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Ava Bears and Lady Bears Place First
The Ava Bears track squads captured first place finishes in the Ava Relays. The Ava boys’ team took home a first place finish with 20 teams competing. Individual Ava medal results were: 100 Meter Dash-Rylin Dickson, third. 400 Meter Dash-Flint Sallee, second. 800 Meter Run-Grady Goss, first. 4×200 Meter Relay-Braydon Thorburn, Blayne Mendel, Hunter Hall…
Read MoreAva Bears Win One and Lose One in Conference Play
By Doug Berger The Ava Bears split two conference baseball games in play last week. The Bears defeated Houston, but fell to Salem. The Bears also dropped two in the Lebanon Wood Bat Tournament. The Bears shutout Houston, 7-0. Ava scored its first four runs in the bottom of the second. Colton Marler opened the…
Read MoreAccepted to OTC
AHS Citizens of the Month
Our citizens of the month for April are Jonathan Mullican and Kaylee Hall. Jonathan Mullican, a freshman at Ava High School, is the son of James and Theresa Mullican. Jonathan and his family recently moved here from Colorado where they raised livestock. His special community projects include organizing a community Easter Egg hunt for the…
Read MoreSallee Signs With Drury
Ava Lady Bears Track Places at 3 Meets
The Ava Middle School Lady Bears Track Teams competed in three meets earlier this month, and several 7th and 8th grade students took home the top ribbons. The results of the April 6th meet at West Plains were: 7th grade 100 Hurdle – Braelyn Wills 1st, Nancy Ames 3rd 100 Dash – Braelyn Willis 1st,…
Read MoreRecord Broken
Ava Bears Win Three in a Row
By Doug Berger The Ava Bears improved their season record to 9-2 with three double digit wins in three games last week. Bryse Dodson opened the week with a no-hit effort against South Central Association opponent Willow Springs on April 12. Dodson threw the full five innings of the 12-1 win. He struck out eight…
Read MoreDr. Clint Hall Named as Gainesville Jr/Sr High School Principal
At the regular monthly meeting on Monday, April 19 the Gainesville School Board hired Dr. Clint Hall as the 7-12 Principal for the 2021-2022 school year. Dr. Hall currently serves as the Ava Elementary Principal. “I am humbled to serve as the 7-12 principal at Gainesville. The community will find that I am a student-centered…
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