Stories from Saturday, February 24, 2018

Visiting Johnson County — the women ranked No. 12 in NJCAA Division II, the men already Jayhawk Conference-Division II champions — came to Arnold Arena Wednesday night and posted a sweep. Johnson County’s women pulled away after a tied first quarter for an 87-54 win over the Greyhounds. ...

Defense and rebounding were the keys for Fort Scott High’s girls in a Southeast Kansas League make-up game with Independence at the FSHS gymnasium Wednesday night. The Tigers (9-2 SEK, 11-7 overall) dominated the boards 43-21 and held the visiting Bulldogs to 21-percent field-goal shooting in a 41-26 victory that extended their winning streak to eight games, tied for the fifth-longest streak in the program’s history. ...

By Scott Nuzum Tribune Sports Editor Fort Scott High’s boys were probably a little out of whack at the start of Wednesday night’s game against Independence. First, there’s the fact that they were playing on Wednesday, a day after they originally scheduled. And they were also playing an hour earlier than usual, probably causing some confusion with their internal clocks trying to remind them that it should be halftime of the girls’ game...

Southern Coffey County sweeps Uniontown. UNIONTOWN — Uniontown’s teams swere swept buy Southern Coffey County in non-league games to conclude the regular season here Friday night. Uniontown girls (4-16) lost 44-32. Karleigh Schoenberger led the Eagles with 8 points while Danielle Young collected 6 rebounds...

Fort Scott High’s girls won their ninth straight game Friday night, beating Parsons by a 46-36 score in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night. The streak is tied for the fourth-longest in the program’s history with one that took place in the 2004-05 season. It’s the longest winning run since 2013, when the Tigers had a 14-game winning streak that ended with a loss to Wamego in the State Tournament semifinals...

Fort Scott High’s boys have this way of somehow not being out of a game lately. Down 11 after one period in which nothing looked like it was going to go their way and by 20 early in the second in Friday night’s Southeast Kansas League game against Parsons, the Tigers came back steadily until Alec Michaud tied the score, 57-57, on a 3-pointer with 1:41 to go...