Fair Grove’s baseball team had a great week, defeating Conway, Bolivar and Springfield Parkview over a seven-day period.
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4/5/23
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A four-run fifth inning lifted the Buffalo baseball team to a 6-5 win over Skyline in a home game Monday. It was the Bison’s first win of the season after unexpectedly losing their first five outings.
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3/29/23
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The Fair Grove baseball team is 4-4 after winning two of three games in seven days.
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3/29/23
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Fair Grove’s softball team remained undefeated with a 2-0 record after swamping El Dorado Springs 18-4 in a home game Monday. Scoring 14 runs in the third inning certainly didn’t hurt the Lady Eagles’ cause.
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3/29/23
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Last week’s headline in the Buffalo Reflex read, “Pitching is biggest question mark for Skyline softball team.” So far, however, that question mark has been replaced by an exclamation point as freshman hurler Makenna Shockley has allowed only two runs in three games.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/29/23
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Baseball
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3/29/23
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Fair Grove’s baseball team won two of three games in the Ozarks Classic Tournament over the weekend to capture second place.
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3/22/23
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Skyline’s softball team won the state championship two years ago and finished second last year with a 22-5 record, but its two top pitchers graduated. Therefore pitching is the team’s biggest question mark as the 2023 season begins.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/22/23
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Skyline’s baseball team has six starters/lettermen returning from a team that posted a 13-15 record last year. Pitching may be the Tigers’ greatest strength this year, primarily because they have one of the premier hurlers in the area.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/22/23
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Fair Grove had its most successful season in history last year, winning 25 games and capturing the district championship for the first time since 2013. Five key players graduated, and two of the junior returnees decided not to play this year.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/22/23
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Fair Grove had a good softball team last year, and eight starters return, so expectations are high for this season. Leading the way are four seniors, two of whom are veteran, proven pitchers.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/22/23
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Buffalo’s 2023 baseball team has a good nucleus to build upon with six starters and seven lettermen returning from a team that finished 11-12 last year. When Dan Dryer and his son, Calvin Dryer, took over the coaching last year, one of the goals was to get the team to be competitive, and that was accomplished.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/22/23
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Buffalo’s softball team has six returning starters this year, only one of whom is a senior. Add to that three talented freshmen and you’ve got a team that is expected to be highly competitive.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/22/23
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At the 2023 Missouri National Archery in Schools Program State Tournament on March 15-18 in Branson, the Skyline Elementary School team placed third in 3-D.
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3/22/23
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The Mid-Lakes Conference All-Conference boys basketball teams for 2022-23 were recently selected.
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3/20/23
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The Mid-Lakes Conference All-Conference girls basketball teams for 2022-23 were recently selected.
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3/19/23
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The MoNASP State Archery Tournament was held March 15-18 in Branson at the Branson Convention Center.
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3/18/23
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In a historic event, Skyline’s and Fair Grove’s girls basketball teams will play each other in the Class 3 state semifinals Friday at 8 p.m. at the Great Southern Bank Arena in Springfield. The winner will play for the state championship Saturday at 4 p.m. in the same arena against either El Dorado Springs or West County, The loser will play for third place at 12 noon at the Hammons Student Center next door.
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3/8/23
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Fair Grove girls jumped out to a 20-11 first-quarter lead and went on to defeat Diamond 62-52 in the Class 3 state quarterfinals Tuesday, Feb. 28 at Carthage High School. The Lady Eagles were still in front by seven at the half and outscored Diamond 16-9 in the third quarter to take a 46-32 lead.
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3/8/23
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Fair Grove and Mansfield had similar records going into the Class 3 state quarterfinals game Saturday at the University of Central Missouri at Warrensburg. However, way back in the fourth game of the season Fair Grove slaughtered the Lady Lions 66-29. Obviously the Lady Lions didn’t want that to happen again, so they initiated a “slow-down” game to take the Lady Eagles out of their usual 100-miles-per-hour approach.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/8/23
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Buffalo girls’ basketball season ended with a loss to Willow Springs 46-39 last week in the opening round of the Class 4, District 11 Tournament at Mountain Grove.
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3/8/23
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Macks Creek girls suffered a heartbreaking 55-54 loss to Leeton in the Class 1 state quarterfinals Saturday at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg. The Lady Pirates had two quick baskets to move in front by four points early in the fourth quarter, but Leeton shot the lights out in the fourth quarter and ultimately prevailed by one point.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/8/23
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The Skyline girls basketball team has advanced to the final four in the Class 3 State Tournament after defeating South Shelby High School 57-48 on Saturday, March 4, at Moberly Area Community College, Moberly. The Lady Tigers, 23-6, will play Fair Grove, 26-4, at 8 p.m. Friday, March 10, at Great Southern Bank Arena (formerly JQH Arena) in Springfield in the semifinals match.
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By Andrew C. Jenkins
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3/8/23
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All coaches like for their teams to get off to a good start, and the Skyline girls seemed to have mastered this approach recently. They have consistently built double-digit leads in the opening quarter against Sparta in the last regular-season game, Warsaw and Stover in district and now Montgomery County in sectionals Tuesday, Feb. 28 at Jefferson City High School.
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By Paul Campbell
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3/8/23
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Macks Creek boys are seeded third in the Class 1, District 6 basketball tournament Feb. 20-24 at Blair Oaks High School in Wardsville. The Pirates will play sixth-seeded Tuscumbia in the opening round on Monday, Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
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2/15/23
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