Sports

The Ava Bears and Lady Bears competed at the Mountain Grove Invitational on Thursday, October 15th. Junior High runners ran a 1.5 mile course and High School runners ran a 3.1 mile course. To earn a medal, a runner needed to finish in the top 15 for his or her race.  The next race for…

The Ava Bears football squad fell to the Cabool Bulldogs, 34-18, in a frustrating night for the Bears in corralling onside kickoffs. The Bears saw Cabool successfully recover an onside kick off three times in the first half. The Bears only allowed Cabool to take advantage of the onside kick recovery one time, but the…

The Ava Lady Bears fell to Seneca in the semi-final round of Class 3 District 4 play held last week at Logan-Rogersville. The Lady Bears finished out their season with an 18-3 record. Logan-Rogersville (26-6) would capture the district championship with a 16-1 win over Seneca (4-17). The Seneca Indians record coming into district play…

The Ava Lady Bears have picked up a second seed in the Class 3 District 10 volleyball tournament. Ava (11-9-2) will open play in the tournament on Monday, Oct. 26, at 6 p.m. in the Mountain Grove arena against number three seed Willow Springs (6-9-1). Liberty (18-5-4) has the top seed in the tournament and…

Six Ava Lady Bear softball players were selected to Class 3 District 4 All-District teams. Lady Bears receiving first team selections were pitcher-Julia Henry, junior; catcher-Miquia Heinlein, senior; outfield-Lexie Gastineau, sophomore; and infield-Macee Cutbirth, junior. Second team selections from the Ava squad were infield-Olivia Gastineau, sophomore, and Keely Akers, sophomore. The district champion Rogersville squad…

The Ava Bears and Lady Bears Cross Country teams competed at the Willow Springs SCA Cross Country Challenge on Monday, October 12th. To earn a medal, a runner needed to finish in the top 15.  The Varsity boys and girls both competed in 3.1 mile races.   The next race for the teams will be…