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Bakersfield senior Jordan Kuk, right, drives around a Koshkonong defender at the Thursday, Jan. 4, game. Both the varsity and the JV racked up wins over the Blue Jays. The girls played hard but lost a close one, 55-50. The Lions traveled to Dora Tuesday and will play Lutie Thursday night with games...
Gainesville senior Aspyn Britt looks to shoot during the battle against the Thayer Lady Bobcats for the Mountain Grove tournament championship Friday night. Britt was named to the all-tournament team. The Lady Bulldogs, seeded in the number 6 spot for the tournament, brought home the second place trophy. Photo by Karla Smith.
The Gainesville Lady Bulldogs held their own at the Mountain Grove tournament last week, bringing home the second place trophy after wins over Cuba, Mansfield and Mountain View/Liberty before falling to a tough Thayer team in the championship game. This marks the fourth consecutive year that the...
Elks Lodge 1714 in Mountain Home, Arkansas, is again sponsoring the 46th annual Elks Hoop Shoot, the national free throw shooting contest for children age 8 through 13. Participating schools include Gainesville and Bakersfield in Ozark County as well as Arkansas schools in Mountain Home, Norfork,...
Kryslyn Colvin, left, and Keeli Land, members of the Dora High School girls softball team, were recently named to the 2017 Missouri All-State Team. Kryslyn, a senior, played shortstop and was named to the First All-State Team, and Keeli, a junior pitcher, was named to the Second All-State Team. The...
Photo courtesy Ozarks Sports Zone.
Dora freshman Mason Luna drives past Eminence defender Grant Dyer during Thursday’s epic battle for a chance to play undefeated Thayer for the Cabool Tournament championship. Mason led the scoring with a game-high 31 points, but the Redwings won 71-66 in final seconds of the game and went on to...
Photo by Karla Smith
Dora’s Desiree Downen drives around a Houston defender during a homecourt 43-41 win over the Lady Tigers Tuesday, Dec. 19 . The team’s next game is Jan. 2, when they host Mammoth Springs, Arkansas.
Photo by Karla Smith
Dora Falcons freshman Bryson Luna drives down the court during the homecourt 71-49 victory over Winona Thursday, Dec. 21. The Falcons head into the Cabool Holiday Tournament seeded in the number two spot. So far, the Falcons have only lost two games of their nine – one a 63-50 loss to Class 3 No....
The Gainesville Bulldogs basketball team, along with a crowd of fans, friends and family, traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, Friday, Dec. 15, where they took on the Thayer Bobcats at the FedEx Forum arena. The varsity Bulldogs fell to the Bobcats, 35-27. The JV also took a loss, 38-27. Members of the...
Members of Robert Burns Masonic Lodge #496 in Gainesville raise money through sales of microwave popcorn at area basketball games for the Masonic Home of Missouri’s Creating-a-Partnership program, which matches funds from local Masonic lodges for certain benevolent initiatives related to the well-being of children. Robert Burns Masonic Lodge members Ed Kapelski (left) at the popcorn-selling table at a recent Gainesville High School game and (above) Bobbie Grisham with school counselor Amelia Menz at the popcorn table at Dora School.
Bakersfield sophomore Andrea Yount beats Chadwick defenders to the basket and scores another 2 points for the Lady Lions during the Friday night home game. Photo by Amy Ingalebe.
After a narrow loss to the Gainesville Lady Bulldogs, Bakersfield’s Lady Lions went on to defeat Chadwick last week in regular season play then beat Lutie in the first game of the Bradleville Tournament Monday.
The Lady Lions hosted Gainesville Thursday and lost by 3 points, 37-34. “The girls...