Fort Scott entered their contest against Pittsburg on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Fort Scott Tigers took a 23-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Pittsburg Dragons. The loss was the Tigers' first of the season.
Stone Peery continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Pittsburg, rushing for 151 yards and two touchdowns on only 14 carries. The dominant performance gave Peery a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Carsen Nickelson, who rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries.
Having lost for the first time this season, Fort Scott fell to 3-1. As for Pittsburg, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 3-1.
Fort Scott will welcome Labette County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Fort Scott is facing Labette County at the right time seeing as Labette County is stuck on a three-game losing streak. As for Pittsburg, they will head out to challenge Paola at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pittsburg will also cruise into their next game with the timing on their side: Paola will have lost four straight heading into Friday's matchup.
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