College Heights girls basketball improved to 10-1 with a wire-to-wire ... one major decision and one decision en route to a lopsided dual win over Joplin on Thursday at Seneca High School. The Eagles were empty at the 138- and 195-pound weight classes.

Lamar swimmer Meghan Watson and College Heights basketball player Jacob Bogar are the Globe’s high school athletes of the week for the week ending Jan. 4. Watson, a junior at Lamar, won the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 butterfly in the Nevada ...

The Webb City wrestling team split a pair of duals at Republic High School ... led Lamar with nine points and Sierra White had eight. The Cardinals led 23-5 at the end of the first quarter. By halftime, Webb City was up 41-15. Webb City hosts Rogersville on Thursday. SARCOXIE 57, McAULEY 37 MILLER, Mo.—The McAuley Catholic boys basketball ...

Neosho meets St. Joseph Lafayette at 11:30 a.m. today at Neosho Junior High School. After his squad suffered a number of close losses early ... “Baylie has made an immediate impact,” Hixson said. “She didn’t start playing basketball until seventh grade. She was a B-team kid as an eighth grader. She worked hard in the offseason.

Led by six top-3 finishes, Carl Junction finished second in the Parkview Valkyrie Invitational girls high school swimming meet on Saturday at the John Foster Natatorium. Springfield Central prevailed with 207 points, followed by the Bulldogs with 180, Rogersville 158, Carthage 146 and Webb City 124. Lamar took seventh among 17 teams with 89 ...

The Thomas Jefferson girls basketball team used a big third quarter to rally past visiting Everton ... The Tigers posted shutouts over Cassville 77-0 and Miami 84-0 at Carthage High School. The Tigers’ Kelten Campbell logged two pins at 160 pounds, and Lucas Jones had a fall and technical fall at 113 pounds. The Tigers received 10 forfeits ...

The Lamar High School girls swim team took a break from practicing laps earlier this week to ... “I feel better around water, and now I want to go swimming all the time,” said Dax Stiles, 8. “It’s fun.” Tuesday was the children’s final day at the pool, and they were assisted by members of the Lamar girls swim team.

The city is playing for the championship for the first time since 1984, when Parkwood High School lost to Jefferson City Helias in a game played at Arrowhead ... The Wildcats also play this weekend in the Class 3 semifinals at home. Unfortunately, Lamar lost in the Class 2 quarterfinals to Ava, but the Tigers should feel nothing but pride ...

The city is playing for the championship for the first time since 1984, when Parkwood High School lost to Jefferson City Helias ... weekend in the Class 3 semifinals at home. Unfortunately, Lamar lost in the Class 2 quarterfinals to Ava, but the Tigers ...

LAMAR, Mo. — Nate Swofford had spent countless nights thinking back to the narrow, heartbreaking losses his Ava football team suffered to Lamar in the two previous ... And this time, the Bears flipped the script to claim a 26-14 triumph over the Tigers at Lamar High School. Ava (13-0) plays host to Clark County, a 22-7 victor over Hallsville ...