Fair Grove’s boys basketball team held off a second-half rally by Springfield Catholic and finally defeated the Irish 51-48 last week. The victory improved the Eagles’ record to 12-5. Fair Grove was in front 11-5 at the quarter and 24-14 at the half, but was outscored 34-27 in the second half. more

Fair Grove’s girls basketball team jumped from the Skyline Tournament right into the Osage Tournament this week. In the opening round of the Osage Tournament Monday night the top seeded Lady Eagles pummeled eighth-seeded Dixon 84-18 and shot 57 percent from the field in the process. more

The 16th annual Skyline Girls Basketball Tournament saw host and first seed Skyline face second seed Fair Grove in the championship game Friday, Jan. 13. The Lady Eagles were the first to score in the game, and they never once gave up their lead, winning 53-34. Fair Grove now has a 12-3 record following the Skyline game. more

Buffalo’s three senior boy wrestlers — Hunter Jenkins, Conner White and Allen Reeves — placed high at the Republic Tournament with Jenkins placing second and White and Reeves fourth. Following are results for those with more than one win, with Bison wrestlers listed first: more

As reported in last week’s Reflex, the sixth-seeded Skyline boys lost their opening-round game in the Skyline Tournament third-seeded Weaubleau 49-39. This moved the Tigers to the consolation bracket and they responded with 67-44 win over Climax Springs. The led all the way — 22-11 at the quarter, 35-17 at the half and 59-29 at the end of three. more

Defeating good teams has become a habit with the Fair Grove boys basketball team, and it happened again Friday night as the Eagles outscored once-beaten El Dorado Springs 44-30 in the second half to post a 73-56 home victory on Tuesday, Jan. 10. more

Buffalo’s boys basketball team ripped Sherwood 52-35 Friday in a conference game in front of a courtwarming crowd. The Bison trailed 8-6 at the quarter, but led 22-16 at the half. Their big quarter was the fourth when they outscored the visitors 16-3. more

Buffalo’s girls basketball team is becoming more competitive, but lost a home conference game to Sherwood and a tournament game to Miller in the past few days. more

Lyla Louderbaugh, Buffalo, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play women’s golf at the University of Kansas, KU head coach Lindsay Kuhle recently announced. Louderbaugh will be a freshman for the Jayhawks in 2022-23. more

Fair Grove’s girls basketball team has allowed a total of just 21 points in its last two games, as the second-seeded Lady Eagles whacked seventh-seeded Warsaw 70-13 in the opening round of the Skyline Tournament Friday. They were scheduled to play third-seeded Leeton last night (Tuesday) in the semifinals. If they won, they will play in the championship game Friday at 8:30 p.m., and if they lost they will play for third place at 6:30 p.m. more

Buffalo boys were unable to overcome a 20-point halftime deficit Monday night, so eventually lost a home conference game to Butler 56-42. The Bison played hard to get back into the game, but never got closer than 11 points in the second half. more

Spurred by a loud and active courtwarming crowd, Skyline’s boys basketball team achieved its first victory of the season Friday night with a 62-57 win over Laquey. The Tigers trailed only once in the contest, but had to hold on for a five-point win after leading by 15 with seven minutes left in the game. more