The Wildcat Quiz Bowl team had their district competition today in Portageville.
Mrs. Beckett says, “Scholar bowl team competed today and played three very close games. Nissa Buchanan scored well enough individually to make the ‘all district’ team.”
The Wildcats defeat Norwood tonight 1-0. They bounce back from their first loss of the season at state-ranked Iberia earlier this week. They are now 7-1 on the season and ranked #6 in Class 3.
Baseball drops a tough game to Iberia tonight 0-7. Next game will be Thursday at Norwood.
Our softball team will be playing in the Cabool Tournament this weekend. Schedule information is below.
Pool A:
Cabool
Willow Springs
East Carter
Pool B:
Mansfield
Steelville
Licking
Tournament Schedule :
Friday April 8:
3:00 Cabool vs. Willow Springs
4:30 Mansfield vs. Steelville
6:00 East Carter vs. Willow Springs
7:30 Licking vs. Steelville
Saturday April 9:
10:00 Cabool vs. East Carter
11:30 Licking vs. Mansfield
1:00 3rd Place Finishers play
2:30 2nd Place Finishers play
4:00 Championship Game
All games will be 7 innings or a 1.5 hour time limit, extra innings will begin using the international tie breaker rules.
Games will run ahead of schedule when possible.
Our track team had some strong individual performances at the Marshfield meet last night. Kaida Cook finished first in the discuss and Finley Sullins was 2nd in the long jump. In the mile, JB Huff finished 4th and Kasey Richards finished 8th.
Great job Wildcats!
Licking baseball improves to 6-0 after defeating Richland tonight 16-6.
The Lady Wildcats softball team defeated Koshkonong tonight to improve their season record to 3-1.
This is just the third year of softball for Licking. The three wins match a school record for wins in a season with several weeks remaining. Great job LadyCats!
ATHLETICS UPDATES:
Baseball for today has been cancelled.
Tennis will travel to Springfield to play Forsyth.
Softball game at Koshkonong is still on. First pitch is 4:30.
TRACK UPDATE:
The high school track team will not be going to Ava tomorrow. Instead, they will go to Marshfield on Monday, April 4.
The junior high team will also not be going Bourbon tomorrow. No new meet to announce at this time.
Baseball at Crocker and softball at home versus Plato for Thursday, March 31 have been postponed due poor field conditions. Makeup dates are not determined at this time.
Victory tonight for the JV baseball team. The boys held on to a 3-1 win over the Salem Tigers.
Ladycats hold off a comeback to defeat Stoutland 19-13. Ladycats start the season 2-1.
Wildcats defeat Salem on a windy night in Licking 13-3 in 5 innings. Wildcats club 4 home runs, including a grand slam by Rusty Buckner.
Spring Break is a busy week for Wildcat athletics!
MONDAY, MARCH 28
Tennis at Mtn. Grove
BB vs. St. James (5:00)
SB vs. Winona (5:00)
TUESDAY, MARCH 29
Track at West Plains
Golf at Salem (4:00)
BB vs. Salem (5:00)
SB vs. Stoutland (5:00)
THURSDAY, MARCH 31
JH Track at Bourbon
HS Track at Ava
Golf at Cabool
BB at Crocker (5:00)
SB vs. Plato (5:00)
FRIDAY, APRIL 1
SB at Koshkonong (4:30)
BB vs. Ellington (5:00)
Tennis vs. Forsyth (at Springfield)
Spring Break is March 28-April 1!
TRACK MEET UPDATE:
Tomorrow’s track meet at Waynesville has been rescheduled for Friday.
Congratulations to Abbie Sullins for being named to the MBCA all-state basketball team!
https://mo.nhsbca.org/mbca-all-state
SOFTBALL UPDATE:
Tomorrow’s softball game at Mansfield has been postponed. New date is TBD.
The softball team has added a game at Willow Springs for this Friday at 4:30.
Congratulations to our Wildcats who were recently named to the Central Missouri Media All-District Basketball Team.
Keyton Cook - Class 3 First Team
Hannah Medlock - Class 3 First Team
Abbie Sullins - Class 3 First Team
Kylie Taylor - Class 3 Second Team
The list of honorees can be viewed by clicking the link below.
https://www.newstribune.com/news/2022/mar/23/central-missouri-media-announce-all-district-baketball-teams/
Please see below for baseball and softball schedule updates:
BASEBALL
The Houston Tournament has been moved to Friday and Saturday. We will play Houston at 4:00 on Friday and Cuba at 2:30 on Saturday.
SOFTBALL
Today’s game vs. Summersville has been postponed. No make-up date yet. We will not be playing in a tournament on Saturday. Thursday’s game at Mansfield is still on as scheduled.
