The Fort Scott Hurricanes swim team will host a swimming clinic July 1-3 at the Fort Scott Aquatic Center. The clinic will be led by Laryssa McMartin, head men’s and women’s swim coach at Sterling College, an NAIA program located in Sterling, Kan. The clinic is open to Gold and Silver level swimmers interested in experiencing what it would be like to swim at the college level. There will be five pool sessions and two dry land sessions for a fee of $50 per swimmer...

A Fort Scott youth has qualified for the Monster Energy AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship Aug. 2-7 at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. Ryan Roberts, 7, qualified for nationals by competing at area qualifying events. He qualified in two different regions; north and south, and qualified at an event in Ponca, Okla., in order to race in Freestone, Texas. Competitors must place in the top six out of 42 riders to qualify for nationals...

Fort Scott High School can record successful seasons for its boys’ and girls’ swim teams. “This was a historic season for Fort School High School,” Head Coach Angie Kemmerer said. “It was the first season that both our boys and girls programs were able to swim for and represent Fort Scott for the entire season, not just at State. Our program has been welcomed with open arms by the KSHSAA swimming community and that is a huge accomplishment in our first season...

Several Uniontown High School tracksters have qualified for the Class 2A State Track Meet which will take place Saturday, May 29 in Wichita. Several Fort Scott High School Tiger student-athletes also qualified for the Class 4A State Track Meet Friday and Saturday in Wichita...

The Fort Scott Lady Tiger softball team nipped SEK rival Chanute 8-6 in an extra-inning thriller before falling 11-1 to the Eudora Lady Cardinals in a Class 4A east regional championship game late Thursday in Lawrence. See Saturday's print or online edition for complete story...

Fort Scott High School’s Elijah Self finished 1-2 and was eliminated in the third round of play at the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament May 14-15 in Topeka. Self, the only Tiger to qualify for state, was defeated by Iola’s Riccardo Barbarossa 1-6 and 3-6 in the first round, before defeating Abilene’s Cayden West 9-5 in the second round. Self fell 5-9 to Paola’s Carden Escobar in the third round...

A four-hit, four-RBI day and solid performance on the mound for Fort Scott High School senior Luke Bradbury helped the FSHS Tiger baseball team to an 11-3 win over the Chanute Blue Comets in the Tigers’ final regular season game Thursday at Dave Regan Stadium...

The Fort Scott Lady Tigers rallied late against the Chanute Lady Blue Comets but fell short of victory in Fort Scott’s final regular season game Thursday evening at Don Hewett Field. Trailing 10-3 in the fourth, the Lady Tigers (8-12) scored four runs in the frame to edge closer and three in the fifth to tie the game, 10-10...

Uniontown High School’s track team crowned several league champions at the Three Rivers League meet Thursday. The Lady Eagles finished in second place while the Eagle boys finished in fifth place. Senior Danielle Howard placed first in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.12 and first in the 200-meter run with a time of 27.07. Howard also set a new league record in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 47.54...

The Fort Scott Community College rodeo program will send two Bourbon County student-athletes to the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., June 11-19. Trey Holston of Fort Scott, and Karson Harris of Hepler, qualified for nationals last year, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were unable to attend...

The Fort Scott Tigers saw a 4-0 lead after three innings slip away in a varsity matchup with the Frontenac Raiders Monday night at Dave Regan Stadium. The Tigers (10-9) went through three pitchers as they tried to hold a Raider team that scored three runs in the fourth, two runs in the fifth and sixth innings, and one in the seventh to keep the Tigers at bay and notch an 8-4 win...

The Fort Scott Tiger varsity baseball team’s 10-game winning streak was snapped in an 11-3 loss to the Tonganoxie Chieftains Friday night at Dave Regan Stadium. Tonganoxie jumped out to a 3-0 lead early, but the Tigers (10-8) quickly tied the game, 3-3 in the third before the Chieftains’ five runs in the fourth broke open the game. Tonganoxie would go on to score two runs in the fifth and one more in the sixth while holding the Tigers scoreless...

The Fort Scott Community College men’s track and field team traveled to Arkansas City for the regional meet this past weekend. With outstanding performances from many, the Hounds were able to bring home the first KJCCC East Conference Championship in school history...