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Gloria Deo's Caroline Fields wins a Class 1 state title

Plus, Friday's district football semifinals set the championship games

The Daily Springfield team2 stories14 sources4 min read

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Gloria Deo's Caroline Fields wins the Class 1 girls' state cross country title

The Fields sisters finished first and third in the girls' race

FinishRunnerTime
1stCaroline Fields19:31.4
3rdReese Fields19:37.9

Source: Springfield Daily Citizen

If you missed Saturday's state meet, 's Caroline Fields won the Class 1 girls' title at Gans Creek in Columbia, finishing in 19 minutes, 31.4 seconds. Her sister Reese was third, and Gideon Case placed second in his race. Fields, a junior, has medaled at state in each of her three seasons.

Fields went out controlled, sitting second but 12 seconds back of the leader, Ozarks Sports Zone reported. The win comes months after Trenton King took the Class 1 state golf title.

“Our school is really small. Our athletics is very small, so this is really cool to me. I am so honored.”

Caroline Fields
  • Caroline Fields: Gloria Deo's first girls state title in an athletic event
  • Trenton King: the school's first individual champion in any sport, in golf

Caroline Fields moved from 10th to first at state in three seasons

Source: Springfield Daily Citizen

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High School Football

Republic and Neosho won tight district semifinals while Logan-Rogersville scored 85

If you followed Friday night football, the district championship games are now set. Nixa shut out Waynesville 49-0, and Ozark beat Joplin 49-28 to end the Eagles' season, KOAM reports.

Nixa and Ozark won big in Friday's district semifinals

  • Waynesville0
    Nixa49
    Final
  • Joplin28
    Ozark49
    Final
  • Glendale13
    Helias Catholic52
    Final
  • Jefferson City14
    Camdenton57
    Final

Source: Ozarks Sports Zone

  • Republic 32, Carthage 30 in Class 5 District 6
  • Neosho 34, Branson 31 in Class 5 District 6
  • Logan-Rogersville 85, Monett 26 in Class 4 District 6

Springfield Catholic beat Liberty 29-28, and photos from the game are up. Strafford's Tim Hester, in his final season as head coach, reached one more district title game.

Republic and Neosho won by three points or fewer as Logan-Rogersville hit 85

  • Carthage30
    Republic32
    Final
  • Branson31
    Neosho34
    Final
  • Monett26
    Logan-Rogersville85
    Final

Source: Ozarks Sports Zone

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Jacob Panagos scored with 3:47 left to give seventh-seeded Truman State a 2-1 win over sixth-seeded Missouri-St. Louis on Friday at the Lake Country Soccer Complex. The win puts the Bulldogs in the championship match for the first time in program history. Kirksville Daily Express

Veterans

Michael Bohlen of the said 27 veterans are reported homeless in the area, a number that has decreased. He cautioned that the count may not capture everyone without stable housing. KY3

Bears football

Missouri State football remains winless on the road this season after a loss to FIU. Casey Woods called the game a missed opportunity. Springfield News-Leader

Class 5 XC

Rockhurst's Jack McGovern won the Class 5 boys state race in 14:29.0, and Kickapoo senior Gavin Blaine said he "did not think it was going to be that fast." The top-30 all-state cutoff was 15:30. Ozarks Sports Zone

The top-30 all-state cutoff was 15:30, faster than last season's 30th-place time of 16:02

14:29.0
winning time for Rockhurst's Jack McGovern
15:30
cutoff for top-30 all-state this year
16:02
time for 30th place last season

Source: Ozarks Sports Zone

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Griswold-level holiday cheer is headed to South Avenue. Finnsmas, a Christmas Vacation holiday pop-up bar, opens at BrewCo Taproom on Wednesday, Nov. 11, and runs through Dec. 31. Yes, it's a little early for tinsel. We'll allow it.

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  2. Fri., Nov. 6New Covenant wins first state volleyball title; Sankofa opens on C-Street
  3. Thurs., Nov. 5New Covenant plays for a Class 2 volleyball title Thursday night
  4. Wed., Nov. 4Discovery Center gets $1 million; Bears open with 88-60 win
  5. Tues., Nov. 3Polls open at 6 a.m., and Cora Scott is leaving her city role
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Gloria Deo's Caroline Fields wins a Class 1 state title

Plus, Friday's district football semifinals set the championship games

The TLDR

  1. Gloria Deo's Caroline Fields wins the Class 1 girls' state cross country title
  2. District football semifinals set the title games for Nixa, Ozark, Republic and Neosho
  3. Truman State reaches its first GLVC men's soccer final
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