Stories from Monday, September 27, 2010

The American Legion Post No. 25 will host a meeting for all veterans and their families who wish to learn more about their earned Veterans Affairs benefits at 2:45 p.m. Monday, Oct. 4. Veterans and family members who have specific questions regarding VA benefits are urged to attend the meeting, which will take place in the Legion room at Memorial Hall, 1 E. Third St...

Local runner Tim Woodring will don his running shoes this weekend to face his longest challenge yet. Woodring is one of more than 100 runners from around the United States and the world scheduled to participate in the 20th Annual Arkansas Traveller 100, a 100-mile "ultra-marathon" on Saturday and Sunday through the Ouachita National Forest near Little Rock. Woodring said this will be the first time he has participated in this event...

Local farmer kicks fall off in big way

JOPLIN -- Uniontown rushed for 295 yards as a team Friday night and rolled to its first victory of the season, 27-0 over McAuley Catholic at Missouri Southern State University. Coming off last week's disappointing Homecoming loss to Eureka, head coach Chad Stroud said his team (1-3) responded to the challenge he put to them...

Fort Scott Community College's volleyball turned things around between the first and second sets of a non-conference match at Arnold Arena Monday night and defeated Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in four sets, 13-25, 25-16, 25-19, 26-24. "That was a big win for us, a huge win," Fort Scott head coach Sonya Petroski said. "There's been quite a few teams in our conference who have played NEO but have yet to beat them. We were excited for this match. We wanted to get out after them."...

CHERRYVALE -- Uniontown's volleyball team won the Cherryvale Invitational championship here Saturday afternoon, sweeping a Southeast Kansas League school that has about 3 1/2 times as many students in the finals. The Eagles, who were ranked No. 1 in Class 2A last week by the Kansas Volleyball Association, swept Independence, 25-15, 25-8 in the finals. ...

Fifth-ranked Coffeyville handed Fort Scott Community College its worst loss since the first round of the 2005 playoffs when the Red Ravens crushed the Greyhounds 59-14 at Frary Field in a Jayhawk Conference game Saturday afternoon. The Ravens (3-0 conference, 4-0 overall) led just 20-0 at halftime but got the lead out to as large as 53-0 in the fourth quarter before Fort Scott (1-3, 1-4) finally scored...