Sports
Middle School Bears Host Liberty, Cabool In Basketball Play
The Ava Middle School Bears hosted the Liberty Eagles on Monday, Nov. 25 . The Bears won an exciting 7th grade contest 37-34. Ava jumped out to an 11-0 lead to start the game but Liberty rallied to take a 17-13 halftime lead. The Bears played a strong third quarter to regain the lead 28-24.…
Read MoreLady Bears Play Seymour Thursday; Cabool Tourney Next Week
The Ava Lady Bears will make their season debut at Seymour tonight, opening with the junior varsity game at 6 o’clock, followed by varsity action. Next week, the Lady Bears will participate in the Cabool Lady Bulldog Invitational tournament. Ava drew the No. 6 seed and will play Salem in first round action on Monday…
Read MoreBears Open Season With Win Over Spokane Tuesday
The Ava Bears opened the 2013-14 basketball season with a 58-52 win Tuesday night at Spokane. Coach Nathan Houk said it was good to open the season with a win, but there are things the team needs to work on. The Bears are scheduled to play Mansfield Friday night, then will return to the Mansfield…
Read MoreAva Middle School Girls’ Basketball Season Has Begun
Middle School Girls Basketball is under way. The seventh grade Lady Bears improved their record to 3-1 after defeating both West Plains and Reeds Spring in last week’s play. On Tuesday night the Lady Zizzers came to Ava and left with a 45-8 loss. The Lady Bears got off to a quick start and led…
Read MoreBears, Lady Bears Will Open Basketball Season Next Week
Basketball season will open next week for the Ava Bears and Lady Bears. Both teams will open on the road with the boys playing Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Spokane, and the girls playing their first game Thursday night, Dec. 5, at Seymour. The boys and girls teams participated in a basketball jamboree on Nov. 22…
Read MoreMiddle School Bears Open Season With Zizzers, Panthers
The Ava Middle School Bears opened the 2013-2014 season at West Plains on Tuesday, Nov. 19 . The Bears won the seventh grade contest 41-32. Ava led 10-4 after one quarter of play and led 19-15 at halftime. The margin remained four points at 27-23 after three quarters of play. Caleb Johnson led the scoring…
Read MoreAva Cross Country Runners Make All-SW District Team
Area coaches who are members of the Southwest Cross Country Coaches Association get together at the end of the season and select the All-Southwest District team. In cross country, Ava competed in Class 2. Bailey Ray, Ava sophomore, was named to the all-district 2nd team. In boys competition, Ava’s Caleb Stillings, sophomore, was named to…
Read MoreAva Middle School Boys Open Basketball Season at West Plains
The Ava 7th and 8th grade boys opened their basketball season at West Plain on Tuesday night, Nov. 19. The 7th grade team came away with a 41-32 victory, but the 8th grade did not fare so well, losing to the Zizzers, 39-5. The boys will play at Mtn. Grove tonight (Thursday), and will be…
Read MoreVarsity Basketball Jamboree Friday & Saturday at Sparta
The Ava High School Bears and Lady Bears will participate in a basketball jamboree at Sparta High School on Friday and Saturday nights. The Lady Bears will play on Friday night, beginning at 5 o’clock, facing Sparta. At 6:30 Ava will play Chadwick and at 8 p.m. the Ava girls will take on Bakersfield. The…
Read MoreAva Athletes Make All-SCA
A long list of Ava athletes received post-season recognition as SCA coaches met last week to name the all-conferene teams. All-conference recognition was given in volleyball, softball and football. Cross country is not recognized as a conference sport, but five Ava runners made the all-district team and qualified for state. They included Jordan Dimirsky, senior;…
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