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Norwood’s Peyton McDaris goes up strong for a shot against Gainesville.
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team hosted Summit Conference foe Gainesville for a Homecoming match-up last Friday night. Norwood, who is currently undefeated in the Summit Conference, continued their journey towards a possible title this season with a 75-38 victory.Peyton McDaris provided the...
Mountain Grove’s Sadie Schober gets past an Ava defender.
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team picked up a pair of needed South Central Association (SCA) Conference wins last week after beating two rivals by 30 points.They opened the week with a dominating 58-25 win over the Ava Lady Bears.The Lady Panthers opened the game with a 23-4 run as...
In a match-up between state-ranked teams from both Class 2 and Class 1, the Hartville Eagles’ came out on top after making 12, 3-pointers to defeat the Chadwick Cardinals, 61-49.Hartville jumped out to a 19-9 first quarter lead during in Chadwick after Harmon Johns made a pair of 3-pointers and...
When the Mountain Grove Panthers hosted state-ranked Thayer last week, they welcomed a 15-win team to the Arena who was hoping to start South Central Association (SCA) Conference play at 2-0. Well, their plans hit a wall when the Panthers made 13-of-21 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold on...
Several Wright County archers have enjoyed success at events during the past two weekends.Mountain GroveMountain Grove was led by Sawyer Kidd’s 285, which was good for fourth place out of 181 archers in the Laclede County Shootout. The team ranked second overall in that bullseye tournament.Kyler...
erning goes up for a jumper in the third place game against West Plains.
After winning three of their previous four games heading into last week’s Family Pharmacy Panther Classic, Mountain Grove’s boys basketball team had their sights on winning some hardware in their own tournament.They opened play by avenging an earlier loss to Liberty (Mountain View) and picking up a...
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 Norwood Pirates’ basketball team was hoping to win a rematch with Hartville when the two squads both advanced to the finals of the Family Pharmacy Panther Classic last weekend.Though they were able to beat the rival Eagles in the first contest by six points, they did fall in the finals, 63-54...
Mountain Grove’s Raylee Stenzel goes up for two points in the Mansfield finals against Springfield Catholic.
When the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team advanced to the finals of the 33rd Mansfield Lady Lion Invitational Basketball Tournament, it set up a rematch of last year’s championship game with Springfield Catholic.In an extremely physical contest where officials chose to not blow their...
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...