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Cassville High School football will travel to Maryville on Saturday to play in the state semifinal football game. The field is located directly behind Maryville High School, located at 1503 South Munn in Maryville. Kick-off is at 1 p.m., and gates open at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $7 per person, and passes are not accepted...

While fans do not know who will win on Saturday, one thing they can be assured of is the clock will be moving and possessions will be prized as Cassville (10-2) travels to Maryville on Saturday for the Class 3 semifinal. Both teams are tradition-rich and enter the game with plenty to prove...

Time and time again, Cassville’s football team has shown its ability to do two things — punch in scores just before halftime and play a stronger second half than first. Saturday was a Cassville classic in that regard, as the Wildcats rolled to a 41-16 state quarterfinal victory over Buffalo...

A simple study of human characteristics often reveals amazing insights. For instance, a family that has four children, raised by the same parents who grow up in the same house and are taught the same values and principles, will still wind up with children who have their own distinct personalities...

The inaugural Wildcat Futsal Tournament had more than 30 participants and raised about $1,200 for the Cassville Soccer Program.

The Wildcats used another powerful second half of play to propel themselves to the state semifinals with a 41-16 win over Buffalo at home Saturday. Cassville started the game strong, forcing a three-and-out and a punt. The Wildcats then went 61 yards in 5 plays, with Jericho Farris punching in the opening score on a 4-yard run...

After a 20-day layoff, the Cassville football team answered several questions with emphatic force in a powerful district title win over Mt. Vernon on Friday. “I was extremely pleased with how we came out,” said Lance Parnell, Cassville coach. “We played with physicality and discipline in the first quarter to build a lead. ...

It was the sweetest type of revenge for Cassville on Friday, as the Wildcats lived up to their top district seeding and defeated Mt. Vernon, one of only two teams they have lost to all season long, to earn a second consecutive district title. Having not played since Oct. 30, Coach Lance Parnell was a bit worried his team may be too relaxed at the start of the contest, but the Wildcats quickly dashed his concerns...

When I moved to Cassville almost 7 years ago, there was one big part of my life that I was essentially forced to give up — playing and refereeing soccer. The sport had been a major part of my life since I started playing at the age of 3. I spent much of my youth traveling from Little Rock, Ark., to tournaments in Tennessee, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Louisiana...

Cassville High School Senior Jordyn Stafford will run both cross country and track in the fall of 2021 at Missouri Southern State University.

The Cassville football team fought its way to a second consecutive district championship Friday, using a dominating second half to defeat Mt. Vernon, 35-13.  Cassville started the contest with a quick score. A few plays after getting good field position on a pooch kick, Jericho Farris took advantage of a big block upfield by Drake Reese to gain 37, setting up Zach Coenen for a 2-yard plunge into paydirt. ...

It has now been two full weeks since the Cassville football team has taken a competitive snap. While the week-one layoff was earned due to the success of the regular season, getting the Wildcats a bye in the playoffs, the dreaded virus of many names caused Reeds Spring to forfeit the district semifinal with the Wildcats roughly 24 hours before kickoff...

Action was fast and furious last week in Columbia as the best cross-country runners in the state descended on the town to decide who was best. In Class 3, Cassville sent its boys team. Pace Evans, finished 37th in 17:34.9; Caleb Leach was 125th in 19:26.8; Ethan Bohmke took 139th in 19:58.1; Jacob Martinez was 140th in 19:59.2; Charles Elliot finished 157th in 21:20.4; and Donald Pettyjohn was 161st in 24:15.4...

The Missouri State Trap Shooting Championship was set to take place in May 2020, but COVID-19 forced the event to be postponed until October. In the meantime, Southwest students were not able to practice or compete during the summer months. Parents and shooters did the best they could to keep students from losing the skills they had gained. ...

Jolie Evans, Jordyn Stafford and Annie Moore, cross-country runners at Cassville, received a send-off from their classmates as they headed to the state meet.

The Cassville football team will play for a district title on Nov. 13. Doug Martin, Cassville athletic director, said at about 11 a.m. Thursday, the Wildcats’ semifinal opponent, Reeds Spring, was forced to forfeit Friday’s contest due to issues related to COVID-19...

A bye week was just what the Cassville football team needed as it prepares for its district semifinal against Reeds Spring on Friday. The Wildcats used the rare district bye week to focus internally and to get focused on the Wolves. “We had a great week of practice,” said Lance Parnell, Cassville coach. “We got a chance to work on some things that you normally don’t get to due to always preparing for that week’s game.”...

While technically they will be running in Boone County, it might as well be Barry County north at the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Cross-County State Championships at the Gans Creek Recreational Area in Columbia on Saturday...

The Big 8 Conference West Division released its All-Conference volleyball team. This year’s squad contains a trio of names familiar to Cassville fans, as Sharyah Seymour was named to the First Team; Olivia Holman, Second Team; and Avery Crain, Honorable Mention...

It was on the back of a five-touchdown performance from Jericho Farris Friday that Cassville secured the No. 1 district seed and a bye this week as the playoffs begin. Farris took no prisoners in Cassville’s 44-21 win over McDonald County Friday, scoring on the ground, through the air and on special teams...

With a win over McDonald County on Friday, the Cassville football team once again secured the No. 1 district seed. This year, a special bonus came with the high seed. “It is the first time in my 25-year coaching career that we have ever had a bye,” said Cassville Coach Lance Parnell. “I view it as a positive. Our boys worked hard and finished the season strong to earn the off week.”...

The soccer season for Cassville boils down to a series of one-game playoffs beginning Saturday. The No. 5 seeded Wildcats play No. 4 seed Aurora with the right to advance to face No. 1 seeded Logan-Rogersville on Monday at 5 p.m. Monett, the No. 2 seed, and No. 3 Greenwood battle at 7 p.m...

The Cassville softball team landed four players on the All-District team this year.

West East Monett at Carl Junction Cassville Bye Mt. Vernon Ash Grove at Pierce City Hollister at Reeds Spring Seneca at Aurora West Plains Bye Marshfield at McDonald County Hillcrest at Logan-Rogersville Seneca at Monett, 6-27 McDonald County at Cassville, 21-44...