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After starting the season undefeated with a 9-0 record and ranked in the Top-10 for Class 2, the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team has now lost four in a row and are in need of a win to right the ship.They hosted nearby Ava last Tuesday night and a late Kellen Campbell 3-pointer was not enough to...
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team drew a pair of tough road match-ups last week as they took on two programs that won district titles a season ago.Norwood traveled to Joplin to battle New Heights Christian and went to Strafford for a battle with the Indians.Fortunately, Norwood found a way to...
The Norwood Pirates with their third place plaque after beating Mansfield in the Cabool Holiday Tournament.
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team entered this year’s Cabool Holiday Tournament as the defending champions, but they knew a possible semifinals match-up loomed with Bunker in the semifinals.After all, Bunker is the No. 1 team in Class 1.Sure enough, a pair of victories gave them a shot at Bunker...
The Mansfield Lions’ basketball team entered the Cabool Holiday Tournament undefeated and seemed ready to make a run at winning a championship for the second time this season.After outscoring their first two opponents by a 190-116 margin, they would fall to both Liberty (Mountain View) and rival...
The Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team with the Consolation title after their win over Willard in the Pink Division of the Pink & White Tournament played on the campus of Drury University.
With an enrollment of just 92 students, the Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team competed in the recent Pink & White Tournament featuring several much larger schools, making it very difficult for the small school to leave Springfield with some hardware.In spite of the impossible task, the Lady...
Mountain Grove’s Kale Gardner gets up high for a layup against Miller in the Blue & Gold Tournament.
The Mountain Grove Panthers’ basketball team entered the recent Blue Division of the Blue & Gold Tournament as the No. 6 seed.A first round 60-37 victory over Miller moved them into the winner’s bracket.Though they did not leave Missouri State University with a trophy, they did battle Class 6...
Hartville’s Mason Cogdill gets the layup around a Nixa defender.
Through some moments in the first half, it appeared the Hartville Eagles’ basketball team was going to knock off another Goliath as the state’s No. 1 Class 2 program led Class 6 and state-ranked Nixa by 10 points in the second quarter.Unfortunately, Nixa was able to take advantage of a few...
The Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team was unable to bring any hardware home from the recent Gainesville Lady Bulldog Tournament. Their one win gave them a third place game match-up before they fell to Plato, 39-31.In the contest with the Lady Eagles, the Lady Lions trailed 22-14 in the first...
Mountain Grove’s Sadie Schober hits the game-winning shot as the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team knocked off No. 1 seed Willow Springs for the third place plaque at the 12th Annual Mountain Grove Holiday Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 27. Both the Lady Panthers and Hartville Lady Eagles competed in the tournament.
When the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers took on Willow Springs in the third place game of the 12th Annual Mountain Grove Holiday Tournament, it was more than just a battle of South Central Association (SCA) Conference rivals. The Lady Bears were the top overall seed and the Lady Panthers were No. 2...
Before competing in this past week’s Gainesville Tournament that was taking place through press time, the Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team lost three straight games. They dropped a Summit Conference battle with Gainesville, 54-27, after behind held to 12 points or less in all four quarters....