A miss, a timeout and a kiss off the glass led the Van-Far Indians to a last second hoop to win the 93rd Annual Bowling Green Invitational 47-45 over Louisiana on Saturday night. It was the Bulldogs that led most of the night, at one time by as many as 11 points over the top-seeded […]
The Clopton Lady Hawks frustrated top seeded Bowling Green to repeat as Bowling Green Tournament Champions with an astounding 60-30 win to cap the tournament on Friday night. The most suprising element of the Clopton defensive effort was the lack of a full court press, a staple in the Lady Hawks defensive aresnal. The Lady […]
The Louisiana Bulldogs football program is moving in a new direction with the recent decision to leave the Clarence Cannon Conference and Joe Calhoun was selected last week to lead the program as head coach. Calhoun has spent the past three years assisting Greg Purdum and teaches high school social studies at Louisiana. The board […]
Long-time baseball coach Wes Rowden was presented an award over the weekend recognizing his years of service. Rowden received the Bill and Janet Seamon Distinguished Service Award on behalf of the Missouri Baseball Coaches Association at their annual banquet. “It was a tremendous honor for me,” Rowden said. He has spent almost 35 years coaching […]
The 93rd Annual Bowling Green Tournament kicked off on Monday, Jan. 22 with opening round action for the girls. The Boys bracket opens play on Tuesday. The top-seeded Lady Cats advanced with a 56-13 victory over (8) Winfield. They will move on to the championship semifinal on Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 5:30 p.m. in the […]
Hawks Down Owls In Courtwarming Tilt Clopton hosted Silex on Friday, Jan. 12 for the annual Courtwarming game. The Hawks came out on top 51-39. Silex ended the first quarter with a 7-3 lead over Clopton. The Hawks came back in the second quarter, outscoring the Owls 13-8. Clopton took a one-point lead into halftime, […]
The (2) Clopton Lady Hawks weren’t able to make it five consecutive titles as they fell to the undefeated state-ranked Monroe City Lady Panthers in the championship of the 22nd Annual Clopton Tournament on Friday, Jan. 5. Clopton took second place with the 56-37 loss and picked up big wins over (7) Wright City, 90-21, […]
Bulldogs Claim Third Place Over Wright City At Clopton Tourney Louisiana had a semifinal hiccup, but rebounded for a 61-43 win over Wright City to claim the third place trophy at the 22nd Annual Clopton Tournament last week. Derek Richards scored 17 points in all three games, but was more impressive on the boards, preventing […]
Lady Hawks Down Wright City To Open Tourney The Lady Hawks hammered Wright City 90-21 in the opening round of their 22nd Annual Clopton Tournament to kick off the new year on Monday, Jan. 1. Clopton has won their tournament the past four years straight (and nine of the last 10). This year they’re […]
Noble Inks With Evangel University Senior shortstop Anah Noble, of the state champion Bowling Green Lady Cats, signed a letter of intent last week to continue her softball career and education at Evangel University in Springfield. Noble was joined by her father John Noble (seated left) and grandmother Darlene Epperson (seated right) along with Evangel […]
