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Paola wins softball Regional final (05/17/12)
PAOLA -- Fort Scott High School's softball team routed Prairie View, 11-1, in the semifinal of the Paola Class 4A Regional Tournament here Tuesday. But the third-seeded Tigers fell to top-seeded Paola, 15-0, in the championship game. The Panthers (22-1) outscored their three Regional opponents, Osawatomie, Louisburg and Fort Scott, 43-0. They advance to the Class 4A State Tournament at Salina May 25-26...

Jayhawks shut out Eagles in finals (05/17/12)
YATES CENTER -- Jayhawk-Linn earned its second consecutive trip to the Class 2-1A State Softball Tournament with a pair of wins at the Yates Center Regional here Tuesday. The Jayhawks, Three Rivers League runners-up, defeated Yates Center, 4-1, in the semifinal then run-ruled top-seeded Uniontown in the final, 12-0...

Fort Scott softball advances past Fillies (05/16/12)
PAOLA -- Fort Scott High School's softball team moved past sixth-seeded Iola, 12-8, Monday in the first round of the Paola Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament. The Tigers (12-7) advanced to a Tuesday semifinal with No. 2 seed Prairie View (15-4), which bounced Anderson County, 14-4. Top-seed Paola (20-1) routed Osawatomie, 20-0, and No. 4 Louisburg (8-13) beat Ottawa, 9-4...

Dave Regan tourney set for June 2 (05/15/12)
The Ninth Annual Dave Regan Memorial Softball Tournament will be held June 2 as part of the activities of the 2012 Good Ol' Days. This men's slow-pitch tournament will be held at Ellis Park. Each team will be guaranteed a certain number of games, which depends on the size of the field, which is limited to 16 teams...

Chetopa pitcher gives Eagles test before regional (05/12/12)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- According to Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn, there are not many good pitchers at the Class 2-1A level in Southeast Kansas. He feels he's got two of them in Taylor Wade and Mandie Ridge. Jayhawk-Linn's Tess Murrow is another good one...

Tigers sweep, clinch second in SEK (05/11/12)
Fort Scott High School's softball team showed the form that makes head coach Alvin Metcalf happy in the first game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader against Chanute at Don Hewett Field Thursday evening. Then in the second game, they showed the kind of form that frustrates him...

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

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

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

FSHS softball splits, moves into second place (05/05/12)
COLUMBUS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's softball team moved into second place in the Southeast Kansas League even after only managing to split with Columbus here Thursday afternoon. Labette County clinched its third consecutive league championship by sweeping Parsons, which entered Thursday night in second place. ...

Uniontown softball swept by undefeated Humboldt (05/05/12)
HUMBOLDT, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team was swept in a non-league doubleheader by unbeaten Humboldt here Thursday by scores of 8-7 and 8-2. Defense appeared to be the problem for the Eagles (14-4). Only 6 of the 16 runs allowed by pitchers Taylor Wade and Mandie Ridge were earned...

Softball season ends without a win (05/01/12)
ARKANSAS CITY -- Fort Scott Community College's softball season came to and end without a victory here Saturday as the Greyhounds were swept by top-seeded Cowley in the Region VI Division II District D first-round playoff series. Cowley (43-6) won the best-of-3 series 2 games to none by sweeping a Saturday doubleheader 8-0 and 11-3. ...

Thursday's FSHS JV softball games cancelled (05/01/12)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity softball doubleheader against Coffeyville, scheduled for Thursday at Don Hewett Field, has been cancelled due to a lack of players at Coffeyville. The Tiger JV is scheduled to play today against Parsons and Friday versus Columbus, both at Don Hewett Field. Play begins each day at 4:30 p.m...

Paola sweeps Fort Scott softball (04/28/12)
PAOLA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's softball team was defeated by Paola in both games of a non-league doubleheader Thursday, dropping game one 10-2 and the second game 6-4. The Tigers (8-6) were held to 4 hits in game one, scoring both their runs in the top of the fifth inning on Mackenzie Jackman's 2-out, 2-RBI double. Hannah Tourtillott, Riley Brown and Kenzie Heatherly each also had a hit...

Uniontown scores 33 runs in sweep (04/25/12)
NEODESHA -- The Uniontown softball team scored at least 25 runs in a doubleheader for the fifth time this season as the Eagles swept Neodesha 16-0 and 17-1 in non-league play here Monday. The Eagles (14-2) scored double digits in a single game for the eighth and ninth times this season...

FSHS softball swept by LCHS; takes two from Coffeyville (04/24/12)
Fort Scott High School's baseball team was swept by leader Labette County at home Friday but went on the road Monday and dominated Coffeyville in a pair of Southeast Kansas League doubleheaders. On Friday, Labette County (10-0 SEK, 12-0 overall) kept up its high-scoring ways in sweeping the Tigers 10-3 and 12-1 at Don Hewett Field. The Grizzlies have failed to score at least 10 runs just once this season...

Uniontown softball takes two from Hume (04/21/12)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team took both games of a doubleheader from Hume at George Warren Field Thursday, shutting out the Hornets in the opener while the second game was called in the fourth inning due to a scheduling conflict at Hume...

Tigers sweep Indy, move into 2nd place (04/19/12)
Catcher Mackenzie Jackman drove in 5 runs in each game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Don Hewett Field Tuesday as Fort Scott High's softball team posted an 11-4, 13-5 sweep of previously-undefeated Independence. The Tigers (5-1 SEK, 6-2 overall) moved into second place in the league ahead of the Bulldogs (4-2, 7-2). League-leading Labette County (8-0, 10-0) comes to Don Hewett Field Friday for a key SEK battle...

Eagles tally 42 runs in just six innings (04/18/12)
MORAN -- Uniontown's softball team outscored rival Marmaton Valley 42-2 in a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Monday. Even more remarkable is that due to run rules, the entire doubleheader lasted six innings. The Eagles (9-1 TRL, 10-2 overall) didn't actually get many hits as Marmaton Valley's pitchers suffered from wildness. ...

Eagles salvage softball split behind pitching, defense (04/14/12)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Pitching was the key in each game of a Three Rivers League doubleheader at George Warren Field Friday evening. Jayhawk-Linn hurler Tess Murrow had the hot hand in the opener while Uniontown's Mandie Ridge had the better of it in the nightcap...

Tiger softball splits with Parsons in SEK (04/12/12)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's softball team split a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader with Parsons here Tuesday evening. The Tigers won the opener, 9-7, but dropped the second game, 7-6, as the Vikings scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning...

No. 7 Johnson County sweeps Greyhounds (04/11/12)
Fort Scott Community College's softball team managed just 3 hits on the day in a doubleheader sweep by seventh-ranked Johnson County at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Tuesday. Johnson County (18-4 Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division, 31-8 overall) won game one 12-0 and the second game 14-0. Fort Scott (0-21, 0-40) lost its 46th and 47th consecutive games dating back to last season...

Eagles sweep Oswego in league play (04/11/12)
OSWEGO -- Uniontown's softball team swept Oswego here Monday in a rain-shortened Three Rivers League doubleheader. The Eagles took game one in five innings, 12-0, and the second game, 9-3. The nightcap was called in the sixth inning due to lightning...

JV softball splits with Pittsburg (04/11/12)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity softball team split a doubleheader with Pittsburg here Monday. The Tigers had an 18-4 victory in one of the games. In that one, they had 18 hits -- 3 each by Abi Keating and Meghan Guss and two each by Tanner Wunderly, Kelsey Simons, Alex Smith and Kyenne Wade. Simons was credited with 4 runs batted in while Smith, Guss, Mirranda Allison, Jessica Milburn and Emily Bowman each drove in 2 runs...

JV softball sweeps LCHS, swept by Indy (04/10/12)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity softball team is 2-2 after its first four games of the season, all played on the road. The Tigers swept Labette County at Altamont March 30 by 14-3 scores in each game. Tanner Wunderly had 3 hits for Fort Scott in the first game while Jessica Milburn and Kyenne Wade each had 2. Milburn, Wade and Emily Bowman had 3 hits apiece in the second game...

Cool night, hot bats; Tiger softball scores 23 runs in sweep of Pittsburg (04/06/12)
So after a week of record or near-record temperatures, this was the night that the weather gods determined needed to be a normal, cool April night. Well, if anyone in the general vicinity of Don Hewett Field needed some heat Thursday night, they were close to a source. The bats of the Fort Scott High School softball team were on fire against rival Pittsburg and the Tigers claimed a 12-2, 11-9 sweep of the Purple Dragons in Southeast Kansas League play...

Eagles need just 8 innings for sweep (04/04/12)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team was scheduled to play a Three Rivers League doubleheader against Northeast here Monday. But by the time things were said and done, the Eagles barely played the equivalent of one full game. Uniontown (4-0 TRL, 5-1 overall) needed just eight innings to sweep Northeast, winning game one in five 12-2 and taking the second game in three, 17-2. ...

Uniontown softball claims league openers over St. Paul (03/31/12)
ST. PAUL, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team swept St. Paul 8-1 and 14-3 Thursday in the Eagles' Three Rivers League opener. Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn was happier with his team's effort after an inconsistent outing in Tuesday's home split with Yates Center...

Uniontown softball splits in opener (03/29/12)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team split in its season opener Tuesday, taking the first game from Yates Center 10-5 but dropping the second game to the Wildcats 12-0. Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn commented that it was like watching two different teams play...

Dragons claim title in 8 innings (03/28/12)
Pittsburg won the season-opening Fort Scott Softball Tournament by holding off Fort Scott High in 8 innings Tuesday night at Don Hewett Field. Pittsburg defeated Blue Valley Northwest, 10-8, in one semifinal, rallying from a 6-0 deficit. Fort Scott won the other semifinal over Baxter Springs 6-3...

Fort Scott softball willing to work (03/24/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Alvin Metcalf's players are willing to work hard. In fact, Fort Scott High School's softball players have actually asked Metcalf to make practices more difficult because, he says, "(They) don't want to be as good as (others) say; they want to be better."...

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

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All-SEK baseball, softball teams announced (05/25/11)
The Southeast Kansas League has released information on the picks for the post-season All-SEK baseball and softball teams. Fort Scott High School is represented by five players on the softball team and four on the baseball list. First Team softball picks are senior Jade Weeter at catcher, classmate Morgan Tourtillott at first base and junior Kenzie Heatherly at second base. Sophomore center fielder Hannah Tourtillott and freshman shortstop Delane Gray were named to the Second Team...

Jayhawk softball going to State (05/19/11)
MORAN -- Jayhawk-Linn's softball team will be making its first apearance at the Class 2-1A State Tournament in Emporia May 27-28. The Jayhawks (17-5) earned the berth by winning the Marmaton Valley Class 2-1A Regional here Tuesday. Jayhawk-Linn drew the No. 1 seed and a first-round bye and so didn't have to play on Monday...

Ottawa offense brings Tigers' season to close (05/18/11)
OSAWATOMIE -- Third-seeded Ottawa scored 10 runs over the final three innings of play in taking a Osawatomie Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament semifinal from Fort Scott High Tuesday evening. The Tigers (14-8) held a 2-1 lead after 2 innings. But the Cyclones (13-8) scored 6 in the top of the fifth...

Lancers knock Eagles out with 10-run fourth inning (05/18/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball season came to an end here Monday with a 15-9 loss to Southeast in a first-round Frontenac Class 3A Softball Tournament game. The Eagles' season ends at 13-8 after a 12-2 start. The sixth-seeded Lancers scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to take control...

Tigers advance, 11-1 (05/17/11)
Fort Scott High School beat Iola by a combined total of 26 runs when they faced off in a doubleheader a week ago. But a 3-victory team such as the Fillies can be a scary proposition for a coach when they face each other in a winner-take-all game. However, the Tigers didn't take things for granted and routed Iola 11-1 in an Osawatomie Class 4A Regional Tournament first-round game at Don Hewitt Field Monday...

Fort Scott softball settles for split at Chanute (05/14/11)
CHANUTE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's softball team concluded regular-season play here Thursday, splitting with Chanute in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader. Fort Scott won the opener 4-0 but host Chanute took the nightcap 12-2. In the opener, the Tigers (12-4 SEK, 13-7 overall) were held to 6 hits bur prevailed as Delane Gray (8-3) held Chanute to 4 hits. Gray walked 2 batters and struck out 3...

Regional baseball, softball pairings set (05/13/11)
First-round pairings for Regional baseball and softball tournaments to be held next week were released Wednesday. All tournaments are set to begin on Monday. Fort Scott High School's baseball team has been assigned to the Spring Hill Class 4A Regional, with all of the games played at the host site. The Tigers (11-6) drew the No. 4 seed and will face fifth-seeded Paola (8-12) at 4:30 p.m. Monday...

Tiger softball scores 28 runs in sweep (05/11/11)
Fort Scott High School's softball team routed Iola in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Don Hewitt Field Monday night, winning the opener 11-0 and taking the second game 17-2. The Tigers (11-3 SEK, 12-6 overall) can clinch second place in the league with a sweep at Chanute Thursday (there are other ways; this is the simplest). Labette County (14-0, 17-1) clinched the title last week...

Chetopa sweeps Uniontown in regular-season finale (05/11/11)
CHETOPA -- Chetopa swept a Three Rivers League doubleheader from Uniontown here Monday night as the Eagles concluded regular-season play. The Hornets won the opener 3-2 and the nightcap 3-0. "Two very good ball games by both pitchers and both teams," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. ...

Eagles settle for home split with Cubs (05/07/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team came back from being on the wrong end of a first-game rout to salvage a split with Hum-boldt in a non-league softball doubleheader here Thursday. The Cubs scored 9 of their runs in the seventh inning as they beat Uniontown 16-1 in the opener. The Eagles (13-5) took the second game 8-7...

Fort Scott softball splits with Columbus (05/07/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School's hope to gain at least a share of the Southeast Kansas League title came to an end Thursday night when the Tigers dropped the first game of a league doubleheader to Columbus, 1-0, at Don Hewitt Field. Fort Scott (9-3 SEK, 10-6 overall) took the second game, 5-4, but Labette County (14-0, 17-0) clinched it's second consecutive league title when it swept Parsons. Those were the Grizzlies' 27th and 28th consecutive victories in league play...

Jayhawks sweep Eagle softball (05/03/11)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn swept Uniontown's softball team in a make-up doubleheader here Friday. The opening game went 12 innings before Jayhawk-Linn won 11-10. The Jayhawks went on to a 6-inning, run-rule victory in the second game 12-2. Jayhawk-Linn held a 3-0 lead after 2 innings of the opener and led 10-8 after six...

Bouncing back (04/30/11)
FORT SCOTT -- To say Fort Scott High School's softball team hadn't had a good week going into Friday's doubleheader against Coffeyville at Don Hewitt Field here would be an understatement. Tuesday, the Tigers took on the defending Southeast Kansas League champion Labette County at Altamont and were drubbed by the league leaders by 10 runs and 15 runs...

Uniontown softball posts league sweep (04/30/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team swept Altoona-Midway in a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Thursday by scores of 11-0 and 9-2. With the sweep, the Eagles improved to 9-1 in league play and 12-2 overall. Uniontown clinched the first game with an 8-run second inning that made it 10-0 at the time. The game was stopped after 5 innings...

LCHS sweeps Tigers, retains SEK lead (04/28/11)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High's softball team was swept by Labette County here Tuesday night in a showdown of Southeast Kansas League leaders. The Grizzlies, which retained the lead in the league race, scored an 11-1 win in the opener and took the second game 15-0...

Uniontown splits with Northeast (04/27/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader with Northeast here Tuesday, taking game one 6-5 but dropping the second game 7-3. The doubleheader was originally scheduled to be played at Arma but was switched to Uniontown due to bad field conditions. Northeast played as the home team...

Schedule changes (04/21/11)
Fort Scott High School baseball and softball at Labette County, tennis at Chanute, golf at Parsons, and the Fort Scott Relays were all called off Thursday due to rain. The Fort Scott Relays will be held Monday at Frary Field. FSHS baseball will be made up Monday while softball has been rescheduled for Tuesday...

Tiger sweep sets up first-place showdown today (04/21/11)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's sweep of Independence here Tuesday sets up a showdown for leadership in the Southeast Kansas League softball race when the Tigers visit defending champion Labette County this afternoon. Fort Scott swept Independence 7-1 and 16-3 to improve to 6-0 in the SEK and 7-1 overall. Labette County is 6-0, 9-0 after beating Frontenac in a non-league game Tuesday. Indy fell to 3-2 in the SEK and 4-3 overall and is now tied for third with Chanute...

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

Neosho County sweeps 'Hounds (04/20/11)
Neosho County swept a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader from Fort Scott Community College at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Tuesday by scores of 2-1 and 11-6. Fort Scott's only run in the opener came in the first inning when Cassie Sharon drove in Aubrie Duval with a single to center. Neosho County (12-13 East, 23-16 overall) got both its runs in the top of the third...

Second at Carthage (04/15/11)

FSHS JV softball loses pair to Pittsburg (04/14/11)
The Fort Scott High junior varsity softball team played Pittsburg at Don Hewett Field Monday and were swept by scores of 7-4 and 10-5. In the first game, Riley Brown and Ericah Shoemaker had 2 hits each. Shoemaker scored twice and was credited with a run batted in. RBI were also picked up by Tiera Floyd, Nichole Wallace and Kelsey Simons...

Tigers rally twice, sweep Parsons (04/13/11)
Most often, when one speaks of a team "rallying," it's a talk about what it needs to do offensively to get the lead. Sometimes, a team has to rally itself on defense -- stop making errors and support its pitcher. Fort Scott High's softball team had to rally defensively in the first game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader with Parsons at Don Hewitt Field Tuesday after committing 7 errors. The Tigers rallied on offense to break a tie in the second game...

Uniontown softball sweeps Oswego (04/13/11)
UNIONTOWN -- The Uniontown softball team swept Oswego in a Three Rivers League doubleheader Monday as the Eagles played their first home games of the season. Uniontown (2-0, 5-1) won the opener 12-2 in 6 innings and the second game 10-0 in five. "Our pitchers, Tayler Shook and Taylor Wade, were able to prevent Oswego from reaching base," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. "They only had a total of 9 baserunners for both games...

Eagle softball beats Neodesha (04/09/11)
NEODESHA -- Uniontown's softball team, in the midst of playing four games in five days, defeated Neodesha, 5-3, here Friday afternoon. Thursday afternoon, Central Heights defeated Uniontown by run rule, 10-0, in 5 innings. Uniontown (3-1) scored 3 runs in the top of the first inning. Tiffany Poyner doubles to start things off, then scored on Hope Jurgensen's single. Jessie Camac then belted a home run over the fence to score the other 2 runs...

Fort Scott softball sweeps Pittsburg (04/09/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Fort Scott High's softball team picked up its first two league victories of the season by sweeping Pittsburg 18-0 and 18-10 in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader Thursday. (It's possible that the Tigers scored 20 runs in each game but the totals on the stat sheets the Herald-Tribune received added up to 18.)...

Uniontown JV softball takes two (04/07/11)
YATES CENTER -- Uniontown's junior varsity softball team took two games here Tuesday night, beating Yates Center 14-7 in the opener and Eureka in the nightcap (the score of that game was not provided). Mandie Ridge allowed 3 hits and 6 walks in the opening game while striking out 2. The Eagle offense had 17 hits with doubles off the bats of Brittany Tanner, DaNisha Robinson and Jamie Dawson. The game ended after 5 innings...

No. 6 Highland sweeps 'Hounds (04/06/11)
For eight innings Tuesday afternoon, Fort Scott Community College's softball team stood toe-to-toe with the sixth-ranked team in NJCAA Division II. But visiting Highland scored three times in the top of the ninth inning of the opener and went on to win 4-1, then took the second game from the Greyhounds, 9-3, at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex...

Uniontown softball sweeps Yates Center (03/31/11)
YATES CENTER -- On a cold, wet evening, Uniontown's softball team started the season with a sweep of Yates Center here Tuesday by scores of 12-1 and 15-5. Both games were stopped after five innings. The first game was fairly close until the Eagles (2-0) outscored the Wildcats 10-0 over the final three innings. Tayler Shook allowed 3 hits and didn't walk anyone while striking out 5...

Girard wins tourney (03/30/11)
Girard won the Fort Scott Softball Tournament for the fifth consecutive season Tuesday, outscoring its competition 26-4 in only 10 1/2 innings of play. The Trojans defeated Class 6A Blue Valley Northwest, 15-4, in six innings in one semifinal while host Fort Scott got by Pittsburg, 11-10, in the other. Girard then went on to defeat the Tigers, 11-0, in 4 1/2 innings in the championship games...

FSHS softball hopes to contend in deep league (03/26/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School head softball coach Alvin Metcalf was somewhat surprised to see his Tigers had been picked to finish second in the Southeast Kansas League in a pre-season poll. The surprise doesn't mean Metcalf doesn't think he has a good team. It comes more from the fact several teams showed enough improvement last season to pass the Tigers -- who finished seventh -- in the standings and a lot of those teams have a lot of talent coming back...

Greyhounds salvage split in home opener (03/19/11)
FORT SCOTT -- It happened nearly two weeks later than they wanted but Fort Scott Community College's softball team finally played its home opener Friday afternoon. The Greyhounds split a Region VI Division II district doubleheader with Brown Mackie, winning the second game 5-3 after dropping the opener 3-0 at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex...

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

FSCC softball rescheduled (03/08/11)
Fort Scott Community College's softball doubleheader versus Kansas City Kansas, scheduled for Tuesday at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex, has been rescheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday.

Tigers picked 2nd in softball, 3rd in baseball (03/08/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott's softball and baseball teams were picked for high finishes at the first Southeast Kansas League Baseball and Softball Media Conference here Monday. League media conferences have been a staple in the area for about a decade but baseball and softball had previously never had one...

Redfield T-Ball champs (07/20/10)

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

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

Colgan earns return trip to 2-1A State (05/24/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Pittsburg Colgan will be going back to the Class 2-1A State Softball Tournament after its pitchers spun back-to-back shutouts in the Uniontown Class 2-1A Regional Tournament here Friday. Colgan (22-1) first shut out fourth-seeded Marmaton Valley 8-0. Then they defeated host Uniontown 11-0 in five innings in the championship...

Area Regionals postponed until Friday (05/20/10)
Regional baseball and softball tournaments involving Tribune Area teams have all been postponed until Friday. These tournaments include the Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament at Girard, the Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament at Fort Scott, the Class 2-1A Regional Baseball Tournament at Humboldt and the Class 2-1A Regional Softball Tournament at Uniontown...

Tigers beat Chanute, 7-4, in 1st round (05/18/10)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's softball team earned a return trip home in their own Class 4A Regional Tournament by defeating No. 3 Chanute 7-4 in a first-round game here Monday. Although Don Hewett Field, the Tigers' home, is the site of the semifinals and championship -- which will take place Wednesday afternoon -- FSHS had to go on the road in the first round since it was the lower-seeded team...

Chetopa sweeps Eagles to claim Three Rivers title (05/14/10)
UNIONTOWN -- With the Three Rivers League championship on the line here Wednesday evening, visiting Chetopa defeated Uniontown 4-3 and 5-1 to finish the league portion of the schedule unbeaten. The Hornets finished 10-0 in TRL play and are 17-3 overall. Uniontown was 5-3 in league play -- the Eagles won't be able to make up games with St. Paul -- and will go into their own Regional Tournament next week with a record of 11-5...

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

Despite host role, Tigers on road in 1st round (05/13/10)
Uniontown No. 2 seed in home Regional

Co-ed softball tournament at Moran (05/06/10)
MORAN -- A co-ed softball tournament will be held at Kansas Ball Fields here May 22. The tournament format will be determined by the number of teams entered. The entry fee of $80 is due by May 19. Teams must provide their own softballs (.44/375 ASA). There will be a home-run rule...

Coffeyville sweep ends Greyhounds' season (05/03/10)
A crucial throwing error in the seventh inning of a tied game allowed visiting Coffeyville to score what turned out to be the series-winning run as the Red Ravens swept Fort Scott Community College 2-0 in a best-of-3 Region VI Division II District D first-round playoff series at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Sunday afternoon...

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

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

Colburn signs with E. New Mexico (04/29/10)
Paige Colburn, an Overland Park sophomore, has signed to play softball next year with coach Lauren Sigwing at Eastern New Mexico University. Colburn is batting .405, with a team-high 8 home runs and 23 RBIs. "Paige will be able to produce and fit right into Coach Sigwing's program," FSCC head coach Malinda Berglund said...

Regional Assignments (04/29/10)
Regional assignments for each Tribune Area school in each sport and the schools assigned to those regionals with them (first-round baseball and softball games may be held at home field of higher-seeded team). FORT SCOTT, Class 4A...

THB: FSCC Softball Playoff Preview (04/28/10)
Seeds and records: Fort Scott is the No. 8 seed in the tournament with an overall record of 17-22. Coffeyville is the No. 9 seed with a 18-25 record. Earlier this season: Fort Scott and Coffeyville split a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex on April 14. Fort Scott won the first game 14-1 while Coffeyville won the second game 10-8...

Tigers bounce back with sweep of Tornado (04/27/10)
COFFEYVILLE -- Just three days after being swept at home by Southeast Kansas League-leading Labette County, Fort Scott High School's softball team bounced back into the win column with sweep of Coffeyville here Monday. The Tigers got by the Golden Tornado 3-1 in the opener, then went on to a 19-0 romp in the second game...

League-leading Labette posts sweep (04/26/10)
Southeast Kansas League leader Labette County swept Fort Scott High School's softball team in a doubleheader at Don Hewett Field Friday night. The Tigers (3-5 SEK, 3-7 overall) saw a rally come up just short in the opener after scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of a 7-6 loss. They committed 12 errors in the nightcap and lost 10-4...

'Hounds win home finale (04/22/10)
Fort Scott Community College's softball team won its final regular-season home game 12-1 over Cottey College at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Tuesday afternoon. The Greyhounds (17-20) have won their last 5 games. The teams agreed to play just one game as Cottey had several injured players...

Twins killing: Maycumbers boost Tigers in sweep of Independence (04/21/10)
Fort Scott High's softball team has two injured players and five freshmen on its varsity roster. So it's not much of a surprise that a pair of freshmen helped lead the Tigers to a Southeast Kansas League sweep of Independence at Don Hewett Field Tuesday...

UHS softball splits with Marmaton Valley (04/21/10)
MORAN -- Uniontown's softball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader with rival Marmaton Valley here Monday. The host Wildcats won the opener 17-10 but the Eagles won the nightcap 16-6. "We scored enough runs to win both ball games," Eagle head coach Alan Shinn said. "The first game, we didn't play defensively well enough to win. We allowed too many batters to get on base and then made too many mistakes to allow them to score. Marmaton Valley ... took advantage of our mistakes."...

FSCC softball sweeps weekend (04/19/10)
Fort Scott Community College's softball team swept all four games it played over the weekend. The Greyhounds swept Brown Mackie at Salina Saturday by scores of 1-0 and 7-0. Then they went to Concordia Sunday to make up Friday's rained-out doubleheader with Cloud County and won both games, 5-2 and 5-1...

Champs (04/16/10)

'Hounds stumble in chase for home field (04/14/10)
For the first time since last Friday, Fort Scott Community College's softball team won the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex. Unfortunately, the Greyhounds couldn't follow up a 14-1 thrashing of visiting Coffeyville in the opener with another victory and ended up with their fourth consecutive split after dropping the second game 10-8...

'Hound softball splits with Labette (04/13/10)
A split with fourth-place Labette kept Fort Scott Community College's softball team in the hunt for a first-round home series in the upcoming Region VI Division II post-season tournament. Labette won the opener 3-1 but Fort Scott took the second game 5-2 to remain tied for the 10th position in post-season seeding with Cloud County...

Movin' on up (04/12/10)
About two weeks ago, it appeared as though Fort Scott Community College's softball team was going to have some trouble avoiding a first-round Region VI Division II playoff series with either Johnson County or Cowley, the top two teams in the region...

Eagle softball beats Neodesha, sweeps Tyro Christian (04/12/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team defeated Neodesha 3-2 in a non-league game at George Warren Field here Friday and swept Tyro Christian in a doubleheader here Monday. All Friday's runs scored in the third inning. Neodesha's scored with the aid of a 2-out error...

Uniontown softball sweeps Oswego (04/11/10)
OSWEGO, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team scored 34 runs on 36 hits in sweeping a Three Rivers League doubleheader from Oswego here Thursday 11-0 and 23-8. "Excellent day," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. "We were very aggressive at the plate today and put pressure on the Oswego defense continuously by putting the ball in play. ...

Greyhounds sweep Hesston to begin homestand (04/10/10)
FORT SCOTT -- Cassie Sharon had a pitcher's dream game in the first game of Fort Scott Community College's sweep of Hesston College in a doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Friday afternoon. Sharon, a freshman from Diamond, Mo., hit the first two home runs of her career, drove in 7 runs, and also pitched a complete-game 4-hitter with 7 strikeouts as the Greyhounds took game one 10-0. ...

Young softball squad suffers sweep by Purple Dragons (04/08/10)
A few lessons were learned and a few strides were made at Don Hewett Field Thursday evening even though Fort Scott High's softball team lost both games of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader to rival Pittsburg 9-4 and 7-5. "We're young. We made some errors. ...

Eagle softball splits (04/01/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team split a non-league doubleheader against Yates Center here Monday, losing the first game 5-4 but winning the second 4-3. "Both games ended in the seventh inning with the same situation: A runner on third base with two outs," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. "In the first game, Yates Center made the defensive stop for the last our of the game. But in the second game, we got the hit that allowed us to score the winning run."...

Tigers swept in home tourney (03/31/10)
Although this was going to be a tough tournament, things didn't go the Tigers' way when they hosted their annual season-opening Fort Scott Tournament at Don Hewett Field Tuesday night. Three errors by a young team hurt the Tigers in the semifinal against Pittsburg, leading to a 4-3 victory for the rival Purple Dragons...

Young Fort Scott softball team starts season Tuesday (03/27/10)
FORT SCOTT -- At the end of practice Thursday evening, Fort Scott High School's softball team found out they'll have at least one more home game this season. Don Hewett Field will be one of the host sites for Class 4A Regional Tournament action in May...

Young Fort Scott softball team starts season Tuesday (03/26/10)
By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT -- At the end of practice Thursday evening, Fort Scott High School's softball team found out they'll have at least one more home game this season. Don Hewett Field will be one of the host sites for Class 4A Regional Tournament action in May...

No. 6 Tritons sweep 'Hounds in softball opener (03/02/10)
Fort Scott Community College's new head softball coach, Malinda Berglund, saw her team stumble out of the block as it dropped both games of a season-opening doubleheader to Iowa Central at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Sunday afternoon. The Tritons, ranked No. 6 in NJCAA Division II, swept the Greyhounds 8-3 and 10-0, the second game called after 5 innings on the run rule...

Softball signing (02/01/10)

Coffman among FSCC signees (01/27/10)
First-year Fort Scott Community College head softball coach Malinda Berglund has announced three early signings for the 2011 season, including a Fort Scott High School player. "This year we have put together a small but strong recruiting class," Berglund said. ...

Berglund named as FSCC softball coach (08/26/09)
Fort Scott Community College welcomed new head softball coach Malinda Berglund last week. Berg-lund's previous coaching experience includes her most recent position as an assistant coach with Neosho County Community College, where she was an assistant softball coach for two years. ...

Fort Scott's Davis earns All-State honor (06/23/09)
Fort Scott High School's Erica Davis, a recent graduate, was voted by coaches throughout the state of Kansas to a position on the All-Class 4A Softball Team recently. Davis was named to the Second Team as a pitcher. This season Davis had a 16-3 record, and earned run average of 0.35 and struck out 256 batters while walking only 28 in 142 innings pitched...

Greyhound softball players receive All- American honor (06/17/09)
Two Fort Scott Community College softball players were named to the Louisville Slugger NFCA NJCAA Division II All-American Team. FSCC Outfielder Sarah Doyle was named to the First Team and FSCC Outfielder Hannah Somers made Second Team. Doyle is a sophomore from Prairie Village. She was named First Team All-Conference and is the FSCC single-season and career stolen base leader with 38 this season and 69 in her career...

FSCC softball skills camps June 23-25 (06/17/09)
Note corrected dates and times for some of the clinics.

Softball tourney winners (06/08/09)

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

Softball tourney June 20 (06/01/09)
A girls' fast-pitch softball tournament with four age divisions will be held in Fort Scott June 20. There will be divisions for 10-and-under, 12-and-under, 14-and-under and 16-and-under. The entry fee is $185 plus two game balls. For more information, contact Alvin Metcalf at (620) 224-1105 or Brett Kramer at (620) 215-2046...

Eagles fall in title game (05/20/09)
HUMBOLDT -- Uniontown's softball team reached the final of the Humboldt Class 2-1A Regional Tournament here Tuesday night but fell to the host Cubs, 10-0. To reach the final, Uniontown (11-7) defeated Altoona-Midway in a semifinal held earlier in the day, 17-7...

Host Central Heights bounces Jayhawks (05/20/09)
RICHMOND -- Errors plagued Jayhawk-Linn's softball team and Central Heights took advantage to take a 10-3 victory in the semifinals of the Central Heights Class 3A Regional Tournament here Tuesday. "The story of this game is pretty simple: Errors," Jayhawk-Linn head coach Josh Regan said. "We couldn't make the routine plays and it snowballed on us. We didn't hit the ball like we are capable but we could've still been competitive if we had played defense."...

Iola gets by Tigers in Regional (05/19/09)
GARNETT -- Third-seeded Iola scored a run in the fourth inning and made it hold up as Fort Scott High fell 2-1 to the Fillies in an Anderson County Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament semifinal here Tuesday night. Iola (18-3) went on to gain the school's first State softball berth by knocking off top-seeded Paola in the final, 2-1. Paola (18-3) defeated No. 5 Louisburg (9-11) by a 10-4 margin in the first semifinal. Class 4A State is at Salina...

J-Linn girls win in first round; Eagle boys receive forfeit (05/19/09)
Jayhawk-Linn's girls passed a tough first-round test at the Central Heights Class 3A Regional Softball Tournament Monday night, getting by sixth-seeded Pomona-West Franklin, 2-1. In other Regional results, Uniontown's baseball team received a forfeit from Altoona-Midway and did not have to play Monday night at Bronson. No reason was given for why the forfeit was given...

Softball gets by Anderson County, faces Iola in semifinal (05/19/09)
GARNETT -- Fort Scott High will face off against Iola this afternoon at 4:45 in a semifinal of the Anderson County Class 4A Regional Tournament here. The Tigers (16-2) advanced by beating seventh-seeded Anderson County Monday, 6-1, despite committing four errors. Iola, the No. 3 seed, beat Chanute, 9-2, in their first-round game...

Tigers sweep Coffeyville (05/19/09)
Fort Scott High School's softball team managed to get in a make-up Southeast Kansas League doubleheader with Coffeyville Friday night at Don Hewett Field. The Tigers (14-1 SEK, 15-2 overall), who clinched the SEK championship by sweeping Chanute on Thursday, won game one 2-1 in eight innings. They won the second game 5-2...

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

Uniontown softball splits with Chetopa (05/13/09)
CHETOPA -- Uniontown's softball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader with Chetopa here Monday. The Eagles won the opener 8-2 but dropped the nightcap despite a five-run rally in the top of the seventh, 10-9. The Eagles (7-1 TRL, 7-6 overall) broke open the first game with four runs in the top of the fourth to make it a 7-2 game...

Split keeps Tigers in front of SEK (05/12/09)
Fort Scott wins game-one marathon in 16 innings but drops second game to Fillies

Fort Scott softball sweeps Columbus (05/09/09)
Editor's note: This online version has ben edited to correct a mistake made in the print version of this story. The Herald-Tribune regrets the error.

Tigers win in long-delayed home appearance (05/07/09)
Fort Scott High School's softball team finally got to play at home for the first time this season, producing a 7-0 victory over Parsons in the first half of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader at Don Hewett Field Tuesday evening. The first game was stopped early as the field became slicker. The second game was postponed...

JC going to FSCC (04/29/09)

'Hounds Hot at Home (04/28/09)
FSCC sweeps Kansas City in playoff series

FSHS softball sweeps Labette County (04/28/09)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High's softball team remained undefeated in Southeast Kansas League play with a pair of tight wins over Labette County here Friday night. The Tigers (6-0 SEK, 7-1 overall) won the opener 2-0 in eight innings and took the nightcap 5-0 with three of those runs scored in the top of the seventh inning...

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

Greyhounds sweep Cottey, have 32 victories (04/23/09)
NEVADA -- Fort Scott Community College's softball team built upon its school-record victory total with a sweep of Cottey College here Tuesday, 10-0 and 12-1. The Greyhounds finished the regular season with a 32-21 record and will host a Region VI Tournament first-round playoff series Saturday at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex...

Tiger softball blitzes Bulldogs (04/23/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's softball team swept Independence, 7-0 and 14-4, in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Tuesday. The Tigers (4-0 SEK, 5-1 overall) took advantage of Bulldog errors in the opener. However, they struggled a bit with errors of their own in the second game before pulling away...

Eagle girls sweep rivals (04/21/09)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team swept rival Marmaton Valley here Monday night, 16-8 and 10-0 in Three Rivers League play. The Eagles trailed in the opener after two innings, 5-2, but rallied with four in the third and seven in the fourth. Tayler Shook (4-1) allowed 10 walks but only two hits and struck out seven before leaving the game in the sixth due to an injury caused by a collision at first base...

'Hounds sweep weekend series, gain 30th victory (04/21/09)
Saturday afternoon, Fort Scott Community College's softball team guaranteed itself the opportunity to host a first-round series in the upcoming Region Division II post-season tournament this coming weekend by sweeping Brown Mackie College 5-0, 14-0 in a doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex...

Jayhawk-Linn sweeps Uniontown in softball (04/21/09)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn swept Uniontown in a non-league softball doubleheader here Friday. The Jayhawks won game one, 5-1, and took game two, 13-8. These were the first two losses of the season for the Eagles (3-2). "Some untimely mistakes, both offensively and defensively cost us today," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. ...

Tiger softball bashes Purple Dragons (04/17/09)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School pitcher Erica Davis was given credit for a no-hit pitching performance as the Tigers came back here Wednesday to make up the second game of a doubleheader that had been rained out April 9. The Tigers won this game 16-0 as Davis walked two batters while striking out 17...

Uniontown softball downs St. Paul (04/09/09)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team got a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat St. Paul here Wednesday, 3-2, in a make-up game. This game was scheduled as the second game of the season-opening doubleheader on March 26 but was rained out...

FSCC softball takes three of four at home (04/06/09)
Fort Scott Community College's softball team took three out of four games over the weekend as they played make-up games at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Friday and Saturday. Friday, the 'Hounds swept Dodge City 10-0 and 9-1, playing only five innings each time...

Tigers split in tourney make-up (04/06/09)
GIRARD -- In order to get in the games that would have been played in the Fort Scott Tournament last Tuesday, three of the four original teams decided to play the tournament at Red Wutke Park here Friday night. The tournament began with the best game of the night as Girard defeated Fort Scott, 1-0, in the bottom of the seventh despite the fact that Tiger pitcher Erica Davis threw a no-hitter...

Greyhounds sweep Johnson County (04/02/09)
OVERLAND PARK -- Fort Scott Community College's softball team swept Johnson County here Wednesday by scores of 8-4 and 2-0 in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader, breaking a five-game losing streak. It was the first action for the Greyhounds since March 25 and just the second time they've been able to place since participating in the Midwest Juco Classic at Broken Arrow, Okla., back on March 14-15...

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

Gloomy forecast causes schedule changes (03/26/09)
With rain expected today and snow in the forecast for Saturday, Fort Scott Community College Athletic Director Rusty Beene got the word out Thursday afternoon that the Greyhound softball team will not play its scheduled weekend games against Dodge City and Pratt...

Cottey College Comets split first pair at home (03/07/09)
NEVADA, Mo. -- The Cottey College Comets split their first two home games at Bushwhacker Field Friday afternoon as they took on the East Central College Falcons. "The first game, we really got things going," head coach Greg Tietz said. "Just running the bases well, we were able to put up eight runs on the board. So (I'm) real proud of them, real proud of the way we're hitting the ball."...

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

Pioneer Pride (02/16/09)

Greyhound softball starts season 3-2 at Fort Worth Cowtown Tournament (02/16/09)
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Fort Scott Community College's softball season started the season with three wins in five games at the Cowtown Classic here over the weekend. The Greyhounds started off with a 3-2 win over Lamar in eight innings. Fort Scott's pitchers, Lindsay Boham and Brittny Washington didn't allow any earned runs. Sarah Doyle had three hits...

Halloween champs (11/04/08)
The Fort Scott Redlegs 10-and-under girls' fast-pitch softball team took second place in a 12-and-under Halloween Tournament at Four Seasons Complex in Joplin Oct. 25. They lost the championship game by one run in extra innings. The players are (from left) -- FRONT: Daryan Herring, Ashton Simons and Katy Pitts; BACK: Head coach Joe Brown, Kyle Brown, Alexis Overton, Hannah Geneva, Holly Shinn, Kamryn Osborn, Ashley McDonald and assistant coach Brett Geneva...

Five Eagles named All-TRL in softball (06/10/08)
Five members of Uniontown's first-year softball team received All-Three Rivers League honors. League champion Oswego also had five players. Uniontown was the runner-up in the first year of league-sanctioned softball. Seniors Alison Warren, a pitcher, and Diana Ayers, a catcher/pitcher, were named to the First Team along with Oswego senior shortstop Chelsey Parker, junior pitcher Hayden Ward and freshman catcher Kali Kitterman...

All-SEK Teams: Five softball players rewarded (06/06/08)
Five members of Fort Scott High School's softball team received All-Southeast Kansas League honors recently. Senior shortstop Joce Allen and catcher Hannah Hawkins and junior pitcher Erica Davis were named to the First Team to represent Fort Scott, which finished second in the league behind champion Columbus...

Wildcat pitcher shuts down Eagles (05/15/08)
YATES CENTER -- Uniontown's first season of softball came to an end here Tuesday in a semifinal of the Yates Center Class 2-1A Regional Softball Tournament at Kluendor Field. Yates Center's pitcher, Heffern, held the Eagles (7-6) to one hit, which came off the bat of Cassie Schwalm, as the Wildcats took a 6-0 win...

Independence rallies for upset (05/12/08)
Sometimes the better team doesn't win. Sometimes, it's the team that does better. Independence, the No. 6 seed in the Girard Class 4A Regional, did things better in a first-round game at Don Hewett Field Monday afternoon. And they did them better when it mattered...

Sigwing named KJCCC-East Coach of Year (05/07/08)
Lauren Sigwing, Fort Scott Community College's second-year head softball coach, was recently honored by her peers as she was named Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference-Eastern Division coach of the Year. Sigwing's Greyhounds had a 17-25 overall record this season, which included an 8-10 record in conference play. They were also 11-9 against district opponents...

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

Tiger softball sweeps Iola (05/06/08)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High School softball swept Iola in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Monday evening. The Tigers took the opener 8-1 then followed up with an 11-6 win. Joce Allen was four for five at the plate in the opener, scoring three runs. Afton Gray was three for five with three RBIs. Hannah Hawkins was two for three and Jamie Collins was two for two...

Eagles finish second in TRL (05/06/08)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team assured itself of a second-place finish in the Three Rivers League in its first year of existence after beating Chetopa, 10-9, in the opening game of a doubleheader here Monday. In the second game, a non-league contest, the Eagles took a 7-6 win, which means that that their first season will not end with a losing record...

No-hitter part of softball sweep (05/01/08)
Fort Scott High School's softball team won its sixth and seventh straight games as it swept a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader from Labette County Tuesday at Don Hewett Field. The Tigers won game one 13-0 as Erica Davis threw a no-hitter, the second one by a Fort Scott pitcher this season. The second victory was harder to come by as it took nine innings for the Tigers to come away with a 5-4 win...

Uniontown softball splits in high-scoring doubleheader (05/01/08)
OSWEGO -- Uniontown's softball team, playing for the first time in two weeks, split a non-league triangular here Tuesday. Oswego, the host for the triangular, took game one, 9-7, as an Eagle rally in the seventh fell just short. Uniontown won the second game from Galena, 17-11, after scoring eight runs in the bottom of the sixth...

Fort Scott Tiger softball team on five game win streak (04/26/08)
LENEXA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's softball team won its fifth straight game, a 9-1 decision over St. James Academy here Thursday. Erica Davis (5-1) allowed four hits and walked three while striking out 12 for the Tigers (8-2)...

Out with a Tie: Storm brings early end to sophomores' final home game (04/23/08)
It was neither a win nor a loss. It was just the last game. The last home game of the junior college softball careers of Fort Scott Community College sophomores Sam Ribas and Ashley Harris were played at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Wednesday afternoon. It ended a couple of hours sooner than they probably wished and it did so without any real decision...

Tigers double up Vikes (04/23/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's softball team swept Parsons by identical 13-0 scores in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Tuesday night. With that sweep and the split recorded between Iola and Pittsburg, the Tigers moved into second place in the league behind undefeated Columbus...

Tigers sweep 'Nado, claim share of third in SEK (04/23/08)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's softball team swept Coffeyville here Monday to claim a share of third-place in the Southeast Kansas League going into Tuesday's league doubleheader at Parsons. Fort Scott took the opener 7-3 and the night cap 9-1 to improve to 3-1 in the league and move into a tie with rival Pittsburg. The Tigers are 5-2 overall...

The long run (04/16/08)

Marmaton Valley sweeps Uniontown (04/16/08)
MORAN -- Uniontown's softball team earned a split in its first-ever meeting with rival Marmaton Valley here Monday. The Eagles (2-3) won the opener, 9-6, but the Wildcats took the nightcap, 7-0. Marmaton Valley led the opener 4-0 after three innings and 5-1 after four. The Eagles scored in each of the last four innings, including a five-run rally in the seventh that made it 9-5 at the time...

Trojans sweep 'Hawks (04/16/08)
OSAWATOMIE -- Jayhawk-Linn's varsity softball team was swept by Osawatomie in a Tuesday doubleheader here by scores of 3-0 and 8-3. Jayhawk-Linn (2-6) had only two hits in the opener, which came from the bats of Amanda Black and Kelsey Ligman. Lynda Beth allowed only one earned run on six hits and struck out five...

'Hounds on a run: FSCC enjoying longest winning streak in five years (04/14/08)
It's been a long time since Fort Scott Community College's softball program has enjoyed a run such as the one it's on now. The Greyhounds swept a doubleheader from Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division rival Independence at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Monday afternoon, stretching a winning streak that began Friday afternoon to seven games...

Eagles win in bottom of 7th (04/10/08)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown played its first home softball games here Wednesday, a make-up of last Thursday's scheduled game at St. Paul, and won for the first time in the program's month-long history by a 7-6 score in the bottom of the seventh inning...

Tiger varsity beats Warriors, then JV does same (04/07/08)
Fort Scott High's varsity softball team defeated the Wichita Warriors 5-0 in a non-league game Saturday. Then the Tiger junior varsity went out and beat essentially the same team 2-0. It was a different sort of day all around for the Tigers (2-1). First, this was a Saturday morning game, starting at 10:30 a.m., instead of the usual 4:30 weekday start. ...

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

Jayhawks swept by Anderson County in softball twinbill. (04/02/08)
GARNETT -- Anderson County swept a doubleheader from Jayhawk-Linn here Tuesday afternoon, taking the first game 8-5 and the second 12-2. The Bulldogs held an 8-2 lead after three innings. The Jayhawks tried to rally, scoring four times in the sixth and once in the top of the seventh before falling short...

Pen to paper (04/01/08)
Two Uniontown athletes recently signed scholarship letters of intent to play softball at Kansas junior colleges.

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

Girard takes tournament title (03/25/08)
Fort Scott's Simpson hurls no-hitter, strikes out 14 in opener

Expectations remain high for Fort Scott softball (03/22/08)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Alvin Metcalf isn't bragging when he says that he expects his Fort Scott High School softball team to go back to the State Tournament this season. It's simply that, during his time as assistant coach -- and now in his second season as head coach -- the bar has been raised that high...

Roughriders bounce Greyhounds (03/13/08)
Crowder pitcher Alex Peters threw 5 2/3 innings of no-hit ball to help her Roughriders to a 9-2 win over Fort Scott Community College in a non-league softball game at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Thursday afternoon. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader wasn't played after cloud-to-ground lightning began striking around the area...

Former Tigers help lead Tigers: FSHS graduates return to help Cowley sweep 'Hounds (03/11/08)
You can see how much better Fort Scott Community College's softball team is than in previous seasons if you look closely when they play. But the Greyhounds are also a very young team -- only two players were on the FSCC roster last season -- and sometimes, that can also be apparent...

Greyhounds swept by Devils (03/10/08)
What happened Sunday at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex wasn't exactly what Fort Scott Community College softball coach Lauren Sigwing was hoping for. Coming off a promising pair of games Thursday against Johnson County -- the Greyhounds were swept but lost just 5-3 and 6-5 against one of the conference's toughest programs -- the 9-2, 4-1 sweep at the hands of visiting Allen County in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division make-up doubleheader...

College Pledges (02/28/08)
Two Fort Scott High School seniors (seated in the center of each photo) signed letters of intent Wednesday morning to participate in athletics next school year at Fort Scott Community College.

FSCC softball triangular to reunite Tigers (02/27/08)
Fort Scott Community College's softball team has been trying to get its season underway since the 15th of this month. It will finally be able to do so Thursday when Cowley and Allen County visit the Betty Ruth Willard Complex for a non-conference triangular...

Softball team celebrates championships (08/04/07)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- In most sports, the seniors have their final moments on the field in May, after the high-school year ends and state championships are handed out. But in baseball and, in the case of this team, softball, there's another couple of months to enjoy each other's company before heading their separate ways to college...

Lady Tigers win (06/25/07)
The Fort Scott Lady Tigers 14-and-under softball team won the First Annual SEK Shootout at Chanute, Kan., June 9. The Lady Tigers were undefeated against a five-team field which also included teams from Frontenac, Neodesha, Cherryvale and another Fort Scott squad...

Softball coaches honor six Tigers (05/30/07)
All-Southeast Kansas League softball

Tigers score 28 runs in SEK sweep (05/14/07)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's softball team scored 28 runs in a sweep of Chanute in a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader there Thursday. At Iola, Pittsburg gained a sweep of the Fillies and won its first SEK softball title, finishing 9-1 in the SEK. The Tigers ended up in second place at 10-2 with an overall record of 11-3, the same as the Purple Dragons. All three of Fort Scott's losses have come against Pittsburg, including one in the first round of the Tigers' home tournament...

Tiger softball sweeps Independence (05/07/07)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's softball team swept Independence here by identical 6-1 scores in a Southeast Kansas League make-up doubleheader. These were the second and third games of the day for Indy, which also beat Coffeyville, 6-0, in a make-up game earlier in the day...

Fort Scott sweeps under-manned Parsons (05/05/07)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- A severely under-manned Parsons team was only able to bring eight players here Friday for a make-up Southeast Kansas League doubleheader against Fort Scott High. But the Tigers took just under two hours to complete a 15-0, 15-0 sweep at Ellis Park, used because Don Hewett Field couldn't be made ready in time...

Tiger 'C' team plays pair (05/04/07)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High School's softball "C" team played a doubleheader here Wednesday with Girard winning both games by 4-3 scores. Game one went nine innings before Girard broke a 3-3 tie. Sammi Therwanger pitched every inning, allowing two earned runs on six hits, walking four and striking out 16...

Tigers sweep Golden Tornado (04/24/07)
Fort Scott High's softball team posted a sweep of Coffeyville in Southeast Kansas League play at Don Hewett Field Tuesday night, showing that they're back on the winning track after a rough start to the season. The 12-1 and 8-2 wins were the Tigers' fourth and fifth on the season against three losses -- all of which have come to Pittsburg...

Fort Scott sweeps Grizzlies (04/23/07)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School's softball team posted its first sweep of the season as the Tigers defeated Labette County 7-1 and 5-3 here Friday. Afton Gray, 2-2, allowed only two hits and one walk while striking out eight as she pitched all seven innings of the first game...

FSHS grad Davis hurls no-hitter for Cowley (04/23/07)
ARKANSAS CITY -- Cowley freshman pitcher Heather Davis, a 2006 graduate of Fort Scott High School, threw a no-hitter for the Tigers in a 7-0 victory over Kansas City Kansas Community College Wednesday. Davis hit one batter and the Tigers committed one error, which were the only things preventing it from being a perfect game. She struck out nine Blue Devil batters...

New head softball coach hopes to see same results (03/26/07)
Alvin Metcalf has been in charge of summer softball teams in the past. He was also the assistant coach for Fort Scott High's softball program under Karen Curran the past six seasons. Metcalf, who became just the third head coach in the 18-year history of the FSHS program over the summer, doesn't expect different results from his Tiger team, which returns six starters from a team that went 23-1 and made its second consecutive State Tournament appearance last season (finishing third)...

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