After battling back through the loser’s bracket of the District 1 Tournament, Carthage’s 11- and 12-year-old All-Stars fell short against Cassville in the finals.

The Missouri Smash, a 12-and-under youth softball team, captured first place recently in the Missouri Mid-State Tournament.

The Carthage 10-year-old Cal Ripken All-Stars won their district tournament, held last week in Marionville, and advanced to 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 small city of multi-colored tents engulfed Carthage Municipal Park as more than 600 youth swimmers and approximately 2,000 spectators converged on Carthage Saturday for the annual Carthage Invitational Swim Meet.

With more than 600 swimmers on 11 teams, the Carthage Aquatics Team invitational meet has grown into one of the biggest youth swim meets in the area.

For some area kids, the sounds of summer will include the ping of a metal bat this month as Carthage’s youth baseball teams prepare for regional all-star tournaments. 

On Tuesday's Carthage's 7-year-old all-stars officially kicked off the postseason at Fair Acres Sports Complex.

Blue Thunder, a 9-and-under competitive youth baseball team, took second place at the Champion Diamonds Summer Sizzler Tournament held June 5-6 in Nevada.

For the first time in generations, the city of Carthage is playing something other than Little League Baseball this summer. Brad Smith, in his second year as President of the Carthage Youth Baseball Association (CYBA), has helped change the landscape of baseball for Carthage youngsters.

Cheryl Sharples, Carthage High School’s new head volleyball coach, will hold summer camps for youth volleyball players from July 13-15.

The 11th Annual Red, White and Boom Run, sponsored by the Carthage High School cross country team, is set to begin at 7 a.m., Saturday, July 3, at Municipal Park.

The Missouri Smash, a 12-and-under competitive youth softball team, took first place in the USSSA Tiffany Peterson Memorial Softball Tournament on June 4-6 at the Fair Acres Carthage Softball Complex.

Pittsburg State University will conduct two camps beginning Sunday.

The Blue Crushers, a 10-year-old youth baseball team from Carthage, placed second in a nine-team tournament.

Missouri Smash, a 12-and-under competitive softball team, captured first place over the weekend in the Carthage USSSA Best of Best Tournament at Fair Acres Sports Complex.

Steve Ray, head basketball coach at Carthage High School, will hold summer camp for high school and youth basketball players.

The Lady Tigers, an 18-and-under youth softball team from Carthage, went 5-0 to capture first place in a tournament at Nevada over the weekend.

The Carthage Junior High School track and field teams concluded another successful season last week at the Tri-County Championships, held Tuesday, May 4, in Joplin.

Breaking a school record, for most athletes, is a once-in-a-lifetime accomplishment.