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    Lady Tigers drop overtime contest
    January 25, 2021
    STOCKTON- The Lamar Lady Tigers were forced to pull out of the Stockton Tournament last week due to Covid-19 contract tracing issues. They were able to get the first game...
    Lamar Democrat/Chris Morrow
Lamar junior Trace Willhite defends a McDonald County ball handler during a hard-fought contest Thursday. The Tigers dropped the Big 8 Conference match-up. Mustangs top Tigers
    January 25, 2021
    The McDonald County Mustangs fought off a charge by Matt Powell's Lamar Tigers Thursday night, handing the Tigers a 65-64 loss on senior...

    The Lamar girls swim team competed at the Ozark Invitational in Springfield on January 9. The Lady Tigers finished ninth overall out of 25 teams in the largest swim meet of the season, trailing the seventh place team by only three points. LHS earned seven medals at this event, including the 200 yard medley relay (Audrey Osterdyk, Kaitlyn Davis, Meghan Watson and Emma Tennal), which finished fifth overall with a PR of 2:05.54. Davis and Watson also earned medals in their individual races. LHS Lady Tigers swim team have impressive showing
    January 25, 2021
    Twenty-five swim teams participated in the Ozark Invitational in Springfield on January 9. Local schools included Lamar, Carl Junction, Carthage,...

    The Lamar High School girls swim team claimed their first victory in team competition at the Joplin Duals on January 14. The team won eight of the 11 races and placed in the top three in the other three races. Pictured, left to right, are: (front row - sitting on floor) Quenlyn Shaver; (back row) Kiersten Potter, Kaitlyn Davis, Meghan Watson, Nevaeh Jones, Audrey Osterdyk, Emma Tennal and Team Manager Audrey Whitworth. LHS girls swim team claim victory at Joplin Duals
    January 25, 2021
    The Lamar High School girls swim team claimed their first victory in team competition at the Joplin Duals on January 14. Despite being outnumbered,...

    The Diamond Lady Wildcats won the Golden City Tournament last week. Named to the all-tournament team were pictured from left, Golden City sophomore Kyndall Scott (first team), Greenfield sophomore Trista Torres (first team), Greenfield sophomore Marlie Wright (first team), Greenfield sophomore Tatum Torres (second team), Diamond freshman Taaron Drake (MVP), Diamond freshman Grace Frazier (second team). Not pictured, Bronaugh junior Nicole Hagerman (first team), Jasper senior Alexis Durman, Liberal senior Gracie Bott (second team), Golden City junior Brooke Beerly (second team), Jasper senior Baylee Jeffries (second team). Golden City all-tournament teams announced
    January 25, 2021

    Lamar Democrat/Chris Morrow
The Golden City Eagles put on a show during their 65th annual tournament last week, defeating Jasper, Liberal and Lockwood to take the title. Here coach Michael Reeves draws up a play during a timeout. Also pictured is Max Parrill and Josh Reeves (#3). Reeves was named to the first team all-tournament team. Eagles knock off top seed to win own tournament
    January 18, 2021

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Lamar's Sierra White puts up a shot in Monday's contest at Stockton. Her teammate, Phajia Gordon, works to get position to rebound but no rebound was necessary as White hit the shot. Lamar Lady Tigers travel to Stockton
    January 18, 2021

    The 2020 LHS winter sports recognition night was cancelled last spring due to COVID. This past week, Lamar Swim Team Coach Lyman Burr handed out last year’s 2020 end-of-season awards on January 13. Recipients, pictured left to right, are: Most Improved - Haily Born; Spirit & Sportsmanship - Emma Tennal; Tiger Award - Kaitlyn Davis and High Point and MVP - Meghan Watson. Most Improved is determined by the amount of time cut by a swimmer during the season while High Point is calculated by total points earned by a swimmer over the course of the season. The other three awards are voted on by fellow team members. All four award winners were members of the Junior class last season. 2020 swim team awards
    January 18, 2021

    The LHS Lady Tigers rang in the new year by traveling to Springfield to compete in the Central Invitational on January 5. Lamar was the only participating team outside of the Springfield area. Seniors Kaitlyn Davis and Meghan Watson led the team in point scoring. Pictured, left to right, are: (back row) Kiersten Potter, Audrey Osterdyk, Emma Tennal, Kaitlyn Davis, Meghan Watson, Team Manager Audrey Whitworth, Head Coach Lyman Burr; (front row) Quenlyn Shaver and Nevaeh Jones. LHS girls swim team kicks off new year
    January 18, 2021
    The Lamar High School girls swim team kicked off the new year at the Central Invitational on January 5. Lamar was the lone team outside of the...

    LHS swim girls team competes at Nevada Invitational
    January 18, 2021
    The Lamar High School Girls Swim Team ended the calendar year competing at the Nevada Invitational on December 29, 2020. The Lady Tigers were missing senior Kaitlyn Davis,...
    Lamar Democrat/Chris Morrow
Audrey Osterdyk dives into the pool as Emma Tennal finishes her turn in the 400 free relay during a meet at Carthage Friday night. Lamar finished fourth among the eight teams present. Lady Tigers take fourth at Carthage
    January 18, 2021
    CARTHAGE- The Lamar Lady Tiger swim team finished fourth out of eight teams Friday night at a meet in Carthage. "The team is coming along very...

    Gracee Singer, a senior at Golden City High School, recently signed to play volleyball at Ozark Christian College in Joplin. Gracee is the daughter of Rhonda Howerton Buck and Allen Singer. Pictured with Gracee and her parents are members of the school’s volleyball team, along with coach Jeremy Scott and his assistant, Karen Longan. Singer signs with Ozark Christian College
    January 12, 2021

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Lamar's Riley Heckadon puts up a shot over Liberal's Nate Smith during the Tigers win last week. Gastel leads Tigers past Bulldogs
    January 11, 2021
    LIBERAL- When the Lamar Tigers and Liberal Bulldogs hooked up last week, both were down a key senior. Lamar was without Case Tucker and the...

    Tony Dubray Classic will remember a special couple
    January 11, 2021
    By CHRIS MORROW LIBERAL- When the first game of the Tony Dubray Classic tips off next week, it'll be in tribute to one of Liberal's most beloved couples. Dubray, a...
    Lamar Democrat/Chris Morrow
Lamar's Conner Shoff knocks down a three pointer in the Tigers opening round game at the Neosho Holiday Classic. The Tigers dropped the game to the host, but then bounced back to win their next two games. Tigers turn in strong tournament performance
    January 4, 2021
    By CHRIS MORROW NEOSHO- The Lamar Tigers are starting to come into their own. If not for a rough stretch in the second half of their opening...

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