sports

The Ozark County summer baseball/softball league recently finished the 2015 season. Thirty teams participated in the league with players ranging in age from 4 to 14.  Bakersfield fielded six teams, Lutie had one team and Gainesville had 23 teams.  The total number of participants was between 300-...
After making the All American Cheer Team at a recent cheerleading camp and qualifying for the 2015-2016 Varsity Spirit Cheer Tours, two local sisters are hard at work raising money for the travel expenses involved with trips they will be taking in December. Gainesville High School junior Lexi...
Gainesville School administrators recently launched a Facebook page to share school-related information and events. The page can be found at www.facebook.com/pages/Gainesville-R-V-School. “This is one more way for us to keep parents informed of events taking place at Gainesville School,”...
Gainesville’s Back to School fair, to be held from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 12 in the basement of the Ozark County Health Department, provides low-income children in grades kindergarten through sixth with school supplies that the students are required to provide themselves.  All students that will be...
The Gainesville Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs are hoping for a little revenge. Sure it's the state playoffs, and sure their seasons are on the line, but for Gainesville, it's payback time against Crane. The Gainesville Lady Bulldogs are just two losses shy of a perfect season, one loss coming on Jan....
The Gainesville R-V School District, along with all Missouri public schools, is preparing to adjust to a new set of learning standards following the repeal last year of Common Core. The Missouri General Assembly passed House Bill 1490, and in July 2014, Gov. Jay Nixon signed the bill, requiring...
Gainesville High School and Junior High recently announced its A and A/B honor rolls for the first quarter of the 2015-16 school year. <strong>A honor roll</strong> These students were named to the A honor roll: 7th grade: Ryan A. Acklin, Golda M. Biby, Gracyn M. Blackburn, Katelyn D....
Members of Cub Scout Troop 417 retired and replaced the flags on the Ozark County Courthouse lawn Thursday afternoon. The scouts performed the ceremony after appearing as guest speakers at the Gainesville Lions Club meeting with scout leader Misty McKay. Cub Scout Troop 417
Dakota Bearden, a 2015 Lutie High School graduate, is now at basic training in Fort Benning, Georgia. Bearden is the son of Ronald Peters of Gainesville and Wanda Deforest and her husband, Donald, of Theodosia.
A retirement celebration for long-time Thornfield teachers Linda Daughtery and Jeanie Smith will be held at the school from 2 to 4 p.m.  Sunday, July 12. Roasted pork will be provided. Organizers say side dishes would be appreciated but are not necessary.

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