High School Volleyball

Volleyball seasons come to end for area teams (10/23/07)
Fort Scott High School’s volleyball team faced Iola for the third time in nine days in the first round of the Osawatomie Class 4A Sub-State Tournament here Saturday. But the outcome was much like it was in the first two meetings, with the Fillies beating the Tigers once again...

Jayhawks going to 3A State (10/22/07)
ERIE -- Second-seeded Jayhawk-Linn knocked off top seed Frontenac in two games in the finals of the Erie Class 3A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament, earning a trip to this weekend’s Class 3A State Tournament at Salina. The Jayhawks, 30-11, will be the No. 6 seed at State as they are one of five teams with 30 victories...

Tigers seeded sixth (10/18/07)
OSAWATOMIE -- Fort Scott High School’s volleyball team drew the No. 6 seed in Saturday’s Class 4A Sub-State Volleyball Tournament, which will be held at Osawatomie High School. With two courts in use, the Tigers, 10-24, will begin play against No. 3 Iola, 22-14, at the same time as No. 1 Paola, 31-8, squares off against No. 8 Prairie View, 4-33. Those matches will get underway at 2 p.m...

Uniontown sweeps to gain 20th win (10/17/07)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown swept a non-league triangular here Tuesday night to finish the regular season with a record of 20-15. The Eagles defeated Marmaton Valley, 25-18, 25-17, and Pleasanton, 25-7, 25-20. Abbie Smith recorded nine kills for the Eagles in the marmaton Valley match and four in the Pleasanton match...

Varsity volleyball swept (10/05/07)
COLUMBUS -- Fort Scott High's varsity volleyball team suffered a sweep in a Southeast Kansas League triangular here Thursday night. The Tigers were swept by Columbus, 25-21, 26-24, in the first match. Pittsburg took the second match, 25-12, 25-21. The Tigers beat both these teams in the first outing of the season Aug. 25 at Fort Scott. That day, FSHS swept Columbus and beat Pittsburg in three games...

Tiger frosh 1-2 at LCHS (10/05/07)
ALTAMONT -- Fort Scott High's freshmen volleyball team went 1-2 in a quadrangular here Tuesday night. Fort Scott lost its first match, 25-10, 25-21, to host Labette County. Sammi Newton, Morgan Tourtillott and Chelsea Wollenberg each had two kills for the Tigers...

FSMS Intramural Volleyball (10/05/07)
Sixth-grade volleyball, played Tuesday: Seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball, played Tuesday:...

Highland sweeps Greyhounds (10/04/07)
Fort Scott Community College's volleyball team lost its 11th consecutive match Wednesday night as the Greyhounds were swept by Highland in Jayhawk Conference-Eastern Division play at Arnold Arena, 30-19, 30-27, 30-22. Fort Scott, which has been swept in each of its last four matches and six of its last seven, fell to 0-6 in the division and 1-18 overall...

Uniontown takes sweep in last league triangular (10/03/07)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team swept Crest and Pleasanton in its final Three Rivers League triangular of the season here Tuesday night. The Eagles defeated Crest, 21-25, 25-17, 25-13. Kyli Harvey was successful on 17 of 18 attacks and recorded nine kills. Riley Stephens was 11 of 15 in attack and had six kills...

Tigers split home league triangular (09/28/07)
Fort Scott High School's volleyball team showed the look of a very good team as it hosted a Southeast Kansas League triangular with Independence and Labette County at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. Unfortunately, there were also times when it showed the look of an inconsistent team. ...

Uniontown takes TRL sweep at Chetopa (09/27/07)
CHETOPA -- Uniontown High volleyball coach Jackie Hall feels her team is back on track after a Three Rivers League sweep over rival Marmaton Valley and host Chetopa here Tuesday night. The Eagles, 3-3 in the TRL and 11-10 overall, swept Chetopa in the opener, 25-15, 25-13. Abbie Smith converted 13 of 15 attack opportunities and recorded 10 kills. Char Bradbury was 8 of 12 in attack with five kills...

Fort Scott JV finishes in third place at Independence tourney (09/27/07)
INDEPENDENCE -- Fort Scott High's junior varsity volleyball team took third place in a tournament here Saturday. The Tigers had a 3-2 record on the day. In the first match of pool play, Parsons defeated Fort Scott, 25-18, 22-25, 15-3. Megan McDermed served five aces as all 12 of her serves were successful...

Tigers face tough field at Louisburg Tournament (09/25/07)
LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team faced some stiff competition at the Louisburg Tournament here Saturday and finished with a 1-5 record on the day. Fort Scott's only win of the day came against Prairie View, 28-26, 24-26, 25-11. The Tigers, 6-13, lost a three-game match, 25-11, 23-25, 25-13 to Anderson County. They also had a 25-11, 33-31 loss to Class 6A Blue Valley-Stilwell...

Eagles finish 1-3 at Cherryvale Invitational (09/25/07)
CHERRYVALE -- The little things hurt Uniontown's volleyball team again, according to head coach Jackie Hall, and the Eagles put up a 1-3 mark at the Cherryvale Invitational here Saturday. The Eagles lost their first match to Independence, 25-19, 25-21. Abbie Smith served for 10 points...

Tigers sweep SEK league opener (09/21/07)
Updated with comments from head coach Carol Bingesser at 3 p.m. Friday afternoon.

Frosh volleyball goes 2-1 at home (09/21/07)
Fort Scott High School's freshman volleyball team won two of three matches in a home triangular Tuesday night at the FSHS gymnasium. In their first match, the Tigers defeated Independence, 25-14, 25-12. Megan McDermed served 17 points and Brook Gillen served 10. McDermed, Jenna Campbell and Kori Allen each had two blocks...

Eagles swept in home league matches (09/19/07)
UNIONTOWN -- A rare thing happened at the West Bourbon Elementary School gymnasium here Tuesday night as Uniontown's volleyball team was swept by Southern Coffey County and St. Paul in Three Rivers League play. Losing at home is rare enough but the sweep -- although SCCHS and St. Paul have been playing well this season -- was a bitter pill for head coach Jackie Hall to swallow...

Junior varsity volleyball take fifth (09/18/07)
Fort Scott High School's junior varsity volleyball team took fifth place in the Southeast Kansas League Junior Varsity Voleyball Tournament at the FSHS gymnasium and at Buck Run Community Center Saturday. The Tigers finished in the fifth place in the tournament. They were 1-1 in pool play...

Frosh volleyball goes 1-2 at Pittsburg (09/17/07)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team went 1-2 at a quadranuglar here Thursday, defeating Labette County while losing to Chanute and Pittsburg. In the Tigers' win over LCHS -- by scores of 14-25, 25-22 and 15-12 -- Jenna Campbell served for 23 points and had three kills. Kori Allen led in kills with six and Morgan Tourtillott led in blocks with three...

Eagles sweep larger schools (09/14/07)
RIVERTON -- Uniontown's volleyball squad swept a quadrangular here Thursday night against a pair of Class 3A schools and a Class 4A opponent. The Eagles improved to 8-5 on the season with the sweep. They defeated Columbus of the Southeast Kansas League, 25-19, 25-14, as Abbie Smith converted six of eight attack chances and recorded four kills. Riley Stephens and Char Bradbury also had four kills each...

Volleyball swept at Louisburg (09/14/07)
LOUISBURG -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team suffered a sweep at a non-league quadrangular here Thursday. The Tigers lost to host Louisburg in two games, 25-18, 25-18. Osawatomie picked up a win in three games, 23-25, 25-18, 25-14. Prairie View took a sweep, 25-15, 25-25...

Frosh volleyball takes second (09/11/07)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's freshmen volleyball team took second place at a tournament here Saturday. The Tigers, 7-4 for the season, won their pool. In their first match, they defeated Galena 25-8, 25-21. Jenna Campbell had four kills and Brooke Gillen recorded two blocks...

Frosh volleyball takes two of three (09/05/07)
IOLA -- Fort Scott High's freshman volleyball team won two of three matches played here Tuesday, beating Chanute and Coffeyville but losing to Iola. In the first match of the evening, Iola defeated the Tigers, 28-26, 25-16. Peyton Riedel served for 12 points for FSHS while Campbell served 11 and also had three kills...

Tiger frosh 2-1 at first triangular (09/04/07)
Fort Scott High School's freshmen volleyball team opened the season Thursday with two wins in three matches at the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers defeated Parsons in a sweep, 25-13, 25-13. Peyton Ridel served 21 points and Jenna Campbell 16 for the Tigers. Campbell, Morgan Tourtillott and Kori Allen each had three kills...

Fort Scott volleyball splits at Colgan (08/29/07)
PITTSBURG -- Fort Scott High's volleyball team continues to play some really close games early in the season. The Tigers had a couple of more in a split with Pittsburg Colgan and Chanute at the St. Mary's-Colgan Fieldhouse here Tuesday night. The Tigers lost to Southeast Kansas League for Chanute in a non-league match, 28-26, 25-16. They came back to beat Colgan in three games, 10-25, 25-15, 26-24...

Eagles split triangular with Girard, Erie (08/29/07)
GIRARD -- Uniontown's volleyball team split a non-league triangular here Tuesday night, falling to Girard while sweeping Erie. Uniontown, 4-4, played the undefeated Trojans first. Girard, which qualified for the Class 4A State Tournament last season, won 25-14, 25-9. Abbie Smith was 12 of 16 in attack but had just two kills...

Tigers beat Columbus, Pittsburg (08/27/07)
Fort Scott High School's volleyball team showed that it's ready to more than just compete in a home quadrangular at the FSHS gymnasium Saturday. The Tigers beat Columbus and defending Southeast Kan-sas League champion Pittsburg. The Columbus scores were 25-22, 28-26. Fort Scott beat Pittsburg 11-25, 25-23, 29-27...

Uniontown fourth at TRL tournament (08/27/07)
PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's volleyball team opened the season with a 3-3 record, finishing in fourth place at the first Three Rivers League Pre-Season Tournament here Saturday. The Eagles lost their first three matches. Southern Coffey County took a 22-25, 25-13, 25-17 win in the opening match. St. Paul took a 25-22, 25-21 win. Then Oswego picked up a 25-20, 25-16 sweep...

They're kinda hot (08/24/07)
Tigers to open season with home-court advantage provided by sweltering gymnasium