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The Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team with the Consolation title after their win over Willard in the Pink Division of the Pink & White Tournament played on the campus of Drury University.
With an enrollment of just 92 students, the Norwood Lady Pirates’ basketball team competed in the recent Pink & White Tournament featuring several much larger schools, making it very difficult for the small school to leave Springfield with some hardware.In spite of the impossible task, the Lady...
Mountain Grove’s Kale Gardner gets up high for a layup against Miller in the Blue & Gold Tournament.
The Mountain Grove Panthers’ basketball team entered the recent Blue Division of the Blue & Gold Tournament as the No. 6 seed.A first round 60-37 victory over Miller moved them into the winner’s bracket.Though they did not leave Missouri State University with a trophy, they did battle Class 6...
Hartville’s Mason Cogdill gets the layup around a Nixa defender.
Through some moments in the first half, it appeared the Hartville Eagles’ basketball team was going to knock off another Goliath as the state’s No. 1 Class 2 program led Class 6 and state-ranked Nixa by 10 points in the second quarter.Unfortunately, Nixa was able to take advantage of a few...
The Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team was unable to bring any hardware home from the recent Gainesville Lady Bulldog Tournament. Their one win gave them a third place game match-up before they fell to Plato, 39-31.In the contest with the Lady Eagles, the Lady Lions trailed 22-14 in the first...
Mountain Grove’s Sadie Schober hits the game-winning shot as the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers’ basketball team knocked off No. 1 seed Willow Springs for the third place plaque at the 12th Annual Mountain Grove Holiday Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 27. Both the Lady Panthers and Hartville Lady Eagles competed in the tournament.
When the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers took on Willow Springs in the third place game of the 12th Annual Mountain Grove Holiday Tournament, it was more than just a battle of South Central Association (SCA) Conference rivals. The Lady Bears were the top overall seed and the Lady Panthers were No. 2...
Before competing in this past week’s Gainesville Tournament that was taking place through press time, the Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team lost three straight games. They dropped a Summit Conference battle with Gainesville, 54-27, after behind held to 12 points or less in all four quarters....
Before this past weekend’s Blue and Gold Tournament that ended just after press time, the Mountain Grove Panthers’ basketball team lost a heartbreaker to Strafford, 53-50.They trailed throughout and could not get over the hump by the sound of the final buzzer.Kale Gardner scored 15 of hits team’s...
The Norwood Pirates hosted a good Blue Eye program two weeks ago and dominated their way to a 72-49 victory.Norwood went on a 37-23 run to take a 14-point lead at halftime.The Pirates then had a two point third quarter to pace them to the big 28-point victory.Carder Kelly scored a team-high 22...
The Norwood Lady Pirates added a pair of victories before the recent Pink and White Tournament that was still going on as of press time.On Dec. 22, they took on defending state champion Fair Grove and cruised to a 54-20 victory as they held the Lady Eagles to seven points or less in all four...
Hartville’s Kinley Cryer goes up strong with a shot against Houston during her 46-point effort.
The Hartville Lady Eagles had one 20-point win in this past week’s 12th Annual Mountain Grove Holiday Tournament.Their lone win came in convincing fashion as they crushed Houston, 69-49, after a historic game from Kinley Cryer.Cryer broke the single game scoring record after making eight 3-pointers...