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Lady Tigers thankful for title opportunity
At the end of the 2022-2023 season, the prospect of the Exeter girls basketball team playing for a district championship was not on many’s minds — yet, 45 games removed from snapping a 60-game losing streak, that’s just what the Lady Tigers did on Saturday.
‘Cats sweep middle school Big 8
The seventh- and eighth-grade Cassville Middle School boys basketball teams each won first place in the Big 8 Conference.
LIVE UPDATES (Day 2): 2025 MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships
Six Cassville wrestlers left Missouri Arena with new hardware on Thursday, but none more special that the medal hanging from the neck of Colton Roark. At 165 pounds, Roark earned…
LIVE UPDATES (Day 1): 2025 MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships
Live results from the 2025 MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena.
District hoops seeds settled
The Cassville boys and girls basketball teams head to the Class 4, District 12 tournaments March 3-8 in Monett, receiving their seeds last week.
Wheaton trimphs in Highway 86 rivalry
The Wheaton girls basketball team celebrated a 62-59 overtime victory over cross-county rival Exeter on Feb. 18.
Line ‘em up, let ‘em loose
The Cassville boys wrestling team made program history on Saturday, qualifying a record eight wrestlers for the Class 2 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships and winning a record three individual Class 2, District 3 titles.
Winchell wrestles up-weight to Class 1 state qualification
A total of 34 teams took part in the Class 1, District 3 girls wrestling tournament in Nevada on Friday and Saturday, and out of the 10 Lady Wildcats competing, one locked in a qualification to the Class 1 State Wrestling Championships Feb. 26-27 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia.
5 teams’ district brackets set
As of Monday, 5 of the 10 local high school basketball teams now know their district seeds and opponents, with one tournament being played close to home.
Lady Tigers lock down district No. 2 seed
The last district championship for the Exeter girls basketball team came in 2011, and 14 years later — only two season removed from a three-year stretch with a single win — a shot at the Class 1, District 3 title is well within reach.
