Mansfield

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...

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...

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 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...
Back in early December, the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team beat a good Willow Springs squad by 11 points in the Mansfield Invitational semifinals.The Bears returned to the Lions’ court last Friday, but results were much different this time as Willow Springs won this contest, 64-56.For the Lions,...
Just 18 days earlier, the Mansfield Lady Lions dropped a tough home game to rival Hartville by six points.With both teams winning their first two games in the Cabool Invitational Tournament last week, a rematch between the rivals was set for the championship game between the top two seeded teams in...

Hartville’s Payton Cogdill goes in for a layup against Mansfield.

The Hartville Eagles welcomed rival Mansfield to their gym last Tuesday night and there was a lot of excitement in the packed house for the contest between the two rivals. Unfortunately for the Lions, Hartville completely overwhelmed them with an early 20-0 run before cruising to a 65-27 victory....
The Mansfield Lady Lions had the tough task of driving to Fordland on Jan. 13 to take on a solid Fordland Lady Eagles team, one of the top teams in the Summit Conference. They battled tough at parts of the contest, but were on the wrong side of a 43-29 defeat. Cali Lemons made a 3-pointer in the...
On the 28th day since their last home game, the Mansfield Lions were on the road last Friday taking on a solid Forsyth team.A slow start ended up being too much for them to overcome in a tough 67-52 loss to the Panthers.Jace Headrick scored four of his team’s nine points in the opening frame, but...

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