FSMS girls sweep Jayhawk Jr. High

Fort Scott Middle School's Alaina Allen (22) looks for a teammate as Jayhawk's Maycee Conner defends during the second half of play in the seventh-grade game at the FSMS gymnasium Thursday night. Allen led the Tigers with 11 points in a 20-5 win. (Scott Nuzum/Tribune)

Fort Scott Middle School's girls pulled off another sweep Thursday night as the seventh- and eighth-grade "A" teams both defeated Jayhawk Junior High. The seventh grade won 20-5 and the eighth graders took a 27-8 win.

Jayhawk used some of its eighth graders in the seventh-grade contest as there are only five from the lower grade in the basketball program.

The seventh-grade (7-1) outscored Jayhawk 7-1 in the first quarter. The Tigers pitched a shutout in the second quarter to boost the margin to 13-1 at the half.

Alaina Allen, who led all scorers with 11 points, scored all of them in the first half, including a 3-point goal with 34 seconds left in the half.

Jayhawk managed only two field goals. But the Jayhawks did outrebound the Tigers, 27-22. Abby Humble, who also scored 5 points, led Fort Scott with 5 rebounds.

The Tigers forced 27 turnovers while committing just 15 themselves.

The eighth graders scored the game's first 8 points on their way to a 10-2 lead. They boosted the lead to 17-4 at the half.

Elizabeth Torres led Fort Scott with 8 points, 6 of those coming in the first quarter. Madison Cook and Skylear Brown each added 6 points and Kelsie Nelson scored 5.

Fort Scott (6-0) outrebounded Jayhawk, 35-23. Jenny Denton had 8 rebounds for the Tigers while Cook had 7.

Jayhawk made just 3 field goals on 32 shots while Fort Scott made 13 of 36 field-goal attempts. The Tigers also turned the ball over just 9 times.

The last home games for the seventh- and eighth-grade "A" and "B" teams will take place Tuesday. FSMS will face Independence at Buck Run Community Center with the first game scheduled for 3:45 p.m.

SEVENTH-GRADE

JAYHAWK: A.Tingler 0 0-0 0, H.Tingler 0 0-0 0, Workman 0 0-0 0, Carroll 0 0-2 0, Coleman 0 0-0 0, K.Gabauer 1 1-2 3, Wilson 1 0-0 2, Conner 0 0-0 0, R.Gabauer 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 2 1-4 5.

FORT SCOTT: Humble 2 1-2 5, Bailey 0 0-0 0, J.Allen 1 0-0 2, Jones 0 0-0 0, McFarland 0 0-0 0, A.Allen 4 2-3 11, Stumfoll 0 0-0 0, Foxx 1 0-0 2, Batchelder 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 8 3-5 20.

Fort Scott................. 7 6 3 4 -- 20

Three-point field goals: Fort Scott -- A.Allen.

EIGHTH-GRADE

JAYHAWK: M.Tingler 0 0-0 0, H.Tingler 0 0-0 0, I.Coffel 0 1-4 1, Brown 1 0-0 2, Carroll 0 0-0 0, Nation 0 0-0 0, A.Coffel 0 0-0 0, Sanders 0 1-2 1, Pointer 1 0-0 2, Conner 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 3 2-6 8.

FORT SCOTT: Emerson 0 0-0 0, Torres 4 0-0 8, Brown 3 0-0 6, Denton 0 0-4 0, Dwyer 1 0-0 2, Larson 0 0-0 0, Carr 0 0-0 0, Cook 3 0-0 6, Racy 0 0-0 0, Nelson 2 1-2 5. TOTALS: 13 1-6 27.

Fort Scott................. 10 7 6 4 -- 27

Three-point field goals: None.