Stories from Monday, March 19, 2012

The Fort Scott Twisters gymnastics club competed in the Kansas City league championships last weekend at Diamond Academy in Overland Park, Kan. There were three teams, competing at different levels, from Fort Scott at the meet. The Level 1 team finished in third place, missing out on first place by 7/10ths of a point. The Level 3 team was third, missing second place by 0.45 points. The Level 3 team finished ninth...

The three area schools that are members of the Three Rivers League saw a total of 16 athletes named to the boys' or girls' All-League teams at a meeting Wednesday night. Starting with the boys' team, Uniontown's Brenton Esslinger was one of three players unanimously chosen to the First Team. The others were Chase Cleland from league champion Northeast and Kyle Hammons from Class 1A-Division II State Tournament qualifier Crest...

Four athletes from Fort Scott High School ‑ two boys and two girls ‑ were honored this week with positions on the All-Southeast Kansas League basketball teams. Senior Tyler Adams was voted to the First Team to represent FSHS, which finished third at the Kansas Class 4A State Tournament last weekend. ...

Fort Scott Community College sophomore Jolee Sharp was the only Greyhound named to the All-Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division women's basketball team this season. She was selected to the Eastern Division First Team. Sharp, a graduate of Fort Scott High School, was named Jayhawk Conference Player of the Week twice and National Junior College Athletic Association Player of the Week once. ...