Stories from Friday, April 17, 2015

PARSONS -- A young Fort Scott High School tennis team experienced some more growing pains here Tuesday at what ended up being a triangular hosted by Labette County. "All of our players today we either first or second year players and that lack of experience shows, but the only way to get experience is by playing," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "I thought Vandaro (Chit) had a very good tournament and played some good tennis in both of his matches."...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School senior Conner Antonetti finished in fourth place in the first of four Southeast Kansas League designated golf tournaments. Antonetti shot 38 on the front nine and 39 on the back to finish with a total of 77. Austin Krewson of Labette County was the winner with a 38-37--75, winning a tiebreaker from Iola's Kaden Macha (39-36). ...

Fort Scott Community College's softball team saw a seventh-inning rally fall short Wednesday as Neosho County held on for a 3-2 win in a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division make-up game at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex. This was the second game of a doubleheader, which was suspended in the first inning on March 24. Neosho County led 1-0 when it was suspended due to lightning and 2-0 after three innings...

The Fifth Annual Pechone Stepps Senior All-Star Games will be held Sunday at Arnold Arena. The basketball doubleheader features 30 of the top senior basketball players from 20 area schools. The girls' all-star game is set for a 1 p.m. tipoff at Arnold Arena with the boys to follow at 3 p.m...

nnounce that head coach John Hill has broken the record for most wins in program history. John Curtis, head coach from 1993 to 1997, previously held the record. Hill broke the record during the 2014 spring season, but institutional record keeping had trouble proving out the achievement. This spring Scott Nuzum, sports editor for the Fort Scott Tribune, dug into the paper's archive to find that Hill had indeed broken the record in 2014 when he cracked Curtis' 168 all-time wins...

Ranchers, farmers and other interested in sharing their ideas on how to resolve the issue of out of control burning are invited to attend a meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the Bourbon County 4-H Building at the fairgrounds in Fort Scott. Personnel from Bourbon County Emergency Management and fire departments will be available to listen to concerns and ideas...

Fort Scott Community College's baseball team dropped both ends of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with third-place Neosho County at Lions Field Thursday evening. The Panthers rallied and then held on for an 8-7 victory in the opener and bashed five home runs in the night cap, dominating 16-4 in an eight-inning, run-rule verdict...

The Bourbon County Treasurer's Office is giving taxpayers options on where and when to pay the second half of their taxes. The deadline to have the second half of taxes paid is May 11. The treasurer's office, located on the second floor of the county courthouse, 210 S. National Ave., will have extended hours, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. beginning April 27...

An Evening with Gary Hawk, Kansas artist, will be presented by Friends of Fort Scott National Historic Site at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Liberty Theatre, 113 S. Main St. Hawk, 82, painted works of art to be used as a fundraiser shortly after the fort was designated a national historic site...

The Fort Scott National Historic Site conducted a prescribed fire for the site's restored tallgrass prairie Thursday afternoon. About five acres of restored tallgrass prairie were burned under the supervision of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Park Service wildland fire personnel with assistance from the Fort Scott Fire Department...

Mary Alice Wescoat, 93, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday morning, April 15, 2015 at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. She was born May 12, 1921 in Hiattville, Kan., and was the daughter of Jay and Gracie Marie Cnzial (Koppa) Phillips. She married Clifferd Wescoat March 29, 1938 in Girard, Kan., and He preceded her in death April 11, 1985...