Stories from Saturday, September 16, 2017

PITTSBURG — Uniontown’s Libby Franks won the Frontenac Rookie Tournament at Four Oaks Golf Course here Wednesday, shooting 43 and winning a scorecard playoff over Chanute’s Timmen Goracke. The Eagles had a complete team and finished fifth with a four-woman score of 252. Independence won the tournament with a 221...

COFFEYVILLE — Fort Scott Middle School football posted a sweep of Coffeyville-Roosevelt here Thursday. The seventh-grade squad won 20-0 and the eighth graders prevailed 28-0. Nick Adams rushed for 171 yards on 17 carries for the seventh-grade Tigers. He also scored all three touchdowns, which came on a one-yard run in the first quarter, am 11-yarder in the second and a 60-yarder in the third. Garrett Seely had 3 catches for 58 yards and also scored the 2-point conversion the Tigers had...

Fort Scott High School’s tennis team played in two tournaments this week, finishing in second place in each one in the team standings. Tuesday at Independence, Every Tiger entrant won two of four matches and placed third in their divisions. That allowed Fort Scott to take second place in the tournament...

Fort Scott Middle School Volleyball is off to a strong start this season. The seventh-grade A and B teams are both undefeated with a 4-0 record to start off the season. Serving is a strength for this year’s seventh graders as Lanie Keating served 13 Aces out of 15 serving attempts in the 7B game against Jayhawk-Linn on Sept. ...

Fort Scott High School’s volleyball team posted a 3-2 record during the week, opening Southeast Kansas League play with a split in a triangular at Parsons on Tuesday and coming out of a quad at Louisburg with a pair of wins on Thursday. On Friday, the Tigers defeated Coffeyville, 25-18, 25-15, and lost to Pittsburg, 25-19, 25-12. Pittsburg is undefeated (11-0) this season and ranked No. 8 in Class 5A in the latest Kansas Volleyball Coaches Association poll. Fort Scott did not play Parsons...

JOPLIN — Fort Scott sophomore Lauren Madison won her second tournament title of the season here Thursday as she shot 42 to win the Galena Golf Invitational. Madison also won her home tournament on September 5. That day she won a scorecard playoff with two others but this time, she won the championship outright. Frontenac’s Michelle Morsette was second with a 44. Pittsburg’s Lauren Valenzuela was third with a 45 after winning a scorecard playoff...

WELLSVILLE — Fort Scott High’s girls’ cross country team won another team title here Thursday, taking the Wellsville Invitational by nearly 30 points over runner-up Spring Hill. The Tigers finished with 55 points as they received top-20 points from five runners. Spring Hill had only three top-20 scorers and finished with 83 points with Eudora third with 85...

When a team comes to Arnold Arena for a volleyball match against Fort Scott Community College, they need to have all hands on deck. Unfortunately for visiting Labette, injuries and other issues forced them to arrive for Wednesday’s Jayhawk Conference-Division II match-up with the No. 15 Greyhounds shorthanded and Fort Scott took advantage in a 25-19, 25-16, 25-6 sweep...

ARMA — Uniontown scored on consecutive plays during overtime and then intercepted a fourth-down pass to preserve a 38-30 double-overtime victory over Northeast here Friday night in a Three Rivers League 11-Man football contest that was a battle of teams with young lineups...

By Andrew Towne, Chanute Tribune Sports Editor CHANUTE — Big plays by visiting Fort Scott dominated the story line in Chanute’s 34-13 loss to the Tigers at the Chanute Community Sports Complex on Friday night. Fort Scott scored on four plays longer than 20 yards, including three from Tiger senior Zarek Fewell...