Archive for January, 2008
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Friday, January 25th, 2008The latest version of the News-Leaders Top 15 teams & stat leaders has been released. The links can be found below. Waynesville claims the top boys spot after their TofC victory over Kickapoo. Marshfield is still #1 on the girls side. For the boys, Lynn Phillips of Buffalo now leads the area in FG% at 67.3%, while [...]
2008/2009 football districts
Friday, January 25th, 2008The new district assignments have been announced and there are some significant moves. Class 3 & 4 are the most affected as class 3 powers Harrisonville, MICDS, Westminster Christian, Grain Valley, Platte County, & Bolivar all make the move to class 4. MSHSAA also took a different tack on class 5 districts. It was expected [...]
1/24 scores
Friday, January 25th, 2008Lots of tournament action right now in both girls & boys basketball. Championship games are now set for both Reeds Spring & Nevada tournaments. And in first round action at Rogersville, Chadwick proved they’re deserving of their state ranking by taking a very good Rogersville team to the brink on their home court [...]
2008/2009 football districts announcement
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Tomorrow MSHSAA will release the new football district assignments for the 2008/2009 seasons. Their website has already announced that all of the class 5 districts will have 5 or even 6 assigned schools. Forcing some teams to begin district play in week 6 of the next 2 seasons. Combining that with the [...]
District basketball preview - boys classes 4 & 5
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Today we take a look at the districts on the boys side of classes 4 & 5. A good number of state ranked teams reside here as well as some very interesting possible match ups. Let’s go.
CLASS 4
District 4 - Union
Owensville
Salem
St. Clair
St. James
Sullivan
Union
Salem could pull a #1 seed here if they can [...]
1/23 scores
Thursday, January 24th, 2008Very light night of games as is every Wednesday. Forsyth’s Sam Adams scores 24 in leading the Panthers past Fordland is the highlight. District preview for boys classes 4 & 5 later this morning.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Varsity
Greenwood 44, Billings 35
Forsyth 66, Fordland 29: Forsyth, Sam Adams - 24 pts
Hartville 50, Mansfield 34
Laquey 81, Richland 68: Laquey, Michael [...]
1/22 scores
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008A lighter than usual Tuesday night slate for the guys due to the weather. Marc Neef & Luke O’Brian combined for 52 of Spokane’s 68 points. But it wasn’t enough to beat Sparta as Will Gibbons lead the Trojans with 25 points in their 73-68 win. Alan Pink & Webb City continue [...]
State basketball rankings 1-23
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008The latest state rankings show a little change among Ozarks teams. On the boys side, Waynesville moves up a spot in class 5 to #8. In class 4, Branson drops 2 spots to #7, while Webb City moves up 2 to #6. Willow Springs & Chadwick move up a spot in classes [...]
District basketball preview - girls classes 4 & 5
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008With less than a month until the start of district competition for classes 4 & 5, I thought this would be a good time to take a look ahead at the districts involving teams from the Ozarks, cover the key points in each one, & make some fearless predictions. We’ll start with the ladies [...]
1/21 scores
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008GIRLS BASKETBALL
Mansfield Tournament
Fair Grove 73, Mansfield 25
Houston 47 Licking 31
Today’s schedule
6:00 PM - Thayer vs. Willow Springs
7:30 PM - Norwood vs. Mountain Grove
Reeds Spring Tournament
Branson 87, Hurley 23
Ava 54, Greenwood 35: Greenwood, Madison Pulley - 20 pts
Schedule
Thursday, 6:00 PM - Branson vs. Ava
Friday, 6:00 PM - Hurley vs. Greenwood
Nevada Tournament
Carl Junction 60, Nevada JV 24
Raymore-Peculiar [...]