Area Sports and Education

By Coach Faith Sullins The Licking Wildcat Tennis team is a group that truly embodies what it means to be dedicated student-athletes. Day in and day out, these players show up ready to work – not just during practice hours, but in the extra time they put in on their own. Whether it’s staying late…

By Coach Cole Roark LICKING 12, STRAFFORD 6 BUFFALO, Mo. – The number five state-ranked Licking Wildcat baseball team opened the 2025 campaign in the Stockton Tournament. The two-site tournament began on March 22 with pool play at Buffalo High School. In the first contest of the spring, Licking faced a very talented Strafford team.…

Coach Steve Rissler The Running Wildcats opened the 2025 track season at Cuba on March 31. For the girls’ team, athletes finishing in the top six in their events included: Jadyn Barnes opened her junior season with an incredible throw in the javelin of 41.64m. She broke the meet record and set a new LHS…

The Frisco League Art Contest was held Thursday, March 14, at Plato High School. Licking High School placed third overall. “I’m really proud of our artists!” said Fine Arts teacher Mrs. Leah Sullins.  

The annual National Honor Society (NHS) induction ceremony was held on Tuesday, March 11. Twenty new members were inducted this year. These students display the qualities of scholarship, leadership, service and character. New members included: Hannah Beasley, Gwen Campbell, Reese Crossgrove, Josie Gifford, Lillian Godi, Keely Gorman, Taylor Hicks, Sadie Hutsell, Jada Lay, J’sai Leahy,…

Licking High School Choir and Band attended the MSHSAA District competition on Friday, March 7, 2025. Numerous ensembles, trios, quartets and soloists were awarded gold or silver medals at the event. Gold medalists will advance to the State Music Festival on Friday, May 2, 2025.. Gold medal winners included: Gwen Campbell – Trumpet Solo; Paige…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Town & Country Bank Vice President and Licking Branch Manager Rawly Gorman met with the third grade classes at Licking Elementary School on Wednesday to hear their thoughts on receiving newspapers in the classrooms. The bank sponsors a program that delivers newspapers to the students each week, to inspire reading. The…

The Licking Archery team competed in Mountain Grove on March 1. Twelve archers from Licking participated. Albert Gyory was the high scorer for Licking. He compiled a score of 268, placing 3/7 among twelfth grade boys, 12/47 in high school boys, and 13/117 overall boys. Other scoring was as follows: Malachi Smith – 239, 7/10…

By Coach Steve Rissler LICKING 52, CABOOL 22 CABOOL, Mo. – The third seed Licking Lady Wildcats faced the sixth seed Cabool Lady Bulldogs last Tuesday evening in the first round of the district tournament. Licking used different types of pressure to force Cabool into turnovers throughout the game. Licking led 29-9 at halftime but…