Sports

Purdy and Cassville softball coach Lori Videmschek earned her 500th career high school softball coaching win, defeating Crane 11-1 on April 4. Videmschek was also inducted into the Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame this year.

April 12, 2023 The river is at 103 CFS as of Sunday, so dry fly fishing is getting better. Fish were hitting elk hair caddis, blue wing olives, beetles, ants, stimulators, and para Adams.

Cassville’s Emma Berndt sprints past a Springfield Parkview defender during a 4-0 loss at home on Monday.

Exeter junior Kronikel Lokot pulls in a ball in the outfield during an 8-4 loss to Galena on Monday.

The Cassville baseball team opened its home account on March 27, with a new head coach and new turf field bringing an abundance of excitement to the long-established program. Shawn Trent, former assistant baseball coach and junior high softball coach, said the Wildcats had been chomping at the bit to take to the turf field.

The Cassville boys golf team has yet to qualify a member to state since Isaac Dodson in 2018, a year after Wildcat Dylan Garner won the individual Class 3 title. This year’s club at Cassville hopes to bring the Wildcats back to state-level competition.