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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Should be an exciting year in the new COC. With a real possibility of the top 2 teams meeting again in the second round of the playoffs. Here’s how I see it.
Team
record
conf record
Carthage
10-0
7-0
Webb City
8-2
5-1
Republic
7-3
4-2
Ozark
6-3
4-2
Neosho
5-5
2-5
Nixa
4-6
2-4
Willard
3-7
1-5
Branson
1-9
0-6
Obviously I have Carthage winning the showdown with Webb. But I also have the Cardinals getting dinged [...]
2008 Big 8 Football Predictions
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Here’s how I see the Big 8 this year.
Team
record
conf record
Seneca
8-2
7-0
Monett
9-1
6-1
Carl Junction
6-4
5-2
Cassville
7-3
4-3
Mt. Vernon
5-5
3-4
Lamar
3-7
1-6
Aurora
2-8
1-6
East Newton
2-8
1-6
Yep. You see that correctly. I’m picking Seneca to beat Monett. I still think Monett is the class of the Big 8, but Seneca will have the game to beat them. Power running and lots of it. [...]
2008 OzarksSports.Net Football Preview
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Finally. I’m digested every preview, stat, poll, and opinion I could find. The research has been exhaustive, the fact checking thorough, and the pondering mind-numbing. But it’s ready.
The 2008 OzarksSports.Net Football Preview
Comprehensive, informative, entertaining, and ultimately pointless because the teams will make fools of us anyhow. But carry on we must. Here are my Ozarks [...]
Tuesday night scores
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008A few scores from last night, and a big announcement. MSHSAA announced that Springfield will host the state softball championship in 2010 & 2011. Here’s a short article on the announcement from the News-Leader. Speaking of softball…
SOFTBALL
Republic 10, Cassville 0
Joplin 6, Neosho 5
McDonald County 10, Aurora 0
Morrisville 17, Marionville 1
Weaubleau 5, Leeton [...]
And they’re off!
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008The school sports year officially kicked off yesterday with some softball and tennis. Here’s the scores.
SOFTBALL
Wheatland 5, Dadeville 2
Camdenton 5, Dixon 0
Skyline 8, Weaubleau 7
Skyline: Emily Reyes - 4 for 4, Kara Glor - 4 for 5
Nixa 10, Parkview 0
Nixa: Hallie Petersen & Jamie Penick - combined no-hitter; Nikki Cox - 4 hits; Courtney [...]
Jamboree schedule
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Here’s all the information I have on jamborees involving Ozarks teams this weekend. All are being held Friday at 6 PM unless otherwise noted. As of Wednesday at noon, the Carl Junction, McAuley, Rolla, and Sarcoxie jamborees were not registered with MSHSAA.
Ash Grove
Ash Grove
Greenfield
Lockwood
Strafford
Camdenton
Camdenton
Eldon
Marshfield
School of the Osage
Carl Junction
Carl Junction
Carthage
Monett
Catholic
Catholic
El Dorado Springs
Fair Grove
Miller
Central
Ava
Bolivar
Central
Hillcrest
East Newton
Buffalo
East [...]
But first…
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Before we get fully back into the swing of things and get carried away by the return of all the fall sports we love, I thought it would be a good idea to start the year off with a healthy dose of perspective. I know it’s not a popular thing these days. But [...]
Random
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008A few random things from the press today.
Here’s and excellent article about Kord Stancell from McDonald County and the heart condition that has cut short his athletic career in the Joplin Globe. Most often we hear these type of stories after a tragedy has occurred. Nice to see one where the [...]
New sports web site
Friday, August 15th, 2008The Springfield News-Leader today announced that they will be using the website HighSchoolSports.Net as their source for scores, statistics, game information, etc. Speaking from experience, I can tell you that there are few things more frustrating than trying to obtain that kind of information on a regular basis. Gannett, the parent company of [...]
Back to fun
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Back to fun? Well, this isn’t really work. So I’d be lying if the title was back to work. And I’m all about the truth. So, let the fun begin.
Football practices began in the area yesterday. Softball and volleyball teams are preparing. Boys swimming teams are getting ready. And don’t forget girls tennis, boys soccer, [...]