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Several Norwood and Mountain Grove archers take shots in the Mountain Grove 3D tournament two weeks ago.
Archers throughout Wright County achieved success at tournaments held during the past two weeks.Mountain GroveMountain Grove hosted both a bullseye tournament and 3D tournament two weeks ago.In the bullseye event, Hayden Akers was second place out of 124 archers with his 286. Other state-qualifying...
Mansfield’s Elly Williams dribbles during a fast break.
A recently improved Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team was hoping to avenge a match-up with Sparta last season in which they fell to the new Summit Conference newcomers by 31 points.Through the first half of Friday night’s match-up with the Lady Trojans, Mansfield led by two and appeared heading...
Mansfield’s Fisher Croney goes up strong for a shot against Sparta.
Coming off a Sparta Trojans Invitational where the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team beat three teams with double-digit wins to claim the championship, a six-day break set them up with a home match-up against a Sparta team they didn’t end up playing in the tournament.With 1:07 left in the game, the...
After advancing to the recent finals of the Cabool Invitational Tournament, the Hartville Lady Eagles had hit a run of tough losses as they now have a five-game losing streak.They opened the recent stretch against Summit Conference foe Sparta and lost on their home court by 20 points, 52-32.Sparta...
Norwood’s Peyton McDaris goes up strong for a shot against Gainesville.
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team hosted Summit Conference foe Gainesville for a Homecoming match-up last Friday night. Norwood, who is currently undefeated in the Summit Conference, continued their journey towards a possible title this season with a 75-38 victory.Peyton McDaris provided the...
Mountain Grove’s Sadie Schober gets past an Ava defender.
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team picked up a pair of needed South Central Association (SCA) Conference wins last week after beating two rivals by 30 points.They opened the week with a dominating 58-25 win over the Ava Lady Bears.The Lady Panthers opened the game with a 23-4 run as...
In a match-up between state-ranked teams from both Class 2 and Class 1, the Hartville Eagles’ came out on top after making 12, 3-pointers to defeat the Chadwick Cardinals, 61-49.Hartville jumped out to a 19-9 first quarter lead during in Chadwick after Harmon Johns made a pair of 3-pointers and...
When the Mountain Grove Panthers hosted state-ranked Thayer last week, they welcomed a 15-win team to the Arena who was hoping to start South Central Association (SCA) Conference play at 2-0. Well, their plans hit a wall when the Panthers made 13-of-21 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold on...
Several Wright County archers have enjoyed success at events during the past two weekends.Mountain GroveMountain Grove was led by Sawyer Kidd’s 285, which was good for fourth place out of 181 archers in the Laclede County Shootout. The team ranked second overall in that bullseye tournament.Kyler...
erning goes up for a jumper in the third place game against West Plains.
After winning three of their previous four games heading into last week’s Family Pharmacy Panther Classic, Mountain Grove’s boys basketball team had their sights on winning some hardware in their own tournament.They opened play by avenging an earlier loss to Liberty (Mountain View) and picking up a...