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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. ...

Scottie Signing (02/12/10)

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. ...