Southwest R-V School District

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

LADY TROJAN SOFTBALL TEAM: The Lady Trojan Softball Team competed in the Cheri Nash Memorial Tournament at Verona this past Saturday. It was a long, but beautiful day full of lessons to be learned by the players! "It will be a great booster into our first full week of games," said Coach Emily Snyder. We had a tough start to the day with an 18-0 loss to Marionville. Kaleigh Tull pitched 4 innings and had 6 strikeouts. In the second game of the day the Lady Trojans generated some offense, but still fell 8-7 to the Exeter Tigers. Addison Keates led off and went 2-3 with 2 RBIs Riley Flippo, Jacee Durossette, and Addyson Payne each had doubles with runners on base. Jacee Durossette also pitched the entire 4 innings with 6 strikeouts and gave up only 2 walks! In the final game of the day the Lady Trojans beat the Wheaton Lady Bulldogs 20-3. Addison Keates went 1 for 1 with a double and two walks and scored on all 3 of her plate appearances. Kaleigh Tull added another double in this game and scored on all 3 of her plate appearances. Riley Flippo went 2 for 3 with a triple and a double adding 4 more RBIs to her stat line. Ralei Miles had a couple of hits and contributed 2 runs. Addyson Payne dominated both sides of the ball. She went 3 for 3 at the plate with a walk and an RBI. She pitched the complete 3 innings giving up only 2 earned runs, 2 walks, but had 3 strikeouts. Piper King contributed 2 singles. And Becca and Gracie Swanepoel each had one. Abby Callison, Kindred Durossette, Addison Cotton, and Sophie Schweers each contributed hits in the final inning. As a whole, the team only struck out 2 times in 33 plate appearances. We are very proud of the girls for their efforts this weekend. We are back in action today (Monday) against the Exeter Tigers at their place. We have our first HOME outing Tuesday against Billings.

SOUTHWEST SPEECH AND DEBATE: Southwest Competed at Webb City over the weekend for National Qualifier, while we did not have anyone qualify this year, please congratulate the following on a wonderful showing. Out of the best 21 teams in the region we had the following results: - Abbie Clark and Christian Shaffer took 7th place in Duo Interpretation; - Aubrey Taylor and Tatum Burgess took 9th place in Duo Interpretation; - Clark Brinkman took 12th in U.S. Extemp

SOFTBALL JAMBOREE on Monday, March 11: The Lady Trojans softball team hosted a Jamboree. Participating teams were the Wheaton Lady Bulldogs and the Crane Lady Pirates. The Trojans beat the Bulldogs 10-1 in 4 full innings. Kaleigh Tull had 5 strikeouts in 2 innings and went 2 for 3 at the plate. Jacee Durossette had 3 strikeouts in her 2 innings and had a base clearing triple in the second inning. Riley Flippo went 3 for 3, with 2 RBIs. In the second game of the evening, the Lady Trojans fell to Crane in the bottom of the 4th inning, 4-3. Freshman, Addyson Payne had 5 strikeouts in her 2 shutout innings! Kaleigh Tull and Allissa Russell each had an RBI. Quote from Coach Snyder: "Lady Trojans began to settle into their first game against Wheaton and into the second game against Crane. The Jamboree was a great start to the season and overall lots of learning happened to lead us into our first Tournament this weekend at Verona!" Come support Southwest Softball at our next outings at Verona. Friday, 3/15 at 3:00 pm against Verona and Saturday 3/16 at 9:00 am against Marionville, 12:00 against Exeter, and 3:00 against Wheaton. Go Trojans!

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