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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 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...
The Norwood Pirates hosted a good Blue Eye program two weeks ago and dominated their way to a 72-49 victory.Norwood went on a 37-23 run to take a 14-point lead at halftime.The Pirates then had a two point third quarter to pace them to the big 28-point victory.Carder Kelly scored a team-high 22...
The Norwood Lady Pirates added a pair of victories before the recent Pink and White Tournament that was still going on as of press time.On Dec. 22, they took on defending state champion Fair Grove and cruised to a 54-20 victory as they held the Lady Eagles to seven points or less in all four...
Norwood’s Gentry Davault defends a Mountain Grove shot. Davault dominated both sides of the court and scored 23 points in the win.
The Norwood Lady Pirates were completely locked in to their game plan on both sides of the floor last week when they traveled to Mountain Grove and left the Arena with a convincing 69-33 victory.A 12-0 run in the first quarter with the help of 11 points scored by both Gentry Davault and Kalie...
The Norwood Lady Pirates hosted a 5-0 Walnut Grove team last week that recently won the Ash Grove Tournament.The result, the Lady Tigers left Norwood with their first loss of the season as the Lady Pirates picked up a big 50-41 victory.A 16-4 second quarter helped Norwood take a 10-point lead into...
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team after winning third place in the Summit Invitational in Oklahoma.
The Norwood Pirates’ boys basketball team earned a third place plaque after competing in the Summit Invitational held last week in Broken Arrow, Okla.Against Webster, Okla. in the third place game, Norwood’s 18-9 third quarter helped the Pirates leave the state with some hardware after their 51-42...
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team won just one of their three contests in the Marshfield Tip-Off Tournament.Their lone win was a 51-19 thrashing of Springfield Central. A 17-5 second quarter run and a 13-0 shutout in the third quarter helped the Lady Panthers pull away for a win....
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team had a tough road match-up with Van Buren last week and fell, 76-66, in overtime.Van Buren jumped out to a 25-point first quarter to put the Pirates in the hole early by eight.Norwood would close the gap before halftime thanks to Carder Kelly’s five points....