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The Reeds Spring Wolves won their state semifinal football game over Sullivan 49-20. (Special to Branson Globe)
Reeds Spring Wolves advance to State Championship Submitted to Branson Globe The Reeds Spring Wolves will play for the Class 3 football title on Saturday, December 3. RSHS defeated Sullivan 49-20 in the state semifinal. “I’m so proud of everything that
they’ve done this year,” said head coach Andy McFarland. James Dowdy scored three touchdowns for the Wolves. Blandy Burall, Tracen Cobb, Adam Lewis and Addison Abshire also scored touchdowns. “I told them this is the first time in
school history we’ve ever been there. Let’s not be satisfied with just making it, let’s go win,” McFarland said. The championship game will be played against Cardinal Ritter at the University of Missouri at 11 a.m. on December 3.
By K.D. MICHAELS, Staff Writer The Branson Globe is holding
their third annual toy and food drive to help make the holiday a
little merrier for some in our area. Each year, Branson Globe read-
By CYNTHIA J. THOMAS, Staff Writer Eighty-one years ago, just before 8 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes struck, suddenly and without warning, the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii. All of the eight battleships in the harbor were damaged, four were sunk; the USS Arizona was not able to be raised and remains part of a national memorial site. The attack also destroyed several cruisers and other ships and 180 aircraft, and 2,403 Americans died, with another 1,178 wounded. Because the attack was on a neutral nation with no official declaration of war—Japan wanted to preSEE PEARL HARBOR, PAGE 43
Annual Branson Globe toy and food drive underway in Stone, Taney counties
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