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For the second time this season, the Mansfield Lady Lions ended a tournament with a pair of wins this past weekend. This time, they beat two teams by an average of 19 points to win the Consolation title in their own 35th Lady Lions Invitational Basketball Tournament.In the battle for some hardware...
After weather forced the cancellation of the final day of last week’s Family Pharmacy Panther Classic, the Hartville Eagles drew a pair of tough opponents they were hoping to defeat on the neutral court in Mountain Grove.Unfortunately, the Eagles found themselves on the losing end of both contests...
Many area basketball fans will have to forgive the Hartville Lady Eagles’ basketball team for appearing to prefer tournament games over regular season contests.Through Jan. 22, the Lady Eagles are one game under .500 when not playing for a plaque or a trophy.Put them into a tournament setting and...
Aden Estep hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final minute against Liberty (Mountain View), but the rally was too late in a 68-64 loss to the Eagles.It was a South Central Association (SCA) Conference opener for both programs and the Eagles are now 12-2 on the season with their lone losses coming...
The Hartville Eagles had a showdown last Friday night against Logan-Rogersville with a Wildcats team coming off a victory one week earlier against Wheeler, Ga., a Top-10 team in the nation in the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions.Through three quarters, the Eagles gave the Wildcats all they could...
Much like the Mountain Grove boys basketball team did in giving the No. 1 team in Class 1 (Bunker) all they could handle two weeks ago, it was the Lady Panthers turn last Thursday when they hosted the top girls team in Class 1, the Chadwick Lady Cardinals.Just like the Bunker game that came down to...
The Mansfield Lady Lions’ basketball team seemed like they might be destined to play for some hardware in last week’s Cabool Lady Classic when they drew the host Lady Bulldogs in the Consolation semifinals.After all, one of the Lady Lions’ three wins came back on Dec. 5 against the same Cabool...
One week after their plans to go after a Summit Conference title hit a snag with a slim two-point loss to rival Hartville, the Norwood Pirates’ basketball team drew another tough opponent last week when they hosted a tall Class 3 Seymour squad.Unfortunately a slow start led Norwood to opening...
This past weekend’s winter storm may have postponed the St. James Touranment championship game Friday, Jan. 30, but it was unable to stop the Norwood Lady Pirates picking up a pair of wins to give them a chance at the title against Fatima.In the semifinals against Class 6 Waynesville, Norwood...
After ending their five game losing streak a week earlier, the Mansfield Lions’ basketball team has now won three in a row after picking up a pair of big victories over Bears teams from Conway and Willow Springs.The Lions are now at .500 in the Summit Conference as they hosted Conway and crushed...




