Almost lost in the avalanche of basketball games over the last week was Fair Play’s Lynn Long winning his 500th career game. The Bolivar Herald has a nice article on Coach Long’s accomplishment. The Hornets defeated Walnut Grove 73-35 in pool play at the Walnut Grove Holiday Classic bring Coach Long’s record to 500-248. Coach [...]
Yes, it’s a cheesy list of New Years resolutions for this site. So if that kind of thing makes you violently ill, please don’t click the ‘Read the rest of this entry>>’ link. I don’t need any lawsuits. I’ve tried to make it fun and a bit informative, but I’ll understand if you have to [...]
Finals day at the Pink & White and action starts early at McDonald Arena. Here’s the schedule and latest updates.
Pink & White
7th place – #8 Hillcrest 62, Morrisville 42
Hillcrest: Taylor Parham – 19 pts
5th place – Aurora 42, Parkview 41
3rd place – #4 West Plains 46, Mt. Vernon 39
West Plains: Sara Paschall – 16 pts
Championship [...]
The Lebanon girls win their own tournament with a 57-32 win over Pleasant Hope. Megan Stamm led the way with 21 points. Likewise the Neosho girls take the title in their tournament. Tournament MVP Lorelei Snow scored 21 in their 51-37 defeat of Rogers, AR.
BOYS
Neosho Holiday Tournament
5th place – Neosho 44, KC Ruskin 42
3rd place – McDonald [...]
Just as the first day, the area teams will be matched up with the visiting teams. But this time for the trophies. And there should be some tremendous games. See you at Weiser Gym.
16th Annual KTXR Ladies Classic
7th place – Rogers, AR 73, Central 57
Central: Myriah Hicks – 21 pts; Danielle Bennett – [...]
Champions crowned tonight, Eminence wins the Cabool Holiday Tournament 59-49 over Thayer, Blue Eye takes the boys half of the Walnut Grove Holiday Classic 70-49 over Morrisville, while Couch downs Exeter 43-38 despite 24 pts from Whitney Edie to win the girls side. But Kickapoo comes up one game short falling to Lee’s Summit West [...]
The Nixa Lady Eagles will try to bring home the title of the KTXR Ladies Classic as they dominate Kickapoo and win 52-31. The Lady Chiefs were outrebounded by Nixa 40-15 as the Lady Eagles ruled the glass, the lane, and the game. Nixa will need all the inside help they can get as they [...]
Despite the seeds taking a beating overall, #1 & #2 will meet in the final as Ozark and Glendale cruise in the semis today. #1 Ozark dropped #4 West Plains by hitting a tournament record 14 threes and placing 5 players in double figures. #2 Glendale used a 10-2 run to build a 14 point [...]
The seeds hold up in the blue division as #1 Ozark outscores #2 Glendale 41-29 in the second half to win the Blue Division championship. Four Tigers scored in double figures, lead by Isaiah Monroe with 17, to more than offset the 25 points of Glendale’s Trey Starks. In the 3rd place game, Kaleb Roy [...]
*Update* A huge thank you to fungoking for posting the Lebanon results at MoSports and sending them to me. You da man!
Here are the other tournaments that I’m aware of and I will make every effort to obtain results. No promises made of course. Also, just a gentle reminder that you don’t have to be [...]