Stories from Monday, January 5, 2009

Two Uniontown students cheered their way into the new year with a recent performance at Miami, Fla.'s Orange Bowl. Lauren Rockhold, 8th grade, and Haley Melton, 11th grade, both from Uniontown, were selected by the National Cheerleaders Association as All American Cheerleaders, according to a press release from their coach Jenny Tourtillott...

Fort Scott Community College's women led a majority of the contest at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon. But visiting Coffeyville held the Greyhounds to one field goal in the final 3:30 as the Red Ravens came back for a 77-74 win to open Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play...

Fort Scott Community College's men broke a 17-game losing streak to Coffeyville as they opened Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play with a 69-63 win over the Red Ravens at Arnold Arena Saturday afternoon. "We wanted to make a statement that we're here to play hard," Greyhound head coach Mike Cook said. "And if we play hard, we're in every game. We did some things good tonight. We moved the ball well. We stayed disciplined at times. We got out of sync a couple of times but we stayed focused."...