Sports

The Southwest Trap team ended its 2022 season at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta, Ill., on Aug. 1-2. Day one of the competition brought high temperatures and uncomfortable conditions.

Sophomore Brody Osborne lets loose a shot that hit the top netting and put a point on the board for the Black team in Thursday’s Black and Gold scrimmage.

Editor’s note: Throughout the summer, the Cassville Democrat will feature the best unprinted photos from each season of 2021-2022 athletics. — KT .

Editor’s note: Throughout the summer, the Cassville Democrat will feature the best unprinted photos from every local team photographed in the 2021-2022 athletics season. — KT

For the first year in many, the Cassville boys soccer team is returning a significant level of experience, including a goalkeeper that will expand his state-record in career saves. Jake Forste, Cassville soccer coach, said in all, the Wildcats return eight starters: senior goalkeeper Peter Littlefield, senior midfielder Lian Nung, senior forward and midfielder Reese Heiden, junior midfielder Jackson Ray sophomore forward Brody Osborne, and juniors Andrew Gray, Jackson Lindley and Ashton Wheeler.