Stories from Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Fort Scott High School has announced the following changes to the schedule for Friday night's home games against Olathe Heritage Christian. There will be only three games played as both freshmen games and the girls' junior varsity contest will not be held. The JV boys team will play at the high school at 4:30 p.m., followed by the varsity girls at approixmately 6 p.m. and the varsity boys at 7:30...

Fort Scott High's girls gave it a good effort. It's expected by teams in the Southeast Kansas League that on any given night, any team can step up. And the Tigers, who came into the night in a three-way tie for fifth place in the seven-team SEK, gave league-leading Chanute a challenge early on before eventually falling, 56-43...

It must be that Fort Scott High's boys love to entertain the home fans. What else can explain the Tigers' propensity for taking home games down to the wire? It happened once again Friday night at the FSHS gymnasium as the Tigers rallied after scoring just 6 points in the first quarter to finally take the lead for good in the fourth quarter of a Southeast Kansas League battle with Chanute, winning 52-45...