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SKITS showing ‘Murder in The House of Horrors’ Nov. 11-13 in Shell Knob
A comedic, murder mystery, a classic who dunnit of thoroughly entertaining proportions takes center stage in the upcoming SKITS community theater production of “Murder in The House of Horrors.” The audience is invited into the museums lecture on famous Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaura’s tomb, which is laden with priceless treasures, but shrouded in mystery as a most coveted jewel is stolen and an unlikely murder is committed. This audience interaction murder mystery will have everyone fully engaged trying to guess who did this outrageous deed and why? A total of 15 actors, with some added extras, and an assembly of stage-builders, artists, sound and lighting personnel, line-readers, marketing folks and well, of course, a dedicated and inspiring director are again making this another fun and entertaining production.
Scoreboard, Nov. 1
The Cassville boys and girls cross country teams made program history on Saturday at the Class 3, District 2 meet. For the first time ever, both teams qualified for the state meet, as they each took third in the district races.
Week 10 season football stats
Passing Bodee Rose, sophomore 59 C, 126 A, 1,162 Y, 10 TD, 6 INT Rushing Trey Wilson, senior 85 A, 631 Y, 11 TD Bodee Rose, sophomore 104 A, 610 Y, 4 TD Bryson Jacobson, junior 42 A, 255 Y, 4 TD Jake Anthonysz, senior 8 A, 35 Y, 1 TD Team rushing 1,597 Y, 20 TD Receiving Garrett Ewing, junior 24 C, 524 Y, 5 TD Trey Wilson, senior 12 C, 283 Y, 4 TD Riley Ruark, senior 2 C, 82 Y, 1 TD Hernan Hernandez, senior 7 C, 127 Y, 0 TD Team receiving 23 C, 918 Y, 10 TD Defense Keaton Shellenberger, senior 22 S, 25 A, 1 TFL Garrett Ewing, junior 24 S, 21 A, 1.5 TFL Bryson Jacobson, junior 32 S, 33 A, 4.5 TFL, 2 SK, 2 FR Riley Ruark, senior 17 S, 6 A, 2 TFL Canyon King, sophomore 21 S, 42 A, 2 TFL, 1 SK Ethan Lamborn, senior 19 S, 19 A, 5.5 TFL, 2.5 SK, 1 FF Nic Fierro, senior 9 S, 21 A, 0.5 TFL DJ Glidewell, senior 25 S, 24 A, 3.5 TFL, 1 FF Kicking Peter Littlefield, senior 28/28 XP, 3/6 FG .
Improvements quantified through low-win season
The Southwest volleyball team may not have seen big numbers in the win column this season, but the Lady Trojans’ improvements over their 34 games are quantifiable, and the future is promising. Steve Voyak, Southwest volleyball coach, said at 2-30-2, the team struggled to reach all its goals, but the team’s improvement could be tracks through its stats.
News briefs
The Cassville Cruisers car club will host its final Cruise-In of the year on Nov. 12 at 3 p.m.
Smiles, songs light up The Show
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Cassville sputters on road in 27-10 loss
For the first time since 2016, the Barry County Brawl trophy will not be displayed in Cassville’s trophy case, as the Wildcats fell on the road to the Cubs on Friday, 27-10. Clay Weldy, Cassville football coach, said the Wildcats succumbed to the warnings of pitfalls earlier in the week.
Pickleball Club active at Cassville
A new Pickleball Club had taken root in Cassville. Similar to tennis, pickleball is played with a wiffleball, wooden raquets and lower net. Front row, from left: Jacob Martinez, Elly Raemaker, Lorelei Vanderhoef, Elizabeth Butler, Kyler Hayward, Dulce Rivera and Coach Erin Flehmer. Back row: Superintendent Merlyn Johnson, Tyson Bohmke, Corbin Rhodes, Ashton Wheeler, Simon Gates, Ethan Bohmke, Mason Gautney and Caleb Leach.
Kyle Troutman: A last hurrah for journalism
It’s been a big year for local journalism. In July, I attended the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors conference, where I accepted a Golden Dozen award for column-writing, and just a few weeks ago, I attended the Missouri Press Association conference and accepted more than 50 awards on mine and my staff’s behalf.
Jon Horner: A plan for Christmas gift-buying
When Kyle asked me to do a monthly column regarding finance I told him that I would try not to bore people too much, since that category can be less than exciting. So today, I will start off with discussing the correlation between the federal reserve interest rate moves and the associated impact on the gross domestic product. Just kidding, please continue to read. I definitely wouldn’t go near that topic with a tenfoot pole.
