Stories from Saturday, September 29, 2012

Michael and Sharon (Fulton) Pruitt were married at the United Methodist Church in Pleasant Hill, Mo., on Oct. 6, 1972. The Pruitts, along with their children, J. Kent Pruitt, Sarah A. Pruitt Morris, and Timothy M. Pruitt and their families would welcome the presence of friends to share in the celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012...

Paige Schmidt and Jonathon Peterson exchanged wedding vows on April 12, 2012, at the Community Christian Church. Wade Russell officiated the ceremony. Yvonne Holloway provided music. A reception followed in the Liberty, Fort Scott. Paige is the daughter of Todd and Kenda Schmidt of Fort Scott, and granddaughter of Jarold and Ruth Schmidt of Larned, Kan., and Virginia Smith of Derby, Kan...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott HIgh School's volleyball team dropped a pair of Southeast Kansas League matches here Thursday, losing to Independence in two sets and to Labette County in three. The Tigers (1-3 SEK, 8-18 overall) lost to Indy, 25-18, 25-21. Brianne Lawrence led Fort Scott with 8 kills. Maddi Allen had 12 assists while Meredith Hill handed out 9. Allen also had 8 digs while Paige Denton had 7 and Erica Shoemaker came up with 6...

COLUMBUS, Kan. -- Laine Parks shot a personal-best 47 at the Columbus Invitational here Thursday to lead Fort Scott High School's golfers to a second-place finish. Parks finished five strokes back of Southeast Kansas League champion Anna Pool of Coffeyville. Erica Gartner of Labette County won a scorecard playoff over Chanute's Danae Decker for third place at 49...

Fort Scott junior Katren Rienbolt beat rival Michaela Ozier of Labette County by 19 seconds to win the girls' varsity race at the Pittsburg Invitational here Thursday afternoon. Rienbolt took the race in 15 minutes, 46 seconds while Ozier finished in 16:05. Paige White of Baxter Springs, who could be another tough competitor when Kansas Class 4A Regionals are held on October 20, was third in 16:14...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School had one of its best rushing games in recent years Friday night as the Tigers throttled Independence, 48-9, in Southeast Kansas League play at Emmott Field. The Tigers improved to 4-0 in the SEK and 5-0 overall while Independence fell to 0-4, 0-5, although the Bulldogs managed to avoid being shut out for a third consecutive game...

UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Undefeated St. Paul was just simply the better team in Chad Stroud's assessment as his Uniontown squad lost to the Indians 52-6 in Three Rivers League eight-man football Friday night. "Our kids came out with a lot of emotion early, scoring on the second play of...