/24/18)By Scott Nuzum Tribune Sports Editor Fort Scott High’s boys were probably a little out of whack at the start of Wednesday night’s game against Independence. First, there’s the fact that they were playing on Wednesday, a day after they originally scheduled. And they were also playing an hour earlier than usual, probably causing some confusion with their internal clocks trying to remind them that it should be halftime of the girls’ game...
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Johnson County sweeps Greyhounds (2/24/18)Visiting Johnson County — the women ranked No. 12 in NJCAA Division II, the men already Jayhawk Conference-Division II champions — came to Arnold Arena Wednesday night and posted a sweep. Johnson County’s women pulled away after a tied first quarter for an 87-54 win over the Greyhounds. ...
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ONLINE ONLY: Uniontown reschedules for Friday night (2/22/18)UNIONTOWN — As school was cancelled in Unified School District 235 Thursday, Uniontown High School also made the decision to postpone its regular-season ending basketball doubleheader with Southern County County one more day. Originally scheduled for Tuesday, the non-league twinbill was initially rescheduled for Thursday night. However, it will now be played Friday night in the West Bourbon Elementary School gymnasium. The girls tip off at 6 p.m. followed by the boys at 7:30...
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ONLINE FIRST: Uniontown and Northeast Sub-State schedules (2/22/18)Both Uniontown teams will be on the road for the first round of the Colgan Class 2A Sub-State basketball tournament while Northeast's boys drew a home game for the opening round of the Riverton Class 3A Sub-State, both of which were seeded Wednesday and get underway Monday...
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ONLINE ONLY: Changes for Fort Scott High basketball tonight (2/21/18)As of 2 p.m., this is the schedule for tonight's basketball games between Independence and Fort Scott High School: • In the main gym, varsity girls will tip off at 5 p.m. with the boys to follow at about 6:30. • In the auxiliary gym, junior varsity boys will play at 5 p.m. with JV girls to follow...
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Tigers, Bulldogs rescheduled for tonight (2/20/18)Due to the freezing rain and the accumulation of ice on the roads, Fort Scott and Independence high schools agreed to postpone Tuesday’s scheduled Southeast Kansas League games to tonight. Game times will be the same with the main gymnasium hosting junior varsity girls at 4:30, varsity girls at 6 p.m. and varsity boys at 7:30. Boys JV will be held in the new gym at 4:30 followed by freshmen boys at 6 and freshmen girls at 7:30...
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Uniontown, Northeast each reset for Thursday (2/20/18)Uniontown and Northeast each postponed home games Tuesday night and each have rescheduled those games for Thursday night. With Sub-States in classes 3A and 2A to be seeded today, both school’s girls’ and boys’ records as of Tuesday morning will be what they are seeded by...
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’Hound men still in hunt for playoff bye (2/20/18)KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Fort Scott Community College’s men completed a season sweep of Kansas City Kansas here Saturday afternoon by beating the Blue Devils, 58-41, in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play. The sweep of KCK and a sweep of Hesston are currently the only tie-breakers the Greyhounds (3-3 conference, 5-3 Region VI, 19-9 overall) hold in the region. Fort Scott is third in the region but hosts Johnson County tonight and second-place Highland Saturday afternoon in key games...
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Tiger girls beat Nado, keep pace with LCHS (2/16/18)Fort Scott boys fight back but fall short, 67-53
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Labette posts sweep (2/16/18)PARSONS — Labette posted a sweep of Fort Scott Community College’s basketball teams here Wednesday night in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play. Cardinal women (3-3 conference, 4-3 Region VI, 20-5 overall) conference, 2-5 Region, ranked No. 14 in NJCAA Division II, took a 76-59 victory behind 22 points from Upe Atosu. Shalina Harper led the Greyhounds (0-5, 2-5, 12-12) with 14 points...
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Eagles, Vkings split league twinbill (2/16/18)ARMA —Visiting Uniontown and homestanding Northeast split a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Friday night. Uniontown won the girls’ game, 45-41, while Northeast won the boys’ contest, 79-49. And because St. Paul’s boys beat league leader Yates Center, 63-59, Viking boys are still alive in the league race with an outside shot of perhaps winning a share if things shake out the right way next week...
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Dragons too much for Tiger boys (2/14/18)A three-minute blitz in which visiting Pittsburg scored 14 unanswered points gave the Southeast Kansas League-leading Purple Dragons control over Fort Scott High’s boys early on at the FSHS main gymnasium Tuesday night. A couple of more long runs during the game removed any doubt there was as Pittsburg went on to an 80-47 victory...
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Strong second half pushes FSCC men to 18th win (2/14/18)For just the 14th time in 94 seasons of Fort Scott Community College men’s basketball, the Greyhounds have won at least 18 games in a season following a 100-69 rout of Hesston in Region VI play at Arnold Arena Saturday. The ’Hounds led 41-37 at the half before outscoring the Larks by 27 points in the second half...
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Uniontown sweeps Altoona-Midway on the road (2/14/18)Uniontown boys 57, Altoona-Midway 29. BUFFALO — Uniontown’s boys broke a three-game losing streak here Tuesday night as the Eagles rolled past Altoona-Midway, 57-29. Ben George and Jake Harvey each scored 16 points for the Eagles (5-5 TRL, 7-11 overall) while Andrew Reed added 10...
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Tiger girls upset No. 4 Labette County in OT (2/9/18)No. 9 LCHS boys rally in second half for 66-61 win
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Sluggish start dooms Greyhound men in loss (2/9/18)HIGHLAND — Fort Scott Community College’s men were undefeated in January but Highland kept the Greyhounds winless in February with a 91-66 win in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play here Wednesday night. Fort Scott had won eight straight games before falling Saturday at Johnson County. A sluggish first half in which they were outscored 45-24 by the Scotties made things too tough to overcome in the second half...
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Northeast boys win; Uniontown swept on Homecoming (2/9/18)Northeast boys 53, Neodesha 41. NEODESHA — Northeast’s boys won a non-league battle with Neodesha here Friday night, 53-41, improving to 10-6 for the season. No other details were available at press time. The Vikings play at Yates Center in a key Three Rivers League battle Tuesday night. The first-place Wildcats won a non-league game at Erie, 80-57, Friday night. Northeast is 7-1 in the TRL, one game behind Yates Center...
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Men’s win streak broken (2/6/18)OVERLAND PARK — Fort Scott Community College’s men saw their eight-game winning streak broken here Saturday as Johnson County claimed a 79-69 victory in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play, extending its own winning streak to eight games. Fort Scott (2-1 conference, 3-1 Region VI, 17-7 overall) didn’t lose a game in the month of January and last lost on December 9 against Central-Columbus. ...
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Vikings sweep; Yates Center takes two from Eagles (2/6/18)Northeast boys 76, Marmaton Valley 51. ARMA — Northeast’s boys kept pace in the Three Rivers League race with their win over Marmaton Valley here Tuesday night. The second-place Vikings improved to 6-1 in the TRL and 9-6 overall. They are a half-game behind leader Yates Center (7-0, 13-2), which beat Uniontown tonight...
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FSMS basketball (2/6/18)Seventh-grade results • The Fort Scott Middle School boys’ basketball seventh-grade teams were at home against Frontenac Tuesday, Jan. 30. The “A” team lost, 41-22. Nate Adams scored 6 poonits for the Tigers. The “B” team won, 33-21, with Tyler Reed and Eli Kellogg each scoring 11 points and Weston Marbery adding 10...
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Chanute comeback downs Tiger boys (2/3/18)Chanute hadn’t won a Southeast Kansas League game since last February. But as Fort Scott High’s boys were reminded Friday night, anything can happen on any given night in the SEK. Though the visiting Blue Comets nearly allowed the Tigers to take this game to overtime, Chanute managed to fight for, then tip a rebound out of bounds following a free throw, the action burning off the remaining 8/10ths of a second on the clock and preserving a 54-52 victory...
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Miller sees good things even in loss (2/3/18)Southeast girls 41, Uniontown 34. UNIONTOWN — Even though they lost, Uniontown head girls’ basketball coach Dustin Miller was pleased with the way his team played in a 41-34 loss to Southeast in Three Rivers League play here Friday night. “We saw glimpses of what we are capable of doing tonight,” Miller said. “We didn’t get the win but we played with effort, attitude and toughness...
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Coach displeased with play despite win (2/3/18)By Scott Nuzum Tribune Sports Editor Fort Scott Community College’s men won their eighth consecutive game Wednesday night, beating Kansas City Kansas, 79-65, in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play at Arnold Arena. But despite staying on top of the Region VI standings and continuing the program’s longest winning streak since the 1999-2000 season, head coach Michael Cook was displeased with how his team played. ...
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’Hound men remain unbeaten in January (1/30/18)Teams moving in the opposite direction met in Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon in Jayhawk Conference play. Host Fort Scott Community College was on a six-game winning streak while visiting Labette was on a five-game losing skid...
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Lawrence’s OT buzzer-beater gives Tiger boys 70-69 win (1/30/18)Fort Scott’s girls beat a ranked team for the second time in as many outings
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Area Basketball: Northeast stays tied for TRL lead (1/30/18)Northeast boys 76, Oswego 30. OSWEGO — Northeast’s boys kept pace with Yates Center for the lead in the Three Rivers League with a 76-30 win over Oswego here Tuesday night. It was the ninth win in 10 games for the Vikings (6-0 TRL, 9-5 overall) after starting the season 0-4...
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Tiger boys dominate second half, beat Girard 58-50 (1/27/18)Fort Scott High’s boys shot over 60 percent from the field in the second half Friday night and dominated the second half of play in a 58-50 non-league victory over Girard on Homecoming. The Tigers improved to 6-7 with the win while Girard fell to 8-4...
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George scores 32 in Eagle boys’ win (1/27/18)Uniontown boys 55, Crest 42. UNIONTOWN — Ben George scored 32 points and hauled down 6 rebounds here Friday night, leading Uniontown’s boys to a 55-42 win over Crest in Three Rivers League action. Andrew Reed added 9 points for the Eagles (3-2 TRL, 5-8 overall)...
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’Hounds open Region VI play with sweep (1/27/18)HESSTON — Fort Scott Community College’s basketball teams opened Region VI play here Wednesday night, sweeping host Hesston. The women won convincingly, 85-63. The men won in the game’s final seconds, 68-66. Andre Nelson stole an inbound pass with 4.9 seconds remaining in the men’s contest and drove in for an uncontested layup with 1.2 seconds left to give the men their sixth straight victory...
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Girard wins 3 of 4 from FSMS (1/27/18)Girard won three of four games over Fort Scott Middle School in boys’ basketball Tuesday. The seventh-grade B team won 26-25 in overtime as Eli Kellogg scored 6 points. The A team lost 33-23 despite 11 points from Daeson Davidson. The eighth-grade A team lost 26-16. Collin Thomas led the Tigers with 9 points. Cade Gulager had 10 rebounds. The B team lost 36-13. Trenton Peck scored 5 points...
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Greyhounds post sweep of Southeast, Neb. (1/23/18)Fort Scott Community College’s basketball teams posted a sweep of Southeast (Neb.) at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon. Greyhound women started things off with a 70-67 come-from-behind win, completing a season sweep. Fort Scott (11-7) defeated Southeast at Beatrice, Neb., 68-50 on December 8...
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Boys 5th, girls 7th at Frontenac (1/23/18)FRONTENAC — Jesse Jones hit a shot with five seconds remaining here Saturday night to give Fort Scott High’s boys a 51-50 over Monett, Mo., and fifth place in the Frontenac Kansas Army National Guard Invitational. Tiger girls finished seventh after dominating Kansas City-Turner, 52-22...
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Eagles swept on road in league play (1/23/18)MOUND CITY — Host Jayhawk-Linn swept Uniontown in a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Tuesday night. Jayhawk-Linn won the girls’ game, 49-17. Karleigh Schoenberger scored 8 points and had 6 rebounds for the Eagles (1-3 TRL, 2-10 overall). Jayhawk boys won 56-34 after building a 17-7 lead after one period. Ben George led Unoiontown (2-2, 4-8) with 16 points and Jez Simpson added 12...
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Viking boys 5th, girls 6th at Liberal (1/23/18)LIBERAL, Mo. — While both of Northeast’s head basketball coaches would have liked to finish better in the Tony Dubray Classic here last week, both also saw many good things from their Viking teams. Northeast’s boys finished fifth with a 72-67 win over Golden City, Mo., Saturday while the girls finished sixth following a 37-33 loss to Bronaugh, Mo...
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Tiger boys to face Monett for fifth today (1/20/18)FSHS girls will play Kansas City-Turner in 7th-place game
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Eagle boys finish fourth, girls sixth (1/20/18)PLEASANTON — Uniontown’s boys finished in fourth place while the girls’ team placed sixth at the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament. The tournament scheduled was altered slightly by the snowstorm earlier in the week with Tuesday’s games moved to Wednesday. The rest of the tournament was played as scheduled...
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Both Northeast teams to play for fifth today in Liberal (1/20/18)LIBERAL, Mo. — Both Northeast High School basketball teams will play for fifth place in the Tony Dubray Classic here this afternoon. With the first two days of play postponed by the weekend snowstorm, play finally got underway Wednesday with both Viking teams taking losses. The boys fell to second-seeded Colgan, 74-34, while the girls were defeated by fourth-seeded host Liberal, 42-24...
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Familiar foes match up in Frontenac boys’ bracket (1/16/18)Half of girls’ field is new at KANG tourney
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’Hound men take two in Kansas City (1/16/18)KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Fort Scott Community College men’s basketball team got going in the right direction to begin the second half of the 20-17-18 schedule with a pair of wins here over the weekend. The Greyhounds (12-6) defeated Penn Valley Friday night, 67-64, and On Point Academy, 92-75, Saturday...
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Pleasanton tourney to begin today (1/16/18)PLEASANTON — With most schools cancelling school Tuesday, the decision was made to push the Pleasanton Tournament back to a Thursday start. Uniontown’s teams will have the same start times and gym assignments for their first-round games as they would have on Tuesday...
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Tony Dubray starts Wednesday (1/16/18)LIBERAL, Mo. — Northeast’s first games at the Tony Dubray Classic will be played tonight. The girls (2-6) face the host team (5-7) at 7 p.m. with Viking boys (4-4) to follow at 8:30 against Colgan (6-1). The tournament will now run through Sunday with all eight placement games begining at 10 a.m. with the girls’ seventh-place game and concluding with the boys’ championship at 6 p.m...
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Jones, Hall combine for 45 in boys' win over Indy (1/12/18)Cook moves into 9th place on girls' scoring list
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Pleasanton, Liberal tourney schedules are set (1/12/18)Pre-season tournaments for two of the Tribune Area schools have been seeded and scheduled drawn up. Fort Scott’s teams will play at the Frontenac Kansas Army National Guard Tournament, now in its sixth season, beginning Thursday. Uniontown will take its annual trip to Pleasanton, where the boys’ team will be just one of two with winning records. That tournament will get underway Tuesday. And Northeast will once again play in the Tony Dubray Classic at Liberal, Mo., which begins Monday...
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Fort Scott boys unable to overcome Tornado's hot start (1/9/18)Editor's Note: This version has been updated to correct an error concerning the Chanute-Independence game outcome.
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Eagle girls get first victory of season (1/9/18)Area basketball summaries
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Big third quarter propels Tiger girls (1/5/18)English’s 26-point outing leads Pitt boys in 79-40 rout
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Greyound men gain forfeit win (1/5/18)Fort Scott Community College’s men’s basketball team picked up a win over the holiday break without having to play a game. Southeast Community College has forfeited five victories, including a December 8 win over the Greyhounds in Beatrice. Southeast won that game on the court, 70-60...
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Northeast splits with Southeast in TRL play (1/5/18)ARMA — Meeting for the first time as league rivals for the first time in seven years, host Northeast and visiting Southeast split a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Friday night. Southeast’s girls won the opener, 55-35, while Northeast’s boys took the nightcap, 43-35...
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FSMS 7th graders open season with split (1/5/18)Fort Scott Middle School boys’ basketball season got underway Thursday with games against Pittsburg at the FSMS gymnasium. The seventh-grade A team opened the year with a 32-12 loss. Marquinn Johnson had 5 rebounds for the Tigers. Daeson Davidson and Nate Adams each scored 4 points...
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Vikings sweep TRL twinbill (1/2/18)COLONY — Northeast opened post-holiday play with a sweep of host Crest in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday night. Northeast’s girls took a 44-32 win over Crest. Viking boys picked up their second consecutive win by downing the Lancers, 56-50. According to a post written on the Lady Vikings Basketball Facebook account by head coach Scott Post, Northeast’s girls played “our first game with a new lineup and two new starters. ...
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Jayhawk-Linn takes two from Eagles (1/2/18)UNIONTOWN —Jayhawk-Linn swept host Uniontown in a non-league doubleheader between Three Rivers League foes here Tuesday night. Jayhawk girls ttok a 43-26 win over Uniontown. J-Linn boys held off the Eagles for a 49-45 victory. Ben George led Uniontown’s boys with 18 points while Jez Simpson added 13. The Eagles fell to 2-4 on the season while Jayhawk-Linn improved to 3-1...
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No. 7 LCHS boys pull away in second half (12/19/17)It was a nearly-even game in the first half at Fort Scott High School’s main gymnasium Tuesday night with Fort Scott’s boys trailing No. 7-ranked Labette County at halftime by just 2 points. But the Grizzlies’ scorers got going in the second half and LCHS went on to a 57-45 victory in Southeast Kansas League play in the last game before the holiday break for both teams...
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Tiger boys roll past Titans in home opener (12/16/17)Fort Scott High’s boys won their home opener fairly easily over Columbus at the FSHS main gymnasium Friday night, 64-41, behind 15 points from Alec Michaud and 13 from Jordan Hall. The junior duo combined to make 11 of 16 field-goal attempts on the night and Hall also led the Tigers (2-3) with 7 rebounds...
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Viking boys roll past Bronaugh for 1st win (12/16/17)Northeast girls fall as rally comes up short
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’Hound men beat Washburn JV; women swept in season series (12/16/17)TOPEKA — Fort Scott Community College’s men took an 89-77 win over the Washburn University junior varsity here Monday night. But the women’s team lost by a 78-55 score as the Ichabods completed a season sweep of the series. Tyler Zinn scored 29 points for Greyhound men (9-7) while Daemar Jones and Jayden Davis each added 14 and Andre Nelson chipped in with 12. JoBriel Powell led Washburn with 24 points with Tommy Eckart adding 23...
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Tigers sweep Blue Comets for first wins (12/12/17)CHANUTE — Fort Scott High’s basketball teams each got their first victories of the season here Tuesday night as they swept Chanute in Southeast Kansas League play. Tiger girls (1-0 SEK, 1-3 overall) won 65-51, taking control in the second half when they outscored the Blue Comets 21-10 in the third quarter...
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Greyhounds split with Central-Columbus (12/12/17)BEATRICE, Neb. — Fort Scott Community College’s basketball teams split games versus Central-Columbus on the second day of the Southeast (Neb.) Classic here Saturday. As was the case on Friday night versus host Southeast, Greyhound women won their game while the men lost their’s...
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St. Paul sweeps Eagles (12/12/17)UNIONTOWN — St. Paul’s basketball teams, both ranked in Class 1A-Division I in this week’s Kansas Basketball Coaches Association poll, posted a sweep of Uniontown in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday night, dashing the Eagles’ home openers. St. Paul girls (2-0 TRL, 4-0 overall), who are ranked No. 9, led 31-1 at the half on their way to a 51-7 win over the Eagles (0-2, 0-5). No other details were available at press time...
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Northeast drops pair in Liberal (12/12/17)LIBERAL, Mo. — Northeast’s varsity teams dropped both ends of a non-league doubleheader here Monday night. Viking girls fell to Liberal, 48-37, while the boys lost, 70-34. Fouls and turnovers are still problems for Northeast girls (1-3), who have lost three in a row. The Vikings have only attempted 31 free throws in four games while their opponents have shot 105 charity tosses...
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Tiger boys win home JV tourney (12/12/17)Fort Scott High’s boys won the championship of their home junior varsity basketball tournament with a 3-0 record after winning two games Saturday. In the morning, the Tigers defeated Louisburg, 49-35, with Jacob DeLaTorre scoring 15 points and Nick King putting in 11. In the afternoon, Fort Scott beat Frontenac, 53-39. Trey Brown led the Tigers with 13 points...
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Area Prep Basketball Results : Uniontown boys finish third in Humboldt tourney (12/9/17)UPDATED with more information about Friday's Northeast girls game (Saturday, 1:40 p.m.)
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’Hound women win in Nebraska; men fall (12/9/17)BEATRICE, Neb. — Fort Scott Community College’s women broke a two-game losing streak Friday night as they defeated host Southeast on the first night of a classic here. Fort Scott’s men, on the other hand, saw a three-game winning streak snapped with a 70-60 loss to Southeast...