Stories from Tuesday, October 15, 2013

BONNER SPRINGS -- Fort Scott High's soccer team lost a non-league match to Bonner Springs here Thursday, 3-1. And during the match, the Tigers lost starting goalkeeper Clayton Hixon for the rest of the season with a broken leg. "In the last 10 minutes he came out to challenge a ball that beat the defense," Fort Scott head coach Andrew Cline said. ...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team went 3-1 at the Neosho County Tournament here over the weekend. Friday afternoon, the Greyhounds, an NJCAA Division II team, took on Seminole State, Okla., a Division I team, for the second time this season on the court and won 24-26, 25-17, 25-22, 25-14...

UNIONTOWN -- The Uniontown High School volleyball team finished third in its home tournament here Saturday, going 4-1 on the day. The Eagles won three of four matches in pool play, which put them second to Central Heights. The Vikings went on to defeat Southern Coffey County, 26-24, 26-24, in the championship match...

Monday's Uniontown Class 3-2-1A Regional Golf tournament was almost exactly at the halfway point when rain arrived and drove everyone's scores up at Woodland Hills Golf Course. The field slogged through and Uniontown's girls finished in third place to qualify all four members to next Monday's State Tournament at Southwind Country Club in Garden City. The Eagles also had two medalists, Torrie Hathaway and Jordan Mason...

PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team will send three players to this weekend's Class 4A State Tournament at Topeka. And all of them will be returning State qualifiers. Seniors Coutrney Crain and Kenna Savage will be returning in doubles and sophomore Jennifer Harrison will be going back in singles. ...

Hayden Cole loves to talk. So much so that the 15-year-old Uniontown High School student wants to be a professional auctioneer when he turns 18. On Sunday Cole was the auctioneer for the Lute Karleskint fundraiser benefit. Cole said he began aspiring to be an auctioneer around five years ago, watching television programming related to the trade...

During its regular meeting Monday, the USD 234 Board of Education heard a report on the type of information an architect will provide regarding repairs to the district's facilities. Keegan Jackson, vice president of Hollis and Miller Architects, gave a report on future repairs with a focus on the high school and athletic complexes. ...

The First Presbyterian Church of Fort Scott held a Blessing of the Animals service Sunday at the Bourbon County Fairgrounds. Members of the community were invited to bring their pets -- of any kind -- for a blessing by Rev. Jared Witt. The service offering raised $200.12 and a sack of cat food, which were donated to Lee's Paws and Claws Animal Shelter. People brought their dogs, cats, fish, horses and a calf to the service...

Charles Lee Magee, age 93, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at his home. He was born Sept. 19, 1920 in Nevada, Mo., the son of Charles Ray Magee and Laura Lee Hopkins Magee. Charles was a 1941 graduate of Fort Scott High School. ...

William C. Kincaid, 53, of Uniontown, died Saturday morning, Oct. 12, 2013 at the Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. Funeral arrangements for William C. Kincaid are incomplete and will be announced later by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.