Southwest R-V School District

SOFTBALL UPDATE: Your Lady Trojan Softball Team traveled to Verona last night and took a couple of wins against the Wildcats. Kaleigh Tull was dominant in the circle, recording 10 strikeouts! KT allowed 4 hits and 3 runs in her 7 innings pitched while walking one. A single by Addy Payne on an 0-2 count put the Trojans on the board in the top of the first inning. We added another run in the second inning on a Kaleigh Tull single. And it just kept going up from there! We added 3 more runs in the 4th, 2 in the 6th, and 3 in the 7th on RBIs by Addison Keates, Kaleigh Tull, Riley Flippo, and Addy Payne. Final score 10-3. JV turned around and played a 3 inning game and won 9-6. Brianna Hoover pitched and had 2 strikeouts. Kindred Durossette had a pair of great hits in her 2 at bats and a few stolen bases. Gracie Swanepoel also had a hit and scored 2 runs. On Monday the Lady Trojans hosted the Spokane Owls and collected another victory for SENIOR NIGHT. Alissa Russell and Sophie Schweers were both recognized and honored. Russell started in left field and went 1-3 and drew a walk. Sophie (our foreign exchange student from Germany) had never played softball before this season and she has been doing amazing! Sophie started in right field and made a couple of great plays! The final score was 12-4. Riley Flippo hit her first HOMERUN of the season and it was a 3-run homer! Kaleigh Tull went 3-4 she also pitched a fantastic 7 innings and had 9 strikeouts while only walking 2 and giving up 1 earned run. The Lady Trojans JV is hosting Pea Ridge JV for a double header tonight (Wednesday) starting a 5. Then, Monday (4/22/24) is our FINAL home game against East Newton starting at 5:00. Come support these hard working girls!

HUMPHRIES WINS MILE, 2-MILE at CASVILLE MEET: Senior Robert Humphries won the two mile by 13 seconds and the mile by 10 seconds to lead the Southwest track team at Cassville Tuesday. Robert ran the 3,200 meters in 10:35.40 and the 1,600 in 4:45.24. Other highlights: The 4x800 and 4x400 relays both placed 4th; Freshman Bryar Llewellen PR'd in the mile in 4:58.34; Senior Juliauna Sierra was 10th (3.90 meters) in the long jump and Junior Kali Jones was 11th (3.88 meters). The team travels to Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar on Tuesday.

JH TRACK UPDATE - PERSONAL BESTS AND RECORDS SET AND BROKEN: 4/8/24 – Track Meet @ Sarcoxie: Sidney Roe won gold in the 1600m run and broke the 8th grade record previously set at 5:54 and with Sidney's time being 5:48. Olivia Chapman PRd in the triple jump with a jump of 25'6". Jaelyn Wright PRd in the 100m dash with a time of 16.01s. She also PRd in the 400m dash with a time of 1:19. Alana Smith PRd in the 200m dash with a time of 31.99. The girls 4x400m relay team PRd by 8 seconds with a time of 5:03 (Sidney, Olivia, Addison, Alana). The girls 4x800m relay team won gold and ran an amazing time of 12:29, beating 2nd place by almost 3 minutes. The team consisted of Sidney Roe, Olivia Chapman, Alana Smith, and Jaelyn Wright. This is also the first time that a 4x800m has been ran in Junior High. Joe Henry PRd in the 1600m run with a time of 6:41. Race Pippin broke the 7th grade high jump record previously set at 4’6”. Race jumped a height of 4’8”. Race also PRd in the long jump with a jump of 14 '5". Andy Day PRd in the 100m dash with a time of 14.03s. Rolan Thawng and Jaxson Kimball both PRd in the 200m dash. Wyatt Gautney placed 5th in triple jump. Wyatt also placed 2nd in javelin with a throw of 87’5”. This is the first time that javelin was thrown in Junior High at Southwest so congratulations to Wyatt Gautney for setting the first record and setting it high! The boys 4x800m relay team placed 3rd with a time of 11:05. This is also the first time that the 4x800m has been ran for the boys in Junior High. The team consisted of Rolan Thawng, Wyatt Gautney, Race Pippin, and Joe Henry. 4/12/24 - Track Meet @ Clever: Olivia Chapman placed 3rd in the triple jump and PRd with a distance of 26’8”. Jaelyn Wright and Kasey Stailey both PRd in the 100m dash. Wright with a time of 15.87s and Stailey with a time of 17.66s. Wyatt Gautney placed 1st in the 400m dash with a time of 1:05. Wyatt also placed 1st in triple jump with a distance of 30’3”. Race Pippin placed 1st in the high jump and also PRd with a height of 4 '10". Race also placed 2nd in the long jump with a distance of 14’. Rolan Thawng PRd in the 200m dash with a time of 27.7s (2 seconds off from the school record). Ky Miles placed 6th in the 400m dash with a time of 1:09. Ky also placed 5th in shot put with a throw of 20’3”. 4/15/24 - Track Meet @ Pierce City: Olivia Chapman PRd in the 100m hurdles with a time of 20.34s. Olivia was also a part of the 4x200m relay team which placed 3rd with a time of 2:07. The team consisted of Olivia, Addison, Alana, and Jaelyn. Addison Palmer PRd in the 200m dash with a time of 30.47s. Jaelyn Wright PRd in the 100m dash with a time of 15.47s and also PRd in shot put with a throw of 19 '6". Alana Smith PRd in the 200m dash with a time of 31.06s. Kasey Stailey PRd in the 100m dash with a time of 17.34s and also PRd in the 200m dash with a time of 35.9s. Wyatt Gautney PRd in high jump with a height of 4’10” and also PRd in the 400m dash with a time of 1:04. Andy Day PRd in the 100m dash with a time of 14s. Race Pippin placed 3rd and PRd in the high jump with a height of 5’. Joe Henry PRd yet again in the 1600m run, knocking almost 20 seconds off of his time. Joe ran a time of 6:29. Southwest Junior High Track travels to Cassville on Thursday, 4/18

BASEBALL UPDATE: THURSDAY: SW walks off Jasper 2-1 in 8 innings. The boys battled hard this game and never gave up. Chuck pitched a wonderful game with the only run coming in the 1st inning. These boys showed some fight as we were down to our last out when Tristan singled to get the tying runner on. With some great baserunning Christian Shaffer got to 3rd on two passed balls. This set up a battle at the plate between the pitcher and Tyler Meek. Meek won the battle and drove in the tying run on a 9 pitch at bat. We would win it on a walk off single in the 8th inning by Logan Gregory. Stats for the game: Pippin 6 Innings Pitched 3 Hits allowed 1 Earned Run 9 strikeouts 4 walks Gregory Winning Pitcher 2 Innings Pitched 4 strikeouts, 1-4 1 run Batted In. Meek 1-3 Run Batted In, Foster, Ayer, Morgan 1 hit. SATURDAY: We held our youth baseball camp which was a lot of fun and had a great time teaching the game to the little ones. The high school boys got to pick campers of the day so here are the ones they picked for each age group: Bo Thompson, Jesse Tull and Jax Dover. These boys will get to throw the first pitch out at our game this Friday against Pierce City. We played Wheaton last night and won in 5 innings. The boys were ready from the first pitch as we scored 7 runs in the 1st inning. SW wins 15-3 over Wheaton: Morgan 4 innings pitched 8 strikeouts 1 hit allowed 0 earned runs, 1-2 2 Runs Batted In; Ayer 1 Inning Pitched 2 strikeouts 0 earned runs; Pippin 2-4 double 3 Runs Batted In; Meek 2-3 double 3 runs Batted In; Bear 1-1 double 1 Run Batted In; Ray 1-3 1 run batted in; Paulsen 1-2 4 runs scored; Gregory 3 runs scored

FFA FLORICULTURE TEAM: Yesterday the Floriculture team traveled to Neosho for a Pre-State Invitational. Results are as follows: Team- 5th place, Lilly Wolf- 5th individual, Faith Outhouse, Addi Cotton, Lyndon Vanzandt.

FFA SOUTHERN NATIONALS: The dairy cattle evaluation team tied for 3rd place today at the Southern National Dairy Show in Stillwater OK. There were 8 states represented. Team members are: Montana S (7th Individual) , Jack C, Case J, Caleb A.

BASEBALL UPDATE: We went to Galena last night to face the top team in our conference. Boys played very well and came away with a huge win. SW 12 vs Galena 2. Paulsen Winning Pitcher 6 Innings Pitched 10 strikeouts 1 Earned Run 2 Hits allowed and went 2-4 with a Double and a Run Batted In. Morgan 1 Inning Pitched 2 strikeouts 0 Earned Runs. Pippin 2-5 with 2 runs batted in. Meek 2-3 with a double and a run batted in. Barnett 2-5 with 2 runs batted in. Ayer 2-3. Garcia 1-5 with 3 runs scored. Foster 1-4. Here is a url to YouTube highlights: https://youtu.be/sU3vH50ze9A?si=iKgRVFiccFzFB7Pb

HUMPHRIES and LLEWELLEN LEAD TRACK AT PIERCE CITY: Led by Senior Robert Humphries and Freshman Bryar Llewellen, the Trojans track team amassed 60 team points and earned medals in four events at Pierce City Tuesday night. Robert won the mile (4:44 PR) and 2-mile (10:31) and then anchored the 4x400 relay for the first time this season to a 4:39 second-place finish 1 second behind Lamar. Bryar was second in the 800 (2:09 PR) and the mile (4:59 PR) and ran the third leg of the 4x400. Other highlights: - Senior Juliauna Sierra was 4th in the 400 in 1:18.10; - Sophomore Vic Tellez earned medals in two relays and scored in the open 800; - Sophomore Tobi Smith anchored the 4x800 relay to a PR of 9:46 and 3rd place finish and ran a PR of 11:57 in the 2-mile and placed 4th; - Senior Kameron Kelley (2:38 split) and Lane Hendrix (2:28 split) earned medals as part of the 4x800 relay; - Junior Braydan Rose started the 4x400 relay and was 4th in the 200 at 25.14. The team travels to East Newton on Thursday night.

SOFTBALL UPDATE: Recap Video from the Varsity Game: https://youtu.be/BoWnr-dGenA?si=n7_a1AUPRlnCyN1A. The Lady Trojans traveled to Crane last night and took both (varsity and JV) games from the Lady Pirates! The Lady Trojans scored early and often and got out of tough situations on defense. We had great pitching performances from all 3 of our pitchers. Kaleigh Tull started the varsity game and pitched 5 innings, giving up only 4 hits, zero walks, and had 5 strikeouts. Jacee Durossette completed the game and gets the save. The Lady Trojans were tough outs at the plate. Addison Keates and Kaleigh Tull went 2 for 4 at the plate. Jacee Durossette goes 2 for 5 and has an RBI. Riley Flippo goes 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs. Piper King goes 1 for 4 but has a clutch 2 RBIs. Giving the Lady Trojans the 8-5 victory. Addy Payne pitches a complete 3 inning JV game, serving up 8 strikeouts! And the Lady Trojans keep the bats hot! Emma Outhouse, Abby Callison, and Bri Hoover each get a hit. Both Callison and Hoover's hits result in an RBI and Becca Swanepoel's heads up baserunning puts the Lady Trojans in the lead. Reliable defense and pitching bring home the victory. The Lady Trojans have home games against Clever tonight and Jasper Thursday!

BASEBALL UPDATE: Baseball has hit a bit of a slide losing our last 3 of 4 games. We dropped the first one to Purdy 12-11, we lead most of the game until the 7th when they came back to win the game. Some highlights of the game Tristan Morgan led the team in hits with 3. Logan Gregory, Braden Garcia, and Wyatt Taft all had two hits a piece. Wyatt, Charlie Pippin, Morgan and Trey Ray all had 2 runs batted in as well. The next day we played Exeter where we lost 6-3. As a team we only mustard 5 hits lead by Wyatt taft with 2. Tyler Meek pitched 4 innings in relief allowing 1 run. Meek, Garcia and Taft accounted for 1 run batted in each. Friday last week we played Billings where we were down late in the ball game and ended up walking it off to win 4-3. Braden Garcia and Logan Gregory led the team in hits with 2. Brendyn Paulsen led the team with 2 runs batted in both in the 7th inning to tie the game. Braden Garcia had one RBI and Logan Gregory had the walk off hit and RBI. Charlie Pippin pitched 5 innings allowing 1 earned run and Wyatt Taft came in relief allowing 2 unearned runs and earned the win. Finally last night we ended up dropping another one versus Lamar. Charlie Pippin led us in hitting with 2 hits. Paulsen, Gregory, Meek, and Aiden Barnett all joined in with 1 hit. Tyler Meek led the team with 2 runs batted in and Gregory also had 1. We are back in action tonight @ Galena in a big conference game.

AG RESULTS: Last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday our Career Development Teams traveled to Springfield to compete at the district contest. There are 78 schools in our district. Results are as follows: - Dairy Cattle- 3rd place- State Qualifying - Jack Cornell- 7th individual, Case Jennings, Caleb Ayer, Montana Skelton; - Horse- 6th place- State Qualifying - Colten Phillips, Trey Ray, Rylee Hobbs, Tristan Morgan; - Soils- 6th place- State Qualifying - Saige Miller, Becca Swanepoel, Cecilia Goines, Hunter Cain; - Floriculture- 11th place- State Qualifying - Lilly Wolf- 10th individual, Faith Outhouse, Addi Cotton, Lyndon Vanzandt; - FFA Knowledge- 10th place - Jimena Ambriz, Addy Payne, Gracie Swanepoel, Jazmyn Rivas; - Agriculture Mechanics- 25th place - Otto Miller, Dallas King, Michael Freeman. State qualifiers will be traveling to Columbia next week to compete at state.

JH BASEBALL: With many rainouts we have managed to play 3 games. 3/21 We fell to Crane in our first game of the season. Aden Flippo was on the mound and had 9 strikeouts and only two walks and eventually hit his pitch count. Our hitting was just as impressive with only two strikeouts for the Trojans. We somehow fell to the Pirates 8-3. 3/22 We traveled to Billings and had a great game. Dom Sierra threw a solid 4 innings before hitting his pitch count only walking one batter and 10 strikeouts! Our sticks were even more impressive with putting up 14 runs and only 2 strike outs. Trojans win 14-4! Just a recap of the first two games that a combined 19 pitched strikeouts and 4 batted strikeouts! That is very impressive! 4/4 Trojans traveled to Kirbyville to play in 2 extra innings. Aden Flippo was battling it out with a team that could hit the ball. Aden threw 5 strikeouts and had two walks. Defense backing him up, only allowing 5 runs the entire game. Hunter Patterson hitting a solo homerun kicked in the motivation for the Trojans. With a couple of errors by Kirbyville we are tied in the top of the 5th. They ran into pitch count trouble and allowed us to sweep by and score 6 runs in the final inning. Giving the Trojans a 11-5 win over Kirbyville.

SOUTHWEST JH BROUGHT SOME MORE GOLD AND AN 8th GRADE SCHOOL RECORD HAS BEEN BROKEN: 8th graders, Sidney Roe and Addison Palmer placed first in their events. Sidney placed first in the mile with a time of 6:00 and also placed first in the 800m with a time of 2:48. Addison Palmer placed first in the 200m with a time of 32.2 seconds. 7th graders, Race Pippin and Wyatt Gautney also with some gold. Race placed first in the long jump with a distance of 14’4”. Wyatt placed first in the triple jump with a distance of 30’8”. Other highlights: Wyatt Gautney placed 3rd in the 110m hurdles with a time of 20.00s. Rolan Thawng placed 3rd in the triple jump and 3rd in the high jump. The girls 4x200m team placed 3rd (Addi, Olivia, Jaelyn, Alana) and the girls 4x400m team placed 2nd (Alana, Addi, Olivia, Sidney). The boys 4x100m placed 3rd (Wyatt, Rolan, Andy, Race) and the boys 4x400m placed 2nd (Race, Joe, Ky, Wyatt). And FINALLY, the record breaker… Olivia Chapman has broken the 8th grade triple jump record, previously at 23’4”. Olivia jumped a distance of 25’2”.

LLEWELLEN 7th IN MILE AT PEA RIDGE: Freshman Bryar Llewellen finished 7th in the mile (5:02.60) and 10th in the 800 (2:19.35) at the Blackhawks Relays at Pea Ridge Thursday. The two races featured a combined 74 runners. Other highlights: - Junior Braydan Rose was 24th of 58 in the 100 (12:49 seconds) and 14th of 43 in the 400 meters (59 seconds flat); - Senior Kameron Kelley PR'd and was 24th in the 400 in 1:03.49; - The 4x800 relay team was 7th in 10:17.22. The team goes to Pierce City on Tuesday.

SOFTBALL UPDATE: On Monday (4/1) the softball team hosted the Ash Grove Pirates. Fortunately, the weather held off for the whole game! Unfortunately, the Lady Trojans lost to the Pirates in 4 innings. Kaleigh Tull pitched and did great! It just wasn't enough to hold off a very good hitting team. Tull also had the solo hit by the Lady Trojans on a single to left field. Tuesday's game at Mount Vernon was rained out. Wednesday the JV Lady Trojans traveled to Pea Ridge for 2 - 5 inning games. Addy Payne pitched the first game which ended early (3 innings) after the Lady Blackhawks collected 13 hits and forced a handful of errors. On the hitting side Payne started us off with a single to left field. Becca Swanepoel is hit by a pitch and then Rylee Hobbs singles to left. With the bases loaded, Addison Cotton is hit by a pitch to score Payne. Kindred Durossette grounds out but scores a run! And Sophie Schweers hits a Sac Fly to left, scoring Hobbs before the third out is made. In the second game of the evening, Jacee Durossette came in to pitch and did a phenomenal job! In 4 innings pitched, she struck out 5 and walked zero, allowing only 4 hits and 3 runs. The Lady Trojans had 2 hits, but they were not strung together so no runs were scored in the 3-0 loss to end the night. The Lady Trojans are back in action tonight at home against Hurley in a Varsity only game. And then this weekend we are in the Ash Grove Tournament. Schedule as follows: Southwest v. Miller (Noon), Southwest v. Exeter (1:45), and Southwest v. Ash Grove (3:30).

NHS ADDS 14 NEW MEMBERS AT INDUCTION CEREMONY: The Southwest High School Chapter of the National Honor Society added 14 new members Wednesday at its annual induction ceremony. Jack Cornell, Marissa Freeman, Cecilia Goines, Cheyenne Holt, Rylee Hobbs, Emma Outhouse, Addison Pendergraft, Jaretsi Quintanilla, Andrew Russell, Tobias Smith, Victor Tellez, Katie Tenorio, and Lyndon Vanzandt. President Lyric Berard presided over the ceremonies with fellow officers Charlie Pippin, Kameron Kelley, and Juliauna Sierra. The new officers for 2024-2025 are President Riley Flippo, VP Addison Keates, Secretary Abbie Clark, and Treasurer Montana Skelton. The group has one final event, an in-school track meet, for elementary students in late April.

HUMPRIES,LLEWELLAN LEAD SOUTHWEST TRACK AT SENECA: Senior Robert Humphries and Freshman Bryar Llewellen led the Southwest track and field team Wednesday at the Seneca Bordertown Relays. Robert won the mile in 4:49.64 and the 2-mile in 10:33.93. He is among the state leaders in Class 2A in both categories. Bryar PR'd in the 800, and was runner-up in 2:12.75 and was third in the mile in 5:06.70. Other highlights: - Senior Juliauna Sierra was 7th in the javelin with a throw of 19.97 meters. - Junior Braydan Rose was 5th in the 400 (1:01.92), 9th in the jav (27.53 meters) and anchored the 4th-place 4x800 relay (9:59.66) with Sophomore Tobi Smith, Senior Kameron Kelley, and Freshman Lane Hendrix. - Tobi was 6th in the 800 in 2:30.19 and 7th in the 2-mile in 12:01.07. The team travels to Pea Ridge today.

ROE, PIPPIN, and GAUTNEY BRING HOME GOLD in JH TRACK: Sidney Roe placed 1st in the mile with a time of 6:16 and 1st in the 800m with a time of 2:50. Race Pippin placed 1st in the long jump with a jump of 13'7" and 1st in the mile with a time of 6:15. Wyatt Gautney places 1st in triple jump with a jump of 31'6". Other highlights: 6th graders, Jaelyn Wright and Alana Smith place 2nd in their races. Wright placed 2nd in the 400m dash and Smith placed 2nd in the 800m. Also, 6th grader, Joe Henry ran an amazing mile with a time of 7:02 (these are 6th graders running in 7th grade heats). 8th grader, Olivia Chapman placed 3rd in triple jump with a jump of 25'10". 8th grade girls 4x200m relay placed 2nd (Alana Smith, Jaelyn Wright, Olivia Chapman, and Addison Palmer). Girls also placed 2nd in the 4x400m relay (Alana Smith, Addison Palmer, Olivia Chapman, Sidney Roe).

HUMPHRIES WINS 2-MILE AT MONETT: Senior Robert Humphries established PRs in both the mile (4:44.2) and the 2-mile (10:28.74) to lead the Trojans track and field team Tuesday night at Monett. Robert won the 2-mile and was runner-up in the 2-mile. Other highlights: - raydan Rose was 5th in the 100 in 12:41 seconds and 11th in the jav at 93 fee; - Tobi Smith was 6th in the 2-mile (12:00.95) and 8th in the mile (5:33.06); - Kameron Kelley was 11th in the 400 in 1:03.90; - Kali Jones was 12th in the long jump in 12 feet, 6 inches; - Juliauna Sierra was 9th in the jav in 60 feet, 8 inches; - the boys 4x800 relay team of Tobi, Braydan, Kameron and Lane was 2nd in 10:33.51. The team travels to Seneca today and Pea Ridge on Thursday.

BASEBALL UPDATE: On Thursday, March 28, we traveled to Miller. SW 5 vs Miller 2. Pippin Winning Pitcher 5.1Innings Pitched 5 strikeouts on the mound 1-3. Morgan 1.2Innings Pitched Save 2 strikeouts on the mound. Gregory 2-3 Home Run Double Run Batted In. Paulsen 1-3 Home Run 2 Runs Batted In, Ray 1-3 Run Batted In. Garcia 1-2 with a triple. JV ended losing their first game of the year 3-2. The storms stayed away and we played East Newton yesterday, April 1. SW 12 vs EN 3. Gregory Winning Pitcher 6+Ininngs Pitched 2Earned Runs 9 strikeouts 6 hits 4 walks on the mound, He also went 3-4 with a double at the plate. Ayer 1 Inning Pitched 0 runs given up, also went 1-5 at the plate. Paulsen 1-2 double, Run Batted In, and 2 walks. Garcia 2-3 double, Home Run, 3 Runs Batted In. Taft 1-4 with a double and a Run Batted In. Pippin 2-3 with 2 Runs Batted In. Meek & Ray 1 hit each. JV came away with the win 7-3. Foster pitched the whole game.