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Newsflash: the Zizzer girls swim team is still good, really good.   Last year, when eleven of the twelve school records were broken and the Zizzer girls had their highest State Swim finish of all time, it seemed like the end of an era.    But it looks like nobody told the underclassmen...
Howell County News - Shawana Cox
The Willow Springs Lady Bears are making an incredible impact on the basketball season sitting on a 9-3 record. The remainder of the season looks to be an exceptional one for the Lady Bears.   Before competing in the Holiday Tournament, the Lady Bears traveled to Alton on December 19, 2024 to...
A Free Throw Championship for boys and girls, ages 9 to 14, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Munford Gymnasium in Willow Springs, Mo.   The contest will begin at 10:00 a.m. and will be for boys and girls ages 9 to 14, with effective age as of January 1, 2025.   Since 1972, the...
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Junior Chloe Jones recently broke the Willow Springs High School girls basketball record for most three-pointers in a career. Jones defeated the previous record holder of 175 held by her sister, Ashlyn Jones. Chloe Jones has 176 three-pointers for her career.
The Willow Springs Varsity Bears basketball season sits at 6-5 after competing in the Blue and Gold Tournament.   Leading up to the tournament, the Bears traveled to Seymour where they took a loss to the Tigers 49-68 on Dec. 17 and then had a massive 80-54 win over the Alton Comets on Dec. 20...
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It is a new era of Lady Zizzer Basketball Rest assured, Zizzer fans -- all is well.   The girls’ basketball team in West Plains has been good for a long, long time. Legendary Coach Scott Womack retired last spring after a 33-year career as girls’ head coach. Womack built the program up from...
photo by Patty Ingalls
The final score doesn’t always tell the story, like a win-loss record can’t tell the whole story of a season.   The Zizzer Boys’ Basketball team lost the December 10 home opener to the Mountain Home Bombers by a score of 61-75. But it was a much closer game than the final score would indicate...
Kacey Blunk for Howell County News
The Liberty Lady Eagles enjoyed a week full of home games. The varsity defeated East Carter with a final score of 82-61, fell to Doniphan, 39-57, and defeated Bunker 68-58.    The boys joined the action Friday against Bunker. The game was tight from start to finish but the Liberty Eagles fell...
photo by Patty Ingalls
It was supposed to be a rebuilding year, but the Lady Zizzers Swim team are outperforming expectations.   “Last year was the year. But it looks like this could be a year, too,” said Zizzer head Coach Ryan Smith.   The Lady Zizzers graduated four valuable seniors last year. Most notably,...
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The Lady Bears competed in the Battle of the Border coming away with second place.   The Lady Bears began the tournament on Dec. 9 facing off against the Koshkonong Lady Bluejays coming out on top 71-46. The next game had the Lady Bears taking on Cotter, Ar. where they came away with another...

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