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Another special season came to an end this past weekend in the Class 2 Final Four for the Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team as they took home a fourth place trophy for the third season in a row.This run to state brings to an end the careers of seniors Autumn Gunter, Quinncy Vestal and Gracie...
Wright County’s archery programs recently wrapped up their regular season. State qualifiers from each district will compete in either the Missouri State Bullseye Tournament or Missouri State 3D Tournament slated for March 19-22 in Branson.
Mountain GroveMountain Grove hosted their final tournaments...
Several Mountain Grove boys and girls basketball players recently earned All-South Central Association (SCA) Conference honors for their efforts during the 2024-2025 season.The co-SCA champion Panthers had their coach, Nick Openshaw, named the SCA Coach of the Year.Sophomore Kale Gardner was a...
The Wright County Journal has officially released its list of All-Wright County girls basketball selections for the 2024-2025 season.
End of the year statistics were submitted by all eight basketball programs (boys and girls teams) in the county. Statistics do help the Wright County Journal in...
The Wright County Journal has officially released its list of All-Wright County boys basketball selections for the 2024-2025 season.End of the year statistics were submitted by all eight basketball programs (boys and girls teams) in the county. Statistics do help the Wright County Journal in making...
Norwood's Kalie Chadwell glides in for a shot against Skyline.
Entering their opening contest of this year’s Class 2 state semifinals against defending state champion Skyline, Norwood head coach Wayne Jessen knew his team needed to take care of the ball if they were going to have a chance to upset the Lady Tigers.His biggest fear became a reality early on as...
Seven Wright County basketball players took up most of the 12 first-team spots as the 2024-2025 All-Summit Conference boys basketball team was recently announced.Both Norwood and Hartville led the conference with three first-team selections.The Summit Conference champion Pirates were led by first-...
Mountain Grove’s Aden Estep goes in for a reverse layup against Forsyth in the Class 4, District 11 semifinals.
After winning seven of their final eight regular season games, the Mountain Grove Panthers’ basketball team had some momentum entering last week’s Class 4, District 11 Tournament played in Rogersville.They were hoping to pick up a pair of wins to get another shot at a Logan-Rogersville team that...
Hartville’s Mason Cogdill goes in strong for a layup around a Eugene defender in Class 2 state sectionals played at Eugene High School.
Just three days after knocking off rival and state-ranked Norwood (No. 3) to win a district championship, the No. 2 state-ranked Hartville Eagles drew Eugene, the top team in Class 2, for a state sectionals rematch from a year ago.This time; however, Hartville traveled to Eugene for a match-up of...
Though a seven-game winning streak came to an end in the regular season finale against Springfield Catholic, the Mountain Grove Panthers’ basketball team have some momentum heading into the Class 4, District 11 Tournament.In their seventh consecutive victory on Feb. 25, the Panthers traveled to...