Girls'/Women's Basketball

The Uniontown Lady Eagle varsity basketball team won the Humboldt Emprise Bank Preseason Girls Basketball tournament, which concluded Friday. Head Coach Dustin Miller said the team’s first goal of the season was to win that tournament. “Goal achieved,” he said. “We are looking forward to competing against St. Paul Tuesday night.”...

Pittsburg’s fourth-quarter dominance allowed the visiting Purple Dragons to rally from a 9-point deficit at three-quarter time and take a 40-34 victory over Fort Scott High’s girls in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night...

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...

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...

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...

Fort Scott Community College’s women have been able to demonstrate the depth of their roster in the past couple of games. Sophomore starting guard Shalina Harper has missed the Greyhounds’ last two games and starting guard Jada Perry and backup post Ja’Carria Ferrell missed Monday night’s game versus the University of Saint Mary JV at Arnold Arena...

MORAN — Northeast’s girls finished in third place in the Marmaton Valley Tournament following a 48-20 loss to Madison here Friday. The Vikings (1-3) defeated Marmaton Valley, 36-27, on the opening night of the tournament on Dec. 4 and lost to Howard-West Elk, 45-22, Thursday...

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...

BEATRICE, Neb. — Coming off a stunning loss to the Washburn University junior varsity Wednesday night, the No. 14-ranked Fort Scott Community College women’s team bounced back with an 81-58 win over Southeast (Neb.) on the first night of a classic here Friday night...

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...

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...

CHICAGO — Fort Scott Community College’s women shattered the school scoring record here Friday night as they beat down Olive-Harvey, 122-28, in the first game of a weekend trip to Chicago. Saturday, the Greyhounds routed Harry S Truman College, 95-38, improving to 10-1 on the season...

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...

LEAVENWORTH — Fort Scott Community College’s women improved to 8-1 on the season with an 80-57 over the Saint Mary junior varsity here Tuesday night. The Greyhounds led 25-18 after one period and extended that slightly to 41-29 at the half. Following up a 61-rebound afternoon against Allen last Saturday, the ’Hounds dominated the boards again, this time by a 51-37 margin. Tajisha Moore had a double-double for Fort Scott by leading in both points and rebounds with 15 and 12, respectively...

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...

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...

Northeast girls’ coach Scott Post has had success as a head coach but last season, injuries to key players caused the Vikings to take a step back from the top of the pack in the Three Rivers League. “Last year was my worst at Northeast,” Post said. “We went 5-16 after winning 58 games (total) the previous four. We had too many injuries to key seniors. We ended up mainly playing young kids. We lost four or five games by 5 points or less.”...

What does a coach do when he has to replace his entire starting lineup? This is what Fort Scott High girls’ head coach Pechone Stepps faces this season, his fifth as head coach of the Tigers, faces. All five of his starters were seniors last season and he’s going to have to rely on some of last year’s reserves and role players to step into key roles...

A certain professional basketball team might say, “Trust the process.” Uniontown head girls’ coach Dustin Miller says, it’s about the “what” more than the “why” when it comes to building the Eagles’ program. “For me it has always been an ongoing lesson to concentrate on the ‘Why’ more than the ‘What,’” Miller says. ...

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...

Fort Scott Community College’s women found the going a bit tough early on Saturday afternoon as they played host to Allen in a non-conference game at Arnold Arena. The visiting Red Devils (2-7) led 8-6 early. But then the Greyhounds (7-1) slapped down full-court pressure and began to dominate the boards as they went on to a 94-68 victory...

ENID, Okla. — Fort Scott Community College’s women split a pair of games against NJCAA Division I teams here over the weekend. Friday, the Greyhounds suffered their first loss of the season to host Northern Oklahoma-Enid, 91-45. Saturday, they beat Northern Oklahoma-Tonkawa, 79-72, improving to 6-1 on the season...

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...

Saturday, Nov. 10: Seventh-grade A at Frontenac. The Tigers fell to Frontenac in their first game of the tournament, 22-12. Bailey Couch had 7 points for the Tigers and Carsen Wunderly had 9 rebounds. The Tigers beat Pittsburg in the third-place game, 48-3. Couch scored 17 points and Wunderly added 9...

For the second time in Jeff Tadtman’s three seasons in charge of the Fort Scott Community College women’s basketball program, the Greyhounds are off to an undefeated start. The ’Hounds improved to 5-0 with an 86-58 beatdown of the Bethel College junior varsity Saturday afternoon in their final game of the annual Gladbach Classic. Earlier in the day, Johnson County’s women also remained unbeaten (7-0) with a 108-62 rout of the Sterling College JV...

OVERLAND PARK — Fort Scott Community College’s women are off to a 2-0 start following season-opening wins at the Johnson County Classic here over the weekend. The Greyhounds defeated North Central Missouri on Friday evening and Southwestern, Iowa, Saturday...

’Hound women tabbed for fifth in pre-season poll

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...

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. ...

Jenna Eytcheson made only one shot Thursday night but it was the most important one of the game, a 3-pointer with three seconds remaining that gave third-seeded Independence an upset win over Fort Scott High’s girls, 36-35, in the first round of the Fort Scott Class 4A-Division I Sub-State Tournament at the FSHS gymnasium...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Fort Scott Community College’s women, the No. 5 seed in the Region VI-Division II post-season tournament, were within one point of fourth-seeded Kansas City Kansas with 3:21 left here Wednesday night. But the Blue Devils outscored the Greyhounds 10-4 down the stretch and held on for a 91-84 victory...

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...

Third-ranked Highland defeated Fort Scott Community College’s women for the 15th consecutive time Saturday afternoon, taking the Jayhawk Conference and regular-season finale at Arnold Arena, 88-55. The Greyhounds (0-8 division, 2-8 Region VI, 12-15 overall) will be the No 5 seed in the post-season tournament, which begins tonight with a first-round road game at No. ...

Fort Scott High’s girls won their ninth straight game Friday night, beating Parsons by a 46-36 score in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night. The streak is tied for the fourth-longest in the program’s history with one that took place in the 2004-05 season. It’s the longest winning run since 2013, when the Tigers had a 14-game winning streak that ended with a loss to Wamego in the State Tournament semifinals...

Defense and rebounding were the keys for Fort Scott High’s girls in a Southeast Kansas League make-up game with Independence at the FSHS gymnasium Wednesday night. The Tigers (9-2 SEK, 11-7 overall) dominated the boards 43-21 and held the visiting Bulldogs to 21-percent field-goal shooting in a 41-26 victory that extended their winning streak to eight games, tied for the fifth-longest streak in the program’s history. ...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Kansas City Kansas’ women rolled by the Greyhounds here Saturday by a score of 75-59 in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play, handing Fort Scott its 19th loss in its last 22 conference games In this game, the Greyhounds (0-6 conference, 2-6 Region VI, 12-13 overall) trailed just 12-10 after one period. But the Blue Devils (2-4 conference, 4-4 Region VI) outscored Fort Scott 24-8 in the second quarter. The Greyhounds won the second half, 41-39...

Fort Scott boys fight back but fall short, 67-53

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...

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...

Pittsburg’s girls came out and gave Fort Scott High a fairly stiff challenge for the first three quarters of Tuesday night’s Southeast Kansas League battle at the FSHS main gymnasium. but over the final 3 1/2 minutes of play, the Tigers held the Purple Dragons without a field goal. And once Pittsburg’s top scorer on the night, freshman Madden Petty fouled out, it was all Tigers from that point in a 46-37 victory...

Fort Scott Community College’s women broke a four-game losing streak as they rolled by Hesston in Region VI play at Arnold Arena Wednesday afternoon. The Greyhounds (2-4 region, 12-11 overall) capitalized on a 18-point, 10-rebound effort from freshman post Ally McKenzie, who made 8 of 12 shots from the floor. Fort Scott manhandled the Larks (0-6, 11-14) on the boards, 49-28...

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...

No. 9 LCHS boys rally in second half for 66-61 win

HIGHLAND — Fort Scott Community College’s women lost for the fourth consecutive time Wednesday night as No. 3-ranked Highland bounced the Greyhounds, 85-43, in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play. Although Fort Scott (0-4 division, 1-4 Region VI, 11-11 overall) had a quick start, Highland led by the end of the first quarter, 25-12, and at the half, 43-24...

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...

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...

OVERLAND PARK — Johnson County’s women, ranked No. 10 in NJCAA Division II, were looking to bounce back from a 43-point loss to No. 3 Highland last Wednesday night. Unfortunately for Fort Scott Community College, they were the opponent next on Johnson County’s schedule...

Fort Scott High’s girls survived a furious comeback by Chanute to take a 55-50 victory in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS main gymnasium Friday night. The win paired with Independence’s inability to survive a furious comeback by Pittsburg puts the Tigers in sole possession of second place in the SEK at 5-2, 8-7 overall. Pittsburg outscored Indy (4-3, 8-6) 22-9 in the fourth quarter to take a 41-36 upset on the road...

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...

Kansas City Kansas’ women scored 17 of the game’s first 23 points at Arnold Arena Wednesday night and went on to a 75-47 victory over Fort Scott Community College in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play. KCK post Lillie Moore scored her team’s first 11 points on her way to finishing with 17, tying for game-high honors with guard Gena Ojeda, who came off the bench to make 5 of 7 3-point shots...

Labette’s women, ranked No. 7 in NJCAA Division II, got Fort Scott Community College’s best effort in Jayhawk Conference play at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon. But the Cardinals were able to fight off the Greyhounds for a 68-64 victory. It was Fort Scott’s first loss since December, breaking a four-game winning streak...

Fort Scott’s girls beat a ranked team for the second time in as many outings

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...

Fort Scott High’s girls knocked off defending Class 4A-Division II State champion Girard at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night with Madison Cook’s 10th rebound of the night preserving a 53-51 victory on Homecoming night. The Trojans came into the game ranked No. ...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

FSHS girls will play Kansas City-Turner in 7th-place game

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...

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...

Fort Scott Community College’s women rolled by the Ottawa University junior varsity at Arnold Arena, 81-47, in their first home game of the new year Thursday. Uniontown High School graduate Shalina Harper led the Greyhounds (10-7) with 14 points off the bench, making 5 of 6 field-goal attempts. Jade Winer scored 13 for Fort Scott with Jada Perry nd Ally McKenzie each adding 12 and Kamaya Miller finishing with 10...

Half of girls’ field is new at KANG tourney

LEAVENWORTH — Fort Scott Community College’s women finally got on the court after an extra-long winter break here Monday and avenged an earlier loss with a 65-53 victory over the University of Saint Mary junior varsity. The Greyhounds (9-7) lost to Saint Mary’s JV at home, 78-74, on November 8...

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...

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...

Cook moves into 9th place on girls' scoring list

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...

Coffeyville didn’t make it easy for Fort Scott High’s girls in Southeast Kansas League play Tuesday night. But in the end, the Tigers’ greater depth was too much for the Golden Tornado to overcome as Fort Scott took a 48-37 victory. Fort Scott is now 3-1 in the SEK and 4-4 overall, tied for second place with Independence. Coffeyville (0-3, 0-8), meanwhile, has lost its last 20 league games and its last 16 overall...

Area basketball summaries

A women’s basketball game scheduled for Saturday afternoon at Arnold Arena will not be held as Fort Scott Community College’s women’s basketball team has received a forfeit win from the Sterling College junior varsity. Injuries and lack of players were among the reasons Sterling will not be able to play...

English’s 26-point outing leads Pitt boys in 79-40 rout

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...

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. ...

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...

Labette County senior Tristan Gegg — who’s already the Southeast Kansas League’s all-time leading scorer, boy or girl — led her fifth-ranked Grizzlies to a 55-46 victory over Fort Scott High in league play Tuesday night by scoring 30 points, picking up 8 steals and grabbing 7 rebounds...

At first, it looked as though Fort Scott High’s girls were going to run away with Friday night’s game at the FSHS gymnasium. But what looked to be a blowout became a barnburner and it wasn’t until the every end when the Tigers could relax in a 59-51 win over visiting Columbus...

Northeast girls fall as rally comes up short

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The season came to an end Monday night for Fort Scott Middle School girls’ basketball as the Tigers hosted Parsons. There were three games. The evening began with a “C” game won by the Tigers, 26-13. No details were provided. The seventh-grade “A” team defeated Parsons, 33-14, to finish the season with a record of 11-5. Sydney Herrin led the Tigers with 11 points, 8 rebounds and 4 steals. Ava Witt also had 8 rebounds as did Jescie Comstock. Jaden Lorcher also picked up 4 steals...

UPDATED with more information about Friday's Northeast girls game (Saturday, 1:40 p.m.)

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...

Turnovers weren’t that much of a problem for Fort Scott Community College’s women in their game against the Washburn University junior varsity at Arnold Arena Tuesday night. Just about everything else was problematic, though, and Washburn was in control pretty much from the start in a 67-50 win over the Greyhounds...

WILLARD, Mo. — Harrison (Ark.) swept Fort Scott High School’s basketball teams in the final round of the Willard Tri-State Classic here Saturday. Goblin girls took a 44-39 win while Harrison’s boys prevailed, 60-32. Both Fort Scott teams finished the tournament 0-3 and will be off all this week before resuming play with a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Chanute on Dec. 12...