Area Sports and Education

Photos by Shari Harris The Licking Lady ’Cats faced the Thayer Bobcats Thursday evening, February 9, at the Sherman Hill Field House. Varsity came away with a 61-57 win, but Thayer didn’t fall easily, tying the game with 4:10 remaining in the second quarter, and taking a single point lead at one time during the…

Photos by Shari Harris The Licking Wildcats faced Newburg on Senior Night, Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the Sherman Hill Field House. Licking came out with another conference win, 77-55. Licking took a 20-11 lead by the end of the first quarter and never looked back. A lopsided 26-12 third quarter increased the gap and the…

The Licking Junior Varsity Wildcats defeated Salem on Wednesday, February 1, to advance to the semifinal game of the Licking Boys JV Tournament Saturday. In Saturday’s first contest for the Wildcats, they took on the St. James Tigers and came out victorious, 59-44, to move on to the championship game against Waynesville. Lake Wade led…

The Licking Lady ’Cats faced three conference foes in the past couple of weeks and maintained their undefeated record in the Frisco League. The Varsity Ladies defeated Stoutland on Thursday, Feb. 2, 60-40; Plato on Thursday, Jan. 26, 59-43; and Crocker on Monday, Jan. 23, 61-39. All three games were on the road. In their…

The Licking Archery Team traveled to Laquey Saturday for the Laquey Shootout #2. Six Wildcat archers joined with students from 10 other schools, for a total of 216 shooters from 4th through 12th grades at the competition. In the Bullseye State Qualifier round, archers shot three sets of five arrows from a distance of 10…

Licking fell behind early against Dixon Friday in a conference matchup on the road. The Bulldogs did not relinquish the lead and defeated the Wildcats 58-43. Austin James led scoring with 15 points and 2 assists; Carter Sullins had 9 points; Roston Stockard connected for 6 points with 5 rebounds and 2 steals; Gaige Nicholson…

MSU-WP WEST PLAINS, Mo. (January 27, 2023) – Twenty-seven area high school seniors participated in the second annual welding contest hosted Friday, Jan. 20, by Missouri State University-West Plains’ workforce development office. The students represented the Koshkonong, Licking, Thayer, Alton, Willow Springs and West Plains school districts, as well as the Piney River Technical Center…

Archery Coach Nathan Buckland and the LHS/JH Archery Team traveled to Dent County to compete in the Dent-Phelps Archery Tournament on Monday, January 23. Archers fared well in the tournament, with scores and rankings as follows: John Gyory earned a score of 240, with one Ten, ranking him as number four in the overall boys…

The Licking Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team faced Mountain View/Liberty on Monday, January 23, in the first round of the Mountain Grove JV Tournament. The Wildcats defeated the Eagles 53-47, increasing their record to 11-1 on the season. Jordan Ritz led the team in scoring with 13, Brently Morris had 10, and Lake Wade added…