Stories from Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Joann Albright, age 72, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. Funeral service will be held 10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 at the Fontana Christian Church. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel...

On Thursday, voters had the opportunity to hear from national, state and local candidates for the Nov. 8 General Election. The Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum at the Fort Scott Middle School. Local candidates who are running unopposed during this election were not asked to respond to questions, but were allowed to introduce themselves and briefly speak. ...

LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball season came to a close here Saturday in the first round of the Louisburg Class 4A-Division I Sub-State Tournament. Top-seeded Paola defeated the Tigers (12-23) in straight sets, 25-14, 25-13. Second-seeded Louisburg won the other semifinal, sweeping Ottawa, 25-16, 25-18. Paola (25-12) then beat Louisburg (23-17) for the right to go to this weekend's State tournament at Salina, 25-22, 29-27...

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team, ranked No. 17 in NJCAA Division II, met three of the division's top-five teams here last weekend at the Lincoln Land Invitational. (NOTE: All rankings mentioned in this summary were how the teams were positioned last week. The new poll was released Tuesday.)...

Fort Scott Community College's men were picked to finish second in Jayhawk Conference-Division II basketball in a coaches' poll released Monday by the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. The Greyhounds, who will be led by ninth-year head coach Michael Cook, were co-champions of the division last season at 6-2 (14-17 overall) along with Johnson County (25-6). ...

Fort Scott Community College's men were picked to finish second in Jayhawk Conference-Division II basketball in a coaches' poll released Monday by the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. The Greyhounds, who will be led by ninth-year head coach Michael Cook, were co-champions of the division last season at 6-2 (14-17 overall) along with Johnson County (25-6). ...

ELLSWORTH, Iowa -- Fort Scott Community College's football team rallied from 6 points down with just over 12 minutes to go, scoring twice in the final 1:49, to take a 34-29 victory over Ellsworth here Saturday. The win continues the Greyhounds' pattern of not winning or losing consecutive games this season...

Tenth-seeded Riverton upset Fort Scott High School's soccer team, 1-0, at Ellis Park Monday afternoon, ending the Tigers' season at 3-14 in the first round of the Class 4-3-2-1A East Regional No. 2 Tournament. The lone goal was scored by Riverton's Travis Comer in the 54th minute when he knocked one in from the right side of the net...

BURLINGTON -- Fort Scott High School senior Devin Brooks won the Class 4A boys' Regional championship here Saturday as both the Tigers' boys' and girls' teams qualified all members to the State Meet at Wamego this coming Saturday. Uniontown's boys will also be sending a runner to Wamego as senior Jonathan Harp earned a berth into the Class 2A State Meet after finishing fifth in the 2A Regional here...