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How appropriate a pitcher named Paisley makes a point of pacing back and forth at the back of the center circle.
Ozark’s Paisley Turner showed off her pre-pitch ritual Tuesday while …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/19/25
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Carson Sandgren posted the 25th shutout of his career to highlight Ozark’s 2-0 triumph against Republic on Tuesday.
Reflecting on his three-year run as Ozarks starting goalkeeper, Sandgren …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/18/25
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Ozark defender Simon Yates has embraced the chance to add forward to his title profile and play at both ends of the field, much like former Tiger Wyatt Trobaugh did the past couple of years.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/17/25
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Just as Clever turned its Mid-Lakes Conference opener with Reeds Spring completely around in the second half Friday, the Jays and Wolves are flip-flopping fortunes.
Clever came back from being …
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9/16/25
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REPUBLIC — Ozark yielded a staggering 474 yards rushing while dropping a 55-33 decision to Republic on Friday.
It’s the highest scoring game in the schools’ series since they …
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9/15/25
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The timing of Randy Flint’s contributions for Nixa on offense and defense in last week’s victory versus Joplin stood out, particularly at the end of the first half.
Flint factored on …
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9/13/25
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Nixa’s Hayden Mays and Jackson Cantwell are often inseparable, but were hoping to have a bit of a reunion this season.
The two stalwarts sometimes are side by side along the Eagles’ …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/13/25
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Scouting Ozark’s Week Three trip to Republic tonight:
— This is the 59th meeting all-time between the schools. Republic holds a 33-25 edge in the series. There have been 20 games …
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9/12/25
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Scouting Nixa’s Week Three trip to Joplin tonight:
— Nixa has won five straight against Joplin. Prior to that streak. Joplin had won four of five versus Nixa.
— Nixa did …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/12/25
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Brady Schupp will be debuting a new look Tuesday when Ozark makes just its second home appearance of the season while hosting Republic.
Schupp, a senior co-captain who was an All-COC East …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/12/25
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Even as the newest athlete to earn the title, ‘Fastest Ozark Tiger,’ Trey Burton will prefer for his contributions to be slow and steady over the course of his senior season.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/11/25
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Emma Calvert’s wicked spinning serve was on display during her singles in in Ozark’s 6-3 victory versus Joplin on Tuesday.
Calvert collected an 8-2 win at No. 1 singles, with her …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/11/25
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Lola Kensinger actually hadn’t been handed the home run ball from her first varsity career home run, yet, in the aftermath of Ozark’s 11-2 triumph over Branson on Tuesday.
But the …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/10/25
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Not that Randy Flint didn’t appreciate teammate Brayden Parks’ pass break up Friday, but Flint reiterated that the Nixa senior cornerbacks’ bet calls for one of them to have an …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/9/25
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Ozark’s defense went from forcing six turnovers last week to yielding seven touchdowns Friday in a 49-21 home-opening setback to Carthage.
Ozark (1-1) couldn’t keep pace with …
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9/8/25
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Scouting Ozark’s Week One home-opener versus Carthage on Friday:
— Carthage has won seven straight in teams’ series dating back to 2018.
— Carthage opened with a …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/7/25
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Scouting Nixa’s Week One home-opener versus Webb City on Friday:
— What a turnaround in the teams' series. Suddenly, no one at Nixa in any class has been part of a varsity loss to …
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9/7/25
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Lucy Roark took notice of Ozark’s game program from the Lady Tigers’ home-opener Tuesday listing her as an outside hitter.
“That's definitely not right,” she said. …
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9/7/25
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Taking a glance at Shelby Hicks’ medical chart, it’s easy to understand her decision to not play travel ball over the summer.
While looking ahead to her senior season as Nixa’s …
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9/7/25
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Mylee Harper has gone from one extreme to the other and Ossie Cooper has gone from disliking Nixa to loving being a Lady Eagle.
Harper and Cooper both homered in Nixa’s 6-4 triumph versus …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/6/25
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Ozark middle blocker Kaitlyn Fleury wouldn’t allow herself to be intimidated by 6-foot-3 Rogersville middle blocker Millie Bauer’s towering presence across the net from her Tuesday.
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9/6/25
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Ozark debuted a hybrid and ‘Hollywood’ as part of its productive running attack in Week One.
Junior Anthony Cordell, a hybrid aka ‘Hollywood,’ turned in a 13-carry, …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/5/25
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Ozark’s defense is a bit unique in that the Tigers boast two starters who go from the gridiron to the greens while trading in a pigskin for a putter.
Defensive end Jaxon Selsor and …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/5/25
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WILLARD — Amidst all the pre-season talk and legitimate concern about Ozark being thin at some positions and forced to have multiple players on both offense and defense, the Tigers unveiled …
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9/4/25
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REPUBLIC — Fittingly, Nixa linebacker Reed Wilson is donning jersey No. 7 this season.
Wearing the same No. 7 and playing with the same tenaciousness on defense as former Eagles all-state …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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9/4/25
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