It’s a night for overtime on the boys side as three games see bonus basketball. Marshfield needs every one of Utah Findley’s 28 points and Jared Greenlee’s 24 to down Catholic 63-61 in OT. State ranked Spokane recovers from a furious Clever rally to win in extra period 66-60 behind Dylan Price’s 29 points. Fair Play continues their strong season with an extra period 69-61 win over Morrisville. And Pierce City and Lockwood enjoyed playing each other so much they decided to go two extra periods before the Eagles win 62-60.
One game that didn’t go into overtime may serve as the coming out party for one of the underrated boys players I mentioned earlier today. Richland’s Pat Poston scored 40 tonight as the Bears downed Macks Creek 105-78.
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Varsity
- Fair Play 69, Morrisville 61 (OT)
- Billings 51, Blue Eye 48
- Strafford 71, Stockton 52
- Nixa 57, Republic 47
- Greenfield 72, Golden City 38
- Greenfield: Jason Anderson – 27 pts
- Neosho 56, Ozark 55
- Dadeville 77, Humansville 41
- Pierce City 62, Lockwood 60 (2OT)
- Conway 60, Mansfield 52
- Richland 105, Macks Creek 78
- Richland: Pat Poston – 40 pts; Joe Henson – 24 pts
- Willard 67, Carthage 55
- Wheaton 58, Diamond 48
- Carl Junction 48, Webb City 47
- Ava 72, Mountain Grove 56
- Spokane 66, Clever 60 (OT)
- Spokane: Dylan Price – 29 pts
- Reeds Spring 59, Forsyth 48
- Plato 54, Hartville 45
- Southwest 64, Purdy 58
- Hurley 55, Niangua 47
- Hurley: Brycton Burk – 23 pts
- Houston 51, Thayer 49
- Cabool 74, Mt. View-Liberty 66
- Kickapoo 70, Lebanon 51
- Pleasant Hope 65, Sparta 33
- Pleasant Hope: Matt Brown – 22 pts
- Parkview 50, Central 30
- Galena 49, Chadwick 48
- Marshfield 63, Springfield Catholic 61 (OT)
- Marshfield: Utah Findley – 28 pts, 13 rbs; Jared Greenlee – 24 pts
- Catholic: Jack Wolfe – 20 pts
- Miller 67, Ash Grove 57
- Ash Grove: Taylor Poole – 21 pts
- Bolivar 70, Monett 53
- Crane 62, Marionville 30
- Crane: Levi Cook – 22 pts
- Fair Grove 67, Skyline 47
Junior varsity
- Parkview 53, Central 51 (OT)
GIRLS
SWCL Tournament
- Sparta 58, Clever 41
- Blue Eye def Galena
Varsity
- Morrisville 73, Fair Play 27
- Morrisville: Kasey Painter – 26 pts; Rachel Phillips – 13 pts; Kylie Painter – 13 pts
- Stockton 58, Strafford 52
- Humansville 53, Dadeville 37



Joboo, Waynesville just won the Ozark Conference wrestling title for the third year in a row with 4 first-place finishers and 5 second-place finishers (and maybe 2 third place finishers). Rolla was second by about 10 or 12 points. The WHS JV squad won, too. If Waynesville isn’t one of the top wrestling teams in the Ozarks, I’ll eat my hat (except they need to finally beat Ozark one of these years…)
Thanks Jack. You are the man. The Tigers are flying under the radar a little bit but have been steadily improving. Their big problem is going to be getting enough wrestlers through a tough district to make some noise at state.
More to come on that.