Area Sports
Scotland County Scholar Bowl Team Wins 3rd Straight Conference Title
By: Corey Stott MEMPHIS, Mo.- 3/13/21- The Scotland County R-1 Tiger Scholar Bowl Team pulled off the impressive 3-peat Saturday, March 13th, at Fayette when they won their third straight Lewis and Clark Conference Championship at the conference tournament. The teams were seeded for the tournament based upon regular season records. Marceline was the one…
Read MoreLady Tigers Close Out Season with 4th Place Finish in Missouri Class 2
By Corey Stott SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- 3/12/21- “We’ve made it this far, so why stop here?” That was the response by junior point guard Hannah Feeney when asked about her team’s chances in the Girls Class 2 Show-Me Showdown. Indeed, that pretty well sums up the way this Scotland County Lady Tigers (22-7) squad has approached…
Read MoreLady Tigers Return to State Final Four
By: Corey Stott MEMPHIS, Mo.- 3/6/21- In the southeast corner of the Scotland County High School gym, there is a banner with a picture of the 2017 Missouri Class 2 Third-Place Scotland County Lady Tigers. It seems only fitting that the Lady Tigers (22-5) punched their ticket for a return trip to the state final…
Read MoreTigers End Season with 2nd Place Finish in District
By: Corey Stott QUEEN CITY, Mo.- 2/27/21- It didn’t take long to see why the Northeast Bearcats (Cairo) (24- 1) were the top seed in Class 2, District 6. After Scotland County (12-14) got off to an early and surprising 4-0 lead, the Bearcats quickly took over the game. At the 6:15 mark, 6’0 junior…
Read MoreLady Tigers Repeat as District Champions
By: Corey Stott QUEEN CITY, Mo.- 2/27/21- “That’s huge!” That was Coach Cory Shultz’s immediate and emphatic answer when asked for his initial thoughts on his Scotland County Lady Tigers’ (20-5) hard-fought 42-36 win over the top-seeded Schuyler County Lady Rams (20-6). “With Covid and everything, the community’s been through a lot,” Shultz said. “We’ve…
Read MoreScotland County Scholar Bowl Competes in Tri-Meet
By: Corey Stott MEMPHIS, Mo.- 2/24/21- The Scotland County Scholar Bowl team coached by Nathaniel Orr participated in a tri-meet on Wednesday. Teams competing in the meet included Salisbury, Westran and Scotland County. The Tigers went a perfect 2-0 on the day. The Scotland County squad of Zac Behrens, Anna Triplett, Iris Mishra and Hugh…
Read MoreScotland County Lady Tigers: 2021 Lewis and Clark Conference Champions
By: Corey Stott MEMPHIS, Mo.- 2/20/21- The 2021 Scotland County Lady Tigers (18-5) had many goals for this season. Saturday evening, they checked off one of the bigger ones: Lewis and Clark Conference Champions. And they did it in style, with an undefeated conference record. Coach Wade Billington’s Salisbury Lady Panthers (14-6) came to town…
Read MoreEagles Use Their Size to Soar Over Tigers
By: Corey Stott MEMPHIS, Mo.- 2/19/21- “They’re a good team. They’ve been beating good teams. They’ve been winning most of their games. There’s a reason why that’s happening.” That was the post-game analysis from Scotland County Tigers (11-12) head coach Jeremy Austin regarding the Knox County Eagles (15-5) squad that had just soundly defeated his…
Read MoreTigers Corral the Mustangs in a Dominant Performance
By: Corey Stoty MEMPHIS, Mo.- 2/1/21- The Marion County Mustangs (1-15) have had a tough season, but this was not a game that the young Scotland County Tigers (8- 8) could afford to overlook or take for granted. The challenge for Coach Jeremy Austin was to keep his team focused on the job at hand…
Read MoreScotland County Wins Battle of the Lady Tigers
By: Corey Stott MEMPHIS, Mo.- 2/2/21- The Brashear Lady Tigers (4-9) faced a serious challenge coming into The Jungle at Scotland County High School to take on the Scotland County Lady Tigers (13-4). Coming off of a victory the night previous over Marion County, the Scotland County ladies were primed and ready to do battle,…
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