Emily Cook claimed the No. 1 singles title and the Carl Junction Bulldogs cruised to the Big 8 team title on Friday at the Joplin Athletic Complex.
Mount Vernon was second and Lamar was third, followed by Monett and Aurora.
Cook received a first-round bye before beating opponents from Aurora and Mount Vernon for the title.
Carl Junction also got titles from Kenzie Kuykendall in No. 3 singles and Madison Adrian in No. 4 singles. Rebecca O’Hananan (No. 2 singles), Cheyenne Pickett (No. 5) and Kaylie Hawkins (No. 6) each finished third.
Kuykendall and Adrian teamed to win No. 2 doubles. while Cook and O’Hananan and Pickett and Hawkins were both third.
Carl Junction first-year coach Lisa O’Hanahan was named the Coach of the Year.
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Carl Junction claims Big 8 tennis title
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After last-minute win, Carl Junction soccer plays at Helias
For Carl Junction girls soccer coach Kevin Hauck, the ending of the Bulldogs’ 3-2 win over Republic on Wednesday was worthy of a movie script.
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Joplin's Jeremy Lynn rolls into state tennis semifinals.
Jeremy Lynn, a senior at Joplin High School, lost only one game in each match while posting two victories Friday in the MSHSAA Class 2 tennis tournament at the Cooper Tennis Complex.
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Morgan takes third in triple jump; Williams wins long jump
E. J. Morgan of Carthage placed third in the triple jump Friday at the MSHSAA Class 4 Track and Field Championships at Dwight T. Reed Stadium.
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White, Elias spark Baxter Springs at state track meet
Baxter Springs’ Elizabeth White medaled in the 3200 meters, and Kacey Elias qualified high in two boys sprints on Friday during the KSHSAA Class 4A track and field championships at Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State campus.
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Colgan blanks Silver Lake in Class 3A baseball championship game
Pittsburg St. Mary’s-Colgan won its 17th state baseball championship in emphatic fashion on Friday night.
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Jason Ramirez hired as football coach at Liberal
Jason Ramirez, whose coaching experience includes a year as an assistant in wrestling at Joplin, is the new head football coach at Liberal High School.
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Colgan romps in state opener
It didn’t take long for the St. Mary’s-Colgan Panthers to make some noise in Class 3A.
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Homer takes position coaching Wyandotte
Brad Homer quickly secured another position as a high school football head coach.
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Eagles' state tennis entries are veterans
Joplin High School is taking the same entries to the boys state tennis tournament this year as last year — senior Jeremy Lynn in singles and juniors Luke Frogge and Edran Ali in doubles.
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Large-school state track and field competition begins today
Shane Williams of Mount Vernon is among the favorites in three events at the MSHSAA Class 3 Track and Field Championships on Friday and Saturday at Dwight Reed Stadium in Jefferson City.
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