Sports

Mountain Grove junior Kale Gardner stands with jumps coach Jamison Cain after breaking a 65-year-old school record with his 21’10.25” leap in the long jump in the Panthers’ third meet of the spring.

It was an extremely busy week filled with success for the Mountain Grove boys and girls track and field program. West PlainsIn the West Plains Open, Mountain Grove junior Kale Gardner broke a 56-year-old school record in the long jump event in just his third meet of the season.His leap of 21’10.25...
The Hartville boys and girls track and field program kicked off their spring season last week by competing in the Ava Bears Invitational and had several solid performances.Two relays won first place for the Hartville Lady Eagles.The 4x200-meter relay won with a time of 2:03.34 while the 4x400-meter...
Norwood’s boys and girls track and field team competed in Rogersville and Ava last week.RogersvilleThe Lady Pirates were sixth place overall in the team standings in the Cindy Thompson-Grassi Relays event held at Logan-Rogersville.Jayden Chambers led the squad by winning the 1,600 meters race with...
Norwood’s baseball team has opened its season with an undefeated record of 5-0 after adding a 12-1 victory over Greenwood last week.Caden Black had the big hit with an inside-the-park home, two-run home run in a four-run top of the third inning.Wyatt Bolfing had a big day with three RBIs and two...
Mansfield’s current lone golfer Kadyn Ivy represented his school in a pair of big events last week.In West Plains, she competed in a group of 15 teams and finished the day with a 121.Two days later, Ivy represented the Lions at the Gainesville Tournament that featured around 12 teams and 56 golfers...
In need of a big win, the Mountain Grove Panthers’ baseball team ended a two-game skid by traveling to Alton and beating a then one loss Alton team, 4-2.Mountain Grove led 4-0 through five innings before the Comets scored two runs, but they could not complete the comeback.Thompson had the big hit...
The Mansfield boys and girls track and field program made some noise in a pair of area meets last week. Logan-RogersvilleMalachi Ussery had a big day for th Lions in the Cindy Thompson-Grassi Relays at Logan-Rogersville.Ussery won the long jump event with a leap of 6.7 meters while teammate Kaden...
Mountain Grove’s tennis team picked up their first duel match win of the season last week when they hosted Licking and picked up a 6-3 victory.In singles action, No. 2 player JP Dickey cruised to an 8-3 win.Micah Barbe won his No. 3 singles match in the thriller, 9-7, while Zoe Harrington won the...
The Mansfield Lions’ baseball team had started their season 3-0.Unfortunately, after dropping all three of the games in a big school Willard Tournament, the Lions lost two games last week to extend their losing streak to five straight.Their first loss came on the road against undefeated Ash Grove...
The Norwood Lady Pirates’ softball team split a pair of contests last week against two teams with a combined 17-4 overall record.Their big win came against Willow Springs as the Lady Pirates’ Jaycee Hall hit a walk-off double to score Jayden Chambers for the game-winning run in a 10-9 win over the...

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