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Ally Barton, a sophomore at Liberal High School, placed third with a time of 1:00.40 in the Girls 400 Meter Dash at the Missouri State Class 1 Championship held May 23 and 24, at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City. Barton (right in the photo) also placed second in the Girls 800 Meter Run with a time of 2:21.96, while Liberal senior Taylor Swarnes (left in the photo) took second with 2:25.39. Members of the Liberal High School girls track team placed sixth in the Girls 4x800 Meter Relay with a time of 10:29.30 and Liberal sophomore Ava Garrett (in the second picture) placed ninth in the Girls Discus Throw with a measurement of 32.75m. Liberal placed fifth in the Overall Women Class 1 Team Rankings.

Liberal girls place at state championship

Photo by Cathy WilliamsAlly Barton, a sophomore at Liberal High School, placed third with a time of 1:00.40 in the Girls 400 Meter Dash at the...

Photo by Cathy Williams
Ben Dingman, a sophomore at Liberal High School and member of the boys track team, won the State Championship title in the Triple Jump with a measurement of 13.38m at the Missouri State Class 1 Championship held May 23 and 24, at Adkins Stadium at Jefferson City High School. Dingman also placed eighth in the Boys Long Jump with 6.24m and third in the Boys 300 Meter Hurdles with a score of 40.75. Liberal High School ranked 11th in Class 1 team rankings.

Dingman earns Triple Jump State Champion title

Photo by Payton Morrow
The Lamar Tigers had a terrific season including winning the district championship. Key to the Tigers success was the play of a strong senior class. At a recent home game second baseman Cooper Haun goes back on pop-up while fellow senior Eli Hull sprints in from right field. The Tigers dropped a hard-fought sectional battle with Clever Wednesday at Monett to complete their season.

Tigers fall to Clever in sectional

By CHRIS MORROWMONETT- Some bad hitting luck and a couple of untimely errors by the Lamar Tigers turned out to be the difference in Wednesday's...

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The Liberal Lady Bulldogs finished fifth in Class 1 in the Track and Field State Championships last weekend in Jefferson City. Fifty-five schools were represented. Here, Liberal High School sophomore Ally Barton heads for the finish line. She finished third in the 400 meter dash and second in the open 800 meters and the 1600 meters and was a member of the 4x800 relay team that finished sixth.

Class 1 state track meet features many area athletes

JEFFERSON CITY- Several area athletes excelled at last weekend's Class 1 State Track and Field Championships in Jefferson City.The Jasper Lady...

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Preston Heins placed third with a jump of 6.67 (21’ 10.6”) in the Class 3 Long Jump at the MSHSAA State Competition held in Jefferson City. Preston will continue long jumping as an unattached athlete in AAU Track & Field for the remaining summer season.

Class 3 State Track results/Williams places first in Discus

Several members of both the boys and girls Lamar High School Track Teams loaded the bus on Thursday afternoon, May 22 for their trip to Adkins...

Lamar Democrat/Melody Metzger
Lamar High School state qualifying students left the high school at about 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, as they earned the right to participate in the State Track and Field meet to be held in Jefferson City. Following group pictures, the students and coaches loaded up on the bus and they were escorted out of town by Lamar Police Officer Mitchell Shaw.

State qualifiers head to Jefferson City

Lamar baseball defeats Stockton for second straight year in...

By SCOTT QUINLYLamar Athletic DirectorLamar baseball has won back to back to back District Championships for the first time in school history. In...

Lamar Democrat/Chris Morrow
The 2025 Lamar Tigers celebrated a Class 3 District 12 championship on the field at Stockton Thursday after their 2-0 victory over the host and top seed. Lamar came from the three seed to take the title.

Shaw hurls a gem as Tigers take district title

By CHRIS MORROWSTOCKTON- The Lamar Tigers offense was able to push across a pair of runs early and that's all senior righty Gage Shaw needed in...

Preston Heins, a junior at Lamar High School, has remained undefeated all season in the long jump, with the exception of one athlete from Rich Hill. Heins was earned the Big 8 Conference Companship and was named District Champ. He then placed first as Class 3 Sectional Champ with a 6.61m jump (21’8.236”). Next stop was the State Championship. Be sure to watch for results. Preston is pictured with two of his jumps, as well as his jump coach, Hallee Gammon. Preston is the son of Andy and Christy Heins.

Heins sweeps Class 3 long jump

Lamar Middle School’s first ever softball team finished their season 12-1, earning Big 8 Conference Softball Champs 2024-25. The team outscored their opponents 142-21. This is the seventh grade girls third conference title this year, having earned the title in volleyball, basketball and softball. They also won three tournaments, one in each sport. Pictured are, back row, left to right, Coach Chad Case, Riley Gordon, Annalee Kirch, Mya Castle, Zoey Timmons, Avery Eddie, Haydn Steinkamp, Taylor Caruthers and Coach Dan Hayworth; front row, left to right, bat girl Wacey Eddie, Harpor Steinkamp, Avery Garfield, Bailey Hayworth, Sylvia Sorden and Karma Carter.

Lamar Middle School’s first ever softball team finishes 12-1 season

Lamar Democrat/Payton Morrow
Lamar hosted the Class 3 District 6 track and field meet and also the Class 1 District 5 meet last weekend. The top performers advanced to the sectional meet.

Lamar hosts Class 3 District 6 track and field meet

Lamar Democrat/Chris Morrow
The Liberal Bulldogs came into the Class 1 District 6 tournament at home as the number two seed. They defeated New Heights 16-0 in the first round and here senior pitcher Jordan Goodell fires a pitch during the 7-2 win over Jasper in the semifinal. Playing first base is Ava Garrett. The Lady Bulldogs dropped the championship game 2-1 to top-seeded Lockwood Thursday.

Lady Bulldogs drop championship game to top seeded Lockwood

Lamar Democrat/Chris Morrow
Jasper senior Emersyn Bass drives in a run with a line drive up the middle on this pitch during last week's Class 1 semifinal game against Liberal on their field. The Lady Eagles went on to drop the contest 7-2.

Lady Eagles fall in Class 1 seminal game

Lamar Democrat/Payton Morrow
Lamar's Trent Torbeck fires a pitch in last week's doubleheader. The Tigers won the first game over Liberal and then faced off with Big 8 Conference foe Mount Vernon. The Mountaineers won the contest 4-3 in 10 innings. Look for a story over the Tigers in next week's issue.

Tigers fall to Mountaineers in extra innings

Pictured are some of the members of Lockwood’s 1983-2008 volleyball teams coached by Cheryl Shores. These teams were inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on February 2, 2025.

Lockwood in Missouri Sports Hall of Fame

Barton County Shrine Club

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