Stories from Wednesday, October 12, 2016

CHANUTE -- Tennis season came to a close for Fort Scott High School here Saturday at the Chanute Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament. The Tigers were in a 10-team field that included Independence, Parsons and Winfield. All four of their entries were eliminated after one match...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's volleyball team finished third in its home tournament here Saturday. Olathe Metro Academy was the champion, beating Northeast in the final in two sets. Eagles head coach Jackie Hall moved some players around in her lineup and it paid off as her team went 3-1 in pool play before falling to Richmond-Central Heights in the third-place match...

COLUMBUS, Neb. -- Fort Scott Community College volleyball went 3-1 here over the weekend at an invitational here. In Friday's first match, No. 17 Fort Scott swept No. 14 Northeast, 25-14, 25-15, 25-21. Megan Turner had 14 kills in the match and Brette Moore finished with 12. Mickey Trimble handed out 38 assists and Katie Gorman led with 20 digs while Deardin Kelley had 15...

Sometimes, you just have to improvise. Fort Scott Community College's mens' basketball team had scheduled a scrimmage with another team at Arnold Arena for Monday night, which would have been its first home scrimmage in nine years. But the other team, Next Level from Wichita, called late Sunday night and cancelled due to some sort of "emergency."...

FORT DODGE, Iowa --Fort Scott Community College's football team continued its season pattern with a 51-7 win over Iowa Central here Sunday. The Greyhounds are now 3-3 but have not won or lost consecutive games this season. Iowa Central fell to 0-6 for the season and is on a 10-game losing streak...

CHANUTE -- Fort Scott High's Lauren Madison became just the second Tiger freshman girl to qualify for a State Tournament as a result of her sixth-place finish in the Chanute Class 4A Regional Golf Tournament here Monday. Madison tied for fourth place after shooting 42 on the front nine and 48 on the back for a total of 90. ...

Gloria Belle Schilling, age 88, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born April 30, 1928, the only child of Raymond and Ethel Martin Tucker, on a farm outside of Fort Scott. Gloria graduated from the Fort Scott High School with the Class of 1946. ...

Florence Eilene McQuitty, age 93, passed away on Oct. 11, 2016 at Guest Home Estates III in Chanute, Kan. She was born Feb. 22, 1923 to Arthur and Lena Robinson, the oldest of four children. She graduated from Prescott High School in Prescott, Kan., in 1942...