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King medals at State following 6-way playoff (5/23/18)Sports Editor's Note: This version corrects errors made in the print version as a result of unclear information provided by the Kansas State High School Activities Association. The Tribune regrets the error.
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King, Tigers are Regional golf champions (5/18/18)GARNETT — Fort Scott High’s golf team won the championship of the Anderson County Class 4A Regional Tournament here Monday. The Tigers shot 328 as a team to finish 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Ottawa. Burlington was third at 337. “We won this regional by playing by far our best golf of the year,” Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said. “I knew we were capable of this — and even better than this, quite frankly.”...
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Tiger golfers finish second in league (5/8/18)CHANUTE — Fort Scott High School’s golf team was able to maintain its hold on second place in the Southeast Kansas League by finishing second in the final of the four league designated tournaments here Monday. Chanute completed a “four-peat” as its first-place tournament finish of 306 allowed the Blue Comets to finish with the lowest team score in league play, 1,304, since Independence shot 1,292 in 2014. Chanute is the first team to win four in a row since Parsons did so from 1999-2002...
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Tiger golfers 3rd at Coffeyville, 2nd in SEK (5/4/18)COFFEYVILLE — Fort Scott High’s golf team finished third at the Coffeyville Invitational here Tuesday but that did not cause the Tigers to drop in the Southeast Kansas League standings following the third of four designated tournaments. The Tigers shot 364 in finishing third. Chanute, the league leader, was again the winner with a 337 followed by Labette County at 354...
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King takes title at LCHS tourney (4/27/18)Fort Scott High’s Nick King won the Labette County Invitational Thursday while Lucas Harryman took third place. King shot 40 on the front nine and 37 on the back to finish with a score of 77. Harryman, who lost a scorecard playoff with Labette County’s Jack Leake, shot 41-38—79, 12 stokes better than in his previous tournaments...
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Tiger golfers second in tourney, second in SEK (4/17/18)With a second-place finish in their home tournament Monday at Woodland Hills Golf Course, Fort Scott High’s golf team moved into second place in the Southeast Kansas League following the second of four designated tournaments. Three-time defending SEK champion Chanute won the team title with a four-man score of 334, which was actually their highest of the season. The Blue Comets have been below 320 as a team routinely so far this season...
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Tigers third twice this week; home tourney Monday (4/13/18)Fort Scott High School’s varsity golf team played in a pair of non-league tournaments this week. The Tigers played at Pittsburg Tuesday and Parsons Thursday. The Tigers finished third in a tournament at Pittsburg’s Crestwood Country Club on Tuesday. Nick King and Carter Goldston earned medals for the Tigers...
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Junior golf camp to be held this summer (3/6/18)The 2018 Junior Golf Camp will be held at Woodland Hills Golf Course over six days this summer. The dates are June 12 and 21 and July 11, 18, 24 and 31. Sessions for juniors 8 to 10 years old will be held from 9-10 a.m. each day. Sessions for those who are 11-to-13 years old will be held from 10:15 to 11:15. ...
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King, Fox gain experience at Wamego (5/23/17)WAMEGO — Fort Scott High School freshman Nick King finished tied for 28th in a field of 101 here Monday at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament . King shot 45 on the front nine and 40 on the back to finish with a score of 85, 15 strokes over par. Teammate Tanner Fox, a junior, placed 95th with his score of 57-54—111. This was also his first State appearance...
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O’Neal takes part in 2A State golf (5/23/17)GARDEN CITY —Uniontown junior Dylan O’Neal took part in the Class 2A State Golf Tournament at Garden City’s Southwind Country Club here Monday. He shot 59 on the front nine and 72 on the back to finish with a total of 131. That put him in 82nd place...
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Burlington wins Regional; Two Tigers advance (5/16/17)Nick King and Tanner Fox will represent Fort Scott High School in the Class 4A State Golf Tournament following their results in the Fort Scott Class 4A Regional at Woodland Hills Golf Course on Monday. King, a freshman, finished in second place, shooting 37 on the front nine and 41 on the back to finish with a score of 78. He finished one shot behind champion Jace Watkins of Burlington, who shot 37-40—77. They were the only two golfers to finish under 80...
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O’Neal earns trip to Garden City (5/16/17)OLATHE — Uniontown junior Dylan O’Neal will be going to the Class 2A State Golf Tournament after qualifying from the Kansas City Christian Class 2A Regional Tournament at Prairie Highlands here Monday. O’Neal shot 127 for the Eagles, finishing 16th, but advances to State as one of the top five qualifiers from teams that did not finish in the top three. The top three teams automatically qualified all of their players. O’Neal’s score was the fourth-best out of the five at-large qualifiers...
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King takes tourney, 5th in SEK (4/28/17)OSWEGO — Fort Scott freshman Nick King won the Labette County Invitational here Tuesday, the fourth and last of the Southeast Kansas League designated golf tournaments, and finished fifth in the final league standings. The top 10 golfers after the four SEK tournaments earn All-League status. ...
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Tigers second at Parsons (4/21/17)Tigers second at Parsons PARSONS — Fort Scott High’s golf team finished second here Thursday in the third of four Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments. The Tigers shot 354 as a team to finish second to Chanute’s 328. The Blue Comets have been dominant in league play, winning the three tournaments held by an average of 28 strokes...
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Tigers on top in home tourney (4/18/17)Fort Scott High won the team title at its home invitational at Woodland Hills Golf Course Monday and had three individuals finish in the top 10. Early on, head coach Ken Klassen indicated that his team wasn’t doing well. That could be seen in that five of the six Tigers had higher scores on the front nine than on the back. But each of them eventually recovered...
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Tiger golfers suffer drop off in 2nd outing (4/14/17)PITTSBURG — In the first Southeast Kansas League designated golf tournament at Independence April 6, Fort Scott High’s team shot a 365 which was good enough for them to lay stake to second place in the league standings. But here on Tuesday, the Tigers added 5 strokes to their score. That may not seem like much, but their 370 was good for only seventh place at the Pittsburg Invitational, the second SEK tournament, and saw the Tigers fall two places in team standings...
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King leads SEK after one tourney (4/8/17)INDEPENDENCE — Fort Scott High School’s golf season opened in a big way here Thursday. The Tigers finished third to a strong champion from Colgan and a tough Chanute squad. Freshman Nick King finished third individually and, because golfers from non-league school Colgan finished in the top two tournament spots, is the Southeast Kansas League’s top individual following his first high-school meet...
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Tiger baseball rescheduled for April 14 (4/4/17)Everything Fort Scott High School had scheduled athletically for Tuesday was either postponed or cancelled due to the expectation of bad weather. Tiger baseball versus Pittsburg, which was to be one varsity game and one junior varsity contest, has been rescheduled for April 14. Fort Scott hosts the Adam LaRoche Tournament this weekend at Dave Regan Stadium with pool play Friday and placement games Saturday. The complete schedule can be seen at the end of this summary...
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Uniontown boys finish second (1/21/17)PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's boys took second place in the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament here Friday night, falling to top-seeded Humboldt in the finale, 56-44. The Cubs (9-1) held an 18-4 lead after one period. The second-seeded Eagles (7-4) fought back but still trailed 44-26 after three...
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Link Year Prep holds on to beat 'Hound men (11/23/16)Fort Scott Community College's men scored the first six points of their game against Link Year Prep in the final game of the Gladbach Classic at Arnold Arena Saturday night. But the Lions went on a 16-2 run and never trailed again, going on to an 88-80 victory...
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Hall gets albatross at local course (5/24/16)Fort Scott resident Rex Hall can scratch "albatross" off of his bucket list. An albatross is the golfing community's monicker for making a hole-in-one on a par four hole. Hall accomplished this rare feat on the sixth hole Sunday at Woodland Hills Golf Course. Hole No. 6 is a 235-yard par-4 from the white tees...
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Four golfers earn HM status (5/11/16)CHANUTE -- Four members of Fort Scott High School's golf team earned Honorable Mention All-Southeast Kansas League status after playing in the fourth and final league-designated tournament here Monday. Tanner Fox finished 15th in the final SEK standings with Hudson Horn 16th, Camden Stiles tied for 18th and Bret Pickert in 20th. The top 10 players earn All-SEK First Team status while the second 10, plus any ties, earn Honorable Mention status...
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O'Neal 11th at league golf (5/10/16)PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's Dylan O'Neal was the Eagles' highest finisher at the Three Rivers League Golf Tournament here Monday. O'Neal shot 109 in finishing in 11th place. Ty Covey was 16th with his score of 133 and Hayden Schaaf was 18th with his 139...
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Jayhawks win Uniontown tournament (5/6/16)Jayhawk-Linn won team honors while Chetopa's Jared Lawellin took the individual crown at the Uniontown Invitational at Woodland Hills Golf Course Thursday. The Jayhawks shot 365 as a team and were the only ones with every player under 100 strokes. Every member of the team earned a medal. Erie was second at 436 with Chetopa third at 443 and Yates Center fourth at 439...
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Tigers post best finish of season (5/6/16)COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished fourth here Tuesday in the third of four Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments. The Tigers shot a season-best 366 and placed the highest they have all season in a full tournament (they were second out of three teams at Nevada on March 31)...
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Reynolds, Pickert medal at Jayhawk-Linn (5/3/16)MOUND CITY -- Both Fort Scott and Uniontown sent golfers here Thursday to Jayhawk-Linn's tournament at Sugar Valley. The Tigers had their best finish of the season as a team with a fifth-place score of 374. Uniontown sent just three golfers and did not score as a team...
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FSHS grad moving on to Division I (4/30/16)COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott sophomore Jonathan Allen, who has played for the Coffeyville Community College golf program the last two seasons, has signed a scholarship agreement to continue playing golf at Alcorn State University for the 2016-17 school year...
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Reynolds wins medal in home tourney (4/29/16)Nick Reynolds medaled for the second consecutive tournament, finishing ninth in the twice-postponed Fort Scott Golf Invitational at Woodland Hills Golf Course Wednesday. Reynolds won his first medal of the season at Parsons on April 21 and did so again Wednesday, finishing in ninth place. He shot 42 on the front nine and 38 on the back to finish with an 18-hole score of 90...
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Reynolds wins first medal of season (4/26/16)PARSONS -- Nick Reynolds won the Tigers' first medal of the season as Fort Scott High School's boys golf team finished sixth at the Parsons Invitational here Thursday. Reynolds shot 41 on the front nine and 46 on the back to finish with an 87, good for first place. He bested his previous season low by 14 strokes...
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JV golfers play at home (4/26/16)Fort Scott High School was the host of a nine-hole junior varsity tournament on Monday at Woodland Hills Golf Course. The Tigers had two teams entered while Pittsburg and Chanute each had one. No team scores were kept. The best score was recorded by Chanute's Matt Devoe, who shot 46. Pittsburg's Matt Thompson was second with a 48...
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JV golfers second at Jayhawk-Linn (4/16/16)MOUND CITY -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity golf team finished second at the Jayhawk-Linn Invitational here Thursday. The Tigers shot 223 as a team in the nine-hole affair. Jayhawk-Linn came out on top with a 192. Caleb Rhoades and Cade Gosewisch were medalists for Fort Scott. Rhoades placed fourth with a score of 48 while Gosewisch was fifth with a 53...
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Score rises at Pittsburg (4/15/16)PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's golfers struggled here Tuesday and saw their team score rise by 20 strokes at the Pittsburg Invitational at Crestwood Country Club. The Tigers finished sixth out of seven teams with a score of 407, up from the 387 they shot at Independence on April 7...
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Fort Scott golfers finish eighth at first league tournament (4/12/16)INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's golf team finished eighth in the first Southeast Kansas League desginated tournament of the season here Thursday. Chanute was the team champion with a four-man, 18-hole score of 342 followed by non-league school Frontenac at 365 and Independence in third at 367...
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JV golfers finish 2nd at Iola (4/8/16)IOLA -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity golf team finished in second place here at the Iola Invitational. Some schedules may have had this event listed as a varsity event. The varsity competed today at Independence. The Tigers shot 226 as a team in the nine-hole affair. Iola was the winner with a score of 217...
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UHS golfers open season at Erie (4/6/16)ERIE -- Uniontown's golf team opened its season here Monday, finishing ninth in an 11-team field. "This was our first meet of the season, so we didn't really know how the kids would do but knew it would give us a good place to start and try to build from," Eagle head coach Jason Tourtillott said. "We hit some really nice golf shots but just couldn't put them together shot after shot. We found a lot of things we need to work on in practice to try to cut some strokes down."...
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State Golf postponed (5/27/15)McPHERSON -- The Class 4A State Golf Tournament was postponed after central Kansas was drenched by nearly constant rain all weekend, including Monday when the decision was made. Fort Scott senior Conner Antonetti is one of the participants in the tournament, which has been rescheduled for today at Turkey Creek Golf Course here...
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Antonetti seeks State medal in McPherson (5/22/15)Fort Scott High School senior Conner Antonetti has been a golfer long before going out for the Tiger team as a freshman. "When I was 2, I think, was when I first got a club in my hand, and since then, I've taken off with it," he said during a Thursday-afternoon interview at Woodland Hills Golf Course...
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Antonetti's 78 takes Regional title by 1 stroke (5/20/15)OSAWATOMIE -- Fort Scott High senior Conner Antonetti won the Osawatomie Class 4A Regional Tournament here Monday, shooting 39 on the front nine and the back to claim the championship with a total of 78. This also gives him his second consecutive State Tournament berth...
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Eagle golfers struggle in Regional (5/20/15)PITTSBURG -- Uniontown's golfers struggled mightily here Monday and finished their season at the Colgan Class 2A Regional Golf Tournament with a disappointing team score of 536. Uniontown's best individual score came from Nick Reynolds, who shot 55 on the front nine and 63 on the back for a total of 118. However, the highest score that qualified for State was 106...
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Tiger golfers conclude regular season play (5/15/15)Fort Scott High School golfers competed in their final two regular-season meets earlier this week. The entire team went to Chanute on Monday while senior Conner Antonetti went to Anderson County on his own on Tuesday as he had participated in only seven tournaments so far this season. Kansas State High School Activities Association rules allow individuals to compete in eight tournaments prior to Regionals, which will be held on Monday...
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Eagles' Reynolds sixth in TRL meet (5/12/15)Uniontown junior Nick Reynolds shot an 88 at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Fort Scott Monday to finish sixth following tie-breakers in the Three Rivers League Tournament. Four golfers shot the same score, 88, with Tom Lankford of Jayhawk-Linn placed fourth after playoff. Freddie Barnes of Jayhawk-Linn finished fifth, then Reynolds, then Chetopa's Jared Lawellin was awarded seventh...
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Jayhawks take Uniontown tourney (5/8/15)nt nine and 48 on the back to finish with a 10th-place score of 91 as Uniontown hosted its home invitational at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Fort Scott Thursday. The Eagles had just three individuals here and so were not eligible for team scoring. Jayhawk-Linn was the team champion with a score of 350 over 18 holes. Erie was second at 367 and Yates Center was third at 391...
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Mixed results for Tigers at Coffeyville (5/8/15)COFFEYVILLE -- The last of the four Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments finished with something of a variety of outcomes here Tuesday. The top two golfers in the SEK remained so afterward despite each one shooting unusually-high scores for them. But Labette County's Austin Krewson and Fort Scott's Conner Antonetti had such an advantage on the rest of the field going in that their difficulties didn't cost them any position on the table...
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Fort Scott wins UHS JV gathering (5/8/15)Fort Scott High School's junior varsity golf team finished 20 strokes ahead of tournament host Uniontown in what was basically a dual in team competition at the Eagles' home junior varsity tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course Tuesday. The Tigers shot 234 as a team over nine holes while Uniontown shot 254. They were the only schools with full teams...
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Eagles ready to host tourney Thursday (5/6/15)POMONA -- Uniontown's golf team prepared for its home tournament by taking three of its members here Monday for a tournament hosted by West Franklin. Nick Reynolds shot a personal-best 9-hole score of 41 on the front nine for Uniontown but had troubles on the back and finished with a 95. Dalton Clifton shot 108 and Ty Covey finished with a 133...
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Four strokes separate league's top two golfers (5/2/15)PARSONS -- Four strokes separate the Southeast Kansas League's two best golfers, Labette County's Austin Knewson and Fort Scott's Conner Antonetti, after three league tournaments. The third of the league's four tourneys was held here Thursday when Parsons hosted its own invitational. Krewson leads the SEK with a three-tournament total of 230 with Antonetti in second at 234...
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Antonetti signs with Coffeyville (4/29/15)
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Antonetti second in tourney and league (4/25/15)PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's Conner Antonetti finished second at the Labette County Invitational here Thursday and remains in second place in the Southeast Kansas League golf standings. Antonetti shot 38 on the front nine and 41 on the back to finish with a score of 79, then won a scorecard playoff with Labette County's Austin Krewson (39-40), who remains the league leader. Parsons' Drew Fuentez won the individual tourney title with his 37-39--76 and moved up to seventh on the league ladder...
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Antonetti wins home invite (4/21/15)Senior Conner Antonetti shot a 79 on a cool, blustery day at Woodland Hills Golf Course Monday to win the championship of the Fort Scott Invitational by one stroke. Antonetti won by one stroke over Chanute's Tanner Funk, who finished with an 80. Funk's score helped the Blue Comets win the team title with a score of 331, well ahead of second-place Independence's 345. The Tigers, with a freshmen-dominated lineup, finished third with a 373...
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Antonetti 4th in first league meet (4/17/15)PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School senior Conner Antonetti finished in fourth place in the first of four Southeast Kansas League designated golf tournaments. Antonetti shot 38 on the front nine and 39 on the back to finish with a total of 77. Austin Krewson of Labette County was the winner with a 38-37--75, winning a tiebreaker from Iola's Kaden Macha (39-36). ...
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Three medal for JVgolf squad (4/15/15)COFFEYVILLE --Fort Scott High's junior varsity golf team finished fourth here Monday with three Tigers earning medals. The Tigers finished with a four-man, nine-hole team score of 233. Independence won the team title with a 208. Caleb Rhoades finished in eighth place individually for Fort Scott, shooting a 54. Jesse Jones placed ninth with a 56. Derek Bollinger tied for 10th place with a 57...
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Inexperienced golf team opens season (4/11/15)Senior Conner Antonetti is the only returning member of Fort Scott High's golf team with varsity experience. That showed Thursday when he finished fifth in the Tigers' first varsity meet of the season at Independence. The rest of the Tiger roster consists of a junior and eight freshmen, five of who competed at Independence...
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Eagle golfers eighth at Erie (4/8/15)ERIE -- Uniontown's season began here Monday with an eighth-place finish at the Erie Invitational. The Eagles shot 442 over 18 holes. Jayhawk-Linn was the team champion with a score of 337. Nick Reynolds was the top finisher for Uniontown, shooting 48 on the front nine and 52 on the back for a score of 100...
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Juniors to lead Eagle golf squad (4/1/15)UNIONTOWN -- Youth will be served as Uniontown's golf team once again enters the spring season without a senior. That's not been too much of a problem for the program and head coach Jason Tourtillott and may not be again this year as a solid core of golfers will represent the Eagles...
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Junior golf season concludes (6/28/14)The recent Southeast Kansas Junior Golf season concluded Thursday at Oswego. For those who have been following junior golf, this is not a part of the Kansas Junior Golf Association series that's also being conducted this summer. On June 19 at Chanute's Stone Quarry course, Nicholas King finished in second place in the boys' 11-12 year-old division, shoowing 43 over nine holes. Cole Wheeler of Chanute was first with a score of 41...
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King wins second KJGA tourney (6/27/14)COFFEYVILLE -- The Kansas Junior Golf Association's second southeast Kansas tournament was held at the municipal course here Tuesday. Nicholas King won the 12-13 year-old age group, as he did back on June 18 in Fort Scott. This time, he shot 78 over nine holes and 5,245 yards. Cole Wheeler of Chanute was second with an 81 and Jace Watkins of Burlington was third with an 85...
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Local youth wins age group at home (6/26/14)Fort Scott's Woodland Hills Golf Course hosted a Kansas Junior Golf Association southeast area tournament June 18 with two local youths participating. Nicholas King won his age group, the 12-13 year-old division, by shooting a 78. The next-best finisher, Jack Watkins of Burlington, finished 10 strokes back and Cole Wheeler of Chanute finished third with a score of 92...
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Junior golf season gets underway (6/17/14)Forty junior golfers from Southeast Kansas braved the wind and rain to compete in a Southeast Kansas Junior Golf League tournament Thursday morning. The weather began rather rough, but eased as the morning unfolded. Oswego, Parsons, Chanute and Fort Scott were represented in the one-day tournament. Medals were awarded for the top 4 places in each age and gender grouping...
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Class 4A State Golf (5/24/14)When: Monday. Where: Firekeeper Golf Course, Mayetta. Fort Scott qualifiers: Junior Conner Antonetti, on the basis of an eighth-place finish at the Independence Class 4A Regional Monday. Senior Jonathan Allen on the basis of finishing in a tie for 10th place in that same tournament. This will be Allen's second appearance, qualifying last year and finishing with a score of 86 at Cheney...
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Two Tigers advance to State Golf tourney (5/21/14)INDEPENDENCE -- Senior Jonathan Allen will return to the Kansas Class 4A State Golf Tournament while junior Conner Antonetti will be going there for the first time after both earned at-large qualifying spots from the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament held here Monday...
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Allen wins second straight SEK golf title (5/20/14)CHANUTE -- The Chanute Tournament, the fourth and last of the Southeast Kansas League designated golf tournaments for the year which was interrupted by rain Monday, was completed Thursday. Guest school Iola won the team and individual crowns in the tournament but Fort Scott's Jonathan Allen finished well enough to become just the 17th player in league history to win two individual league championships and the 14th to do so in consecutive years...
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Rain shortens TRL tourney to 9 holes (5/14/14)OSWEGO -- The Three Rivers League Golf Tournament was shortened by rain here Monday and that may have robbed Uniontown's golfers of a chance to earn some medals. "We didn't have the front nine scores we were hoping for and, unfortunately, started playing better on the back nine only to be rained out and have to settle for our front 9 totals as our scores," Uniontown head coach Jason Tourtillott said. "The heavy rain moved in when the kids were on the 12th hole and forced us off the course."...
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Reynolds fifth in home tourney with 85 (5/10/14)Nick Reynolds led Uniontown's varsity golf team with a fifth-place 85 as the Eagles hosted their home golf tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course Thursday afternoon. The Eagles finished fifth as a team. "Nick put together his personal best round," Uniontown head coach Jason Tourtillott said. ...
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Tigers struggle in Coffeyville tourney (5/9/14)COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High School's golf team struggled to a fifth-place finish at the Coffeyville Invitational here Tuesday as the Tigers shot 369 to finish almost 35 stokes behind winner Independence. "It was an difficult day for the boys," Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said. "The windy conditions were challenging, but we collectively had problems we hadn't seen yet this year."...
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Tigers third at Parsons tourney (5/3/14)PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished third at the Parsons Invitational here Thursday with Conner Antonetti finishing in second place for the Tigers. This was not one of the Southeast Kansas League's four designated tournaments. The fourth and final one will be held at Chanute on May 12, one week before the Class 4A Regional Tournament at Independence...
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Eagle golfers show improvement at Oswego (4/25/14)OSWEGO -- Uniontown's golf team played 18 holes here Monday and had better performances from most of its players despite a two-week layoff since its season opener at Erie. "We've got a ways to go but we're consistently getting better every week," Eagle head coach Jason Tourtillott says. "With our team being so young our main focus is to improve week by week and get a little more competitive."...
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JV golf results (4/25/14)PARSONS -- Three Fort Scott High School golfers took part in a junior varsity meet held by Labette County here Thursday. Marcus Brennan shot 58 over nine holes to lead the Tiger contingent. Tyler Endicott was next with a 58 and Seth Marshall scored a 76...
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Allen claims SEK lead after 1st tourney title (4/22/14)Jonathan Allen's first high-school golf tournament title came on his home course and also gave the Fort Scott High senior the lead in the Southeast Kansas League individual standings after he finished with a personal-best 71 in the Fort Scott Invitational Monday afternoon at Woodland Hills Golf Course...
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Tigers keep pace in golf race (4/18/14)PITTSBURG -- Crestwood Country Club was the site of the second of four Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments here Tuesday afternoon. Fort Scott finished third in the tournament but remained in second place in league standings as the tourney champ was not a league member...
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Tiger golfers 3rd at Indy (4/12/14)INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's golf team started finished third at the Independence Invitational Thursday with two golfers in the top 10. This was the first of four Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments, but Tigers were also competing against three non-league schools in the 10-team field. So where league teams and individuals places doesn't necessarily match where they are in the SEK at the moment...
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Tigers take Iola tourney (4/11/14)lf team opened the season by claiming the team title at the Iola Invitational and five of the top 10 individual positions. Fort Scott's four-man score of 343 was 14 better than that of runner-up Labette County. Conner Antonetti won the individual title by shooting 37 on the front nine and 42 on the back for a total of 79. He was the only golfer who shot under 40 on either nine...
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Regional assignments set in most sports; FSHS to host softball (4/9/14)The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) has released post-season assignments in every spring sport but track and field. One of the things revealed is that Fort Scott High School will host a Class 4A-Division I Softball Regional Tournament which will have five teams...
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Uniontown golfers struggle in first outing (4/9/14)CHANUTE -- Uniontown High School's golf team, a young group, struggled in their first outing of the season here Monday. "This was our first tournament of the year and didn't get off to the start I would have liked to have seen," Uniontown head coach Jason Tourtillott said. "For the most part, we struggled finding fairways and our short game was off."...
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Five of top six return for Tiger golfers (4/5/14)Fort Scott High golf coach Ken Klassen is another one of those who are dealing with lower participation numbers. There are just nine players out for the team. Eight are seniors but four of them are playing on the golf team for the first time. Klassen does have five of his top players back from last season's team. ...
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Eagles to send out young golf squad (3/28/14)Youth. Some athletic teams have more of it than others. But Uniontown High School's golfers are going to be more youthful than most of the teams they play. Head coach Jason Tourtillott, entering his eighth year guiding the program, saw the loss of two State Tournament qualifiers, Brenton Esslinger and Austin Jefferis, off last year's team due to graduation...
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Two win age groups on home course (6/18/13)The summer junior golf tour through Southeast Kansas continued Thursday with a nine-hole tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course. Two locals won their age groups and five others finished in the top four of their groups. Nicholas King won the 11-12 year-old boys division, shooting a 41 on Woodland Hills' front nine. The runner-up, Cole Wheeler of Chanute, finished with a 46...
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Antonetti, Madison winners in jr. golf (6/11/13)OSWEGO -- Fort Scott golfers Conner Antonetti and Lauren Madison were division winners at a junior golf tournament held here Thursday. Antonetti led a local 1-2-3 finish in the boys' 15-18 year-old division. Over nine holes, Antonetti finished with a score of 34 while Fort Scott High teammate Jonathan Allen was second with a 37 and Channing Nielson took third with a 39...
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4A State Golf: Wichita Collegiate wins 17th State title (5/22/13)CHENEY -- Fort Scott High School junior Jonathan Allen shot 45 on the front nine and 41 on the back to finish with an 86 at the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at Cherry Oaks Golf Course here Monday. That score tied for 70 out of 106 golfers at the tournament...
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Allen qualifies for State golf (5/15/13)PARSONS -- Fort Scott High junior Jonathan Allen finished in seventh place after a three-way playoff at the KATY Course here Monday and qualified for the Class 4A State Tournament, which will be held at Cherry Oaks Golf Course in Cheney. As a team, the Tigers finished fifth in the Parsons Class 4A Regional Tournament. Every member of the top two teams and the five top players from non-qualifying teams earn berths to State...
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2 Eagles advance to 2A State golf (5/15/13)Seniors Brenton Esslinger and Austin Jefferis earned State Tournament berths as at-large qualifiers following Uniontown's home Class 2A Regional Tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Fort Scott Monday afternoon. In Class 2A, the top three teams qualify all their players to State. The top five individuals from non-qualifying teams also advance. Esslinger got in with a score of 104 while Jefferis made it with a 107...
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Wheeler medals at league (5/10/13)MOUND CITY -- Uniontown's Jonathon Wheeler finished 10th here Monday to earn a medal in the Three Rivers League Golf Tournament at Sugar Valley Golf Course. Wheeler shot 45 on the front nine and 49 on the back to post a season-varsity-best score of 94...
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Tiger golfers finish in top 2 of SEK (5/8/13)CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School golfers finished in the top two spots in the Southeast Kansas League this season following the results of the fourth and final league-designated tournament here Monday. Jonathan Allen, the leader coming in, only finished 10th at the Chanute Invitational. But Labette County's Austin Krewson, who was four strokes behind in second place, finished 15th, which also allowed Fort Scott's Conner Antonetti to move past him into second in the final standings...
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Eagles make it halfway (5/4/13)Uniontown's varsity golf team had only been able to play three times this season prior to the Eagles' home tournament Thursday at Woodland Hills Golf Course. So despite the threat of snow, the tournament went on. Play began an hour early and was called off after nine holes...
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JV Eagles 3rd at home meet (5/3/13)Uniontown's junior varsity golf team finished in third place at its home tournament, played Tuesday at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Fort Scott. The Eagles shot 232 as a team. Jayhawk-Linn was the winner with a score od 194 followed by Erie at 210. Johnathan Wheeler led Uniontown with a 50. Dalton Clifton and Cole Rockhold each shot 59 and Jay Heirholzer finished at 64...
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Allen assumes lead in SEK golf standings (5/2/13)COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott's Jonathan Allen moved to the top of the Southeast Kansas League golf standings after three of the four designated league tournaments following the results of the Coffeyville Invitational here Tuesday. Two non-league schools, Caney Valley and Iola, were part of the field, so movement among league players and schools within season standings didn't necessarily correspond with the outcome of the tournament. ...
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Tiger duo sits atop golf standings (4/27/13)PARSONS -- A 2-3 finish at the Labette County Invitational has a Fort Scott duo sitting 1-2 in Southeast Kansas League golf standings following the second of four league designated tournaments at Parsons Country Club here Thursday. Jonathan Allen and Conner Antonetti each shot identical scores -- 40 on the front nine, 38 on the back for totals of 78 -- in the LCHS tourney. ...
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Uniontown varsity, JV golfers both play at Iola (4/27/13)IOLA -- Uniontown High School's golfers played in two tournaments in one day at the same golf course here Thursday, Marmaton Valley hosted its junior varsity invitational in the late morning at Cedarbrook Golf Course, then held its varsity invitational beginning in the early afternoon...
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Tiger golfers take two two spots at Parsons (4/24/13)PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School golfers took the top two spots at the Parsons Invitational at the KATY Course Monday, setting the pace as the Southeast Kansas League individual race got underway. Connor Antonetti led the field with a 79 after shooting 40 on the front nine and 39 on the back. Jonathan Allen took second with his 38-43-81, winning a scorecard playoff over Independence's Caleb Vowell (40-41)...
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Eagle golfers play in Oswego tourney (4/18/13)OSWEGO -- Uniontown High School's golf team played in the Oswego Invitational here Monday. The Eagles only had three golfers and so were not eligible to score as a team. "Our boys did played hard and did a great job," Uniontown head coach Jason Tourtillott said of his very young squad. "Each of the boys we took shot a personal best so we can't ask for much more. Each week they are getting a little better and better."...
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Tigers second in home tourney (4/16/13)The course conditions weren't the best due to damage caused by the previous weekend's storm. The weather conditions weren't the best -- cloudy and unseasonably cool -- due to the weather system that's supposed to bring storms this week. But Fort Scott High finished in second place as a team and won three individual medals in their home tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course Monday...
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Uniontown JV golfers 3rd at J-Linn (4/13/13)MOUND CITY -- Uniontown High School's junior varsity golf team finished third here Thursday at the Jayhawk-Linn Tournament, just 19 strokes behind winner Burlington in the 9-hole tournament. The Fort Scott junior varsity was also present at the tournament but was not eligible for team scoring as only two golfers played...
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Weather affecting Tiger baseball the most (4/12/13)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...
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Uniontown JV golf results at Erie (4/12/13)ERIE -- The Uniontown junior varsity golf team sent three players here Tuesday for a 9-hole tournament. The best finish was by Jonathan Wheeler, who tied for 17th wih a score of 52. Dalton Clifton scored a 60 and Cole Rockhold finished at 61. Forty-seven golfers were entered. The winning score was a 43 posted by Jayhawk-Linn's Fred Barnes and Neodesha's Connor Keith. Barnes won the scorecard playoff for the title...
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Allen 8th at Pittsburg tourney (4/11/13)PITTSBURG -- Jonathan Allen finished eighth at the Pittsburg Invitational here Tuesday but he was the only member of Fort Scott High's golf team who earned a medal. Allen shot 42 on the front nine and 40 on the back to finish at 82 at Crestwood Country Club. He is the only Tiger to medal in all three meets...
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Fort Scott golfers win Iola Tournament (4/4/13)IOLA -- Four members of the Fort Scott High School golf team finished in the top 10 here Tuesday as the Tigers claimed the team title at the Iola Invitational. The Tigers had a four-man score of 334, one stroke better than Iola, which was led by individual champion Kaden Macha, who finished with the only score under 80: 35 on the front nine, 36 on the back for a total of 71. Independence was third out of five complete teams at 353...
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Uniontown golfers struggle in season opener (4/3/13)ERIE -- With a young, inexperienced squad, Uniontown head golf coach Jason Tourtillott knew it wasn't going to be an easy day for his Eagles. "Knowing that going in, our main focus was to get them some experience and really find out as individuals what they need to work on to get better," he said...
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Golfers fifth, two medal (3/30/13)INDEPENDENCE -- Jonathan Allen and Connor Antonetti earned medals at the Independence Tournament here Thursday. Fort Scott High's golfers finished fifth in the 10-team field with a four-man total of 362. Host Independence was the winner at 339 followed by Labette County at 343...
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Inexperience an issue for Eagle golf squad (3/30/13)The numbers are good but the talent is youthful for Uniontown's boys' golf team after graduation took three key members from last year's squad. Eagle head coach Jason Tourtillott is entering his sixth year guiding the team and will field possibly one of his youngest ever...
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Golfers looking for 4th scorer (3/27/13)Four members of Fort Scott High School's State-qualifying golf team return this season. But the challenge for head coach Ken Klassen will be finding the fourth golfer the Tigers need to score well as a team in tournaments. The season is scheduled to begin Thursday with the Independence Tournament. The Tigers, who finished second in the Southeast Kansas League last season, have not been on the course very much in pre-season practice but have found ways to get some work in...
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Area youth medal in junior golf tourney (8/4/12)NEVADA. -- Players from both sides of the state line placed in a junior golf tournament held at the Frank E. Peters Golf Course Wednesday. Seventeen golfers participated in four age groups. Nevada golfers took the top three spots in the 8-and-9 year-old division. John Bloesser took first place followed by Owen Swearengen and Cody Larsen...