Sports

SENIOR NIGHT AT ECS – ECS Senior volleyball athlete Deonsay McNeill was honored on Senior Night, Sept. 20, 2021.  Deonsay has played volleyball since 3rd grade, and has played for Coach Kelly Bryson and the ECS Buffalos for 1 year. Pictured: front row, Trey Watkins;  middle row: Daisha McNeill, Deonsay McNeill, and Jodi Watkins;  top

Week 7 of the high school football season took your hometown Bulldogs north to visit the Marksmen of Sherwood. It was also an Ozark Highlands conference battle with both teams seeking their first victories in conference play. Eldo came out victorious 28-16. Coach Beckner stated, “Always celebrate a victory. We say it all the time,

by Ellie Schmidt The EHS volleyball team went up against Warsaw at home on Thursday, Sept. 23. The team was successful and won 3-0. The head coach Mrs. Rogers said, ”We all came out strong and dominated each game.” Out of the three matches played, Tevi Gurley, 12 and Macie Mays, 11 led the team

by Kaytlynn Moore, 12 & Alexis Moore, 11 On Saturday, Sept. 25, our cross country team split into two groups and went to two different locations. Our JV team, along with Kenli Rader (12), traveled to Hermitage while our varsity team traveled all the way to Lawrence, Kansas to the Rimrock course on Kansas University’s

ECS junior, Olivia Bryson placed 18th at the 13th annual Lamar XC Invitational on Tuesday evening, Sept. 28.  There were a total of 35 high schools that competed for the top 20 spots in the varsity girls division.   Olivia and her teammates have had a busy season; their next cross country meet will be

The hometown Bulldogs faced off against an undefeated Warsaw team this past Friday to close out the 2021 Homecoming Festivities. It was a fun week of activities for students and school spirit. Coach Beckner added, “Homecoming weeks can always be interesting. As a coach, it is a balancing act of letting players be involved but

The El Dorado Springs football team hosted the Summit Christian Eagles from Lee Summit. It was the third meeting of the two schools (going into the contest the record is split 1-1). The home team feel short 0-41 falling to 1-4 and on the year. Coach Beckner said, “It has been a tough start to

El Dorado Christian School honored three senior athletes; Brenton LeeMasters, Juliet Kama, and Deonsay McNeill on Monday evening September 20, 2021.  Pastor Jim Purtle announced the seniors as they and their parents walked to center court.  Brenton was presented a gift from the ECS Cross Country teams and Coach Mrs. Becky LeeMasters; Brenton has run

The Lady Bulldogs are currently 6-0 in the regular season and 2-0 in the Ozark Highlands Conference.  They traveled to Lamar on Thursday and came away with a 3-1 win over a tough Lamar team.  Next, we traveled to Sherwood and defeated them 3-0.  They will compete at the Strafford Tournament this weekend. The game

The ECS Buffalos competed in the Heartland XC Invitational at Camp Galilee on Saturday, Sept. 18. There were three age divisions; 12 & under, 14 & under and high school. Medals were presented to the top five positions in each division to both male and female athletes. ECS medal winners; 12 & under 1st place,