Lebanon baseball defeats Hillcrest in 13 innings

Tonight the two teams of the Lebanon Yellowjackets and the Hillcrest Hornets replayed eachother in district play. The last time these two teams met Lebanon defeated Hillcrest at home while senior third baseman Tyler Bare was absent. Tonight they faced again at districts in Rolla. After a multi-inning tie with a score of 7-7 finally one team prevailed to come out on top by scoring one run in the 13th inning. That team would be the Lebanon Yellowjackets.

Lebanon Golf Plays Well at Districts

Today the Lebanon Golf team competed at Green Hills Country Club, in Willard, for their districts competition. The top scores by yellowjackets were 80 by Junior Aaron Shoemaker, and 83 by Senior Hayden Brackett. Those to players made it onto the all-district team. Two other players joining them to go to sectionals are Garret Brown and Lawrence Bowlin who both shot an 89 which was the last score to be allowed into sectionals. Sectionals will be on Monday May 6 at Eagle Knoll Golf Course in Columbia, MO.

Lebanon Basketball Coach Hiring

Today the Lebanon Yellowjacket Boys Basketball team has filled their roster with a new head coach. Just weeks ago after the 2012-2013 season the Yellowjackets let go of head coach Cole Dishman. Today they have announced that they have hired their new head coach Adam Thornhill. Coach Thornhill has been around the Ozarks for a while with his last two coaching jobs being at Seymour and most recently Conway High School.

Boys Golf All- Ozark Conference Team

Teams represented are Hillcrest, Kickapoo, West Plains, Joplin, Glendale, Camdenton, and Rolla

Lebanon Gets Second in Home Golf Tournament

The Lebanon Yellowjackets had their first golf tournament of the season on Monday, April 1. The team shot a 333 and got second behind the West Plane Zizzers. Lebanon was lead by Junior Aaron Shoemaker with a score of 79. Other Yellowjacket scores included; Hayden Bracket 82, Garret Hite 84, and Lawrence Bowlin 88. Aaron Shoemaker places fourth individually, and Hayden Brackett placed fifth. Other team and individual scores include 

Ash Grove — Sean Mulkey 45 40 — 85, Trevor Anderson 55 51 — 106, Dillon Allen 55 57 — 112.

 

Camdenton (340) — Mason Bennett 41 45 — 86, Louis Brother 47 53 — 100, Seth Crockett 46 45 — 91, Braden Denmark 42 37 — 79, Michael Hake 41 43 — 84.

 

Camdenton II (407) — Trevor Johnson 49 59 — 108, Brendon Babbs 49 47 — 96, Dakota Brewer 56 56 — 112, Nick Weber 58 59 — 117, Caleb Crockett 45 46 — 91.

 

Dixon (384) — Josh Parker 44 45 — 89, J.D. Brown 48 44 — 92. Travis Snowden 47 48 — 95, Josh Sisk 60 58 — 118. Stormy Donaldson 54 54 — 108.

 

Fair Grove (359) — Brock Derrick 44 41 — 85, Nathan Reyes 47 47 — 94, Joe Stafford 45 46 — 91, Zach Smith 43 46 — 89, Jared Vickery 54 48 — 102.

 

Lebanon (333) — Hayden Brackett 43-39 82, Aaron Shoemaker 40 39 — 79, Garrett Brown 46 45 — 91, Lawrence Bowlin 43 45 — 88, Garrett Hite 45 39 — 84.

 

Lebanon II (391) — Calem Hopkins 45 42 — 87, C.J. Hudson 46 50 — 96, Nathan Condron 47 48 — 95, Adrian Palmer 56 57 — 113.

 

Lebanon III (448) — Harrison Carr 60 60 — 120, Hunter Allen 55 53 — 108. Austin Beushausen 50 57 — 107, Troy Eidson 66 66 — 132, Kyler Armstrong 56 57 — 113.

 

Strafford (457) — Bradley Shore 57 64 — 121, Andrew LaChance 57 58 — 115, Triston Losh 59 53 — 112, Garett Gorder 58 51 — 109, Braden Campbell 65 63 — 128.

 

West Plains (324) —Ben Charles 39 39 — 78, Isaac Burroughs 41 42 — 83, Cole Butler 41 38 — 79, Jacob Womack 40 44 — 84, Trey Fierce 47 40 — 87.

Lebanon plays next at Rolla for a match starting at 4:30. 

Lebanon track star Jenna Mitchell signs with Drury University

Today in the Lebanon High school library another Yellowjacket athlete has signed their letter of intent to further their education and athletic career in college. Today senior Jenna Mitchell signed with Drury University track team in Springfield, MO. She is the fourth track athlete of the 2013 class to sign with a college team. Others include Hannah Harril- SBU, Aren Martin- Pittsburgh State, and Jeff Plake- Missouri S&T.

Lebanon Boys Golf defeats School of Osage in Opening Match

On Monday, March 18th the Lebanon Golf team kicked off its season against the school of the osage. The Yellowjacket team is quite new this year. After losing two varsity seniors last year, Mitch Mather and Austin Shoemaker, the team had to have a few players step up to fill those two of the five varsity spots. Lebanon defeated Osage with a score of 171 to 194. Lebanon Varsity scores include Hayden Brackett 38, Aaron Shoemaker 43, Garret Brown 44, Garret Hite 46, and Lawrence Bowling 47. Lebanon next competes in an 18 hole tournament on Monday, April 1st at home at the Lebanon Great Life Golf and Fitness golf course.