All work and no play can make Jack and Jill Student dull athletes so to make sure student athletes take some time off this summer, all teams and coaches will go dark for nine days starting Saturday.
Carthage’s Caleb Fierro had six hits, got on base all seven times he came to bat and drove in three runs as the Merchants beat Hillcrest 19-12 in Friday’s first round of the American Legion Zone III tournament.
American Legion and Baseball Factory are set to hold a College Prep Super Regional on Sunday, Aug. 1, at the Hidden Valley Sports Complex in Blue Springs. All high school athletes ages 13-18-years-old are encouraged to attend.
The sixth annual Carthage High School Football Lift-a-thon is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Carthage Junior High P.E. Annex.
The camp starts at 6 p.m. July 26 with a guest speaker at the Carthage Junior High Physical Education Annex. It will be followed by an evening run and then bowling.
The Premier Baseball Junior World Series is back in the area for a five-day span that will crown the top team in the organization.
Some individuals love to run. Some individuals love being outdoors. Combine the two and, well, you have Joe Bill Dixon’s Wilderness Running Camp.
Former Webb City standout Grant Wistrom entered the College Football Hall of Fame Saturday.
The game features outstanding 2010 graduated high school football players from the entire state.
A dozen teams and hundreds of competitors took to the water this weekend for the Carthage Invitational hosted by the Carthage Aquatic Swim Team on July 10-11 at the Municipal Park Pool.
A well-known southwest Missouri women's basketball coach has died after a three-year battle with colon cancer.
The Texas Rangers pulled off the biggest trade of the baseball season this summer when they acquired ace Cliff Lee from the Seattle Mariners on Friday.
Officers with the University Police at Pittsburg State University have completed their investigation into allegations of hazing by some high school football players from Seneca during a camp at PSU in June.
The 2010 Premier Baseball Incoming Freshman tournament will get under way next week. Pool play will start Wednesday morning at 9:30 on five area baseball fields — Joe Becker Stadium and the Athletic Complex in Joplin, the baseball Complex in Seneca, Mantle Field in Commerce and Field of Dreams in Baxter Springs.
Seneca R-7 School Board members took no vote on a hazing incident discussed in closed session.
Most high school baseball coaches usually do a few things during their summer vacations. Some coach American Legion baseball. Others are busy helping out with football or basketball camps because of other coaching obligations.
The Missouri State High School Activities Association recently recognized Carthage High School for academic excellence during the winter and spring sports seasons.
Seneca School District officials and Pittsburg (Kan.) State University police officers are investigating allegations of under-age hazing, which took place at the university’s football camp last week.
High schools from around the region have traveled to Pittsburg State University’s football team camps for years.
Approximately a month after completing their second season in soccer program history, the Carthage Lady Tigers landed two players on the All-Central Ozark Conference Large Division team.
