Stories from Friday, September 29, 2017

Danielle Nading, 2017 Uniontown High School Homecoming queen, receives a bouquet of flowers and sash from UHS cheerleader Laryn Thompson Friday night prior to the homecoming football game between Uniontown and Olpe. Dylan O’Neal is the Homecoming king...

Stephanie Witt loves her job as the new administrator at Eugene Ware School. Witt, 44, who started her position as the school’s principal in July, said the best part of her job as an administrator and educator is interacting with students and watching their responses in the learning environment...

Ninety-nine people from 37 different countries officially became U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony Friday at the Fort Scott National Historic Site. The United States District Court for the District of Kansas held the ceremony, which was presided over by the Honorable Teresa J. James, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of Kansas...

Pittsburg dealt the Fort Scott Middle School eighth-grade football team its first loss of the season Thursday night, winning at Frary Field 38-8. Both teams came into the game undefeated but the Dragons scored less than a minute into the contest on Caiden Barber’s 16-yard touchdown run. He also ran in the 2-point conversion...

Fort Scott Middle School’s seventh graders held off Pittsburg with a goal-line stand in the game’s dying seconds Thursday night at Frary Field, holding on for a 6-0 win over the Purple Dragons. The game was scoreless at halftime as the defenses dominated. ...

Fort Scott Middle School’s volleyball teams swept Parsons at the middle school gym Monday evening. The eighth-grade A team took a 16-25, 25-22, 15-10 win. Teryn Farley had 7 kills and Abby Altic had 5. Dylan Hazelbaker served 4 aces and Austyn Farrell served 3. The eighth-grade B team won 25-12, 25-22. Jenny Heckman served 6 aces for the Tigers while Harmony Shaw served 4 aces and had 3 kills. Emma Daly handed out 5 assists. Carley Horton had 5 kills...

PLEASANTON — Northeast volleyball split in Three Rivers League play here Tuesday, beating Altoona-Midway, 25-11, 25-11, and losing to host Pleasanton, 25-15, 25-23. “We struggled on the night and never felt like we could get anything going,” Viking head coach Russ Cramer said...

Uniontown High School volleyball is mired in a seven-match losing streak that has continued with four losses in the Cherryvale Tournament a week ago and in Three Rivers League play at Mound City on Tuesday. At Cherryvale, the Eagles ran into a tough field. Their first match was against Labette County of the Southeast Kansas League, a 25-20, 25-17 loss. Keeley Goodridge had 6 kills to lead the Eagles...

COLUMBUS — Fort Scott High School volleyball took two of three matches here Thursday, breaking a nine-match losing streak in the opener against Girard, 19-25, 25-18, 25-22. The Tigers lost to Pittsburg in a non-league match, 25-19, 25-21, then defeated Columbus, 25-15, 25-11...

The Kansas State High School Activities Association released its student counts that it uses to determine classifications on Tuesday, putting out lists that cover every sport but football for this school year and football for the two seasons covering 2018 and 2019...