Fort Scott and Chanute are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2020, but not for long. The Fort Scott Tigers will welcome the Chanute Blue Comets on Tuesday.
Last Thursday, Fort Scott didn't have quite enough to beat Girard and fell 2-1. The loss continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Trojans: they've now lost three in a row.
Fort Scott started the match hot and won the first set, but they struggled down the stretch and lost the last two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-10, 25-16.
Meanwhile, Chanute entered their tilt with Paola on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Panthers as they made off with a 3-0 win. That looming 3-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Blue Comets yet this season.
A big factor in the win was Chanute's feisty defense: they held Paola to fewer and fewer points set over set. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 25-22, 25-14.
Fort Scott's defeat dropped their record down to 2-11-1. As for Chanute, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Fort Scott came up short against Chanute when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Fort Scott avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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