ONLINE FIRST: Fort Scott girls qualify for State Tournament

Fort Scott High School's girls basketball team poses with the Sub-State championship trophy following their 47-41 victory over Frontenac at the FSHS gymnasium Saturday night. The Tigers (17-5) will play in the first round of the Class 4A State Tournament Thursday in Salina. Members of the team are (from left): FRONT -- Hannah Tourtillott, Sidney Maycumber and Shelby Maycumber; MIDDLE -- Katren Rienbolt, Maddi Allen, Abby Denton, Ericah Shoemaker and Rikki Buller; BACK -- Jillian Lattimer, Elisha Hasenplaugh, Brianne Lawrence, Maddie Barbour, Ashley Cook and Kayla Gooderl. (Scott Nuzum/Tribune).

Junior Katren Rienbolt made 6 free throws in the final 1:06 of play Saturday night to propel Fort Scott High's girls to the Kansas Class 4A State Basketball Tournament next week with a 47-41 victory over top-seeded Frontenac in the Fort Scott Class 4A Sub-State Tournament championship game at the FSHS gymnasium.

The Tigers (17-5) have won 13 consecutive games and 17 of their last 18. They return to State for the first time since the 2007-08 season.

Fort Scott led by as many as 9 points early in the fourth quarter. But Frontenac (18-5) rallied with the aid of two 3-point field goals during a 9-2 run capped by Haley Wilson's triple from the top of the key with 1:35 to go that tied the score at 41-41.

Rienbolt put the Tigers ahead when she made the first two of her late-game free throws with 1:06 to go. They were earned on a foul away from the ball.

Rienbolt and Sidney Maycumber each scored 12 points for Fort Scott. Rienbolt also had 9 rebounds while Brianne Lawrence grabbed 7. Hannah Tourtillott handed out 3 assists.

Fort Scott's boys saw their post-season run come to an end with a 64-56 loss to top-seeded Anderson County (17-6). The Tigers (9-13), the tournament's No. 7 seed, led 18-16 after one period. But the Bulldogs opened the second quarter with an 11-0 run.

Fort Scott got within 59-54 with 1:28 to go with a Johnathan Stark 3-pointer off an Anderson County turnover.

A layup by Alex Fink brought the Tigers within 60-56 with 52 seconds left.

Kaleb DeLaTorre led the Tigers with 14 points. Eric Tastove scored 23 points for Anderson County and Spencer Walter added 10. Those two combined to make 14 of 23 field-goal attempts.

Greater detail and more photos will appear in Tuesday's edition of the Fort Scott Tribune.

GIRLS

(3) FORT SCOTT: Tourtillott 0-2 1-2 1, Allen 0-2 1-2 1, Sh.Maycumber 0-1 0-0 0, Rienbolt 2-7 8-9 12, Cook 1-6 2-2 5, Si.Maycumber 5-8 2-6 12, Lawrence 3-8 3-4 9, Lattimer 3-8 1-2 7. TOTALS: 14-42 18-27 47.

(1) FRONTENAC: Hipfl 0-0 0-0 0, Long 0-2 1-2 1, Wilson 3-10 1-2 10, Warrick 5-8 0-0 10, Cicero 1-5 1-2 4, McCartney 0-5 6-6 6, Coomes 0-1 0-0 0, Flora 4-6 2-3 10. TOTALS: 13-37 11-15 41

Frontenac..... 9 8 8 16 -- 41

Three-point field goals: Fort Scott 1-4 (Cook 1-3, Rienbolt 0-1), Frontenac 4-11 (Wilson 3-7, Cicero 1-2, Long 0-1, McCartney 0-1).

Total fouls: Fort Scott 15, Frontenac 18. Fouled out: Long. Technical fouls: None.

Rebounds: Fort Scott 31 (Rienbolt 9), Frontenac 27 (Flora 8). Assists: Fort Scott 8 (Tourtillott 3), Frontenac 4 (Cicero 3). Turnovers: Fort Scott 11, Frontenac 17. Steals: Fort Scott 10 (Rienbolt 4), Frontenac 6 (Cicero 2). Blocked shots: Fort Scott 4 (Cook 2, Lawrence 2), Frontenac 1 (McCartney).

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BOYS

(7) FORT SCOTT: DeLaTorre 5-10 0-0 14, Sather 0-2 0-0 0, Pytlowany 4-8 1-3 12, Fink 4-7 0-0 8, Stark 2-13 5-6 10, Sinn 2-5 2-2 6, Knopp 1-3 2-2 4, Davenport 1-3 0-0 2, Olin 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS: 19-52 10-13 56.

(1) ANDERSON COUNTY: Dial 0-0 2-3 2, Lickteig 3-3 1-2 7, Mechnig 1-4 6-9 8, Hilliard 0-0 0-0 0, Woodward 0-0 0-0 0, Rickabuagh 2-2 1-2 5, Small 0-0 0-0 0, Tastove 8-13 7-11 23, Walter 6-10 2-2 19. TOTALS: 20-42 19-29 64.

Anderson County..... 16 15 12 21 -- 64

Three-point field goals: Fort Scott 8-23 (DeLaTorre 4-7, Pytlowany 3-7, Stark 1-4, Fink 0-1, Sather 0-2, Knopp 0-2), Anderson County 5-11 (Walter 5-8, Tastove 0-1, Mechnig 0-2).

Total fouls: Fort Scott 26, Anderson County 18. Fouled out: None. Technical fouls: None.

Rebounds: Fort Scott 23 (Sinn 6), Anderson County 31 (Tastove 10). Assists: Fort Scott 7 (Pytlowany 3), Anderson County 14 (Hilliard 4). Turnovers: Fort Scott 13, Anderson County 22. Steals: Fort Scott 11 (DeLeTorre 3, Sinn 3), Anderson County 7 (Tastove 3). Blocked shots: Fort Scott 1 (Olin), Anderson County 1 (Tastove).