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Mountain Grove volleyball players made saves and struck the ball hard in the match-up with Licking.
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ volleyball team won their home opener last week in a five set thriller with the Licking Lady Wildcats, 3-2.Mountain Grove jumped out to a two set lead winning 25-22 and 25-13.They then lost a pair of 25-21 sets before holding on late to win the fifth set, 16-14.Two...
Things are coming together this fall for the Mansfield Lady Lions’ volleyball team as they are now winners of four of their past five matches this fall.They traveled on the road on Sep. 9 and left Springfield with a 3-0 win over Greenwood.Mansfield won 25-20, 25-21 and 25-16.They are now 4-0 all-...
Mansfield pitcher Fisher Croney gets ready to send a pitch to the plate in a game last week.
After seeing their losing streak reach four straight games, the Mansfeidl Lions’ baseball team ended the skid with a solid 7-1 win over Alton.Mansfield scored three runs in the first before adding two runs in each of the next two innings.Cole Whorton and Jaxon Clark had two RBIs and one run scored...
The Hartville Eagles’ baseball team extended their wining streak to four straight after picking up three Summit Conference wins.One big win came over rival Mansfield as a four-run sixth inning helped them to the 9-3 victory.Gus Sinning had a big day with three hits, three RBIs and two runs scored;...
The Norwood Pirates’ baseball team opened their season last week with a split of two games against solid programs.They won their season opener at home against Summit Conference foe Conway, 4-3.The Bears scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning and had the tying run on second with no outs....
Mountain Grove’s Kale Gardner gets ready to make the catch for a 40-yard touchdown against the Guardians.
A large contingency of Mountain Grove Panthers’ football fans made the three-and-a-half hour drive to Lee’s Summit on Friday night for the week two battle with St. Michael the Archangel.Though the Guardians were effective with the passing game, the Panthers rushing attack had two 100-yard carriers...
Norwood cross country runners Jayden Chamber and Kalie Chadwell with their medals from the SWCCCA meet in Bolivar. Left: Bryson Chadwell with his medal after taking first for Classes 1, 2 and 3 in the SWCCCA middle school race.
The Norwood cross country program has experienced some early season success in a pair of area races.This past weekend in Bolivar, two Norwood runners earned Top-10 medals in the SWCCCA Richard Clark Invitational.Among the 342 runners in the race, Jayden Chambrers was first place among Class 1’s 52...
A host of Mountain Grove defenders make sure Fair Grove’s quarterback gets no further in the Panthers’ contest with the Eagles.
An instant football classic took place in Fair Grove last Friday night when the Mountain Grove Panthers took on an Eagles’ squad that finished just four points away from winning the Class 2 state championship a season ago.The Panthers overcame an early 14-0 deficit to eventually take an 11-point...
The Hartville cross country program opened their season last week by competing in the Run with the Elk race held in Winona.The Eagles finished seventh in team points with 166.Broc Roden led the squad with a 20th place time of 21:08.Other runners included Mason Rorrer (23:19), Gustin Dennis (24:15...
ansfield’s cross country program featuring just boys runners competed in the SWCCCA Richard Clark Invitational last week in Bolivar.In a race featuring countless large schools, Alex Ivey had the best time for the Lions as he finished in 199th place out of more than 500 runners with a time of 18:55....