Stories from Monday, October 10, 2016

John Scott Thomas, age 49, resident of Redfield, passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, at his home. There was cremation. Memorials are suggested to Lee's Paws and Claws and may be left in care or the Cheney Witt Chapel P.O. Box 347, 201 S. Main St., Fort Scott, KS. 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

James Louis Viergever, 74, of Fort Scott, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Jan. 7, 1942 in Topeka, Kan., the son of Louis Leonard and Velda May (Rinker) Viergever. Jim graduated from Topeka High School in 1960 and received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Kansas State University. He also served in the U.S. Air Force...

LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High School's cross-country team was not able to go to Independence for its scheduled meet Thursday. But they were able to enter the Louisburg meet and ended up sweeping the team titles in the varsity races. The girls finished with 19 points, four above a perfect score in cross-country. Spring Hill was a distant second with 58 points. Louisburg was third with 72 points and Paola was the last team eligible for scoring with 79...

BONNER SPRINGS --Fort Scott High School's soccer team was shut out for the seventh time this season as the Tigers suffered a 4-0 loss to Bonner Springs here Thursday. The Tigers fell to 1-12 on the season and have been outscored 80-10. Bonner Springs improved to 2-11...

INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team lost a pair of matches in Southeast Kansas League play here Tuesday evening. The Tigers (3-5 SEK, 8-19 overall) were swept by league leader Pittsburg, 25-28, 25-14, and lost to Chanute in three sets, 26-24, 23-25, 25-6. Chanute led the final set at one point, 15-1...

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team won its 19th and 20th matches of the season here Tuesday night, sweeping Crest and Pleasanton in Three Rivers League play. The Eagles (9-1 TRL, 20-5 overall) defeated Crest, 25-12, 25-9, as Holly Shinn collected 6 kills. Jimme Keller handed out 8 assists while Kate Coll dished out 6...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team saw its recent struggles continue at Arnold Arena Wednesday night as No. 10-ranked Cowley took a 23-25, 26-24, 25-21, 25-16 win over the 17th-raned Greyhounds in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play. The Greyhounds fell into sixth place in the division at 3-3 and now stand at 18-6 overall, having lost four of their last seven after a 15-2 start. ...