Stories from Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Nearly $13,000 was raised last week in the local fight against cancer. Lavetta Simmons, co-organizer of the 10th annual Relay for Life/The Sharing Bucket Fall Festival which took place Saturday at Simmons' farm, said total numbers tallied so far show that $12,846 was raised for the cancer support effort...

Current Bourbon County Commissioners, one incoming commissioner and one candidate fielded questions on cost savings, the Bourbon County jail project, economic development and other topics at a public forum Tuesday sponsored by the Young Professionals League of Bourbon County...

OLPE -- The homestanding Olpe Eagles held Uniontown in check in a non-league football game here Friday night, defeating the visitors in a battle of Eagles, 48-6. Olpe and Uniontown both stand at 2-3 on the season. Olpe, one of the smallest 11-man playing football schools in Kansas, broke a two-game losing streak. Uniontown lost its second consecutive outing...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott Middle School's football teams were swept by Pittsburg here Thursday evening. The seventh-grade team lost 35-0 and the eighth grade fell 24-12. The seventh-graders (2-2) got 50 yards rushing on 7 carries from Kolby Shoemaker and 49 yards on 12 rushes from Scott Tome...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished in a tie for sixth in the Southeast Kansas League Tournament here Saturday. Pittsburg won the school's first-ever girls' tennis team title with 22 points, outscoring four-time defending champion Independence by 2 points...

The Fort Scott Community College Men's Basketball Team will host a scrimmage at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 at Arnold Arena against the Next Level Hoops Academy of Wichita. This is the first home scrimmage for the men's basketball team in the last nine years...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team, ranked No. 14 in NJCAA Division II at the time, went 3-1 here over the weekend at the Neosho County Invitational. The Greyhounds (18-5) won their first match on Friday, beating McCook, Neb., 25-21, 25-15, 25-21. Brette Moore had 13 kills for Fort Scott while Deardin Kelley had 8 and Megan Turner was credited with 7. Mickey Trimble handed out 33 kills and Katie Gorman finished with 20 digs...

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott Community College dominated in total yardage but a touchdown pass from Coleman Lee to Terry Wright with 1:39 left in the contest gave Coffeyville a 27-20 Jayhawk Conference victory at Veterans' Memorial Stadium here Saturday night...