Sports
Ava Lady Bears – District Champions
The Ava Lady Bears captured the Class 4 District 11 tournament championship with a 55-47 win over Forsyth. The Lady Bears will face the Mt. Vernon Lady Mountaineers in play on Wednesday, March 10, at 6 p.m. at Ava High School in the sectional round of the Missouri Class 4 tournament. Ava comes into the…
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The Ava Bears captured the Class 4 District 11 championship with a 63-56 win over number one seed Hollister last Friday at the Mountain Grove High School arena. The Bears will now advance to sectionals of the Missouri State Class 4 basketball tournament. They faced East Newton on Tuesday evening. The Bears came out strong…
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Lady Bears Take the Win in the First Round of District Tournament
The Ava Lady Bears took a district tournament opening round win over Springfield Catholic, 51-48, on Saturday afternoon. The Lady Bears will now face number one seed Hollister Lady Tigers in the second round on Tuesday, March 2, at 6 p.m. at Hollister. Ava had to come from behind after trailing Springfield 15-9 at the…
Read MoreWins over Cabool & Salem Earn Bears Second Seed for District Tournament
The Ava Bears improved their season record to 20-5 with South Central Association Conference wins over Cabool and Salem. The Bears finish out the conference season with a 4-3 record. Eleven Bears put points on the scoreboard in a 54-28 conference win Friday over Cabool. Both teams had trouble scoring in the first quarter. Quinton…
Read MoreLady Bears Seeded Fourth after Cabool Win
The Ava Lady Bears picked up two conference wins in play Friday with Cabool and Salem on Monday. With the win over Salem, the Lady Bears now have a 17-5 season record, and finished the South Central Association Conference with a 6-1 record. The Lady Bears took a 48-36 win from Cabool in a game…
Read MoreRunning for His Life: Ava’s Gary Emrick, Sr. Averages 39 miles/week
by Doug Berger A fall off a roof stopped him for a period of time, and temperatures under 20 degrees with a wind can make him less likely to take to the pavement, but otherwise Gary Emrick Sr. is a regular runner on Ava streets and Hwy. 5. Emrick tries to record 39 miles in…
Read MoreBears Beats Houston, Loses to Thayer
The Ava Bears basketball squad split two games last week, taking a win from Houston on Saturday, but falling to state ranked Thayer earlier in the week. The Bears defeated Houston, 66-41, in a game rescheduled to Saturday. Ava put the first 10 points on the scoreboard, and were up 17-4 midway through the first…
Read MoreAva Bears – A Story of Give and Take
By Doug Berger The Ava Bears took a 63-57 win at Willow Springs on Friday, but had fallen to Mountain Grove in a game earlier in the week. In the February 2 Missouri Basketball Coaches Association poll the Bears were ranked number 10 in class 4. The top spot went to Vashon. South Central Association…
Read MoreAva Leads Entire Game to Top Houston
By Doug Berger The Ava Lady Bears basketball squad improved their season record to 15-5 with a win over Houston on Thursday. The Lady Bears had defeated Thayer earlier in the week. Ava came roaring out in the early minutes of the game with Houston, scoring the first 16 points unanswered. Houston would put in…
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