Stories from Friday, September 11, 2015

Uniontown City Council spent more than an hour discussing the unsafe structures on the north side of the town's square at Monday night's monthly meeting. In the end, it's back to the attorneys to settle the issue of the common wall between the Jason and Rebecca Sutterby building and a condemned structure being demolished...

On Thursday, a group of Fort Scott Christian Heights students got a personal, hands-on view of the sacrifice of U.S. soldiers over the years. FSCH middle school students took part in placing nearly 7,000 U.S. flags on the parade grounds of the historic site in preparation for the annual Symbols of Sacrifice...

Fort Scott High's freshmen rolled by Parsons at Frary Field Tuesday night, 20-6. Alec Michaud scored first for the Tigers on a 33-yard run in the first quarter. Tyler Gorman threw a 10-yard scoring pass to Mason Ferguson in the third to make it 14-6...

Although the team is a co-op between Madison and Hamilton high schools, the majority of the players in the program and the location of their home games has most people calling the team, "Madison." But no matter what it's called, the program here has been a regional power for may seasons...

ach is no stranger to Fort Scott head coach Bob Campbell. That's because Spring Hill's new head coach is Jason Feeback, who was the head coach the last two seasons at Chanute, going 12-8 in his time with the Blue Comets. Feeback will bring his new team to Frary Field for a 7 p.m. contest Friday night...

Fort Scott Community College's gamut through three nationally-ranked teams in three weeks continues Saturday at No. 4 Coffeyville, the second of the three, at Veterans Memorial Stadium. Coffeyville is 2-0 overall but has not yet played a conference game. On opening weekend, the Red Ravens knocked off then-No. 3 Iowa Western, 48-42 in overtime, at VMS. Last week, they held off Ellsworth, 49-48, on the road in Iowa...

GIRARD -- Fort Scott's Camiren Defebaugh finished in seventh place here Thursday in the 18-hole Girard Invitational. She was the only Tiger to participate. Defebaugh shot 49 on the front nine and finished with a 45 on the back to finish with a total of 94. Coffeyville's Anna Pool, the defending Southeast Kansas League champion, won the individual crown with a 38-38--76. Erica Gartner of Labette County was second at 40-45--85...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team took care of visiting Independence in convincing fashion at Arnold Arena Wednesday night, sweeping the Pirates, 25-15, 25-18, 25-5. The Greyhounds improved to 1-1 in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division and 9-2 overall. Independence fell to 0-3, 1-7...

Fort Scott High runners won three of the four races at their home meet Thursday afternoon with the varsity champs dominating the field. Senior Cassidy Westhoff won the girls' varsity race for the first time, coasting to a win by a margin of just over two minutes. Devin Brooks wasn't quite as dominant but he didn't have to look over his shoulder, either, in taking a 43-second win...