Stories from Wednesday, September 28, 2016

John Montojo scored the lone goal for Fort Scott High's soccer team as it fell to Coffeyville in a Southeast Kansas League match at Ellis Park by a score of 5-1. Coffeyville improved to 2-2-0 in the league and 5-2-0 overall. Fort Scott, which lost for the fourth consecutive time, dropped to 0-6, 1-11...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's No. 2 doubles team placed first in the final junior varsity tennis of the season at Chanute here Monday. Aubry Terry and Patience Richwine won all three of their matches. They defeated Carmen Kent/Rylee Johnson of Pittsburg, 6-4, in the first round. They beat Selena Stich/Hannah Hugo of Chanute, 6-3, in the second round. In the finals, they won easily over Pittsburg's Megan Noe/Maddie Maple, 6-1, in the final...

Fort Scott Middle School volleyball hosted a dual for its A teams on Saturday and played Monday at Parsons with all four of its teams. On Saturday, the seventh-grade A team defeated Frontenac, 25-22, 25-17, but lost to Pittsburg, 25-19, 23-25, 15-12. The eighth-grade A team lost to Frontenac, 24-26, 25-13, 16-14, and beat Pittsburg, 25-23, 27-29, 16-14...

PITTSBURG -- For the first time this season, Fort Scott High School's girls' golf team was able to field enough players to qualify for team scoring. They finished in sixth place with a four-woman score of 507. "Now to work on lowering that score next Tuesday when we go to Coffeyville," Fort Scott head coach Karen Curran said...

Fort Scott High School's volleyball team suffered sweeps at the hands of Independence and Labette County Tuesday night in Southeast Kansas League matches held at the FSHS gymnasium. Independence swept the Tigers, 28-18, 25-11. LCHS swept 25-15, 26-24. In between, Indy (5-1 SEK, 20-4 overall) defeated Labette County in three sets, 22-25, 25-22, 25-15...