Stories from Saturday, February 18, 2017

HESSTON -- Fort Scott Community College's basketball teams swept Hesston College here Wednesday night in non-conference, Region VI seeding games. Fort Scott's women completed a season sweep of the Larks with a 79-60 win in the opener. They improved to 3-6 in the region and 15-7 overall. That places them fifth on the table in seeding, a position in which they would qualify for the post-season but play a first-round game on the road...

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's basketball teams swept Northeast here Friday night in the last home doubleheader of the season. Eagle girls (7-3 TRL, 11-8 overall) won the for the ninth time in 10 games, downing the Vikings by a 52-45 score to close out Three Rivers League play...

Coffeyville came out and hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter on its way to building a 13-point lead in the first quarter of Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night and made it hold up in a 62-49 win over Fort Scott High's boys...

Madison Cook's 17-point, 11-rebound effort helped Fort Scott High's girls bounce back from a halftime deficit to take a 48-28 win over Coffeyville in the Tigers' home finale at thee FSHS gymnasium Friday night. The Golden Tornado (0-10 SEK, 1-17 overall) led 11-7 after one period thanks to some early hot 3-point shooting, their first 3 baskets coming from behind the arc...