The Steelville Lady Cardinals basketball ball team lost a lot of offensive firepower from last year’s squad that won the school’s first-ever district championship, but there is still a lot of experience returning this year on what is a young squad with a bright future.
Sports
SMS boys cruise to Cuba tournament title
Complete domination—that’s the only way to describe the Steelville Middle School boys’ basketball A Team at the Cuba Eighth Grade Tournament. The Cardinals easily won all three of their games in the round-robin tourney, outscoring their opponents 150-49 to take first place.
New district assignments set for basketball season
The Missouri State High School Activities Association released the new district playoff tournament basketball assignments last week. Cuba High School is ranked as a Class 2 school and will be joined in the District 4 tournament bracket by seven other schools, including three neighboring schools from the Gasconade Valley Conference.
New districts announced as basketball set to begin
The Missouri State High School Activities Association released the new district basketball assignments last week and there big changes awaiting Steelville’s teams this season at Park Hills moved up a class and St. James moved back into this year’s tourney. The new district also includes four of the six Gasconade Valley Conference schools.
Red Team wins tourney, completes perfect season
The Steelville Middle School girls basketball Red Team finished their season with a perfect 16-0 record after capturing the championship of the Cuba tournament last week. The eighth graders on the team finished their middle school careers with an overall record of 30-1, having lost just to Salem’s eighth-grade team in last year’s Oak Hill tournament championship game.
White Team ends the season at 8-6
The Steelville Middle School girls White Team went 1-2 in last week’s Oak Hill seventh grade tourney, dropping the third-place game to Salem’s A squad. The Lady Cardinals finished the season with a record of 8-6.