Stories from Friday, September 7, 2018

Bourbon County Commissioners on Aug. 28 got an idea of how much it will cost to repair or replace a bridge identified as fracture critical in inspection reports provided by Scwhab Eaton. The bridge, located on 250th Street 1.5 miles west and 2.5 miles south of Garland, is one of two bridges being recommended for replacement or repair. The other bridge is the railroad overpass located on 215th near Valley Road...

Construction recently began on a new amenity at the Riverfront Park on North National Avenue. Jerry Witt, chairman of the Fort Scott Bourbon County Riverfront Authority, said construction of a lookout structure inside the park, part of the second phase of improvements at the park, began this week...

ARMA — Northeast football’s home opener has been postponed until 6 p.m. Monday night at Samuel J. Nicoletti Field due to travel concerns on the part of Yates Center, the scheduled opponent. Northeast Athletic Director Piper Richardson said that Yates Center did not wish to travel because it had started to flood there and school officials were concerned that they would not be able to get everyone back home...

PARSONS — The Fort Scott High School junior varsity tennis team played in the Labette County Invitational here Thursday. Results were as follows: • Alyssa Martin, 0-3, No. 1 singles: vs. Bradbury, LCHS, L. 6-1; vs. Cox, Neodesha, L. 6-0; vs. Giager, LCHS, L. 6-0...

Tuesday, Northeast’s volleyball team traveled to Galena for the second time this season and came away with their first two victories after opening the season with seven consecutve losses. The Vikings won both matches in two sets, beating Columbus 25-13, 25-11, and Galena, 25-10, 25-16. The sweep of the host Bulldogs avenged a 23-25, 27-25, 29-29, loss here the week before...

David Brown scored the only goal for Fort Scott High’s soccer team in a 6-1 loss to first-year Chanute in a Southeast Kansas League match here Tuesday. Brown’s goal came late in the first half. The Tigers played at home Thursday in a Southeast Kansas League match against Pittsburg, losing 5-0 to fall to 0-3-0 in SEK play and 1-3-0 overall...

INDEPENDENCE — Fort Scott High School’s varsity tennis team competed in a tournament here Thursday with Tiger entrants winning three matches. Paitience Richwine won two matches in No. 1 singles. She defeated Iola’s Ally Utley, 8-2, and Chanute’s Mikayla Kwek, 8-5. Richwine lost to Lilly Cawyer of Pittsburg, 8-6, and to Independence’s Browyn O’Malley in a tie-breaker, 8-7 (4)...

WINFIELD — The first meet for Fort Scott Community College’s cross-country teams was held here Saturday as the Greyhounds participated in a meet co-hosted by Cowley College and Southwestern College. A press release from the college said that Fort Scott’s runner were still early in their training for the season and ran the race with a “very relaced race plan.”...

GIRARD — Lauren Madison finished as the runner-up at the 18-hole Girard Invitational here Thursday, shooting 40 on the front nine and 41 on the back for a total of 81. Pittsburg’s Samantha Maceli won the tournament with a 79 as she was the only golfer to shoot under 40 on either nine, going 37 on the front and 42 on the back for a 79...

OTTAWA — Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball team got by the Ottawa University junior varsity squad in five sets here Wednesday night. The Greyhounds (6-4) prevailed 25-22, 9-25, 25-22, 21-25, 15-11). Hana Ronnebaum led the ’Hounds with 15 kills while also coming up with 12 digs. Brittany Barnekoff recorded 12 kills while Madison Dehlinger had 10...

Despite losing one of its key players early, Fort Scott High’s volleyball team rallied from two sets down to beat Baxter Springs in a best-of-five dual in the new FSHS gymnasium Thursday evening, 15-25, 19-25, 25-21, 25-23, 15-4. Head coach Jenna Campbell said that setter Abby Humble went out with a knee injury early in the first set and was unable to return. But sophomore Montana LaRoche was able to set in and fill the role...

Fort Scott High’s girls cross-country team won the individual championships in both varsity and junior varsity and the varsity team title in their home meet Thursday. It was the Tigers’ first outing of the season after their first meet at Labette County Aug. 30 was rained out...

MOUND CITY — Defending 11-man champion Jayhawk-Linn jumped out to a 3-score lead by halftime here Friday and went on to beat Uniontown 18-6 in Three Rivers League play. Although the Eagles (0-2 TRL and overall) lost by about the same margin as they did to Southeast in last week’s season opener, head coach Jeremy Neville seemed to feel better about hit team’s play...

PAOLA — Paola’s rushing attack gave it control of the clock here Friday night. The Panthers’ defense gave them control of the game as they defeated Fort Scott High 42-0 in a non-league game here Friday night. The Panthers took the opening kickoff and then held the ball for about six minutes before scoring on the 13th play of a 76-yard drive on a 1-yard keeper by quarterback Seth Richmond...