Area Sports and Education

By Coach Julia Sloan On Tuesday, September 13, the Cross Country Team traveled to West Plains for the Joe Bill Dixon meet. In the Varsity Boys race, two Wildcat runners received medals: Levi Stout placed 11th and Titus Scavone placed 20th. In the Junior High division, the Junior High Boys team placed third overall. Three…

By Coach Harv Antle LICKING 16, NEWBURG 0 CROCKER – The Licking Wildcats opened the 2022 Frisco League Tournament on Monday with a 16-0 victory over the Newburg Wolves. Cole Wallace pitched two scoreless innings to get the win for Licking. Alex Buckner finished up with a scoreless inning of relief as the pair of…

The Lady ‘Cats traveled to West Plains Saturday for the Zizzer Showdown Volleyball Tournament. It was a split day for Licking, as they had two wins, a tie and two losses. In pool play, Licking split with West Plains, 1-1. They defeated Doniphan 2-0 and fell to last year’s champion, Springfield Catholic, 0-2. In bracket…

By Coach Harv Antle LICKING, Mo. – The Licking Wildcats opened the home portion of their fall schedule with a 15-0 win over Winona on Thursday night at Deer Lick Park. Silas Antle and Rusty Buckner combined to no-hit Winona. Antle got the win as he fanned four and did not walk a batter. Buckner…

By Shari Harris, Publisher Licking Lady Wildcats Volleyball started their season with the Summersville Jamboree on Tuesday, August 23. Their first regular game was a home game against always-tough foe Mountain View/Liberty, on Monday, August 29. Both junior varsity and varsity came up short in the contests. Net violations kept JV from developing momentum. They…

By Harv Antle OZARK – The Licking Wildcats opened the fall portion of their 2022-23 season with four games in two days at U.S. Ballpark in Ozark on Friday and Saturday. SILO, OKLA. 8, LICKING 5 In the season opener, Licking fell to Silo 8-5. The Wildcats fell behind early, 5-1, but battled back to…

Eager anticipation, excitement, perhaps some apprehension, tears of happiness and tears of separation were all experienced by students of differing ages on Tuesday, August 23, the First Day of School for Licking R-VIII students.

  By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Parents and teachers were very busy Friday evening as they completed paperwork for the upcoming school year at the Licking R-VIII Elementary Open House. The line gathered well before the doors opened as guardians of students, kindergarten through sixth grade, prepared to enter the school. With a few exceptions…