Stories from Sunday, April 11, 2010

OSWEGO, Kan. -- Oswego scored 36 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Uniontown in Three Rivers League games here Thursday, sweeping 15-10 and 21-3.. The Eagles were playing without their leadoff batter and starting shortstop, Tyler Hall, due to the flu. But early in the first game, it seemed they had adjusted quite well as they found themselves with a 10-2 lead after 4 1/2 innings. Two of the 5 runs they scored in the top of the fifth came via a Du'Shaun Robinson home run...

FRONTENAC, Kan. -- Senior Abbie Smith broke two meet records at the Frontenac Invitational here Thursday. Smith, who set a school record in the 100-meter hurdles Tuesday at Oswego, won that event here with a record time of 15.91 seconds. She ran a 15.7 at Oswego...

OSWEGO, Kan. -- Uniontown's softball team scored 34 runs on 36 hits in sweeping a Three Rivers League doubleheader from Oswego here Thursday 11-0 and 23-8. "Excellent day," Uniontown head coach Alan Shinn said. "We were very aggressive at the plate today and put pressure on the Oswego defense continuously by putting the ball in play. ...

FORT SCOTT -- Visiting Pittsburg swept Fort Scott High in a Southeast Kansas League baseball doubleheader at Ty Cullor Field Thursday night. The Purple Dragons won game one 5-2 and took the second game 5-4 after holding off a late Tiger rally. Tiger pitchers struck out a total of 21 batters in the doubleheader but were not helped all that much by their defense, which committed 8 errors. Those errors led to 7 unearned runs...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team took the title at the Pittsburg Invitational held here Thursday. The Tigers beat host Pittsburg by one point and third-place Iola by two. Labette County finished fourth with Columbus bringing up the rear...

FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College Athletic Director J.D. Ettore stated Friday afternoon that the college's new rights deal with KSEK Radio in Pittsburg is about more than just football and more than just radio. Indeed, the future of FSCC athletics doesn't lie just in radio but in many other platforms. And KSEK will work with the college to exploit those platforms...