The Carthage eighth grade football team was unbeatable this season.
Drum roll please — and your 2011 Maple Leaf Queen is — Ann Flanigan. The aspiring novel writer, used a stirring violin performance of Sarabande in G Minor Sunday evening at Carthage R-9 Auditorium to win this year’s Maple Leaf Queen.
Even though it has been open since Aug. 28, Saturday marked the official opening of Carthage’s new skateboard and BMX bike park at Griggs Park.
The Carthage 11-year old all-stars went undefeated to capture the district championship in Monett, Mo. The team moves on to compete in the Missouri State Cal Ripken Tournament in Farmington, Mo., where they’ll open play on Thursday, July 21, at 3 p.m.
Ortho 4 States and Four States Physical Therapy “Sports Medicine” will be conducting free youth football physicals from 1-6 p.m. on Friday, July 22, at their state of the art facility located at 444 Four States Drive (just west of Seventh) in Galena, Kan. Call (620) 783-4111 for further information.
Summertime activities and other circumstances may have kept the Carthage Aquatic Team from participating at full-force at the Monett Waterthrashers Invitational Swim Meet on Saturday and Sunday, but that didn’t stop them from managing to still turn in a solid showing.
Friday night’s rain seemed to sprout a tent city overnight at the Carthage Municipal Pool, where hundreds of swimmers and their supporters turned out for the 2011 Carthage Aquatic Invitational Saturday, June 11.
Even with the event being moved forward a month, lots of uncertainty surrounds the 2011 Carthage Aquatic Invitational, held this weekend in Carthage. Despite some uncertainties, organizers still plan on a solid turnout.
The Southwest Missouri Black Sox won the 14AAA Slugfest tournament. The Black Sox, who have a No. 6 USSSA power ranking in the state of Missouri.
Dates and information have been released on the Carthage Basketball Summer Camps that will take place this summer.
Carthage Youth Football Cheerleading will hold sign-ups today from 6-8 p.m. and again on June 9 from 6-8 p.m. at Forest Park Carthage (formerly known as the Powerhouse) at 430 W. Elk.
The Carthage Spikers, a 12-year-old competitive youth volleyball team, finished second in the Heart of America Silver Regionals in Kansas City, Mo., on April 9-10
The Southwest Missouri Black Sox, a 14AAA youth baseball team, won their first tournament of the season.
The Carthage Spikers, a 12-year-old youth volleyball team, finished the season with a stellar 91-5 record and brought home gold from each of the eight tournaments the team competed at this season.
On the road for the second time this season, CatTracks continued its season Saturday, March 19, at the Lebanon Family YMCA Invitational.
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The Carthage High School prep baseball team hosted a skills clinic for Carthage youth baseball players, ages 9-15, Saturday, March 12.
The Carthage Spikers 12-year-old volleyball team, competing in the 13-year-old division, took first place in the Springfield Stars Spring Explosion tournament held at James River Assembly on March 12.
More than 100 swimmers converged at Carthage’s Fair Acres Family YMCA on Saturday, February 12, for the Winter Invitational Swim meet, hosted by the Carthage CatTracks youth swim team.
