Mansfield
Mansfield’s Blake Henry goes up strong for a shot against Norwood in the district semifinals.
The Mansfield Lions’ basketball team was riding a two-game winning streak when it entered last week’s Class 2, District 10 Tournament hosted on their own court.Their most recent loss was a 12-point defeat on Gainesville’s home court, the same team they drew for the first round of postseason play.In...
The Mansfield Lions’ basketball team entered this week’s Class 2, District 10 Tournament that they are hosting with a two-game winning streak.They picked up a Summit Conference win over Fordland after a 22-point third quarter helped them get past the Eagles, 66-59.They trailed by six early in spite...
Last week, the Mansfield Lions split a pair of Summit Conference games.They first traveled to Seymour and knocked off a now 18-win Tigers’ team in overtime, 62-53.In the final session, the Lions outscored the Tigers, 13-4, with the help of Fisher Croney’s six points and five from Kellen Campbell....
Mansfield seniors honored on Senior Night included Cali Lemons, Haven Tripp, Gentry Alsup and Elly Williams.
In the past couple of weeks, the Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team hit a rough stretch where they lost four straight games.They reversed that trend last week though when they won three games in four days to move their record to 14-10 overall on the season.Their most impressive win came on Feb...
Mansfield’s Elly Williams dribbles during a fast break.
A recently improved Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team was hoping to avenge a match-up with Sparta last season in which they fell to the new Summit Conference newcomers by 31 points.Through the first half of Friday night’s match-up with the Lady Trojans, Mansfield led by two and appeared heading...
Mansfield’s Fisher Croney goes up strong for a shot against Sparta.
Coming off a Sparta Trojans Invitational where the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team beat three teams with double-digit wins to claim the championship, a six-day break set them up with a home match-up against a Sparta team they didn’t end up playing in the tournament.With 1:07 left in the game, the...
Mansfield’s Elly Williams makes her way to the basket in the third place game against Fordland.
With their first round win in the 34th Annual Lady Lion Invitational Tournament, the Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team was riding a four game winning streak.Unfortunately, sickness hit the school, which led to a game against Mountain Grove being forfeited. This then carried over into the third...
The Mansfield Lions’ basketball team after defeating Willow Springs, 55-53, to win the Sparta Trojan Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 1 in Sparta.
For the second time this season, the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team earned the right to be called a tournament champion.A little more than a month after winning their own tournament in December, the Lions snapped a recent four game losing streak by picking up three quality wins to be crowned...
Back in early December, the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team beat a good Willow Springs squad by 11 points in the Mansfield Invitational semifinals.The Bears returned to the Lions’ court last Friday, but results were much different this time as Willow Springs won this contest, 64-56.For the Lions,...
Just 18 days earlier, the Mansfield Lady Lions dropped a tough home game to rival Hartville by six points.With both teams winning their first two games in the Cabool Invitational Tournament last week, a rematch between the rivals was set for the championship game between the top two seeded teams in...