Willow Springs MS Lady Bears Basketball season wrap-up
Wed, 01/22/2025 - 10:18am
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By:
Laura Wagner, contributing writer
The season has ended for the Willow Springs Middle School Lady Bears and it was a great season for the 7th and 8th grade Lady Bears.
In 7th grade action, November 11 and 14 the Lady Bears competed in the Mountain Grove Middle School Girls Tournament. The 7th grade girls lost to West Plains 6-17 and defeated Cabool 19-11. on November 18 the Lady Bears traveled to Houston where they defeated the Lady Tigers 21-20. On A home game on November 22 against the Cabool Lady Bulldogs was a big win for the Lady Bears 29-5. Traveling to Mountain Grove on November 26 the Lady Bears fell to the Lady Panthers 2-55. The next two games were homes games against Ava on December 3 and Liberty on December 5. The Lady Bears defeated the Ava Lady Bears 23-10 and fell to the Liberty Lady Eagles 10-13. On December 6 the Lady Bears traveled to Cabool where they won 6-o over the Lady Bulldogs. The next games were losses for the Lady Bears as they fell 4-44 to Mountain Grove, 14-20 to West Plains, 13-6 to Licking, 8-9 to Houston and 11-47 to Mountain Grove.
In 8th grade action, the Lady Bears defeated Cabool on November 22, 41-4. Another win for the Lady Bears came in a 28-14 victory over the Ava Lady Bears. The next two games would be wins for the 8th grade Lady Bears against the Houston Lady Tigers, 27-18 and Cabool 28-6. The Lady Bears fell to the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers 19-44. On December 3 the Lady Bears went on another winning streak defeating Ava 27-7, Liberty 28-26 and Cabool 42-7. Before competing in the Houston Tournament, the 8th grade Lady Bears fell to Thayer 10-25, to Mountain Grove 20-41, to West Plains 41-5 and to Licking 23-36. During the Houston Tournament the Lady Bears lost to Houston 16-23 and Mountain Grove 30-45.
"We had a successful season this year," explained Head Coach Taylor Harrill. "The girls not only grew as a team, but as individual players as well. They worked incredibly hard and came to every game ready to be competitive. That was our goal this year was to be competitive. Anyone who watched our games could see the heart these girls have, and I couldn’t be more proud of them. There were some tough losses and hard fought wins, but most importantly I feel like the girls learned so much and improved with every game."