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For trivia buffs, the answer to a million dollar question may be Monett swimming and diving if the question is, “Who won the first ever Big 8 swimming and diving meet?” On Tuesday, the Cubs ran away from the Big 8 field with 364 team points. Nevada was second with 252, and Logan-Rogersville finished third with 168...

With a just a four-team district pod, the Class 2, District 9 boys soccer tournament will only last two days this year. Despite being a small field, the talent pool is as deep as it has been in quite some time. Monett earned the No. 1 seed, and Logan-Rogersville is the No. 2...

The Monett volleyball team begins its quest for district glory on Tuesday in the opening round of the Class 3, District 12 tournament. The Lady Cubs earned the seventh seed this year and open the tournament on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. against No. 2 seeded Seneca...

Monett continued its upward season trend with a 28-0 victory over Nevada on Friday night. The win was the third in the last four games for the Cubs (4-5) and sent the Tigers to a 1-8 regular season mark. Both teams began the game sloppy with turnovers on downs...

The Pierce City Eagles (9-0) concentrated on polished and bruising defense as the regular season ended with a 61-0 rout of Pleasant Hope (0-9). The Eagles rolled to a 42-0 halftime lead, working on shortening the time needed for each subsequent score. They scored first in seven plays, then three, two, three, one and three to end the half. The Pirates only managed three first downs in the first half, while the Eagles scored on nearly every possession, holding the ball only 6-and-a-half minutes...

The biggest smile in Burl Fowler Stadium on Friday after a 18-12 win over McDonald County was on the face of Cubs Coach Derrek Uhl. After seven weeks of having his team puts bits and pieces together, Monett finally played its most complete game of the season...

Normally, we expect coaches and schools to teach students core values such as sharing, community service and helping others. As the Pierce City football team has found out this week, there is an exception to this rule. On Friday, the 8-0 Eagles host Pleasant Hope (0-8) with a chance to accomplish two huge goals...

On a bitterly cold afternoon in the early 1990s, Neosho sent roughly 35 fifth-grade players to Fred G. Hughes Stadium to play Webb City for the Southwest Conference Super Bowl. We were excited to play on the astroturf field, which essentially felt like nothing more than cheap high-traffic carpet layered upon a slab of concrete with just a touch of air to help cushion your fall...

Logan- Lamar at Cassville Monett at Nevada Reeds Spring at Aurora East Newton at Springfield Catholic Hollister at Mt. Vernon Marshfield at Logan-Rogersville Seneca at McDonald County Pleasant Hope at Pierce City McDonald County at Monett, 12-18 Cassville at Reeds Spring, 35-0...

Twister Alley go-kart track in Butterfield will host its Boogeyman Race on Oct. 20. A total of $3,000 in prize money will be awarded. Gates open at 1 p.m. Hot laps start at 3 p.m. Grandstand admission is free and pit passes are $10. The second annual Run to Care 5K to benefit Mercy Hospital in Aurora and the Cassville Mission Fun will be held at 10 a.m. ...

In a game that had top-flight conference and district implications on the line, it was the Eagles (8-0, 6-0) that soared higher with a 44-12 victory over Miller (6-2, 5-1) on Friday. The first-half battle that initially all belonged to Miller. The Eagles went four-and-out on their first possession. ...

In its most complete game of the season, Monett (3-5) rallied twice to defeat McDonald County on Friday, 18-12. Roessler put the Mustangs on the board first in the first quarter with a 49-yard touchdown run. Monett countered with a drive in the second quarter and took a 7-6 lead with a William Murphy 3-yard touchdown run...

AURORA – The dreary conditions of the late afternoon matched the somber tone of the Monett softball team after a 15-14 loss to McDonald County in the Class 3, District 12 championship. Monett, after overcoming a 12-1 deficit, surrendered a 2-run home run in the bottom of the seventh after taking a 14-13 lead in the top half of the inning...

The Pierce City football team held is annual jersey auction Tuesday to help raise funds for the squad and its various needs.

The biggest game of the season occurs Friday night at Don Keebaugh Stadium for the Pierce City football team. The Eagles (7-0) and ranked No. 6 in Class 1 welcome Miller (6-1) to town on Friday in a high-stakes, all-in gridiron battle. “I want your minds focused on Miller after we leave this field,” Brad Hocker, Pierce City coach, told his team after its win over St. ...

While all games are important, for the Monett football team, Friday night’s contest against McDonald County falls into the category of “must win.” Currently, the Cubs sit in the cellar of an eight-team district pod, with the Mustangs in sixth. A win would keep the Cubs’ vision of getting a more favorable district opponent alive, but a loss will cement Monett as the No. 8 seed...

One of the happiest coaches at Monett when it was announced that the Big 8 Conference was expanding to 14 teams was Dan Janssen, Cubs swimming and diving instructor. Janssen has been the team’s coach since the program’s inception, and for the first time in program history, Monett has the opportunity to claim the title of conference champion...

Call it motivation, call it a disappointment or call it a fluke, the Monett softball team finds itself looking up at other teams as it enter Class 3, District 12 playoff action today in Aurora. Only three times since 2011 has the Monett softball team not been seeded first in the tournament, including this year’s No. 3 seed placing...

West East McDonald County at Monett Cassville at Reeds Spring Aurora at Marshfield East Newton at Seneca Logan-Rogersville at Hollister Nevada at Lamar Mt. Vernon at Springfield Catholic Miller at Pierce City Monett at East Newton, 35-6 Hollister at Aurora, 16-13...

It was a stressful evening for the Monett coaching staff, but in the end, the Cubs earned a 35-6 victory over East Newton Friday. Monett got off to the right start with a Ethan Umfleet 26-yard touchdown run with 8:13 left in the first quarter. However, the turnover bug hit Monett hard. The Cubs put the ball on the turf numerous times, losing it three times, and the Patriots were able to cut the score to 7-6 with 5:52 left in the first with a Ryan Millett 2-yard keeper after one fumble recovery...

LEE’S SUMMIT – Big plays and an early surge sent Pierce City to 7-0 on the season with a 34-16 win over St. Micheal the Archangel (3-4) on Friday. After an inauspicious start that saw the Eagles lose 6 yards on first down and a false start costing 5 more, Pierce City faced a second-and-21...

For the second week in a row, the Monett offense demonstrated it is coming along. The Cubs, in a 49-28 loss to Seneca, still racked up 424 yards in the game — 232 yards rushing and 192 yards passing. “Offensively, we’ve gained yards,” Uhl said. “Last week, we threw the ball a lot better [against Seneca]. We were more balanced. I like what I’m seeing as far as getting better, but we still had three turnovers and two in the red zone. If we don’t have those, I’d really feel good.”...

As the total number of games on the schedule gets smaller, the importance of each game gets higher. On Friday, Pierce City (6-0), the No. 7 ranked team in Class 1, travels to Kansas City to face the 3-3 Guardians of St. Michael the Archangel. The Guardians have won their last three games and have scored 136 points in those contests after just scoring 42 in their first three games of the season...

West East Springfield Monett at East Newton Hollister at Aurora Cassville at Nevada Lamar at McDonald County Springfield Catholic at Logan-Rogersville Marshfield at Reeds Spring Seneca at Mt. Vernon Pierce City at St. Michael the Archangel Aurora at Springfield Catholic, 42-7...

A second place finish for the Wheaton volleyball team in the Southwest Volleyfest tournament was the sign Coach Robert Creekmore was looking for as his team barrels toward the fourth quarter of its season. “We have three seniors that were freshmen my first year here,” Creekmore said. ...

The Monett volleyball team improved to 3-14 on the season with a 25-21, 25-16 win over Bolivar on Monday. Kylee Davis led the way with 2 aces. Randi Prock added 7 kills and Megan Grove recorded 11 digs. Monett won the junior varsity match, 25-18, 21-25, 15-10. Monett travels to Cassville on Tuesday...

Monett’s Alex Sparkman returns a volley for the Lady Cubs during varsity action this week. Monett fell to Aurora on Monday and Nevada on Thursday.

In what served as a harbinger of things to come, the Monett football team began Friday night’s 49-28 loss to Seneca with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike delay of game penalty. The penalty was assessed due to the Homecoming coronation hitting a snag that caused a delay in the start of kickoff...

A 12-0 lead at halftime was precarious to say the least for the Pierce City football team on Friday. However, a challenge from their coaches at intermission spurred a 26-0 victory for the Eagles. “We kind of got after our line at halftime and challenged them,” said Brad Hocker, Pierce City coach. “We told them that we loved them, but they need to dig deeper, and they responded and stepped up for us.”...

A 5-run third inning and a 5-run sixth inning lifted the Monett softball team to an 11-1 win over Lamar on Thursday. Monet improved to 11-6 on the season and heads into a weekend tournament in Springfield where the team plays five games in two days...

During the Cubs’ 43-28 victory over Logan-Rogersville, Monett radio broadcaster Mike McClure said it best. “When you are running the option, if the first option is gaining five yards a carry, then your other options are not going to get many looks,” McClure said...

A quick start led to an easy 53-0 victory for the Pierce City football team (5-0) on Friday. The win kept the Eagles atop of the district and conference standings. “I was proud of the way we handled thing Friday,” said Brad Hocker, Pierce City coach. “It rained the whole time, and we ran for over 300 yards.”...

Friday nights in the fall have almost always been sacred in southwest Missouri. Fans pile into stadiums to cheer for their teams under the lights around the state. However, that experience, especially in the larger cities, is becoming more difficult...

West East Springfield Logan- Aurora at Springfield Catholic McDonald County at Cassville Seneca at Monett East Newton at Lamar Logan Rogersville at Mt. Vernon Nevada at Marshfield Reeds Spring at Hollister Pierce City at Marionville Mt. Vernon at Aurora, 0-28...

Spurred by an 8-run third inning, the Monett softball team improved to 10-5 on the season with a 15-0, four-inning thumping of Carl Junction on Monday. Kaesha George and Maddi Coones both went 4-for-4 at the plate. Coones collected 6 RBI and hit a solo home run...

A slow start lead to a slow half and a slow game for the Monett soccer team, as the Cubs fell 4-0 to Springfield Catholic in soccer Thursday. Irish forward Calvin Sanders recorded a hat trick against the Cubs, including two goals in the first 15 minutes of play. Monett fell to 9-2 on the season with the loss. The Cubs travel to Republic on Thursday...