Sports

The Missouri Media finally released its All-State football lists after several days of reviewing stats submitted by coaches. The media members only chose First and Second Team athletes, making the list competitive and difficult to narrow down. For Cassville, the state media members reserved five spots...

The Cassville girls hoops squad will pack its gear and head west on Thursday to open play in the Bill Hanson Memorial Tournament in Pittsburg, Kan. The Lady Wildcats face Chanute (Kan.) at 4 p.m. in Mallatt Gym. Kickapoo will play Wichita East (Kan.) at 5:30 p.m., with the winners of those games meeting at 5:30 p.m at the main high school gym and the losers playing at Mallatt Gym...

Senior Kylie Wood, right, was crowned Purdy High School Homecoming Queen Friday, and junior Zack Brewer was crowned Mister Tip-Off.

Points were hard to come by, but Cassville rallied from a 5-point deficit to hold off Purdy in a 43-41 road win Friday. “At the end of the day, we are still trying to figure out ways to win,” said Tom Hubbard, Cassville coach. “We put ourselves in a hole with an off third quarter, and we had to fight our way out.”...

The basketball season has not necessarily gone the way the Purdy girls basketball team has wanted. The Lady Eagles are off to a 1-6 start. On Friday, Purdy held a 5-point lead against Cassville but was unable to hang on, falling 43-41 in the contest...

Cassville High School student athletes, from left, Carson Jacobson, Zack Coenen and Nate Boley have earned Football Academic All-State Honors.

Fans of cooking know that there is nothing more frustrating than sampling something from the stove, only to find out there is an ingredient missing. On the positive side, the chef’s recipe is almost perfect, but on the other side, it is not quite to the desired standard...

Compared to last year, things are looking up for the Cassville girls basketball team. The Lady Wildcats, according to coach Tom Hubbard, are lightyears ahead of where they were last season. “We aren’t faking it as much this year,” Hubbard said. “What I mean is, we had a very young team last year. We started some players who had just started playing. We had to act like we knew what we were doing. This year, we are showing signs of putting things together.”...

The story of James J. Braddock is one of pure Americana sports and spirit. Braddock’s life was brought to the big screen by Ron Howard in the movie Cinderella Man. While some of the drama in the ring was manufactured to drive the Hollywood narrative. The life story of Braddock needed no additional spice...

The Wheaton basketball team earned fifth place in the Southwest Holiday Tournament Saturday.

A season that many will not soon forget in Cassville just became more memorable for its players when it was revealed the eight Wildcats were name to the Class 3 All-State football team. Making the squad for Cassville were: First Team, Jaiden Reibert, Zach Coenen and Drake Reese; Second Team, Bowen Preddy, DJ White, Andrew Prier and Jericho Farris; and Third Team, Devin Bates...

With the whirlwind of the sports seasons changing and long playoff runs by area football teams, the fanfare of the basketball districts pods and classifications of area schools nearly went overlooked. For some area teams, there was a shock, but for most, it was the same group of schools, but with different host sites for the tournament...