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Eads, Beth win medals in distance events (5/29/18)WICHITA — Fort Scott High School senior Paxsten Eads and freshman Ella Beth won medals at the Kansas State High School Track and Field Championships here over the weekend. Eads won two medals in Class 4A girls’ distance events. She won the first one in the very first event of the meet on Friday morning when she finished fifth in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:37.40. Taylor Briggs of Chapman was the winner in 11:03.78...
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George, Atchison return with State medals (5/29/18)WICHITA — Uniontown’s Ben George and Northeast’s Jasper Atchison returned from the Kansas State Track and Field Championships with medals. The meet was held at Wichita State University Friday and Saturday. Atchison won his medal on Friday, finishing in eighth place in the Class 3A boys’ 3,200-meter run in 10:16.20. Owen Pearce of Kingman was the winner in 9:35.45...
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State Track Schedule (5/22/18)These are the times that each competitor from a Tribune Area school is scheduled to compete at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday at Wichita State’s Cessna Stadium. Times for track events are approximate based on what time the first race in each event is set to begin...
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Eads wins Regional 3,200 (5/18/18)EUDORA — Paxsten Eads finished 17 seconds of her nearest competitor in claiming the championship of the 3,200-meter run at the Eudora Class 4A Regional Track Meet here Friday. Eads and Ella Beth qualified for State in two events and the Tigers had four other medalists as they finished in seventh place with 34 team points...
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George wins high jump (5/18/18)LEON — Uniontown’s Ben George won high jump and qualified for State in another event from the Leon-Bluestem Class 2A Regional Track Meet here Thursday. Two girls also qualified for State. Samantha Hampton will be going in javelin while Paige Mason advances in high jump...
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Atchisons advance in 3 events (5/18/18)FREDONIA — Northeast sophomores Jasper and Kenneth Atchison will represent Northeast in three events at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita next weekend. At Friday’s Class 3A Regional Meet here, Jasper won four medals and advanced to State in two events while Kenneth won two medals and will compete at State in high jump...
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Eads claims girls’ 3,200 title at SEK Relays (5/11/18)CHANUTE — Fort Scott’s Paxsten Eads turned in a time of 11;46.85 as she won the girls’ 3,200-meter run at the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Thursday. Eads beat out Independence’s Renee Trout, the SEK girls’ cross-country champion last fall, by nearly three seconds as she claimed her first league title...
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Five champs for area schools at TRL Relays (5/11/18)PLEASANTON —Five area athletes won events at the Three Rivers League Relays held here Thursday. Northeast sophomore Daniel Balk successfully defended his title in pole vault as he cleared 10 feet, 6 inches, winning by a foot. Sophomore Carlee Beard of Northeast won two events. She had a throw of 97 feet even in discus to win by two inches and a mark of 32’ 1” in shot put to win by almost a foot and a half...
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Viking boys win home meet (5/8/18)ARMA — Northeast’s boys won the championship at their home invitational here Friday while the girls finished in fourth place. Due to space constraints, results are presented below. The Vikings will take part in the Three Rivers League Relays Friday at Pleasanton...
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Tiger girls find some success at Chanute (5/8/18)CHANUTE — Fort Scott High School’s girls’ track team enjoyed some success at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday but the boys were only able to win three medals. The girls won eight medals and finished in seventh place while the boys won three medals and finished with 6 points...
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Eagle track results (5/4/18)HUMBOLDT — Uniontown’s track team competed at the Humboldt Invitational Thursday. For the boys, Colt Eck placed third in the 800 meters, Ben George was fourth in high jump and the 400 meters, Luke George was fourth in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs, and Hayden Miller was fifth in triple jump...
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Tiger girls tie for third at Girard (5/1/18)GIRARD — Fort Scott High’s girls finished in a tie for second place at the Girard Optimist Club Invitational here Friday while the boys finished ninth. Tiger girls tied with Chanute as both scored 55 points. Pittsburg was the winner with 125 points followed by Carthage, Mo. with 115...
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Tiger girls dominate home JV meet (4/27/18)Fort Scott High’s junior varsity girls dominated their home track meet Tuesday, finishing on top of the team standings by over 55 points. The Tigers finished with 148 1/3 points with Paola a distant second with 93. Paola won the boys’ team title with 101 points while Fort Scott was seventh with 40...
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Beard wins discus at Jayhawk-Linn meet (4/24/18)MOUND CITY — Northeast’s Carlee Beard was the only event winner among area athletes at the Jayhawk-Linn Invitational here Monday. This meet included Class 4A schools such as Prairie View and Louisburg in the field. With that, Northeast’s girls finished fifth in team standings with 32 points and five medals. Uniontown’s girls were seventh with 22 points and picking up eight medals. Prairie View was the winner with 158 points while Olpe was second with 135...
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Paola teams sweep for seventh consecutive year (4/20/18)Paola’s teams swept the team titles at Friday’s Fort Scott Relays for the seventh consecutive season. Paola’s boys, who have won this meet 11 straight times, scored 136 points, won five events and claimed 24 medals as they beat Chanute by 29 points...
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George wins two events at SCC (4/20/18)BURLINGTON — Uniontown’s Ben George won two events at the Southern Coffey County Relays, held here Thursday. George took first place in high jump, clearing 5 feet, 8 inches, and triple jump with a leap of 39’ 2 1/4”. He also finished fifth in the 400 meters...
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Eagles win eight medals at Waverly (4/17/18)BURLINGTON —Uniontown athletes won eight medals here Monday in the Waverly Gene Farrow Invitational. Ben George won three of them as he finished second in triple jump, sixth in triple jump and seventh in the 400-meter dash. Paige Mason took home two medals after claiming sixth in both the high jump and the 400 meters...
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Three Tigers earn medals at Gorilla Relays (4/17/18)PITTSBURG — For members of Fort Scott High’s track and field teams earned medals at the Pittsburg State University Jock’s Nitch Gorilla Relays here Friday. Ella Beth won two of those medals in running events. She finished sixth in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:30.04 and eighth in the 800 in 2:27.76. Pittsburg’s McKenzie Wilks won both of those events, turning in a meet-record time of 2:17.20 in the 800...
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10 event winners for JV Tigers (4/17/18)PAOLA — Fort Scott High’s junior varsity track team won 10 events at the Paola Invitational here Monday. For the girls, Dawna Hudiburg (400 meters), Gabby Griffin (800), Macayla McClure (1,600), Emily Farrington (3,200), Addi Lyons (triple jump) and the 4x800-meter relay were winners. For the boys, C.J. Horton won two events (400 meters, triple jumo) while Connor Mason (3,200) and Jacob Zubieta (300-meter hurdles) each won one...
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JV girls second, boys fourth at Chanute (4/10/18)CHANUTE — Fort Scott High’s junior varsity track team finished in second place while the boys claimed fourth at the Chanute meet here Monday. Fort Scott’s girls scored 101 1/3 points, finishing 30 points behind Iola. Labette County won the boys’ team title with 93 points while the Tigers fnished two points out of third place with 51...
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Tiger track from Paola (4/6/18)PAOLA — Ella Beth and Paxsten Eads each won events for Fort Scott High’s girls as the Tigers’ track teams competed in the Paola Invitational here Thursday. Beth won the 800-meter run while Eads was the champion in the 3,200 meters for Tiger girls. The girls won six medals in finishing ninth as a team...
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4-man boys’ team finishes 2nd at Oswego (4/6/18)OSWEGO — Despite the wind and cold, the Oswego Invitational track meet went on as scheduled here Tuesday with Uniontown’s boys finishing second in team standings while the girls placed sixth. “Not the best conditions for a track meet, but our athletes competed well,” Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. “The boys’ team, which numbers only four, placed second “...
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Atchison wins four medals for Northeast boys (4/6/18)FRONTENAC — Jasper Atchison won four medals for Northeast’s boys here Thursday as the Vikings went to the Frontenac Raider Invitational as a make-up for a meet at Southeast that was cancelled earlier this year. Atchison scored all 21 of the Vikings’ team points. He finished second in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:04.58, third in the 1,600 in 5:03.73, thrd in the 110-meter hurdles in 44.67, and sixth in the 110-meter hurdles in 18.17...
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Tiger girls finish third, boys sixth in opening meet (3/30/18)ALTAMONT — Fort Scott High School’s girls finished in third place behind Independence and Iola in the season-opening track and field meet at Labette County here Thursday. The varsity girls scored 56 points and won 10 medals. Indy scored 97 points and Iola finished with 84. The junior varsity girls won 16 medals and six events in easily taking the team title with 116 points, 46 points more than runner-up Independence...
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Atchison wins three medals for Northeast (3/30/18)GALENA — Northeast’s Jasper Atchison won three events on the boys’ side of the season-opening Galena Invitational, scoring all but one of the Vikings’ team points. Northeast tied for ninth on the boys’ side with St. Paul with 21 points each. Viking girls finished 14th with 6 points...
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One of the first for FSCC track (3/9/18)
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College adding cross country and track teams (11/4/17)Fort Scott Community College recently announced that it will bring back track and field and cross country to the athletic program beginning with the fall semester of 2018. The school previously announced the addition of women’s golf for the spring 2018 season...
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No medals for area track athletes Saturday (5/30/17)WICHITA — Fort Scott High and Uniontown entries were unable to collect any more medals at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Saturday. Fort Scott senior Devin Brooks, who collected his first State track medal Friday when he finished fifth in the Class 4A boys’ 3,200 meters, was 15th in the 1,600 with a time of 4:49.67. Eathan Kossover, a senior from Maize South, was the winner in 4:25.79. He also won the 1,600 meters on Friday...
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Brooks claims fifth in 4A 3,200 (5/26/17)WICHITA — Fort Scott’s Devin Brooks, returning to State after qualifying in the 3,200 meters as a sophomore, won his first State medal by taking fifth place in Class 4A at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University. Brooks, a senior, missed out on qualifying last season, perhaps making this medal a little bit sweeter. He turned in a time of 9:59.29 — the last finisher under 10 minutes...
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Harper finishes 8th in 800 (5/26/17)WICHITA — Uniontown senior Shalina Harper won her second career State medal here Friday, taking eighth place in Class 2A girls’ javelin at the State Track and Field Championship at Cessna Stadium. Harper’s medaling toss was 119 feet, 3 inches, accomplished on her first throw. It was the fifth-best throw of the first round. Her next-best effort was 112’ 7” on her second throw...
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Brooks claims Regional 3,200 title; 5 events to State (5/23/17)PAOLA — Fort Scott High School will have five entries in the State Track and Field Championships at Wichita this weekend and had two more athletes who missed qualifying by slim margins. In all, Tiger girls medaled in six events and qualified three to State from the Paola Class 5A Regional Meet on Friday. The boys have Devin Brooks going to State in two events and had four other medalists...
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ONLINE FIRST: Fort Scott High School State track qualifiers (5/20/17)PAOLA -- Fort Scott High School will have five entries at this coming weekend's Class 4A State Track and Field Meet in Wichita as a result of events here Friday in the Paola Class 4A Regional. The top four finishers in each event advanced to State while the top six won medals. Not all results were available at press time. Results seen here were gathered from catchitkansas.com...
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Harper returning to State for fourth time (5/19/17)George to make first appearance
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Paola, JCN change Regional track schedules (5/16/17)In attempts to beat out anticipated rain and thunderstorms on Friday, officials for the Paola Class 4A Regional Track Meet and Jefferson County North Class 2A Regional Meet have adjusted their schedules. Fort Scott will be taking part in the Paola Regional, which will still take place on Friday but will begin four hours earlier than originally scheduled. ...
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Harper claims TRL javelin title (5/16/17)MOUND CITY — Shalina Harper won the girls’ javelin at the Three Rivers League Relays here Friday while Uniontown athletes took home a total of 11 medals. “Great day for our league track meet,” Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. “Several of our athletes finished the season with personal bests in their respective events.”...
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Brooks, Stoughton champs at SEK Relays (5/12/17)ALTAMONT — Fort Scott High seniors Devin Brooks and Morgan Stoughton are event champions following the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Friday. Brooks defended his title the boys’ 3,200-meter run by turning in a time of 10:20.69. Chanute’s Reno Lemon was a distant second in 10:37.46. Brooks was also third in the 1,600 in 4:51.39...
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Tigers earn 10 medals at Chanute (5/9/17)CHANUTE — Fort Scott High’s track teams earned a total of 10 medals at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday with the girls winning seven of them. Gabrielle Allen had the best finish for the girls with a third-place result in javelin with a mark of 94 feet, ½ inch. Kelsey Carpenter was fourth in the girls’ 1,600 meters in 5:51.69 while Paxsten Eads was fourth in the 3,200 in 12:33.94...
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Paola sweeps Fort Scott Relays once again (5/2/17)Paola swept the team titles at the Fort Scott Relays for the sixth consecutive season at Frary Field Monday as each team scored over 200 points and combined for 16 event wins and 67 medals. Both Fort Scott teams finished in fourth place. The girls scored 58 points while the boys scored 46...
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Results from home JV track meet (5/2/17)Fort Scott High’s girls finished third while the boys were fourth at the home junior varsity track meet at Frary Field April 25. Tiger girls scored 95 points to finish behind winner Chanute’s 109.5 and Paola’s 99. Fort Scott’s boys scored 70 points. Chanute was also the boys’ champion with 131 1/3 points. Paola was second with 115 and Iola third with 98...
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Harper, George win events (4/25/17)Uniontown’s track team split up Monday with two athletes attending a meet at Oswego that had been postponed earlier in the year. Shalina Harper won girls’ javelin with a mark of 102 feet, 7 inches. She also finished second in both the 800-meter and 1,600-meter runs...
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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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Harper claims 800, three medals in total (4/21/17)BURLINGTON — Uniontown’s track team returned here Thursday for the Southern Coffey County Invitational just two days after the competed on the same track in Waverly’s annual event. “Another great day for a track meet,” Eagle head coach Jackie Hall said. “With only one day coming off Tuesday’s meet, our athletes performed well. Many had personal bests in their respective events.”...
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Running with the Devils (4/21/17)
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Brooks wins 1,600 at Columbus (4/21/17)COLUMBUS — Fort Scott senior Devin Brooks won the 1,600-meter run at the Columbus Invitational here Tuesday on a day that was otherwise low in the medal count. Brooks turned in a time of 4:45 in winning the race. Connar Southard of Pittsburg was a close second in 4:48...
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Harp wins 1,600 at Waverly meet (4/18/17)BURLINGTON — Uniontown’s Jon Harp was the winner of the boys’ 1,600-meter run at the Waverly Invitational here Monday. Harp turned in a time of 5:36 in winning the Eagles’ only gold of the day. Ben George was fourth in high jump for the boys. Shalina Harper was the girls’ only medalist, finishing third in the 800 meters, fourth in the 1,600 and sixth in javelin...
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Tiger track competes in tough PSU meet (4/18/17)PITTSBURG — Fort Scott High School track and field athletes participated in the Jock’s Nitch Relays hosted at Pittsburg State University here Friday. Although no one from Fort Scott earned any medals, the number and quality of competitors here still make a top-10 finish outstanding and a top-20 finish quite respectable...
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Brooks 2nd in 3,200 at Paola (4/8/17)PAOLA — Fort Scott High School’s track teams ran into tough competition here Thursday and came away with just nine medals from the Paola Invitational. Neither Tiger team had an event winner. Devin Brooks came closest, finishing second in the boys’ 3,200-meter run with a time of 10:29.33. The winner, Sam Hubert of DeSoto, took the event in 10:07.33...
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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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Brooks takes pair of distance golds; JV girls win team title (3/31/17)ALTAMONT — Devin Brooks took a pair of boys varsity distance running races and the junior varsity girls took team honors as the track and field season opened at Labette County’s meet Friday. Brooks won the 1,600-meter run in 4:52 and the 3,200 in 10:22...
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Harper takes pair of seconds at Galena (3/31/17)GALENA — Shalina Harper finished second in two events here Thursday as the Uniontown High School track team opened its season. Harper finished second in the 800-meter run and in javelin. She was the Eagles’ only girls’ medalist. For the boys, Ben George finished fifth in high jump, Gavin O’Brien was sixth in the 300-meter hurdles and the 4x800-meter relay team of Sheldon Bailey, Luke George, Ben George and Matt Morgan placed sixth...
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Brooks nomiated for High School Heisman (10/22/16)Fort Scott High School senior track and cross-country athlete Derek Brooks has been chosen as the Wendy's High School Heisman winner for FSHS. The Wendy's High School Heisman Scholarship was created by Wendy's founder Dave Thomas in 1994. The restaurant chain has awarded nearly $2 million to support education while honoring more than 600,000 of the esteemed high school scholar-athletes who share the values of giving back to their communities, treating people with respect, continuing education and excelling on the athletic field.. ...
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Weshoff competes in elite event in St. Louis (6/7/16)ST. LOUIS -- Fort Scott High School graduate Cassidy Westhoff competed in the Festival of Miles, hosted by Saint Louis University here Thursday. According to information supplied by Fort Scott head girls' track coach Tracey Bogina, Westhoff turned in a time of 5:02.52 as she finished seventh in the Spewak One-Mile Run. ...
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Westhoff, Tome earn medals in Saturday events (6/1/16)WICHITA -- Seniors Cassidy Westhoff and Vince Tome won Class 4A medals for Fort Scott High on the second and final day of the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Saturday. Those medals along with medals earned Friday by Josh Hudiburg for winning boys' javelin, Wyatt Tourtillott for finishing seventh in that event and Westhoff for a runner-up finish in the 3,200 meters brought the Tigers' total to five medals from six individuals...
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Harper wins pair of medals (6/1/16)WICHITA -- Uniontown junior Shalina Harper won her first two State medals in her third appearance at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Saturday afternoon. Harper, who qualified in javelin as a freshman and in the 800 and 1,600 meters last year, finished eighth in both of her running events...
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Hudiburg wins javelin title on last throw (5/27/16)WICHITA -- Fort Scott High School senior Josh Hudiburg won the Class 4A State javelin title on the very last throw of the competiton here Friday, the highlight of the Tigers' performances at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University...
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Harper returns to State in two events (5/24/16)LYNDON -- Uniontown junior Shalina Harper will be the only Uniontown athlete at this year's State Track and Field Championships in Wichita as she qualified for two events out of Friday's Lyndon Class 2A Regional Meet. Harper will be going to State for the third consecutive season. She was also the lone Eagle at State in 2014, when she finished 11th in javelin. She qualified in two events last season, the same ones in which she will participate this season...
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Hudiburg, Tome win Regional titles (5/21/16)Westhoff to return to State in distance events
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Westhoff shatters SEK 3,200-meter record (5/14/16)PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High athletes won five events at the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Thursday. But senior Cassidy Westhoff rewrote the record book as she broke a 30-year-old record in winning the girls 3,200 meters. Westhoff dominated the race, winning by nearly two minutes. ...
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Harper, Schwalm win TRL track titles (5/14/16)OSWEGO --Shalina Harper and Zach Schwalm won events at the Three Rivers League Relays here Thursday. Harper, who won three medals, was the champion in the girls' 800-meter run with a time of 2:32.45. She beat out Jenny O'Bryan of St. Paul, one of the best runners among the state's smallest schools, who was second in 2:35.81...
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Westhoff breaks school records at SM North (5/10/16)SHAWNEE MISSION -- Fort Scott High School senior Cassidy Westhoff broke school records in both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races at the Shawnee Mission North Relays here Friday. Westhoff turned in a time of 5:05.54 in the 1,600 but finished fourth as the event turned out to be one of the fastest races in Kansas history as both the winner and the runner-up, Girard's Callie Logue and Shawnee Mission Northwest's Molly Born, broke the meet record. ...
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Tigers earn 18 medals at Chanute (5/10/16)CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School athletes earned a total of 18 medals at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday. Tiger boys earned nine medals, which included a pair of seconds. Nick Woods was second in discus with a throw of 146 feet, 8 inches. Josh Hudiburg was sixth with a mark of 122' 6". Dylan Untereker of Pittsburg won the event at 153' 2"...
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Keller, Harper win events (5/7/16)HUMBOLDT -- Jimme Keller and Shalina Harper were event winners for Uniontown High's track and field team here Thursday at the Crest Invitational. Keller won the 100-meter dash in a time of 1:04 and was also third in the 200 meters in 28.55. Harper won the 1,600 meters in 5:56 and also placed fifth in javelin with a throw of 99 feet, 7 in chess. Nikki Bollinger also medaled for the girls, finishing fourth in the 3,200 meters in 16:41...
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Three winners for JV track (5/6/16)INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School entered a team at the Independence junior varsity track meet here Tuesday, needing another meet after the Tigers' home JV event was rained out on April 26. Fort Scott's boys finished third in team standings with 63.5 points. Arkansas City was the winner with 225 points followed by Chanute with 76...
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Hudiburg champ at shortened Girard meet (5/3/16)GIRARD -- Josh Hudiburg won boys' javelin at a storm-shortened Girard Optimist Club Invitational here Friday. Hudiburg was one of three Fort Scott High medalists in the event, winning with a best throw of 183 feet, 7 inches. Fort Scott's Wyatt Tourtillott was the runner-up at 159' 5" and Morgan Stoughton took sixth at 132' 4"...
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Harper claims 1,600 at Neodesha (4/30/16)NEODESHA -- Shalina Harper won three medals here Thursday for Uniontown's track and field squad in the Neodesha Invitational. Harper won the 1,600 meters in 6:02, took second in the 800 and fourth in javelin. Also for Eagle girls, Jimme Keller was fourth in the 400 and fifth in the 200...
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Harper claims another win (4/26/16)BURLINGTON -- Just two days earlier, Shalina Harper was a victor in the 1,600 meters on Burlington's track in a meet hosted by Waverly. Thursday, Harper won a different event on the same track during the Southern Coffey County Invitational. Harper won the 800 meters on Thursday, turning in a time of 2:32.85. She also claimed fourth place in javelin...
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Paola sweeps team titles for 5th straight year (4/23/16)Paola swept the team titles at the Fort Scott Relays for the fifth consecutive season at Frary Field Friday but three Fort Scott High School defending champs were able to successfully defend their titles in their respective events. The Panthers have won the girls' side of the relays five straight times and the boys' side nine consecutive years. Panther girls scored 217 points in finishing 114 ahead of runner-up Pittsburg. Fort Scott's girls finished sixth with 35 points...
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Three Tigers win events at Columbus (4/22/16)COLUMBUS -- Josh Hudiburg, Cassidy Westhoff and Mallory Westhoff were individual event winners for Fort Scott High's track team here Tuesday. Hudiburg was again the winner in boys' javelin as he had a best effort of 153 feet, 9 inches in humid air. That was still 126 feet farther than the effort of runner-up Ryan Hemby of Fronenac. Wyatt Tourtillott of Fort Scott was third at 120' 10"...
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Harper wins 1,600 meters in Tuesday's Waverly meet (4/22/16)BURLINGTON -- Shalina Harper won the girls' 1,600-meter run here Tuesday as Uniontown competed in Burlington for the first time in a three-day span. This meet was hosted by Waverly. Harper won three medals on the day, winning the 1,600 in 5:50 and fifth in the 800 in 2:43. She also took seventh place in javelin...
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Westhoff, Hudiburg winners at Gorilla Relays (4/19/16)PITTSBURG -- Seniors Cassidy Westhoff and Josh Hudiburg won events at the Jock's Nitch Gorilla Relays held at Pittsburg State University's Carnie Smith Stadium here Friday. Westhoff claimed first place in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 11:27.46. Sophomore Kelie Henderson of Bolivar, Mo., finished second in 11:49.39...
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Junior varsity track results (4/13/16)Fort Scott High School's junior varsity track teams competed at Chanute Monday. Tiger girls finished in third place while the boys placed seventh. Event winners for Fort Scott's girls were Paxsten Eads in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 13:08.75, Gracie Krokroskia in the 400 in 1:08.22, and the 4x800-meter relay team in 11:57...
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Three winners at Paola Invitational (4/9/16)PAOLA -- The medals were not as plentiful for Fort Scott High's athletes here Thursday as they were in the season opener at Labette County. But the Tigers had three individuals win four events that were for the most part by wide margins. Paola's teams, plenty tough again this season, won both the boys' and girls' team titles. The girls scored 215 points and were the only team to score more than 100. Lamar, Mo. was a distant second, 136 points behind...
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Three winners for Eagle track (4/8/16)OSWEGO -- Uniontown's Shalina Harper won two events and Ben George won one at the Oswego track meet here Tuesday. Harper won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:43 and also won the 1,600 in 6:10. She also finished second in javelin. George won triple jump with a distance of 37 feet, 8 inches. He also finished fifth in high jump and sixth in the 400 meters...
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Track season opens at Labette County (4/5/16)ALTAMONT -- Track and field season opened here Friday with both Fort Scott High's varsity and junior varsity teams competing. Fort Scott's varsity boys finished tied for fourth place while the girls tied for fifth. The JV boys' team placed second and the girls' took third...
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Schwalm wins javelin at Galena (4/2/16)GALENA -- Uniontown athletes medaled in four events here Thursday as track and field season got underway with the running of the Galena Bulldog Relays. "Our athletes competed well and we now know where were are at and where we need to progress to," Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. "We are very proud of the way our athletes competed in some very tough competition."...
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Hudiburg signs with Pitt State (11/27/15)Fort Scott High School senior Josh Hudiburg (seated, center) signed a letter of intent join the track and field team at Pittsburg State University beginning next season. With Josh as he signed were (clockwise from top left) Fort Scott head cross boys' track coach Jeff Armstrong, assistant track coach Bo Graham, and his parents, Michelle and Kenny Westhoff...
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Westhoff signs with Pitt State (11/25/15)
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Westhoff 2nd in 1,600; Woods 5th in discus (6/1/15)WICHITA -- It was a lot chillier than expected here Saturday when the Kansas State Track and Field Championships resumed for its second day of action. Temperatures in the mid-50s greeted athletes and spectators alike. Fort Scott junior Cassidy Westhoff's rivalry with Girard's Callie Logue continued in the Class 4A 1,600-meter finals with the Trojan sophomore once again winning, this time in 5:06.38. ...
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Eagle relay team earns 7th-place medal (6/1/15)WICHITA -- Uniontown athletes continued competition at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Saturday with four events on the agenda. Uniontown's boys 4x100-meter relay team competed in the finals mindway through the afternoon and won a seventh-place medal as the team of senior Cole Schafer and juniors Tommy Joles, Josh Wisely and John Reed turned in a time of 46.50 seconds. ...
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What role might weather play? (5/27/15)This year, perhaps more than any other in recent memory, weather could play a significant role in how this week's State championship events sponsored by the Kansas State High School Activities Association will play out. The weather had a significant impact on Regional and State Tournament play during the boys' tennis and track post-seasons. ...
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State Track Capsules (5/27/15)Note: Times of track events listed are approximate. The KSHSAA schedule lists the starting time of the first race. Friday morning, Class 2A races will be second in order, between the 1A and 3A races. Friday afternoon, Class 4A races will be first followed by 5A and 6A. Saturday, 2A races will be second in order and 4A will be fourth. In field events, only the class listed competes at the time shown...
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Hudiburg wins javelin; 6 events qualify (5/23/15)LaCYGNE -- Fort Scott High junior Josh Hudiburg won javelin here Thursday and is one of six Tiger qualifiers for next week's State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University. The Class 4A Regional Meet, hosted by Prairie View, was moved to Thursday in order to get it in before forecasted thunderstorms on Friday...
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Harper double qualifier; 5 events to State (5/23/15)HERINGTON -- The Class 2A Regional Track Meet was moved to Thursday in order to beat out forcasted storms on Friday. And Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall didn't mind that. "All 16 schools agreed to the change, and it was a good one, as we had several qualify for State and end their season with personal best," she said...
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Regional track moved to Thursday (5/20/15)The Kansas State High School Activities Association has approved the move of the Prairie View Class 4A Regional Track Meet at LaCygne from Friday to Thursday in order to get in without prolonged interruption from storms that are forecast to pass through the area...
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Distance runners win 3 of 4 Tiger titles (5/16/15)PITTSBURG -- Distance runners were responsible for three of the four individual titles Fort Scott High athetes won at the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Thursday. Junior Cassidy Westhoff won her specialties, the 1,600 and 3,200 meters, while classmate Josh Hudiburg won javelin and sophomore Devin Brooks won the boys' 3,200 meters...
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Harper, Schwalm victors at TRL Relays (5/16/15)MOUND CITY -- Shalina Harper and Zach Schwlam are Three Rivers League champions in their events as Uniontown participated in the TRL Relays here Thursday. Harper won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:34.04, coming in a bit over two seconds faster than Marmaton Valley's Kyla Drake. She also won third-place medals in the 1,600 meters in 5:58 and the javelin with a mark of 92 feet, 2 inches...
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Westhoff continues improvement (5/12/15)SHAWNEE MISSION -- Fort Scott High School's Cassidy Westhoff was sent here Friday to compete in one of the toughest distance-racing fields in the state of Kansas and she came home with new school records. Westhoff set the new school records the previous week at Girard. She bettered her record 1,600-meter record by almost two seconds and chopped more than 16 seconds off the 3,200-meter mark...
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Brooks takes 3,200 at Chanute (5/12/15)CHANUTE --Devin Brooks won the 3,200-meter race at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday, one of two medals he won on the the day while Fort Scott High's boys won a total of nine medals. Brooks won the 3,200 in 10:39.19 with Sullivan Lauderdale of Colgan second in 11:05.88. Brooks was also fourth in the 1,600 in 4:54.90...
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Harper takes pair of events at Crest meet (5/9/15)HUMBOLDT -- Uniontown's track team came away with a number of top finishes at the Crest Invitational here Thursday. Shalina Harper raced to a pair of firsts, taking the 800 meters in 2:36 and winning the girls' 1,600 meters in 6:05. She also came in fourth in the javelin with a mark of 96 feet, 5 1/2 inches...
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Top distance runners compete at Girard (5/5/15)Hudiburg, Woods win boys' throws
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Eagles pick up 11 medals at Neodesha (5/2/15)NEODESHA -- Uniontown's track team picked up 11 medals at the Neodesha Invitational here Thursday. Shalina Harper the only girls' medals, taking second in the 1,600 meters, third in the 800 and fifth in javelin. Jary Harp won three boys' medals -- third in the 400 and 1,600 and tying for fifth in high jump...
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JV girls win home meet (5/1/15)Fort Scott High School's junior varsity track team won 17 medals and the team title at its home meet at Frary Field Tuesday evening. The Tigers scored 119 points to finish 7 ahead of runner-up Chanute. Nevada was third with 73 points followed by Paola with 68...
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Eagle boys win home meet; Jayhawks win girls' title (4/29/15)UNIONTOWN --Uniontown's boys won their home track meet handily Monday, scoring 161 points as a team and taking the championship by 63 points over runner-up Crest. "It was a great day for a track meet," Eagle head coach Jackie Hall said. "Although it was a bit breezy and cool, our athletes performed quite well...
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Tiger runners take 1,600 and 3,200 (4/25/15)Fort Scott High's Cassidy Westhoff and Devin Brooks gave the Tigers sweeps of the girls' and boys' 1,600- and 3,200-meter races at the Fort Scott Relays at Frary Field Friday. Although the Tigers did not score many team points, they got the most out of their athletes. Of the combined 12 medals Fort Scott athletes won, seven of them were for either first or second place in an event...
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Eagles compete at SCC invitational (4/25/15)BURLINGTON -- Seven different members placed for the Uniontown track team in the Southern Coffey County meet here Thursday. "This was again another great meet for us to participate in," Eagle head coach Jackie Hall said. "The weather was a bit cool, but our athletes performed well."...
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Three event winners at Columbus (4/24/15)COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High School's varsity track teams won eight medals here Tuesday at the Columbus Invitational. Three Tigers won events, including two boys. Nick Woods won discus with a mark of 152' 10", more than 14 feet better than the runner-up mark of 138' 5 1/2" from Pittsburg's Dylan Untereker...
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Uniontown track picks up six medals at Waverly meet (4/24/15)BURLINGTON -- Uniontown's track team competed in the Waverly meet here Tuesday, a large meet with 18 teams. "This was a large, tough, competitive meet for us," Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. "It was a great day for our athletes to compete."...
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Tiger girls second at Chanute meet (4/15/15)CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's girls track team won 11 medals while the boys won eight in a junior varsity meet here Monday. Fort Scott's girls finished second in the team standings. Host Chanute scored 162 points while the Tigers scored 70. Pittsburg finished third with 59 points...
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Seconds for throwers at Pitt State (4/14/15)PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's boys picked up a pair of seconds in throwing events while girls' distance-running events featured some of the best times in Kansas this season at the Pittsburg State University Gorilla Relays here Friday. Nick Woods finished in second place in discus with a distance of 146 feet, 11 inches on his fifth throw in the event. Dylan Untereker of Pittsburg went 148' 7" on his first throw and made it hold up...
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Tiger tennis struggles at Pittsburg (4/11/15)PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's young tennis team struggled in a pool-play tournament at Pittsburg here Thursday. The four entries won only three matches among them, each in fifth-place matches. The first two matches for each Tiger entrant were in pool play. Three of the four fifth-place matches were against Columbus entrants...