Sports

During the course of everyone’s life there are notable moments. For Monett’s William Daingerfield, this week will no doubt be one of the most memorable in his life. On Thursday, Daingerfield completed a lifetime goal when he signed a national letter of intent to play baseball at Culver-Stockton College in Canton...

Glaciers and biological chance set apart the walleye that angler Cecil Murray seeks in the lower Current River’s deep pools. A particular strain of this toothy fish swims only in four southeast Missouri Ozark rivers. Its closest genetic relatives live far away in a few streams in western Appalachia. ...

Diehard Kansas City Chiefs fans will have an oppurtunity to purchase a bit of Kansas City history as seats from Arrowhead Stadium go on sale. Jackson County residents will have a head start to bring a piece of Arrowhead Stadium to their homes. But they will have to act quickly as this offer will go fast...

The Monett Motor Speedway and Camp Barnabas have partnered to help raise money for the camp and expose a younger generation to dirt track racing on Sunday. All children 18-and-under receive free entry into the Grandstands for Sunday’s event, and for every child that comes through the grandstand gate, Monett Motor Speedway will donate $1 to Camp Barnabas...

Dave Steckel, Missouri State football head coach, has announced a walk-on meeting for the 2019 Bears squad will take place on Aug. 19 at 3:30 p.m. Interested players should meet upstairs in Room 257 in Forsythe Athletics Center to complete a medical screening...

Soccer in Missouri tends to be dominated by private schools in bigger cites. However, Monett has proven over the last few years to be the exception to that rule. The Cubs finished third last year in Class 2 in a season that its coach said he and the team will never forget...

The Monett Motor Speedway and Camp Barnabas have partnered to help raise money for the camp and expose a younger generation to dirt track racing on Sunday. All children 18-and-under receive free entry into the grandstands for Sunday’s event, and for every child that comes through the grandstand gate, Monett Motor Speedway will donate $1 to Camp Barnabas...

Monett High School will hold its annual Fall Sports Pride Night at the Burl Fowler Stadium on Aug. 17. Pride Night provides an opportunity for the community to enjoy a football scrimmage and meet the athletes, cheerleaders and marching band representing Monett High School during the 2019 fall sports season...

Friday marked the anniversary of two work-related events at The Monett Times. First, 15 seniors, one player from each of the 14-team Big 8 Conference and Pierce City came to Burl Fowler Stadium for the annual cover shoot of the Gridiron Guide, and second, I celebrated my ninth anniversary of being the paper’s sports editor...

On Friday, 14 football players from the Big 8 Conference and Pierce City attended the annual cover shoot for the Gridiron Guide football preview magazine.

On Monday, the falls sports season officially opens state-wide with the beginning of fall practice season. The Lady Cubs are hopeful that the positive progress made over the course of the last three years will continue. While effort and determination will show themselves in due time, the Lady Cubs do know the path that their season will take with the release of the schedule...

The Monett Water Thrashers team, which features athletes from Barry and Lawrence counties and based in Monett, took second place at the Tri-State “A” Championships on Sunday.

For the last two years, the game of golf at the high school level has witnessed a growth spurt. The growth has not come in the spring when the boys usually play, but in the fall with the newly formed girls division. Monett boys coach Brian Cox watched as several schools like Purdy, Cassville, McDonald County, Seneca and Aurora built established programs and felt that Monett could also benefit from a girls-only team...

The Missouri Southern University football team has been picked tenth in both the coaches and media preseason football polls, league officials announced this week during the 2019 MIAA Football Media Day at the Kaufman Foundation Center. When the 2019 season gets underway, there will be a new leader on the sidelines for the Lions as head coach Jeff Sims starts year number one leading the Green and Gold at Fred G. Hughes Stadium...

The Monett softball team continues a tradition of playing a tough regular season schedule. This point was reaffirmed with the release of its 2019 slate. Monett opens the season on August 30 with a home game with Republic. Marshfield comes to town on Sept. 3, with a quick road trip to Webb City on Sept. 5...

The Monett school district recently finalized its extra duty assignment roster. The district added two new varsity coaches, tapping Justin Semerad as its new high school girls wrestling coach and Brian Cox as the girls golf coach. Semerad will maintain his duties as middle school coach and absorb the high school assignment...

The Monett Cubs Athletic Booster Club has begun its annual “Catch the Spirit“ membership drive. For the 2019-2020 season, the Booster Club is looking for members to become part of something special. “Our athletic programs often serve as the window to the school and community,” said Eric Merriman, club president. “By building pride in our athletic programs, people will become more familiar with the academic progress being made in Monett.”...

A dream four years in the making is now one huge step closer to reality for two business owners with local ties. Austin Cloud, a 2008 Monett High School graduate, and Charlie Locher, co-founder of Architectural Systems Inc. in Monett, have broken ground on a 19-acre facility in Republic called Backwoods Golf...

Construction crews rolled into Purdy High School this week to begin almost $46,000 of stadium improvements to the district’s baseball field. On May 4, school officials noticed debris had fallen behind home plate. It was not until they walked closer they saw that two-thirds of the nearly five-foot retaining wall that makes up the backstop had collapsed, in large part due to the record rainfall that doused the area...

Friday nights in the fall have been a revered and respected tradition for many for decades. High school football stadiums welcome thousands of screaming fans and the events take on nearly a religious atmosphere with a dedicated following that has even resorted to prayers in the stands when the situation is most dire...

The Monett varsity football team hosted its annual youth football camp this week at Burl Fowler Stadium.