Stories from Friday, September 17, 2010

Sometimes during the Civil War, or in any war for that matter, soldiers of one side would commit acts of daring and some on occasion would commit criminal acts that would normally been attributed to the enemy. Such are the incidents described in the following after action reports that are located in Series I, Volume 22, Part I, Reports, Page 613 and Part II, Correspondence, Page 542 in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion...

2010 marks the 40th anniversary of the 1970 Fort Scott Community College NJCAA National Champion football team and in remembrance of this squad and its 11-0 season, the FSCC Sports Information Department will be preparing a series of articles about the games, the players, the coaches, and the program from that year. Some of the articles and game notes are taken from stories that ran in the Fort Scott Tribune that season...

Fort Scott High School's volleyball team saw two of its best opponents so far this season when it hosted a non-league quadrangular at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. The Tigers went 2-1 in the quad, beating Prairie View 25-17, 25-9, and Osawatomie 19-25, 25-17, 25-22. They lost to Louisburg, traditionally one of the tougher teams in the Kansas City area, 25-20, 25-20...

Lynne Oharah, a self-described Independent Republican of rural Uniontown, has filed to run as a write-in candidate for the Bourbon County County Commissioner District 1 position. Oharah, who was narrowly defeated in the primary election, has been encouraged by many of his supporters to run as a write-in candidate. ...

The Bilderbacks, a gospel trio from Fayetteville, Ark., will perform during a special concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Heritage Park Pavilion near the corner of First and Main streets. Original songs, tight harmonies and devotion to church and family are just a few of the Bilderbacks' qualities, according to a news release...

The Gordon Parks Museum and Center recently announced that the annual Gordon Parks International Photography Contest Finalists Exhibit is open for public viewing at the center, which is located in the Danny and Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center at Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton...

On June 11 and 12, Jake Underwood, assisted by his daughters Susan Karleskint and Mary Gregory, hosted the annual reunion of the POWs who were imprisoned with Jake in Germany for over six months following their capture in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium in World War II...

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...

Fort Scott High School tennis coach Lynn Barr had a busy day Thursday. First, he took a varsity team to Chanute to play matches against Coffeyville that were originally part of the Labette County tournament Sept. 2. Then, they came back and Barr coached the JV team to a 9-0 sweep of Pittsburg in a home dual...

JOPLIN -- For the third time in their four tournaments this season, Fort Scott High School's girls' golf team finished fourth in a tournament. This time, it was at the Galena Invitational held here Thursday. The Tigers posted a season-best 229. Caney Valley won the tournament at 208 followed by Carl Junction at 219 and Columbus at 222. The Tigers finished three strokes ahead of host Galena...

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...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Independence tailback Matt Bromley rushed for 228 yards and 3 touchdowns here Friday night as Independence took a 28-14 victory over Fort Scott High in Southeast Kansas League action. While Bromley did a lot of damage for the Bulldogs (2-0 SEK, 3-0 overall), the Tigers (1-2, 1-2) committed mistakes that led to two of Independence's scores...