Stories from Monday, October 6, 2008

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team was swept in a non-conference match at Arnold Arena Monday night. The Greyhounds (0-22) were swept by State Fair (Mo.) by scores of 25-18, 25-10, 25-20. Fort Scott was within 22-19 late in the third game after an 8-1 run. But State Fair held on to hand the 'Hounds their 27th consecutive loss going back to last season...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team took part in the Southeast Kansas League Tournament here Saturday. The Tigers did not win a match and finished with no points in finishing eighth (Columbus was unable to participate). "We knew it would be a very tough tournament for us," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

OTTAWA -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team went 4-1 at the Ottawa Tournament here Saturday, finishing in third place. In their first match, the Tigers (16-10) defeated Topeka-Highland Park in three games, 22-25, 25-17, 28-16. In that match, setter Brittany Bingesser dealt out 45 assists, Annie Gladbach had 20 kills and Monica Dikeman recorded 15 digs. Sammi Therwhanger had five kills while Shelby Nafzger had four. Mallory Shelton had four blocks...

Fort Scott Community College's defense didn't have much on Independence's fill-in quarterback, Jarius Williams, to work with when it took the field for Homecoming Saturday at Frary Field. But that didn't matter much as the Greyhounds held the Pirates to 29 total yards in the first half and 144 in the game, a 35-0 whitewashing in Jayhawk Conference play...

Fort Scott head soccer coach David Gray thought his team played its best half of soccer so far this season in the second half against host Coffeyville at the Tornado Tournament Saturday. The Tigers lost that game because they dug themselves a hole too deep to recover from. But Gray liked what he saw then and that kind of play carried over into Fort Scott's 4-0 victory over Riverton Monday at Ellis Park...