West Plains Lady Zizzer swim team was dominant on its way to winning the Southwest Missouri Women’s Varsity Swim & Dive Championship team title on Saturday. The Lady Zizzers won four of 11 swimming events on the way to scoring 420 points. Paige Sheridan proved why she is one of the area’s top swimmers by bringing home gold medals in the 200-yard freestyle in a time of 1:57.90 and the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:15.81. West Plains also won the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:43.94) and the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:43.46).
Mountain Grove football coach Brandon Rogers has retired from coaching but will remain in his position as Athletic Director for the Mountain Grove School District. So now three schools are looking for a new head football coach, Cabool, Willow Springs and now Mountain Grove.
The MSU-WP Grizzlies were in action on Saturday with more here is Harlan Hutchison.
Saturday February 17th will be the 12th annual Heart of the Ozarks half marathon, 10k, half marathon relay, and Mindys run 2.5-mile fun run all starts at the historic post office event center 204 east main street West Plains at 730 for more information go online to heart of the Ozarks half marathon dot com or call 417-293-3554.
The Lady Zizzer Basketball Team began the race to fundraising for the Ozarks Healthcare Cancer Treatment Center through their annual Pink Out Game. Participants are encouraged to wear Pink Out apparel from previous years and/or pink, in support of the event. The Lady Zizzer pink out game will be played Feb 8th when the Lady Zizzers host Parkview.
