Stories from Thursday, August 17, 2017

GILLETTE, Wyo. — A Fort Scott High School student is the National High School Rodeo Association’s champion bull rider. Trey Holston of Fort Scott won the event July 13 at the High School National Finals Rodeo. Holston placed fifth in his first go-round with 76 points and tied for first in the second go round with 84 points. He finished first in the final round with a score of 82 points...

For the sixth year in a row, the Fort Scott Community College volleyball team has received the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award. The team was also recognized as one of the top five teams in the two-year college division. The Lady Greyhounds finished the 2016-17 school year with a 3.62 grade point average (GPA)...

PITTSBURG — Uniontown had a tough transition back to the 11-man version of football last season, winning just two games and finishing fourth in the Three Rivers League. New head coach Jeremy Neville — who will also continue to coach the boys’ basketball team — takes over a team that was chosen to finish third in a coaches’ poll released here Thursday...

Freshmen included, there are 63 players in early pre-season camp for Bob Campbell’s Fort Scott High School football team, which has conducted its workouts the first couple of days at Frary Field. The number of varsity and junior varsity players come in just shy of 40...

PITTSBURG — The lumps a junior-dominated Fort Scott High School took in going 3-6 last season are apparently expected to pay off as Southeast Kansas League coaches voted the Tigers as league favorites in a pre-season poll released by KSHQ 100.7 here Thursday...