Sports
The Hartville Lady Eagles’ basketball team won the Consolation title in the Lady Tigers Tournament held in Stoutland last week.In the Consolation finals against Belle, a 23-11 run in the first half helped Hartville pull away for a 45-27 to leave the tournament with some hardware.Kinley Cryer made...
After opening the week with a second straight loss in South Central Association (SCA) Conference play, the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team won back-to-back contests to move their record to 13-2 overall on the season.In need of a win on Thursday night to end a two game skid, the Lady...
Kale Gardner hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Mountain Grove Panthers’ basketball team over Licking in a classic between the two programs last week, 76-73.Both teams scored 20 points in the opening quarter as Sam Paterson had nine points for the Panthers.Brody Emery came up big in the...
With the parking of cars going from Norwood High School to almost the four-way in town, a standing room only crowd attended last Friday night’s match-up between the Pirates, the No. 1 team in Class 2, and the No. 6 Eagles from Hartville.While the game was tight throughout, Norwood’s quickness...
The Mansfield Lions’ basketball team lost yet another heartbreaker last week as they traveled to Ava and left with a tough 60-58 loss.Since Dec. 20, the Lions have now lost four games by three points or less as their record is now 6-7 on the season.In the first quarter, Haven Proetz scored four of...
The Hartville Lady Eagles’ basketball team traveled to rival Mansfield’s gym last week with the hopes of starting Summit Conference play with a 3-0 record.Hartville held Mansfield to six points or less in the first three quarters before holding on late for a 36-30 victory.Maddie Brown scored six...
The Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team entered their South Central Association (SCA) Conference schedule with a home match-up last week against a 4-5 Liberty (Mountain View) squad.Unfortunately, the Lady Eagles did not play like they were going against an undefeated Lady Panthers’ squad...
In a match-up between two teams with a combined 20-3 overall record, it was Strafford that came out on top when they took on the Pirates in Norwood.Norwood’s 56-52 loss to a now 9-2 Indians team ended a 13-game winning streak.Pierce Lawson made two 3-pointers in the first quarter to help keep the...
It was a Wright County battle last week when the Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team hosted a Mansfield Lady Lions’ squad that won six of its previous eight games.A big first half would help the Lady Pirates defeat their fellow Summit Conference foe, 53-42.In the first quarter, Kalie Chadwell...
The Hartville Eagles drew a difficult assignment of traveling to Seymour last week to take on a nine-win Tigers team in a tough Summit Conference match-up.Fortunately, they overcame a four-point first quarter before making a 37-28 run to rally for a 41-37 victory.Seymour led 11-4 heading into the...




