One word can say so much sometimes. For instance, under the right circumstances, the word ‘pull’ can say “I wish for you to immediately launch the brightly colored clay target currently loaded in the launcher in the trap house in front of me so that I might attempt to fragment it with a number of projectiles ejected simultaneously by black powder from the weapon which I now possess.” Those circumstances would would include the word being uttered by a trap shooter, who is ready to shoot, at a trap shooting club, during a trap shoot.
Yes I’m referring to the sport of trap shooting. And the good folks at Ozarks Shooters were kind enough to send me the results of their February high school shoot. Summersville nearly swept the overall awards with Dusty Smith taking the veteran division, Gus Wilcox the novice, and Tanya Duncan the womens. Only Branson’s Matt Cesar winning overall in the junior high division broke the Summersville streak.
Here’s the final results for all four divisions. The score is number of targets hit out of 100.
The preseason state girls soccer poll was released last week. And with matches starting Monday, what better time to see who is favored as we start the season.
In class 1, Springfield Catholic finds itself ranked #2 to start the season after a third place finish last year. Only defending state champion St. Vincent is ranked higher. Greenwood is the only other area team under consideration.
No ranked teams in class 2 and only Bolivar is being considered.
And in class 3, Glendale returns a host of talent from their team that finished fourth last year. They’ve recognized with a preseason #9 ranking. While Rolla is also under consideration.
If you’d like to see the entire poll, just click on over to our good friends at Springfield Soccer. Now, blow the whistle and kick off.
And big shout out and thank you to Jack Hittinger at the Waynesville Daily Guide for getting this to me. State champion Hillcrest sweeps the boys all-conference awards in the Ozark Conference. The Hornets Doriel Green is named player of the year. And coach John Schaefer claims coach of the year. And on the girls side, Kickapoo’s Casey Carroll and Megan Deines of Glendale share player of the year honors.
2010 Ozark Conference All-Conference Basketball Team
A new development this year is the use of two arenas for the Show Me Showdown II weekend. Thursday, the games will be split between the Hearnes Center and Mizzou Arena. Friday and Saturday all games are at Mizzou Arena. The bad news for Ozarks fans is that our teams are split up. The Clever and Dadeville boys play at Hearnes, the Mt. Vernon boys and girls, the Thayer girls, and Miller girls play at Mizzou. The really bad news is that Clever plays the same time as the Mt. Vernon Girls, and Dadeville plays the same time as Thayer. So even though one ticket is supposed to get you in both arenas, you won’t be able to catch all the local teams Thursday. But regardless, there should be a ton of great basketball to be watched.
Only three more days of basketball left, so it’s time to turn our attention to the spring sports. In this weeks QotW, we want to know which of the three OS.Net teams that made it to Springfield in 2009, has the best chance of making it back this year? Is it the class 3 runner-up Carl Junction? Strafford, who also finished second in class 2? Or the defending class 1 state champion Dora Falcons? Spring is in the air, so vote now!
If you haven’t seen this video of Trey Starks monster dunk in the state title game, you can watch it here, or on SportsCenters Top Plays this morning. KSPR’s Mike Scott shot the video and submitted it to the world wide leader. Enjoy.
Last weeks QotW clearly divided the readership of OS.Net into 5 distinct categories. And I think displayed a perfect cross section of the inhabitants of the Ozarks. Let’s take a closer look and see if my theory is right shall we.
When asked how many state titles Ozarks teams would win last weekend, those that answered all 4 were the zealots. Fervent in their belief that basketball in the Ozarks tops anything else in the state. You have to admire their fire, but you also realize that they might seek to destroy you if you don’t agree with them that Melody Howard was actually a basketball goddess come to earth. Last year’s Missouri Challenge Cup results are just further proof of their convictions. Thankfully this group is small composing only 3% of the vote.
Since I was running all over the country Saturday and could only Twitter updates, here’s the wrapup on the final day of Show-Me Showdown I for 2010.
We got a good omen right off the bat as O’Hara, who Webb City defeated in the semifinals, won the class 4 girls 3rd place game 40-37 over St. Dominic.
Next came Republic in the class 4 boys 3rd place game against Soldan out of St. Louis. The first half couldn’t have gone much better as Kevin Stander scored 9, Jonathan Combs 7, and Republic lead by as many as 13 in route to a 29-23 halftime lead. But Soldan opened the second half with an 11-3 run to grab their first lead of the day. Republic fought back and regained a lead they would hold until midway through the fourth quarter on a pair of Nick Yocum free throws. Continue reading Show-Me Showdown I Wrapup
On a wild Saturday of playoff action, six OS.Net teams punched their tickets to the final four. Including the Dadeville boys who won their anticipated matchup with Thomas Jefferson 63-55 in overtime. Zach Medley lead the Bearcats with 23 points hitting five three pointers including a buzzer beating 70 footer going into halftime. The Thayer girls are going to their first final four as Kaley Hebert’s 20 points lead them past Meadow Heights 51-40.
Unfortunately, the road ended for a few area teams also. The Stockton girls saw their season end 46-30 to Maryville. Verona stayed with undefeated Montrose the majority of the game. But when Tristan Carrasquillo fouled out with 6 minutes to go and Verona trailing by 2, Montrose’s Morgan Eye took over. Eye would finish with 29 points as the Lady Wildcats fall 61-50. The Frisco League saw their two remaining teams fall short of Columbia as the Stoutland boys lost to Wellston-Eskridge 68-55, and the Richland girls couldn’t get past Canton, falling 76-54.
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