Stories from Tuesday, May 12, 2015

The Bourbon County Conservation District observed its 70th anniversary Monday night. Because the BCCD board's regular monthly meeting fell on the exact anniversary, former board members and others were invited to a light meal prior to the meeting.

Several new employees were hired during Monday evening's USD 235 Board of Education meeting, following a 25-minute executive session for non-elected personnel. Sara Sutton was hired as the new secondary science teacher for the 2015-16 school year, replacing Amanda Ford, who is leaving the district...

The USD 234 Board of Education heard an update on construction expected to start late this month on the proposed two-year school bond projects. A group of representatives of Nabholz Construction Services of Olathe, the company chosen as construction manager for the projects, were on hand during the board's regular meeting Monday to answer any questions but none were presented by board members...

The 2015 Fort Scott High School Prom was an event to remember. Rain that fell Saturday evening had spectators, participants and organizers scurrying for umbrellas and raincoats during the prom walk-in in downtown Fort Scott. Light rain fell during the start of the walk-in which took place on Main Street leading into the Liberty Theatre, where this year's prom took place. Rain would let up off and on before the event was eventually hit with a deluge that made it difficult to stay dry...

The 12th Annual Dave Regan Memorial Softball Tournament will be held June 6 at Ellis Park with proceeds going to fund the "Dave Regan Tiger Tough Scholarship," awarded every year to a senior at Fort Scott High School that has overcome adversity in order to attend college...

Fort Scott High School's baseball team took a 16-3 win over Girard in a make-up game that was moved to Dave Regan Stadium Monday. This was originally scheduled to be a doubleheader at Girard. The Tigers will face McDonald County, Mo., in a varsity/junior varsity doubleheader at 4:30 p.m. today at Dave Regan Stadium. The varsity game will be held first...

Uniontown junior Nick Reynolds shot an 88 at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Fort Scott Monday to finish sixth following tie-breakers in the Three Rivers League Tournament. Four golfers shot the same score, 88, with Tom Lankford of Jayhawk-Linn placed fourth after playoff. Freddie Barnes of Jayhawk-Linn finished fifth, then Reynolds, then Chetopa's Jared Lawellin was awarded seventh...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis season came to an end here Friday at the Class 4A Regional Tournament. Junior Alex Combs (7-11) was the only Tiger to win a first-round match. He defeated Gage Riker of Columbus, 6-2, 6-2, in the first-round. Lane Schicke of Independence took a 6-1, 6-1 victory in the next round and Mac Jameson of Columbus eliminated Combs with a 6-1, 7-6 (8-6) loss...

CHANUTE --Devin Brooks won the 3,200-meter race at the Thad Clements Invitational here Friday, one of two medals he won on the the day while Fort Scott High's boys won a total of nine medals. Brooks won the 3,200 in 10:39.19 with Sullivan Lauderdale of Colgan second in 11:05.88. Brooks was also fourth in the 1,600 in 4:54.90...

SHAWNEE MISSION -- Fort Scott High School's Cassidy Westhoff was sent here Friday to compete in one of the toughest distance-racing fields in the state of Kansas and she came home with new school records. Westhoff set the new school records the previous week at Girard. She bettered her record 1,600-meter record by almost two seconds and chopped more than 16 seconds off the 3,200-meter mark...

WICHITA -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team reached the championship bracket semifinals of the Central District (Region VI) Tournament here Sunday before being knocked into a Monday consolation game by Dodge City. Once in consolation, the 12th-seeded Greyhounds (32-29) gave top-seeded Cowley all it could handle before the Tigers (53-4) got a walk-off RBI single by Butch Rea in the bottom of the 10th inning to win 9-8, eliminating Fort Scott...

GIRARD -- Girard shut out the Fort Scott High School softball team here Monday, 2-0, in a game that was suspended April 2, when it was the second game of a doubleheader before rain halted play. Girard pitcher A. Schroeder allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out 7 in the first 5 innings for Girard (18-0). K. Kerby finished up with 2 innings of no-hit relief with 5 strikeouts...