SEYMOUR -

The Fordland varsity girls’ basketball team is the No. 12 seed at the annual Walnut Grove Holiday Classic, a 16-team event set to started Monday.

Chris Hastings wasn’t expecting a miracle last Tuesday, Dec. 15, when Class 2 defending state champion Hartville visited Seymour to play his Tiger varsity boys’ basketball team.

A year ago, the Seymour High School varsity boys’ basketball team was the No. 10 seed at the Walnut Grove Holiday Classic and advanced to the 16-team event’s semifinals, losing a pair of close games in the final two rounds.

Basketball districts for high-school boys’ and girls’ teams from Fordland and Seymour were announced last week.

For a decade, Derrick Jessen has been a basketball coach.

The 38 combined points of 6’0” eighth-grade standout Addison Ridenour wasn’t enough as the Seymour Middle School “A” girls’ basketball team dropped its final two games in the season-ending Summit Conference tourney.

A breakout game by junior Brycen Owens helped propel the Seymour varsity baseball team to its fifth consecutive victory last Monday, Sept. 21, when the Tigers defeated rival Fordland by an 8-2 count in home action.

Members of the Fordland High School baseball team volunteered in cleaning up the east side of the Seymour square last week after the roof from the old MFA feed building was ripped off in a severe wind storm last Monday, May 4, and landed on Main Street.

The Seymour School District will  participate in the "Be the Light" campaign tonight.

Following Governor Parson’s announcement this afternoon, of in-person school closure for the remainder of the school year, the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) announces the cancellation of all remaining post-season events for the 2019-20 school year.

Friday, Feb. 28 - Seymour Tigers lost to the Hartville Eagles 64-34 in the Championship game of the Class 2 District 10 Basketball Tournament at Cabool.

Saturday, Feb. 22 - Fordland Lady Eagles lost to Mansfield 73-46 in the Class 2, District 10 Tournament at Cabool.