Sports
The Mountain Grove Panthers’ football team was well represented as the South Central Association (SCA) Conference announced its honors for the 2025 season.The Panthers’ head coach Dan Swofford was named the Coach of the Year, Aden Estep was named Back of the Year while Malaki Williams was named...
The Hartville Lady Eagles’ basketball team is returning six players from its squad that finished just one game under .500 a season ago with a 12-13 overall record.Leading the way for the Lady Eagles is the play of All-Summit Conference juniors Kinley Cryer and Maddie Brown.Cryer will be guarding...
The Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team is returning five players who are coming off their third trip to the Class 2 Final Four and are hoping to return one more time during the 2025-2026 season.Jayden Chambers returns with the ability to guard all five positions. She also won the Class 1 state...
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team has three returning starters from a squad that compiled a 21-5 record last year before their season ended with a second round loss in districts.All-Conference players Sadie Schober and Stella Benson are returning to the line-up.Schober will play the...
With just one returning starter from a 15-12 squad, the Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team will be looking to several underclassmen to make an impact during their 2025-2026 campaign.Leading the way is senior starter Addie Jones, who makes an impact on both sides of the floor for Mansfield.“She...
The Mansfield Lions have several players returning with experience who can help the program make some noise in the postseason.Junior Jace Headrick returns after leading last year’s team with 15 points per game. Junior Kellen Campbell averaged a near double-double with eight points and six assists...
With three returning starters and another who saw a lot of time in the main line-up, the Mountain Grove Panthers’ basketball team is looking to make some noise during the 2025-2026 season.The key starters include Kale Gardner, Aden Estep, Brody Emery and Eli Golden.Kale Gardner was a co-MVP in...
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team is coming off a 24-3 campaign where they did lose five key players to graduation, with two of them playing the sport on the collegiate level.Seniors Carder Kelly, Andrew Bradshaw, Pierce Lawson and Hunner Finch will be leading this year’s squad. Kelly is known...
Hartville Eagles’ head coach Brett Reed is entering his 15th year at the district and he is getting his experienced squad ready to make a run at possibly winning their 13th district title in the past 14 seasons.There is also an eagerness to getting back onto the court after his squad lost to...
Mansfield winter sports fans were introduced to athletes during a Meet-and-Greet event held on Thursday, Nov. 13 at Mansfield High School.