Stories from Saturday, April 27, 2013

Fort Scott High's junior varsity softball team was swept by Paola on the south field at Fisher Park Thursday night by scores of 16-10 and 9-4. The Tigers had 8 hits in the first game, four of which were doubles. Abi Keating and Kyle Brown each had 2 hits. Those two along with Tanner Wunderly drove in 2 runs each...

NEODESHA -- Abby Dixon led Uniontown track results here Thursday, taking the girls' discus at the Neodesha Invitational with a mark of 90 feet, 9 1/2 inches. The Eagles won a total of nine medals. Da'Nisha Robinson was second in girls' shot put. Rachel Henderson finished fourth in the 3,200-meter run and sixth in the 1,600 and Jana Wilkinson took sixth in the 800...

IOLA -- Uniontown High School's golfers played in two tournaments in one day at the same golf course here Thursday, Marmaton Valley hosted its junior varsity invitational in the late morning at Cedarbrook Golf Course, then held its varsity invitational beginning in the early afternoon...

PARSONS -- A 2-3 finish at the Labette County Invitational has a Fort Scott duo sitting 1-2 in Southeast Kansas League golf standings following the second of four league designated tournaments at Parsons Country Club here Thursday. Jonathan Allen and Conner Antonetti each shot identical scores -- 40 on the front nine, 38 on the back for totals of 78 -- in the LCHS tourney. ...

Fort Scott High School's baseball team finally got to play at home as Thursday night the Tigers hosted Field Kindley High School of Coffeyville. Fort Scott swept the Southeast Kansas League doubleheader from Coffeyville by scores of 5-3 and 10-1 at Ty Cullor Field...

Fort Scott High School baseball and track and Uniontown baseball and softball doubleheaders were all rained out Friday. The one event with a known make-up date as of press time Friday night was the Girard Optimist Club Track Meet, in which Fort Scott was scheduled to take part. According to KNEM/KNMO Radio in Nevada, that has been rescheduled for Monday...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team tied for fourth place with Chanute at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Thursday, led by a third-place finish by its No. 1 doubles team. Independence reclaimed the crown with 26 points followed by Pittsburg with 19 and defending champion Parsons with 15. Fort Scott and Chanute each had 8 points. Labette County and Coffeyville tied for sixth with 6 points each...

Bourbon County Commissioners addressed a major obstacle to repairing county buildings with the assistance of County Attorney Terri Johnson during its regular Friday meeting at the Bourbon County Courthouse. The insurance adjuster with K-Camp, the county's insurer, has requested different estimates for roofing jobs on the county's courthouse and jail. ...

Cathy Cooper, Director for the 6th Judicial District Community Corrections program, visited with Bourbon County commissioners on Friday to ask for their signatures on a grant application and shared some of the challenges her program is facing. Cooper presented commissioners with her program's Fiscal Year 2014 Kansas Department of Corrections Comprehensive Grant Application, which commissioners approved and signed...

With the school's band and orchestra and choir concerts coming up soon, all three divisions of the Fort Scott High School music department received a 1, the highest possible rating, at their most recent competition, as part of Kansas State High School Activities Association competition, in Pittsburg...