Sports
Wildcats close year with double-digit wins
The Cassville boys basketball team showed growth throughout this season while adjusting to a new system and culture under first-year coach Mike Ray.
Lady Trojans produce 19-win season
The Southwest girls basketball team turned in one of the program’s most successful seasons in more than a decade, finishing with a 19-8 record and one tournament title.
Publisher View — Kyle Troutman: Mission accomplished
The last week of February every year has repeatedly come to be one of the most coverage-heavy weeks of the year — and while 2026 gave no shortage of challenges, it gave as many rewards.
Making history at Mizzou
With 10 seconds left in the Class 2 175-pound title match, senior Colton Roark, defending state champion had only one thing on his mind — “I cannot get put onto my back right now.”
Exeter completes comeback title win over Wheaton
Down by 7 early in the fourth quarter of the Friday’s Class 1, District 4 girls basketball championship against Wheaton, Exeter refused to give in, crafting an 18-point final frame to win the team’s first district title since 2012 with a 41-37 victory.
LIVE UPDATES: Cassville Wrestling at MSHSAA State Championships, Day 2
Results from Day 2 of the 2026 MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena in Columbia.
LIVE UPDATES: Cassville Wrestling at MSHSAA State Championships, Day 1
Results from Day 1 of the 2026 MSHSAA State Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena in Columbia.
BasketBrawl round 3 set
Boys district basketball tournaments are underway, with four county schools seeing action this week and round three of an in-county rivalry tipping off next week.
12 ‘Cats head to Buffalo
The Cassville wrestling team took a program record six Wildcats to state last year, and if this year’s regular-season success is any indication, the team hopes to beat that record again.
Solo to state
For the second consecutive season, only one Cassville girls wrestler will be on the mats at Mizzou.
