Another fantastic year of Ozarks hoops. Three state titles courtesy of the Hillcrest boys, and Webb City and Mt. Vernon girls. Tons of teams in the state rankings all year. We saw Hannah Wilkerson run down the all time high school scoring mark, then make a run to Columbia. We witnessed possibly the national high school boys basketball highlight of the year when Trey Starks launched himself into the rafters of Mizzou arena and over Oakville’s Garrett Reeg. We prayed as Stephanie Phillips stopped coaching to renew her fight against cancer. And we rejoiced as she came back to guide her team to the final four. We followed the rise of newcomers to the state rankings. Verona and Richland on the girls side. Thomas Jefferson and Gainesville on the boys. We cheered all the buzzer beaters, big wins, great plays, comebacks, defensive stands, hustle plays, razzle dazzle, and gutsy losses. And now, like always, we say goodbye to those seniors who gave everything they had for their schools, for their towns, and for us, and leave us with so many memories. Here’s the year in review.
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BASKETBALL GIRLS Varsity
Now most of you know that Joboo loves me some small school ball. And that I keep an eye out for up & coming talent. With that in mind, I headed to Sarcoxie last night to catch the Everton Lady Tigers and Jessica Holland. She of the triple double to start the season. I arrived a little late and by the time I got settled in, Everton was already down by double digits. But they started to hit some shots, applied the press, and started to chip away at the lead. Holland at 5′ 9″ had a few inches on the Sarcoxie guards and decent speed, allowing her to go inside and outside pretty confidently. Sarcoxie lead 24-18 at the half and I had Holland for 8 points in the time I had been watching. In the second half, foul trouble and an injury to starter Linsey Denney kept Everton from throwing the pressure back on. But sophomore Paige Limpus hit for 9 second half points to help them pull within 2 starting the fourth. In the final frame, Sarcoxie’s solid backcourt took care of the ball, took advantage of the Everton foul trouble, and started penetrating to score. Holland had 9 more in the second half, but the Lady Bears got scoring from 5 different players to finish with the 47-37 win. No seniors on Everton’s squad and there is some potential there. Keep an eye on them as the year moves along, and next year. In it’s first time hosting the COC wrestling tournament, the Neosho Wildcats decided to not play the gracious host. Instead they racked up 272 points to win their first COC tournament championship by a comfortable margin over second place Ozark. Six individual championships propelled Neosho to the top. Willard took third. On the hardwood. Glendale won their Winter Classic for the first time as tournament MVP Tayor Triplett knocked down 27 pts. Casey Goss pitched in with 21. And in the huge matchup of state ranked team in the championship of the Iberia Tournament, class 1 number seven St. Elizabeth handed class 2 number two Laquey their first loss of the season 75-73. WRESTLING Tournament action shifted to the west side last night with both the Carthage Lady Tiger Classic and Kaminsky Classic kicking off. But only one local west side team came out on top, that being the Carthage girls who beat Nevada 40-23. The Nixa girls held off Webb City 61-54 despite Kaitlin Jaeger’s 23 pts. But in the Kaminsky Classic, the area went 0-4 as Joplin, Carl Junction, Webb City, and Neosho all fell. In other action, the Hillcrest girls got a big win defeating Glendale 63-59 in overtime. Kaley Lyons lead all scorers with 22 but the Lady Hornet defense forced 4 straight turnovers after falling behind in the OT to grab the lead and secure the win. And Kevin O’Keefe of McAuley banked in a 3 at the end of regulation to send the Warriors into overtime with Jasper. In the OT O’Keefe scored 7 of his 25 points to lead McAuley to the 58-54 win. Isaac Tidball had 28 for the Eagles. Continue reading 1/8/09 scores Top 5 Teams By Class Class 1
CLASS 1 District 3 at Vienna Boys Individual state qualifiers 1 Zach Bryant, Russellville – 17:43.0 Hartville’s quest for back-to-back state titles is still alive after they downed Newburg 54-47. And this just in, Whitney Edie is pretty good. Despite being sent to the bench with some foul trouble in the 3rd quarter, Edie still registered 23 point and 13 rebounds to lead Exeter past Bradleyville 51-45. In the battle of Ozarks [...] BOYS BASKETBALL Class 1 District 3 #1 Chadwick 66, #5 Hurley 35: Chadwick, Shaun Thomas – 23 pts Next: Fri – #1 Chadwick vs #2 Dora Class 1 District 11 #1 Fair Play 47, #5 Macks Creek 40 Next: [...] |
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