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Pleasanton has 11 of 18 area 2A qualifiers (05/22/12)
MOUND CITY -- The three Tribune Area rural schools will send a total of 18 athletes to the Kansas Class 2A State Track and Field Championships this weekend with Pleasanton picking up 11 of those berths. Also advancing from Friday's Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Regional Meet held here were five Jayhawks and two members of Uniontown's team. The top four finishers in each event earned State berths. The top six earned medals...

Three win Regional titles; seven advance to 4A State in 12 events (05/19/12)
GIRARD, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School sophomores Jillian Lattimer and Katren Rienbolt each had issues to deal with in the week before the Class 4A Regional Track and Field Meet at Jameson Field here Friday. Lattimer was suffering from a lack of confidence. Rienbolt was trying to shake off the effects of a high fever that hit her over the weekend and didn't allow her to go back to school until Wednesday...

Rienbolt, Fink win titles at SEK Relays (05/12/12)
IOLA, Kan. -- Katren Rienbolt won two titles while Brady Fink claimed the boys' 400-meter crown for Fort Scott High School at the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Thursday. Pittsburg won its third consecutive girls title and its eighth overall, which tied the league record for number of titles with Iola. This was the last SEK meet for Iola before it moves to the Pioneer League next season. Pittsburg scored 145 points to 106 for Chanute and 100 for Iola. Fort Scott was fourth with 52...

Pleasanton dominates Three Rivers League Relays (05/12/12)
MOUND CITY -- Pleasanton dominated the Three Rivers League Relays here Thursday, winning both team titles by wide margins and collecting 22 boys' and 23 girls' medals. Pleasanton's boys scored 133 points. Marmaton Valley was second with 87. Northeast came in third with 67 followed by Oswego 63, St. Paul 62, Crest 37, Jayhawk-Linn 34, Uniontown 33, Altoona-Midway 22 and Chetopa with 11...

Boys win more medals, girls finish higher at Chanute (05/08/12)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's boys collected more medals at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday but the girls came away with a higher place in team standings. Fort Scott's boys won 13 medals, all of them third, fourth or fifth places. They finished in sixth place in the standings. Chanute was the team champ with 83 points, just one ahead of Colgan...

Uniontown, Pleasanton compete at Crest meet (05/05/12)
IOLA, Kan. -- Uniontown and Pleasanton's track teams took part in the Crest Invitational, held at Allen County Community College here Thursday. Pleasanton's team each finished second -- the girls to Hartford, the boys to Waverly. Uniontown's girls finished fifth while the boys came in eighth...

Tiger boys 5th, girls 9th at Girard invite (05/01/12)
GIRARD -- Fort Scott High's boys finished fifth while the girls were ninth at the Girard Optimist Club Invitational here Friday. Twenty schools competed on Girard's new all-surface track, which replaced an older one. Fort Scott's boys won nine medals while Tiger girls won six. Because the field is so large, Girard always awards eight places...

Eagle boys claim home title (04/25/12)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's boys claimed the title at their home invitational meet here Monday while Eagle girls finished in third place. Jayhawk-Linn finished third on the boys' side and fourth on the girls;. Eagle boys won 21 medals and four events in scoring 120 points. St. Paul was second with 97 points while Jayhawk-Linn collected 15 medals and three firsts as it scored 93 points...

Fort Scott's top athletes continue to win (04/21/12)
FORT SCOTT -- Fort Scott High School's track and field teams won a combined total of 23 medals in the annual Fort Scott Relays at Frary Field Friday night. Paola won both team titles. The boys beat out Joplin by just two points, 99-97. Fort Scott took third place with 77 points while Labette County finished fourth with 60 points...

Fort Scott boys take second at Columbus (04/19/12)
COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High's boys track team finished in second place at the Columbus Invitational here Tuesday, missing out on first place by just one point. Tiger girls finished third behind Pittsburg and Labette County. Labette County won the boys' team title with 99 points while Fort Scott finished with 98. The Tigers won 17 medals and three events...

Rienbolt, Lattimer each win events at Pitt State (04/17/12)
PITTSBURG -- With Independence's track meet rained out early on Friday, Fort Scott High School head girls' track coach decided to take some of her athletes to the Pittsburg State Relays. Although Pitt State's event was not completed as the rain eventually reached there, two Tiger sophomores won events...

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...

JV girls track fifth at Chanute (04/11/12)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity girls' track team finished fifth at the Chanute here Monday. Chanute was the winner with 127 points followed by Iola with 60 and Coffeyville and Labette County tied with 43. Fort Scott scored 39 points...

Miller wins discus at Frontenac (04/07/12)
FRONTENAC, Kan. -- Uniontown's Trenton Miller won the discus at the Frontenac Invitational here Thursday and the Eagles won eight medals overall. Miller was credited with a distance of 128 feet, 10 inches in discus. He also finished fifth in the shot put...

Tiger track teams win total of 39 medals (04/03/12)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School's varsity and junior varsity track teams won a combined total of 39 medals at the season-opening event at Labette County here Friday. This is the only time this season the varsity and JV are scheduled to compete on the same day...

Uniontown track returns 9 letter winners (03/31/12)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's track team will be young, yet experienced this season, according to head coach Jackie Hall, who is preparing her team for Tuesday's opening meet at Oswego. The girls' team has no seniors out while just two, Dakota Henderson and Alex Bradbury, are out for the boys' team. But five boys and four girls are returning letter winners. In total, Hall has 13 boys and 9 girls out for the squad...

Tiger track teams bulding for May (03/30/12)
Both of Fort Scott High School's track and field teams will start with small varsity numbers and look to be at their best in May, when the league and Regional track meets will be held. Girls' coach Tracey Bogina has 30 out for her team, which she says is a good number, but will only have nine on varsity at the first meet of the season this afternoon at Labette County...

Kramer, FSCC Hall of Famer, passes at 92 (09/20/11)
Woodrow "Woody" Kramer, a Fort Scott Junior College graduate and former Fort Scott High School and Fort Scott Community College coach, died Thursday at Elm Grove Estates in Hutchinson. He was 92. Kramer attended Pittsburg State Teachers College following graduation from what is now FSCC. ...

Coffman runner-up in 1A pole vault (06/01/11)
Pleasanton sophomore Preston Coffman finished in second place in pole vault at the Kansas Class 1A State Track and Field Championships in Wichita Saturday. Coffman, a first-time competitor, cleared 13 feet, 6 inches. Brady Tien, a senior from Logan who finished third in this event last year, won the event with a mark of 14' 6"...

Aikins claims 100-meter medal (06/01/11)
Uniontown senior Emily Aikins earned a seventh-place medal in the girls' 100-meter dash at the Kansas Class 3A State Track and Field Championships at Wichita Saturday. In the preliminaries held early Saturday morning, Aikins ran a 13.20, which made her the eighth-best qualifier. The time was good for fifth in her heat...

Krull takes 3rd in 2A pole vault (06/01/11)
Jayhawk-Linn senior Shelby Krull improved on her 2010 State result by two places Class 2A girls' pole vault at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita Saturday. Krull cleared 9 feet even to finish in third place. LaShae Hedstrom, the State runner-up last year, won the title on tie-breakers after both she and Elbing Berean Academy's Xannie Quiring both cleared 9' 6"...

Fink wins 4A 400-meter medal (06/01/11)
Fort Scott junior Brady Fink finished in seventh place, winning a medal for his effort in the finals of the boys' 400-meter dash at the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Championships in Wichita Saturday. Fink completed the race in 51.77 seconds, beating out Rose Hill's Austin Schafer for the last medal by .07 seconds. Last year's runner-up, Morgan Burns of Wichita Trinity, was the winner in 48.66, beating out Louisburg's Mark Sitek by 1.22 seconds...

Knopp second in high jump on tie-breaker (05/28/11)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Defending Class 4A State high jump champion Griffin Knopp of Fort Scott was again able to jump the highest as he set out to defend his title at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Friday. However, Kerry Graber, a senior from nearby Maize South, was also able to clear the same height, 6 feet, 8 inches, and was declared the 2011 State champion on the tie-breaker -- it took him at least one fewer attempt to clear 6' 8" than it did Knopp -- while the Fort Scott senior had to settle for second.. ...

Conn reaches finals in two events (05/28/11)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Sophomore Lindsey Conn advanced to two finals in the Kansas Class 1A State Track and Field Championships here Friday and hopes to reach another this morning. Conn had the third-best time of the eight qualifiers in the 200-meter dash. She was second in her heat in 27.22 seconds, trailing last year's State runner-up, Taylor Kisner of Victoria, who wan 26.50. Stephanie Caro of Satanta, who had the best time in Regionals, won the other heat with a 27.02...

Aikins seeks 100m medal at Kansas 3A State meet (05/28/11)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Senior Emily Aikins will be seeking to end her high school athletic days of competition with a State medal as she competes in the 100-meter preliminaries this morning, hoping to qualify for this afternoon's final at the Kansas Class 2A State Track and Field Championships...

J-Linn having difficulty finding success (05/28/11)
WICHITA, Kan. -- There were no medalists in finals or qualifiers from the preliminaries for Jayhawk-Linn's teams at the Kansas Class 2A State Track and Field Championships here Friday. The Jayhawks will have three competitors today. Senior Shelby Krull will compete in girls' pole vault at 8 a.m. Freshman Megan Leavitt will run in the 1,600 meters at 1 p.m. And Austin Coleman will be in boys' discus competition at 1:15 p.m...

Tigers sending eight athletes to State track (05/26/11)
Fort Scott High School will send eight athletes to compete in seven events at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships this weekend at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium. This is the 100th State Championship Meet. Girls' championships began in 1972, making this year the 40th anniversary of the first girls' meet. ...

More State Track Notes (05/26/11)
Boys' defending champions: 6A -- Olathe East, 5A -- Hays, 4A -- Paola (2nd straight), 3A -- Garden Plain (2nd straight), 2A -- Bennington, 1A -- Ness City (2nd straight). Girls' defending champions: 6A -- Olathe East (3rd straight; 1st sweep in 6A since Hutchinson in 2004), 5A -- Gardner-Edgerton, 4A -- Baldwin, 3A -- Rossville, 2A -- Olpe, 1A -- Victoria...

State Track Schedule (05/25/11)
Italic type indicates a preliminary event. The athlete(s) listed must qualify for the finals. All finals are in regular type.

Knopp, McDermed win Regional titles; 8 to State (05/24/11)
OTTAWA -- A contingent of eight individuals will be going to the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Championships in seven events this weekend as a result of their performances at the Ottawa Class 4A Regional here Friday. Senior Griffin Knopp will have an opportunity to defend high Class 4A high jump title. He won the Regional with a height of 6 feet, 2 inches, clearing the mark in fewer attempts than Wes Krull of Parsons. Brady Fink also qualified as he cleared 6 feet even...

Jayhawk-Linn sees four claim Regional championships (05/24/11)
YATES CENTER -- Chelsea Beckman, Shelby Krull and Austin Coleman as well as a girls' relay team won Regional titles here Friday at the Yates Center Class 2A Regional Meet. They are among eight Jayhawk-Linn athletes who have earned trips to this weekend's Class 2A State Championships as a result of placing in the top four at the Regional. The top six finishers earned medals...

All Eagle qualifiers are Regional champs (05/24/11)
DOUGLASS -- It will be a small contingent from Uniontown going to the Class 3A State Track and Field Championships at Wichita this weekend. The Eagles won only four medals -- three of them by one person. But three of those medals were awarded to champions of events at the Douglass Class 3A Regional here Friday...

Blu-Jay girls finish as Regional runners-up (05/24/11)
BURLINGTON -- A very young group will represent Pleasanton at the Class 1A State Track and Field Championships this weekend in Wichita. Of the 10 athletes who qualified from the Southern Coffey County Class 1A Regional Meet in 12 events here Friday, six are sophomores and three others are freshmen...

Fort Scott track teams each finish fourth (05/14/11)
IOLA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's girls won three events while Griffin Knopp took the boys' high jump title at the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Thrusday. Pittsburg took both team titles, doing so for the second consecutive season. It's just the eighth time boys and girls teams from the same school have won the meet since girls began competing in 1974 and just the second time the feat has been accomplished in consecutive years...

Uniontown athletes win 15 medals at TRL Relays (05/14/11)
OSWEGO, Kan. -- Uniontown athletes won 15 medals at the Three Rivers League Relays here Thursday. Although the Eagles had no champions, they did have four runner-up finishes, two of which were by Emily Aikins. She went 15 feet, 4 1/2 inches in long jump and ran the 100 meters in 13.26 seconds...

Tiger boys second at Chanute (05/10/11)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott's boys track team finished in second place at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday. The Tigers finished 8 points behind champion Chanute as they won 17 events. Fort Scott's girls finished in sixth place with 11 medals and 51 points, one behind Labette County. Pittsburg ran away with the team title with 143 points while runner-up Chanute scored 115...

Uniontown thinclads win 10 medals (05/07/11)
IOLA, Kan. -- One moment, sunshine. The next moment, rain. Add in 10 medals and that's Uniontown's day at the Crest Invitational track meet here Thursday. "Kind of a crazy weather track meet," Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. "But our kids performed well with some of their personal-best performances."...

Record breaker (05/07/11)

Tiger thinclads make up Indy meet (05/05/11)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's track team made up a meet that was rained out April 15 when they traveled here Tuesday. Much of what was sent in via fax was unreadable but the Tribune was able to discern where all of Fort Scott's athletes finished. However, some of the times and distances could not be read...

Tigers win 4 events at Girard meet (05/03/11)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's track team won 4 events and 22 medals at the annual Girard Optimist Club Invitational, which was held at Pittsburg State's Carnie Smith Stadium this year due to renovations of Girard's track. Megan McDermed was the lone girls' event winner as she recorded a best throw of 125 feet, 5 1/2" inches in javelin, beating the runner-up by nearly 12 1/2 feet...

Aikins, Miller event winners for Eagles (04/30/11)
NEODESHA, Kan. -- Uniontown's track teams competed in a large meet here Thursday that Eagle head coach Jackie Hall said gave her team a look at some of the competition they'll be facing when they to go the Douglass Class 3A Regional Meet in May. Emily Aikins won two events and three medals for the Eagle girls. She claimed the 100-meter dash in 13.0 seconds and the 200 meters in 27.9. She also took third in long jump...

Tiger varsity wins 5 events in home meet (04/28/11)
Fort Scott High's varsity teams won 5 events and 26 total medals at the Fort Scott Relays at Frary Field Tuesday evening. The meet -- which became a combined varsity/junior varsity event after rain forced the postponement of the varsity met Thursday and Monday -- was halted with about five events remaining when lightning approached the area. The results of the meets are final as there will not be an attempt to hold the events that were called off...

Aikins wins three events at SCC meet (04/23/11)
BURLINGTON, Kan. -- Uniontown's Emily Aikins won three events at the Southern Coffey County Invitational here Thursday. It was the Eagles' second visit to Burlington in three days for meets that were hosted by other schools. They were here Tuesday for the Waverly 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...

Tigers claim 30 medals; FSHS Relays today (04/21/11)
COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High School's boys finished second while the girls took third place at a track meet here Tuesday. Fort Scott's boys scored 82 points and finished as the runner-up behind Baxter Springs, which had 83 points. Labette County was third with 79...

Miller takes discus at Waverly meet (04/20/11)

Tiger track takes 3 events (04/19/11)
PITTSBURG -- With the Independence meet rained out Friday, Fort Scott High School track coaches Don Epps and Tracey Bogina took a few of their athletes to the Pittsburg State University high school meet and came away with six medals. The Gorilla Relays included schools from Oklahoma and Missouri, some from Wichita, Springfield and suburban Tulsa and from as large as Class 6A to as small as MIssouri Class 1. Some events had over 30 entrants...

Knopp wins high jump at Paola (04/12/11)
PAOLA -- Senior Griffin Knopp won the boys' high jump at the Paola Invitational here Friday, clearing 6 feet, 6 inches to win the event by 6 inches. It was just one of three individual wins for the Tigers here as the boys dropped from a first-place finish the week before at Labette County to seventh place here. Fort Scott girls were also seventh as a team...

Eagle athletes win 11 medals at Frontenac (04/09/11)
FRONTENAC, Kan. -- Uniontown's track team claimed two events and 11 total medals at the Frontenac invitational here Thurs-day. Trenton Miller won one of the boys' three medals by taking discus with an effort of 126 feet, 1 inch. He also took sixth in the shot put. Montana Beerbower finished sixth in the 3,200-meter run...

Eagle thinclads win 6 events at Oswego (04/07/11)
OSWEGO -- Four athletes won six events for Uniontown in a season-opening track meet here Tuesday. Freshman Kelli Wilkinson won two events and set a new meet record when she completed the 3,200-meter run in 13 minutes, 49 seconds. She also ran the 1,600 meters in 6:34...

Tiger boys win LCHS title; Knopp wins three events (04/05/11)
ALTAMONT -- The track and field season opened here Friday as Labette County High School continued its tradition of running its varsity and junior varsity meets on the same day. Fort Scott's varsity boys won the team tite behind the triple-event-winning performance of senior Griffin Knopp. The Tigers finshed with 84 1/2 team points while second-place Chanute was 11 points behind...

12 Greyhounds named KJCCC All-Academic (02/26/11)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference recently released its Fall All-Academic selections for football and volleyball. Fifteen Fort Scott Community College athletes were named to the teams. Football saw 12 players honored: Quin Bruce, Dallas Buck, Garret Ericson, Shane Hammer, Jeff Johnson, Sam Patton, Sam Quilice, Kevin Richard, Dillon Roberts, Arthur Rucker, David Shank and Brenton Smith...

Smith takes 2 titles; Mann, Snyder win gold (06/01/10)
WICHITA -- Tribune Area athletes picked up four more gold medals at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Saturday, bringing the weekend's total to four for athletes from Jayhawk-Linn and Uniontown high schools. Uniontown senior Abbie Smith won two events, taking home the Class 2A State title in both long jump and the 100-meter hurdles. ...

No Saturday medals for Tiger thinclads (06/01/10)
WICHITA -- In Fort Scott's only event at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Saturday, Fort Scott High School's Mallory Shelton cleared 5 feet even in Class 4A high jump, missing out on a medal when tie-breakers were used. Seventh-place medals went to Morgan Bell of Colby and Morgan Boore of Girard as each needed fewer attempts to clear the same height. Shelton was placed 10th officially...

Conn earns medal for Pleasanton (06/01/10)
WICHITA -- Pleasanton's Lindsey Conn earned her school's only medal of the 2010 Kansas State Track and Field Championships here Saturday when she took seventh place in the Class 1A 400-meter dash. Conn, a freshman, turned in a time of 1:03.87 in the finals. Hallie Kuhlman of Sharon Springs won the race by nearly two seconds in 57.85...

100th Boys'/39th Girls' KSHSAA Track and Field Championships (05/27/10)
Friday, 7:45 a.m. (Classes 6A, 5A and 4A) and 2 p.m. (Classes 3A, 2A and 1A) and Saturday 8 a.m. Cessna Stadium, Wichita State University --- Schedule: A compete schedule of preliminaries and finals for each event in which a Tribune Area athlete is participating was published in Tuesday's edition...

Several from area among state's best (05/25/10)
A check of state track times and distances shows that five individuals and one relay team from the Tribune Area have marks that are among the state's best this season. Those individuals will get their chance to prove their mettle when the best athletes in Kansas gather in Wichita for the Kansas State Track and Field Meet Friday and Saturday...

Knopp takes high jump; Tigers qualify three in four events (05/24/10)
IOLA -- Three Fort Scott High School athletes will take part in the Kansas State Track and Field Meet this weekend after qualifying out of the Iola Class 4A Regional here Friday. The top six finishers in each event earn medals. The top four in each earned State berths...

Area teams qualify 28 for Class 2A State (05/24/10)
BURDEN -- Area schools qualified 28 to State from the Central-Burden Class 2A Regional Track Meet here Friday. Jayhawk-Linn, which took second place in boys' and girls' team standings, qualified 21 while Uniontown had the other seven. Those competitors will compete in the Kansas State Track and Field Meet in Wichita Friday and Saturday...

Pleasanton sending athletes to 1A State in seven events (05/24/10)
MADISON -- Five individuals and two relays from Pleasanton will take part in the Kansas State Track and Field Meet at Wichita Friday and Saturday as a result of qualifying from the Madison Class 1A Regional Meet here last Friday. The Blu-Jays did not have any event winners and their best finish was accomplished by a freshman. Lindsey Conn finished second in the 400-meter dash to earn her first berth to State...

ONLINE FIRST: Area State Track Qualifiers (05/22/10)
The following is the list of area qualifiers to the Kansas State Track and Field Meet, which will be held May 28-29 at Wichita State University. More details on how these athletes qualified as well as other results from Regional meets will be published in Tuesday's print edition...

Knopp claims SEK high jump crown (05/18/10)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High junior Griffin Knopp won the Southeast Kansas League title in high jump at the 81st edition of the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Friday. Knopp cleared 6 feet, 6 inches to win the first of three medals he would claim for the day. He was the only competitor to get over six feet as runner-up Tray Hodges of Chanute was able to make only 5' 10"...

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

Knopp, Bartlett win events at Thad Clements Invitational (05/10/10)
CHANUTE -- Griffin Knopp and Colt Barlett were both event winners at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday. Knopp once again took high jump as he cleared 6 feet, 4 inches. He also finished second in the 300-meter hurdles in 44.33 seconds and third in triple jump at 41' 10"...

Pleasanton girls close second at Crest (05/06/10)
IOLA -- Pleasanton's girls missed out on the team title by just four points here Thursday in a very competitive Crest Invitational. The boys side was more spread out as Southern Coffey County took the team title. Uniontown attended this meet as well...

Bartlett a double winner at Indy (05/06/10)
INDEPENDENCE -- Colt Bartlett won two events and Griffin Knopp won one event and three total medals at the make-up of the Independence Invitational here Tuesday. Bartlett won Discus and shot put while Knopp won high jump and took second in the triple jump and the 300-meter hurdles. Those five medals scores over half of Fort Scott High's 81 points, which were good for third place in the seven-school field...

Knopp wins high jump at Girard Optimist Invitational (05/03/10)
GIRARD -- Griffin Knopp won high jump at the Girard Optimist Invitational here Friday, clearing the bar at 6 feet, 4 inches. That effort helped Tiger boys finish in a tie for fourth place in the tean standings with Baxter Springs. Joplin won both the boys and girls team titles. Carthage was second and Pittsburg third on the boys' side. Grove, Okla., finished second on the girls' side followed by Pittsburg with Fort Scott finishing in ninth place in the 14-school meet...

Jays have troubles at tough Madison Invitational (05/03/10)
MADISON -- Pleasanton's track team struggled somewhat at the tough Madison Invitational Friday as the Blu-Jays did not win any events. However, the level of competition here may be seen again when Class 1A Regionals are held here in about 2 1/2 weeks, so this meet could turn out to be good preparation...

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...

Eagle girls win home meet; Smith sets 2 more records (04/27/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Abbie Smith set two more meet record, this time on her home track, at the 23rd Annual Uniontown Invitational meet here Monday. Smith won three events, setting record in long jump and the 100-meter hurdles. Her long jump mark was 17 feet, 2 3/4 inches. She ran a 15.9 in the 100-meter hurdles. And her 300-meter hurdle time was 53.4 seconds...

Paola boys, Pittsburg girls win Fort Scott Invitational titles (04/26/10)
FORT SCOTT -- Paola's (Kan.) boys and Pittsburg's (Kan.) girls were the team champions of the Fort Scott High School Invitational Track and Field Meet at Frary Field Friday night. Paola's boys finished with 151 points to outdistance Pittsburg by 31 points. Carthage, Mo., finished third with 114 points followed by Fort Scott with 64, Labette County, Kan., 44, Nevada 28, Anderson County, Kan., 19 and Parsons, Kan.,16...

Jayhawk girls win Waverly meet; J-Linn boys second (04/22/10)
BURLINGTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls won the team title at the 17-team Waverly Invitational held here Tuesday while the girls finished second. Uniontown and Pleasanton also participated in the meet. Due to space constraints in the print edition, the medalists from area schools are listed below...

Smith sets two meet records at Frontenac; Jayhawk's Miller breaks javelin mark (04/11/10)
FRONTENAC, Kan. -- Senior Abbie Smith broke two meet records at the Frontenac Invitational here Thursday. Smith, who set a school record in the 100-meter hurdles Tuesday at Oswego, won that event here with a record time of 15.91 seconds. She ran a 15.7 at Oswego...

Smith sets school record at Oswego (04/08/10)
OSWEGO -- It Uniontown's first meet of the season, senior Abbie Smith broke the school record in the 100-meter hurdles here Tuesday. Smith's 15.7-second time was just one of three first-place medals she won on the day. She also won the long jump with a mark of 17 feet, 2 inches and the 300-meter hurdles in 51.94 seconds...

Blu-Jay boys take title at Southeast; girls second (04/08/10)
CHEROKEE -- Pleasanton's boys won the team title at the Southeast Invitational here Tuesday while the girls finished in second place. Blu-Jay boys scored 79 points while Joplin College Heights finished with 73. Baxter won the girls' side by one point, 92-91, over Pleasanton...

Pleasanton Junior High track results (04/07/10)
PLEASANTON -- Pleasanton Junior High's girls track team competed in its home meet Monday night. The seventh-grade girls finished in first place while the eighth-grade team was second. SEVENTH GRADE Team 1. Pleasanton, 2. Jayhawk-Linn, 3. Crest, 4. Uniontown, 5. Marmaton Valley...

Fort Scott varsity boys 3rd at Labette County (04/05/10)
ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's track and field teams opened their season with a meet at Labette County Thursday. There were both varsity and junior varsity meets held. Fort Scott's boys finished third in varsity competition with 68 points. Iola won the meet with 104 followed by Chanute with 96...

Pleasanton track season gets underway (04/02/10)
Pleasanton's track and field teams opened the season Tuesday with a varsity meet at Archie, Mo., and a junior varsity meet at Southeast. Results from Archie: At Southeast, Pleasanton's teams swept the meet. The boys scored 111 points to finish 20 ahead of Colgan. The girls edged Baxter Springs by 3 points (103-100). Southeast was the third-place team on both sides...

Pleasanton track season gets underway (04/01/10)
Pleasanton's track and field teams opened the season Tuesday with a varsity meet at Archie, Mo., and a junior varsity meet at Southeast. Results from Archie: At Southeast, Pleasanton's teams swept the meet. The boys scored 111 points to finish 20 ahead of Colgan. The girls edged Baxter Springs by 3 points (103-100). Southeast was the third-place team on both sides...

USATF event up next weekend (06/03/09)
USA Track & Field/Missouri Valley Association has announced that its annual Junior Olympic Championship will be held June 12-13, at Shawnee Mission South High School in Overland Park. The competition is open to all USATF members, boys and girls, age 7-18 years of age. The top six finishers in each event will qualify for USATF Region 9 Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships to be held July 9-12, at Wichita State University, in Wichita...

Jayhawk-Linn boys tie for second in 3A (06/01/09)
Snyder wins 110-meter hurdles title

Smith, Spainhoward win two medals each (06/01/09)
WICHITA -- Abbie Smith and Kait Spainhoward each won two medals here Saturday at the Kansas Class 2A State Track and Field Championships. Along with Colt Bartlett's seventh-place medal in shot put on Friday, the Eagles came away with three medals in all. ...

Gladbach ninth in javelin (06/01/09)
WICHITA -- Senior Annie Gladbach was the only competitor for Fort Scott High Saturday a the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Championships. Gladbach finished ninth in javelin competition as she recorded a mark of 113 feet, 5 inches in preliminaries. That was eighth in her flight and she did not advance to finals...

Mann wins two medals for J-Linn (05/29/09)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Jayhawk-Linn junior Steven Mann won the fifth and sixth medals of his high school career at the Kansas Class 3A State Track and Field Championships here Friday. Mann took second place in long jump and third place in the triple jump, both the highest finishes he has accomplished at State...

Barlett medals; Smith reaches hurdles final (05/29/09)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Uniontown's Colt Bartlett won a seventh-place medal at the Kansas Class 3A State Track and Field Championships here Friday. He earned it in shot put with a throw of 44 feet, 2 1/2 inches. In the same event, Pleasanton's T.J. Davis finished with a mark of 44' 11 3/4" for eighth place, one spot away from a medal...

Knopp, White wins medals at Kansas Class 4A State (05/29/09)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School senior Jerad White and sophomore Griffin Knopp won medals at the Kansas Class 3A State Track and Field Championships here Friday. Knopp finished fifth in high jump. He tied with Jesse Bahner of Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail at 6 feet, 4 inches but it took Knopp at least one more attempt to clear that height. Brian Ploude of Meriden-Jefferson West won the event with a mark of 6' 10"...

Jayhawks, Eagles have most experience (05/27/09)
Jayhawk-Linn and Uniontown's track teams have the most State Meet veterans while Fort Scott and Pleasanton will send mostly-new contingents to the Kansas State Track and Field Meet that begins Friday morning. Jayhawk-Linn's boys finished sixth as a team while the girls tied for sixth in Class 3A last season. The Jayhawks will have seven girls and two boys (in individual events) with previous State experience...

Tigers qualify for State in five events (05/26/09)
CARBONDALE -- Fort Scott High School's track teams will have a total of five entrants in the Class 4A State Track and Field Meet at Wichita this weekend. The Tigers had two girls and two boys qualify in individual events -- all in field -- and one boys' relay advance from the Santa Fe Trail Class 4A Regional here Friday. The top four finishers in each event qualified for State...

Jayhawks advance in 17 events in Class 3A (05/26/09)
MARION -- Jayhawk-Linn will send the largest contingent of the Tribune Area's four high schools to the State Track and Field Meet at Wichita this weekend. At the Marion Class 3A Regional Meet Friday, the Jayhawks qualified in 17 events -- nine girls and eight boys...

Eagles qualify every athlete; Jays advance in 10 events (05/26/09)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown brought only seven athletes to the Pleasanton Class 2A Regional Track Meet here Friday. But every one of them are going on to this weekend's State meet in Wichita in at least one event. Meanwhile, Pleasanton advanced in 10 events -- seven boys' and three girls'-- with the boys finishing in fourth place...

ONLINE FIRST: Area State Track Qualifiers (05/23/09)
A list of Tribune Area athletes who have qualified for the Kansas State Track Meet. This is a preliminary list and may be updated throughout the weekend.

Pleasanton track competes at Iola (05/12/09)
IOLA -- Pleasanton's varsity track and field teams took part in a meet hosted by the Iola junior varsity here Monday. Because it was a JV meet for Iola and some of the bigger schools, no team scores were kept. Skyler Martin's win in discus was one highlight for Pleasanton's boys. He went 125 feet, 7 inches in winning by nearly 17 feet...

Blu-Jay boys second at Madison (05/07/09)
MADISON -- Pleasanton's boys finished second at the Madison Invitational here Monday. The meet was originally scheduled for Friday but postponed due to heavy rain. Madison won the meet with 148 points followed by Pleasanton with 108. Seven schools attended. Girls' team scores were not provided...

Jayhawk teams sweep Prairie View meet (05/07/09)
LaCYGNE -- Jayhawk-Linn's track teams swept the team titles at the Prairie View Invitational here Monday. This event was scheduled for Friday but postponed due to rain. Jayhawk girls won seven events and 19 medals. The boys won 10 events and 17 medals...

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...

Jayhawk girls win Waverly meet (04/21/09)
BURLINGTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls won the team title at the Gene Farrow Invitational here Monday. Although the meet is held in Burlington, it is actually hosted by Waverly. Jayhawk girls scored 97 points while Olpe finished with second. Pleasanton girls finished 11th with 16 points...

Fort Scott girls third at Indy (04/21/09)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's girls' track team finished third at the Independence meet here Friday. Tiger boys' results were not available at press time. Fort Scott's girls scored 84 points to finish in third place while Winfield won the meet with 117 points and Labette County was second with 93...

Jayhawks sweep team titles at Pleasanton (04/15/09)
Pleasanton and Fort Scott junior varsity results included.

Uniontown girls win Oswego meet (04/08/09)
OSWEGO -- Uniontown's girls scored 132 points and won their season-opening meet here Tuesday while Eagle boys finished third behind Wyandotte (Okla.) and Chetopa. "We scored points in all the events we entered," Unionown head coach Jackie Hall said. "Coach Law and myself are very pleased with the outcome. We know we can just get better and better."...

Pleasanton boys second at Southeast (04/08/09)
CHEROKEE -- Pleasanton's boys finished in second place here Tuesday at the Southeast varsity meet. Northeast-Arma was the team winner with 112 points followed by Pleasanton's 77. Riverton and Pittsburg Colgan tied for third with 59 points each. Pleasanton's girls finished in fifth place. Columbus won the meet with 71 points followed by Colgan with 68 and Northeast with 65. Erie was fourth with 62 points and Pleasanton had 55. Nine schools competed in this meet...

Going to Ottawa (04/07/09)

Tigers open track seasons; JV teams sweep (04/06/09)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School's varsity and junior varsity track teams opened the season here Friday with both JV teams winning their respective team titles. Fort Scott's varsity boys finished in fifth place with 59 points as they won one event and 13 total medals. Iola was the team champion with 114 points followed by Coffeyville with 92 and Girard with 62...

Tiger track to start season at Labette County today (04/02/09)
Fort Scott High School's track and field team will begin its season this afternoon at the Labette County Invitational in Altamont. The meet features varsity and junior varsity events, which makes for a longer day than usual, thus a 2 p.m. start is necessary...

Greyhounds on the run (03/04/09)

Olympians will have area ties (07/17/08)
At least two athletes will have ties to Bourbon County when the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, which begin August 8 in Beijing, China. Shalane Flanagan, 27, an American distance runner is daughter-in-law of Carol Edwards, who grew up in Uniontown. Charles Klenklen is her grandfather-in-law and Joyce Tassi is also an in-law. Flanagan married Steve Edwards, Carol's son and Tassi's nephew, in October 2005...

Tigers win relay medal on final day (05/27/08)
WICHITA -- Fort Scott High School's track team had just three events Saturday -- all of them in boys' competition -- at the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Meet at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium here Saturday. The only medal was won by the boys' 4x100-meter relay team, which finished seventh in finals with a time of 44.99 seconds. ...

Jayhawk-Linn teams both finish in sixth place; Girls' relay takes Class 3A crown (05/27/08)
WICHITA -- Both Jayhawk-Linn track teams finished in sixth place in Class 3A at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium here Saturday. Coincidentally, both the boys and girls scored 28 team points. The girls shared sixth place with Allen-Northern Heights while the boys held their spot outright...

McCullough, Allen win Saturday medals (05/27/08)
WICHITA -- Pleasanton won two medals in the Class 2A State Track and Field Meet at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium. Senior Danny McCullough finished fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 41.76 seconds The winning time was 39.03, turned in by Bennington senior Lawson Montgomery. Solomon senior Derek Knight was second in 40.46 and Meade junior Taylor Headrick was third in 40.67...

Mason medals in 300-meter hurdles (05/27/08)
WICHITA -- Uniontown won one medal here Saturday in the Class 2A State Track and Field Meet at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium. Senior Zach Mason finished in seventh place in the 300-meter hurdles in 42.02 seconds. Bennington senior Lawson Montgomery was the winner in 39.03. Solomon senior Derek Knight was second in 40.46 and Meade junior Taylor Headrick was third in 40.67...

'Hound frosh fourth in NJCAA high jump (05/22/08)
LEVELLAND, Texas -- Fort Scott Community College's Kyle Grant performed at the NJCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships here last weekend. Grant, one of 23 athletes to qualify in the high jump, won fourth place at the National Championships and, by clearing 6' 10 3/4", broke the Greyhound school record...

Brown wins third State medal (05/20/08)
MANHATTAN -- Fort Scott High School senior Chris Brown finished his career by earning his third State medal after the Class 4A State Golf Tournament at Stag Hill Golf Course here Monday. Brown also won an individual medal at State last year and a team medal when the Tigers placed in 2006...

State Track Schedule (05/20/08)
State Track Schedule From the 2008 Track & Field Manual, published by the KSHSAA: This schedule is a guide. Should the meet sessions run ahead of schedule, (they) will continue to run ahead and no adjustments will be made. In the first session on Friday, Class 4A will compete first followed by Class 5A and Class 6A. ...

Jayhawk-Linn dominates Baxter Springs Regional (05/20/08)
BAXTER SPRINGS -- Jayhawk-Linn's track teams swept the team titles at the Baxter Springs Class 3A Regional Meet here Friday as the Jayhawks won a total of 33 medals and qualified 27 entries into this weekend's Class 3A State Track and Field Championships...

Pleasanton to send 17 entries to State; Uniontown will take 15 (05/20/08)
PLEASANTON -- Pleasanton will send 17 entrants to this weekend's Class 2A State Track and Field Championship while Uniontown will send 15 there as a result of finishes at Pleasanton's Class 2A Regional Meet here Friday. Pleasanton's boys finished second in the team standings, scoring 63 points. Uniontown was fifth with 51 points. Howard-West Elk was the winner with 88 points...

Fort Scott Tigers send eleven to state (05/17/08)
OTTAWA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's track teams combined to send 11 entries to state, eight of them from the boys' team, out of the Ottawa Class 4A Regional Meet at Ottawa University Friday night. Final team scores have Fort Scott's boys fourth as a team behind champion Paola, DeSoto, then Louisburg. The girls' placed seventh with Baldwin winning the team title followed by Eudora and DeSoto...

Tiger girls second, boys third at Chanute meet (05/05/08)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's girls finished second in team standings while Tiger boys placed third at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday. Chanute's girls won the meet with 105 points followed by the Tigers with 89, 20 points ahead of third-place Independence...

Tiger boys win Burlington Relays handily (05/01/08)
BURLINGTON -- Fort Scott High's boys won the Burlington Relays handily here Tuesday, beating Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail and Iola, which tied for second place, for the championship by 25 1/2 points. Fort Scott's girls finished in third place behind Santa Fe Trail and Chanute...

Short-handed Eagles still win 17 medals (04/29/08)
NEODESHA -- A short-handed Uniontown team, missing one of its male and female athletes due to injuries, won three events and 17 medals at the Neodesha Invitational here Thursday. Jamie Shelton won boys' javelin with a throw of 151 feet, one inch and also finished third in the high jump. Drew Johnson took boys' high jump at 5' 10" and also took second in the triple jump and fourth in long jump...

Nevada, Fort Scott visit Girard for 24 team track meet (04/26/08)
GIRARD, Kan. -- Fort Scott and Nevada both took part in the Girard Optimist Club Relays at Frank Jameson Field here Friday, the largest regular-season competition hosted by a high school in Southeast Kansas with 24 schools attending this season...

Jayhawks claim titles at Uniontown Invitational (04/23/08)
UNIONTOWN -- Jayhawk-Linn's boys and girls' track teams once again both claimed championships at the same meet. Monday, it was at Uniontown's 20th annual invitational. Jayhawk-Linn's boys won only one event but claimed 23 medals as they scored 139 points to finish ahead of Uniontown in the nine-team meet. The Eagles scored 100 points, winning four events and 15 medals...

Fort Scott meets Nevada at FS Invitational (04/19/08)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Clouds, cold, and a few raindrops couldn't put a damper on things at the Fort Scott Relays Friday night at Frary Field. Just about each of the eight boys' and girls' teams had individuals perform well and the meet itself went off without any delays due to rain or lightning...

Pleasanton thinclads compete in Wichita, at home meet (04/17/08)
Pleasanton's track team recently competed in two meets. Friday, the Blu-Jays traveled to Wichita to take part in the K.T. Woodman Relays. Pleasanton had winning results in two relays and medals in two others. There were also several other medalists...

Jayhawk thinclads continue dominance (04/15/08)
BURLINGTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's track teams had another dominating day here Monday as Burlington's stadium played host to Waverly's annual Gene Farrow Invitational track and field meet. Uniontown's teams, however, didn't see things go very well, especially considering some of the good performances it had just three days prior at the K.T. Woodman Relays at Wichita State University. In fact, although Eagle performers won 16 medals, they didn't win any events...

Johnson wins pair of events at Wichita State (04/14/08)
WICHITA -- Uniontown's Drew Johnson won two events at the K.T. Woodman Relays hosted by Wichita State University here Friday. Johnson was a winner in the Class 2-1A division in long jump at 19 feet even and high jump at 5 feet, 10 inches. He also took third in the triple jump at 38' 7 1/4"...

Jayhawk girls dominant even in shortened meet (04/10/08)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls won their home meet easily here Thursday, scoring 143 points, double the amount scored by runner-up Central Heights. Six events went uncontested as thunderstorms came through the area. The pole vault probably would have been scratched regardless due to the slick surface but the 4x200-meter relay, 200-meter dash, 3,200-meter run, 4x400 relay and shot put were not completed, either...

Jayhawk girls take Frontenac meet (04/07/08)
FRONTENAC -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls easily took the team title of the rain-delayed Frontenac Invitational here Friday evening. The Jayhawks scored 142 points, finishing well ahead of second-place Pittsburg Colgan, which scored 79. Uniontown was third with 54 points...

Tiger girls third, boys fourth at Paola (04/07/08)
PAOLA -- Fort Scott High's girls finished in third place while the boys came in fourth in a 12-team track meet here Friday. Even with seven medals awarded in each event rather than the usual six, there were not very many individual medalists partly due to the depth of the field and partly due to the performances of the top team on each side of the standings...

Blu-Jays win 44 medals at Southeast meet (04/02/08)
CHEROKEE -- Pleasanton's track teams combined to win 44 medals at the Southeast High School Invitational here Tuesday. Blu-Jay girls finished first in the 10-team meet after winning three events and 25 medals on their way to scoring 134 1/2 points. Host Southeast was second with 74 points followed by Columbus with 71 and Liberal, Mo., with 60...

Eagle girls second, boys third at Oswego (04/02/08)
OSWEGO -- Uniontown's track teams opened their seasons here Tuesday with the girls' team finishing in second place while the boys placed third. Eagle girls scored 94 points to place behind Wyandotte, Okla. The boys scored 102 points while Wyandotte was first and Quapaw, Okla., was second. Eight schools competed in the meet, including Altoona-Midway, Chetopa, Longton-Elk Valley and St. Paul...

Varsity girls win opening meet; boys fourth at LCHS (03/31/08)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High's varsity girls' track team won the team title at the Labette County Invitational here Friday, which was the opening meet of the season for most of the teams here, including the Tigers. Fort Scott's boys placed fourth in team standings. Tiger junior varsity teams also competed here with the girls finishing sixth and the boys ninth. There were 10 schools in all four divisions...

Defending 3A champ breaks school long jump record (03/31/08)
RICHMOND -- Jayhawk-Linn sophomore Taylor Dawson, who won the Class 3A State championship in long jump last season, broke the school record in a meet at Central Heights Friday. Dawson, who won State with a mark of 17 feet, 5 1/4 inches last year, cleared 17' 9 3/4" Friday, also scoring team points that helped her team win the meet...

Pleasanton girls third in first varsity meet (03/27/08)
ARCHIE, Mo. -- Pleasanton High School's girls track team won nine medals and finished in third place in the Blu-Jays' first varsity meet of the season here Tuesday. Pleasanton's girls scored 56 points, finishing behind winner Saint Mary's, which scored 144, and runner-up Jasper, Mo., which had 78. The Jays finished six points ahead of fourth-place Butler, Mo. There were 16 schools in the meet...

Tiger track season begins Friday (03/26/08)
Fort Scott High School's track season begins Friday afternoon with a combined varsity/junior varsity meet at Labette County Friday afternoon. Tiger head coaches Don Epps (boys) and Tracey Bogina (girls) will be doing a lot of evaluating at this meet, which will begin at 2 p.m. and quite possibly end somewhere around 10:30. Epps plans to use 17 athletes on the varsity level at this meet while Bogina, at least for now, intends to use 14 girls...

Pleasanton JV track opens season at Southeast (03/26/08)
CHEROKEE -- The Pleasanton High School junior varsity track team got its season underway here Tuesday with a freshman-sophomore meet at Southeast High School. Blu-Jay boys won eight events while the girls won three. In all, Pleasanton's boys brought back 21 medals as they won the meet with 149 points. Northeast-Arma was second with 137 points while Pittsburg Colgan was third with 50...

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

Signing day (02/07/08)

Mayhugh signs with Cowley College (01/19/08)

Area runners compete at State cross country (10/29/07)
WAMEGO -- Six runners represented area schools at the Kansas State Cross Country Championships at the Wamego Country Club here Saturday. Fort Scott High School had two entrants in the Class 4A girls' race while Jayhawk-Linn had four in the Class 3A girls' event...

Sercer, Harper qualify to State meet for FSHS (10/22/07)
EL DORADO -- Fort Scott High senior Catherine Sercer and sophomore Kaylie Harper both qualified for the Class 4A State Cross Country Championship at Wamego this coming Saturday as a result of her eighth-place finish in the El Dorado Class 4A Regional Meet at El Dorado State Lake here Saturday...

Three earn All-League honors at SEK cross-country meet (10/12/07)
PITTSBURG -- Three members of Fort Scott High's cross country team earned All-SEK honors with their finishes at the Southeast Kansas League Championship Meet at Four Oaks Golf Course here Thursday. Catherine Sercer finished second in the varsity girls' meet while Kaylee Harper placed seventh, which earned First Team honors for both runners. ...

Tiger girls earn two medals (10/05/07)
INDEPENDENCE -- Two members of Fort Scott High's varsity girls cross country team earned top-10 finishes here at the Independence Invitational Thursday evening. Catherine Sercer finished in fifth place for the Tigers as she ran the four-kilometer course in 16:57.27. Kaylie Harper placed ninth in 17:33.06...

Blu-Jay coach happy with team's progress (10/05/07)
MOUND CITY -- Pleasanton's cross country team competed at Sugar Valley here Thursday on what head coach Dan Saulsberry called a "tough course." Travis Bradley was the Blu-Jays' high finishers in the five-kilometer varsity boys' race with a time of 19:09, good for 17th place. Kelly Wadel was 18th with a time of 19:13 and Dennis Moore finished 30th in 21:11...

Thinclads run at Four Oaks (09/28/07)
PITTSBURG -- Catherine Sercer finished in third place in the varsity girls' race at the Pittsburg Cross-Country Invitatiional at Four Oaks Golf Course here Thursday. Sercer ran the course in 17:11. Maggie Tanal of Lamar, Mo., was the race winner in 16:41 while Abby Nelly of Chanute was second in 17:10...

Sercer runner-up at Doc Stiles meet (09/21/07)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High's Catherine Sercer finished second in the varsity girls' race at the Doc Stiles Invitational hosted by Iola High School at Riverside Park here Thursday. Sercer completed the four-kilometer course in 17 minutes, 16.74 seconds. Alicia Whitehurst of Independence, the dominant runner in the Southeast Kansas League so far this season, was the winner in 16:47.25. Teammate Julia Stafford was third in 17:21.61...

Every Blu-Jay medals at Prairie View (09/21/07)
LaCYGNE -- Every Pleasanton athlete who entered earned a medal at Prairie View's Darryl Ramsey Invitational here Thursday. Travis Bradley finished 21st in the five-kilometer varsity boys' race with a time of 20:12. Kelly Wadel won the 5K boys' junior varsity race in 20:58 with teammates Dennis Moore finishing 10th in 22:43 and Cole Nickell 15th in 23:43...

Sercer fourth at Parsons invitational (09/14/07)
CHERRYVALE -- Catherine Sercer finished in fourth place for Fort Scott High School's girls' varsity cross country team in the Parsons Invitational at Big Hill Lake here Thursday. Sercer clocked in with a time of 14 minutes, 4.72 seconds over the 3,200-meter course. Alicia Whitehurst of Independence was the winner in 13:32.12...

Jayhawk-Linn girls win team title (09/07/07)
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Jayhawks, Blu-Jays open at Garnett (09/04/07)
GARNETT -- Both Pleasanton and Jayhawk-Linn opened their cross-country seasons here Thursday at the Anderson County Invitational. Jayhawk-Linn ran four girls in the varsity race and saw Meriel Long finish 17th, Stephanie Mayhugh 28th, Madison Beckman 29th and Sylvia Grant 30th...

Al-Shawish awes (05/29/07)
Tiger senior wins 4A high hurdles title

Pleasanton finishes with one medal (05/29/07)
WICHITA -- Pleasanton was unable to add another medal to its total on the final day of the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Cessna Stadium here Saturday and returned home this season with one medal. That medal was won by junior Megan Allen on Friday when she took seventh in Class 2A long jump with a mark of 33 feet, 5 1/2 inches...

Dawson 'surprised' by winning effort (05/29/07)
Jayhawks add one medal to total Saturday

Smiths enjoy State success (05/29/07)
Eagles bring home total of nine medals

Jayhawk-Linn freshman wins long jump (05/27/07)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Jayhawk-Linn freshman Taylor Dawson's mark of 17 feet, 5 1/4 inches won the Class 3A long jump championship Friday, leading the way for the three Kansas area rural schools at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships. Dawson had just the eighth-best mark of all the qualifiers in regionals, a mark of 16 feet, 1/4 inch at Fredonia last weekend. She went 16-6 1/2 on her first attempt, then went 16-10 1/2 on her second to take the lead...

Al-Shawish in hurdles final easily (05/27/07)
WICHITA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School senior Zak Al-Shawish advanced to Saturday's finals of the boys' 110- meter hurdles easily, recording a 15.43 in the second heat of Friday's preliminaries at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University Friday...

Uniontown boys claim Regional crown (05/21/07)
YATES CENTER -- Uniontown's boys claimed the team championship at the Yates Center Cass 2A Regional Track Meet here Friday as two Tribune Area schools will send 15 athletes (not including relays) to this weekend's State meet in Wichita in 24 events...

Eight qualify for Kansas state meet (05/19/07)
IOLA, Kan. -- It's a low number for Fort Scott High, but eight individuals qualified for next weekend's Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Meet in nine events from the Iola Class 4A Regional Meet at Riverside Park here Friday. Two Tigers won Regional titles with senior Zak Al-Shawish winning the boys' 110-meter hurdles in 15.28 seconds and freshman Breianna Jones taking girls' triple jump with a mark of 33 feet, 2 1/2 inches...

J-Linn sweeps extra-large Three Rivers League Relays (05/14/07)
PLEASANTON -- Jayhawk-Linn swept the boys' and girls' titles at the Three Rivers League relays here Friday with both teams posting large scores in an extra-large meet. Uniontown and Pleasanton finished second and third on each side as well. This meet had all nine current TRL members plus St. Paul and Chetopa of the Mineral Belt League, which did not hold a championship this year...

Fort Scott boys fourth at SEK Relays (05/14/07)
PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's boys finished fourth while the girls were seventh at the Southeast Kansas League Relays here Friday. Chanute won the boys' title while Pittsburg took the girls' championship by two points over Chanute. Chanute's boys scored 98 points while runner-up Iola scored 92. Pittsburg was third with 85 points while the Tigers finished with 76...

Fort Scott girls earn 15 medals at Chanute (05/07/07)
CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's girls won 15 medals at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday and tied for Coffeyville for eighth place with 38 points. Breianna Jones won four of those medals. She finished second in triple jump as she cleared 33 feet even. She took third in the 400 meters in 1:01.65, fourth in the 200 meters in 27.43 seconds and sixth in the 100 meters in 14.10...

Eagles, Blu-Jays top two teams at Crest meet (05/07/07)
IOLA -- Uniontown and Pleasanton finished as the top two teams in both boys' and girls' competiton at the Crest Invitational held at Riverside Park here Friday. Uniontown's boys scored 170 points to finish ahead of Pleasanton, which scored 108. Iola's junior varsity was third...

Jayhawks see Waverly dominate at Northeast (05/04/07)
ARMA -- Waverly's boys and girls won both sides of the Northeast Invitational here Thursday while Jayhawk-Linn's teams did not enjoy a typical performance. Jayhawk boys scored 18 points while the girls scored 13. The boys placed ninth out of 11 schools while the girls finished 10th...

Pleasanton thinclads compete at Madison (05/02/07)
MADISON -- Pleasanton's track teams competed at a meet here Monday and saw the girls tie for fifth place and the boys finish sixth. The girls were led by the winning performace of the 4x100-meter relay team of Rachel Landrum, Michelle Mitchell, Rachel Richmond and Megan Allen, which ran a 54.9...

Storms can't stop Girard Relays; boys and girls finish fifth (04/30/07)
GIRARD -- Not even the thunderstorms that passed through the area Friday night could stop the Girard Optimist Club Relays -- good news for teams that had already seen meets moved and cancelled due to bad weather earlier in the year. According to Fort Scott boys' head coach Don Epps, it poured rain steadily for 30 minutes at one point, but the meet was not delayed...

Uniontown boys, Jayhawk girls take titles (04/24/07)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn took the top team spots on both the boys' and girls' side of the 19th Annual Uniontown Invitational track meet here Monday.

Nevada girls take title at Fort Scott Relays (04/22/07)
Nevada's girls won 23 medals as they took home the team title at the Fort Scott Relays, held at Frary Field here Friday evening. In a competitive eight-team meet, Nevada scored 141 points to beat out Pittsburg by eight. Fort Scott's girls scored 103 points to finish third as they eared 17 medals...

Fort Scott Relays results list (04/21/07)
NOTE -- The feature story on this event will appear in Sunday's Edition of the Sunday Herald-Tribune. Results from the Fort Scott Relays, held Friday, April 20, 2007 at Frary Field in Fort Scott. Teams participating AC -- Anderson County C -- Carthage, Mo...

'Hawk girls, Eagle boys win team titles (04/19/07)
BURLINGTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls and Uniontown's boys won the team titles at the Waverly Invitational, which was held here Monday.

Rain cuts Blu-Jays' trip short (04/17/07)
WICHITA -- Pleasanton High School's track team was able to get in a just few events at the Wichita State's K.T. Woodman Classic hosted by here Friday before bad weather caused the rest of the meet to be called off. Megan Allen won the 200-meter dash in her class with a time of 13.5 seconds. Hers was the only girls' event for a Pleasanton athlete that was completed...

Lattimer, Jones win at Paola (04/17/07)
PAOLA -- Fort Scott's Jake Lattimer and Breianna Jones were the only Tigers to win events in a make-up varsity track meet here Monday. Lattimer, a senior, was one of three medalists in javelin. He won the event with a throw of 177 feet even while teammate Grant Hartman was the runner-up at 171 feet, 1 inch. Fort Scott's Aaron Judy was fifth in the event at 149' 1"...

Tigers open track season at Labette County (04/04/07)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School opened its varsity and junior varsity track seasons here Friday night. Fort Scott's varsity boys finished in fifth place as a team while the girls placed sixth. Tiger JV girls won their portion of the meet while the JV boys finished in fifth place...

Jayhawk girls take title at opening meet (04/04/07)
RICHMOND -- Jayhawk-Linn's track teams opened the season here Friday at the Central Heights Invitational. The girls won the team title while the boys finished in third place. Jayhawk girls finished with 127 points, 26 better than runner-up Waverly. Cass-Midway of Freeman, Mo. was third with 99 points. Jayhawk boys finished with 89 points while Cass-Midway won the team title with 110 points and Kansas City Christian finished second with 95...

Tigers' season begins Friday at LCHS (03/29/07)
Fort Scott High's track season gets underway Friday afternoon when both the varsity and the junior varsity travel to Altamont for the Labette County Invitational. Tracey Bogina continues to coach the girls' team while Don Epps steps in to coach the boys...

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