Stories from Monday, January 26, 2009

Two lucky sports fans will have the time of their life at the Big 12 Tournament this year at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City. Tri-Valley Developmental Services is holding a drawing for two courtside seats to all four days of action during the men's tournament March 11-14...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Alan Johnson won the 215-pound weight class while Caleb Jackson took second place at 285 pounds for Jayhawk-Linn's wrestling team at a tournament hosted by Piper High School here Saturday. Johnson (19-3) pinned Jerome Newman of Class 5A Kansas City-Wyandotte in the finals. Newman was 16-3 going into the finals...

PAOLA -- Four Fort Scott High wrestlers earned medals in a fairly deep tournament at Paola here Saturday. "Excellent opportunity this weekend for us to begin the build up for regionals and state," Fort Scott head coach David Brown said. "Every wrestler found new opportunities to learn and over the next few weeks we hope to take advantage of those nuggets of knowledge."...

PLEASANTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's girls won the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament, outlasting Humboldt, 73-65, in Saturday's final. Crest won the boys' championship, 59-33, over Northeast-Arma as Brandon Newton scored 28 points. Both Jayhawk-Linn and Crest are undefeated on the season...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's men and women swept Kansas City Kansas here Saturday in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play. The men broke a six-game losing streak, beating KCK 54-52 in overtime. The women won for the fifth time in their last six games, 68-55...