Archive for March, 2008
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Saturday, March 15th, 2008Midnight - Clever 67, West Platte 33. The Blue Jays took command midway through the second period & then closed the game on a 26-2 run to win third place. The big difference was free throws. Clever shot 29 and made 24, while West Platte only shot 6 the entire game. Josh Pope goes off [...]
Towe’s firing made official
Friday, March 14th, 2008After listening to Randy Towe’s supporters give statements in favor of retaining him, and putting Towe through an almost hour long closed door meeting, the Nixa school board voted unanimously to fire him. That was not unexpected. But the board just added to their crass treatment of Towe by delivering the official decision [...]
Show-Me Showdown Friday updates
Friday, March 14th, 200811:10 PM - A long & thoroughly frustrating day for the Ozarks comes to an end. Harrisburg breaks the 13th tie of the game by closing the game on a 12-6 run to beat Clever 73-67. The Blue Jays closed to within 2 with 31 seconds left, but Harrisburg hit their free throws [...]
Show-Me Showdown Thursday updates
Thursday, March 13th, 20086:30 PM - And Skyline salvages the day for Ozarks pride. After allowing Metro to shoot 45.5% in the first half, the Lady Tigers clamped down & held Metro to 30.4% as they rallied for the win. After trailing by 10 to end the first quarter, Skyline slowly clawed their way back into the game [...]
Internet broadcast of Show-Me Showdown
Thursday, March 13th, 2008The MSHSAA Network is broadcasting all Show-Me Showdown games on the internet. The schedule includes all games being played this weekend. Audio broadcasts are free, video is available on a pay-per-view basis. So if you can’t make it to Columbia, you can still get your high school hoops fix.
Show-Me Showdown preview
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Here we are. The last weekend of high school basketball. 8 games a day for the next 3 days & then we’re done. We’ll have to use the NCAA tourney to wean ourselves off roundball for the year. We’ve got 6 titles up for grabs with 5 Ozarks teams still alive. Class 1 plays Thursday [...]
Class 1 girls article
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008For anyone that’s interested, the Lake Sun Leader out of Camdenton has an excellent article on all 4 class 1 girls finalists. Matt Wilson contacted the coaches of all 4 teams & obtained a bunch of information for you hoop junkies. Check it out here.
Fair Play article
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Allen over at the News-Leader has an article out today on the Fair Play boys team. They’re a perfect example of how it’s not always having star players that makes a team. You see how the right pieces coming together at the right time can result in big things. Check it out [...]
Classy fans?
Monday, March 10th, 2008Two totally opposite examples of fan behavior have emerged from the weekend. One showing a great example of fans lending support to another team from their area, & one involving players from a rival local team doing their best to distract a rival.
Unfortunately, what was a fairly good weekend for Ozarks basketball is being overshadowed [...]
Top returning track & field girls
Monday, March 10th, 2008Spring looks like it may be starting to take hold. After a long & particularly nasty winter, thoughts begin to turn toward the outdoors. Here at OzarksSports, that’s where our thoughts are turning also. So today, let’s take a break from basketball and sneak a peek at the top returning girls track & field performers.
Headlining the [...]