Stories from Monday, September 6, 2010

PARSONS, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's tennis team was able to play all but two matches in the Labette County Invitational here Thursday before rain halted the proceedings. The preliminary plan is to return here at 3 p.m. Wednesday to play out the rest of the tournament...

ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's cross country season opened here Thursday at the Labette County Invitational. The Tigers did not enter enough runners in any race to score team points. In the boys' varsity race, Robert Sellers finished in eighth place in 18 minutes, 25 seconds. In the varsity girls' race, Morgan Tourtillott finished 23rd in 24:32 and Megan Midkiff was 24th in 24:34...

IOLA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's volleyball team swept a non-league triangular here Thursday, beating Iola and Prairie View. The Iola scores were 25-12, 25-19. Against Prairie View, the Tigers (6-1) prevailed 25-12, 25-19. Individual stats are not available for the matches but that doesn't mean head coach Carol Bingesser isn't able to pinpoint how the Tigers performed...

ALTAMONT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School head coach Bob Campbell's return to the sidelines fell just short of a victory here Friday night as Labette County held on for a 26-24 win in both teams' season opener. The Tigers made it to the Labette County 16-yard line with two seconds remaining and called time out to set up a 32-yard field-goal attempt by Griffin Knopp. LCHS broke through the line and possibly got a hand on the attempt to preserve the victory...

UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Mistakes were deadly for Uniontown in its season opener here Friday night as the Eagles dropped a 34-6 decision to Burlington after making too many of them, according to head coach Chad Stroud. "We made many mistakes, some at key times," Stroud said. "One of the biggest mistakes was my fault: A substitution error cost us a scoring opportunity early in the game. An illegal formation cost us a turnover on a punt that the Burlington returner fumbled."...