Stories from Friday, April 28, 2017

Wanda Lou Embry, 87, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday evening, April 26, 2017 at the Fort Scott Manor. She was born Aug. 21, 1929 in Fort Scott, Kan., the daughter of Walter G. and Birdie Lucille (Gruver) Davis. She married Marion William Embry Sept. 25, 1956, in Miami, Okla., and he preceded her in death Feb. 2, 1996...

Alec L. Beth, 72, of Fort Scott, passed away Wednesday morning April 26, 2017 at his home following a bravely-fought battle with cancer. He was born on June 2, 1944 in Fort Scott to parents Glen M. and Mary Nelle (Mason) Beth. He attended Fort Scott schools, graduating in 1962, and attended Fort Scott Community College and Pittsburg State University...

CHANUTE — Fort Scott High’s tennis team finished fourth in a six-team round-robin tournament here Tuesday. This was a make-up of a tournament that had been postponed earlier in the season. The No. 2 team of Joe Adams and Elijah Wright (12-2) finished in second place in their pool. ...

Fort Scott High School graduate Carter Young hit his first junior-college home run as Fort Scott Community College swept the University of Saint Mary junior varsity in a doubleheader at Lions Field Tuesday. Young belted his homer in the fourth inning of the first game with two runners on and one out. The blast provided the final runs in an 18-2 blowout. The Greyhounds won the second game 7-4 as Young went 2 for 4 at the plate...

Lauren Scott bashed three home runs for Fort Scott Community College’s softball team as they swept the Haskell Indian Nations junior varsity in a make-up doubleheader at the Betty Ruth Willard Complex Monday by scores of 14-0 and 18-3. Games scheduled for Wednesday at Cottey College were rained out, which brought a conclusion to the regular season for the Greyhounds (22-31)...

ARKANSAS CITY — Fort Scott Community College baseball needed to take at least three of four games from Cowley in the final two doubleheaders of the regular season in order to have a chance at home-field advantage in the first round of the Region VI Tournament next weekend...

PITTSBURG — Not surprisingly, Independence won its sixth consecutive Southeast Kansas League tennis championship here Thursday. The Bulldogs finished with 23 points and individual champions in No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles. Parsons was second with 19 points and Pittsburg with 17...

PAOLA — Fort Scott High and Paola moved their softball doubleheader here Thursday due to wet field conditions at Don Hewett Field and the Panthers made home-field advantage pay off in a 5-2, 13-3 sweep of the Tigers. Karlee Stanley went 3 for 3 for the Tigers (8-6) in the opener while Aubrey Ard was 2 for 3. Fort Scott scored single runs in the first and sixth innings...

When Fort Scott High School’s baseball team struggled to split a doubleheader against Paola Monday night, it was because the Tigers’ pitchers had trouble hitting the strike zone. Friday at Dave Regan Stadium, both Tiger pitchers — Connor Masters in the opener and Chandler Defebaugh in the nightcap —did a better job of throwing strikes and that made things easier for a defense that turned three double plays and didn’t commit an error...

OSWEGO — Fort Scott freshman Nick King won the Labette County Invitational here Tuesday, the fourth and last of the Southeast Kansas League designated golf tournaments, and finished fifth in the final league standings. The top 10 golfers after the four SEK tournaments earn All-League status. ...

This week Mercy Hospital Fort Scott announced a workforce reduction of 14 positions, closed its intensive care unit and plans to close its cardiac rehabilitation services July 1. The steps are being taken “in response to economic changes in health care,” according to a Mercy statement released to The Tribune Thursday...

The Fort Scott High School debate and forensics team has 13 qualifiers for national competition – the most in the school’s history. Students who have qualified for national competition this summer following a district tournament last weekend include Darby Toth, Zach Humble, Joe Adams, Mark Adams, Alex Gorman, Isabella Provence, Rebekah Sweyko, Brooklyn Lyons, Madi Toth, Emma Faith Humble, Elizabeth Ngatia, Seth Cross and Chloe Studyvin, according to Amber Toth, debate coach at the high school...