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The Ava Middle School Bears traveled to Cabool on Sept. 7 and returned home with two gridiron victories. Ava’s seventh grade squad defeated the Bulldogs 18-0. Josh Springer put the Bears on the scoreboard with a 26-yard touchdown run with 2:12 remaining in the first half. Springer followed that with a 66-yard kickoff return for…

Ava’s junior varsity football team improved to 3-1 Monday, Sept. 11 with a 30-26 win over Liberty. The Bears jumped out to an early lead with a long touchdown pass from Zach Mendel to Payton Evans that was followed by a Zack Miller run for the 2-point conversion. Colby Miles helped extend the lead with…

Ava senior Quincey McDonald ran for two touchdowns and caught a pass for a 2-point conversion at Mtn. View last Friday night to help the Ava Bears in a 35-14 win over the Liberty Eagles. The win boosts the Bears to 4-0 on the season while Liberty falls to a surprising 0-4 start of the…

Seventy-two runners stampeded the Ava track complex last Friday night at the 2017 Silvey Stampede. It was the 5th anniversary of the Stampede as the first year celebrated the opening of the new complex in 2013. Several runners from that first year were spotted with their 2013 shirt on, which read “Red dog” R.I.P. For…

Six different players scored touchdowns for Ava last Friday night as the Bears rolled over Forsyth, 56-6, in the season home opener. Ava scored on a fumble recovery, a blocked punt, an interception and ground gains. Caleb Johnson kicked six extra points and was one of two passing for 2-point conversions, one on a called…

The Lady Bears volleyball team traveled to Springfield Tuesday night, Aug. 22, to take on the Lady Irish of Springfield Catholic. The JV started things off slow at first with a loss in the first set 12-25, but picked up some momentum in the second set with consistent serving from freshmen Paige Kimmons. The Lady…

The Ava Lady Bears softball team is off to a good start this season with a record of 4-1. During the past week the Ava girls defeated Dora at home in extra innings, then went on the road this week to beat Norwood 7-2, and on Tuesday defeated Salem, 9-8, in nine innings. The girls…

The Ava Lady Bears will be playing in the annual Forsyth Invitational Volleyball Tournament this Saturday, Aug. 26. Ava is one of eight teams participating and will be in the Blue Pool with Sparta, Forsyth and Conway. Making up the White Pool are Fordland, Parkview, Blue Eye and Willow Springs. Pool play begins at 9…

Stephen Copeland scored three second-half touchdowns for the Ava Bears last Friday night at Marshfield to give the Bears a 26-12 non-conference win. The Bears will host their home opener this week with Forsyth which is in its inaugural season of varsity football. The Panthers played Kansas City Northeast last Saturday and won 38-0. Last…

The Ava Lady Bears had a tough season opener against the Sparta Lady Trojans Monday night, with both the junior varsity and varsity losing their first matches. The JV lost 21-25, 21-25. The Lady Trojans jumped out to an 8-1 lead in the first set but the Lady Bears rallied back and battled before dropping…