Sports

Cassville senior Josie Keevan serves a ball For the Lady Wildcats in a 3-0, Senior Night win over McDonald County on Oct. 10.

The late-season roller coaster of opponents is taking its final turn this week, as the Cassville football team is set to host a winless Monett squad for the annual Barry County Brawl — with district implications on the line. The Wildcats endured an offensive onslaught on Friday, falling to Class 2 No.

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Playing on their home course, the Cassville girls golf team made program history at the Class 2, District 3 Girls Golf Tournament.

There are few back-to-back weeks in high school football with opponents as opposite as Cassville’s Week 7 and Week 8 foes. The Wildcats got the job done at Homecoming on Friday, earning a 42-0 win over a winless Springfield Catholic team with only one touchdown on the year.

Williams wins first in Cassville Pinkout XC Invitational in 22:10 For the first time in six years, a Cassville runner has crossed the finish line first at the Cassville Pinkout Cross Country Invitational at the Aquatic Center park. Junior Jadyn Williams recorded her first win of the season on Oct.

The Southwest volleyball team raised its win total to nine with recent victories over Purdy, Exeter and Hurley, bouncing back from a tough 5-set loss to Crane on Oct. 2.

The Cassville High School girls golf team has qualified for the Class 2 2023 Girls Golf State on Monday and Tuesday at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club in Joplin. The Lady Wildcats took second place in the Class 2, District 3 Tournament in Cassville on Monday with a team score of 406, 11 strokes behind winner Mt. Vernon. Only the top two team scores advance from districts to state. Senior Avery Chappell, pictured sinking a putt on hole No. 9, took second in the tournament with an 83. Madison Robertshaw, Gracie Harmon and Adelee Hendrix took 18th, 20th and 21st with scores of 106, 107 and 110, respectively, and Chaney Cox finished in 32nd with a score of 123. More about the team’s state qualification will be released online later this week at www.cassville-democrat. com/category/sports.