Stories from Friday, May 18, 2018

Charlene Neel Hunziker, 83, of Uniontown, Kan., passed away early Wednesday morning, May 16, 2018, at Guest Home Estates. She was born Feb. 1, 1935, in Colorado City, Texas, the daughter of Clyde Benson and Ruby Inez (Seaberry) Neel. She married Elvin LeRoy “Slim” Hunziker June 6, 1954, in Uniontown, Kan. He preceded her in death Feb. 8, 1997...

Glen Eldon Dyer, age 96, resident of Clarksville, Tenn., went to be with the Lord on May 14, 2018, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after a brief illness. Pastor Larry Stevicks will conduct graveside services at 11 Monday, May 21, in the U. S. National Cemetery. Military honors will be provided by the U.S. Marine Honor Guard. Local services are under the direction of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main...

GARNETT — Fort Scott High’s golf team won the championship of the Anderson County Class 4A Regional Tournament here Monday. The Tigers shot 328 as a team to finish 3 strokes ahead of runner-up Ottawa. Burlington was third at 337. “We won this regional by playing by far our best golf of the year,” Fort Scott head coach Ken Klassen said. “I knew we were capable of this — and even better than this, quite frankly.”...

RIVERTON — Fourth-seeded Cherryvale pushed the game’s only run across the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning here Monday night in the first round of the Riverton Class 3A Regional Baseball Tournament, eliminating the Vikings by a 1-0 score. Colton Poole executed a suicide squeeze and Cade Addis beat Dalton Reeves’ throw to home plate, allowing the Chargers (10-11) to advance to a Tuesday semifinal versus top-seeded Southeast...

Fort Scott High’s baseball season came to a premature end at Dave Regan Stadium when third-seeded Spring Hill jumped out to an early lead in the second semifinal game of the Fort Scott Class 4A-Division I Regional Tournament and the Tigers were unable to recover in a 7-3 loss...

Kinley Rice of Fort Scott, Jason Richison,a Fort Scott native, Rick Cook of Oswego and Seminole, a band from Oklahoma, performed during the Riverfront Festival held Thursday evening. The event, hosted by the Riverfront Authority, was a celebration of the official opening of the Belltown Pavilion at the Riverfront Park. Attendees were also treated to a hot dog meal...

Two Fort Scott High School students brought their idea for renovation of an old downtown building to the Fort Scott City Commission Tuesday. Dawna Hudiburg and Ella Beth, both freshmen at FSHS, presented a 3-D model of their proposal to repurpose the vacant Kress Building at 15 S. Main St., into an entertainment venue for youth and retail establishment. Their teacher, Angie Kemmerer, was also present in support of the students...

The Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center at 212 State St. was dedicated to the late Judge Sam Mason during a ceremony Wednesday. Mason served on the center’s governing board from 1987 to 2009. Mason, a Fort Scott native, died Sept. 2, 2017 at the age of 84. He retired in 1996 after serving 33 years as a district magistrate judge...

FREDONIA — Northeast sophomores Jasper and Kenneth Atchison will represent Northeast in three events at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita next weekend. At Friday’s Class 3A Regional Meet here, Jasper won four medals and advanced to State in two events while Kenneth won two medals and will compete at State in high jump...

LEON — Uniontown’s Ben George won high jump and qualified for State in another event from the Leon-Bluestem Class 2A Regional Track Meet here Thursday. Two girls also qualified for State. Samantha Hampton will be going in javelin while Paige Mason advances in high jump...

Freshman third baseman Shelby Choate was the only member of Fort Scott Community College’s softball team to receive any post-season honors. Choate was named to the First Team on both the Jayhawk Conference-Division II and Region VI-District E teams. ...

Fort Scott Community College sophomore Andrew Morrow was named one of the Co-Most Valuable Players of the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division baseball season earlier this week. Morrow, who hit .424 with 17 home runs and 73 runs batted in, was named along with Cowley outfielder Alex Peterson, who was also named the division’s Freshman of the Year...

CHANUTE — Independence will return to the Class 4A-Division I State Tournament for the second consecutive season after downing Fort Scott, 6-2, in the final of the Chanute Class 4A-Division I Regional here Tuesday. Fort Scott (16-6), the No. 2 seed, defeated Labette County, 7-2, in the first semifinal on Monday. ...

PITTSBURG — Uniontown’s softball team qualified for the program’s second State Tournament appearance by beating Marmaton Valley and Oswego in the Colgan Class 2-1A Regional Tournament here Tuesday. The second-seeded Eagles (16-6) defeated third-seeded Marmaton Valley, 9-2, in the second semifinal. They then beat top seed Oswego — which had beaten host Colgan, 5-4, in the first semifinal — by an 8-3 score in the championship game...

EUDORA — Paxsten Eads finished 17 seconds of her nearest competitor in claiming the championship of the 3,200-meter run at the Eudora Class 4A Regional Track Meet here Friday. Eads and Ella Beth qualified for State in two events and the Tigers had four other medalists as they finished in seventh place with 34 team points...