Since we’re halfway through baseball season, I thought I’d better do our basketball review before it gets totally lost. We’ll always remember this as the year of the ladies in the Ozarks as every state championship game features a team from SW Mo. The Nixa Lady Eagles, Exeter Lady Tigers, and Sparta Lady Trojans each [...]
All the teams for the girls side of the Missouri Challenge haven’t been revealed yet. But the seedings have and the bulls eye is squarely on the back of the Southwest squad. Coach Jenni Hopkins of Hillcrest will take the #1 seeded team into the competition May 29th & 30th and will face off against [...]
The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association also released their academic all-state teams last week, and as usual, the Ozarks were well represented. Nine players were selected on the girls side from eight different area teams. The Bolivar Lady Liberators placed both Lindsey Lehman and Katy Roweton on the squad. On the boys squad, fifteen [...]
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GIRLS
CLASS 1
District 6 at Aurora
#1 Exeter 57, #4 Chadwick 38
Exeter: Whitney Edie – 29 pts, 17 rbs, 5 blk
#2 Verona 46, #2 Walnut Grove 40
Next: Friday @ 6, Championship – #1 Exeter vs #2 Verona
District 7 at Hume
#1 Rich Hill 51, #5 Hume 38
#2 Lockwood 44, #3 Sheldon 31
Next: Saturday @6, Championship – #1 Rich [...]
GIRLS
CLASS 1
District 2 at Bakersfield
#5 Dora 47, #4 Bradleyville 44
#2 Eminence 55, #7 Lutie 27
#3 Bakersfield 66, #6 Bunker 30
CLASS 2
District 2 at Summersville
#1 Couch 65, #8 Summersville 21
Couch: Whitney Mills – 18 pts, Tara Combs – 10 pts
CLASS 1
District 2 at Bakersfield
Lesterville sits at #4 in the state and is looking strong. Eminence has been state ranked and has one of the best freshman in the state in Kelsey Williams.
Lesterville
Eminence
Bakersfield
Bradleyville
Dora
Bunker
Lutie
Prediction: Not this year. Lesterville wins over Eminence.
I don’t think I’ll be allowed back into a Webb City girls game after watching them in a losing effort for the second consecutive time. Republic looks impressive in downing the Lady Cardinals 64-59 despite Kaitlin Jaeger leading all scorers with 18. The Lady Tigers get double digits from Jamie Holmes, Hannah Daniel, Kayce DuVall, [...]
Fair Grove continues to roll despite being 2 players down as they win the big matchup with Skyline 68-54. The Lady Eagles ran up a 14 point lead at the half. Then held off a Skyline charge in the third period. The Lady Tigers closed the gap to 5 going into the final quarter, but [...]
We’re back in business baby. Still not a totally full schedule, but we’ve got games again.
BASKETBALL
GIRLS
Nevada Classic
Nevada 65, Joplin 62
Joplin: 4 players in double figures
Stockton 68, Lamar 52
Raymore-Peculiar 40, Carl Junction 37
CJ: Lauren McRae – 19 pts
Carthage 68, KC Northeast 20
Carthage: Denise Taylor – 23 pts