Stories from Saturday, November 12, 2016

Fort Scott High School senior Emily Hale (seated, center) signed her letter of intent Wednesday morning to play softball at Cleveland State University beginning in the 2017-18 season. Cleveland State is an NCAA Division I school and a mamber of the Horizon League. With Emily as she signed were (clockwise from upper left) FSHS assistant coach Allison Gorman, head coach Sean Krokroskia and assistant Brian Pommier, and her parents, Des and Amanda...

CHANUTE -- Mason Knopp, a 2015 graduate of Fort Scott High School, has signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Division I Southeastern Louisiana University beginning with the 2017-18 school year. Knopp is currently attending and play at Neosho County Community College in Chanute. ...

Uniontown had four players chosen to the All-Three Rivers League volleyball team, released earlier this week. Holly Shinn was one of four unanimous picks on the First Team. That particular honor also went to Crest's Miranda Golden, Marmaton Valley's Kyla Drake and Oswego's Breanna Vail...

Three Fort Scott High School players were placed on the Second Team as coaches voted on the All-Southeast Kansas League soccer team earlier this week. Fort Scott, 3-14 this season, saw Micah Self, Tanner Fox and goalkeeper Brett Pickert named to the Second Team...

Two Fort Scott High School players received sports on the All-Southeast Kansas League volleyball team, released earlier this week. Karlee Stanley, who signed a letter of intent Thursday to play a Fort Scott Community College next season, was voted to the First Team. Kharsyn Dwyer received a spot on the Second Team...

Four Uniontown players were chosen to spots on the All-Three Rivers League 11-Man football team, which was released earlier this week. Cale Coyan was named as a First Team player on both offense and defense. He was chosen as an offensive guard and a linebacker...

Four members of Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team have received post-season honors from Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference coaches. The Greyhounds finished the season with a 27-11 record after falling to No. 6-ranked Coffeyville in the Region VI District M championship match a week ago today. The Greyhounds finished tied for third place in KJCCC-Division II with Neosho County...

Nine members of Fort Scott High School's football team received All-Southeast Kansas League honors as the results were released earlier this week following the conclusion of every team's season. The Tigers, who finished in a tie for second place with Labette County, were 3-6 overall this season. ...

Going into last Saturday's game against Hutchinson Community, Fort Scott Comunity College linebacker Dominic Cizauskas needed 30 tackles over the last two games of the season to break the FSCC single-season tackle record. Averaging just over 17 tackles a game over his last three games, it appeared this record was well within reach...

On Thursday, the Bourbon County Commissioners voted to proceed with an evaluation to determine the future of the railroad overpass on 215th Street near Fulton. Commissioners signed a contract not to exceed $9,400 with Schwab Eaton, a Manhattan civil engineering and architect firm which performs inspections on the county's bridges every other year...

Veterans were honored through words and music Friday at the Fort Scott National Cemetery. The cemetery hosted a Veterans Day Memorial Service that included musical performances, reading of poetry and remarks on the sacrifice and service of all U.S. military veterans...