Southwest Missouri Football Coaches Association All State Teams have been announced for 2024 and making first team honors in our area. Class 2 Cooper Clark SR OL/DL Thayer, Parker Tune JR WR Liberty, Jordan Aurther SR WR Houston, Maleki Morgan SR TE Houston, Reed Tune SOPH LB Liberty, Chris Sharr SR DB Liberty, Thomas Merritt SR DB Ava, Hunter Adams SR punter Ava. Class 3 Ayden Barb JR DL Mtn Grove. Class 4 Peyton Reynolds SR OL West Plains, Fernando Lopez SR OL/DL West Plains, Remi Wilson SR RB West Plains, Jacob Moore JR WR West Plains, Isaiah Jones SR QB/Punter West Plains, Alex Judd SR LB West Plains, and CO Defensive player of the year Alex Judd West Plains, and Coach of the year Joel Wyatt West Plains.
Area youngsters in eighth grade and younger are invited to participate in Grizzly Basketball Camp Jan. 3-4 at the West Plains Civic Center. The camp is being hosted by (MSU-WP) Grizzly Basketball Head Coach Jared Phay, Assistant Coaches Michael Poindexter and Walt Belcher, and Graduate Assistant Coach Joe Greenwood. Participants will learn basketball fundamentals for all aspects of the game during the camp, Phay said. Campers have the option of attending one of two sessions: the morning session from 9 a.m. to noon the all-day session from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All sessions will be divided into groups based on the participants’ skill levels, The cost of attending the morning is $65; the cost to attend the all-day camp is $120.
Registration forms can be downloaded at MSUWPGrizzlies.com/Camps/Grizzly_Holiday_Basketball_Camp_Registration_2025.
For more information about the camp, contact Phay at 417-255-7991 or JaredPhay@MissouriState.edu.
The Salem Greyhounds have punched their ticket to the Arkansas State Football Championship game this Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock. The Greyhounds won their Semifinal matchup versus Mansfield 38-20 and will next face Bismarck who is 13-0 on the season. The Lions defeated Fordyce 49-12 in their semifinal matchup. Kickoff is slated for 6:30 p.m.
12-1 KC Chiefs will be at Clevland Browns Sunday with a 12 noon kick off game will air on CBS.
The OPO Open will be held at the Willow Springs Thomas F Benyo Municipal Golf Course on Jan 1st. It’s a 2-person 9-hole scramble sign in starts at 10am tee time of 11am. Sign-up sheet in the pro-shop or call 417-469-1214.
High School boys basketball for tonight. Gainesville at Ava, Hartville at Fordland, West Plains at Forsyth game will air on KDY, Bunker at Liberty game will air on The Fox 969 and live video streamed at ozark radio news dot com, Dora at Plato, Koshkonong at Seymour, Salem at St James, Licking at Steelville, Summersville at Van Buren, Houston at Winona. Girls basketball tonight Bunker at Liberty 5pm tip off.
The MSU-WP Grizzlies will be in Booneville Mississippi tonight and Saturday, tonight they play Northwest Mississippi 7pm on Q94 and Saturday they play Northeast Mississippi that game will air on KDY 102.5.
