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Side Note: Last weeks paper had a misprint on game scores  for K-1st –  Week 2 – March 24, 2012 New Scores are 8:30 am – Taco Bell (1) vs. Casey’s General Store (3) 9:15 am –  Payroll Advance (4) vs. Proverbs 15 Photography (0)   Week 3- March 31, 2012.   5th-8th 9:00  …

Week 3- March 31, 2012.   5th-8th 9:00   am  – Douglas County Herald vs. Ava Parks and Recreation 10:30 am-. Pro-Design vs. Georgia’s Place   2nd-4th 10:00 am – Curtis Dept. Store vs. Red Bank Grocery 11:00 am –  Copeland  Corporation vs. Sonic   K-1st  8:30 am – Proverbs 15 Photography vs. Taco Bell…

Week 2- March 24, 2012.   5th-8th 9:00   am  – Georgia’s Place (0) vs. Douglas County Herald (5) 10:30 am-  Ava Parks and Recreation (5) vs. Pro-Design (3)   2nd-4th 10:00 am – Red Bank Grocery (1) vs. Copeland Corp. (2) 11:00 am –  Sonic (1) vs. Curtis Dept. Store (2)   K-1st  8:30…

The Ava High School Baseball Bears are scheduled to be in action Friday and Saturday in the West Plains Wooden Bat Tournament. This tournament gives the Bears an opportunity to see teams they don’t normally see in the regular schedule, said Coach Rex Sawyer. The Bears will open with Neelyville at 4:30 Friday. The 6:30…

The sixth annual Ava High School Alumni Basketball Games will be played this Saturday night, March 24, at the Ava High School gym. The girls’ game will begin at 6 p.m., with the boys’ game to begin at approximately 7:30. All former players are being encouraged to come participate in these games, and spectators are…

Ava High School baseball coach Rex Sawyer will hold an informational meeting next Thursday, March 29, for those interested in playing on the 15 & under traveling baseball team this summer. This meeting is for parents and boys in grades 7 through 9 who wish to try out. The meeting will be held at 6:30…

Ava teams did quite well in all-conference balloting which was held last week, at the close of the 2011-12 basketball season. Ava has three first-team selections on the all-SCA teams – Austin Gastineau, Payton Lakey and Jorie Garrett – plus first-year boys’ coach Nathan Houk was named SCA Coach of the Year, having won the…

After fighting their way into the finals of the district tournament last week, the Ava Bears saw their season come to a close on Saturday night with a disappointing 63-45 loss to the Liberty Eagles. The Bears upset second-seed Licking in the semifinals on Thursday night, 57-45, to reach the championship game. The Bears finished…

The sixth annual Ava High School Alumni Basketball Games will be held Saturday night, March 24, beginning at 6 p.m. Former Ava High School basketball players – both boys and girls – are invited to participate. Games will begin with the girls at 6 o’clock followed by the fellows. For more information contact Rex Sawyer…

The 2011-2012 basketball season ended for Ava Lady Bears in the semifinals of the Class 3 District 2 tournament at Cabool last Wednesday night, Feb. 29. Oddly enough – or perhaps it should be said, appropriately – it was Willow Springs, the same team that denied the Lady Bears the SCA title, that also knocked…