Southwest R-V School District

BASEBALL UPDATE FOR 9/3: Baseball dropped a tough one last night in our home opener to Billings 6-5. It was a back and forth game that the boys fought until the end. Tristan Morgan had a day at the plate going 2-2 with a double, a home run and 3 runs batted in. Logan Gregory added 2 more hits and 1 run batted in while Wyatt Taft also had a hit. Colten Phillips, Morgan and Taft also drew a walk a piece on the day. Next game is Friday at Purdy. It will be a Varsity and JV contest.

LADY TROJANS VOLLEYBALL FALLS IN 5-SET THRILLER IN CASSVILLE: Cassville rallied from two sets down and defeated Southwest Tuesday in high school volleyball action. The Lady Trojans led 4-1 in the deciding set but the Wildcats made a huge comeback. Cassville also won the JV and C matches. The Lady Trojans return to action Thursday at Marionville before playing their first home game Friday against East Newton.

BASEBALL THIS WEEKEND: Baseball played some very good teams this past weekend and unfortunately went 0-3. We played a team that won state last spring, a team that got 2nd in state in their respective class and another team that made it to the state playoffs in the spring. The weather was very nice and the boys played hard. Here are some highlights from the games: SW vs Iberia: Logan Gregory 2-2, Tristan Morgan 1-2 with a triple, Hayden Wilson scored our lone run, Hunter Patterson 1 inning pitched with 3 strikeouts, 0 runs allowed, Ayden Flippo 1 inning pitched with 0 runs allowed; SW vs Silo: Wyatt Taft 1-2, Jason Foster 1-2 with a run batted in; SW vs Licking: Taft 1-4, RJ Cutberth 1-2 with a walk, Morgan 1-3 with a run batted in, Aiden Barnett 1-3, Tyler Meek 1-3. Our next game is home today Varsity only vs Billings at 5

SOUTHWEST WINS VOLLEYBALL OPENER: The Lady Trojans volleyball team opened the season with a victory against Golden City and advanced to bracket play Saturday at the Verona Tournament but lost matches to Marionville, Greenfield, Sarcoxie and Blue Eye. Missy Freeman led the team in kills with 20 and aces with 7 and Laura led in assists with 47 and serve percentage making all 45 of her serves and adding 6 aces. The team plays three games in four days this week starting at Cassville tonight at 4:30 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL TEAM WINS 2 of 3 AT JAMBOREE: The Lady Trojans volleyball team defeated Wheaton and Purdy but lost to Hurley at Tuesday's home jamboree. The team opens the regular season at the Verona Tournament in Marionville. They play Greenfield, Golden City, Sarcoxie and Marionville in pool play. The first home game is Friday, Sept. 6 vs. East Newton. The C match starts at 5.

School Picture Day is Friday, August 30, 2024

Hello Freshman and Freshman parents! Just a reminder that Freshman Orientation is tonight at 5:00 in the high school commons. This is not required, but you are welcome to attend. Hope to see you tonight! Mrs. Miller High School Counselor

Walmart notified the school that they are not providing paper copies of back-to-school (BTS) supply lists. Instead, they are providing the BTS supply lists through scanning of a QR code. The QR code is attached to this message as an image. You should be able to scan the QR code and then type in the zip code of 65772 and it will bring up our schools. If you are an online shopper, you can add the items to your cart. If you are shopping in-store, it will include the location of the item within the store.

FFA SOILS TEAM UPDATE: After a 5th place finish at State, with Saige Miller placing 9th individually, the Southwest FFA Soils Team qualified to compete at the National Level. The National FFA Land and Range Judging Contest was held in El Reno, Oklahoma. The students arrived in El Reno, on April 30th, to prepare for the National Land and Range Judging Contest on May 2nd. All FFA members were tasked with judging the land and soil at four different sites. Participants judged the limitations and advantages of the land and soil. The following day, on May 3rd, the team received their placing. As a team, they placed 16th out of 99 teams. Individually, Cecilia Goines placed 19th, Saige Miller placed 77th, Hunter Cain placed 120th, and Becca Swanepoel placed 195th. Congratulations to the Southwest FFA Soils Team on their successful season!

SOUTHWEST TRACK ADVANCES TO SECTIONAL IN 5 EVENTS: Southwest advanced to sectional in five events Saturday at the Class 2, District 6 Track Meet at Skyline High School. Freshman Bryar Llewellyn was a District Champion by winning the 800 meters in 2:07.06, while Senior Robert Humphries was second in 2:08.24. Robert also qualified with a second-place finish in the mile (4:43.50) and a third-place finish in the 2 mile (10:53.65). The 4x800 team of Victor Tellez, Braydan Rose, Tobi Smith, and Bryar PR'd and placed third in 9:06.90. Finally, in maybe the race of the day, the 4x400 team of Vic, Braydan, Brya,r and Robert narrowly beat Stockton to earn 4th in 3:49.85. Robert ran a 56.1-second split after finishing the 2-mile less than an hour before and held off the Stockton anchor runner for the final 300 meters. Other highlights: - Senior Juliauna Sierra finished 9th in the javelin in her final meet; - Freshman Lane Hendrix was 10th in the mile in 5:35.07; - Tobi was 6th in the 2-mile with a time of 12:12.50. The qualifiers will compete in the Class 2, Sectional 3 Track Meet at Blue High School next Saturday with the top 4 in each event advancing to State the following weekend.

MS STUDENTS SEE SUCCESS AT SENECA! Monday this week the middle school speech and debate team traveled to Seneca for a competition. We had several students do well and had two bring home awards. Tesla Eubanks in her first competition took 2nd Place in Radio Speaking. Ashlynn Burgess in her second competition took 4th place in Humorous Interpretation.

HUMPHRIES WINS 3 EVENTS AT CONFERENCE: Senior Robert Humphries won the 2-mile, mile, and 800 at the SWCL Conference Track Meet Monday at Blue Eye. Robert PR'd in the 800 in 2:07.94 and led the team to 60 points and a 5th-place finish. Robert and fellow Seniors Kameron Kelley and Juliauna Sierra were honored at their final regular season event. Other highlights: Junior Braydan Rose scored in four events - 4th in the 400, 7th in the javelin and two relays; Juliauna scored in three events - 400, long jump, and javelin; The 4x800 relay team of Lane Hendrix, Vic Tellez, Tobi Smith, and Bradydan PR'd in a time of 9:25 and placed second and the 4 x 4 team of Vic, Kameron, Tobi, and Braydan finished third; Freshman Ryan Harris PR'd in the javelin. The team competes in the Class 2 District at Skyline High School on Saturday.

HS TRACK UPDATE: Senior Robert Humphries (steeplechase), Junior Braydan Rose (javelin) and Senior Juliauna Sierra (also javelin) all set school records Tuesday at Southwest Baptist University in a track meet that featured 59 schools. Robert won the 2000-meter steeplechase in 6:42.70, beating 41 other runners. Christian Long had the old record of 7:19.25 in 2022. Braydan shattered the boys jav record with a throw of 35.7 meters, besting current Senior Chuck Pippin's mark of 32.69 established in 2022. Finally, Jules made a throw of 23.8 meters to beat current Senior Lilly Wolf's old mark of 21.91 from 2022. Other highlights: - Robert improved his two-mile time by 13 seconds, running a 10:15.27, giving him the 9th fastest time in the state in Class 2. - Sophomore Tobi Smith ran a PR in the 800 in 2:22.83 and nearly won his heat. - Junior Kali Jones PR'd in the javelin with a throw of 18.2 meters. The team travels to Republic Thursday before the SWCL Conference Meet Monday at Blue Eye.

AG RESULTS: Last week our teams traveled to Columbia for the State FFA Convention and State Contest. There are 383 FFA programs in the state and our results are as follows: Soils- 5th place (Qualified for Nationals) - Saige Miller (9th individual), Hunter Cain, Cecilia Goines, Becca Swanepoel. Dairy Cattle - 8th place - Montana Skelton (6th individual), Caleb Ayer, Jack Cornell, Case Jennings. Floriculture- 16th place - Lilly Wolf, Faith Outhouse, Lyndon Vanzandt, Addi Cotton. Horse Evaluation - 23rd place - Colten Phillips, Rylee Hobbs, Tristan Morgan, Trey Ray . Soils has qualified for nationals and will be traveling to El Reno, Oklahoma next week. We are incredibly proud of all these kiddos for their hard work this year. If you see any of these students please congratulate them!

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.