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It’s finally here! Let the trumpets be sounded forth. Slay the fatted calf. Prepare to make merry uponeth the greenery of many fields as dusk settleth over the earth. Yea verily, it is good and shall be good forevermore. Bringeth forth mistrials to delight our ears with the anthems of our lands. Set the musicians to play, the spotted hordes to cheer, and the young men who recalleth the titans of yore to clash within the arenas of our land as they seek to claim eternal, resplendent glory for themselves and their principalities!
In other words, let’s play some football. I’ll be doing an SCA swing this weekend starting in Mountain Grove to watch the Panthers clash with defending state class 3 champions Cassville. Then it’s off to Howell County for Hogan Prep and Mt. View-Liberty Saturday afternoon. More great games this opening week than I think I’ve ever seen before. So, town cryer, announceth the picks!
WEEK 1 PICKS
Game of the Week
- Hogan Prep at Mt. View-Liberty – Saturday at 1 PM
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Big showdown in the SRVC last night as Liberal and Jasper clashed with the conference lead on the line Tuesday night. Liberal came in undefeated in the conference and with only one loss on the season. Liberal had suffered a loss to Greenfield in SRVC play earlier in the season. But at the end of the night, both teams left with a conference loss as Jasper upended Liberal 7-3.
A big moment for Glendale soccer coach Jeff Rogers last night as the Lady Falcons 10-0 win over Hillcrest was the 600th victory of his career. Ole at Springfield Soccer has a nice writeup with some details on the coach’s accomplishments. Congrats to Coach Rogers and we’re looking forward to #700.
And in Rolla, senior goalkeeper Adrian Pogue recorded her 6th consecutive shutout in the Lady Bulldogs 2-0 win over Lebanon putting her two shy of the state record. Her next chance to extend her streak is Thursday against Joplin.
BASEBALL
Varsity
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GIRLS SOCCER
Christian County Tournament
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2010 COC Large All-Conference Basketball Teams
GIRLS
First team
- Kaitlin Jaeger, Webb City, JR
- Hailey Roderique, Webb City, JR
- Kyndal Clark, Webb City, JR
- Bethanie Funderburke, Nixa, SR
- Emily Walker, Nixa, SR
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Maybe tonight will finally wake up the rest of the state to what’s going on at Thomas Jefferson in Joplin. The Cavaliers go to Washburn and get revenge for their only loss of the season knocking of the #10 team in class 3, Southwest, by a final score of 48-41. The Cavaliers took a 9-0 lead, and ended the first period up 16-4. The lead would swell to 16 and then things got really bad. Trailing 23-9, the Trojans leading scorer Levi Roberts sprained and ankle and left the game for the rest of the half. At that point, Roberts had 8 of Southwest’s 9 points. Big trouble right? Not exactly. Josh Hartin scored 5 second quarter points and Josh Cutberth hit a big 3 as part of a 10-3 run to whittle the TJ lead down to 26-19 at the half.
In the second half, 6 was the important number. That was as close as Southwest could get cutting the lead down to 6 on 5 separate occasions. But they couldn’t break through. Hartin scored 11 points in the half, but the TJ big men, Jordan Stauffer and Alex Oserowsky combined for 15 second half points, the Cavaliers controlled the pace of the game, and took care of the basketball against the Trojans pressure to hold off any comeback. Stauffer and Hartin tied for high game honors with 17 points each. TJ goes to 18-1 with the victory and secures a share of the Ozark 7 title with Southwest.
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Varsity
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A night of upsets on the boys side tonight. State ranked Dadeville is handed their first loss of the year by a very good Weaubleau squad 52-48 making Dadeville 21-1 on the season. And you’ve heard me talk a bit about Levi Cook. Well tonight he steps it up and drops 30 for the Pirates as they beat Spokane 66-65. Jordan Lair lead the Owls with 22.
On the girls side, both class 1 ranked area teams kept rolling as Verona romped over Wheaton 63-18, and Walnut Grove took a 61-52 win over a strong Morrisville team.
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Varsity
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Last year I was highly critical that the Ozarks wasn’t very well represented on the football academic all-state team. A grand total of 16 teams and 47 players from the Ozarks made it last year. Well let’s give a big round of applause to all the coaches who took the time to nominate their players this year because this year, the Ozarks are proudly represented by 27 teams and 88 players. Leading the way is Webb City with 8, Lebanon with 7, Fair Grove with 6, Springfield Catholic and Thayer each have 5, and Nixa, Neosho, Salem, Seneca, and state champion Cassville each place 4 players.
Twelve players make their second appearance on the team. They are Zach Cooley of Lebanon, Damian Fadl of Waynesville, Alex Wise of Neosho, Tanner Green and Ron Johnson of Nevada, Beau Bounous of Monett, Ben Selby of Reeds Spring, Ty Floyd and Kevin Presley of Salem, Max Jersak of Catholic, and Alec Hackett and Caleb Schaffitzel of Fair Grove. Continue reading 2009 MFBCA Football Academic All-State Team
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