Stories from Saturday, October 13, 2018

PITTSBURG — Fort Scott High School’s volleyball team was swept in Southeast Kansas League matches here Tuesday night. The Tigers lost to Chanute, 25-16, 25-12, and Pittsburg, 25-14-, 25-7 Fort Scott fell to 2-8 in the SEK and 10-19 overall. Chanute (30-5 overall) and Pittsburg (25-12) are tied for second in the SEK at 8-2, two matches behind Independence (10-0, 27-1), which clinched no worse than a share of its second consecutive crown when it swept Parsons and Coffeyville Tuesday...

Uniontown’s volleyball team split Three Rivers League matches with Oswego and Altoona-Midway at Oswego Tuesday. The Eagles (4-7 TRL, 15-18 overall) lost to Oswego, 25-16, 25-13, and beat Altoona-Midway, 25-11, 25-3. Maddie Ard had 9 kills against Oswego and 12 versus Altoona-Midway. Lauren Shinn registered 6 kills over Midway...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Fort Scott Community College’s volleyball team survived a 5-set Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division battle here Wednesday night, beating Kansas City Kansas, 23-25, 29-27, 25-23, 26-28, 15-11. With the win, the Greyhounds moved a half-match ahead of KCK and into a tie for seventh place in the division at 2-5, 14-12 overall. ...

CHANUTE —Fort Scott High’s girls finished with four of the top six finishers and six of the top 13 at the Southeast Kansas League Cross Country Championship Meet here Thursday, giving the Tigers their fourth consecutive league title. Fort Scott’s boys finished second behind Chanute, which won its second straight title and seventh overall. The boys had five All-League finishers...

YATES CENTER — Uniontown lost to Yates Center here Friday night, 7-6, in a game that counted in both the Three Rivers League-Upper Division and Class 1A District 1. “It was a tough game played on a sloppy field,” Uniontown head coach Jeremy Neville said. “We had some guys out tonight that had played a lot up to this point in the season. Drew Perry stepped in and plaed a solid ball game. There were some bright spots but the conditions limited our ability to utilize more of our quickness.”...

It might not have seemed like it at the time, but when Fort Scott High blocked an extra point in the second quarter of Friday night’s game versus Bolivar, Mo., it was actually one of the game’s biggest plays in its 28-27 victory. The Tigers (5-2) led 28-13 going into the fourth quarter. ...