Stories from Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Virginia Karleskint McLaughlin, 90, a long time resident of Fort Scott, passed away in Tucson, Ariz., on Aug. 25, 2014. She is survived by her children Bob McLaughlin and Merlene Schauf, six grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. She is also survived by siblings sister Beradette Karleskint, sister Barbara Karleskint and Jake Karleskint and by sisters-in-law Buena Karleskint, Theresa Karleskint and Loetta Karleskint...

The Fort Scott Middle School choirs performed their first concert of the season Tuesday night at the Danny and Willa Ellis Fine Arts Center Theatre. Pictured is the sixth-grade choir under the direction of Meredith Reid.

The downtown music will fade out this weekend, at least for the season anyway. The final show in the summer Friday Night Concert Series sponsored by the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce is set for 7 p.m. Friday at the Heritage Park Pavilion at the corner of First and Main streets. As it will be the last concert of the season, the event is scheduled to feature special performances as well as several of the series' regular performers, concert series organizer Ralph Carlson said...

On Tuesday, U. S. Secretary of the Department of Education (DOE) Arne Duncan designated approximately 332 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2014. Uniontown's West Bourbon Elementary School is one of them. "They recognize two categories," WBE Principal Tracy Smith said. "One for academic excellence and one for closing the achievement gap. We are receiving it for academic excellence."...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team tied for fifth place in its final tournament of the season here Monday. There were eight teams, including two from Labette County and an "SEK Combo" team, which allowed extra players from any school to get some matches in...

Uniontown Junior High swept Marmaton Valley at home Thursday before the Eagles traveled to Fort Scott for a Saturday triangular which also included Frontenac. Against Moran, the Eagles' seventh grade won by scores of 25-19, 25-19. Lauren Shinn collected 4 points in the first set, Libby Franks 7 in the second...

Fort Scott Middle School was the host school for a triangular Saturday, with Uniontown and Frontenac visiting.

COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity football team defeated Coffeyville here Monday night, 22-6, boosting the Tigers' record to 3-1 on the season. Kaleb DeLaTorre scored the first touchdown on a quarterback keeper from 2 yards out. Just before halftime, DeLaTorre found Marcus Stepps in the back of the end zone for a 20-yard scoring play. Wyatt Tourtillott ran in for the 2-point conversion...

Uniontown's golf team had two medalists Monday at its home 18-hole tournament at Woodland Hills Golf Course in Fort Scott. Kaylyn Crystal shot 105 for fifth place and Kyley Brown shot 113 for ninth. "I think overall we played OK but not up to our potential," Uniontown head coach Jason Tourtillott said. "We're hitting some good this but not following them up with the next or getting up and down very well...

PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's golf team finished in sixth place here Tuesday at the Pittsburg Invitational, the fifth of six Southeast Kansas League designated tournaments this season. The Tigers finished with a four-woman, 18-hole score of 460. League leader Labette County was team champion at 362 while non-league member Caney Valley was second at 379...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team won its 15th consecutive match Monday night as the No. 13-ranked Greyhounds swept Neosho County, 25-23, 25-8, 25-20, in a Jayhawk Confefence-Eastern Division match. The Greyhounds (4-1 East, 21-2 overall) last lost on Aug. 30 in a tournament at Vernon, Texas, to Division I Paris, Texas. In fact, since then, Fort Scott has lost just three sets. This was FSCC's sixth straight 3-0 win...

No schools in the Southeast Kansas League and only one in the Three Rivers League changed classes when the Kansas State High School Activities Association released classifications for the 2014-15 school year. These classifcations are effective immediately in every sport but football, which is classified in two-year cucles which were determined last year...