Thayer, Missouri · Thursday, March 11, 2010
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Headed back to state! (03/10/10)
Lady Cats shake off sluggish third, outlast Hartville in overtime
Cats' title run comes up short (03/10/10)
Thayer stuns top seed, plays way to district title contest
Comets, Jays, Indians fall in district play (03/10/10)
ALTON COMETS The Alton Comets ran into a buzz-saw in the first round of the Class 3 District 10 Tournament in Cabool March 1. The top-seeded Ava Bears ended the Comets' season with a 72-31 Ava victory. Zac Roberts paced Alton with 11 points. Mark Smith followed with nine points, while A.J. Hodge had five. Randy Ray and Skylar Chronister finished with three points apiece...
Season ends for Grizzlies (03/10/10)
The 2009-2010 basketball season came to an end March 2 for the Missouri State University-West Plains Grizzlies. The Grizzlies fell to the Mineral Area College Cardinals of Park Hills, 69-58 in the quarterfinals of the Region 16 Post-Season Championship Tournament at the West Plains Civic Center arena...
Heartbreaker in Hillcrest (03/10/10)
Bears fall to red-hot host team in state quarters
Bay ends Lady Bears' hoops season (03/03/10)
The Mammoth Spring Lady Bears' season came to a close with a loss in the first round of the Class 1A Region 2 Tournament Feb. 24 at Harold Ray Jeffery Gymnasium in Calico Rock. The top-seeded Bay Lady Yellowjackets took advantage of a big 20-8 run to break up a close game early and knock off Mammoth Spring 60-41...
Alton falls to Lady Panthers (03/03/10)
Ending the game on a 10-0 run, the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers knocked the Alton Lady Comets out of the Class 3 District 10 Tournament by the count of 52-42 Feb. 27 at Cabool High School. Midway into the final frame, the contest was locked at 42-all, but the third-seeded Lady Panthers closed the game with 10 unanswered points to top sixth-seeded Alton...
Bears clipped by Jackets in regional finals (03/03/10)
The Class 1A Region 2 Tournament's championship game featured a battle between two of the top-ranked boys' team in Class 1A, the second-ranked Bay Yellowjackets (38-6) and the fifth-ranked Mammoth Spring Bears (26-8). And although Bay claimed the regional tourney title with a 50-41 victory over the Bears Feb. 27 at Harold Ray Jeffery Gymnasium in Calico Rock, the Yellowjackets knew they had been in a fight by the time the contest was over...
Lady Indians advance with win over Mansfield (03/03/10)
It was tight going for a while, but the Couch Lady Indians finally managed to separate themselves from the Mansfield Lady Lions long enough to record a 58-45 victory in the first round of the Class 2 District 2 Tournament at Thayer High School Feb. 27...
Lady Bobcats top Kosh in district opener (03/03/10)
Once they got rolling, the Thayer Lady Bobcats proved to be too much for the Koshkonong Lady Blue Jays in the opening round of the Class 2 District 2 Tournament Feb. 27 at Thayer High School. The top-seeded Lady cats opened up a big halftime lead and went on to post a 57-22 victory over the eighth-seeded Lady Jays...
Bears best Hillcrest for title (02/25/10)
In a game of high hopes, the Hillcrest Screamin' Eagles sought payback for the pair of close losses they suffered to the Mammoth Spring Bears in regular season play. However, the championship game of the 1A-2 North District Tournament ended much the same way, with the top-seeded Bears knocking off the Screamin' Eagles 72-62 at the Longhorn Corral in Viola Feb. 20...
Turkey banquet slated (02/25/10)
The Rocky Top Limb Hangers chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation have scheduled their 10th annual Hunting Heritage Banquet for March 5 at the National Guard Armory in West Plains. The theme of this year's event is Hunt, Conserve and Share. Funds raised from the auction will be used to support conservation and youth projects locally and nationally...
Alton stops Kosh (02/25/10)
The Alton Lady Comets took advantage of a big second-period effort en route to a 68-29 win over the visiting Koshkonong Lady Blue Jays Jan. 19. Koshkonong was down 14-7 after the first period, but a pair of buckets from Sam Collins (three points) and Desaray Collins (12 points) early in the second pulled the Lady Jays within five points...
Paces have big reason to pull for MSU Bulldogs (02/25/10)
Local retired bankers Bill and Norma Pace of Mammoth Spring will soon be making trips to Starkville, Miss., to see their granddaughter, Abby Risner, play soccer in the Southeast Conference for the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Abby, the daughter of Chad and Tammy Risner of Bentonville, signed her national letter of intent on Feb. 3, though she had verbally committed to MSU in September of 2009...
Indians' title run stopped by big Bulldog (02/17/10)
Van Buren's sophomore post player, Cody Rector, may stand 6-2, but he sure played a lot bigger than that in the finals of the boys' varsity division of the Big Spring Conference Tournament Feb. 10 at Van Buren High School. Rector poured in a game-high 26 points, giving the Couch Indians fits down low all evening long, as the Bulldogs pushed past Couch 57-43 to claim top honors in the conference tournament...
Lady Cats' 14-game win streak snapped by Ava (02/17/10)
The Thayer Lady Bobcats' impressive 14 game winning streak came to a halt Feb. 12 with a tight 44-42 road loss to the Ava Lady Bears. The setback to Ava was Thayer's (17-3) first loss in South Central Association play this year. Kaley Hebert led the Lady Cats with 17 points. Whitney Mills and Laken Martin followed with 10 points apiece...
Junior Bears fall to Norfork (02/17/10)
The Mammoth Spring junior Bears fell to the host team from Norfork 48-18 Feb. 10 in the 1A-2 North District Junior High Tournament. Norfork led 11-4 after one, 23-10 at the half and 42-13 after three periods of play. Craig Hoover scored seven points to lead Mammoth Spring, while Ryan Roberson added three. Tyler Mullins, Collin Powell and A.J. Smith finished with two points each...
Lady Comets clip Couch (02/10/10)
Using a big 9-0 burst early in the first period, the Alton Lady Comets grabbed a lead they would enjoy all evening long, resulting in a 46-42 victory over the Couch Lady Indians in the third-place game of the Big Spring Conference Tournament Feb. 3 at Van Buren High School...
Bobcats stopped at Willow Springs (02/10/10)
The Willow Springs Bears used a big second-period push to knock off the visiting Thayer Bobcats 64-50 Feb. 2 in South Central Association action at Mumford Gymnasium. The Bobcats led 11-8 after the first period, but Willow Springs regrouped in the second to take a 26-19 lead to intermission...
Norwood no problem for Thayer (02/10/10)
The Norwood Lady Pirates couldn't have had any worse luck had they broken a whole showcase worth of mirrors and walked underneath a mile's worth of ladders. As it was, the double-whammy the Lady Pirates were dealt in the championship game of the 20th annual Mansfield Lady Lions Tournament Feb. 6 was more than enough to cover a complete chapter in the Book of Bad Luck...
Lion's Sport Show just around the corner (02/10/10)
The West Plains Lions Club's third annual Greater Ozarks Region Outdoor Adventure Sportshow opens Valentine's Weekend. The festivities kick off Feb. 12 at 1 p.m. and closes at 7 p.m. Special guests include Miss Missouri, Tara Osseck, along with outdoor celebrities like fly fishing guide Brian Wise and videographer Bob Wyble, who will give seminars Saturday and Sunday...