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Video Platform Video Management Video Solutions Video Player Glendale junior Spencer Haik has developed into one of the premier distance runners in entire state over the last year. Last sp...
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Nixa High School’s cross country program accomplished a first on Tuesday. The Eagles won both the boys’ and girls’ team titles in the Central Ozark Conference-Large Division me...
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Bolivar edged Catholic in both team races in the COC Small XC Championships. ...
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Glendale swept the individual titles and West Plains took home both team titles at the Ozark XC Championshops. ...
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Catch photos fromthe Ozark Conference XC Meet. ...
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Willard's Bailey Hession (left) and Republic's Megan Hergesheimer (right) finished first and second on Tuesday.

More than 1,000 area runners descended upon the Springfield Underground XC course on Tuesday. ...
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SPRINGFIELD, MO - Parkview junior cross country runner Cameron Byrley is off to a tremendous start this season, with wins at Forest Park, Monett and most recently Nixa. This week we caught up w...
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Amidst a cool breeze, runners from teams representing 27 local schools competed in four varsity races at the Nixa Cross Country Invitational Tuesday afternoon. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM THIS...
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The five photos from the image above are this week's nominees

Each week Liberty Bank will sponsor a photo of the week contest that you, the fan, get to decide the winner among the five nominees. You can vote in the poll below to take your pick and each ...
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Cameron Byrley outkicked Nixa's Devon Colgrove to win the Class 3-4 boys race in Monett.

The Monett Cross Country meet was more about survival than personal records on Tuesday with the hilly course mixed with the heat slowing competitors down considerably. When the dust settled, Par...
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The Republic Tigers threw two aces out on the course in Tuesday’s Bolivar Invitational. Led by freshman Megan Hergesheimer and junior Ryan Way, the Tigers swept both individual varsity rac...
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Parkview, Lebanon, Glendale, Kickapoo and Branson met to compete in the Forest Park Cross Country Invitational. ...
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Ozark coach Geoff Cooper (left) and Tigers senior Kyler Haumann. Photo by Scott Vanscoy

Geoff Cooper will be starting his second year as the head coach of the Ozark Tigers cross country teams. The girls and boys teams both have plenty of youth and raw talent with an optimistic loo...
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Former Nixa standout Alex Smith (5) is back for Drury after missing most of last season with a knee injury.

A quick preview of the Drury fall sports programs, most of which begin play this Labor Day weekend. *Volleyball. Coach Ashleigh Fitzgerald enters her fourth season at DU with a young but exper...
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Photo from Branson Pirates Facebook page.

Branson’s cross country teams had solid seasons last year and they hope to continue their competitive edge as they run in their first meet Saturday, Sept. 1 in Lebanon. Last season the ...
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Pictured for the Ash Grove cross country team, from left to right, are: Will Christensen (soph.), Zachary Clapp (sr.), Schuyler Clapp (soph.), Quinton Frame (sr.), Brittany Miller (sr.), Ethan Hill (soph.), Daryan Babcock (sr.)

Ash Grove High School varsity cross country head coach Amanda Houp is a novice cross country coach, but she brings a variety of experience to the job. Houp coached eighth grade volleyball at Mt....
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Sparta cross country runners, from left to right, are: Tristan Eaton, Zack Pellham, Dakota Johnson,Jake Loveland, and Traven Eaton. Photo by Scott Vanscoy

“One point, really? Could I have beaten just one more runner?” “Could I have run five seconds faster?” These are all questions that the boys' cross country ...
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Entering his third season as head coach, Brenden Carroll hopes to bring success to his runners throughout the entire year. “We really just try to work hard and have fun while doing so,&...
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The Glendale Falcons cross country team during its daily run. Leading the way are Chris Mooneyham (left), Ellyn Atkinson (middle) and Spencer Haik (right). Photo by Matt Chamberlin

Whenever a team can retain two of its top runners from previous seasons, they are usually in a good position for the coming year. For the Glendale High School cross country team, they are return...
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The Clever High School cross country team will have numbers on its side this season. A large freshmen class that saw success on the junior high level joins a handful of returning upperclassmen w...
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Like many small schools, it can be hard to fill a high school roster – especially when it comes to some of the least popular sports, like cross country. Although that’s the case f...
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With six of the seven varsity runners returning for each of the boys' and girls' cross country teams, Marshfield head coach David Gray is excited about the prospects for the upcoming sea...
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The OzarksSportsZone.com staff has been hard at work all month long to bring you previews for many of the area teams across all eight fall sports. Below you can find links to all the sports t...
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After winning a pair of girls cross country state championships in his first stint at the helm of the Rogersville cross county program, Kevin Boyer took over the reins again last year. The Wildc...
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Legendary Hall of Fame Coach Jim Vaughan’s knowledge in the sport of running is immeasurable, coaching track and field at Hillcrest since 1963. Not losing or gaining a single senior, his l...
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Ryan Way (front) is trying to qualify for the Class 3 state meet for the third time. PHOTO FROM BERECRUITED.COM

The Southwest Cross Country Coaches Association selected Ryan Way as its Class 3 boys “Runner of the Year” last fall. Watch out, because the Republic High School junior still has two...
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Bolivar’s Jessica Cox (left) and Sierra Wells (middle).

Both the boys and girls cross country teams at Bolivar are making a trip to the state meet an annual rite of passage. This fall, the Lady Liberators will be looking for their fourth straight app...
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The Nixa cross country team huddles together.

Lance Brumley begins his third year as cross country coach at Nixa High School and he'll be looking for a repeat of last year's boy’s conference championship. Led by senior Devon ...
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Pictured for the Monett cross country team, front row from left to right, are: Aaron Morley, Erwin Perez, Carmen Renteria, Maddie Petersen, Grace Cloud, Austin Ross and Chris Smith. Back row: Josh Brown, Michael Morley, Jon Schleim, Jonah Ragsdale, Dalton

Last year was a season of ups and downs, good and bad, for Monett cross country and head coach Kelly George. In her second season at the helm, the Monett boys took second in conference, but the ...
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Photo Galleries

Pictures: Fair Grove 1, Forsyth 0


The Eagles beat the State's top-ranked team to advance to the quarterfinals.

Pictures: New Franklin vs. Stoutland


Through five innings, New Franklin led Stoutland 5-1 before the weather postponement.

Pictures: Billings 2, Purdy 0


Billings moves on to the state quarterfinals.
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