Gainesville

Photo by April Luna   The Gainesville Bulldogs baseball team, coached by Blake Hobbs, took first place in the Conway baseball tournament held Friday, Oct. 4 and Saturday, Oct. 5. The Bulldogs beat the Dora Falcons 16-1 in the first game. In game two, pitcher Grant Leeker went six innings, striking...
The Gainesville Junior High basketball teams were on the road last week, taking on Mansfield and Alton. The girls A team added one win and their first loss of the season, bringing their record to 5-1. The girls B team now stands at 4-1. The boys A team is holding a 4-2 record for the season so far...
Gainesville’s junior high and high school cross country teams competed in the Ava Invitational Tuesday, Sept. 24. Sixteen schools from all classes were represented. The junior high girls placed first in team scoring and were led by medalists Annabell Snelson, who placed first out of 32 runners, and...

Gainesville senior Hunter Luna pitched 5.2 innings and struck out nine Fordland batters in Monday night’s 4-2 win.
The Gainesville Bulldogs chalked up two more wins for the fall baseball season and brought their season record to an impressive 9-1.  GHS hosted the Licking Wildcats (10-5) on Thursday, Sept. 26 and won 4-3 on a walk-off sacrifice fly from Brayden Miller. Dawson Hewett went 2-3 from the plate and...
The Gainesville Lady Bulldogs volleyball team fell 2-3 to Seymour last Tuesday, Sept. 10. The girls also took a 3-0 loss against Sparta last Thursday, Sept. 12.  The Lady Bulldogs were scheduled to play Couch Monday this week. Results of the game were not available at presstime.
The Gainesville Bulldogs defeated the Sparta 3-0 in a home game last Tuesday, Sept. 10.  The Bulldogs were scheduled to be back in action Monday in an away game against Norwood, but the game was canceled due to rain. They are scheduled to play Seymour at home at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. 
The Gainesville Junior High boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Fordland Thursday, Sept. 12 where they won all four games. The boys teams are coached by Morris Jenkins and the girls are coached by Lance West. Gainesville’s boys A team defeated Fordland 61-2. Keaton Hand led the scoring with...

GES fifth grader Piper Riff took first place at the Gainesville Bulldog Classic elementary girls race with her time of 12:09.63.
Gainesville hosted the Bulldog Classic cross country meet Friday, Sept. 13.  Six Gainesville teams competed at the meet: boys fourth and fifth grades; girls fourth and fifth grades; middle school boys; middle school girls; high school boys and high school girls. Elementary and middle school teams...
The Gainesville High School cross country team competed at the Fellows Lake 5000 hosted by Strafford High School on Saturday, Aug. 31. Eleven schools with a total of 186 runners competed at the meet. GHS freshman Jessica Suit earned her first high school medal when she placed eighth out of 79...

GHS Bulldog Grant Leeker pitches a game during the Conway Fall Classic Aug. 29.
The Gainesville Bulldogs baseball team traveled to Conway to participate in the Aug. 29-30 Conway Fall Classic tournament.  The Bulldogs took a win on the first night of play against fellow Ozark County team, the Dora Falcons, after just three innings. The game score ended at 16-1, in favor of the...

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