May 2025
Southwest qualifies 4 events to sectionals
Led by junior Tobi Smith and freshman Sidney Roe, the Southwest High School advanced from District to Sectional in four events at the Class 2, District 6 Track Meet at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar. The team advanced in the boys 4x800 relays, with Smith, Braydan Rose, Victor Tellez and Brody Osborne finishing second to Stockton with a time of 9:05. Smith also qualified in the 2-mile placing 4th. Roe advanced in both the mile and 2-mile, finishing runner-up in both events. The Trojans also finished fifth in three other events (300 hurdles, high jump, and 4x400 relay) and narrowly missed advancing other athletes.
William Hodgson: Before the law – before Moses
“Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all men because all sinned – for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.”
District seeds delivered
Five Barry County baseball teams will compete in three district tournaments this week and next, one of which is being hosted by Purdy.
Opportunity shouts
Cassville athletics fans know the name Kyler Hayward for her years on the basketball and softball teams, but the senior recently signed to a collegiate program for a sport she has not participated in since middle school.
Kelley clinches state qualification
Enduring inclement weather and a rain delay, one member of the Cassville boys golf team has extended his season another couple weeks.
5 events move to sectionals
For three individual thinclads and one relay team, qualification to the Class 3 2025 Track and Field Championship is within grasp.
Run raises funds for women battling cancer
Emily Brooks, left, 15, accepts a medal from her mother, April Brooks, left middle, as her sister Hannah Brooks, right middle, 12 and grandmother, Carol Griffin, congratulate her for completing her race at the Power of Pink's event on Saturday morning at the Wheaton City Park.
Corinne Sue Terry
Corinne Sue Terry, 89, of Cassville, Mo. passed away Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Springfield in Springfield, Mo.
Richard Leroy “Rick” Nelson
Richard Leroy “Rick” Nelson, 69, of Cassville, Mo. passed away Sunday, May 4, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Cassville in Cassville, Mo.
