Tigers sweep in first round of home JV tourney

Elizabeth Torres (1) goes in for a layup early in second quarter of a home JV tournament game versus Chanute Tuesday night. (Scott Nuzum/Tribune)

Fort Scott High School's junior varsity basketball teams swept Chanute in first-round games of their home tournament at the FSHS gymnasium Thursday night.

Tiger girls (1-0) opened things up by scoring the games' first 13 points on their way to a 47-17 win. Fort Scott's boys followed up with a 58-38 victory over the Blue Comets.

Chanute's girls scored in the waning seconds of the opening period to cut the lead to 13-2. The Tigers led 21-8 at the half and 31-12 after three quarters.

Kharsyn Dwyer led the Tigers with 16 points, 10 of those in the fourth quarter. Kelsey Carpenter added 11 points, 6 coming in the third. Elizabeth Torres, Jenny Denton and Shytanna Reed each scored 6 points.

Fort Scott's boys (1-0) outdid the girls slightly by scoring the first 14 points of their game on their way to building a 16-8 lead after one. The Tigers outscored the Comets 20-4 in the second to make it 36-12 at the half.

The Tigers connected on seven 3-point goals. Austin Cook and Devonte Robinson each scored 11 to lead Fort Scott. Brady Tourtillott hit 3 3-pointers as he finished with 9 points.

Each of the teams in the tournament will play twice Saturday. The schedule:

9:30 a.m. --Fort Scott girls vs. Iola

11 a.m. -- Fort Scott boys vs. Iola.

12:30 -- Fort Scott girls vs. Colgan

2 p.m. -- Fort Scott boys vs. Frontenac

9:30 a.m. --Chanute girls vs. Colgan

11 a.m. -- Chanute boys vs. Frontenac

12:30 -- Chanute girls vs. Iola

2 p.m. -- Chanute boys vs. Iola