Sports
The West Plains Wrestling club hosted the Zizzer Throwdown, a USA Wrestling competition for athletes between the ages of 6 and 14, on Sunday, December 1.
Around 60 wrestlers from the region competed in a round robin style of bracket with each wrestler competing against every other wrestler...
The Willow Springs Bears Middle School boys and girls basketball teams kicked off their season at the Houston tournament on November 11 to 15 for the boys and the Mountain Grove tournament November 11 to 14 for the girls. The first game of the season for the boys was against Licking on November...
The Liberty lady Eagles hosted the Alton Comets for their regular season opener. Junior varsity took the win over the Comets 41-21, while the varsity ladies fell 50-56 in a thriller. The Liberty Eagles girls’ basketball team will travel to Doniphan this week to take part in the River City Classic...
The West Plains Lady Zizzer Wrestlers competed at the 9th Annual Esmond Ford Memorial Tournament in Affton, Mo. The season is off to a strong start as Edie Hart took 6th place, Madyson Melvin took 3rd and Izabella Smith took 3rd. On Nov. 26, the Zizzers competed at the Owensville Invitational.
The All-State Volleyball honors are in and the area was well represented. These female athletes were chosen based on votes by the area coaches.
Class 1 - Winona: Sadie Kyle, Lexi Lindsey and Taylor Williams; Eminence: Demi Michler.
Class 2 - Cabool: Sophia Dotson; Liberty (Mountain...
The All-State Volleyball honors are in and the area was well represented. These female athletes were chosen based on votes by the area coaches.
Class 1 - Winona: Sadie Kyle, Lexi Lindsey and Taylor Williams; Eminence: Demi Michler.
Class 2 - Cabool: Sophia Dotson; Liberty (Mountain View):...
Zizzer Swim Coach Ryan Smith and Caleb Kentner, a junior at West Plains, pose for the camera after Kentner placed 26th in the Missouri State Diving Championships in St. Peters last Saturday, November 16. Kentner’s diving talent was noticed by Coach Smith during a break from the heat for the...
Championship football games are intense.
This one was certainly that.
It was all Zizzers at the beginning. Even Zizzer Head Coach Joel Wyatt said, “We just played lights out football that first half.”
By “lights out” he meant it was a focused, disciplined Zizzer squad that...