Sports

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…

The Ava Lady Bears opened the 2017 softball season at Reeds Spring last Saturday in a double header with Reeds Spring and Glendale. Ava defeated Glendale 7-3, then lost to Reeds Spring 8-0. Coach Rex Sawyer said the Reeds Spring game was 2-0 in the fifth and his comment was, “It was a good day…

After the Herald went to press last Wednesday we received word that the volleyball jamboree had been changed to tonight (Thursday) at Forsyth. The jamboree at Forsyth was originally scheduled for Monday, Aug. 14. The jamboree schedule has matches running simultaneously in two gyms as follows: 6 p.m.–High school gym, Forsyth vs. Ava; multi-purpose gym,…

The Ava Bears will open the 2017 varsity football season this Friday night in non-conference play at Marshfield. Game time is 7 o’clock. The first home game for the Football Bears will be next Friday night, Aug. 25, when the Bears host Forsyth. Ava’s football coaching staff, shown above with the team, includes (at left)…

The Ava Bears will participate in a football jamboree Friday night, Aug. 11, at Hollister. Play will begin at 7 p.m. with four teams playing three rounds each. In each round, each team will run 12 offensive plays. Round 1 will see Ava facing Hollister and Catholic vs. Diamond. Round 2 will have Diamond vs.…

The Ava Lady Bears are scheduled to host a softball jamboree today at the Ava Sports Complex, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Teams participating will be Willow Springs and Dora, in addition to Ava. Each game will be four innings and each team will take infield practice before their first game. The jamboree will open with…

Seventh and eighth grade volleyball girls are reminded that they will need to have their sports physical by the first day of school. Coach Ann Leonard says the first practice will be held the first day of school, Thursday, Aug. 17. The teams will practice after school until 5 p.m. in the Middle School gym.…

Ava Middle School football equipment was issued on Friday, Aug. 4, and middle school football practice will begin on Monday next week. Students who plan to participate in the upcoming season need to have their sports physical completed before the first day of practice on Aug. 14. The first practice on Monday will begin at…