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Sectional schedule and preview
By Joboo | February 27, 2008
Time for the sectional round for classes 4 & 5 tonight. Here’s the locations featuring Ozarks teams and a look at the action.
CLASS 5
Southwest Baptist University - Bolivar
- Girls - 6:00 PM - Waynesville (19-7) vs. Ozark (23-5)
Strong edge to Ozark, but they absolutely can’t overlook this game. Ozark wins the common opponent comparisons easily, but Waynesville can still play. They’ve shown a tendency to let games against quality opponents get out of hand this year. But if they can put together 4 quarters of solid play, they could win this. It will be a tough test though against a battle tested Ozark team.
- Boys - 7:45 PM - Waynesville (21-6) vs. Ozark (19-7)
Might be the best game of the sectional round. Waynesville won their game earlier this year, but that was a different Ozark team. Ozark has to try to fight Waynesville to a draw on the boards to stay in this one. Classic youth vs experience match-up.
Class 4
State Fair Community College - Sedalia
- Girls - 6:00 PM - Bolivar (25-2) vs. Nevada (12-14)
The #1 team in the state against a team with a losing record? Should be a blowout right? Actually it should. The Lady Tigers have played a fairly weak schedule to get to 12-14. Bolivar should just need to take care of business here.
- Boys - 7:45 PM - Bolivar (13-12) vs. Clinton (23-4)
Not as big of a mismatch as the girls side but still one sided. Clinton is a very good team and has some good quality wins this year. Bolivar played well, but won a decidedly weak district. The Cardinals play good defense, & Bolivar would be well advised to try to keep this as low-scoring as possible.
Missouri Southern State College - Joplin
- Girls - 6:00 PM - Branson (19-8) vs. Webb City (17-8)
Should be a very competitive game. Looking at common opponents suggests an edge to Branson. Both teams lost to Nixa & Rogersville. But the Lady Pirates won their games with Aurora & Republic who both defeated Webb City.
- Boys - 7:45 PM - Branson (23-4) vs. Webb City (23-4)
Should be a very good boys game. Webb City won earlier this year 80-75 on their home floor. Their inside game was too much for the Pirates to handle. The Pirates need solid outside shooting to have a real shot at winning.
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February 27th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
FYI-
Webb City boys win over Branson 62-52. Five Webb starters in double figure scoring; the Wiebe kid from Branson scored 21 points but only played 19 minutes due to foul troubles.
Webb City Girls win over Branson 65-62. I believe Webb City was down by 7 with 2:54 remaining before coming back.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Thanks for the report BIGDADDY. Good luck to both the Cards & Lady Cards Saturday in Springfield.