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The Ava Lady Bears outscored Forsyth 44-20 in the second half here last Friday night and defeated the Lady Panthers 69-43. After a slow start that had the Ava girls leading by only two at halftime, the Douglas County girls picked up the pace in the second half to win by a comfortable margin. Payton…

The Ava High School Bears only played one game this week, falling in non-conference action to Morrisville on the road last Friday night, 48-43. After trailing 19-7 at the end of the first quarter, the Bears reduced the lead to 23-18 at halftime. “The third quarter was our downfall”, Coach Nathan Houk said. Marion C.…

The Ava Middle School Bears participated in the annual Willow Springs basketball tournaments last week. This was the second year for Willow Springs to host a 7th grade tournament during the same week as the 8th grade tournament. Four teams participated in the tournament, and tournament play was a round robin format. Other teams competing…

The Ava Bears have been idle since playing three games in the Blue and Gold Tournament right after Christmas. The Bears will return to action Friday night when they travel to Morrisville for three games, beginning with the freshman match at 5 o’clock. The Bears will then be off another week before traveling to Salem…

The Ava Lady Bears were back in action in 2012 Monday night, traveling to West Plains where they pulled off a big win against the Lady Zizzers. With less than 3 seconds on the clock the Lady Bears in-bounded the ball and Jorie Garrett scored the winning bucket at the buzzer to give the Ava…