Sports

Mountain Grove’s Leedy Curtis chips a shot away from the wall at Randel-Hinkle Golf Course.

Mountain Grove’s golf team finished fourth place overall in a pair of tournaments last week.In the one they hosted at Randle-Hinkle, four golfers finished with scores under a 90.Mason Henry led the Panthers with an 83; Brady Anderson and Leedy Curtis both shot an 85; Brady Harris had an 87; and...

Hartville golfer Jesse Vestal chips a shot onto the green in Mountain Grove.

Hartville’s golf team had a solid week recently as they competed at events in both Mountain Grove and Branson.At the Randel-Hinkel Golf Course in Mountain Grove, Jace Hughes tied for the first place score of 83 before losing in a scorecard playoff with a golfer from Willow Springs to place second...
The Hartville Eagles’ baseball team picked up a big Summit Conference victory last week when they hosted Seymour and won, 4-2.Hunter Walker had two hits, one RBI and scored twice; Heston Lowery had one RBI; while both Gus Sinning and Truett Coryell scored one run.On the mound, Gus Sinning tossed...
The Mansfield Lions’ baseball team split their four contests last week.In their two wins, they outscored a pair of opponents, 26-9.Against Spokane, the Lions scored 13 runs in the top of the fifth inning to beat the Owls, 15-2.Blake Henry hit a solo home run as he had two RBIs and scored three...
Norwood’s baseball team outscored two Summit Conference teams, 15-0, as the Pirates won a pair of contests last week.On Thursday, Norwood shutout rival Mansfield, 5-0, as Caden Black was dominant on the mound. He tossed seven scoreless innings and gave up six hits with three strikeouts.Carder Kelly...
The Norwood Lady Pirates’ softball team took on rival Mansfield last week and crushed the Lady Lions, 14-0.Norwood’s Maddie Campbell led the Lady Pirates with three RBIs and four runs scored. Katelynn Bennett added three hits, four RBIs and scored twice; Gunter had two hits and four RBIs; Addie...

Several Hartville Lady Eagles’ track and field athletes show off their medals from Strafford.

Hartville’s track and field team won several medals at the recent Strafford Invitational.Kinley Cryer led the Lady Eagles by winning the 800 meters with a time of 2:39.27.Meanwhile, the 4x200-meter relay team was second (1:56.13) and the 4x400 was third (4:37.47).Carlyn Cantrell was second place in...
Norwood’s track and field program had some success in the recent Mountain Grove Invitational and in the SBU Relays.On Saturday in Mountain Grove, the Pirates went to Mountain Grove and had a few top eight finishes.Jaycee Hall had a big day for the Lady Pirates as she was fourth in the 400 meters...

Mountain Grove senior Josiah Schott returns from an ACL injury and gets an RBI single in his first varsity at-bat this season against Cabool.

Though currently the Mountain Grove Panthers’ baseball team has a record four games under .500, they did get some encouragement last week when they lost a 2-1 class to West Plains.This is because those same Zizzers defeated district rival Logan-Rogersville one week earlier, 9-4.The Panthers led the...

Mountain Grove head baseball coach Jeff Richardson shakes hands with Houston head coach Brent Hall after the Panthers defeated the Tigers.

It may be true that the Mountain Grove Panthers’ baseball team has won just one time in its past seven games, but that one win was a special one.Mountain Grove’s new coach Jeff Richardson came over from Houston this season and likely had the Panthers’ match-up with the Tigers circled on his...

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