Stories from Friday, May 3, 2013

Uniontown's junior varsity golf team finished in third place at its home tournament, played Tuesday at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Fort Scott. The Eagles shot 232 as a team. Jayhawk-Linn was the winner with a score od 194 followed by Erie at 210. Johnathan Wheeler led Uniontown with a 50. Dalton Clifton and Cole Rockhold each shot 59 and Jay Heirholzer finished at 64...

BRONSON -- Visiting Humboldt run-ruled Uniontown in both games of a non-league doubleheader at Dawson Field here Wednesday. The Cubs won the opener 15-1 in five innings and took the second game 18-3 in four. The Eagles (0-8) had just 3 hits in the opener, picked up by Jary Harp, Devonte Robinson and James Pearson, who scored Uniontown's only run in the fifth inning. Garrett Murrow was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force Pearson home...

ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High School's softball team got back to its winning ways Wednesday, drubbing Labette County 11-0 and 14-2 in a Southeast Kansas League make-up doubleheader. The Tigers had lost three of their last four games going into the twinbill but the winners of those contests, Paola and Girard, are a combined 26-2 this season...

Fort Scott High's baseball team posted four wins in two days and took the lead in the Southeast Kansas League baseball race. The Tigers swept Parsons at Lions Field Tuesday and took a pair of make-up games from then-leader Labette County Wednesday. "Our guys stepped up big time, playing four games in two days -- especially with the second day on the road," Fort Scott head coach Josh Regan said...

Fort Scott Community College finished second in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division this season and is a series win away from it's second 40-victory season in three years. Pratt Community College needed to sweep Butler Monday just to be certain it would even qualify for the post-season. Fortunately for the Beavers, they did just that and also passed Cloud County in the Jayhawk Conference-Western Division standings to finish seventh...

A group of local Christians from various Fort Scott churches participated in the National Day of Prayer Thursday morning at the Ellis Fine Arts Center on the campus of Fort Scott Community College. "Dyin' ain't important, everybody does that; it's what you do with livin' that matters," Teresa Davenport told the Community Prayer Breakfast crowd...

The Fort Scott High School Forensics Team held a special performance Thursday night for the general public on the eve of their departure for the Kansas State High School Activities Association's State Speech and Drama Championships. The evening was not only a chance to see some of the most talented high school performers the state--and nation--has to offer, but also served to raise funds to send the team to state and national competitions...

Although it is reportedly not currently an issue in the U.S., health officials are watching a new flu strain that is spreading in China and Taiwan and could possibly pose a pandemic threat. According to a recent news release from The University of Kansas Hospital, there are no known cases of H7N9 in the U.S., but authorities are urging the public to be aware and vigilant about this new strain of flu, which is also called avian influenza...