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Tiger pair finishes 2-2 at State (05/14/13)
WICHITA -- Fort Scott High's Davis Drake and Gage Addington finished their season with a 2-2 record in the doubles bracket at the Kansas Class 4A State Tennis Tournament here Friday. Fort Scott's pair finished this season with a record of 17-9. "Coming in as a sixth-place qualifier makes the State Tournament a challenge and Davis and Gage should be very proud of the way they competed," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

Drake, Addington set for 4A State (05/09/13)
The match that assured Fort Scott High's Davis Drake and Gage Addington would qualify for the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament wasn't especially tough. A 6-2, 6-2 sweep of a pair from Iola at the Independence Class 4A Regional put the Tiger duo into the fifth-place match. The top six doubles teams were assured of a trip to Wichita this weekend...

Davis, Addington advance to State tourney (05/08/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- Davis Drake and Gage Addington will represent Fort Scott High School at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament this weekend following a sixth-place finish at the Independence Regional here Friday and Monday. This will be the first State trip for both players...

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

Tigers tie for 4th at SEK meet (04/27/13)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team tied for fourth place with Chanute at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Thursday, led by a third-place finish by its No. 1 doubles team. Independence reclaimed the crown with 26 points followed by Pittsburg with 19 and defending champion Parsons with 15. Fort Scott and Chanute each had 8 points. Labette County and Coffeyville tied for sixth with 6 points each...

Tiger tennis heads to SEK (04/25/13)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team dodged a few raindrops but got the make-up of its home varsity tournament completed Monday. "It was nice to finally get this tournament completed and be able to play at home," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We were a little worried when we had to take a delay due to lightning and a little light rain, but when that passed it ended up being a beautiful evening."...

Tennis 6th at Chanute (04/23/13)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's tennis team got a taste of what this week's Southeast Kansas League Tournament will be like as they played in a bracket-style tournament here Friday. The Tigers finished in sixth place out of eight teams. Fort Scott played the make-up of its home tournament Monday. Those results will be available in Wednesday's edition...

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

Tiger tennis JV gets home tourney in (04/17/13)
Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team got its home invitational played on Monday, beating out the rain by a few hours, though it was still cold and windy most of the day. D.J. Blethen and Raifen Cruse were 1-3 in No. 1 doubles. They lost to Pittsburg's Josh Dial/Jack Patterson in their first match, 6-0. They came back to beat Parsons' Matt Mosier/Chance Hurley, 6-4. Independence's Kyler Brown/Joel Rice took a 6-2 win and Chanute's Drake Gilmore/Zane Wyrick won in a tie-breaker, 6-5 (7-2)...

Addington third at Parsons (04/16/13)
PARSONS -- Gage Addington finished third in No. 1 singles here Friday as Fort Scott High School's tennis team competed in the Parsons Invitational. The Tigers will be at home this afternoon for the make-up of the Fort Scott Invitational, weather permitting. Play will begin at 3 p.m. If that is rained out, the Tigers' next tourney will be at Chanute Friday...

Tennis unable to find wins at Parsons (04/11/13)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's golf team took part in a five-team tournament here Tuesday but were unable to come away with a win in 11 matches. "In order to keep everyone under the eight-day limit on days of competition we did hold out both Gage (Addington) and Davis (Drake), so we were playing a little weaker line up than usual. ...

Nevada takes dual from Tigers (04/09/13)
Fort Scott High's tennis team played for the first time at home this season but dropped a best-of-9 dual to Nevada, 6 matches to 3. Davis Drake picked up a pair of wins. He won the No. 1 singles match, 8-2, over Nevada's Sam McCoy and teamed up with Raifen Cruse to take the No. 2 doubles match from Skyler Laning and Anthony Do, 8-7 (7-2)...

Drake, Addington go unbeaten in doubles at Pittsburg, improve to 8-4 on season (04/06/13)
PITTSBURG -- Davis Drake and Gage Addington went unbeaten in No. 1 doubles here Thursday as they won their division in the Pittsburg Invitational at the Pittsburg State University courts. "It was great to finally get a day with some decent weather," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We still have to keep improving and trying to eliminate more of our unforced errors, but overall I felt like we had a good effort out of everyone. Davis and Gage had a very good tournament."...

Tiger tennis plays pair of best-of-9's (04/04/13)
SPRING HILL -- Although the format for the day's play changed, Fort Scott High School head coach Lynn Barr said that playing a triangular with best-of-9 duals gave the Tigers an opportunity they normally wouldn't have. "This was a good chance for our players to get to play both singles and doubles in the same day and to get four matches in," Barr said...

Tennis struggles at tough tourney (03/30/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- When Independence, Arkansas City and Parsons are at the same tennis tournament, it's going to be a long day for the other teams that were invited. Fort Scott High School and Labette County were the other teams here Thursday. The Tigers struggled in the tournament with just one win in 12 matches...

Tiger tennis opens season at Indy (03/14/13)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team struggled here Tuesday in its season-opening tournament at Independence. The Tigers finished in a last-place tie with Chanute after winning only three matches during the day. "Overall I thought we competed OK at times," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "But we have a lot of work to do (and) we knew that with so many players without a great deal of playing experience."...

Tiger tennis begins season today at Indy (03/12/13)
It will be a relatively inexperience team that takes the court today at Independence as Fort Scott High School's boys tennis season gets underway. Of the nine players out, only four have varsity experience and only two of them played extensively at the top level last season...

Rec tennis winners (07/18/12)

Summer rec tennis awards (07/13/12)

Summer rec tennis awards (07/12/12)

Summer rec tennis awards (07/10/12)

Tiger doubles 1-2 at State; Indy, Parsons finish in top 4 (05/15/12)
TOPEKA -- Fort Scott High School's Kyle Altic and Bryce Daly finished 1-2 at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament here Friday while the Southeast Kansas League made a good showing as a whole with two teams finishing in the top five and a doubles team winning State...

Altic, Daly going to State tennis tourney (05/10/12)
Fort Scott High School seniors Kyle Altic and Bryce Daly will be playing at the Kansas Class 4A State Tennis Tournament this weekend, representing the Tigers in doubles play. Last season, Altic was a first-time qualifier paired with a returning State participant, Colton Grillott. This year, Altic is the one with State experience while this will be Daly's first trip...

Altic and Daly earn State doubles berth (05/08/12)
CHANUTE -- Seniors Kyle Altic and Bryce Daly will represent Fort Scott High School at this weekend's Class 4A State Tennis Tournament, earning a spot in the championships by finishing fifth in doubles at the Chanute Class 4A Regional Tournament here Friday...

Fort Scott finishes fourth in SEK tennis (04/28/12)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished in fourth place here Thursday at the Southeast Kansas League Tournament. Individually, the Tigers had one fourth-place finisher and three fifth-place finishers. For the first time since Pittsburg won the team title in 2000, Independence did not win the team title. The Bulldogs finished one point behind Parsons, which won its first title since sharing with Indy in 2002. It's the Vikings' first outright title since 1988...

Tiger tennis takes Chanute title (04/24/12)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team got ready for Thursday's Southeast Kansas League Tournament by winning the Chanute Invitational here Friday. This was a bracketed tournament instead of the usual round-robin format, so entrants received points for how many matches they won instead of where they placed. Fort Scott and Paola both scored 9 points but the Tigers took the tie-breakers by winning more games in their matches, 90 to Paola's 85...

Tiger tennis finishes rained-out meet (04/20/12)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team returned here Wednesday to conclude a tournament that was interrupted by storms last Friday. Some of the top schools in the league were present, including Pittsburg, Parsons and defending champion Independence...

Tiger tennis suffers from effects of storms (04/18/12)
PITTSBURG -- Due to damage at the courts at the Woodland Hills Golf Course, Fort Scott High School's home junior varsity tennis tournament had to be moved to Pittsburg State University Monday. "It is too bad that we had to play this tournament in Pittsburg," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "Due to the wind damage to the fence at Woodland Hills, we had no choice. It would have been nice for these kids to get the chance to play at home."...

Fort Scott golfers take Parsons Invitational (04/14/12)
PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's golf team claimed the title at the Parsons Invitational Thursday as four Tigers finished in the top 10 at the KATY Course. "The golfers had a good outing," Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said, "not scoring much better than they did Tuesday, but playing fairly well on the KATY's narrow, tree-lined fairways."...

Sports Notebook (04/13/12)
FSHS girls' JV track PLEASANTON -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity girls' track team finished seventh out of eight teams at Pleasanton's varsity track meet here Tuesday. Here is a list of how Tiger athletes fared: The Fort Scott JV is scheduled to compete at Paola Monday and Nevada on Tuesday...

Altic returns, teams up with Daly for No. 1 doubles crown (04/12/12)
PARSONS -- Senior Kyle Altic, who injured his knee during the Class 4A State Basketball Tournament in early March, returned to tennis action for the first time since last spring Tuesday and teamed up with Bryce Daly to win the No. 1 singles title at the Labette County Invitational here Tuesday...

Fort Scott tennis second at Pittsburg (04/07/12)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team took second place at the Pittsburg Invitational here Thursday boosted by three third-place individual finishes. Pittsburg topped the five-school field with 14 points followed by Fort Scott with 10 and Columbus with 9...

Tiger tennis foiled at Spring Hill (04/05/12)
SPRING HILL -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team struggled against tough competition here Tuesday, finishing at the bottom of a four-team tournament. Using different combinations, the Tigers were winless in duals with Lansing and host Spring Hill and won just one match versus Baldwin...

Fort Scott golfers second in opening tourney (03/31/12)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's golf team took second place to the host school at the Independence Invitational here Thursday, which was not only the season-opening tournament but also one of the four Southeast Kansas League events for the season...

Fort Scott tennis plays at Independence tourney (03/31/12)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team played high-level competition at the Independence Invitational Thursday and finished fourth out of the five teams here. Defending Southeast Kansas League champion Independence and Parsons tied for first place with 14 points each while Arkansas City, usually a top program in south-central Kansas, was third with 7 points. Fort Scott finished with 5 points while Labette County failed to score...

Tennis tested at Nevada dual (03/28/12)
NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School head coach took an opportunity to use some different players and combinations at a best-of-9 dual versus Nevada here Monday. Although the hosts won the dual 5-4, Barr was pleased with being able to give new players an opportunity...

Tiger tennis opens with split (03/15/12)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team opened the varsity portion of its schedule with a split in a four-team tournament here Tuesday. Head coach Lynn Barr rotated several players between the singles and doubles slots. The Tigers defeated Chanute, 3 matches to 1, and Iola, 3-0. Fort Scott lost to defending Southeast Kansas League champion Independence, 4-0, and to Pittsburg, 3-1...

Several drops in the bucket (05/25/11)

Doubles team finishes 7th (05/17/11)
LINDSBORG -- Senior Colton Grillott and junior Kyle Altic finished seventh in doubles at the Kansas Class 4A State Tennis Tournament here over the weekend. Senior Ben Bristley also qualified in singles but was eliminated in two matches. The usually cool weather that enveloped the state over the weekend was not much of a factor, according to FSHS head coach Lynn Barr, even though temperatures topped out at 50 degrees and winds gusted up to 30 MPH...

Tiger trio getting ready for State Tennis (05/12/11)
Fort Scott High School will send three players to the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament, which will be held at Smoky Valley High School in Lindsborg this weekend. Senior Colton Grillot and junior Kyle Altic will be playing doubles while senior Ben Bristley will be in singles. Grillot qualified for State last season with then-senior Charlie Sercer. The pair finished in eighth place...

Fort Scott tennis sending 3 to State tourney (05/07/11)
(NOTE: The location where the tournament took place has been corrected.) INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team will be sending three team members to the Class 4A State Tournament as the Tigers qualified one singles and one doubles entry from the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament, which concluded Friday...

JV tennis concludes season (05/04/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team completed its season schedule here Friday in a tournament at Pittsburg. Fort Scott had six entries, two of them playing with a group of extra players from each of the schools. Austin Sather finished second in No. ...

Fort Scott tennis takes 3rd at SEK (04/30/11)
CHANUTE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team met its goal on improving on a sixth-place finish at last year's Southeast Kansas League Tournament with a third-place finish in the annual event here Thursday. Independence won its 11th consecutive team title and its 22nd since 1989 finishing 4 points ahead of Parsons and 6 points ahead of the Tigers...

Tennis' day cut short at Parsons (04/28/11)
PARSONS -- Thunderstorms in the area forced five matches to be called off but otherwise, Fort Scott High's tennis team managed to get plenty of action at the Parsons tournament here. It was meant to be a 5-team round-robin tournament but the last round could not be played. Also, a No. 1 doubles match was suspended in progress. There are no plans to come back and resume the meet...

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...

Doubles teams 1st, 3rd in JV tournament (04/21/11)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis tournament was held on Monday with nine members of the team taking part. The best finish was posted by the No. 1 doubles team of Matt Hull and Wyatt Hulbert, who went 3-0 in the bracket. They defeated Stewart/ Konek of Pittsburg, 6-5 (7-2), Lewman/Wallace of Independence, 6-4, and Moerlien/Murdock of Parsons, 6-4, after rallying from a 5-1 deficit in the finals...

Tiger varsity wins every match in home tourney (04/20/11)
Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis team won every match at its home invitational Saturday. And the Fort Scott junior varsity, filling in for one of the teams which could not make it, didn't fare badly, either. "Although the day started out a little rough weather wise when we began play, it ended up being a good day for tennis and the boys did a great job in their home tournament," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

More to come (04/19/11)

Tigers win every match at Labette County (04/14/11)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's tennis team won every match in all four divisions at the Labette County Invitational, held here Tuesday. "This was a good tournament and the boys played some good tennis today," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We are still rotating line ups a little bit to keep everyone under their limit on days of competition, and we moved some other players up to varsity today and they did a fine job for us."...

FSHS tennis team helping Sharing Bucket (04/14/11)
The Fort Scott High School tennis team is helping the Sharing Bucket by having a "Bucket Rally" next week, April 18-22. The Sharing Bucket is a local group which provides assistance to those suffering from cancer and their supporters. FSHS tennis players will be seeking donations next week. ...

JV Tigers second at Parsons (04/13/11)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team finished in third place at a tournament held here Monday. Parsons Blue was the winner followed by Independence and Fort Scott. Both doubles teams took second place with 2-1 records while both singles entrants went 1-2...

FSHS tennis wins Pittsburg tourney (04/09/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- The Fort Scott High School tennis team won 14 of 16 matches here Friday and won the Pittsburg Invitational after a tie-breaker. The Tigers and Pittsburg each finished with 14 team points, but Fort Scott won more games, 124-122. The Tigers (10-4-2 in duals) and Purple Dragons went 2-2 against each other but Fort Scott posted 4-0 sweeps of the other three teams, Iola, Columbus and Labette County...

Tiger tennis takes Spring Hill title (04/07/11)
SPRING HILL -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team captured the team title and finished no lower than second in the individual divisions at the Spring Hill Invitational here Tuesday. The Tigers finished with 9 team points while Spring Hill had 8 and Baldwin had 7. The fourth team, Lansing, did not score...

Fort Scott tennis plays at Indy (04/02/11)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team faced tough competition at a five-team round-robin tournament here Thursday and finished in fourth place. All of the Tigers' victories came against Labette County. Independence, Parsons and Arkansas City each swept Fort Scott...

Tiger tennis dominates Nevada (03/30/11)
Fort Scott's varsity tennis team handed Nevada a 7-2 defeat in a best-of-nine dual Monday afternoon. And then the Tiger junior varsity swept Nevada 7-0. It was Fort Scott's first action in almost two weeks as the varsity and JV hadn't played since the week prior to spring break...

Fort Scott JV tennis opens season (03/19/11)
PITTSBURG, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team opened its season Thursday as head coach Lynn Barr brought two teams to an invitational here. The Fort Scott Red team won the tournament title by one point over Pittsburg Purple. Pittsburg White was third followed by Fort Scott White and Chanute...

Tigers take 1st at Independence to open season (03/17/11)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's tennis team started the season by winning the Independence Invitational here Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers finished ahead of Chanute by one point and Pittsburg by two. Independence, which was unable to field a full lineup due to a conflict with the school's honor banquet, finished fourth in the five-team field. Since the Bulldogs are usually a deep team, wins over backup players are still good wins...

Fort Scott tennis season begins Tuesday (03/12/11)
FORT SCOTT -- Tennis season approaches quickly. In fact, Fort Scott High School's season begins Tuesday when the Tigers travel to Independence for a season-opening tournament. Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr has 17 players out and has been able to get more practice time outdoors this season than in the past few years...

Doubles team finishes eighth (05/18/10)
PRATT -- Fort Scott High School's Charlie Sercer and Colton Grillott finished in eighth place at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament here over the weekend. Sercer, a senior, and Grillott, a junior, finished the season with 20 wins and 13 losses. Even though they were the only Tigers here, the points the scored in the bracket were enough to make Fort Scott the 10th-place team in final standings...

Tigers' doubles duo prepares for State (05/13/10)
Charlie Sercer and Colton Grillott can say they earned their trip to this weekend's Class 4A State Tennis Tournament, considering the extra work they had to do to get there. Their final two matches went to what is called a "super tie-breaker" and although they lost those matches, they felt good about how they played...

Grillott-Sercer team qualifies for 4A State (05/10/10)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's Colton Grillott and Charlie Sercer have qualified for the Kansas Class 4A State Tennis Tournament after finishing fourth in the Parsons Class 4A Regional here over the weekend. This is the first boys' season of a new format for Regional play, where the top six finishers advance to State. Although there were teams from Ottawa and Paola in the field, each of the six singles and double qualifiers came from Southeast Kansas League schools...

Indy wins 10th straight SEK tennis crown; Tigers sixth (05/03/10)
PARSONS -- To no one's surprise, Independence won its 10th consecutive Southeast Kansas League tennis championship here Thursday as the Bulldogs took the crown at the SEK Tournament. Fort Scott finished sixth in the field, The highest finish on the day was posted by Kyle Altic in No. 2 singles, as he took fourth place with a 2-2 record for the day...

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...

JV tennis finishes season with title at LCHS (04/28/10)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team ended its season with the team title and two first-place entrants at the Labette County Tournament here Monday. The Tigers scored 20 points in the tournament while Parsons scored 18. Chanute was third with 14 points...

Fort Scott JV teams take top 2 spots at Pittsburg tournament (04/26/10)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School tennis coach Lynn Barr took two teams to Pittsburg's junior varsity tournament here Friday and saw those teams take the top two places. Additionally, Fort Scott entries finished first in three divisions and second in three...

JV Tigers field two division champs in home tourney (04/21/10)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team hosted the first of two tournaments it will have at home this week. Monday's action saw a Tiger doubles team claim first place and No. 2 singles entries claim first and third. The Tigers had a Red team and a White team entered. The Red duo of Kyle Kelly and Austin Sather claimed No. 1 doubles by going 2-0 in pool play and 2-0 in the bracket, defeating a team from Parsons 6-2 in the championship match...

Tigers take LCHS tourney (04/14/10)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's tennis team won its second consecutive tournament Tuesday as the Tigers swept through the Labette County Invitational winning all but one dual. "I was really proud of the way we played yesterday," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

Fort Scott tennis wins Pittsburg tourney (04/11/10)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team took the title at the Pittsburg Invitational held here Thursday. The Tigers beat host Pittsburg by one point and third-place Iola by two. Labette County finished fourth with Columbus bringing up the rear...

Tiger tennis takes part in Spring Hill tourney (04/08/10)
SPRING HILL -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished third at a four-team round-robin tournament here Tuesday. Host Spring Hill won with 12 points, Baldwin was second with 7, Fort Scott had 5 and Lansing finished with 0. High winds plagued the tournament, gusting as high as 30 MPH, affecting play greatly...

Fort Scott tennis gets good results at tough outing (04/05/10)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team gained a win and a tie in four duals at a meet here Thursday. The Tigers tied Arkansas City 2-2 and defeated Labette County 4-0. They lost to Independence 3-1 and Parsons 4-0. Independence is a Kansas Class 4A state power year in and year out and Parsons will be up there with the Bulldogs many seasons. Add in to the fact that Arkansas City is a very good Class 5A program and the Tigers had a very strong test at this gathering...

Tiger junior varsity tennis competes at Pittsburg (04/01/10)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team competed in a tournament here Tuesday. Head coach Lynn Barr sent two teams here in order to give as many players a chance to play as possible. This tournament was originally scheduled as the JV season opener last week but had to be postponed due to rain...

Tiger tennis takes 7 of 9 at Nevada (03/31/10)
NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team won seven of nine matches in the old-school nine-match format dual held here Monday. Fort Scott's varsity won five of the six singles matches and two of the three doubles matches. Nevada turned the tables in junior varsity competition, winning all four singles matches while Fort Scott won the lone doubles match...

Tiger tennis season begins at Indy (03/25/10)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis season got underway here Tuesday with the Tigers coming away with one tie and three losses in a round-robin tournament here. The Tigers used a rotating lineup to give a few extra players a chance to play and also make sure they don't exceed the state's limit on competition days down the road...

Numbers not a problem for Fort Scott tennis (03/24/10)
FORT SCOTT -- Numbers and experience shouldn't be problems for Fort Scott High School's boys tennis team this season. Head coach Lynn Barr has 21 players out with five of them having varsity experience. Three seniors and two juniors have varsity experience and are expected to be in the six that Barr will send to Independence, Kan., Tuesday for a season-opening varsity tournament. ...

Tiger tennis season concludes (05/12/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis season came to a conclusion here Monday with the finish of the suspended Southeast Kansas League Tournament. Not many matches were played but three of the Tigers were able to end their seasons on winning notes. Fort Scott finished fourth in the tournament...

Sercer advances from Regional (05/08/09)
Charlie Sercer advanced out of the Fort Scott Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament Thursday with his fourth-place finish in singles play. He was the only Tiger who was able to earn a berth into the Sub-State Tournament at Independence, which starts late this morning...

Tiger golfers enjoy successful week (05/08/09)
Fort Scott High School's golf team has had a very good week. Tuesday, the Tigers had the best individual and team scores at their home tournament at Fort Scott Country Club. The results of the tournament also counted toward the Southeast Kansas League season championships since another league tournament had been rained out earlier in the season. The results put Cole Murrin in first place in the individual race and Fort Scott on top of the team standings...

League tennis suspended; Regional Thursday (05/07/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- The Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament has been put on hold due to rains that happened on each of the days it had been played in the last week. The tournament began last Thursday before it was suspended the first time. An attempt was made to finish it on Tuesday, but rain came along again...

Tigers have tough luck in home tourney (04/28/09)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team didn't have the kind of luck it would like to have at home on a sunny but blustery Saturday as the Tigers finished fourth out of the five teams entered in their home tournament. Chanute was the team champ with 16 points followed by Coffeyville with 10, Pittsburg 7, Fort Scott 6 and Labette County with none...

JV tennis fields top two teams at Pittsburg (04/28/09)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team took a trip here Friday, put two teams in the Pittsburg Tournament and, as head coach Lynn Barr found out later, performed well enough that they walked away with two of the top positions -- if not the very top two...

Tigers second, Bristley champ at Pittsburg (04/23/09)
PITTSBURG -- A rain-interrupted Pittsburg Invitational was finished up here Wednesday with Fort Scott High's tennis team finishing one point behind host Pittsburg for first place. Individually, the Tigers were led by Ben Bristley, who was 4-0 in No. 2 singles. Brian Gorman and Colton Grillott were second in No. 1 doubles...

Junior Varsity Results (04/23/09)
JV tennis players win 22 matches in home tourney Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team played host to a tournament Monday and came away with good results. The Tigers fielded two teams, Red and White, and won 22 of the 34 matches they played...

Doubles team sweeps at Parsons (04/21/09)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott's No. 2 doubles team of Chris Lamb and Charlie Sercer went 4-0 and won their bracket at the Parsons Tennis Invitational here Friday. Lamb and Sercer, who have an 8-1 record as a team overall this year, beat Quinton Hershey/Josh Mitchell of Coffeyville, 8-3, Andrew Payne/Seth Boyer of Independence, 8-7 (7-3), Jarrett Taylor/Elliott Brewer of Parsons, 8-4, and Josh Reed/Austin York of Pittsburg, 8-2...

Tiger JV hosts Nevada, wins 11 of 12 matches (04/21/09)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team played host to Nevada Friday and won 11 of 12 matches against its guest. The Red team beat Nevada, 5-1, and the White team won 6-0. After that, the two Fort Scott teams played each other with the Red team winning, 6-0...

Tiger tennis earns second-place finish (04/15/09)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team earned a second-place finish in the Labette County High School Invitational here Tuesday. The Tigers finished four points behind Independence, which had 16 points. All four Tiger entries went 3-1 in tourney play...

Bristley places second at Spring Hill (04/08/09)
SPRING HILL -- Ben Bristley finished second in No. 2 singles here Tuesday at a four-team round-robin tournament. Bristley, 3-8 on the season, lost his first match, 8-6, to Spring Hill's Marius Reuters but came back for victories of 8-4 over Baldwin's Adam DeHoan and 8-3 over Lansing's Sam Richards...

FSHS tennis plays at Independence (04/06/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team flexed its lineup during a non-medal meet here Friday, the make-up of an event rained out here Thursday. ""We shuffled our lineup around a little in these matches as we are still trying to determine our most effective lineup," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "This was a good test for us at this point in the season facing four teams all with some good quality players."...

Tennis beats Nevada in dual (03/30/09)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team defeated Nevada, 6-3, in a home dual Monday evening. Although the Tigers lost in No. 1 singles and doubles and No. 2 singles, they showed the greater team depth as they won No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 singles and No. 2 and 3 doubles...

Lamb, Sercer place second at Indy (03/25/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis season opened here Tuesday with a tournament at Independence with the No. 2 doubles team of Chris Lamb and Charlie Sercer finishing second for the Tigers with a mark of 3-1. "The conditions were less than ideal with the wind and the cold as we played later into the evening, and there are things that we need to improve on," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "But overall it was a good showing for our first match of the season."...

Buntain finishes career at State (05/12/08)
PRAIRIE VILLAGE -- Senior Stephen Buntain went 1-3 at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament here over the weekend but that shouldn't take away from a 27-13 season and a four-year varsity career in which he won 94 matches. "Stephen has had a remarkable high-school tennis career," Fort Scott's head coach, Lynn Barr, said. ...

Now he's on his own (05/06/08)
After reaching State in doubles last year, senior Buntain returns as singles player

Buntain qualifies for State for second straight year (05/05/08)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School senior Stephen Buntain has qualified for the Class 4A State Tournament for the second consecutive season. He advanced as the fourth-place finisher in singles play at the Independence Class 4A Sub-State Tournament Friday afternoon...

Two advance for Tigers (05/01/08)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team saw a singles and a doubles entry advance to today's Sub-State Tournament after they placed in the Fort Scott Class 4A Regional Tournament Thursday afternoon. Senior Stephen Buntain took second place in singles while the team of junior Brian Gorman and freshman Gabe Quick placed fourth in doubles...

Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament (05/01/08)
Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament Hosted by Fort Scott High School Thursday, 10 a.m., FSHS and city pool courts Teams in the field: Fort Scott, Chanute, Iola, Ottawa and Parsons. Schedule: First-round play is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ...

Fort Scott tennis coach: We peaked at the right time (04/26/08)
PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished third in the Southeast Kansas League Tournament here Thursday, finishing only behind the traditional league powers, Independence and Parsons. Independence won its eighth straight league championship and its 19th in the last 20 years. ...

JV tennis plays for final time in '08 (04/24/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team took part in its final tournament of the season here Monday, an eight-team bracket-format tournament hosted by Labette County High School. Both doubles teams posted 2-2 records on the day. The No. ...

Tigers win home tennis tournament (04/21/08)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team won its home tournament Saturday, winning a tie-breaker with league rivals Pittsburg and Coffeyville. The Tigers, Pittsburg and Coffeyville each had nine points in the final tally of the five-team affair. Each school also had nine match wins from its entrants, leaving total games won as the tie-breaker. Fort Scott won 101 games while the other two won 98...

Tigers take 2nd at Pittsburg invite (04/16/08)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished second here at the Pittsburg Invitational, missing out on third place by one point after a tie-breaker was needed to sort out No. 2 doubles. Labette County scored 13 points while Fort Scott finished with 12. Three teams finished 3-1 at No. 2 doubles. Pittsburg's team won the tie-breaker because it won 31 total games. Fort Scott's and Labette County's teams each won 28 games but LCHS won the head-to-head match-up...

Tennis takes third at LCHS (04/09/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team took third place in Labette County High School's five-team tournament here Tuesday. Weather permitting, the Tigers will return here today for a tournament hosted by Parsons High School. "It was nice to get this one in with all the rainouts we had last week," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

Tigers second at Spring Hill tourney (04/02/08)
SPRING HILL -- Stephen Buntain's first-place finish in No. 1 singles helped lead Fort Scott to a second-place finish at the Spring Hill Tournament here Tuesday. Buntain won all three matches in his division, losing only three of 27 games, improving to 8-3 on the season in the progress...

Junior varsity tennis adds pair of dates, will be at home Monday (03/26/08)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team has added a couple of dates to its schedule. One of those extra outings took place Tuesday. The other will be held Monday at the FSHS tennis courts starting at 3 p.m. as the Tigers will take on Chanute in a dual...

Tiger tennis opens season at Independence (03/12/08)
As was the case last season, Fort Scott High School's tennis season begins earlier than any other spring sport. This has come about because the KSHSAA moved the State championship back one week and in order to get all the allowed matches in, teams must begin earlier in the spring...

Tournament winners (07/25/07)

Tournament medalists (07/17/07)

Pair of pairs to represent FSHS at State Tennis (05/08/07)
Gathered in Lynn Barr's classroom at Fort Scott Middle School Monday afternoon were Fort Scott High's four state-qualifying tennis players: seniors Bryce Hart, Corey Chandra and Sam Johnson and junior Stephen Buntain. They and Barr were going over various seeding scenarios for the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament, which will be held at Topeka Hayden High School this weekend. ...

Both FSHS doubles teams qualify for Class 4A state tourney (05/06/07)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Both of Fort Scott High School's doubles teams will be going to the Kansas Class 4A State Tournament after finishing in the top four at the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament Friday. Bryce Hart and Stephen Buntain finished in second place while Sam Johnson and Corey Chandra placed fourth...

Both Fort Scott doubles teams qualify for Class 4A State Tournament. (05/05/07)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Both of Fort Scott High School's doubles teams will be going to the Kansas Class 4A State Tournament after finishing in the top four at the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament here Friday. Bryce Hart and Stephen Buntain finished in second place while Sam Johnson and Corey Chandra placed fourth...

Tigers third at SEK behind strong doubles performances (04/27/07)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's doubles team finished second in their respective brackets as the Tigers took third place at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Thursday. The Tigers scored 20 points as both doubles teams scored seven points each...

Tiger tennis takes first and fourth (04/23/07)
Fort Scott High School's tennis teams took first and fourth places in their home tournament Saturday. How's that possible, you ask? When Chanute had to pull out of the tournament, Tiger head coach Lynn Barr put in a second Fort Scott team. The Red team finished first with 13 points. Coffeyville was second with nine followed by Pittsburg with eight, the FSHS White team with seven and Labette County rounding things out with four points...

Fort Scott tennis finishes fourth at Thomas Jefferson tourney (04/22/07)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished in fourth place at a nine-team tournament hosted by Thomas Jefferson School here Friday. The host school won the tournament followed by Joplin, Springfield Catholic, then and the Tigers. "This was a good test," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We had a chance to see some different competition, especially in doubles. This was good for us at the point in the season with league and regionals coming up soon to be pushed like this."...

Tigers finish interrupted tourney (04/19/07)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team completed a tournament Wednesday that was suspended due to rain here March 29. The Tigers finished up in third place behind winner Independence and runner-up Arkansas City. All of the players had played Arkansas City and Fort Scott's singles players has just finished with their opponents from Independence when the rain came. ...

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