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Tennis season comes to close (5/8/18)INDEPENDENCE — Fort Scott High School’s tennis season came to a close here Thursday and Friday at the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament. Arkansas City won the team title followed by Independence and Parsons. The doubles team of Joe Adams and Nick Patton went 1-2. They won a first-round match over Julian Nance/Trevor Strathe of Parsons, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-8. They lost to Coby Klotz/Patrick McGee of Arkansas City, 6-0, 6-0, and to Isaac Stringer/Trey Martinez of Parsons, 6-3, 6-1...
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Pittsburg, Indy tie for SEK tennis title (4/27/18)PARSONS — Fort Scott finished in a tie for fifth place at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Thursday as the Tigers and Labette County each scored 2 points. Pittsburg and Independence tied for the team title with 19 points each. No tie-breakers were used so they are co-champions. ...
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Varsity tennis third at Chanute (4/24/18)Fort Scott High School’s varsity tennis team finished third in an eight-team tournament here Friday but was unable to play the make-up of its home tournament on Saturday. The Tigers scored 17 points, edging out Labette County by one point for third. Chanute’s varsity team won the team title by one point over El Dorado, 24-23...
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JV tennis hosts home tournament (4/17/18)Fort Scott High School played host to its home junior varsity tennis tournament Monday. Pittsburg was the team champion with 14 points followed by Independence with 13. The Tigers finished with 3 points for fourth place. Jayden Royal-Bey and Weston Pellett were third in No. 1 doubles. They beat Medrano/Serrano of Independence, 6-4, and Moyer/Cummings of Chanute, 6-5 (5). They lost to Shelite/Valdez of Parsons, 6-0, and Cooper/Worsley of Pittsburg, 6-0...
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Tennis takes part in two tournaments (4/13/18)PARSONS – Fort Scott High School’s varsity tennis team played here twice this week. Tuesday, they took part in Labette County’s home tournament. Thursday, they were a part of the Parsons Invitational. The Parsons tourney was moved from Friday due to concerns about the weather...
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Tiger tennis third at Pittsburg (4/6/18)Fort Scott High School’s boys’ tennis team played in two tournaments this week and a summary of a tournament at Independence from March 29 will also be summarized in this report. The tournaments are listed in the order they were held, beginning with the Independence Tournament followed by Tuesday’s matches at Chanute and Thursday’s at Pittsburg...
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Junior varsity tennis results from Nevada and Pittsburg (3/30/18)Fort Scott High’s junior varsity tennis team faced Nevada in a best-of-nine dual on the road Wednesday with the home squad winning 8-1. Weston Pellett had the Tigers’ lone win, beating Nevada’s Holden Pettitt in No. 1 singles, 9-7. The other five singles matches went to Nevada. ...
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12-man squad for Tiger boys’ tennis (3/16/18)Fort Scott High School’s tennis team opened its season Tuesday at Independence with a five-team round-robin varsity tournament. There are 12 players out for this year’s team, three of whom won letters last season. Elijah Wright and Joe Adams are the Tigers’ seniors. ...
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Tennis season ends at Regionals (5/9/17)CHANUTE — Fort Scott High’s tennis season ended here Thursday and Friday as the Tigers were stuck with tough draws in the Chanute Class 4A Regional Tournament. Both wins came from Fort Scott’s doubles teams in a field that included Independence, Parsons, Chanute and Winfield...
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Tigers 5th in SEK tennis (4/28/17)PITTSBURG — Not surprisingly, Independence won its sixth consecutive Southeast Kansas League tennis championship here Thursday. The Bulldogs finished with 23 points and individual champions in No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles. Parsons was second with 19 points and Pittsburg with 17...
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Tigers fourth in Chanute tourney (4/28/17)CHANUTE — Fort Scott High’s tennis team finished fourth in a six-team round-robin tournament here Tuesday. This was a make-up of a tournament that had been postponed earlier in the season. The No. 2 team of Joe Adams and Elijah Wright (12-2) finished in second place in their pool. ...
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Fort Scott Relays moved to May 1 (4/21/17)The Fort Scott Relays track and field competition has been rescheduled for Monday, May 1, at Frary Field due to Friday’s rains that put a stop to all events at Fort Scott High School. Friday’s baseball and softball games at Labette County were also postponed as was a tennis tournament at Chanute. The tennis tourney will be made up Tuesday. The baseball and softball games have been rescheduled for May 1...
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Doubles team tops in home JV tourney (4/18/17)The No. 1 doubles team of Drew Rhoades and Nick Patton won their division in the Fort Scott Junior Varsity Tournament Monday. Rhoades and Patton went 4-0 defeating Trevor Strathe/Pierce Thomas of Parsons, 6-4, Brock O’Malley/Sean Nyland of Independence, 6-1, A.J. Bolig/Kolby Ussery of Chanute, 6-3, and Jake Russian/Noah Kangas of Pittsburg, 6-3...
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Tiger tennis treks to Parsons on consecutive days (4/14/17)Fort Scott High School’s traveled to Parsons on consecutive days earlier this week. Tuesday, the Tigers went there to participate in Labette County High’s home tournament. Wednesday, they returned to take part in Parsons’ tournament. Both doubles teams were 3-0 and won their respective brackets on Tuesday. ...
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New doubles pair second at Independence (4/12/17)INDEPENDENCE — Nick Patton and Elijah Wright have each played in No. 2 doubles this season. But on Friday, they were paired together for the first time this season and finished in second place at the make-up of the second Independence Tournament here Friday...
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Tiger JV tennis results from Parsons (4/12/17)PARSONS — Fort Scott High School’s junior varsity tennis team took part in a tournament here Monday. Drew Rhoades played No. 1 singles and finished in second place with a 3-1 record for the day. His only loss came in his first match, a 6-5 (4) tie-breaker defeated to Pittsburg’s Dakota Caudle. He defeated Sean Neyland of Independence, 6-3, Ta Kitrungrot of Chanute, 6-0, and Carlos Collins of Parsons, 6-4...
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Tiger tennis results at Pittsburg (4/8/17)PITTSBURG —Both Fort Scott High School doubles teams finished in third place Thursday at a tournament hosted by Pittsburg. Alex Gorman and Micah Self (6-4) split in pool play in No. 1 doubles. They lost to Noah Jackley/Garrett Hogan of Bishop Miege, 8-4, but defeated Luke Laws/Pete Westervelt of Columbus by the same score. They then defeated James Richey/Caleb Dial of Pittsburg, 8-5, in the third-place match...
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Tiger baseball rescheduled for April 14 (4/4/17)Everything Fort Scott High School had scheduled athletically for Tuesday was either postponed or cancelled due to the expectation of bad weather. Tiger baseball versus Pittsburg, which was to be one varsity game and one junior varsity contest, has been rescheduled for April 14. Fort Scott hosts the Adam LaRoche Tournament this weekend at Dave Regan Stadium with pool play Friday and placement games Saturday. The complete schedule can be seen at the end of this summary...
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Doubles team wins lead Tigers to home tourney title (3/31/17)Fort Scott High School’s tennis team won both doubles brackets but finished second to Nevada in their home tournament on Monday. The Tigers scored 9 points as a team while Nevada finished with 10. Pittsburg was third with 5 points while Coffeyville failed to win a match...
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Tiger tennis opens season at Independence (3/18/17)INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's boys' tennis team started its season here Tuesday with matches at the Independence Invitational against tough competition. "We have work to do, but with work, we can improve on these areas that are hurting us," FSHS head coach Lynn Barr said...
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Six with varsity experience return for Tiger boys' tennis (3/15/17)Six players with varsity experience return to Fort Scott High's boys' tennis squad this season. There are also four first-year players. "It's kind of an interesting combination, " Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said Monday afternoon. "We have some kids who have been here and know what's going on. And then we have some kids who are just starting out without much experience. There's really no middle."...
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Tiger tennis season closes at Regionals (5/10/16)INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis season came to a close here Friday as each entry was one-and-done at the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament. "We knew it would be a tough tournament and it was," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We had several of our players who had been sick most of the week, battling the nagging cough, etc., which made things even a little tougher...
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Gorman, Self third in No. 1 doubles (4/30/16)INDEPENDENCE -- Alex Gorman and Micah Self finished in third place in No. 1 doubles here Thursday at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament. Gorman and Self have a 16-12 record this season but that comes after overcoming an 0-5 start. The duo started off the day by beating Pittsburg's Dante Menghini/Ben Kargis in the first round, 8-4. They fell to eventual champs Will Schabel/Sam Hilger of Independence, 6-0, 6-2 in the semifinal round...
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Tennis finishes fifth at Chanute (4/27/16)CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished fifth out of seven schools here Friday at the Chanute Invitational. This was a bracket-style tournament, rather than a round-robin. El Dorado was the winner with 22 points, edging out host Chanute by one point and third-place Paola by two. Iola was fourth with 19 points with Fort Scott fifth with 13...
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JV tennis concludes season (4/27/16)CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team concluded its season here Monday. Levi Reichard played No. 1 singles for the Tigers, going 0-4. His losses came versus Kaden Hammer of Parsons, 6-0, Cy Smith of Independence, 6-4, and Kolby Ussery of Chanute and Jamean Delp of Pittsburg, both by 6-1 scores...
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Gorman, Self take second in doubles at Parsons (4/19/16)PARSONS -- Alex Gorman and Micah Self continued their improvement Friday as they finished second in No. 1 doubles at the Parsons Invitational. After starting the season 0-5, the duo has won 12 of their last 16 matches. They defeated James Richey/Noah Kangas of Pittsburg, 8-2, in the first round then beat Ashford Jordan/Brock O'Malley of Pittsburg by the same score in the second round. ...
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Wright, Adams second at LCHS (4/15/16)PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's Elijah Wright and Joe Adams moved up to No. 1 doubles here Tuesday and finished in second place at the Labette County Invitational. While that was a bright spot for the duo, who had been 13-4 in No. 2 doubles, it was not a good day overall as the Tigers finished third as a team...
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Doubles team picks up 1st and 2nd (4/9/16)Fort Scott High School's No. 2 doubles tennis team of Elijah Wright and Joe Adams has been performing well this season. This week, the duo picked up 5 wins in 6 matches in winning the division Tuesday at Chanute and finishing second Thursday at Pittsburg...
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No. 1 doubles takes second at Independence (4/2/16)INDEPENDENCE -- After getting off to a slow start this season, Fort Scott High's No. 1 doubles team of Alex Gorman and Micah Self have been able to bounce back. They took second place here Thursday in an always-tough tournament, going 3-1 on the day...
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Two Tiger champs in home tourney (4/1/16)Fort Scott High's tennis team had two bracket champions in its home tournament Tuesday, leading the Tigers to the team title. Alex Combs won the No. 1 singles bracket while Elijah Wright and Joe Adams paired up to win No. 2 doubles. Both entrants were 2-0 on the day. Those wins scored 6 of the Tigers' 9 team points, which allowed them to beat out Nevada for team honors by 2 points...
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Tennis season gets underway (3/25/16)INDEPENDENCE -- Tennis season for Fort Scott High School began here Tuesday with a tough first tournament. The Tigers finished fifth out of the five teams here although the No. 2 doubles team of Elijah Wright and Joe Adams recorded a second-place finish...
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Tennis opens spring sports seasons (3/22/16)Fort Scott High School boys' tennis continues its role as the first spring sports team to begin its season this afternoon with a varsity tournament at Independence. The Tigers have 11 players out for head coach Lynn Barr but only Alex Combs is a senior. There are four juniors, five sophomores and one freshman...
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Tennis season concludes at 4A Regional (5/12/15)PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis season came to an end here Friday at the Class 4A Regional Tournament. Junior Alex Combs (7-11) was the only Tiger to win a first-round match. He defeated Gage Riker of Columbus, 6-2, 6-2, in the first-round. Lane Schicke of Independence took a 6-1, 6-1 victory in the next round and Mac Jameson of Columbus eliminated Combs with a 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) loss...
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Cruse finishes 3rd at SEK tourney (5/2/15)PARSONS -- Junior Raifen Cruse finished in third place in No. 2 singles at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Thursday, going 3-1 on the day. The Tigers finished fifth as a team with 9 points. Independence won its third consecutive title and 44th overall with 28 points as Bulldog entries won all four brackets. ...
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Tiger tennis fifth at Chanute (4/29/15)Editor's Note: Due to connection issues with the internet at the Tribune Monday night, this story could not be placed on the website at that time. The Tribune regrets the delay ---- CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished fifth in an eight-team field in the Chanute Invitational here Friday. Paola won the tournament with 27 points followed by Iola with 24 and El Dorado with 18. Fort Scott scored 11 points...
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Three fifths for Tigers in home tourney (4/22/15)Fort Scott High School hosted a junior varsity tennis tournament Monday with no team scores kept. Micah Self was 2-2 in No. 1 singles. He lost to Christian Baldwin of Parsons, 6-1, and Chase Tucker of Independence, 6-4. He defeated Delvert Vanderpool of Pittsburg, 6-0, and Jack Waring of Pittsburg, 6-2...
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Short-handed squad has rough day at Parsons (4/21/15)PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team traveled here Friday with a short- handed lineup. Head coach Lynn Barr discovered that the No. 2 singles player he intended to bring couldn't not make the trip and was unable to find a replacement on short notice. Other players were not available due to another academic activity...
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Young Tiger tennis struggles at LCHS (4/17/15)PARSONS -- A young Fort Scott High School tennis team experienced some more growing pains here Tuesday at what ended up being a triangular hosted by Labette County. "All of our players today we either first or second year players and that lack of experience shows, but the only way to get experience is by playing," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "I thought Vandaro (Chit) had a very good tournament and played some good tennis in both of his matches."...
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JV tennis results from Parsons (4/15/15)PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School sent three entries to a junior varsity tennis tournament here Monday. Micah Self played No. 1 singles for the Tigers. He finished in second place with a 2-1 record. He defeated Jack Waring of Pittsburg in the first round, 6-1, and Cameron Goodrich of Independence, 6-3, in the semifinals. Chanute's Payton Cranor won the championship match, 6-2...
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Tiger tennis posts 3-6 record at Nevada (4/14/15)NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team won three matches in an old-school nine-match dual against Nevada here Friday. Raifen Cruse was the Tigers' only winner in singles and was a par of one of two winning teams in doubles play. "We played better at times," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...
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Cruse wins No. 1 singles at Spring Hill (4/10/15)SPRING HILL -- Raifen Cruse took the No. 1 singles division at the Spring Hill Invitational here Tuesday, earning the Fort Scott High School player his first varsity championship. Cruse (8-6) was 3-0 in the four-team tournament. He beat Mason Jelliff of Baldwin easily, 8-1. He downed Spring Hill's Jacob Crabtree in a tie-breaker, 8-7 (1). And he edged out Lansing's Sam Crawford, 8-6...
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Lack of experience hampers Tiger effort (4/4/15)INDEPENDENCE -- Overall, Fort Scott High's tennis team is a young squad. And the overall lack of experience came into play Thursday at the second Independence Invitational. "Again, our lack of experience showed, but I'm proud of the way the guys played hard and never gave up," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "The competition was tough, but everyone kept playing hard till the end."...
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Cruse sweeps in home tourney (4/3/15)Raifen Cruse finished unbeaten in No. 2 singles Tuesday as Fort Scott High School hosted a four-team round-robin varsity tournament. Nevada was the team champion with 9 points followed by Coffeyville with 6. Fort Scott and Pittsburg tied for third place with 5 points each but the Tigers won a tie-breaker with more total games won, 29-19...
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Varsity, JV tennis open seasons (3/28/15)Fort Scott High School's varsity and junior varsity tennis teams opened their seasons this week. The varsity went to Independence on Tuesday while the JV played at Pittsburg on Thursday. Tuesday: Varsity at Independence. The Tigers had experience players in singles but had freshmen playing in three of the four doubles slots. Fort Scott finished fourth out of five schools...
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Junior pair brings back most experience to Tiger tennis (3/20/15)Boys' tennis will be the first spring sport to get its season underway at Fort Scott High School when the Tiger varsity squad travels to Independence on Tuesday. The Tigers have 12 players out this season for head coach Lynn Barr. Eight of them are sophomores and freshmen and both seniors are just second-year players. It's juniors Alex Combs and Rafen Cruise who have the most experience in the program, each being third-year players...
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Addington wins two at State (5/20/14)WINFIELD -- Fort Scott High School senior Gage Addington was 2-2 at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament this weekend, finishing his senior season with a record of 19-10. Addington opened tournament play with a 6-1, 6-2 win over sophomore Renton Williams of Andover Central on Friday. Fort Scott head coach said that Addington was able to get into rhythm and force Williams to make several errors...
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Addington prepared for return to State (5/14/14)Fort Scott High School senior Gage Addington will be going to the Kansas Class 4A State Tennis Tournament this weekend for the second consecutive season. He qualified with then-senior Davis Drake last year in doubles. This year, he will return as a singles player...
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Senior Addington earns State tennis berth (5/13/14)CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School senior Gage Addington earned his second trip to the State Tournament in as many seasons when he finished fifth in the Chanute Class 4A Regional Tournament here Saturday. Addington (17-8) went to State last season with Davis Drake in doubles...
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Tigers tie for fourth at league tennis (5/3/14)INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team tied for fourth place at the Southeast Kansas League Tournament here Thursday. Independence won the team title for the 24th time in the last 26 seasons with 24 points. Pittsburg was second with 21, Parsons third with 15 and Fort Scott and Labette County next tied with 8 points each. Chanute and Coffeyville tied for last place with 6 points each...
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Tiger tennis plays at Chanute, prepares for league (4/29/14)CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's tennis team played its last tournament before the league tourney here Friday, finishing in sixth place. This was a bracketed tournament instead of the usual round-robin. Gage Addington (11-6) was 2-1 in No. 1 singles and finished in second place. In the first round, he defeated Tyler Heinrich of Iola, 8-0. In the semifinals, he beat Lake Lund of Chanute, 8-4. Caleb Mathes of Labette County won the final, 8-6...
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Tennis team tries new things (4/23/14)PARSONS -- Fort Scott head tennis coach Lynn Barr shuffled his lineup at the Parsons Invitational here Monday afternoon but rain came along late in the day and put a temporary halt on the experiment as both doubles pools were unable to complete play...
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Tiger tennis plays at LCHS (4/18/14)PARSONS -- Labette County hosted its home tennis tournament here Tuesday with Fort Scott High's team finishing with four wins on the day. "Overall, the effort was good but we are still hurting ourselves with unforced errors," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...
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Tigers fall to Nevada by one match (4/15/14)NEVADA -- Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis team went 4-5 in a best-of-nine dual here Friday. The Tigers won three singles matches and in doubles play. In best-of-nine duals, six players each play one singles and one doubles match. Four of the singles matches were decided by 3 sets or less and one of the doubles matches was decided by a 2-set margin...
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Tiger tennis struggles in Pittsburg tourney (4/12/14)PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's tennis team took part in a six-team tournament here Thursday evening but came away with only one win for each of its four entries. The Tigers finished fifth as Labette County won a tie-breaker. Pittsburg won the team title with Bishop Miege second. The format of the tournament did not have all the entrants play each other, so some of Fort Scott's entrants did not play Pittsburg...
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Addington sweeps at Spring Hill (4/11/14)SPRING HILL -- Gage Addington went undefeated here Tuesday as he took first place in No. 1 singles at the Spring Hill Invitational. The Tigers finished third out of the four teams. Alex Combs and D.J. Blethen finished second in No. 1 doubles. "Overall I was pleased with effort by our players today," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...
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Regional assignments set in most sports; FSHS to host softball (4/9/14)The Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) has released post-season assignments in every spring sport but track and field. One of the things revealed is that Fort Scott High School will host a Class 4A-Division I Softball Regional Tournament which will have five teams...
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Coach sees encouraging signs despite struggles (4/5/14)INDEPENDENCE -- Although an inexperienced Fort Scott High School tennis team had its share of struggles Thursday at Independence, head coach Lynn Barr saw his players working to use what they have been working on in practice in a five-team round-robin tournament...
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Tiger tennis wins home tourney (4/4/14)Fort Scott High School's tennis team won their home invitational Tuesday as Tiger players won 9 of 12 matches in a four-team round-robin. The Tigers scored nine team points followed by Nevada with six, Coffeyville five and Pittsburg four. "It was definitely not the toughest competition we will see this year, but this tournament came at a really good time for a team with very little experience," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...
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JV tennis sees first action of season (3/29/14)PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team saw its first action of the season here Thursday in a round-robin tournament. There were No. 1 and No. 2 singles pools but only one doubles pool as only two schools had a No. 2 doubles team ready to play...
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FSHS tennis opens season; home tourney Tuesday (3/28/14)INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's varsity tennis team opened its season here Tuesday at the Independence Invitational, finishing with only one win on the day. However, head coach Lynn Barr had to hold out some of his expected varsity players in order to prevent them from playing too many dates prior to Regionals...
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Rec Youth Tennis (6/29/13)The Fort Scott Recreation Commission's summer tennis program recently concluded. Participants and placers are shown in these photos.
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Rec Youth Tennis (6/28/13)The Fort Scott Recreation Commission's summer tennis program recently concluded. Participants and placers are shown in these photos.
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Tiger pair finishes 2-2 at State (5/14/13)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. ...
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Drake, Addington set for 4A State (5/9/13)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...
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Davis, Addington advance to State tourney (5/8/13)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...
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FSCC games set for Sunday; Tigers Monday (5/4/13)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...
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Tigers tie for 4th at SEK meet (4/27/13)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...
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Tiger tennis heads to SEK (4/25/13)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."...
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Tennis 6th at Chanute (4/23/13)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...
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Tennis tourney reset for Monday; Tiger baseball, softball make-ups May 3 (4/17/13)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...
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Tiger tennis JV gets home tourney in (4/17/13)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)...
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Addington third at Parsons (4/16/13)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...
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Tennis unable to find wins at Parsons (4/11/13)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. ...
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Nevada takes dual from Tigers (4/9/13)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)...
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Drake, Addington go unbeaten in doubles at Pittsburg, improve to 8-4 on season (4/6/13)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."...
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Tiger tennis plays pair of best-of-9's (4/4/13)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...
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Tennis struggles at tough tourney (3/30/13)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...
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Tiger tennis opens season at Indy (3/14/13)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."...
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Tiger tennis begins season today at Indy (3/12/13)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...
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Rec tennis winners (7/18/12)
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Summer rec tennis awards (7/13/12)
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Summer rec tennis awards (7/12/12)
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Summer rec tennis awards (7/10/12)
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Tiger doubles 1-2 at State; Indy, Parsons finish in top 4 (5/15/12)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...
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Altic, Daly going to State tennis tourney (5/10/12)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...
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Altic and Daly earn State doubles berth (5/8/12)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...
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Fort Scott finishes fourth in SEK tennis (4/28/12)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...
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Tiger tennis takes Chanute title (4/24/12)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...
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Tiger tennis finishes rained-out meet (4/20/12)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...
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Tiger tennis suffers from effects of storms (4/18/12)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."...
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Fort Scott golfers take Parsons Invitational (4/14/12)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."...
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Sports Notebook (4/13/12)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...
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Altic returns, teams up with Daly for No. 1 doubles crown (4/12/12)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...
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Fort Scott tennis second at Pittsburg (4/7/12)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...
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Tiger tennis foiled at Spring Hill (4/5/12)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...
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Fort Scott golfers second in opening tourney (3/31/12)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...
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Fort Scott tennis plays at Independence tourney (3/31/12)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...
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Tennis tested at Nevada dual (3/28/12)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...
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Tiger tennis opens with split (3/15/12)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...
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Several drops in the bucket (5/25/11)