Sports

Mansfield’s Elly Williams makes her way to the basket in the third place game against Fordland.

With their first round win in the 34th Annual Lady Lion Invitational Tournament, the Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team was riding a four game winning streak.Unfortunately, sickness hit the school, which led to a game against Mountain Grove being forfeited. This then carried over into the third...
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team was hoping to win a rematch with Hartville when the two squads both advanced to the finals of the Family Pharmacy Panther Classic last weekend.Though they were able to beat the rival Eagles in the first contest by six points, they did fall in the finals, 63-54...

Mountain Grove’s Raylee Stenzel goes up for two points in the Mansfield finals against Springfield Catholic.

When the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team advanced to the finals of the 33rd Mansfield Lady Lion Invitational Basketball Tournament, it set up a rematch of last year’s championship game with Springfield Catholic.In an extremely physical contest where officials chose to not blow their...

The Mansfield Lions’ basketball team after defeating Willow Springs, 55-53, to win the Sparta Trojan Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 1 in Sparta.

For the second time this season, the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team earned the right to be called a tournament champion.A little more than a month after winning their own tournament in December, the Lions snapped a recent four game losing streak by picking up three quality wins to be crowned...
Two weeks ago, the Norwood Pirates set this year’s tone in the rivalry with Hartville when they picked up a six-point win over the Eagles.In the rematch this past Saturday in the finals of the Family Pharmacy Panther Classic, Hartville returned the favor as the Eagles pulled away in the second half...
Mountain Grove track and field standout Lilly Hines officially signed a letter of intent recently to continue her career with Evangel University as a pole vaulter. Hines, the daughter of Tiffany Hines, was joined by family members, friends, along with coaches for both Mountain Grove High School and...
The Hartville High School Dance Team competed in the Sugar Bear Invitational, a regional contest, on Saturday, Feb. 2 at Great Southern Bank Arena and enjoyed much success. In the Prop Division, Hartville won first place for 1A/2A. In the Hip Hop Division, Hartville earned a second place finish for...
The Norwood Pirates’ basketball team moved their record to 16-1 after traveling to Seymour and leaving with a 67-55 victory to remain undefeated in the Summit Conference.The loss was the just the third for the Tigers this season.Norwood took control early as Cooper Vaughan scored 12 of his team’s...
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team traveled to Seymour last week to take on a Lady Tigers’ squad that had won six of their previous eight games. Mountain Grove was in control of the contest heading into the fourth quarter when Seymour rallied before falling late, 56-55.The Lady...
Back in early December, the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team beat a good Willow Springs squad by 11 points in the Mansfield Invitational semifinals.The Bears returned to the Lions’ court last Friday, but results were much different this time as Willow Springs won this contest, 64-56.For the Lions,...

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