Stories from Saturday, October 20, 2012

Max Bradbury and Ronda Siebels announce their engagement and plans to be married Nov. 10, 2012, at First Christian Church in Independence, Kan. Bride-elect Siebels is the daughter of Ron and Valerie Songer of rural Caney, Kan. Prospective groom Bradbury is the son of Max and Betty Bradbury, Fulton, Kan., and the grandson of Bob and Violet Hull, Fort Scott, Kan...

PAOLA, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's soccer team bounced back from Tuesday's shutout loss at Riverton to beat Paola, 4-1, Thursday in the final match of the regular season. But during the game, senior goalkeeper Brett Allen, who has been a starter since his freshman season, suffered a broken leg and will miss the upcoming Class 4-3-2-1-A Regional Tournament that begins Monday. ...

IOLA, Kan. -- Iola did its best to keep fifth-ranked Fort Scott High School within striking distance at Riverside Park here Friday night, managing to go on several long offensive drives. But the Tigers kept the Mustangs out of the end zone on most of them and hung on for a 34-7 victory on the strength of a three-touchdown first quarter...

UNIONTOWN, Kan. -- Uniontown led 32-0 after one quarter of play Friday night and went on to rout Pleasanton in not much more than a half of play in Eight-Man Division I District 2 play. While the Eagles won't make the playoffs this season, they do avoid going winless on the field in Three Rivers League play. Uniontown is 1-4 in the league, 1-3 in district and 3-5 overall if you count the cancelled season opener with Altoona-Midway as a forfeit to the Eagles. Pleasanton dropped to 0-5, 1-3, 3-5...

Just after deadline Friday night/Saturday morning, the Tribune received the brackets for the two Class 4-3-2-1A Southeast Regional Soccer tournaments that begin Monday with play-in games. The Kansas State High School Activities Association guidelines printed prior to the season stated that seeding meetings were scheduled for Saturday morning. But since all 10 teams being seeded were finished with their regular seasons, they went ahead and got things done early...