Sports

After ending their five game losing streak a week earlier, the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team has now won three in a row after picking up a pair of big victories over Bears teams from Conway and Willow Springs.The Lions are now at .500 in the Summit Conference as they hosted Conway and crushed...

The Hartville Lady Eagles’ basketball team after winning the Stoutland Lady Tigers Classic last week.

The Hartville Lady Eagles’ basketball team pushed their record over the .500 mark last week after extending their winning streak to three straight.Two big wins came in the Stoutland Lady Tigers Classic as they defeated the host Stoutland team and Newburg to bring back to Hartville a first place...

Mountain Grove’s defense closes in before stealing the ball from a Houston player.

The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers are now 2-1 in Souch Central Association (SCA) Conference play after splitting a pair of contests last week.Their big win was a 30-point victory over Houston, 61-31.It was tight in the first quarter as Mountain Grove held a slim 12-10 lead before they went on a 23-5...

Hartville’s Boone Garrison flies into the paint against Norwood with a shot with the Pirates’ Hunner Finch closing in.

After facing a solid Class 3 Seymour team a week earlier to open Summit Conference play after losing All-State player Mason Cogdill for the season due to injury, the Hartville Eagles’ schedule only became harder last week with a pair of games against state-ranked rivals in Norwood and Mansfield....

Mansfield’s Malachi Ussery gets the reverse layup against the Forsyth Panthers.

The Mansfield Lions were somehow still appearing in the latest Top-10 rankings for Class 2 in spite of dropping five games in a row.That skid finally came to an end on Friday night when the Lions held off Forsyth, 73-68, in overtime for a big Homecoming victory over the Panthers.It was a sluggish...

Mountain Grove’s Kale Gardner with one of his three dunks in the win over Licking

It was a dominating performance for the Mountain Grove Panthers last week when they hosted Licking and cruised to a 68-57 victory. The Wildcats scored several late points to make the game closer than it was.Mountain Grove was up four before their 21-8 run in the second quarter with the help of Kale...
The Norwood Lady Panthers traveled to Van Buren last week for a battle with a 11-4 Twin Rivers squad that has been making some noise this season in Class 3.Fortunately, the Lady Pirates made 11, 3-pointers as they left with a dominating 64-34 victory.Norwood made four, 3-pointers in the opening...
The Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team picked up a dominating win last week when they traveled to Galena and left with a 40-24 victory over the Lady Bears.It all started in the first quarter as five different players scored in a 14-point frame.Both Addie Jones and Kayley Kingery scored four...
The Norwood Pirates picked up their 12th win of the season last week after cruising Houston at home, 64-15.Norwood opened the game on a 17-4 run as Andrew Bradshaw hit a pair of 3-pointers and scored eight of his team points.Carder Kelly took over the game before halftime with three, 3-pointers and...
Many local archery program competed in the Mountain Grove tournament held on Jan. 17. Mountain GroveAs a team, Mountain Grove took first place after being led by Taylor Garner and his first place score of 290 in the 3D Tournament.Other top scores came from Hayden Akers (271), Kai English h(269),...

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