Area Sports and Education

By Rick Duncan, Publisher There are many influential athletes in every sport, but if you pay attention to the very core of the greatest athletes ever, you may just find that they are normal and very humble people. Given, there are exceptions, but true champions are always willing to listen and learn and to challenge…

By Christy Porter, Managing Editor Students in Candice Shepherd’s fourth grade class took a step back in time last Thursday, when Shepherd’s father, Bill Carter, who practiced taxidermy, and her uncle, Denny Carter, an arrowsmith, visited the classroom, bringing with them treasures from long ago and reproductions of related art forms. Their visit was timely…

By Shari Harris, Managing Editor LICKING, Mo. – The Licking Lady Wildcats volleyball team played their first contest on the newly finished gym floor at the Sherman Hill Field House on Tuesday, September 12, against the Cabool Lady Bulldogs. The JV Lady ‘Cats took two straight sets to start the evening. After a brief ribbon…

  By Coach Harv Antle LICKING 15, CROCKER 0 LICKING, Mo. – The Licking Wildcats shut out the Crocker Lions 15-0 on Monday night at Deer Lick Park. “That was a good bounce back win tonight,” commented Licking Head Coach Harv Antle. The victory came on the heels of Saturday’s conference tournament loss to Iberia.…

By Shari Harris, Managing Editor The Licking High School and Junior High School Cross Country teams were on the road in West Plains on Tuesday, September 12. Fourteen runners completed the course, and two high school runners medaled, along with six junior high athletes for Licking. The Junior High team unofficially placed second in their…

By Rick Duncan, Publisher This year Licking has a new coach for cross country. The Licking News is proud to welcome Eriq Kristek to the team. Kristek played baseball at Drury College for 1-1/2-years under Scott Nasby and Byron Hagler. He has a seven-year teaching career, including coaching JH baseball and boys basketball at Waynesville…

By Coach Harv Antle LICKING 12, DIXON 2 LICKING, Mo. – The Licking Wildcats advanced to the championship game of the Frisco League Tournament with a 12-2 win over the Dixon Bulldogs on Thursday at Deer Lick Park. Leading 11-2 in the bottom of the fifth, Licking’s Keyton Cook cranked a solo shot over the…

WEST PLAINS, Mo. – The Licking Lady Wildcats traveled to West Plains Saturday for the 2023 West Plains Showdown. Licking started slow in pool play, losing two sets to Mountain Grove, two to Crowley’s Ridge, and splitting with Rolla. This placed them into the Silver Bracket for bracketed play, where they stepped up to the…

The 7th Grade Volleyball Team and the 8th Grade Volleyball Team competed in the Texas County Junior High Volleyball Tournament Saturday. In the 7th Grade Tournament, the Licking Junior Lady ’Cats began the day defeating Houston in two sets. Raymondville, their next opponent, also fell in two sets. Cabool was their final match of the…