High School Baseball

Moving on (05/28/08)
Fort Scott Community College photo Four Fort Scott Community College sophomore baseball players recently signed letters of intent with four-year schools for next season. Third baseman Trevor Geist (front, left) signed with Northwestern State (La.), a Division I school and member of the Southland Conference. ...

Six Greyhounds receive Jayhawk Conference honors (05/16/08)
Six members of Fort Scott Community College's baseball team received honors recently from the Jayhawk Conference. They were awarded with places in the All-Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division team. First Team honors went to third baseman Trevor Geist, outfielder Zach Caldwell and second baseman Jason Houston. All three were also named to the All-Region VI team, which featured the best players in both divisions of the conference...

Northeast rally ends Uniontown's season (05/13/08)
BRONSON -- Visiting Northeast-Arma rallied in the top of the sixth inning and defeated Uniontown, 9-7, in a Pittsburg Colgan Class 2-1A Regional Baseball Tournament game at Dawson Field here Monday night. Uniontown (5-6) led 7-2 after five innings, scoring twice in the first, three times in the third and twice again in the fourth...

Seward County eliminates Greyhounds from tournament (05/12/08)
WICHITA -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball season came to an end Monday morning with a 4-3 loss to 10th-ranked Seward County in the losers' bracket of the Region VI Tournament here. The Greyhounds (38-21) lost to Hutchinson Saturday, 9-5, to drop into consolation then bounced back to beat Allen County, 6-5, on Sunday...

Baseball, softball seedings announced (05/07/08)
Seedings were announced Wednesday for Regional baseball and softball tournaments which are slated to begin Monday throughout the area. Fort Scott High School baseball is the No. 3 seed in the Chanute Class 4A Regional. All the games in the tournament will be played in Chanute with the first day's play split between CHS' Katy Park and Neosho County Community College's Hudson Field...

Uniontown splits with Chetopa (05/06/08)
Uniontown's baseball team has won two of the three most recent games it has played, including a split of a home doubleheader with Chetopa at Bronson Monday. The Eagles defeated Altoona-Midway in a Three Rivers League game Thursday at Buffalo, 9-7. In that game, Luke Spainhoward went four for four at the plate and stole three bases. Freshman Ty Clayton was three for four, stole three bases, and pitched a complete game for his first win. He walked eight batters and struck out seven...

Fort Scott's 'Conq'uest (05/05/08)
'Hounds fight back, beat Dodge in first-round series

Region VI Baseball First-Round Playoff Series (05/01/08)
Printed in the form of a Hype Box in Friday's edition

Erie takes varsity game while Eagles win junior varsity contest (05/01/08)
BRONSON -- Uniontown's baseball team split a varsity/junior varsity doubleheader with Erie at Dawson Field here Tuesday. The visiting Red Devils took the varsity contest, 11-9, but the Eagles won in just five innings in the nightcap, 12-3. Due to rainouts and other schedule juggling, these were the first home games for the revived baseball program...

They Know Drama: Tigers take pair of one-run games in final innings (04/30/08)
Fort Scott High School's Southeast Kansas League doubleheader against Labette County at Ty Cullor Field Tuesday night was chock full of drama with the opener going nine innings and the Grizzlies' attempting to rally from a five-run deficit in the seventh inning of the nightcap...

Streak ends at 16; Moddelmog gets 200th win (04/29/08)
Allen County put an end to Fort Scott Community College's winning streak in the second game of a Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at Lions Field Saturday afternoon. But some saw this as a good sign...

'Hounds complete suspended game, win 15th straight (04/24/08)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team has had to scramble a little bit to get some games in with all the rain that fell overnight. Wednesday, the Greyhounds were scheduled to play Hutchinson, the second-place team in the Jayhawk Conference-Western Division, in a non-conference doubleheader. But, according to FSCC head coach Chris Moddelmog, it started to rain almost as soon as the 'Hounds got there. The games were, of course, cancelled...

Fun for kids at ball park Saturday (04/24/08)
The Greyhounds have designated Saturday as "'Hounds Family Day at the Ballpark." Kids will be able to run the bases between games. There will also be drawings for prizes and Greyhound players will sign autographs. Any boy or girl who arrives at the ball field before and reports to the first-base dugout 12:45 has a chance to join the players on the field for pre-game introductions...

Tiger baseball at Coffeyville moved to Monday (04/24/08)
Fort Scott High School's baseball doubleheader at Coffeyville scheduled for Thursday was postponed due to bad field conditions. It has been rescheduled for Monday. This means that the Tigers will be playing doubleheaders on consecutive days as the make-up of last Friday's home doubleheader with Labette County will be played at 4:30 Tuesday at Ty Cullor Field...

Tiger baseball splits at Parsons (04/24/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's baseball team run-ruled Parsons in the first game of a Southeast Kansas League doubleheader here Tuesday. But the Vikings bounced back to salvage a split with a 3-1 win in the nightcap. The Tigers (2-5 in the SEK, 3-6 overall) led 7-0 after two innings and needed only six innings to dispatch the Vikes (4-2, 6-3) in the opener...

Greyhounds extend winning streak to 14 (04/23/08)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team extended its winning streak to 14 games when it defeated Kansas City Kansas, 7-6, in a make-up game here Monday afternoon. The game went back and forth. The Blue Devils led 3-0 after two innings and 5-3 after four...

'Hounds move into second place as streak continues (04/21/08)
Fort Scott Community College's winning streak was at 13 games after a pair of sweeps --which included three consecutive shutouts -- over the weekend. It's the longest winning streak -- the only one in double digits -- for FSCC baseball in a decade. With the sweeps, Fort Scott moved ahead of Johnson County into second place with a division record of 21-9 and an overall mark of 31-16. ...

Greyhounds slip into third place in East (04/17/08)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team took over third place in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division with a 12-5 win over Kansas City Kansas here Thursday. The second game of the doubleheader was rained out. Fort Scott is a half-game ahead of KCK at the moment. The Greyhounds are 17-9 in conference play and 27-16 overall while the Blue Devils fell to 16-9, 24-10...

Pittsburg stays perfect on season with sweep of Tigers (04/16/08)
There are two things you can't deny Pittsburg's baseball team does well: Hit the ball and score runs. The Purple Dragons remained undefeated on the season with a 17-2, 11-3 sweep of Fort Scott High at Lions Field Wednesday night. The first game ended after three innings as Pittsburg (6-0 in the SEK, 7-0 overall) scored nine runs in the first inning...

'Hound baseball extends win streak to eight games (04/16/08)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball team extended its winning streak to eight after seeping Coffeyville 3-2 and 6-1 at Lions Field Tuesday. It's the longest streak for the Greyhounds (16-9 in the Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division, 26-16 overall) since winning seven straight during the early portion of the 2006 season. Coffeyville fell to 9-15, 9-19...

Eagle baseball splits with Wildcats (04/16/08)
MORAN -- Uniontown's baseball team continued its pattern of splitting doubleheaders here Monday afternoon. Marmaton Valley won the first game 10-0 but the Eagles took game two 4-1. Eagle pitching surrendered eight hits and five walks in the opener but head coach Chris Wood said errors were to blame foe the loss. He said Uniontown (3-3) committed seven errors...

It's like starting over again (04/15/08)
Tigers see action for first time in 2 1/2 weeks, split with Indy

Greyhounds post sweep of Cardinals (04/14/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team posted a sweep of Labette in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play here Saturday. Fort Scott won the first game in eight innings, 6-3, then took the second game, 5-2. The Greyhounds (13-9 in the East and 24-16 overall) are now a half-game ahead of Allen County (13-11, 20-16) for fourth place in the division. ...

'Hounds get one in and win (04/09/08)
Fort Scott Community College and Independence beat Wednesday's thunderstorm long enough to get in one game of a scheduled Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at Lions Field Wednesday afternoon. "It was nice to win one of those at the end," Fort Scott head coach Chris Moddelmog said. "We haven't done that in a while."...

Going Greyhound (04/09/08)

Greyhounds sweep Rockhurst JV (04/09/08)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team swept a doubleheader from the Rockhurst College junior varsity here Monday, winning game one 10-3 and taking the second game, 5-3. Lions Field was too wet, especially in the outfield, to play Tuesday's scheduled Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader with Independence. The teams will try to play this afternoon at 2 p.m. Thursday, the Greyhounds (21-16) go to Highland for another conference doubleheader...

Greyhounds split pair of weekend doubleheaders (04/07/08)
Fort Scott Community College's baseball teams split a pair of Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division doubleheaders on the road last weekend but managed to stay in fourth place in the division. The top eight teams in the Eastern and Western divisions qualify for the Region VI Tournament. The top four teams in each division get to host a best-of-three first-round series...

Eagle baseball splits at Oswego (04/07/08)
OSWEGO -- Uniontown's baseball team split a make-up doubleheader with Oswego here Friday evening. The homestanding Indians won the first game, 16-1, but the Eagles took the second game, 3-1. Uniontown (2-2) scored its only run when Shawn Pritchett drove in Luke Spainhoward in the first inning. Ethan Hammond had the Eagles' only other hit...

Location for Saturday Tiger softball games changed (04/04/08)
Includes notes concerning other rescheduled activities. Posted at 2:20 p.m. Friday afternoon.