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Little League Baseball & Softball Results
7-8 Boys Rookie League Little League Field Tuesday, May 22 6:00 Ozarks Family Vision (11) vs. Finesse Tools (1) 7:00 The Feed Bag (4) vs. Finesse Tools (14) 8:00 Tidwell Tree Service (1) vs. Jason’s Roofing & Const. (11) 9-10 Boys Little League Field Monday, May 21 6:00 Emerson Climate Technologies (11) vs. Clunn’s Classics…
Read MoreAva Qualifies Events For State Sectional Track Meet At Marshfield This Saturday
Kyle Clinkingbeard broke the Ava school record in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.43 seconds at the district track meet last Saturday, placing third in the event. That qualifies him to compete at the state sectional meet at Marshfield this Saturday. Dakota Renner placed fourth in both the 3200-meter run and the 1600-meter…
Read MoreBears End Baseball Season In Semifinals Of District Tourney
The Ava Bears took a 5-2 lead into the seventh inning of the district semifinal game at Houston Monday afternoon. But Cuba erupted for four runs in the final inning and upset the top-seeded Bears 6-5 to end Ava’s baseball season. Senior Kody Kutz was the starting pitcher for Ava and Coach Rex Sawyer credited…
Read MoreHaltom Represents Ava High School At State Golf Meet
Ava High School freshman Tristan Haltom was the lone qualifier from his team for the state golf tournament held Monday and Tuesday at Twin Oaks Country Club, Springfield. Haltom shot an 80 on the first day of play, but slid back to a 91 on the second day for a total of 171. The cut-off…
Read MoreBaseball Bears Begin District Play Next Monday Afternoon
The Ava High School Baseball Bears played three games this week in the Ash Grove Tournament, dropping one and winning two. The Bears opened with Ash Grove on Saturday and suffered a 2-1 loss. Ava had only four hits in the game and Dillon Adams drove in the only run. Adams, Ben Loge, Jesse Johnson…
Read MoreBaseball Bears Draw Top Seed In Class 3, District 10 Tournament
The Ava Bears dropped three decisions in baseball action this week. Next action for the Bears will be in the Ash Grove Tournament this weekend. All three losses this week were to non-conference teams. On Thursday, the Bears were in Rogersville where they dropped a 6-3 decision. Coach Rex Sawyer said his Bears played well,…
Read MoreAva Men’s Track Team Sets Excellent Times In Spring Meets
The Ava men’s track team competed in the Lebanon track meet on March 30 to kick off the season. Notable finishes in the meet for Ava included: Kyle Clinkingbeard placed second in the 400 meter dash with a time of 51.6 seconds; and Ava took second in the 4×800-meter relay. Team members were Chase Dixon,…
Read MoreAva Lady Bears Set Personal Bests In Team Competition This Spring
Ava hosted their own track meet on April 16. After a frantic all day preparation of the red dog track, the Ava Bears and Lady Bears hosted 10 other schools including West Plains, Mtn. Grove, Willow Springs, Mansfield, Bakersfield, Cabool, Houston, Licking, Gainesville and Hartville. Winning the meet on the girls’ side with 136 points…
Read MoreAva Golf Team Takes First at Willow Springs
The Ava High School golf team traveled to Willow Springs last Tuesday, April 24, and took first place. Ava came in with a combined team score of 168, well under Houston 186, Licking 188, Willow Springs 193, Liberty 202 and Alton 211. Individual scores for Ava were Tristan Haltom 38, Seth Maples 42, Jesse Dean…
Read MoreAva Golf Team Takes First at Willow Springs
The Ava High School golf team traveled to Willow Springs last Tuesday, April 24, and took first place. Ava came in with a combined team score of 168, well under Houston 186, Licking 188, Willow Springs 193, Liberty 202 and Alton 211. Individual scores for Ava were Tristan Haltom 38, Seth Maples 42, Jesse Dean…
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