After not meeting each other for seven seasons, Clever and Sparta will face off for the second time this season in a Class 3 District 9 opener Monday.
The Jays (13-10) are the No. 4 seed and the …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/19/25
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Just as Adam McKnight had a perfect QB rating several games into his sophomore season last fall, he put together a perfect night shooting in Nixa’s 76-44 rout of Glendale on Monday.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/18/25
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Looking back, Nixa's Cali Dupree doesn’t have any doubts now she made the right decision to opt for shoulder surgery and push back the start of her senior season.
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PAT DAILEY
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2/17/25
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SPRINGFIELD — Ozark forward Kylan Picken is aware he and his teammates are running out of weeks to put together a winning streak of any significance.
Ozark once again followed its win-one, …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/16/25
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It’s been impossible not to notice and be disappointed in student sections shrinking considerably this basketball season all around SWMO.
Three months and 50-some games into the season, as …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/16/25
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As newcomers to Clever’s lineup who have flourished this season, Nixa transfer Brooke Wheeler and freshman Bella Argo have their sights set on the post-season.
The Lady Jays will be at …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/15/25
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It didn’t escape Clever’s Xavier Robinson that in Strafford’s Cody Voysey, the Jays saw a perfect example of the benefits of penetrating to the basket.
Voysey shot 17 free …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/15/25
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Nixa’s COC winning streaks held up earlier this week, with the Eagles beating perhaps their biggest challenger for conference supremacy in Kickapoo. A formidable road trip to Central is on tap …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/14/25
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Mac Whitehead has been promoted to become the fourth head coach in the Clever football program’s five-year history.
Whitehead served as defensive coordinator the past two years for the …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/13/25
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For Ozark seniors Caden Harrington, Keaton Hurst and Dayton Moison, they will be sleeping in their own beds during Districts for the third time in their careers.
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PAT DAILEY
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2/12/25
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It’s no coincidence Nixa’s Randy Flint has made a name for himself on the gridiron and the hardwood at the defensive end.
His mother, Lisa, has taught him, ‘Defense …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/12/25
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Amidst all the skirmishes surrounding him, Nixa backup center Lane Meltabarger had no problem staying in his own lane Tuesday.
Upon his entry in the Eagles’ victory versus Kickapoo, …
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/12/25
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