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Five Ava Bear Cross Country Runners Receive Medals
oss Country teams competed at the 1st Annual Riann Lubinski Invitational hosted by Nixa High School on Wednesday, September 23rd. All runners competed in a 5K, 3.1 mile race. To medal in the Varsity races, a runner needed to finish in the top 20 and in the top 10 in the Junior Varsity races. The…
Read MoreLast-Second TD Gives Ava a Win Over Salem
by Doug Berger The Ava Bears tallied their second South Central Association Conference football win when with two seconds remaining in the game, Bears quarterback Zach Richards dove for the end zone pylon to score the game winning touchdown. Ava came away with a 22-14 win, and improve their overall record to 3-2. The Bears…
Read MoreAva Lady Bears Volleyball 2-0 Over Fordland
By Doug Berger The Ava Lady Bears volleyball squad hosted Fordland September 21 and came away with a 2-0 win. The Lady Bears took set play 25-11 and 25-17. The teams were tied in the first set at eight, before Ava went on a five point run to start pulling away. They later put together…
Read MoreLocal VFW Announces Annual Student Competition
The Veterans of Foreign Wars are conducting their Annual Student Competition for scholarships with patriotic and democratic themes. Students will have the opportunity of competing for scholarships at the local, regional, state and national levels. Patriot’s Pen Each year more than 138,000 students in grades 6-8 enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest for a chance to…
Read More2020/2021 Ava R-1 Homecoming Candidates
Homecoming related activities have been well underway this week in celebration of the Ava High School homecoming game Friday evening, when the Ava Bears face the Houston Tigers at Silvey Field, kicking off at 7 p.m. During the evening, the king and queen will be selected from the students pictured.
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Local White River Valley Scholarship Winners
The following local graduates were recently awarded $1000 scholarships from White River Valley Electric. Names are followed by year of graduation and intended college: Ava High School Caleb Brown, 2020, Missouri State University Kamryn Nicole Collins, 2019, College of the Ozarks Stephen Copeland, 2019, Naval Academy James Taylor Haltom, 2017, Missouri Southern State University Olivia…
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