Stories from Saturday, December 13, 2008

Both Uniontown and Pleasanton of the Three Rivers League were winners in boys' basketball action Friday night while Pleasanton girls fell to Drexel, Mo. Uniontown was playing in the consolation round of the Yates Center Tournament and will play in the fifth-place game tonight. Pleasanton's teams were playing the final games of the annual round-robin Linn County Tournament at Jayhawk-Linn...

ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Nothing clicked for Fort Scott High's boys here Friday night as the Tigers managed only 33-percent shooting from the floor while host Labette County shot 57 percent from the field as the Grizzlies won a Southeast Kansas League contest, 57-43, at Harrison Gymnasium...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect corrected information. ---S.E.N. ----- ALTAMONT, Kan. -- For the first time in almost nine years, Fort Scott High's girls posted a victory at Labette County, winning 51-34 at Harrison Gymnasium here Friday night. This was just the seventh win for the Tigers in 24 known games played at Altamont since the girls' program was started in the 1970's. The Tigers had lost their last five games at Harrison Gymnasium.