Sports

By Abbie Baird The Middle School Lady Bears are rounding up their season. The girls have played 3 games a week the past few weeks. To start out their jam packed weeks the girls traveled to Mountain Grove on the 3rd of December. The 7th grade came out with a bang and ended with one…

                                                                                                                                                                                                             by Doug Berger The Ava Lady Bears took all three of their games in the Ozark Lady Classic. The Lady Bears opened play with a 78-62 win over Springfield Central.  Central scored the first two points of the game, but Ava followed up with a 12 point run. The Lady Bears finished out the quarter…

By Doug Berger The Ava Bears took a 55-29 win from the Forsyth Panthers in the third place game of the 60th Annual Forsyth Tournament. The Bears had opened the tournament with a 59-52 win over Blue Eye, but fell to Hollister, 60-36, in the second round. Strafford would take the tournament championship with a…

The Middle School Lady Bears started their Thanksgiving break off with some basketball games. On Monday the 23rd they traveled to Liberty to battle the Eagles. 7th grade played a really tough, close game that came down to the last few seconds with the Eagles pulling out the win 24-20. The girls played well together…

By Doug Berger The Ava Bears had to hold off a last minute charge by the Norwood Pirates, but held on for a 53-48 win, in the opening game of the season. Norwood went out to a 9-0 lead with three three-point shots. Ethan Donley sank a two point shot to put the Bears on…

The Ava Lady Bears basketball squad fell to Hollister in the opening game of the season, 62-42. The host Hollister took an 18-13 first quarter lead with the aid of four three point shots. They sank three more three pointers in the second quarter to take a 33-18 halftime lead. “They shot really well from…

The Ava boys basketball squad will travel to the 60th Annual Forsyth Tournament. Ava holds the top seed in the tournament and will open play on Monday against Blue Eye (7th seed) at 7:30 p.m. The winner of the game will play the winner of the Hollister (4) and Reeds Spring (5) game on Friday,…

The Ava Lady Bears have two returning starters from the team that posted a 17-10 record last season. Seven letterman return to the team.  The Lady Bears return their top two scorers, Hannah Evans (14 points per game) and Olivia Gastineau (10 points per game).  “Hannah has a strong work ethic, a desire to win…