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The Mansfield Lions’ baseball team had won seven of eight contests this past fall before finishing that season at .500 with a 7-7 record.This came on the heals of a spring season in which the Lions went 22-4 before falling to Bakersfield in districts.As for most baseball teams, pitching will be the...
Mountain Grove’s baseball team is entering the 2025 season under the direction of new head coach Jeff Richardson, who comes over from Houston to take over a Panthers team that was 12-13 overall last spring.Coach Richardson, along with assistant coaches Christian Vonderheide and Garrett Newberry,...
The Hartville Eagles’ baseball team enter this spring after compiling a 14-4 record in a fall season that ended with a runner-up finish in the Summit Conference tournament.Last spring, the Eagles finished just one game under .500 at 11-12.A key to this year’s squad will be a pitching staff led by...
Mansfield natives Logan and Lauren Jones reached a goal of theirs Saturday when their second-seeded team, the College of the Ozarks Lady Cats, won the NCCAA Division 1 National Championship at Saturday’s match-up against the No. 1 seed Mission University’s Lady Patriots at home in Keeter Gymnasium...
Another special season came to an end this past weekend in the Class 2 Final Four for the Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team as they took home a fourth place trophy for the third season in a row.This run to state brings to an end the careers of seniors Autumn Gunter, Quinncy Vestal and Gracie...
Wright County’s archery programs recently wrapped up their regular season. State qualifiers from each district will compete in either the Missouri State Bullseye Tournament or Missouri State 3D Tournament slated for March 19-22 in Branson.
Mountain GroveMountain Grove hosted their final tournaments...
Several Mountain Grove boys and girls basketball players recently earned All-South Central Association (SCA) Conference honors for their efforts during the 2024-2025 season.The co-SCA champion Panthers had their coach, Nick Openshaw, named the SCA Coach of the Year.Sophomore Kale Gardner was a...
The Wright County Journal has officially released its list of All-Wright County girls basketball selections for the 2024-2025 season.
End of the year statistics were submitted by all eight basketball programs (boys and girls teams) in the county. Statistics do help the Wright County Journal in...
The Wright County Journal has officially released its list of All-Wright County boys basketball selections for the 2024-2025 season.End of the year statistics were submitted by all eight basketball programs (boys and girls teams) in the county. Statistics do help the Wright County Journal in making...
Norwood's Kalie Chadwell glides in for a shot against Skyline.
Entering their opening contest of this year’s Class 2 state semifinals against defending state champion Skyline, Norwood head coach Wayne Jessen knew his team needed to take care of the ball if they were going to have a chance to upset the Lady Tigers.His biggest fear became a reality early on as...