District tournaments mean that some teams have their seasons end earlier than expected while others catch lightning in a bottle and make the state playoffs. Just how good the Camdenton Lady Lakers are compared to other Class 3 playoff teams is not yet known. This much is certain: Camdenton can find out by beating Waynesville tonight and repeating as district soccer champions. The Lady Lakers meet the Lady Tigers at 6 p.m. at Rolla High School in the Class 3, District 10 finals. The winner earns a spot in the opening round of the state playoffs May 22.

The lake's two state golf qualifiers both had improved scores in their final rounds Tuesday. Camdenton High School senior Andrew Shannon shot 83 after a round of 85 Monday. He finished in a tie for 74th among 89 Class 4 golfers at Bolivar's Silo Ridge.

Camdenton beats Lebanon in semifinals; Osage loses to Boonville in district opener.

If you don't know much about Camdenton High School senior Jake Ikerd, know this: he enjoys baseball, numbers and church activities. So when the opportunity to play at Southwest Baptist University came up, Ikerd couldn't resist. The Lakers starting pitcher signed his letter of intent May 8 to play college baseball at the Division II school in Bolivar.

Head Columbia College softball coach Wendy Spratt has announced the signing of Tiffany Urwiler, who will play for the Cougars beginning next season. A native of Lake Ozark, Urwiler attends School of the Osage where she will graduate this spring.

Local high schools golfers Andrew Shannon and Matt Hart completed their first rounds at the state championships on Monday. Shannon, a Camdenton High School senior, enters Tuesday's final round tied for 69th overall in the Class 4 tournament. He shot a 13-over par 85 at Bolivar's Silo Ridge Golf & Country Club.

The Osage Indians won singles and doubles championships at their individual district tournament on Saturday. Osage sophomore Thomas Uhl won the singles title and the doubles team of Ryan Curran and Austin Garton prevailed in the doubles bracket at the Class 1, District 8 tournament in Marshall.

The Camdenton Lady Lakers are the No. 2 seed in their district tournament, but face a team that beat them at home in the regular season. Camdenton plays Lebanon at 6:45 tonight in the Class 3, District 10 semifinals at Rolla High School. Osage plays Boonville at 5 p.m. today in the Class 2, District 10 semifinals.

Over two dozen lake area athletes advanced from their district track and field meets on Saturday. Next up for all of them is sectionals on Saturday. The top four finishers in each event at sectionals qualify for the state championships Memorial Day weekend

Three local teams kept their baseball seasons alive in district tournaments over the weekend. Camdenton, Eldon and Climax Springs won opening-round games to advance to today's semifinal round. In the Class 4, District 10 tournament, Camdenton beat West Plains 4-3. The Lakers (14-11 overall) play top seed Helias Catholic today at 4 p.m.

Local district track results for Camdenton, Osage, Eldon and Versailles. Results include place, name, grade, school, mark and local finishers. The top four finishers in each event qualified for sectionals this Saturday.

Games for 5/14.

The Camdenton High School baseball team enters its district tournament seeking three wins in five days. That would give the Lakers a district championship, but they'll have to do it with a lineup that's nothing like the one they had in mind in the offseason. With two key hitters, seniors Jon Manning and Robbie Hoffman, out for the season due to shoulder surgery, Camdenton is turning to some of its younger players to fill the void.

The lake's three Tri-County Conference schools and Camdenton High School have their district track and field meets Saturday. Osage, Eldon and Versailles will be at the Class 3, District 5 meet hosted by St. Francis Borgia High School in Washington. Sixteen schools will take part.

Osage beats Belle at home; Camdenton wins at Bolivar; Osage baseball loses in 10 innings at Southern Boone.

In 2010, Andrew Shannon joined the Camdenton High School boys' golf team. Two years later, he finds himself preparing to go against some of the best golfers in the state. Shannon will represent CHS in the Class 4 boys' state championship May 14-15 at Bolivar's Silo Ridge Golf & Country Club.

Games for 5/11-5/12.

The team tennis season for the Osage Indians ended Wednesday with a close loss to Marshall in the Class 1, District 8 tournament. Osage won the top three singles matches and the top doubles match, but it was Marshall winning the remaining contests to edge Osage 5-4.

Camdenton High School senior Marcus Nicholson will play basketball at Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly next school year. He had his signing ceremony on Wednesday.

Games for 5/10.