Show Me Showdown
Show-Me Showdown Saturday updates
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 [...]
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.
Saturday Final Four updates
Saturday, March 8th, 20082:07 - Bolivar wins the class 4 girls championship 47-43 in overtime. The Lady Liberators scored the first 5 points in OT & Notre Dame could not keep pace. Casey Garrison finishes with 25 pts & 13 rebounds to put a perfect cap on her brilliant high school career. Hayley Blair kicks in 10 points to help the [...]
Final Four updates
Friday, March 7th, 20084:15 - St. Charles West 62, Webb City 53 OT. It was there for the taking. Up by 8 early in the 4th, SCW clawed back into the lead only to see the Cardinals tie it, but fail to make the shot to win it. In overtime, Alex Bazzwell scored 7 points to lead the [...]
Webb City-St. Charles West semi-final preview
Friday, March 7th, 2008Mizzou Arena, Columbia - 2:00 PM
#4 Webb City vs #1 St. Charles West
In one way, this game is the same as the last 2 for Webb City. The team they are facing is very guard oriented. But that comparison would be unfair to SCW. Because 1, they are extremely guard oriented & 2, they have [...]
Boliver-Berkeley semi-final preview
Friday, March 7th, 2008Mizzou Arena, Columbia - 10:45 AM
#1 Bolivar (27-2) vs #2 Berkeley (26-3)
Bolivar’s game plan on the offensive end remains the same. Let Casey Garrison do her thing, which always includes getting her teammates involved if possible, & get timely contributions from the likes of Crystal Guiot & Rachel Sawyer. Today, they’re going to find a [...]