High School Boys Tennis

Now he's on his own (05/06/08)
After reaching State in doubles last year, senior Buntain returns as singles player

Buntain qualifies for State for second straight year (05/05/08)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School senior Stephen Buntain has qualified for the Class 4A State Tournament for the second consecutive season. He advanced as the fourth-place finisher in singles play at the Independence Class 4A Sub-State Tournament Friday afternoon...

Two advance for Tigers (05/01/08)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team saw a singles and a doubles entry advance to today's Sub-State Tournament after they placed in the Fort Scott Class 4A Regional Tournament Thursday afternoon. Senior Stephen Buntain took second place in singles while the team of junior Brian Gorman and freshman Gabe Quick placed fourth in doubles...

Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament (05/01/08)
Class 4A Regional Tennis Tournament Hosted by Fort Scott High School Thursday, 10 a.m., FSHS and city pool courts Teams in the field: Fort Scott, Chanute, Iola, Ottawa and Parsons. Schedule: First-round play is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. ...

Fort Scott tennis coach: We peaked at the right time (04/26/08)
PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished third in the Southeast Kansas League Tournament here Thursday, finishing only behind the traditional league powers, Independence and Parsons. Independence won its eighth straight league championship and its 19th in the last 20 years. ...

JV tennis plays for final time in '08 (04/24/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity tennis team took part in its final tournament of the season here Monday, an eight-team bracket-format tournament hosted by Labette County High School. Both doubles teams posted 2-2 records on the day. The No. ...

Tigers win home tennis tournament (04/21/08)
Fort Scott High School's tennis team won its home tournament Saturday, winning a tie-breaker with league rivals Pittsburg and Coffeyville. The Tigers, Pittsburg and Coffeyville each had nine points in the final tally of the five-team affair. Each school also had nine match wins from its entrants, leaving total games won as the tie-breaker. Fort Scott won 101 games while the other two won 98...

Tigers take 2nd at Pittsburg invite (04/16/08)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished second here at the Pittsburg Invitational, missing out on third place by one point after a tie-breaker was needed to sort out No. 2 doubles. Labette County scored 13 points while Fort Scott finished with 12. Three teams finished 3-1 at No. 2 doubles. Pittsburg's team won the tie-breaker because it won 31 total games. Fort Scott's and Labette County's teams each won 28 games but LCHS won the head-to-head match-up...

Tennis takes third at LCHS (04/09/08)
PARSONS -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team took third place in Labette County High School's five-team tournament here Tuesday. Weather permitting, the Tigers will return here today for a tournament hosted by Parsons High School. "It was nice to get this one in with all the rainouts we had last week," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. ...

Tigers second at Spring Hill tourney (04/02/08)
SPRING HILL -- Stephen Buntain's first-place finish in No. 1 singles helped lead Fort Scott to a second-place finish at the Spring Hill Tournament here Tuesday. Buntain won all three matches in his division, losing only three of 27 games, improving to 8-3 on the season in the progress...

Junior varsity tennis adds pair of dates, will be at home Monday (03/26/08)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's junior varsity tennis team has added a couple of dates to its schedule. One of those extra outings took place Tuesday. The other will be held Monday at the FSHS tennis courts starting at 3 p.m. as the Tigers will take on Chanute in a dual...

Tiger tennis opens season at Independence (03/12/08)
As was the case last season, Fort Scott High School's tennis season begins earlier than any other spring sport. This has come about because the KSHSAA moved the State championship back one week and in order to get all the allowed matches in, teams must begin earlier in the spring...

Tournament winners (07/25/07)

Pair of pairs to represent FSHS at State Tennis (05/08/07)
Gathered in Lynn Barr's classroom at Fort Scott Middle School Monday afternoon were Fort Scott High's four state-qualifying tennis players: seniors Bryce Hart, Corey Chandra and Sam Johnson and junior Stephen Buntain. They and Barr were going over various seeding scenarios for the Class 4A State Tennis Tournament, which will be held at Topeka Hayden High School this weekend. ...

Both FSHS doubles teams qualify for Class 4A state tourney (05/06/07)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Both of Fort Scott High School's doubles teams will be going to the Kansas Class 4A State Tournament after finishing in the top four at the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament Friday. Bryce Hart and Stephen Buntain finished in second place while Sam Johnson and Corey Chandra placed fourth...

Both Fort Scott doubles teams qualify for Class 4A State Tournament. (05/05/07)
INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- Both of Fort Scott High School's doubles teams will be going to the Kansas Class 4A State Tournament after finishing in the top four at the Independence Class 4A Regional Tournament here Friday. Bryce Hart and Stephen Buntain finished in second place while Sam Johnson and Corey Chandra placed fourth...

Tigers third at SEK behind strong doubles performances (04/27/07)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's doubles team finished second in their respective brackets as the Tigers took third place at the Southeast Kansas League Tennis Tournament here Thursday. The Tigers scored 20 points as both doubles teams scored seven points each...

Tiger tennis takes first and fourth (04/23/07)
Fort Scott High School's tennis teams took first and fourth places in their home tournament Saturday. How's that possible, you ask? When Chanute had to pull out of the tournament, Tiger head coach Lynn Barr put in a second Fort Scott team. The Red team finished first with 13 points. Coffeyville was second with nine followed by Pittsburg with eight, the FSHS White team with seven and Labette County rounding things out with four points...

Fort Scott tennis finishes fourth at Thomas Jefferson tourney (04/22/07)
JOPLIN, Mo. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team finished in fourth place at a nine-team tournament hosted by Thomas Jefferson School here Friday. The host school won the tournament followed by Joplin, Springfield Catholic, then and the Tigers. "This was a good test," Fort Scott head coach Lynn Barr said. "We had a chance to see some different competition, especially in doubles. This was good for us at the point in the season with league and regionals coming up soon to be pushed like this."...

Tigers finish interrupted tourney (04/19/07)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team completed a tournament Wednesday that was suspended due to rain here March 29. The Tigers finished up in third place behind winner Independence and runner-up Arkansas City. All of the players had played Arkansas City and Fort Scott's singles players has just finished with their opponents from Independence when the rain came. ...