High School Wrestling

What I live for (03/21/09)
My day has gone a little something like this: I woke up at 7 a.m., after sleeping like a restless child the night before a Disneyland vacation. I put my compression stocking on my right leg to protect it from blood clots at high altitudes. I packed my morning luggage. ...

Nevada Tiger Pit youth wrestlers compete in district tournament (03/14/09)

Culbertson picked as Honrable Mention wrestler (03/10/09)
Fort Scott senior Lee Culbertson was the Tigers' only pick on the All-Southeast Kansas League wrestling team. Culbertson, a senior, was a Class 4A State Tournament qualifier who wrestled the majority of the season at 152 pounds. The full list was not available for publication...

Johnson earns sixth-place medal in Class 3-2-1A (03/03/09)
NOTE -- This version has been corrected to reflect that it was Alan Johnson who was Jayhawk-Linn's medalist. The Tribune regrets the error in the previously printed version.

Tough time for Tigers (03/03/09)
State Wrestling Tough time for Tigers SALINA -- Only one member of Fort Scott High's contingent at the Kansas Class 4A State Wrest-ling Tournament made it through to the second day of competition here Saturday. But that does not mean that no one had a valuable experience, according to FSHS head coach David Brown...

Tigers sending three to State (02/23/09)
CANEY -- Fort Scott High School will send three wrestlers to the Class 4A State Tournament at Salina this coming weekend. Juniors Denzell Davis, Justin Sharp and senior Lee Culbertson qualified after each finished in fourth place at the Caney Valley Class 4A Regional here last weekend...

Jackson, Johnson will represent J-Linn at State (02/23/09)
BURLINGTON -- Alan Johnson and Caleb Jackson will represent Jayhawk-Linn High School at the Class 3-2-1A State Wrestling Tournament this weekend. Johnson and Jackson qualified as a result of their respective fourth-place finishes at the Burlington Class 3A Regional Tournament here over the weekend...

Tiger wrestlers tested at Rose Hill (02/09/09)
ROSE HILL -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling team saw many of the teams and individuals it will face at the end of the month at the Caney Valley Class 4A Regional Tournament here over the weekend in the Rose Hill Tournament, a tournament that usually features state powers in classes 6A, 5A and 4A...

Tigers meet the criteria: Dual with LCHS decided on sixth tie-breaking step (01/29/09)
Fort Scott High's wrestling team split a Southeast Kansas League triangular here Thursday night. But it had to wait a while to find out if it did. The final match of the night between the Tigers and Labette County ended with the score tied at 24-24. But wrestling duals aren't allowed to end in ties anymore...

Four earn medals (01/26/09)
PAOLA -- Four Fort Scott High wrestlers earned medals in a fairly deep tournament at Paola here Saturday. "Excellent opportunity this weekend for us to begin the build up for regionals and state," Fort Scott head coach David Brown said. "Every wrestler found new opportunities to learn and over the next few weeks we hope to take advantage of those nuggets of knowledge."...

Pair of Jayhawks earn medals at Piper (01/26/09)
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Alan Johnson won the 215-pound weight class while Caleb Jackson took second place at 285 pounds for Jayhawk-Linn's wrestling team at a tournament hosted by Piper High School here Saturday. Johnson (19-3) pinned Jerome Newman of Class 5A Kansas City-Wyandotte in the finals. Newman was 16-3 going into the finals...

Wrestlers sweep in Coffeyville (01/21/09)
COFFEYVILLE -- Fort Scott High School's wrestling team swept a Southeast Kansas League triangular here Tuesday night, then were still able to get home in time to enjoy the second half of the boys' basketball game at the FSHS gymnasium. The Tigers (2-1 SEK, 7-6 in all duals) beat Parsons, 70-48, then took care of host Coffeyville, 66-49...

Davis sixth at Basehor (01/19/09)
BASEHOR -- Fort Scott High brought four wrestlers to the Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic here over the weekend. Of those, Denzell Davis earned a sixth-place medal in the 119-pound weight class. In order to win that medal, Davis had to win a tough quarterfinal match against Cody Phillips of Atchison County. The final score was 10-8...

Tigers earn three medals (01/12/09)
BONNER SPRINGS -- Three Fort Scott High wrestlers earned medals here Saturday at the 13-team Dick Burns Invitational hosted by Bonner Springs High School. Denzell Davis and Justin Sharp both finished second in their weight classes while Lee Culbertson took third...

Jackson takes first at Burlington tourney (01/12/09)
BURLINGTON -- Jayhawk-Linn's Caleb Jackson took first place in the 285-pound weight class at the Burlington Invitational here Saturday. Jackson pinned his first three opponents: David Green of Central Heights, Matt Riebel of Iola and Greg York of Coffeyville. In the finals, he beat Marcus Ferguson of Anderson County, 5-1...

Upper weights lead Dragons over Tigers (01/08/09)
A sweep of the final five weight classes allowed rival Pittsburg to take a 54-24 win in a Southeast Kansas League wrestling dual at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night. "A lot of the kids are developing and it's just going to take its time," Fort Scott head coach David Brown said. "Overall, I was pretty pleased with how hard we went after things. I see glimmers of improvement in every one of them."...

Three win medals at Eudora Tournament (12/15/08)
EUDORA -- Three Fort Scott High School wrestlers earned medals in a 24-school field at the Eudora Tournament of Champions here Friday and Saturday. With so many schools entered, the wrestlers were placed into round-robin pools on Friday. The top wrestlers in those pools moved into eight-man brackets Saturday...

SM West, Louisburg add drama to Tiger tourney (12/08/08)
The expansion of the Fort Scott High School Dual Wrestling Tournament to eight teams this year provided more drama for the championship match than anyone could have imagined. Shawnee Mission West survived a serious gaffe in the last match of the championship dual to win the team title Saturday afternoon at the FSHS gymnasium...

Jennifer Hope - Jason Bean (09/20/08)
Dan and Margaret Hope announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Hope, to Jason Bean, son of Mark and Cindy Bean. Jennifer is a graduate of Nevada High School and received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Southwestern College in 2004. Jennifer runs a therapeutic massage practice and is an avid cross-country cyclist...

Winter weather woes, story of pulling the Ford pickup (09/03/08)
It was 1960. Now, just a little back ground before my story begins...We were living in Wis. Rapids, out by the Two Mile School. Bob was a payroll auditor and Safety Engineer for the Western Casualty and Surety Co. He traveled and was out on the road from early Monday morning 'til Thursday evening. It was the 'dead of winter' and at least two feet of snow on the ground. The temps had been down to 30 below many a night...and now my tale of woe begins...

Counseling sessions offer help to small businesses (08/16/08)
Fort Scott, Kan. -- Both current and prospective small business owners will have the chance to learn how to grow and develop their business through upcoming professional counseling sessions. Counselors representing the Kansas Small Business Development Center at Pittsburg State University will be available on two upcoming dates -- Aug. ...

Thanks for a great Vernon County Youth Fair (08/02/08)
Dear Editor: Thank you Vernon County for another great youth fair. With programs like 4-H, FFA, and Scouts, young people have an opportunity to learn responsibility for projects, respect for others, and become leaders of tomorrow. Vernon County is lucky to have adults that care about young people and give their time to volunteer to be project leaders and workers at the fair...

KING (07/15/08)
Jason DeWayne King, age 62, a resident of Redfield, Kan., died Friday, July 11, 2008, at the Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He was born James Edward Duggins, Jr., on August 17, 1945, at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of James E. Duggins, Sr. and Velma Virginia Fillmore Duggins...

Tango in Topeka (03/27/08)
Four members of the Fort Scott Kids Wrestling Club will be going to the state tournament this Saturday and Sunday at the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka. Club coach Russ Hughes and team memebers (clockwise from upper left) Victor Hughes, Brendon Blackburn, Johnathan Lopp and Trey Holston will represent the club. ...

DONALD EUGENE VANN (03/24/08)
Donald Eugene Vann, age 68, a resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, March 20, 2008, at the Olathe Medical Center following a brief illness. He was born Sept. 8, 1939, in Harding, Kan., the son of Herbert Clarity and Linda M. Vann. Donald married JoAnn Nelson in 1958. ...

Seven Tigers earn All-SEK honors (03/11/08)
With winter sports seasons finally completed, the Southeast Kansas League released its All-League basketball and wrestling squads over the weekend. Fort Scott High ended up with three athletes on the wrestling and girls' basketball teams and two on the boys' basketball team...

State wrestling strip short for Tigers (02/25/08)
SALINA -- Fort Scott High School's trip to the Class 4A State Wrestling Tournament here over the weekend turned out to be one of the shorter-lived ones in recent years. It was a small contingent, just four competitors. But only one of them was able to advance to the second day of competition Saturday and none won a match on the mat...

Jayhawk-Linn's Johnson goes 1-2 at 3-2-1A State tourney (02/25/08)
HAYS -- Jayhawk-Linn's Alan Johnson had a 1-2 record in the 215-pound bracket at the Class 3-2-1A State Wrestling Tournament here over the weekend. Jackson, the only Jayhawk qualifier, won his first match by pinning Matt Bosworth of Central-Burden Johnson's next match was against Oakley's Aaron Racette, who took that by a 13-2 score...

Iona "Nonny" Stahl (02/23/08)
Iona "Nonny" Stahl, age 95, of Lamar, passed away at 1:50 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at Barton County Memorial Hospital. Nonny was born Nov. 1, 1912, in Barton County Mo., one of the eleven children of Simon and Daisy (Hall) Washburn. After graduating from Lamar High School in 1930, she earned a teacher's certificate from Ozark Wesleyan College, in Carthage, and taught in various rural schools in Barton County. ...