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Mountain Grove’s Kaylee Virtue goes up strong for points against Cabool.
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team kept their chances of winning a possible share of the South Central Association (SCA) Conference title after picking up a pair of SCA wins last week.They started on Feb. 2 by traveling to Ava and leaving the Lady Bears’ court with a 51-43 SCA...
Mountain Grove’s Brody Emery goes up high and over a Houston player for a basket.
After starting South Central Association (SCA) Conference play dropping their first two contests, the Mountain Grove Panthers ended that skid last Thursday night when they defeated Houston, 66-59.Aden Estep scored eight of his team’s 16 points in the first quarter to help the Panthers keep pace...
It was a classic battle between a pair of state-ranked girls basketball teams last Wednesday night when the No. 4 team in Class 2, the Norwood Lady Pirates, traveled to Rogersville to take on the No. 6 team in Class 4.The Lady Pirates actually led the Lady Wildcats through three quarters before...
Simply put, the Summit Conference is one of the best basketball conferences in the state.Another example of this came last week when the Norwood Pirates drew the assignment of two tough road contests in Fordland and Gainesville.Though the Pirates were the favorites in both, they managed a split in...
The Hartville Lady Eagles’ basketball team continued their solid season last week by winning two of their three contests to move their record to 12-7 on the season.Hartville hosted Dora last Thursday night and pulled away late for a 39-28 victory.Kinley Cryer set the pace early by hitting a pair of...
The Mansfield Lions’ basketball team saw their seven game winning streak come to an end on Friday night after falling to state-ranked Sparta, 86-74. This loss came just one week after the Lions defeated their Summit Conference foe by 11 in the Sparta Trojan Invitational.It was all Mansfield in the...
The Mansfield Lions’ basketball team after defeating state-ranked Billings to win the Sparta Trojan Invitational.
In just their fourth appearance in the Sparta Trojan Invitational, the Mansfield Lions are already a three-time champion.They clinched back-to-back titles after running through a gauntlet of two state-ranked teams and three total squads with a combined 43-14 record to win the crown.“The last three...
Norwood’s Andrew Bradshaw gets a shot up over Mountain Grove defender Aden Estep.
The Mountain Grove Panthers had a 17-point lead at one time in the third quarter against Norwood last Friday night in the Family Pharmacy Panther Classic.The Pirates defense responded as the Panthers turned the ball over 14 times in the second half, helping Norwood rally in the fourth quarter for a...
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers after finishing second in the Lady Lions Invitational played in Mansfield.
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team was hoping the third time would be a charm as they matched up with Springfield Catholic in the finals of the Mansfield Lady Lion Invitational for the third year in a row.Unfortunately, they would find themselves trailing through most of the four...
The Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team after winning the prestigious St. James Inviational championship with a win over Fatima last Friday evening.
The third time was a charm for the Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team as they won the St. James Invitational championship on Friday night with a 52-49 win over Fatima.In their first year playing in the tournament, the Lady Pirates were third before finishing in second a year ago.“(This is) the...