Fort Leonard Wood Missouri News
The Medical Department Activity won it’s fourth consecutive volleyball match of the season with a 2-1 win over the 169th Engineer Battalion. With the win, MEDDAC kept its season record intact and preserved its spot at the top of the Conference A standings. According to player/coach Christopher Soto, the team’s success is a result of the experience of playing alongside each other the previous … [Read more...] about MEDDAC jumps into Conf. A lead
Maj. Gen. Donna Martin, Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and Fort Leonard Wood commanding general, shakes hands with Missouri University of Science and Technology football player and ROTC cadet Adrian Davis during pre-game ceremonies Saturday at Allgood-Bailey Stadium in Rolla. Saturday was Military Appreciation Day at the stadium. Martin took part in the opening coin toss and conducted an … [Read more...] about S&T wins Military Appreciation Day game
Waynesville High School junior Bryan O’Barr competed at the state cross country meet Nov. 9 in the first race of its kind held at the Gans Creek Recreation Area in Columbia, Missouri. O’Barr completed the course, which featured numerous twists and turns, in 16 minutes, 29 seconds, finishing 67th overall. “I am very proud of Bryan and the season he has had,” WHS cross-country coach Nicole … [Read more...] about WHS Roundup: O’Barr completes season at state cross-country meet
Fort Leonard Wood’s Middle School Teen Center will host a Midnight Basketball Tournament from 8 p.m. Dec. 13 until midnight Dec. 14. The event is free and open to all youth in grades 6 through 12 registered with Parent Central Services. The center gym opens at 1 p.m. Staff members will assist with creating teams at 8 p.m., with tournament play to follow. Prizes will be presented to the … [Read more...] about Midnight basketball youth tourney Dec. 13
Nearly 100 participants turned out for Saturday’s annual Turkey Trot 5K/10K races, held at Davidson Fitness Center. With the exception of occasional strong gusts, participants enjoyed near-ideal conditions for a fall run, with clear skies and temperatures in the low 50s. “It’s perfect running weather,” said Jenna Creson, who won the overall female 10K title, crossing the finish line at … [Read more...] about Fall colors greet Turkey Trot 5K/10K runners
The annual Meet the Tiger event for the Waynesville R-VI School District’s winter sports season is scheduled from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 26 at the main gym at Waynesville High School. WHS and Waynesville Middle School basketball teams will play exhibition 20-minute scrimmages, starting with the seventh-grade girls’ team at 4 p.m., followed by the seventh-grade boys at 4:25 p.m., the eighth-grade … [Read more...] about WHS schedules ‘Meet the Tiger’ for Nov. 26
Fort Leonard Wood’s intramural volleyball teams completed the second week of the season, with matches played Nov. 5 and 6 at Davidson Fitness Center. In Conference A matches played Nov. 5: — The Medical Department Activity defeated the 554th Engineer Battalion 2-0; — MEDDAC beat the 169th Engineer Battalion 2-0; — The 169th Engr. Bn. defeated the 3rd Chemical Brigade 2-1. With … [Read more...] about Volleyball teams complete Week 2
The November portion of firearms deer season is nearly here, and that means it’s time to wear hunter orange. If you’re hunting any type of game during Missouri’s firearms deer season, which starts Saturday and continues through Nov. 26 and is followed by a Youth Portion from Nov. 29 through Dec. 1, wearing orange, specifically hunter or “blaze” orange, is required in the Show-Me State. … [Read more...] about Deer hunters are required to wear blaze orange
The 31st Engineer Battalion had several new players on the court as they began their 2020 volleyball season, but quickly proved why they are the defending champions of the nets, winning their debut match 2-1 over the 14th Military Police Brigade Oct. 30 on Davidson Fitness Center’s Court 4. It was the first time the two teams had faced each other since last year’s Commander’s Cup Volleyball … [Read more...] about Volleyball season begins on post
In bowling, making three consecutive strikes is known as a turkey. This month, Daugherty Bowling Center is celebrating the Thanksgiving season by holding its annual Turkey Bowl. Now through Nov. 27, all those who bowl a turkey will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a turkey for Thanksgiving. One turkey drawing will be held for each league, along with a drawing for open … [Read more...] about Annual ‘Turkey Bowl’ underway at DBC
Waynesville High School junior Bryan O’Barr will advance to the Missouri State Cross-Country Meet after qualifying Saturday at the Class 4, Sectional 2 meet held at Parkway Central High School in Eureka, Missouri. O’Barr finished the course in seventh place overall, with the top 30 advancing to the state meet. “If anyone deserves to be at the state meet, it is Bryan O’Barr,” WHS … [Read more...] about O’Barr qualifies for state cross-country meet
The 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, faced a new format on a tougher course with more challenging terrain, as well as — according to team members — tougher competitors. But the 3-10th Inf. Bn. still managed to come out on top, earning the first-place trophy in the Commander’s Cup 3D Archery Tournament for the third consecutive year. “They did a great job with the course, with putting the … [Read more...] about 3-10th 3-peats as 3D archery champs
The Waynesville High School cross-country team will send two runners to the Missouri Sectionals after qualifying at the Class 4 District 4 meet held Saturday in Eureka, Missouri. Competing against 10 other schools, WHS junior runner Bryan O’Barr took fourth place in the varsity boys’ race with a time of 16 minutes, 9 seconds, while WHS senior Madelyn Newsom placed 15th in the varsity girls’ … [Read more...] about Tiger cross-country runners qualify for sectionals
Nearly 550 Waynesville R-VI students in grades 4, 5 and 6 participated in the 15th annual Stampede in the Park Elementary Cross Country Meet, held Oct. 18 at Waynesville City Park. To qualify for the meet, students had to meet national qualifying times in the 1-mile run at their individual schools. Sixth-grader Brody Clemons was the fastest runner overall, completing the course in 6 minutes, … [Read more...] about R-VI elementary students ‘Stampede in the Park’
