Stories from Saturday, December 1, 2018

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown’s basketball teams opened the season here Friday night with a split against rival Marmaton Valley in a Three Rivers League doubleheader. Uniontown girls won 45-34 as Karleigh Schoenberger led the way with 13 points. Danielle Young added 8 points to the total. Breleigh Harris handed out 6 assists and Danielle Howard was credited with 4 steals...

The Kansas State High School Activities Association released Sub-State assignments for basketball in classes 3A on down and wrestling for all four classes Thursday morning. With the changes in Class 4A that make Sub-State the same as classes 6A and 5A, Fort Scott High’s teams won’t know what their assignments are until seeding takes place at the end of the season...

LEAVENWORTH — Fort Scott Community College’s women improved to 8-1 on the season with an 80-57 over the Saint Mary junior varsity here Tuesday night. The Greyhounds led 25-18 after one period and extended that slightly to 41-29 at the half. Following up a 61-rebound afternoon against Allen last Saturday, the ’Hounds dominated the boards again, this time by a 51-37 margin. Tajisha Moore had a double-double for Fort Scott by leading in both points and rebounds with 15 and 12, respectively...

WILLARD, Mo. — Both of Fort Scott High’s basketball teams will be looking for their first wins of the season when they take on Harrison, Ark., in the final round of the Willard (Mo.) Tri-State Classic here today. Fort Scott’s girls fell to Bentonville (Ark.) West, 43-26, Thursday afternoon and to host Willard, 59-34, Friday despite the effort of sophomore Ella Beth, who has scored a total of 43 points in the two games...