High School Sports

Three Fort Scott High School Lady Tiger golfers qualified for the second day of the Class 4A State Golf Tournament, which was scheduled to end Tuesday in Salina. See Wednesday's print or online edition for complete story.

The 2021 season for the Fort Scott High School Lady Tiger tennis team concluded last weekend at the Class 4A State Girls’ Tennis Tournament, which took place Friday and Saturday at the T.H. Vaugh Tennis Complex in Winfield. In singles play, Fort Scott’s Jenny Heckman was defeated by Madleine Lancelot of Wichita Trinity 6-7 (5-7) 3-6, and fell 5-9 to Independence’s Callie Schlorholtz...

A group of Fort Scott High School golfers fought nasty weather conditions at the regional tournament to punch their ticket to the Class 4A State Girls Golf Tournament Oct. 18-19 in Salina. The Lady Tiger golfers finished second at regionals with a team score of 438. The regional tournament took place Monday at Chanute’s Stone Creek Golf Course...

Fort Scott High School’s boys’ and girls’ cross country teams are SEK champions after first-place finishes at the 2021 SEK Championships Thursday at the Lakeview Recreation Area in Chanute. The girls’ varsity squad clocked a total time of 1:59:06.84 and average time of 23:49.37, and scored 35 team points in the 5K run. The varsity boys scored 26 team points and finished with a total time of 1:34:25.77 and average time of 18:53.16...

Fort Scott High School will send four Lady Tiger tennis players to state after the Class 4A regional tournament Saturday in Independence. Fort Scott’s Emma Daly went 1-2 to finish fourth with four points, while Jenny Heckman compiled a 3-1 record to place third at regionals with five points in singles play...

Editor's note: The Tribune interviewed Fort Scott High School Head Football Coach Bo Graham following the team's first win of the 2021 season. The following are questions asked of Graham and his responses: • How did it feel to get that first win of the season out of the way? Was it sweeter that it was an SEK opponent?...

ALTAMONT - The Fort Scott Tiger football team earned its first victory of the season Friday night, edging the Labette County High School Grizzlies (0-5) 19-15 in the game’s final seconds. The Tigers (1-4) battled through with consistent offensive drives to notch a close victory over their SEK rivals...

Fort Scott High School’s Lady Tiger golfers have won the SEK League championship. The Lady Tigers finished first as a team in the SEK standings with only one varsity meet remaining for the 2021 season. Individually, three FSHS golfers finished in the top three in the SEK standings for the league season – Karlie Chipman in first, Ryann Thurston in second and Ellie Smith in third...

The early season woes for the Fort Scott High School Tigers continue as they dropped to 0-3 on the season after a 28-0 shutout by the Independence Bulldogs Friday night at Frary Field. The Tiger offense struggled to sustain drives and pick up first downs while the defense gave up some big plays that cost the Tigers in Fort Scott’s first home game of the season...

Fort Scott High School’s varsity volleyball team went 2-2 in a varsity tournament Saturday in Frontenac. The Lady Tigers, who have an overall record of 5-2, defeated Columbus by scores of 25-16, 25-8, and Pierce City 25-12, 20-25 and 25-19. The Lady Tigers fell 21-25, 14-25 to Colgan and 20-25, 20-25 to Baxter...

The Fort Scott High School Tigers football team will start its SEK League schedule this Friday by hosting the Bulldogs of Independence High School. Last Friday, the Tigers fell to 0-2 on the young season losing to the Bears of Butler (Mo.) High School 31-22 in Butler...

Fort Scott High School’s varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams notched sweeps over Nevada, Mo., and Anderson County Tuesday night in the FSHS gym. The varsity Lady Tigers defeated Anderson County 25-19 and 25-22. See Saturday's print or online edition for full story...

BUTLER, MO. - Despite a valiant effort, the Fort Scott High School Tiger football team saw its hopes for its first win of the season crash in the fourth quarter, ultimately falling 31-22 to the Butler Bears Friday night. Tiger quarterback Cal Cosen’s pass was picked off with less than 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter, ending the Tigers’ drive and shot to get back in the ball game...

Fort Scott High School’s cross country squads opened their seasons at the 16th annual Jerry Howarter Invitational Sept. 3 in Anderson County. The Tiger varsity boys finished third with 72 points, a total time of 1:39:51.94 and average time of 19:58.39. The varsity girls placed sixth with 120 points, a total time of 2:11:09.46 and average time of 26:13.90...

PARSONS - Fort Scott High School’s varsity soccer team kicked off its 2021 season with an 8-2 victory over Parsons on Tuesday. See Saturday's print or online edition for complete story.

LEE’S SUMMIT, MO. - The Fort Scott High School Tiger football team was clobbered 49-0 by the Summit Christian Academy Eagles Friday night in a game that was called after a 30-minute rain delay early in the fourth quarter. The Tigers (0-1) never seemed to gel in a game in which the Eagles (2-0) controlled the momentum throughout...