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The Cassville girls wrestling team was easy to spot at the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships — just look for the girls in party hats and novelty sunglasses. The Lady Wildcats entered state with high expectations, ranked No.

The Cassville boys wrestling team took a record number of members to the Class 2 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships Wednesday and Thursday, and they have returned with a record number of medals.

Prep athletics coaches commonly call their team a family, but the Cassville wrestling program is taking the mantra a little more literally. A total of eleven boys and girls wrestlers qualified for the 2023 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships, and more than half are related.

“Belief creates vision; belief creates strength of will; belief creates resilience; and belief ignites and activates.” The Southwest boys basketball team (21-7) rode that wave of belief to a historic moment on Friday, upsetting Sparta 56-42 in the Class 3, District 12 championship in Diamond — the first for the team in 57 years.