Stories from Saturday, September 30, 2017

The Kansas State High School Activities Association released its list of classifications for member football-playing schools Tuesday that will take effect for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.. Classes in football are determined by using the count of students in grades 9-11 this years. This season will be the last in which Class 4A will be divided into two divisions and also the last for the district system in that class...

After 2017-18 KSHSAA classifcations were released on Tuesday, assignents for post-season play began to be posted on Wednesday and Thursday. Assignments for Tribune Area schools Fort Scott, Uniontown, and Northeast can be seen below. Volleyball Fort Scott High School will host a Class 4A-Division I Volleyball Sub-State Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the FSHS gymnasium. This will be a four-team tournament scheduled for a 1 p.m. start...

Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball team was swept in Jayhawk Conference-Division II play for the second time in three days. Monday night, they lost at Neosho County. Wednesday night at Arnold Arena, the 13th-ranked Greyhounds were defeated by Johnson County, 25-21, 25-21, 25-21...

ARMA — Northeast lost to Oswego in Three Rivers League action here Friday night, 34-28. Nathan Boswell’s touchdown early in the second quarter put the Vikings (0-3 TRL, 0-5 overall) ahead 16-13. But the Indians (1-1, 1-4) scored two touchdowns before halftime to go back in front, 28-16...

PITTSBURG — The last of the Southeast Kansas League’s three designated girls’ golf tournaments was truncated to nine holes here Tuesday. And while Pittsburg’s Hannah Holloman won the tournament, Fort Scott’s Lauren Madison won the SEK championship. Madison led the SEK by one stroke coming into the day and saw that lead go up by one. ...

UNIONTOWN — Visiting Olpe scored 28 points in the first quarter Friday night and went on to a 55-0 win over Uniontown to spoil Homecoming for the Eagles. Andrew Reed gained 32 yards rushing on 7 plays, caught a pass for 13 yards and had 78 yards on returns. But the Eagles (2-3) as a team were held to 41 yards rushing and 54 yards of total offense...

ALTAMONT — Labette County quarterback Easton Dean was responsible for 256 yards in total offense and three touchdowns at Lucas Field here Friday night as Labette County gained control of the Southeast Kansas League race with a 34-7 win over Fort Scott...