Stories from Saturday, November 22, 2014

Multiple sources reported Friday evening that Fort Scott native Adam LaRoche has signed a two-year, $25 million deal with the Chicago White Sox. LaRoche, 35, was an unrestricted free agent after playing for the Washington Nationals the past four seasons. The Nationals no longer had a place for LaRoche as they planned to move Ryan Zimmerman to first base...

Fort Scott Middle School's eighth-grade "A" team has won its last two games, played on the road Tuesday and Thursday. Tuesday at Pittsburg, the Tigers won 20-13. Abby Humble scored 8 points and pulled down 8 rebounds. Alaina Allen added 7 points. The eighth-grade "B" team lost to Pittsburg, 17-15. Brooklyn Sheehy led with 6 points and 5 rebounds...

Visiting Penn Valley remained undefeated on the season with a 75-63 victory over Fort Scott Community College's men on the first day of the Gladbach Classic at Arnold Arena Friday night. The Scouts (5-0) outscored Fort Scott, 43-33, in the second half as the Greyhounds turned the ball over 12 times and couldn't convert on some transition scoring chances...

In Wednesday's night's loss to Hesston, Fort Scott Community College's women saw the momentum fade away in the second half of what ended up being a 9-point loss after holding a 17-point halftime lead. The second half of Friday night's game against the Friends University junior varsity started in an eerily similar fashion as the Greyhounds struggled while the Falcons began to make some headway...