Sports

The Willow Springs Middle School Lady Bears played host to the Licking Lady Wildcats last night. This was the final home game of the season.  It took the 7th grade Lady Bears 3 games to win it, and the 8th grade team “got ur done in two,” said Coach Valarie Jackson.

by Jocy Vitela

The Lady Bears had one game this week, losing to the Salem Tigers 12-5.  The Lady Bears face Ava at home on Monday. This will be senior night where the following seniors will be recognized: Kamyrn Hutsell, Alexis Privette, Kysteena Traver, and Tasha Burchett. Lady Bears softball will end its season at Houston on Thursday.

The 2011-2012 Lady Bears softball team opened their season against the Winona Wildcats at Winona with a win!

by Megan Caldwell

After defeating Houston in the first game of the Mountain Grove Tournament, the Willow Springs Lady Bears took on the Dora Lady Falcons. The Lady Bears came out on fire, leading the Lady Falcons 42 to 10 by the end of the first half. The Lady Bears continued to build their lead in the second half with a final score of 62 to 20.

Lead scorer was Kyndall Bunch with 19 points. Allisha Shanks contributed 11 points. Kyra Bunch had 10 points. Kayla Roberts had 7 points. Kamryn Hutsell and Stephanie Williams both scored 6 points. Alissa Chapman finished with 3 points.

After coming out on top during the first two games, the Lady Bears were set up to play the host team of the tournament, the Mountain Grove Lady Panthers. The championship game jumped out to a quick start on both sides, but the Lady Panthers had a 15 to 11 lead. The Lady Bears responded with 15 points in the second quarter and a great defensive effort holding Mountain Grove to only 5 points. By the end of the first half the score was 26 to 20 with the Lady Bears on top. In the second half, the Lady Bears continued to extend the lead, winning the tournament with a 50 to 37 victory over Mountain Grove. “I am extremely proud of the focus and composure that our team showed this week. The girls did an excellent job on both ends of the floor, playing great team defense and understanding situations on offense,” said Coach Gutscher after the tournament.

Once again, a Bunch twin was lead scorer for the Lady Bears. This game it was Kyra Bunch contributing 25 points. Kayla Roberts and Kamryn Hutsell  each had 8 points. Kyndall Bunch scored 4 points. Allisha Shanks had 3 points. Stephanie Williams had 2 points.

The All-Tournament team includes Kyra Bunch- Willow Springs. (Tournament MVP), Kyndall Bunch- Willow Springs, Kamryn Hutsell- Willow Springs, Maddie Halford- Mountain Grove, Haley Watson- Mountain Grove, Erica Keeney- Houston.

by Whitney Dampier

Last Thursday night the Willow Springs Bears unsuccessfully took on the Mtn.View Eagles in district play. The Eagles led with a half time score of 28-7 and final game score of 69-14.

On Monday, May 3rd, the Willow Springs Bears played away against Summersville. The Bears came out hitting very well and were able to catch the lead and keep it.

The Willow Springs Bears’ baseball team played an away game against Eminence on Tuesday, May 11th. The Bears started out the game great getting out to a major lead.

On Tuesday April 6, 2010, the Willow Springs Track team traveled to Liberty to compete at the High School Track & Field Liberty Relays.

On Monday, April 19th, the Bears’ tennis team traveled to Licking to take on the Licking Wildcats.

The Willow Springs Bears’ baseball team faced off against the Cabool Bulldogs on Thursday, April 22nd. The game was supposed to be held in Willow, but because of field conditions, it was moved to Cabool.  This game was a very important conference game for both teams.