Stories from Saturday, September 9, 2017

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown’s volleyball team took two of three matches in Three Rivers League play Thursday night. The Eagles (3-7) defeated Oswego in three sets, 26-24, 18-25, 26-24, and Altoona-Midway, 25-14, 25-10. They lost to Yates Center, 25-14, 25-20...

Fort Scott High School soccer lost two matches this week. Tuesday, the Tigers fell to Olathe Heritage Christian at Fisher Park by a 5-0 score. Thursday, lost a Southeast Kansas League match on the road to Pittsburg. Fort Scott stands at 0-2-0 in the SEK and 0-4-0 overall...

Fort Scott High School volleyball defeated host Baxter Springs in a best-of-five match Thursday, winning 25-16, 25-15, 18-25, 18-25, 15-9. Abby Humble handed out 19 assists for the Tigers (2-1) while Montana LaRoche dealt 10 assists and served 3 aces. Kharsyn Dwyer led in kills with 14 follwed by Kenady Poyner with 8. Madison Cook had 6 blocks and also served 4 aces...

IOLA — Fort Scott Middle School’s football season opened here Thursday night with a split against Iola. The seventh-grade team suffered a 20-0 loss. The eighth-grade team led 14-0 at the half and went on to a 20-8 win. No details were available. The Tigers play on the road next Thursday at Coffeyville-Roosevelt with kickoff at 4 p.m. The first home games will be against Independence on Sept. 21...

INDEPENDENCE — Fort Scott High’s tennis team arrived here Thursday for the first of two tournaments here this season, finding some success with a new lineup. “We are still being hurt by errors and inconsistent play, but the effort is there and we just need to keep grinding and keep improving,” Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said...

GIRARD —Fort Scott’s Lauren Madison shot 45 on the front nine and 49 on the back as she finished second in the Girard Invitational here Thrusday, the first 18-hole tournament of the season. Madison might have won but for the effort on the back nine of Pittsburg’s Samantha Maceli. After shooting 51 on the front nine, she roared back with a 39 on the back to win the tourney with a total of 90. It was the only nine by any player under 40...

UNIONTOWN — Defending champion Jayhawk-Linn shut out Uniontown, 36-0, in a Three Rivers League-Upper Division (11-man) football contest here Friday night. The Jayhawks improved to 1-0 in the TRL and 2-0 overall while Uniontown dropped to 0-1, 1-1. Harley Stone and Blaine Morrell each scored two touchdowns for the Jayhawks. J-Linn rushed for 222 yards on 33 carries while holding Uniontown to 132 on 44 carries...

COFFEYVILLE — Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball team went into Coffeyville for a Jayhawk Conference-Division II match as the No. 8-ranked team in the country thanks to a pair of wins over ranked teams at a weekend tournament in Nebraska. But the Greyhounds may have been going into a hornet’s nest without realizing it as their opponents were ranked No. ...

Fort Scott High’s girls won the varsity and junior varsity team titles on their home course, located behind the Cobalt Medplans building, Thursday. The meet, which takes place on a course that’s well-liked by coaches and spectators as the runners get a good challenge early in the season. There were 227 competitors from 16 schools, ranging from Class 5A Pittsburg to Class 2A Uniontown as well as the team from the Christian Learning Center...

Fort Scott senior running back Zarek Fewell scored the Tigers’ first five touchdowns of the night at Frary Field Friday night, leading the redclads to a 56-6 rout of defending Southeast Kansas League champion Independence. The Tigers (2-0 SEK and overall) had their way on pretty much in every aspect of the game. ...