Archive for March, 2008
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association released their all state teams late yesterday. Good representation from the Ozarks highlighted by both Maci Wisdom and Kirsti Wilkerson of Skyline being named. 11 Ozarks boys are included with 2 being juniors. 20 Ozarks girls were selected including 6 juniors & 3 sophomores. Nixa’s Bethanie Funderburke, Osceola’s Jordan Garrison, and [...]
A dab of this, a pinch of that…
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008A veritable cornucopia of athletic treats today. From baseball to soccer to tennis to golf. Spring brings out the athlete in almost everyone. The performer of the day is Walnut Grove’s Derrick Morris who had 15 Ks while also belting 3 doubles in a losing effort against Wheatland. On the ladies side, we’ll tab Bolivar’s [...]
The beautiful game, girls edition
Monday, March 24th, 2008In the spring, a young ladies fancy turns to… soccer? Yep. At least for some girls in the Ozarks. And we’ll bring you all the scores we can get. But I’d be remiss if I didn’t encourage everyone to check out Springfield MO Soccer. They are simply the best resource for all SW Mo soccer [...]
Weekend sports
Monday, March 24th, 2008Baseball scores seem to be hard to come by, but here’s a few from over the weekend.
BASEBALL
Carl Junction 4, Joplin 2
Carthage 6, Webb City 4: Webb City, Chance Sossamon - 3 hits
Nixa 17, Carthage 6
Webb City 8, Carl Junction 4
Mt. Vernon 16, Crane 5
Hollister 12, Crane 2
Crane 11, Forsyth JV 1
Marshfield 9, Catholic 8
Cooter 18, [...]
Report - Another coach forced out
Friday, March 21st, 2008According to a caller on Sports Talk just a few minutes ago, highly successful Morrisville basketball & softball coach Melody Stewart has resigned at the request of the school board. The caller indicated that Stewart was informed that if she did not resign, she would be fired. Stewart has led the Lady Panthers to the [...]
Basketball year in review
Friday, March 21st, 2008Before we leave roundball totally behind until next fall, let’s take a look at the year that was. The Ozarks enjoyed a good year overall although not as strong as some past years. The Bolivar Lady Liberators & Skyline Lady Tigers take their places in local legend by bringing home state titles. The Clever and [...]
Central Region All-District Teams
Thursday, March 20th, 2008This came out late Tuesday but here’s the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscatsers Central Region All-District Teams. Ozarks players are in bold.
CLASS 5 (First Team only)
BOYS
Jordan Dressler, 6-8, jr., Rock Bridge
L.J. Fort, 6-2, sr., Waynesville
Eric Franklin, 5-9, jr., Hickman
Jason Haslag, 6-4, sr., Helias
Ricky Kreklow, 6-5, soph., Rock Bridge
Dominique Long, 6-5, sr., Waynesville
Roland Mitchell, 6-1, sr., Jefferson [...]
A.P.B.
Thursday, March 20th, 2008I’m putting together a list of area athletes who are playing professionally so we can track their progress. And I’m asking for your help. It’s easy to find players in the big 3 sports, but the Ozarks has representatives in others as well. If you know of an Ozarks athlete still in the professional rank, drop us a [...]
The rites of spring
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Ah yes. The first baseball scores of the year. You know it’s spring when we get baseball & torrential rains in the same week. Lovely.
BASEBALL
Ash Grove 10, Morrisville 0
Mountain Grove 10 MV-BT Liberty 0
Mt. Vernon 7, Clever 2
Houston 6, Thayer 2: Houston, Pierce – 3 hits, 3B; Sheets - HR
Claremore (Ok) 4, Kickapoo 2: Kickapoo, [...]
Why Coach Towe’s firing is important
Monday, March 17th, 2008Discussion on the Randy Towe firing continues to burn hot. This MoSports discussion thread shows a pretty accurate picture of the general thoughts out there. Most people very upset that it happened and/or upset at the treatment of him. Very few folks speaking in favor of it. And they’re not making very convincing arguments when they do. [...]
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