Garylee has sports for Nov 24th
The City of West Plains has learned that ‘Local Legend’ Bill Virdon has passed away. He was 90 years old. Virdon graduated from West Plains High School in 1949. At the age of eighteen, he was signed by the New York Yankees. He later joined the St. Louis Cardinals and became the National League’s Rookie of the Year. At the age of 31, Virdon won the Golden Glove Award. Virdon was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1956 and was a key player in the Pirates’ 1960 World Series Championship. Virdon retired in 1965 with 1,596 MLB hits, a career batting average of .267 with 91 home runs during his 1,583-game NL career. Virdon retired from full-time involvement in Major League Baseball at the end of the 2002 season.
Mizzou Women’s Basketball (5-0) defeated Troy (3-2) in a tight game, 76-63, on Tuesday night. Redshirt senior guard Haley Troup and junior forward Hayley Frank both led the Tigers in scoring with 20 points apiece.
All-Ozark Conference football team as voted on by the coaches.
Offensive POY: Dagen Kenslow – West Plains
CO-Defensive POY: Cooper Roy – Glendale
CO-Defensive POY: Logan Lybarger – Lebanon
Coach of the Year: Will Christian – Lebanon
A 15-foot jumper by East Tennessee’s David Sloan with 2.5 seconds remaining lifted the Buccaneers (3-2) past Missouri State, 77-76, here Tuesday in the semifinals of the inaugural Naples Invitational.
HS Girls basketball scores from last night Ava over Hollister 59-40 Fair Grove over Mountain Grove 83-51. HS Boys basketball scores from last night. Norwood over Plato 70-52 Catholic over Mountain Grove 61-38 Bradleyville over Dora 62-37 Houston over Cuba 42-39.
