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.
SOFTBALL & BASEBALL SCHEDULE UPDATE: Today's (Monday, April 1) home softball game vs Ash Grove will start at 4:00pm. Baseball at East Newton will also start at 4:00pm.
AG RESULTS: Yesterday, 2 teams traveled to North Shelby to compete in what is probably the toughest invitational in the state. Results are as follows: Soils- 4th place, Saige Miller, Becca Swanepoel, Hunter Cain, and Ceci Goines; Floriculture- 16th place, -Addi Cotton, Lyndon Vanzandt, and Bri Hoover
HUMPHRIES EARNS GOLD, 2 SILVERS AT DIAMOND: Senior Robert Humphries won the mile (4:49.66) and finished runner-up in the 800 (2:10.28) and 2-mile (10:50.79) Tuesday at the Diamond Invitational Track Meet. Other highlights: - Freshman Bryar Llewellen was second in the mile in 5:05.53; - The 4x800 team of Bryar, Junior Braydan Rose, Senior Kameron Kelley, and Sophomore Tobi Smith was 3rd in 10:10.43; - Junior Kali Jones was 5th in the 800 in 3:06.57; - Braydan was 9th in both the 100 in 12.67 and 200 in 26.44 seconds. He was also 8th in the shot in 31-03; - Freshman Lane Hendrix was 10th in the 400 in 1:06.61; - Tobi was 6th in the 2-mile in 12:38.92; - Senior Juliauna Sierra was 10th in the 100 in 16.24. The team travels to Seneca Monday and Monett Tuesday next week.
BASEBALL NEOSHO TOURNAMENT RESULTS: We played very well during this tournament. It was filled with a lot of bigger schools and we competed with every single one of them and came up short in some games. In total we went 1-3 but showed that we can play with the bigger schools. - SW drops one in extra innings to Class 5 Neosho. - SW 3 vs Neosho 4. Paulsen 7IP 3K 2ER, 0-1 3BB ; Gregory 0-1 3BB ; Pippin 1-3 RBI HBP; Ayer 1-4 RBI; Taft 1-2 2HBP. - SW loses to tournament champion Class 6 Lebanon 12-0. Had a tough time throwing strikes but battled at the plate. Notable stats: RJ Cutberth 2IP 2H 0BB 1K. - SW beats Purdy 5-4. Gregory 5.1IP 0ER 7K W, 2-4 3B; Taft 1.1IP 1K S, 0-2 RBI 2 HBP RBI; Meek 2RBI; Paulsen 0-1 2BB HBP; Pippin 0-2 2BB. - SW falls short to class 4 Aurora 3-2. Morgan 6IP 5K 2ER, 1-3; Gregory 1-4 2B ; Ayer 1-3; Paulsen 1-2 HBP; Foster 1-3 2RBI; Pippin 1-3 2B
FFA COMPETITION RESULTS: Saturday, March 23, the FFA chapter traveled to McDonald County for another round of competition. Here are the results: Colten P 2nd individual, Horse; Dairy Cattle 6th - Case Jennings 9th individual, Montana S
Jack C. Soils - 5th Hunter C, 7th individual Becca S, Cecilia G, Saige M. Floriculture - 3rd; Lilly W 5th individual, Lyndon V 8th individual, Bri Hoover, Addy C. Knowledge - Gracie S 21st individual. Ag Mech - 10th, Otto M, Dallas K, Michael F, Lucas I.
MS SPEECH AND DEBATE: This past weekend Southwest middle school traveled to Marshfield to compete in our first speech and debate competition. Those attemdomg were: Chloe K, Ayasha R, Molly H, Conner J and Connor C. Ashlynn Burgess took 6th place in Humorous Interpretation
NHS ADDS 14 NEW MEMBERS: Southwest will add 14 new members to its National Honor Society chapter at its induction ceremony on April 3. New members include: Andrew Russell, Cheyenne Holt, Vector Tellez, Lyndon VanZandt, Tobias Smith, Emma Outhouse, Rylee Hobbs, Addison Pendergraft, Celilia Goines, Jaretsi Quintanilla, Jack Cornell, Marissa Freeman, Katie-Ann Tenorio, and Kaleb Outhouse.
HUMPHRIES LEADS SOUTHWEST TRACK TEAM: Senior distance standout Robert Humphries finished runner-up in the 2-mile (10:47.12) and 4th in the mile (4:50.53) and helped the 4x800 relay earn another 4th (9:10.09) at Thursday's (March 21) McDonald County Relays in Anderson. Other notable performances: Freshman Bryar Llewellyn was 7th in the mile in 5:03.18; Sophomore Vic Tellez was 14th in the 800 in 2:20.38; Senior Juliauna Sierra was 16th in the javelin at 57 feet, 7 inches. The team goes to Republic Monday. March 25, and Diamond Tuesday, March 26.
SOFTBALL UPDATE: The Lady Trojans played against Billings last night at home. It was a loooooonnngggg battle, but we are so proud of their focus and determination to win! The final score was 22-23 in 8 innings. Addison Keates had an outstanding night at the plate going 4 for 6 with an RBI. Jacee Durossette went 3 for 5 with her first HOMERUN of the season! Kaleigh Tull and Addy Payne were clutch hitters each with a pair of hits that combined for 5 RBIs! Riley Flippo went 3 for 4 for 3 RBIs. Raeli Miles was tough to put away last night. She went 2-2 and drew 4 walks in her 6 plate appearances! We are back in action at HOME on Thursday (3/21) against Blue Eye.
BASEBALL UPDATE: JV got the win last night vs Purdy 11-3. Trey Ray- 2-4 2RBI, 3IP W 6K 0R; Barnett 1IP 2K, 1-2 2B 1 RBI; Foster 1IP 1K, 0-0 4BB 4SB; Keeney 2-3; Townsend 1-2 2B 1 RBI. Our next varsity game is on Thursday @ Noon and will be live streamed at KNEO.org, pick sports and pick the Neosho portal audio and video.
BASEBALL UPDATE: After a rough start SW comes back to win! We placed 3rd in the Purdy tournament. SW 14 vs Seymour 5. Morgan W 6IP 1H 0R 10K 2-5 RBI 2B; Ayer 1-2 3BB 2RBI; Gregory 2-4 2RBI; Garcia 1-3 3RBI. Next action for the Varsity is Thursday, March 21, in the Neosho Tournament.
SOFTBALL UPDATE: The Lady Trojans traveled to Exeter Monday night, March 18, for a very chilly softball game. We jumped in the lead in the second inning, scoring 4 runs on a pair of walks, a pair of errors, and a single by Alissa Russell, but then didn't score again for the remainder of the game. Kaleigh Tull started on the mound and only gave up 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts. Jacee Durossette was brought in for relief after two and two-thirds innings. She only allowed one hit and zero earned runs, striking out five in her two and two-thirds innings. On the offensive side, all the Lady Trojan hitters worked the counts through the entire game drawing 6 walks and forcing 2 errors, but it just wasn't enough as we fell to the Exeter Tigers 4-14.
BASEBALL UPDATE: SW splits Saturday in the Purdy Tournament. Late loss to Hartville in game one: Hartville 6 vs SW 5. Team played very well for the first win of the season: SW 10 vs Crane 0. Stats for the day: Paulsen 6IP 14K 0ER 2H 6-7 2 2B 3RBI; Pippin 5IP 11K 0ER WP 1H; Gregory 6-6 2 2B 5R; Morgan 2-3 2RBI 2BB 2HBP; Barnett 1-4 2RBI. Back in action tonight @ 7 for the 3rd place game vs Seymour in Purdy. Jv has their first game tomorrow night vs Purdy @ 7 also @ Purdy.
AG CDE RESULTS: On Saturday, March 16, our CDE teams traveled to Marshfield for a contest. There were 82 chapters from all over the state that competed. Results are as follows: Dairy Cattle - 3rd - Montana- 6th individual, Jack Cornell, and Case Jennings; Floriculture - 9th - Lilly Wolf, Lyndon Vanzandt, and Bri Hoover; Food Science - 13th - Macie Talbert and Bri Hufford; Knowledge - 16th - Jimena Ambriz and Jazmyn Rivas; Ag Mechanics - 20th - Otto Miller, Michael Freeman, and Lucas Ingram ; Soils - 22nd - Saige Miller and Ceci Goines; Horse - Colten Phillips