Uniontown Eagles
Shook signs with Allen County
(02/07/12)
Uniontown senior Tayler Shook (seated, center) recently signed a letter on intent to play volleyball at Allen County Community College next season. With Shook as she signed were (clockwise from lower left) UHS head coach Jackie Hall, mother and step-father Tammy and Mark McDaniel, grandparents Danny and Paula Peacock, UHS athletic director Jim Mason and her sister, Kim Brooks. Shook was a four-year volleyball letter winner for the Eagles. (Submitted photo)...
Uniontown teams sweep rival Marmaton Valley
(02/04/12)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's teams swept rival Marmaton Valley in a Three Rivers League doubleheader Friday night. Eagle girls won their fourth consecutive game in beating the Wildcats 60-40. Uniontown's boys kept pace with league leader Northeast with a 46-23 win...
Eagles sweep Chetopa
(02/01/12)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's basketball teams swatted away Chetopa's Green Hornets here Friday night in a Three Rivers League doubleheader. Eagle girls routed the Hornets, 63-20. Uniontown's boys drubbed Chetopa, 54-29. The boys were able to keep a hold of their share of first place in the TRL, improving to 5-0 in league play and 11-4 overall. Northeast (5-0, 11-3), the other co-leader, defeated Oswego Tuesday night in a low-scoring affair, 46-34...
Uniontown teams take care of Crest
(01/28/12)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Crest in Three Rivers League action on Homecoming here Friday night. Eagle girls started things off by bouncing the Lancers, 48-21. Uniontown boys maintained a share of the league lead with a 57-46 verdict...
Uniontown sweeps Jayhawk-Linn
(01/25/12)
MOUND CITY -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Jayhawk-Linn here Tuesday night in key games for all teams involved in the doubleheader. Eagle girls avenged a Saturday loss to the Jayhawks in the Pleasanton Tournament third-place game by beating them 33-25...
Pioneer League sweeps Pleasanton titles
(01/24/12)
PLEASANTON -- The Pioneer League swept the championships at the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament Saturday. Prairie View's girls defeated league rival Central Heights, 33-31, in the girls' title game. Central Heights took down Humboldt of the Tri-Valley League, 68-58, in the boys' final...
Uniontown, J-Linn girls to meet for 3rd
(01/20/12)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn will meet in the third-place game of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament Saturday as a result of semifinal losses here Thursday. Of the Tribune Area's three boys' and three girls' teams, the only victors Thursday night were Pleasanton's girls and Jayhawk-Linn's boys, both in consolation semifinals...
Eagle teams post victories at Pleasanton tourney
(01/18/12)
PLEASANTON -- Hayden Rathbun's 32-point night helped Uniontown's girls beat Humboldt 60-47 in the first round of the Pleasanton Tournament here Tuesday. The Eagles (6-4) saw Humboldt close to within 6 points a couple of times. But their 22-of-34 performace at the free-throw stripe helped hold off the Cubs...
Frontenac sweeps Uniontown
(01/17/12)
FRONTENAC, Kan. -- Uniontown's teams suffered a sweep at the hands of Frontenac in a non-league doubleheader here Friday night. Eagle boys suffered a 35-33 setback. Raider girls handed the Eagles a 65-33 decision. Frontenac's boys won with a pair of free throws with one second remaining, according to Uniontown head coach Nathan Hinrichs...
Uniontown boys beat Oswego; girls fall
(01/11/12)
OSWEGO -- Uniontown's boys retained their share of the lead in the Three Rivers League with a 55-45 victory over Oswego here Tuesday night. Zach Travis led the Eagles (2-0 TRL, 7-1 overall) with 18 points. Brenton Esslinger added 16 and Seth Sympson scored 11...
Uniontown boys hold off Erie, 59-50
(01/07/12)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- The offense gave Uniontown's boys a big lead after three periods here Friday night. The Eagle defense allowed them to hold off visiting Erie in a 59-50 non-league victory. Uniontown (6-1) led 53-41 after three periods but managed only 6 points -- one field goal -- in the fourth quarter. However, though Erie (2-6) did manage to gain some ground at the free-throw line, the Eagles held the Red Devils without a field goal in the period, which allowed them to survive...
Red Devils contain Eagles, 41-28
(01/07/12)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Even quarters were odd for Uniontown's offense Friday night in a 41-28 loss to Erie in a non-league contest. While the Eagles performed well offensively in the first and third periods, Uniontown scored a total of 2 points combined in the even periods...
Uniontown boys beat St. Paul
(12/15/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's boys defeated St. Paul in their home opener Tuesday night, 44-35. Zach Travis led the Eagles (1-0 Three Rivers League, 4-1 overall) with 12 points while Brenton Esslinger added 11. "This was a nice win in front of our home crowd," Uniontown head coach Nathan Hinrichs said. "We had some kids step up and play well tonight."...
Eagle girls beat St. Paul handily
(12/14/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls held St. Paul to one point in the first quarter here Tuesday night as the Eagles throttled the Indians, 44-23, in Three Rivers League play. We talked before the game about how big this particular game was for us," Uniontown head coach Ken Holt said. "None of these girls had ever beat a St Paul team. I guess they took it to heart. They absolutely played our best defensive game of the year."...
Uniontown squads sweep Crest in tourney
(12/10/11)
HUMBOLDT, Kan. -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Three Rivers League rival Crest on the final night of the Humboldt Round-Robin Tournament here Friday night. Eagle boys handed Crest, the pick to win the TRL in a pre-season coaches poll, its first loss of the season by a score of 40-38, holding off a Lancer rally in the fourth quarter...
Eagle boys clamp down in 2nd half; Uniontown girls unable to keep up with Erie
(12/09/11)
HUMBOLDT -- Uniontown's boys held Erie to 9 points in the second half of a 48-35 victory in the second round of the Humboldt Round-Robin Tournament here Thursday night. Uniontown's girls tried to get back into their game in the third quarter but couldn't keep pace in a 49-33 loss to Erie...
Eagle girls improve to 2-0 with first-round win
(12/08/11)
HUMBOLDT -- Hope Jurgensen scored 28 points and grabbed 12 rebounds Tuesday night as Uniontown's girls defeated Humboldt, 52-37, in the first round of a round-robin tournament here. Lauren Rockhold stepped up to fill in for injured guard Hayden Rathbun and helped the Eagle cause by dishing 9 assists and picking up 4 steals...
Eagle boys fall
(12/07/11)
HUMBOLDT -- Uniontown's boys dropped a 56-26 decision to host Humboldt here Tuesday night on the first night of a round-robin tournament. Brenton Esslinger was the only Eagle who managed double-figures in points with 12. No girls' score was available prior to the Tribune's Tuesday-night deadline...
Uniontown girls romp past Marmaton Valley
(12/03/11)
MORAN, Kan. -- Uniontown's girls rolled to a 58-28 victory over Marmaton Valley in the season opener for both schools here Friday night. Though the Eagles led this non-league contest 12-6 after one period of play, head coach Ken Holt described the start as slow...
Eagle boys bounce Wildcats, 50-34
(12/03/11)
MORAN, Kan. -- Uniontown's boys jumped out to a 19-4 lead after one period and rolled to a 50-34 victory over rival Marmaton Valley in a non-league game here Friday night. Zach Travis led the Eagles with 18 points while Brenton Esslinger scored 11. "I thought our kids came out and played very well in the first half." Uniontown head coach Nathan Hinrichs said. "We were very pleased with the contributions from all of our players."...
Jayhawks picked second on both sides of TRL
(11/15/11)
PITTSBURG -- Three Rivers League basketball coaches greeted Jayhawk-Linn upon its return by picking the Jayhawks to finish second in both boys' and girls' play in the pre-season poll released by KSEK-FM here Monday. Crest's boys were picked to finish on top on the boys' side while Oswego was the choice to end St. Paul's three-season reign on the girls' side...
Rienbolt finishes 3rd at State
(10/31/11)
WAMEGO -- Fort Scott High School sophomore Katren Rienbolt finished third in the Class 4A State Cross Country Meet here Saturday. As a top-10 finisher, Rienbolt earned All-State honors in her first season of competition. She finished the four-kilometer course in a time of 15 minutes, 39.09 seconds...
Eagles' season comes to close
(10/28/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's football season came to an end here Thursday night as Central Heights snuffed the Eagles' slim hopes of making the Class 3A playoffs, 27-20. Uniontown's season ended at 4-5. "I'm very proud of these young men," Uniontown head coach Chad Stroud said. "They played incredibly hard when we had nothing to play for tonight but pride against a solid Central Heights team."...
'Hawks beat Eagles for 2A State berth
(10/25/11)
OSWEGO -- Jayhawk-Linn defeated Uniontown two games to one in the final of the Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament here Saturday. It was the third meeting of the season between the top-seeded Eagles (27-10) and second-seeded Jayhawks. Jayhawk-Linn won each time but it always took three games to do so...
Three area runners advance to 2A State Meet
(10/25/11)
MOUND CITY -- Three runners from three area schools will participate in this Saturday's Class 2A State Cross Country Meet at Wamego. All three moved on as at-large qualifiers out of the Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Regional Meet, held Saturday at Sugar Valley Golf Course...
Eagles sweep, clinch top seed
(10/20/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's sweep of Pleasanton and Marmaton Valley here Tuesday night allowed the Eagles to clinch the top seed at Saturday's Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament. Uniontown (23-9) has two fewer losses than second-seeded Jayhawk-Linn (23-11). The Eagles will face Marmaton Valley (12-22) in the first round at 1 p.m...
Conditions hamper Eagles
(10/19/11)
EMPORIA -- A chilly, windy day in the Flint Hills during the Kansas Class 3-2-1A State Golf Tournament here Monday, which hindered the effort of the Uniontown golf team. Eagle head coach Jason Tourtillott said that his team practiced on Sunday on the State course and had good rounds as they learned the course. But on Monday, the high reached only 45 degrees and winds gusted over 20 MPH at times. Most of the Eagles teed off after 10 a.m., which was about the time the conditions changed...
Eagles 1-2 at Central Heights
(10/17/11)
RICHMOND -- Although Uniontown's volleyball team won only one of three matches in the Central Heights Tournament here Saturday, head coach Jackie Hall was not disappointed in her team's play. "The adjustments we have made are working," Hall said. "In every match, we were passing 60 to 70 percent, which enables us to get better sets to our hitters. ...
Unbeaten Wellsville downs Uniontown in district opener
(10/15/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- In a battle of league champions, Pioneer League champ Wellsville defeated Three Rivers League-11 Man champ Uniontown, 44-14, here Friday night as Class 3A-District 4 play got underway. Though the Eagles (4-3) led 7-6 after one period, Wellsville (7-0) pulled away as its running game took control. Wellsville scored 30 of its points in the second half...
Pleasanton wins Three Rivers girls' title
(10/15/11)
BURLINGTON, Kan. -- Each year, the schools of the Three Rivers League gather to take part in the Burlington Invitational, which also serves as the TRL championship meet. Here Friday, Pleasanton's girls finished fifth overall but were the best of the Three Rivers League schools, making them the TRL champion...
Four from area All-SE-KAN golf honorable mention
(10/14/11)
Four area golfers were recognized with Honorable Mention status on the All-SE-KAN Golf Team recently. All-SE-KAN gives honors to players on southeast Kansas golf teams, all of which do not have league honors because there are not enough schools fielding teams in each one -- the Southeast Kansas, Three Rivers, Pioneer, Tri-Valley or CNC -- to have all-league teams...
Interception preserves Eagles' win over Patriots
(10/11/11)
OVERLAND PARK -- Zach Travis' interception of a Josiah Thill pass with 40 seconds remaining preserved Uniontown's 21-20 victory over Kansas City Christ Prep on the artificial surface at Shawnee Mission District Stadium here Saturday night. Travis' pick came just seconds after Christ Prep had been given a prime opportunity to steal the victory, taking possession at Uniontown's 34-yard line after an 8-yard punt by Jordan Woods...
Eagles qualify for State Golf; McAnulty medals
(10/11/11)
Senior Sabrena McAnulty finished sixth and she and her Uniontown teammates finished third as a team in a Class 3-2-1A Regional Golf Tournament hosted by the Eagles at Woodland Hills Golf Course here Monday. The morning rain did not delay the start of the tournament but might have made conditions a little rough. Only one golfer finished under 100...
Mavericks caim UHS Invitational title
(10/11/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Olathe Metro Academy claimed the Uniontown Invitational title as the Eagles were unable to advance out of pool play for the first time in many seasons. Metro Academy won the pool Uniontown was in while Southern Coffey County finished second. Frontenac won the opposite pool with Yates Center finishing second...
Eagles sweep Pleasanton, Crest on 'Dig Pink' Night
(10/06/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's volleyball team stepped up on "Dig Pink" night here Tuesday, picking up fairly easy sweeps of Pleasanton and Crest in Three Rivers League play. The Eagles (8-1 TRL, 20-5 overall) swept Pleasanton, 25-7, 25-9. Hayden Rathbun was credited with 7 kills, Ashlie Nietfeld with 6 and Tayler Shook with 10 assists...
Area golfers prepare for Regionals
(10/05/11)
GARNETT -- Area golfers played one last regular-season tournament here Monday as they prepare for Regional Tournament play next Monday. Uniontown's team finished sixth out of nine at the Anderon County Invitational, an 18-hole affair, with a four-woman score of 431. Fort Scott finished eighth at 461...
Eagle JV volleyball goes 3-0
(10/05/11)
YATES CENTER -- Uniontown junior varsity volleyball swept Humboldt, 25-5, 25-5, Yates Center, 25-10, 25-10, and Cherryvale, 25-7, 25-7, Monday night. Mandie Ridge had 2 kills against Humboldt and 9 versus Cherryvale. Brit Stokes had 5 kills against YCHS...
Uniontown improves to 3-2 with victory over Northeast
(10/01/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown quarterback Zach Travis was responsible for 188 yards of offense and three touchdowns Friday night as the Eagles improved to 3-2 on the season with a 42-14 victory over Northeast. Travis completed 4 of 5 passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 87 yards and a score. Seth Sympson caught 3 of those passes for 84 yards and two touchdowns...
Jayhawks take league lead from Eagles
(09/29/11)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn defeated Uniontown's volleyball team in three games here Tuesday night, taking the lead in the Three Rivers League. The Eagles (6-1 TRL, 18-5 overall) took the other two matches in the quadrangular from Chetopa and Marmaton Valley...
Uniontown sees positives in switch to 8-man
(09/28/11)
The Kansas State High School Activities Association released its football classifications for the next two school years Tuesday morning. And as expected, Uniontown will switch to the eight-man version of the sport next season. "There's been other times through the years where we were close," Uniontown Athletic Director Jim Mason, a former Eagle head coach and currently an assistant for Chad Stroud, said. ...
Pittsburg drops to 4A in other sports
(09/28/11)
The Kansas State High School Activities Association has changed its method of determining the classes in all sports other than football and it may have affected Pittsburg. In the past, the six classes were determined by a count of students in grades 10-12. Beginning year, the KSHSAA is counting students in grades 9-12...
Eagles win pool but finish fourth
(09/27/11)
CHERRYVALE -- Uniontown's volleyball team won four of six matches at the Cherryvale Invitational here Saturday but Eagle head coach Jackie Hall expressed disappointment at the outcome since both losses came in bracket play, forcing the team to settle for fourth place...
Uniontown holds off McAuley, 41-34
(09/24/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown held off Joplin McAuley here Friday night to win its Homecoming game, 41-34. The Eagles (2-2) saw quarterback Zach Travis run for a team-leading 97 yards and three touchdowns. He also completed 3 of 6 passes for 63 yards...
Coach pleased with Eagles' play at Fredonia
(09/24/11)
FREDONIA, Kan. -- Uniontown girls' golf coach Jason Tourtillott was pleased with the way his team played here Thursday even tough both the team and one of his players just missed out on earning medals. "I am pleased with the way the girls played overall," Tourtillott said. "I keep thinking one of our seniors is going to break into the 40s at some point but just hasn't happened."...
Uniontown posts TRL sweep at Northeast
(09/22/11)
ARMA -- Uniontown's volleyball team sept its way through a Three Rivers League triangular here Tuesday night. The Eagles (4-0 TRL, 10-2 overall) began the night with a sweep of defending champion Northeast, 25-4, 25-11. Hayden Rathbun had 5 kills and Ashley Nietfeld had 3. Tayler Shook handed out 18 assists...
No medals for area golfers at tough Parsons course
(09/21/11)
PARSONS -- Neither Fort Scott nor Uniontown picked up a medal at the Parsons Invitational at the Katy Course here Monday. While the two schools together had five of six entrants shoot under 60, the low medalist came in three strokes lower than the best area golfer...
Eagles fall at Eureka; McAuley next
(09/20/11)
EUREKA -- Uniontown scored first but couldn't get on the board again as the Eagles (1-2) fell to Eureka in a steady drizzle here Friday night, 26-8 "We were in control of the game early," Uniontown head coach Chad Stroud said. "We recovered an onside kick to start the game and scored on that drive to go ahead."...
Uniontown takes three wins at Riverton
(09/17/11)
RIVERTON, Kan. -- Uniontown's volleyball team swept through a quadrangular here Thursday night, taking down three bigger schools. "We always enjoy going to this quad," Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. "We get to see some very competitive teams that we don't normally see. We played well; not as intense as I had hoped but the girls pulled together and worked through some adversity."...
Rienbolt wins third race in as many starts
(09/17/11)
CHERRYALE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School Sophomore Katren Rienbolt has run three cross-country races in her high-school life. She's won all of them. She started the season by winning a junior varsity race -- her first ever -- at Labette County. Last week, she was moved up to varsity and won the Fort Scott Invitation. Thursday, she claimed the crown at the Parsons Invitational at Big Hill Lake...
Eagle JV sweeps Southeast quad
(09/15/11)
CHEROKEE -- Uniontown's junior varsity softball team swept a quadrangular here Tuesday night picking up victories over Galena, Riverton and Southeast. The Eagles defeated Galena, 25-8, 25-15. Britney Stokes had 3 kills for Uniontown. The Eagles swept Riverton, 25-8, 25-20, as Stokes had 2 kills. They finished the night with a 27-17, 25-18 sweep over Southeast with Torrie Hathaway recording 7 kills...
Uniontown golfers third at Chanute
(09/14/11)
CHANUTE -- Uniontown's golf team finished third out of seven full teams at the Chanute Invitational here Monday. The Eagles shot 228 as a team while winner Girard finished at 199 and runner-up Caney Valley scored 207. Individually, Uniontown had two medalists and missed having a third on tie-breakers. Timbrelee McNair of Girard was the winner with a score of 37 over nine holes. She won by 10 strokes over Chanute's Danae Decker and Caney Valley's Deseree Nelson and Tiffani Ward...
Uniontown gains first victory, 40-30
(09/10/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Zach Travis rushed for 128 yards and three scores here Friday night as Uniontown avoided a second consecutive 0-2 start with a 40-30 victory over Three Rivers League rival Oswego. Both teams are 1-1. The score was tied 22-22 after three quarters but Uniontown outscored Oswego 18-8 in the fourth...
Uniontown volleyball sweeps TRL openers
(09/10/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's volleyball team opened the Three Rivers League portion of its schedule here Thursday night with sweeps of Oswego and Altoona-Midway. "It's always nice to play at home," Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. "We had a great crowd and that always helps us on the floor."...
Rienbolt reigns over girls' varsity division
(09/09/11)
Fort Scott High School sophomore Katren Rienbolt has run in exactly two cross country races. Last week, in her first race ever at Labette County, she won the junior varsity race by two minutes. She was placed into the varsity girls' race at the Fort Scott Invitational. She won it by 1 minute...
Stark third; Eagles second
(09/07/11)
Karley Stark finished in eighth place to earn a medal Tuesday on her home course as Fort Scott High's golf team opened its season by hosting its annual invitational tournament. Uniontown, playing its first varsity tournament of the year, finished in second place as a team with a four-woman score of 219. Anderson County won the tournament with a 214 and Parsons was third at 220...
Eagle volleyball off to 5-2 start
(09/01/11)
Uniontown's volleyball team finished second at the Three Rivers League tournament in Pleasanton Saturday and split a non-league quadrangular at Erie Tuesday night, putting the Eagles at 5-2 on the young season. Uniontown began the TRL tourney with a 25-11, 25-10 sweep of Pleasanton. Hayden Rathbun had 7 kills for the Eagles while Tayler Shook handed out 10 assists and Jessica Murrow served two aces...
Fall sports practices underway
(08/16/11)
Fall sports practices got underway Monday, the first day allowed under the rules of the Kansas State High School Activities Association. The first event of the new sports year will be held Monday afternoon as Fort Scott High School's tennis team hosts a junior varsity tournament which is set to begin at 3 p.m...
Tigers picked third in SEK; Crest tops TRL vote
(08/12/11)
PITTSBURG -- Chanute and Pittsburg are co-favorites in Southeast Kansas League football, Crest is the top pick in Three Rivers League eight-man football, and Colgan was tabbed as the best in the CNC in voting released at a media conference here Thursday afternoon...
Nine Eagles picked to All-TRL teams
(06/02/11)
Five Uniontown softball players and four members of the Eagle baseball team receoved All-Three Rivers League honors recently. Softball league champion Uniontown had three selections to the First Team: senior Tiffany Poyner and juniors Hope Jurgensen and Taylor Shook...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Lancers knock Eagles out with 10-run fourth inning
(05/18/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball season came to an end here Monday with a 15-9 loss to Southeast in a first-round Frontenac Class 3A Softball Tournament game. The Eagles' season ends at 13-8 after a 12-2 start. The sixth-seeded Lancers scored 10 runs in the fourth inning to take control...
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...
Regional baseball, softball pairings set
(05/13/11)
First-round pairings for Regional baseball and softball tournaments to be held next week were released Wednesday. All tournaments are set to begin on Monday. Fort Scott High School's baseball team has been assigned to the Spring Hill Class 4A Regional, with all of the games played at the host site. The Tigers (11-6) drew the No. 4 seed and will face fifth-seeded Paola (8-12) at 4:30 p.m. Monday...
Chetopa sweeps Uniontown in regular-season finale
(05/11/11)
CHETOPA -- Chetopa swept a Three Rivers League doubleheader from Uniontown here Monday night as the Eagles concluded regular-season play. The Hornets won the opener 3-2 and the nightcap 3-0. "Two very good ball games by both pitchers and both teams," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. ...
Eagles settle for home split with Cubs
(05/07/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team came back from being on the wrong end of a first-game rout to salvage a split with Hum-boldt in a non-league softball doubleheader here Thursday. The Cubs scored 9 of their runs in the seventh inning as they beat Uniontown 16-1 in the opener. The Eagles (13-5) took the second game 8-7...
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."...
Jayhawks sweep Eagle softball
(05/03/11)
MOUND CITY -- Jayhawk-Linn swept Uniontown's softball team in a make-up doubleheader here Friday. The opening game went 12 innings before Jayhawk-Linn won 11-10. The Jayhawks went on to a 6-inning, run-rule victory in the second game 12-2. Jayhawk-Linn held a 3-0 lead after 2 innings of the opener and led 10-8 after six...
Uniontown softball posts league sweep
(04/30/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team swept Altoona-Midway in a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Thursday by scores of 11-0 and 9-2. With the sweep, the Eagles improved to 9-1 in league play and 12-2 overall. Uniontown clinched the first game with an 8-run second inning that made it 10-0 at the time. The game was stopped after 5 innings...
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...
Uniontown falls to Northeast, 12-7
(04/29/11)
ARMA -- Uniontown's baseball team came out on the losing end of a 12-7 decision to Northeast in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday. The second game of the scheduled doubleheader was suspended tied 2-2 after 3 innings. Uniontown and Northeast were tied 4-4 after 4 innings but the Vikings scored 8 times in the bottom of the fifth...
Uniontown splits with Northeast
(04/27/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader with Northeast here Tuesday, taking game one 6-5 but dropping the second game 7-3. The doubleheader was originally scheduled to be played at Arma but was switched to Uniontown due to bad field conditions. Northeast played as the home team...
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...
Uniontown teams enjoy success on diamonds
(04/21/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's baseball and softball teams enjoyed success earlier this week. Monday, both teams hosted Marmaton Valley and posted sweeps while the softball team swept St. Paul Tuesday. The baseball team (3-1 league, 3-4 overall) won its Three Rivers League games 5-1 and 3-2. Ty Clayton belted a 3-run homer in the bottom of the first inning of the opener and Jake Dawson (2-2) was 2 for 3 and allowed no earned runs on 2 hits and 2 walks while striking out 6...
Uniontown softball sweeps Oswego
(04/13/11)
UNIONTOWN -- The Uniontown softball team swept Oswego in a Three Rivers League doubleheader Monday as the Eagles played their first home games of the season. Uniontown (2-0, 5-1) won the opener 12-2 in 6 innings and the second game 10-0 in five. "Our pitchers, Tayler Shook and Taylor Wade, were able to prevent Oswego from reaching base," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. "They only had a total of 9 baserunners for both games...
Eagle baseball splits TRL twinbill with Indians
(04/13/11)
BRONSON -- Uniontown's baseball team split with Oswego in hits first home doubleheader at Dawson Field here Monday. The Eagles claimed game one by a 7-0 score while Oswego took the second game of the Three Rivers League twinbill, 18-4. The Eagles (1-1, 1-4) hit three home runs in the opener. ...
Eagle softball beats Neodesha
(04/09/11)
NEODESHA -- Uniontown's softball team, in the midst of playing four games in five days, defeated Neodesha, 5-3, here Friday afternoon. Thursday afternoon, Central Heights defeated Uniontown by run rule, 10-0, in 5 innings. Uniontown (3-1) scored 3 runs in the top of the first inning. Tiffany Poyner doubles to start things off, then scored on Hope Jurgensen's single. Jessie Camac then belted a home run over the fence to score the other 2 runs...
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...
Central Heights run-rules Uniontown, 12-2
(04/09/11)
PRINCETON, Kan. -- Central Heights only needed five innings to defeat Union-town's baseball team here Thursday by a score of 12-2. The Eagles fell to 0-3 on the season. The Vikings scored in every inning and needed just 7 hits to score their runs. Uniontown scored a run in the top of the second inning when designated hitter Mitchell Newman drove in Max Labbe. That brought the Eagles within 2-1 at the time...
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...
Uniontown JV softball takes two
(04/07/11)
YATES CENTER -- Uniontown's junior varsity softball team took two games here Tuesday night, beating Yates Center 14-7 in the opener and Eureka in the nightcap (the score of that game was not provided). Mandie Ridge allowed 3 hits and 6 walks in the opening game while striking out 2. The Eagle offense had 17 hits with doubles off the bats of Brittany Tanner, DaNisha Robinson and Jamie Dawson. The game ended after 5 innings...
Uniontown softball sweeps Yates Center
(03/31/11)
YATES CENTER -- On a cold, wet evening, Uniontown's softball team started the season with a sweep of Yates Center here Tuesday by scores of 12-1 and 15-5. Both games were stopped after five innings. The first game was fairly close until the Eagles (2-0) outscored the Wildcats 10-0 over the final three innings. Tayler Shook allowed 3 hits and didn't walk anyone while striking out 5...
Seven starters return for UHS
(03/26/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Seven starters return for a Uniontown baseball team that finished 8-10 last season and begins its 2011 season Tuesday with a doubleheader at Yates Center. Among the starters back for head coach Chris Woods are senior catcher Ty Clayton and junior third baseman Jordan Woods, who both earned First Team honors on the All-Three Rivers League team last season...
11 area players receive All-TRL mention
(03/18/11)
Eleven players from Uniontown and Pleasanton were honored by the Three Rivers League with spots on the All-League basketball teams. Uniontown senior Breanna Esslinger was one of three unanimous selections to the All-TRL girls First Team. The other two are Uniontown senior Morgan Westhoff and St. Paul senior Kali Ketterman...
J-Linn girls advance; Uniontown teams outsted
(03/03/11)
COTTONWOOD FALLS -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls will get to play on their home court one more time. The opportunity comes about after the fifth-seeded Jayhawks went on the road Tuesday night and defeated the No. 4 seed, Chase County here, 52-41, in the first round of the Jayhawk-Linn Class 2A Sub-State Tournament...
Uniontown girls beat Chetopa
(02/26/11)
CHETOPA, Kan. -- Uniontown's girls concluded regular-season play by beating Chetopa, 56-38, in a Three Rivers League make-up game here Thursday night. Chetopa's boys defeated Uniontown, 51-46. No other information was provided about the game. Both Uniontown teams begin Kansas Class 3A Sub-State Tournament play Tuesday night with a doubleheader at Kansas City Christian in Prairie Village as, by coincidence, both the girls' and boys' teams happened to be seeded against each other. ...
Most Sub-State seeds set; tourneys begin Monday
(02/24/11)
Most of the Sub-State tournament assignments were released by the Kansas State High School Activities Association Wednesday afternoon. Fielders were set for the Paola Class 4A Sub-State, which features Fort Scott, the Burlington Class 3A Sub-State, which includes Uniontown, and the Class 2A Sub-State which Jayhawk-Linn is hosting...
Eagle girls fight back but SCC prevails
(02/24/11)
LeROY -- Despite a frenzied fourth-quarter effort, Uniontown's girls fell short in an effort to rally past Southern Coffey County and fell to the Titans, 66-60, here Tuesday night. The Eagles (9-10) outscored the Titans 30-23 in the fourth quarter but it wasn't enough to overcome a 13-point deficit going into the period...
Eagle girls beat Wildcats
(02/23/11)
LeROY -- Uniontown's teams faced Southern Coffey County in a non-league doubleheader here Tuesday night with the host Titans posting a sweep. SCC girls defeated Uniontown, 66-60. Titan boys downed the Eagles, 53-26. Details from the games were not available prior to deadline. A more detailed description of the contests will appear in Thursday's edition...
Eagle girls beat Vikings
(02/19/11)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- In their final home appearance of the season here Friday, Uniontown's girls took a 57-24 victory over Northeast in a Three Rivers League contest. Uniontown's boys were not as fortunate, falling to the Vikings, 64-54. Both teams were swept by Oswego in make-up league games here Thursday...
Eagle athletes medal in strength meet
(02/18/11)
GIRARD -- Three Uniontown high school student-athletes competed in the 18th Annual Girard Speed and Strength Meet here Feb. 12. Garrett Murrow competed in the 142-158 pound class. He placed first in squat and third in power clean. Trenton Miller competed in the 202-pound-and-over class. He won the pro agility run, finished second in the vertical jump, the 20-yard dash and in the power clean...
Eagles send Jets crashing, 57-29
(02/16/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls won for the second time in their last three outings as the Eagles took a 57-29 victory over Altoona-Midway in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday night. Hope Jurgensen connected on 6 of 7 field-goal attempts as she finished with 13 points. Breanna Esslinger was 4 for 4 from behind the 3-point line in scoring 12 points. Jennifer Ulrey added 10 points and led the Eagles (2-2 TRL, 7-8 overall) with 7 rebounds...
Pleasanton stuns Uniontown; first-place showdown Monday
(02/12/11)
UNIONTOWN -- Pleasanton's girls won their seventh consecutive game Friday night, jumping out to an 18-7 lead on Uniontown and coasting from there to a 61-45 victory. The Blu-Jays remain tied for the lead in the Three Rivers League and set up a first-place showdown at St. Paul Monday night...
Tigers postponed; make-ups piling up in area leagues
(02/09/11)
Fort Scott High School's basketball games versus Parsons, scheduled for to be held at the FSHS gymnasium Tuesday night, have been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 21. Fort Scott's doubleheader was one of eight in the Southeast Kansas, Three Rivers and Pioneer leagues that were postponed Tuesday. The only other area school to be affected was Pleasanton, which scheduled a TRL doubleheader versus Crest for February 17. Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn were not scheduled to play Tuesday...
Eagle girls dominate Crest
(01/29/11)
COLONY, Kan. -- Uniontown's girls rolled out to a 20-1 lead after one period as the Eagles went on to roll by Crest in Three Rivers League play, 58-28. Hope Jurgensen led the Eagles (1-1 TRL, 6-7 overall) with 20 ponits and Breanna Esslinger added 11. Tayler Shook dished six assists...
Jayhawk-Linn teams sweep Uniontown
(01/26/11)
UNIONTOWN -- For the second time in four days, Jayhawk-Linn's girls defeated Uniontown, following up a victory in the third-place game at the Pleasanton Tournament Saturday with a 62-48 triumph here Tuesday night. In this game, turnovers were the undoing for Uniontown (5-7), which committed 32 turnovers to just 12 for the Jayhawks (7-6)...
Central Heights claims both crowns at Pleasanton Tourney
(01/25/11)
PLEASANTON -- Central Heights' teams claimed the championships of both the boys' and girls' brackets of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament here Saturday. Viking boys (9-1) defeated Pioneer League rival Jayhawk-Linn, 67-38, in the boys' championship game. This was the first of three meetings the teams will have in seven days. They also met in a make-up game at Richmond Monday night and will face each other at Mound City Friday night...
Weather changes area tournament schedules
(01/20/11)
Inclement weather has changed the schedules for the tournaments which involve area basketball teams. Fort Scott High's teams saw their games at the Basehor-Linwood Invitational postponed for the second consecutive day. In order to keep the tournament going in a lively fashion the boys and girls will play at the same time Friday...
Eagle girls defeat Altoona-Midway
(01/19/11)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's girls broke a two-game losing streak by defeating Altoona-Midway, 48-30, in the first round of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament here Tuesday afternoon. Breanna Esslinger scored 15 points to lead the Eagles (5-4) while Hope Jurgensen added 10 points. Jurgensen and Hayden Rathbun were each credited with 9 rebounds. Tayler Shook dished 4 assists...
Colgan teams sweep Uniontown
(01/15/11)
Pittsburg Colgan's teams swept Uniontown here Friday night with the Panther girls winning 48-33 and the Colgan boys taking a 63-30 decision. Colgan's girls were led by Brandee Main, who scored 22 points. Breanna Esslinger scored 13 points to pace the Eagles (4-4)...
Brackets set for Pleasanton tourney
(01/14/11)
PLEASANTON -- The brackets are set for next week's annual Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament, which also includes area schools Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn. Games will be played Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Action starts at 4 p.m. the first two days and at 1 p.m. Saturday. Two gyms will be used...
Uniontown teams beat Pleasanton
(12/18/10)
PLEASANTON, Kan. -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Pleasanton in non-league play here Friday night. Eagle girls took a 45-30 victory while the boys prevailed, 42-28. Jacy Ermel scored 15 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and blocked 4 shots for the Eagles, who improved to 4-2 on the season. Hope Jurgensen handed out 3 assists and Hayden Rathbun and Breanna Esslinger picked up 4 steals each...
St. Paul sweeps Uniontown in TRL play
(12/15/10)
ST. PAUL -- Uniontown's teams suffered defeats at the hand of host St. Paul in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday night. Eagle boys fell to St. Paul, 62-52, despite an 18-point performance from Brenton Esslinger and 15 more from Zach Travis. The Indians (1-0 TRL, 3-2 overall) saw four players reach double figures. Tyler Coomes and D.J. Vitt each had 14 points while Willie Westhoff and Paul Schibi each had 11...
Uniontown boys prevail in OT; Eagle girls win in rout
(12/09/10)
HUMBOLDT -- Uniontown's boys prevented any Humboldt scoring in overtime while the girls nearly prevented any scoring at all as the Eagles swept the host school on the first night of a round-robin tournament here Tuesday. Uniontown's boys (2-0) outscored Humboldt 20-8 in the fourth quarter to force overtime tied at 42-42, then posted a 7-0 advantage in the extra period to prevail, 49-42...
Uniontown sweeps Marmaton Valley in openers
(12/03/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's basketball teams opened the season on high notes Friday night with a home sweep of Marmaton Valley in a non-league doubleheader. Uniontown's girls opened the night with a 45-25 victory over the Wildcats. Eagle boys defeated Marmaton Valley, 56-41...
Three Rivers honors 17 area athletes
(11/16/10)
Three Rivers League athletes recently received honors as the All-League 11-Man, Eight-Man and Volleyball teams were revealed. Uniontown saw seven players honored at nine positions on the All-TRL 11-Man Football Team. First Team honorees included senior Tyler Halll at center and defensive end, senior Matt Maloney at offensive tackle, junior Seth Sympson at tight end, senior Ryan Schenker at defensive and and junior Max Labbe at linebacker...
Eagle girls picked second, boys fourth
(11/16/10)
PITTSBURG -- Uniontown's girls were picked to finish second in the Three Rivers League race behind defending champion St. Paul at the KSEK-FM Basketball Media Day here Monday. Uniontown's boys were picked to tie for fourth place with St. Paul while defending champion Crest was picked to repeat...
ONLINE FIRST: Central Heights holds off short-handed Eagles
(10/29/10)
RICHMOND -- A short-handed Uniontown squad with just 22 players dressed out fought back to give Central Heights a game here Thursday night. But the Vikings held on for a 24-22 victory that put them into the Class 3A playoffs and ended the Eagles' season...
Playoff odds better for some than others
(10/28/10)
Some area football team's chances are as easy as "A beats B" while others are a bit more complicated as high-school and junior-college regular-season play comes to a close over the weekend. Tonight at Garnett, for example, both opponents in the Fort Scott-Anderson County contest already know they've qualified for the Class 4A playoffs. ...
Lancers stun Vikes, Eagles, to win 3A Sub-State
(10/25/10)
ARMA -- The anticipated Uniontown-Northeast final never took place in the Northeast Class 3A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament here Saturday. Third-seeded Southeast wrecked Northeast's plans with a 3-set win in the semifinals and then thwarted Uniontown's State Tournament aspirations with a 3-set win in the championship match...
Eagles fall in OT but still has playoff chance
(10/23/10)
UNIONTOWN -- West Franklin rallied from a 21-7 deficit here Friday night to beat Uniontown, 29-21, in overtime in Kansas Class 3A District 4 play. But that it took the extra period to do so kept alive an outside chance for the Eagles to qualify for the playoffs...
Three area teams draw No. 1 seeds in Sub-States
(10/22/10)
The volleyball team from Fort Scott, Uniontown and Jayhawk-Linn high schools have all drawn No. 1 seeds for their Sub-State tournaments that will be held Saturday. Fort Scott is the top seed at the Louisburg Class 4A Sub-State, Uniontown at the Northeast Arma Class 3A Sub-State and Jayhawk-Linn at the Yates Center Class 2A Sub-State. Meanwhile, Pleasanton will be the No. 4 seed at the St. Paul Class 1A-Division I Sub-State...
Uniontown sweeps, Pleasanton beats Marmaton Valley
(10/21/10)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball squad swept through its opponents here Tuesday night in a final tune-up before Class 3A Sub-State play begins Saturday at Arma. The Eagles, who will be the top seed in the Northeast Class 3A Sub-State with a 32-5 record, swept Marmaton Valley, 25-10, 25-13, and Pleasanton, 25-8, 25-14...
Eagles struggle at Central Heights
(10/18/10)
RICHMOND -- Uniontown's volleyball team found the going tough at the Central Heights Invitational here Saturday. The Eagles won only two of their five matches, although two losses were to Class 4A schools. "This is always a tough tournament for us," Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. "The competition in this tourney is tough to say the least...
Eagles defeat Northeast in home tourney final
(10/12/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's volleyball team gained a measure of vengeance in the finals of their home tournament Saturday afternoon. The Eagles defeated Northeast in the finals, 25-19, 25-23, to avenge a loss to the Vikings in Three Rivers league play on Sept. 21...
Eagle coach proud of effort despite loss
(10/08/10)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Although the Eagles lost, Uniontown head coach Chad Stroud was proud of the effort his team put forth in a 41-21 defeat to Kansas City Christ Prep Academy here Friday night. "We had not hung in and competed against good competition yet this year," Stroud said. "Christ Prep is a good ball club and very athletic. There were times we felt we had them stopped, then they would bust a long play. Their athletic ability was too much for us to contain, especially as the game wore on...
No. 5 Eagles sweep at Pleasanton
(10/06/10)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team, ranked No. 5 in Class 3A by the Kansas Volleyball Association, swept Pleasanton and Crest in a Three Rivers League triangular here Tuesday night while the host Blu-Jays were able to salvage a split by defeating Crest...
Eagles win second consecutive game
(10/01/10)
ARMA, Kan. -- Uniontown won its second consecutive game Friday night, routing Northeast-Arma 52-0 here in a battle of Three Rivers League schools. The Eagles (2-3) scored 19 points in the first quarter and scored 33 more in the second. "Our defense set the tone early in the game forcing a turnover on their first series," Uniontown head coach Chad Stroud said. "Our offense took advantage of a short field."...
Uniontown climbs to 3A; Class 1A splits into divisions
(10/01/10)
Only one school among those in the Southeast Kansas League, Three Rivers League or Pioneer League changed classes when the Kansas State High School Activities Association released its enrollment figures that will be effective in all sports other than football for the 2010-11 school year...
No. 5 Eagles sweep
(09/29/10)
CHETOPA -- Uniontown's volleyball team, now ranked No. 5 in Class 3A, swept rival Marmaton Valley and Chetopa in a Three Rivers League triangular here Tuesday night. Uniontown (5-1 TRL, 21-2 overall) moved into Class 3A in the latest enrollment figures released by the Kansas State High School Activities Association Monday. ...
Eagles take title over 4A team
(09/27/10)
CHERRYVALE -- Uniontown's volleyball team won the Cherryvale Invitational championship here Saturday afternoon, sweeping a Southeast Kansas League school that has about 3 1/2 times as many students in the finals. The Eagles, who were ranked No. 1 in Class 2A last week by the Kansas Volleyball Association, swept Independence, 25-15, 25-8 in the finals. ...
Uniontown gets first victory
(09/27/10)
JOPLIN -- Uniontown rushed for 295 yards as a team Friday night and rolled to its first victory of the season, 27-0 over McAuley Catholic at Missouri Southern State University. Coming off last week's disappointing Homecoming loss to Eureka, head coach Chad Stroud said his team (1-3) responded to the challenge he put to them...
Ranked teams battle at Uniontown
(09/22/10)
UNIONTOWN -- A pair of teams ranked by the Kansas Volleyball Association faced off Tuesday night here in the final match of a Three Rivers League triangular. Uniontown is ranked No. 1 in Class 2A while new league member Northeast (Arma) came in with the No. 5 ranking in Class 3A...
'Dig Pink' for breast cancer awareness
(09/20/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown High School volleyball will host Dig Pink Night, an event designed to promote October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at its home triangular with St. Paul and Northeast, which begins tonight at 6 p.m. in the West Bourbon Elementary School gymnasium...
Eureka spoils Uniontown Homecoming
(09/17/10)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Visiting Eureka remained undefeated on the season by spoiling Uniontown's Homecoming here Friday night, 45-8. The Eagles fell to 0-3 on the season and have been outscored 116-20. But, according to head coach Chad Stroud, this was a night where Uniontown could have given themselves a chance to win...
No. 1 Eagles sweep at Riverton
(09/17/10)
RIVERTON, Kan. -- Uniontown's volleyball team, ranked No. 1 in Class 2A by the Kansas Volleyball Association for the second consecutive week, swept through a non-league quadrangular here Thursday night, beating Columbus and Galena in two games and host Riverton in three...
Oswego rolls by Uniontown
(09/11/10)
Editor's Note: This information arrived after the Herald-Tribune's deadline early Saturday morning and did not make the print edition. --- OSWEGO -- Homestanding Oswego held a 30-0 lead at halftime and went on to a 37-6 victory over Uniontown here Friday night in a game between two of the three 11-man football teams in the Three Rivers League...
Top-ranked Eagles sweep TRL foes
(09/11/10)
OSWEGO, Kan. -- Uniontown's volleyball team, ranked No. 1 in Kansas Class 2A by the Kansas Volleyball Association, opened Three Rivers League play by sweeping Oswego and Altoona-Midway here Thursday night. The Eagles (2-0 TRL, 10-0 overall) swept Oswego 25-8, 25-12. They then beat Midway 25-3, 25-14...
Eagle volleyball ranked No. 1
(09/08/10)
With an 8-0 record heading into tonight's Three Rivers league triangular at Oswego, Uniontown's volleyball team has vaulted three positions into the No. 1 ranking in Class 2A in this week's Kansas Volleyball Association poll. The pre-season No. 1 team, Blue Rapids-Valley Heights, is no longer ranked at all. Oskaloosa (2-0) moved up one position from No. 3 to No. 2. Oberlin (4-1) was moved down one position from No. 2 to No. 3...
Brown, Tigers fourth in opener
(09/07/10)
Fort Scott High senior Kacie Brown felt she could have done better but head coach Karen Curran was quite happy with her fourth-place performance in the season-opening Fort Scott Invitational Tuesday afternoon. "She's hard on herself," Curran said. "Which has its positives and its negatives. She made a comment about it but I said 'I'll take a 48 for your first tournament of the season.'...
Mistakes costly for Eagles in opener
(09/06/10)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Mistakes were deadly for Uniontown in its season opener here Friday night as the Eagles dropped a 34-6 decision to Burlington after making too many of them, according to head coach Chad Stroud. "We made many mistakes, some at key times," Stroud said. "One of the biggest mistakes was my fault: A substitution error cost us a scoring opportunity early in the game. An illegal formation cost us a turnover on a punt that the Burlington returner fumbled."...
Eagles sweep foes from CNC League
(09/01/10)
GIRARD -- Uniontown's volleyball team, ranked No. 4 in Class 2A by the Kansas Volleyball Association, swept a pair of Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League opponents here Tuesday night. The Eagles opened with a 25-23, 25-18 sweep of Girard. Jacy Ermel had 5 kills for Uniontown while Jessie Camac and Jessica Harrison each had 4. Ashley Nietfeld had 2 solo and 4 assisted blocks. Tayler Shook dished 14 assists...
Uniontown goes 6-0 at Three Rivers tourney
(08/30/10)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown swept all six of its matches as it won the Three Rivers League Pre-Season Volleyball Tournament here Saturday afternoon. Pleasanton won its first and last matches of the day to finish at 2-4. All six of Uniontown's victories were two-game sweeps...
Contrasting programs start season Saturday
(08/24/10)
When it comes to Three Rivers League volleyball, there's been a great contrast between the programs at Uniontown and Pleasanton high schools in recent seasons. Both teams begin their season Saturday when the Three Rivers League holds its pre-season tournament at Pleasanton...
Tigers picked for 8th-place tie
(08/12/10)
Chanute favored in SEK poll; St. Paul picked in TRL, Galena in CNC
Three Rivers joins pre-season meeting
(08/09/10)
PITTSBURG -- For the first time, Three Rivers League schools will be part of the annual KSEK High School Football Media Day, which will be held here Thursday. The media day event, which began under sponsorship of KKOW-AM for many years before KSEK took over several years ago, has always included the Southeast Kansas League (SEK) and the Crawford Neosho Cherokee League (CNC)...
TRL announces all-league baseball, softball
(06/02/10)
The Three Rivers League has announced its All-TRL baseball and softball teams for 2010. Uniontown has six players on the softball team and six on the baseball team. The Eagle baseball team finished third with a 4-4 league record. Oswego and St. Paul were co-champions with a 7-1 league record...
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. ...
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...
Jayhawks fourth in Class 2A golf
(05/25/10)
PITTSBURG -- Jayhawk-Linn's golf team finished fourth at the Class 2A State Tournament at Crestwood Country Club here Monday. The Jayhawks shot 348 as a team, finishing one stroke ahead of Hutchinson Trinity and four ahead of Lyndon. Pittsburg Colgan won its second consecutive State title, shooting 314. Syracuse was a distant second at 335 while Seneca-Nemaha Valley was third at 341...
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...
Colgan earns return trip to 2-1A State
(05/24/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Pittsburg Colgan will be going back to the Class 2-1A State Softball Tournament after its pitchers spun back-to-back shutouts in the Uniontown Class 2-1A Regional Tournament here Friday. Colgan (22-1) first shut out fourth-seeded Marmaton Valley 8-0. Then they defeated host Uniontown 11-0 in five innings in the championship...
Area 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...
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...
Area Regionals postponed until Friday
(05/20/10)
Regional baseball and softball tournaments involving Tribune Area teams have all been postponed until Friday. These tournaments include the Class 4A Regional Baseball Tournament at Girard, the Class 4A Regional Softball Tournament at Fort Scott, the Class 2-1A Regional Baseball Tournament at Humboldt and the Class 2-1A Regional Softball Tournament at Uniontown...
Uniontown's Query, Jayhawk-Linn's team qualify for 2A State golf
(05/20/10)
Jayhawk-Linn earned the third team berth to the Class 2A State Tournament while Uniontown's Justin Query grabbed one of the at-large individual berths at the Uniontown Class 2A Regional Golf Tournament, held at the Fort Scott Golf Course & Country Club here Monday...
Chetopa sweeps Eagles to claim Three Rivers title
(05/14/10)
UNIONTOWN -- With the Three Rivers League championship on the line here Wednesday evening, visiting Chetopa defeated Uniontown 4-3 and 5-1 to finish the league portion of the schedule unbeaten. The Hornets finished 10-0 in TRL play and are 17-3 overall. Uniontown was 5-3 in league play -- the Eagles won't be able to make up games with St. Paul -- and will go into their own Regional Tournament next week with a record of 11-5...
Despite host role, Tigers on road in 1st round
(05/13/10)
Uniontown No. 2 seed in home Regional
Tigers, Eagles both top seeds
(05/13/10)
Fort Scott and Uniontown have drawn the top seed in their upcoming Regional baseball tournaments, which will get underway next week. Fort Scott, 8-7, will host a first-round Girard Class 4A Regional Tournament game against Coffeyville (5-15) Monday at 4:30 at Lions Field. The Tigers are the only team in the field with a winning record...
St. Paul sweeps Eagles
(05/10/10)
BRONSON -- Errors were deadly for Uniontown's baseball team as it was swept in a Three Rivers League make-up doubleheader at Dawson Field here Friday, 17-12 and 9-7. The Eagles (2-4 TRL, 5-9 overall) committed 8 errors in each game. St. Paul scored 11 runs in the first 3 innings of the opener in taking what proved to be an insurmountable lead...
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...
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 baseball evens record
(04/28/10)
BRONSON -- Uniontown's baseball team evened its record at 5-5 with a 12-2 run-rule victory over Marmaton Valley Tuesday in a non-league game. The game was part of an Appreciation Day the Eagles hosted to thanks those people and businesses who helped get the program started three years ago...
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...
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...
Eagle baseball sweeps Wildcats
(04/21/10)
MORAN -- Uniontown's baseball team swept Marmaton Valley in a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Monday by scores of 7-6 and 15-2. Anthony Myers (3-1) was the winning pitcher for the Eagles in the opener, striking out 6 batters while allowing 9 hits and 6 walks. Jake Dawson earned a save with 2 strikeouts in the seventh...
UHS softball splits with Marmaton Valley
(04/21/10)
MORAN -- Uniontown's softball team split a Three Rivers League doubleheader with rival Marmaton Valley here Monday. The host Wildcats won the opener 17-10 but the Eagles won the nightcap 16-6. "We scored enough runs to win both ball games," Eagle head coach Alan Shinn said. "The first game, we didn't play defensively well enough to win. We allowed too many batters to get on base and then made too many mistakes to allow them to score. Marmaton Valley ... took advantage of our mistakes."...
Uniontown baseball splits at Neodesha
(04/12/10)
NEODESHA -- Uniontown's baseball team split a doubleheader here Friday, winning the opener 12-8 while Neodesha won the nightcap 17-4 after 4 1/2 innings on the run rule. Junior pitcher Anthony Myers (2-1) pitched all 7 innings for the Eagles. He allowed 11 hits and 1 walk with 4 strikeouts...
Eagle softball beats Neodesha, sweeps Tyro Christian
(04/12/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team defeated Neodesha 3-2 in a non-league game at George Warren Field here Friday and swept Tyro Christian in a doubleheader here Monday. All Friday's runs scored in the third inning. Neodesha's scored with the aid of a 2-out error...
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...
Uniontown softball sweeps Oswego
(04/11/10)
OSWEGO, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team scored 34 runs on 36 hits in sweeping a Three Rivers League doubleheader from Oswego here Thursday 11-0 and 23-8. "Excellent day," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. "We were very aggressive at the plate today and put pressure on the Oswego defense continuously by putting the ball in play. ...
Oswego pounces Uniontown pitching
(04/11/10)
OSWEGO, Kan. -- Oswego scored 36 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Uniontown in Three Rivers League games here Thursday, sweeping 15-10 and 21-3.. The Eagles were playing without their leadoff batter and starting shortstop, Tyler Hall, due to the flu. But early in the first game, it seemed they had adjusted quite well as they found themselves with a 10-2 lead after 4 1/2 innings. Two of the 5 runs they scored in the top of the fifth came via a Du'Shaun Robinson home run...
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...
Eagle softball splits
(04/01/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's softball team split a non-league doubleheader against Yates Center here Monday, losing the first game 5-4 but winning the second 4-3. "Both games ended in the seventh inning with the same situation: A runner on third base with two outs," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. "In the first game, Yates Center made the defensive stop for the last our of the game. But in the second game, we got the hit that allowed us to score the winning run."...
Area players take part in All-Star games
(03/29/10)
PITTSBURG -- The Fourth Annual U.S. Army/Army Strong High School Basketball All-Star Game took place at St. Mary's-Colgan Fieldhouse here Sunday, with Team KLKC winning both the boys and girls games. Forty student athletes played in the event, from 22 different Southeast Kansas area schools. Among them were Fort Scott's Gary Floyd and Jolee Sharp and Uniontown's Abbie Smith...
SEK All-Star Games set for Sunday at Pittsburg
(03/25/10)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott and Uniontown high schools will be represented at fourth annual U.S. Army/Army Strong All-Star Games, which will be held at the St. Mary's Colgan Fieldhouse here Sunday afternoon. Fort Scott's Jolee Sharp and Uniontown's Abbie Smith will play in the girls game, which is set to tip off at 1 p.m. Fort Scott's Gary Floyd will play in the boys game, which will follow. There will also be a 3-point shooting contest for boys and girls and a slam dunk contest for the boys...
Sophomore, freshman place for Eagles at Girard Speed and Strength Meet
(03/09/10)
GIRARD -- The 17th Annual Girard Strength and Speed Meet was held February 20 at Girard High School. Over 200 students participated in the meet including Uniontown, Pittsburg, Columbus, Girard, Baxter Springs, Oswego, Northeast-Arma, Southeast-Cherokee and St. Paul as well as Missouri schools Webb City McDonald County, Carl Junction, Carthage, Lamar, Liberal, and Seneca...
Buzzer-beater boosts Sedan
(03/02/10)
UNIONTOWN -- G.A. Tucker hit a contested shot with two seconds remaining to bring Uniontown girls' season to a premature end here Monday night. Tucker's shot capped a 29-point night as the Sedan sharpshooter led her fifth-seeded Blue Devils to a 46-45 victory over the fourth-seeded Eagles in a first-round Oswego Class 2A Sub-State Tournament game...
Sub-State seeds set; Tigers hosting rare first-round doubleheader
(02/25/10)
Sub-State tournament pairings were made official Wednesday afternoon with a twist on the usual first-round scenario for Fort Scott's teams. Sub-States were drawn in Classes 4A, 3A, and 2A, Classes 6A and 5A will be drawn Saturday while Class 1A Sub-States will be determined by the outcome of this week's 1A Regional Tournaments...
Uniontown holds off Jets in 'ugly' game
(02/16/10)
BUFFALO -- Uniontown's girls took a 37-27 victory over Altoona-Midway here Tuesday night in a Three Rivers League contest. "Sometimes, you have to win ugly," Uniontown head coach Ken Holt said. "And that is what we did tonight." Abbie Smith and Jacy Ermel, usually the top two scorers for the Eagles (5-1 TRL, 12-7 overall), combined to make only 3 of 20 field-goal tries and score 11 points. But Hayden Rathbun and Brooke Harper combined to go 5 of 9 from behind the 3-point line for Uniontown...
Eagle girls coast past Pleasanton
(02/16/10)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's girls coasted by Pleasanton in Three Rivers League action here Friday night, 60-24. This was Pleasanton's second game in three nights. They lost to Marmaton Valley Thursday and to Chetopa, 39-30, Saturday. They also played a league game against Oswego Monday night and go to Southern Coffey County for a game tonight. ...
Vikings take OT decision from Eagles
(02/10/10)
RICHMOND -- Pioneer League leader Central Heights took an overtime decision from Uniontown's girls here Tuesday night, winning by a score of 39-37 in a non-league contest between the former Three Rivers League rivals. "The girls really battled in this one," Uniontown head coach Ken Holt said. "We were down by 5 points with under two minutes to go in regulation and got it to overtime."...
Uniontown girls fall to Southern Coffey County
(02/08/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Southern Coffey County's girls dominated the middle two periods, outscoring Uniontown 36-20, and went on to a 61-42 victory in a make-up game here Saturday night. The boys' score was not reported by press time. The Eagles (10-6) led 14-13 after one quarter of play...
Uniontown sweeps Chetopa in league doubleheader
(02/03/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown swept a Three Rivers League doubleheader here Tuesday night. Eagle girls defeated visiting Chetopa 55-31 while the boys' defeated the Hornets 37-34. Jacy Ermel scored 24 points and hauled down 17 rebounds for Uniotown's girls (2-1 TRL, 9-5 overall) while Abbie Smith scored 15 points...
Uniontown girls handle Erie
(01/28/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls controlled the game from start to finish as the Eagles (8-5) defeated Erie, 63-37, in a non-league make-up game at the West Bourbon Elementary gymnasium here Thursday night. Uniontown led 19-6 after one period of play and never looked back. It was 34-15 at the half and 54-21 after three...
Red Devils hold off Eagles in make-up contest
(01/28/10)
UNIONTOWN -- Erie held off Uniontown, 56-52, here Thursday night in a non-league make-up game at the West Bourbon Elementary gymnasium. Ben Dixon led the Eagles (5-8) with 20 points. Du'Shaun Robinson added 16 and Zach Travis scored 12. Uniontown led by one point, 14-13, after one quarter. Erie outscored the Eagles, 19-13, in the second to go into halftime with a 32-27 lead...
'Hawks claim another victory over Eagles
(01/26/10)
MOUND CITY -- For the second consecutive outing, Jayhawk-Linn's girls defeated Uniontown. This time, however, the Jayhawks had to scrap a lot more in the fourth quarter than they did in Saturday's victory in the Pleasanton Tournament championship game...
'Hawks beat Eagles for title
(01/26/10)
PLEASANTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls caught fire in the fourth quarter of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament championship game here Saturday and went on to a 44-33 victory over Uniontown. The teams will square off again tonight at Mound City. The girls' tip is set for around 6:30 p.m. -- after a junior varsity game finishes -- with the boys' teams to follow...
Uniontown girls advance at Pleasanton
(01/21/10)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's girls advanced into the championship semifinals of the Pleasanton Tournament with a 55-16 rout of Humboldt in the first round on Tuesday. The Eagles (6-3) will face Prairie View at 7 p.m. tonight in Pleasanton's north gym. Tiffany Poyner led Uniontown with a season-high 14 points. Abbie Smith followed with 12 and Brooke Harper added 10...
Uniontown escapes Oswego with victory
(01/12/10)
OSWEGO -- Uniontown's girls made it through a tough Three Rivers League battle with Oswego here Tuesday night, prevailing 55-54 as Tiffany Poyner stuck back an offensive rebound with 1:03 remaining. "It was a game of runs and a very physical game," Uniontown head coach Ken Holt noted. "We are glad to get out with a win."...
Eagle boys win 2nd straight
(12/16/09)
Uniontown girls fall to defending league champs
Eagle girls fall in YC title game
(12/14/09)
Uniontown boys bash Altoona-Midway to get first victory
Uniontown girls advance to YC tourney final
(12/11/09)
YATES CENTER -- Abbie Smith put Uniontown's girls into the finals of the Yates Center Tournament by scoring on a runner in the lane with 11 seconds remaining here Thursday night, giving the Eagles a 48-47 victory in the first game of the championship semifinals...
Three Rivers League picks football, volleyball teams
(11/12/09)
The Three Rivers League released it's all-league teams for 11-man football, 8-man football and volleyball earlier this week. Volleyball champion Uniontown saw five players chosen. Senior Abbie Smith, who signed Thursday morning with Pittsburg State University, was one of two unanimous choices on the First Team along with Crest senior Amanda Strickler...
Uniontown ousted by unbeaten Oswego
(11/05/09)
OSWEGO -- Damon Trotnic rushed for 150 yards and three touchdowns and quarterback Lane Martin rushed for two scores and threw for another as Oswego eliminated Uniontown from the Class 2-1A Playoffs with a 59-7 victory here Tuesday night. Oswego (10-0) has outscored its opponents 432-26 this season. In its two meetings with the Indians, Uniontown (4-6) scored 20 points...
Eagles' losses at State were to champ, runner-up
(11/03/09)
HAYS -- Uniontown's volleyball team turned out to get the tough pool at the Class 2A State Tournament here Friday. As documented on Saturday's edition of the Weekend Herald-Tribune, the third-seeded Eagles (34-7). The teams they lost to, sixth-seeded Moundridge and second-seeded Lebo, went on to meet in the championship game, which Moundridge won, 25-15, 25-20...
Uniontown going to Class 2A State
(10/26/09)
PITTSBURG -- Last season, Uniontown's volleyball team lost to Pittsburg Colgan in the finals of Sub-State on their home court at West Bourbon Elementary School. Saturday, the Eagles gained a measure of revenge by beating Colgan in the finals on the Panthers' home court. ...
Uniontown clinches playoff berth
(10/24/09)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown clinched a spot in the Kansas Class 2-1A playoffs Friday night with a 14-0 victory over winless Northeast-Arma. The Eagles improved to 2-0 in the district and 4-4 overall. They will face Pittsburg Colgan, 2-0, 7-1, at Pittsburg Thursday night in a game that decides which wins the district title and hosts its first playoff game. The loser of that contest will have to go on the road in the first round...
Basketball book signing to feature former Uniontown, Prescott stars
(10/22/09)
UNIONTOWN -- Friday night, Uniontown High School will host a book signing by author Steven Michael Farney and several former area basketball stars as they sign copies of "Club 50: 50-Point Single Game Scorers in Kansas High School Boys Basketball History."...
Eagles show major improvement
(10/20/09)
GREAT BEND -- Although Uniontown's golf team did not perform as well as coach Jason Tourtillott would have hoped for as a team, his Eagles had good moments of play at the Class 3-2-1A State Tournament here Monday and cut their team score over 100 strokes from last year's State Tournament...
Short-handed Uniontown volleyball has tough time at Central Heights
(10/20/09)
RICHMOND -- Uniontown High School's volleyball team had to make adjustments as players battled the flu and went 2-3 at the Central Heights Tournament against mostly bigger schools. "We had a day of constant adjustments on the court," Eagle head coach Jackie Hall said. "We had Abbie (Smith) out with the flu, so we were running lineups we had not worked on. But the team responded well and we did our best."...
Uniontown golfers earn state trip
(10/14/09)
FREDONIA -- All six members of Uniontown's golf team will appear at the Class 3-2-1A State Tournament after the Eagles finished third in the Fredonia Class 3-2-1A Regional Tournament here Monday. The Eagles shot 547 as a team to win the final State berth by three strokes over Eureka. Host Fredonia was the winner with a 417 with Caney Valley second at 432...
Eagles fall to SCC in finals
(10/12/09)
UNIONTOWN -- Southern Coffey County swept Uniontown in the championship match of the Uniontown Invitational here Saturday, 25-21, 27-25. The Eagles (27-2) and Titans won their pools with undefeated 4-0 marks. But UHS head coach Jackie Hall said that passing struggles in pool play caught up to her team in the finals...
Olpe shuts out Eagles
(10/12/09)
OLPE -- Defending Class 2-1A State runner-up Olpe shut out visiting Uniontown, 48-0, here Friday night. Olpe was ranked No. 2 in Class 2-1A by the Wichita Eagle going into the contest. The Eagles (2-4) was held to 62 yards of total offense in 37 plays by Olpe, which also calls its teams the Eagles...
No. 2 Uniontown locks up TRL title
(10/07/09)
COLONY -- Uniontown wrapped up the Three Rivers League volleyball championship by sweeping Pleasanton and Crest here Tuesday night. The Eagles (23-1) beat Pleasanton, 25-14, 25-2, and Crest, 25-16, 25-10. In the match against Pleasanton, Abbie Smith recorded 13 kills and Jacy Ermel had 4. In the Crest match, Smith picked up 8 kills and Ermel recorded 6...
Oswego spoils Uniontown's Homecoming, 44-13
(10/06/09)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Oswego put a damper on Uniontown's Homecoming here Friday night as the Indians took a 44-13 decision. The Eagles (2-3) scored the game's first 13 points. Ben Dixon scored first on a 16-yard run with Seth Sympson kicking the extra point to make it 7-0...
Fort Scott 4th, Uniontown 5th at Columbus tourney
(10/06/09)
COLUMBUS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's golf team finished fourth while Uniontown was fifth at the Columbus Invitational here Thursday. For the Southeast Kansas League school here, this served as the third and final of the three league tournaments. ...
Eagles sweep league foes
(10/01/09)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's volleyball team, which moved up two spots to No. 2 in Class 2A in the latest Kansas Volleyball Association poll, won its 14th and 15th straight matches as it swept Chetopa and Marmaton Valley in Three Rivers League action Tuesday on Senior Night...
Jayhawk-Linn, Pleasanton each drop one classification
(09/29/09)
While Fort Scott and Uniontown will remain in their classes for this school year, both Jayhawk-Linn and Pleasanton will each drop one classification after the Kansas State High School Activities Association released 2009-10 assignments Tuesday. Football classes for the 2010 and 2011 seasons were also released. Those will be reviewed in Thursday's edition...
Simpson 4th at home tourney
(09/29/09)
Emily Simpson finished in fourth place as Uniontown hosted an 18-hole tournament at the Fort Scott Country Club golf course Monday. Simpson shot 56 on the front nine then scored 51 on the back to post a total of 107. "Emily did a great job of stepping up and playing well," Uniontown head coach Jason Tourtillott said, explaining that No. 1 golfer Bethany Ericson was unable to play due to illness and Simpson, the No. 2 golfer, was able to elevate her game...
Uniontown takes title at Cherryvale tournament
(09/29/09)
CHERRYVALE -- Uniontown's volleyball team didn't lose a game until the final match as the fourth-ranked Eagles took the title at the Cherryvale Invitational here Saturday. Uniontown, whose 19-1 record have earned them the recognition in Class 2A in the Kansas Volleyball Coaches Association Poll, won their first five matches with 2-0 sweeps before Howard-West Elk took them to three in the finals...
Uniontown beats Jayhawk-Linn, 21-6
(09/19/09)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown jumped out to a three-touchdown lead and held on for a 21-6 victory over Jayhawk-Linn here Friday night. The Eagles (2-1) had to shuffle players around due to injury and head coach Chad Stroud was pleased with their ability to persevere...
Eagle volleyball sweeps larger schools
(09/19/09)
RIVERTON, Kan. -- Uniontown's volleyball team swept through a quadrangular with three larger schools here Friday night as the fourth-ranked Eagles defeated Columbus, Riverton and Galena in two games each. "The team played well," Uniontown head coach Jackie Hall said. "And I do mean team. Everyone contributed. Our hitters had an outstanding night as our passers were getting the ball to our setter, Tayler Shook, so she could make good choices at the net."...
Eagles 5th at Eureka
(09/18/09)
EUREKA -- Uniontown's golf team finished fifth in an eight-team field here Wednesday. The Eagles finished with a team score of 267 over 9 holes. Bethany Ericson had the Eagles' best score of 64, which was 25th. Emily Simpson followed with a 65, Brooke Murrow with a 70, Sabrena McAnulty 79 and Ravon Hixon 81...
Uniontown volleyball sweeps league matches
(09/15/09)
ALTOONA, Kan. -- Uniontown's volleyball team validated its recently-gained No. 5 ranking in the Kansas Volleyball Coaches Association Poll by sweeping Altoona-Midway and Oswego in Three Rivers League play Thursday night. The Eagles (2-0 TRL, 8-1 overall) swept Midway, 25-14, 25-14. Abbie Smith had 14 kills in that match for Uniontown...
Uniontown JV 2nd in Marmaton Valley tourney
(09/14/09)
MORAN -- Uniontown's junior varsity volleyball team won four of five matches at the Marmaton Valley Tournament here Saturday to finish in second place. First, Uniontown swept Humboldt, 15-6, 15-2. Kelsey Mathis served 6 points for the Eagles. Next, the Eagles defeated Howard-West Elk, 15-13, 15-10. Hope Jurgensen served 7 points...
Rain no handicap to Caney Valley; Tigers 4th
(09/09/09)
The rain didn't keep the golfers off the course at Fort Scott Country Club Tuesday afternoon as the Fort Scott Invitational went on as scheduled. It also didn't prove much of a handicap to Caney Valley's golfers as five of the six Bullpups finished in the top 10, giving it the team title easily with a score of 205...
Uniontown falls in season opener
(09/04/09)
UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown scored first but visiting Central Heights took a 30-7 victory in the first game of the season for both teams. DuShaun Robinson scored Uniontown's only touchdown on a 3-yard interception return in the second quarter. But Central Heights scored on a 14-yard pass play to Dalton Schwab to get within 7-6 at halftime. ...
Eagles split home triangular
(09/03/09)
UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's volleyball team split a triangular with Crawford-Neosho-Cherokee League schools here Tuesday night, sweeping Erie and falling to Girard in three games. The Eagles (6-1) whipped Erie, 25-3, 25-13. Abbie Smith converted 10 of 13 chances in attack and had 8 kills. Jessie Camac was 7 of 7 in attack and picked up 2 kills...
Eagles, Blu-Jays go in opposite directions at TRL tourney
(09/01/09)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team won all five matches it played and took first place at the Three Rivers League Pre-Season Tournament here Saturday. Host Pleasanton, meanwhile, lost all five matches it played. Uniontown's path to the title was via a 25-17, 25-6 sweep of Oswego, a 25-16, 22-25, 25-20 win over St. ...
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