Sports
Mountain Grove cross country runners celebrate their team’s hardware earned at a race last week in Mountain Home, Ark.
For the third meet in a row, the Mountain Grove Panthers’ cross country team finished first in the team standings. This time, they had their top five runners finish in the Top 15 of the Clint Pevril Bomber Invitational in Mountain Home, Ark.Skyler Oliphant won first place overall after completing...
The Mansfield Lions took on the Norwood Pirates in a battle on the baseball diamond last week.
Entering their final at-bat, the Mansfield Lions’ baseball team found themselves down 6-1 and were in need of a miracle if they were going to rally to knock off Wright County foe Norwood.With one out and the bases loaded, a hit-by-pitch scored on run followed by Jaxon Clark’s RBI single.Another hit...
The Mountain Grove Christian Academy Lady Eagles’ JV volleyball team took first place in the Riverview JV Tournament played over the weekend in Forsyth. The varsity squad, not pictured, placed second in the tournament. Shown, from left: Lorelai Day, Kaylee Robertson, Brynlee Pectol, Caroline...
The Norwood Lady Pirates’ softball team completed a season sweep over Wright County rival Hartville last week after a walk-off victory over the Lady Eagles.Entering their final at-bat down 4-3, Addison Smith’s one-out double scored Maddie Campbell to tie the game.A single and a hit-by-pitch were...
Sitting at 4-2, the Mansfield Lady Lions’ volleyball team was enjoyed a pretty solid start to their season.Unfortunately, they hit a difficult run afterwards as they have now lost their last six matches.In the Patriot Invitational held at the School of the Ozarks, they were swept and lost all eight...
Mountain Grove’s Lyla Golden goes up for a kill against Strafford.
It’s been a busy stretch for the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ volleyball team as they have played nine matches in an eight day stretch.While they have not picked up much for victories, the stretch is likely to help them as the season moves along.In the recent West Plains Showdown, the Lady...
The Norwood Pirates’ baseball team lost two of their three contests last week.They opened on the road in Gainesville and fell 6-0 to the Bulldogs in a no-hitter.On the mound, Carder Black tossed five and a third innings and gave up two earned runs on nine hits with three strikeouts and one walk....
Mansfield’s cross country runners participated in the Willard Highline Invitational. As a team, the Lions were seventh place with a score of 168 as they competed in a field with 91 total runners. Michael Ivey finished with the 23rd best time after finishing the race in 19:30.20.Other runners...
Mountain Grove’s Damien LaFranchise after running through an Ava defender on his way to the end zone late in the Panthers’ big 48-7 victory over the Bears.
It had been since just after the Covid pandemic that the Mountain Grove Panthers’ football team defeated rival Ava.Entering their home opener with the Bears last Friday night, a close match-up was expected by many fans as Ava was coming off just an 11-point loss to Logan-Rogersville. They defeated...
The Hartville Lady Eagles’ softball team won two of their three contests in the Vienna Fall Invitational.Hartville knocked off Waynesville, 10-2, after scoring at least two runs in four straight innings.McKenzi Stigall had two RBIs and one run scored; Haddie Ward had one RBI and scored twice; and...