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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....
The Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team is now just two wins away from winning the Summit Conference title after they picked up wins over Sparta and Conway.On the road against a scrappy Lady Trojans’ team, Norwood had two 20-point quarters in a 63-43 victory. They opened the game with a 20-point...
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team added two more impressive victories in the win column last week to push their overall record to 22-2 on the season.One win came at home against an always tough Fair Grove program, 69-60. The Eagles actually led the Pirates, 17-16, after one quarter of play in...
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...
Mountain Grove’s Kale Gardner completes a fast break with a layup against rival Ava.
The Mountain Grove Panthers’ basketball team kept their hopes of winning at least a share of the South Central Association (SCA) Conference title alive last week after adding two more victories, this time coming against two area rivals.On Feb. 11, the Panthers used a 17-6 second quarter run to pull...
Sofia Moncada-Harris and Kennedy Raney earned a medal with the 200 medley relay team in the Southwest Missouri Championships.
Two Hartville swimmers earned Southwest Missouri Championships medals after helping their relay team place at the recent event. Kennedy Raney and Sofia Moncada-Harris were part off a 200 medley relay team that earned a sixth place medal. The two just missed out getting another medal when the 200...
Several Norwood and Mountain Grove archers take shots in the Mountain Grove 3D tournament two weeks ago.
Archers throughout Wright County achieved success at tournaments held during the past two weeks.Mountain GroveMountain Grove hosted both a bullseye tournament and 3D tournament two weeks ago.In the bullseye event, Hayden Akers was second place out of 124 archers with his 286. Other state-qualifying...
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...
After advancing to the recent finals of the Cabool Invitational Tournament, the Hartville Lady Eagles had hit a run of tough losses as they now have a five-game losing streak.They opened the recent stretch against Summit Conference foe Sparta and lost on their home court by 20 points, 52-32.Sparta...