It is Labor Day weekend and the daytime surface temperature of the water is 86 to 88-degrees, great for swimming – bad for fishing, plus the lake is crowded. These facts cause anglers to use tactics unlike those that produce in other upper Midwestern reservoirs.

Gary Braman has taken to Facebook to help boost the drive for a disc golf course in Camdenton. The local resident has created a Facebook page entitled "Camdenton, Mo. Disc Golf" as he continues his quest to bring the sport to town.

Following a 21-14 loss to Nixa, Camdenton hopes to sturdy its run defense, but the task won't be easy against the unorthodox offense of Springfield Parkview.
The Vikings ran for 420 yards in a season-opening 42-35 loss to Rolla. Parkview led 28-7 at one point but allowed 27 points before mustering a final touchdown. Parkview's double wing offense allows ball carriers to hide behind a tightly packed offensive line.

A week after struggling against the run, things won't be any easier for Camdenton when the Lakers take on run-happy Springfield Parkview.

A few players also known for their basketball prowess seem ready to give the Versailles Tigers a big lift on the football field this season.
The junior trio of Maurice Moyer, Kyle Meyer and Steven Vinyard split time between the JV and varsity levels for the VHS basketball team last winter, but football coach Glen Lemmon is encouraged about what they can do for the gridiron Tigers in '10.

After an impressive 39-6 win against Knob Noster, Versailles hosts Southern Boone County for its home opener Friday night.

The Moberly Spartans have held football bragging rights over School of the Osage for the past three seasons. Having never won on a road trip to Moberly, Indians coach Dan Henderson rethought his team's approach to the 112-mile drive north.

Coming off a 47-0 win at Fulton, School of the Osage aims for a rare win on Moberly's home field.

With emotions riding high and a packed house on hand for the season opener last week, Eldon came up agonizingly short of its first victory since Oct. 2007.
Now, the challenge for the Mustangs will be whether or not they can put up another similar effort in Week 2, this time against a squad that's made two consecutive trips to the state playoffs.

The Westran Hornets, a team that's made the state playoffs the past two seasons, travel to Allee Field on Friday to battle the Eldon Mustangs.

The second week of high school football has Camdenton traveling to Springfield Parkview, Versailles hosting Southern Boone County, Eldon at home against Westran and Osage playing at Moberly.

The Camdenton High School cross country team starts the season at 8 a.m. this Saturday with the Southwest Cross Country Coaches Association meet in south Springfield.

The lake level was 658.3 (660 is normal pool level); with minimum generation scheduled the lake should hold there through the weekend. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam is 86 degrees with upstream temperatures of 83 to 89 degrees depending on time of day. The thermocline is still 20 to 25-feet deep in most areas. Truman Lake is at normal pool.
BLACK BASS – Bass fishing has worsened, it that is possible. The Wednesday Evening Tournament reported taking 14.05-pounds to win; Big Bass was 4.9-pounds

The Osage Lady Indians fell to New Bloomfield in their third golf match of the 2010 campaign. The Wildcats' combined team score of 209 put them 15 strokes ahead of Osage at Dogwood Hills on Tuesday.

The Camdenton High School volleyball team headed north on Highway 5 Tuesday for a matchup with Versailles. The Lady Tigers fell in their season opener, while Camdenton improved to 2-0.

Struggling with offensive execution in the first half of the first game of the season Tuesday night, the Camdenton High School boys' soccer team fought its way to two second-half goals in a 2-0 victory over West Plains.
Coach Jason Ingold said it wasn't pretty at times, but his team ultimately found a way to win.

A successful season of golf continues climbing at breakneck speed for Camdenton's girls' golf team. After setting a school record for their lowest all-time team score in the first match of the season, the Lady Lakers followed by tying their record last week and taking second at the Helias Invitational on Monday.

Osage defeated Richland 6-1 on Monday and lost to Southern Boone 4-0 on Tuesday.

School of the Osage won three of four games to take second place in the Buffalo Softball Tournament on Saturday. Camdenton went 2-2 without senior starting pitcher Jessica Colliver.

The Camdenton Lady Lakers cruised to their first volleyball victory of the 2010 season with a  25-14, 25-13 win over Bolivar.