Sports
Black is back!
For the first time since 2021 — when the Lady Eagles won the Class 1 state championship — the Purdy softball team is headed to the Final Four.
Pole vaulters head to state
Two Cassville athletes will take part in the 2026 Class 3 Track and Field Championship Friday and Saturday, and both in the same event.
Freeman signs to Culver-Stockton
Southwest volleyball’s leader in kills and aces is taking her talents to Canton, as she has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball at Culver-Stockton College next fall.
3 Southwest track athletes advance to state
Southwest seniors Tobias Smith and Dylan Frost, as well as sophomore Sidney Roe, have each qualified for the MSHSAA Class 2 Track and Field Championships following their performances on Saturday at the Class 2 Sectional at Buffalo High School.
Roark goes for football at Pitt State
Cassville's Colton Roark recently signed to play football at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan.
Bohmke signs for pickleball
Cassville's Tyson Bohmke recently signed to play pickleball at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar.
District opponents determined
District baseball tournaments will be underway this week, with three of the five local teams’ brackets all set.
Artherton heads to state golf
Hosting the Class 3, District 3 Tournament on its home course on Thursday gave Cassville’s boys golf team a familiar setting, but Coach Clayton Bagby said the Wildcats could never fully settle into a rhythm.
Blankenship signs to NEO for softball
A member of the Cassville softball team that helped the squad make history multiple times in her career is extending that career beyond high school.
Scoreboard, May 13
Two Cassville boys track and field athletes have advanced to the Class 3, Sectional 3 Meet in Buffalo on Saturday. Corbin Rhoads and Logan Parsons will both represent the Wildcats in the pole vault after placing 3rd and 4th in the Class 3, District 6 competition in Lamar. Full results from districts include:
