Stories from Saturday, September 1, 2018

Mercy Fort Scott Sports Medicine will offer free evaluations of student athlete injuries at the Saturday morning Bumps and Bruise Clinic. The clinic will begin on Saturday, September 1 at 7 a.m. and continue each Saturday morning through the fall sports season...

OSWEGO — Fort Scott’s Lauren Madison finished second here Tuesday on a scorecard tie-breaker in Labette County’s invitational, the first event of the season for both the Tigers and Uniontown. Madison, the Tigers’ only medalist, and Pittsburg’s Samantha Macelli each shot 42 with Macelli winning the scorecard playoff...

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown’s volleyball team was swept in its first home event of the season Tuesday night, falling to both Erie and Girard in two sets in non-league play. Erie, which won the Tri Valley League and qualified for Class 3A State last season, won 25-20, 25-12. Danielle Howard had 4 kills for the Eagles (4-4)...

Cross-country, varsity tennis called off Fort Scott High School’s cross-country and varsity tennis teams were unable to compete Thursday due to rain. The cross-country team was to have opened its season at the Labette County meet while the tennis team was scheduled to play in a tournament at Parsons hosted by Labette County...

Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball team took the first set from No. 4-ranked Cowley at Arnold Arena Wednesday night. But the visiting Tigers took the next three and the match to hand the Greyhounds their first loss of the season, 22-25, 25-20, 25-10, 26-24 in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division opener for both teams...

UNIONTOWN — Southeast scored twice in the fourth quarter here Friday night and won its inaugural Three Rivers League football contest, 20-6, over Uniontown in both team’s season opener. Quarterback Ty Davidson scored the Eagles’ lone touchdown. He rushed for 68 yards and threw for 77. Andrew Reed ran for 82 yards and made 10 tackles. Davidson and Hayden Miller had 9 stops each...

Fort Scott High football opened the season with a 23-14 win over Coffeyville in Southeast Kansas League action at Frary Field Friday night as the Tigers gained 328 yards of total offense in building a 23-0 lead. Matt Campbell threw for 143 yards in his first start at quarterback, although he only completed 7 of 19 passes. ...