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by Dave Ahlstrand The Lady Irish closed out their regular season with a 59-31 victory against the Seneca Lady Indians at Springfield Catholic on February 15th, 2024. Senior Olivia Swisshelm opened the game with a drive to the hoop and Ragan Barron knocked down a short jumper at the end of the game after her teammates persistently fed her the ball in the closing minute.
Lady Irish Seize Lady Lions Invitational Championship
By Dave Ahlstrand The Lady Irish won the 33rd Annual Mansfield Lady Lions Invitational Saturday night with a 54-51 victory over Mountain Grove. Catholic jumped out to a quick 13-9 first quarter lead, but the Lady Panthers closed the first half with a flurry of steals and easy baskets off the press to head into the half with a five point lead. The Panthers extended the lead to as high as 13 points in the third parter but the Irish clawed back to striking distance, 42-47 entering the fourth.
Fightin' Irish Clench Seymour Bank Winter Classic Championship
The Springfield Catholic Fightin' Irish cruised to victory in the 2024 Seymour Bank Winter Classic hosted in Seymour, MO January 8-11th. The Irish defeated Bradleyville 90-44 in the first round before easily taking down host Seymour 55-39 in the second. Their victory over Seymour moved them to 10-3 on the season and secured Coached Jay Osborne's 700th career win.
By Dana Harding (For OzarksSportsZone.com) MANSFIELD, MO – While it's no secret Springfield Catholic freshman Riley Hein has emerged as a perimeter threat this season, you can now add game-changer to her growing list of credentials after Friday night's showcase performance. Hein connected on a pair of 3-pointers midway through the fourth quarter to break open a tight contest and catapult the Fightin' Irish to a 47-42 victory over Mountain Grove in the Lady Lions Invitational championship.
2020 Class 3 All-State Boys Soccer Team
The Class 3 All-State boys soccer team as voted on by the coaches has been released.
Athlete of the Week: Springfield Aquatics National Team
Video Playback Not Supported “Getting to train with these girls is amazing. We work hard every day,” said Webb City’s Aubree Brouwer. Springfield Aquatics National Team has four swimmers that have either signed, or committed to swim at the Division-I level. Both juniors Brouwer, and Springfield Catholic’s Casaundra Moses verbally committed to NC State. “Raliegh is really beautiful, so I’m really excited to get to live there, and obviously being on a team with Cassie will be amazing,” Brouwer said.
2020 All-Class 3 District 10 Boys Soccer Team
Below is the All-Class 3 District 10 boys soccer team as voted on by the coaches. All information is posted as submitted.
Springfield Catholic wins Big 8 golf tournament title
By Don Eskins (For OzarksSportsZone.com) The Springfield Catholic Lady Irish raced by an eight team field, on Tuesday at the Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course, to capture this year’s Big 8 Conference Championship. The Irish carded a 339 for their day’s work finishing 43 strokes ahead of the runner-up Logan-Rogersville Wildcats who posted a 382. Finishing third were the McDonald County Mustangs who came in at 407. Reagan Zibilski topped the Catholic scorecard with a 75.
Pictures: McDonald County vs. Catholic
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Pictures: Ozark Girls Golf Invitational
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Pictures: Willard Volleyball Jamboree
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Top Area Girls Tennis Players to Watch in 2020
By Chris Parker There are many talented girls tennis players across our coverage area. Below are some of the top girls tennis players to watch this season This watchlist can be found in print in the Fall O-Zone Preview Magazine available this week at all southwest Missouri Casey’s general stores. Lexi Berry, Bolivar Senior Berry was the No. 2 player for Bolivar last year. She posted a 13-1 overall record as a singles player, while combining with teammate Megan Roberts for an 11-3 doubles record.
Pictures: McDonald County 53, Catholic 47
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Mt. Vernon beats Catholic in overtime to win Big 8 East
Video Playback Not Supported By Brock Sisney (For OzarksSportsZone.com) MT. VERNON — The Mt. Vernon Mountaineers had their proverbial backs against the wall early in the fourth quarter Friday night against Big 8 East rival Springfield Catholic. Catholic’s 6-foot-5 senior post Will Morrison put the Irish up by 12 points, 49-37, nearly a minute in and it was gut check time for the Mountaineers if they wanted an outright Big 8 East title.
Pictures: Mt. Vernon 69, Catholic 64
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Pictures: Catholic 53, Reeds Spring 32
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Pictures: Clever 68, Catholic 61
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2019 Class 2 All-State Boys Soccer Team
The Class 2 All-State boys soccer teams as voted on by the coaches have been released. See which players made it below. NOTE: All information is posted as submitted.
Pictures: Catholic 75, Mountain Grove 41
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Pictures: Catholic 28, East Newton 21
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Oct. 25 State Soccer Rankings
The Missouri Soccer Coaches Association has released its third state soccer rankings of the year.
DelVecchio, Beshore race to individual victories at Irish Invitational
By Dana Harding (For OzarksSportsZone.com) Springfield, Mo. — Tuesday’s Irish Invitational cross country meet featured temperatures in the low 70s, with just enough of a breeze to make for a pleasant outing for spectators. 138 runners from 18 schools took on a wide-open course set atop the Springfield Underground complex.
Pictures: Irish XC Invite - Girls Race
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Pictures: Class 1 - District 4 Girls Golf Tournament
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Defense leads Reeds Spring past Catholic
Video Playback Not Supported Video Playback Not Supported By Jeff Kessinger (For OzarksSportsZone.com) Forget arms, legs, hands and feet. It was the eyes that made the difference for Reeds Spring in a 28-15 win at Springfield Catholic Sept. 27. After surrendering two long touchdowns in the first quarter, the Wolves’ defense regrouped to shut out Catholic the rest of the way to secure the win.
Cassville scores 42 unanswered points in win over Catholic
Video Playback Not Supported By Kai Raymer (For OzarksSportsZone.com) Cassville got its first taste of adversity on Friday night. The Wildcats passed the test. Emphatically. After spotting Springfield Catholic an early 14-7 lead, Cassville erupted with 42 unanswered points and cruised to a turbo-clock victory, 49-21. Running backs Bowen Preddy and Zach Coenen each surpassed 100 yardS on the ground and wide receiver DJ White added two touchdown grabs in the Big 8 West-East matchup.
Cubs keep moving forward after conference meet
Monett 2nd at Big 8 wrestling tournament It was not quite the desired result the Monett wrestling team had hoped for. The Cubs took second at the Big 8 Conference wrestling meet on Friday, finishing just a single point behind conference champion Seneca. The Indians totaled 344 points, and the Cubs 343. All-Conference awards were based on a grapplers’ finish. First place earned First Team, second place was Second Team and third place was Third Team.
Offensive explosion pushes Catholic past Camdenton
facebookexternalhit/1.1 (+http://www.facebook.com/externalhit_uatext.php) Video Playback Not Supported Kai Raymer (For OzarksSportsZone.com) Before last season, Springfield Catholic had gone 59 years without a Blue and Gold Tournament championship. Now, the Irish are one win away from hoisting their second Blue and Gold title in as many seasons. Catholic lit up the nets in a convincing 91-57 victory over Camdenton on Friday night in a Gold Division semifinal at JQH Arena.
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