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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 bring home state titles with Sparta running the table at a perfect 31-0. Joining those three in the Show-Me Showdown finals were the Webb City Lady Cardinals & Skyline Lady Tigers who saw their quest to repeat as champs come up 1 point short. Columbia was crowded with Ozarks teams. The Bakersfield, Couch, and Fair Grove girls made the trip. As did the Chadwick, Laquey, Miller, and Blue Eye boys. The Blue & Gold was great. The Tournament of Champions was incredible. And we were treated to one of the best all around basketball seasons ever.
A couple of explanations before we continue. This year I’m naming a team & MVP for each class. I define MVP as the person who has the biggest impact on their team. In other words, take that player off the team and what is the effect? Player of the year is based solely on basketball accomplishments regardless of class. Who did the best relative to their competition. And game of the year means a game between two Ozarks teams. So you won’t see Central beating Rock Bridge listed. With that, here’s some notable moments from the 08-09 basketball season, our All-OzarksSports teams, and a list of seniors that we say ‘Good bye’ and ‘Thank you’ to.
Continue reading 2008-09 basketball year in review
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GIRLS
CLASS 1
District 5 at Bolivar
- Championship – #1 Humansville 35, #2 Hermitage 30
District 6 at Aurora
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I took the roadshow to Aurora last night for the class 1 district 6 boys first round. The first game went to #5 seed Walnut Grove 64-52 over Niangua. I only caught the last quarter, but the Tigers looked very poised and controlled as they moved on to face #1 Chadwick.
The next game featured #2 seed Everton against #7 Exeter. Everton has been a very solid team the last two seasons with Garrett Gladden and Chase Knackstedt leading them. Exeter has struggled to find wins for a number of years. But on this night, thanks to a couple of players who seemed like they couldn’t miss, Exeter played like a team ready to extend their season. Everton was certainly not at their sharpest and really seemed sluggish at the start but still got out to a 4-0 lead. Then Zach Wubker of Exeter hit a three from the corner and the battle was joined. Neither team found the hoop much and quarter one ended with Everton on top 8-7. Things picked up in the second as Gladden began to find the range and Exeter knocked down 3 more treys to enter halftime up 26-25. Finally in the third quarter the dam broke. Two more Exeter threes and Keith Hayworth’s hot shooting had the lead at 35-31 when Everton embarked on a 17-2 run grabbing an 11 point lead as they entered the third quarter. Gladden began to take charge down low and Knackstedt, who only had 3 points in the first half, would score 17 second half points for the Tigers. But Exeter would not go quietly as Wubker would find the hoop from long range 4 times in the final quarter finishing with 7 threes for the game. Hayworth hit 3 of his own as Exeter long range bombing kept them around. But both Gladden and Knackstedt hit their free throws in the final quarter and another run of 13-3 made the final score 71-55 Everton. Gladden had 26 points and 12 rebounds and Knackstedt 20 points for Everton. Wubker scored all of his 21 on 7 threes, and Hayworth added 18 for Exeter.
Continue reading 3/3/09 class 1, 2, & 3 district update
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The seeds hold tonight in most games, with two notable exceptions. At Cassville, the Reeds Spring & McDonald County boys move on. The Carthage & Hillcrest girls win at Willard. And at the class 5 district 11 at Ozark, Kickapoo holds off Glendale down the stretch 75-68, while Nixa sets up a contest with Ozark by beating Parkview 57-44. But in Marshfield, #1 seed Bolivar gets dropped b7 #5 West Plains 62-57. And in Owensville, sixth seed Salem upends a good and tall Eldon team 78-63. Their reward in the next round? State ranked hosts Owensville.
And on the individual front, Everton’s Garrett Gladden had a monster game with 35 points and 23 rebounds. But it wasn’t enough as the Tigers fall to Crane 66-56.
BASKETBALL
BOYS
CLASS 4
District 9 at Owensville
Continue reading 2/24/09 scores and district results
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BASKETBALL
BOYS
Weaubleau Tournament
- Championship – Weaubleau 53, Wheatland 43
- Consolation – Halfway 64, NE Vernon County 57
Varsity
- Richland 71, Dixon 62
- Dixon: Jordan Durham – 25 pts
- Rogersville 66, Bolivar 54
- Bolivar: Preston Guiot – 30 pts, 4 3s
- Miller 68, Pierce City 51
- Miller: Justin Jack – 21 pts
- Pierce City: Dietrick Sooter – 20 pts
- Seneca 56, Cassville 41
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Couch falls from the ranks of the the unbeaten, but they have nothing to hang their heads about as they go to West Plains and fall to the Zizzers 46-40. Alisha Shipley led the West Plains charge with 18 points as they go to 15-6 on the year. Couch goes to 19-1 and has to feel good about the result. Jessica Jones scores 12 to lead the Lady Indians. Another unbeaten stays perfect though as Kayla Coffer puts in 18 to lead Sparta over Seymour 54-43 despite 21 from Alisha Coday.
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Varsity
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Coming to you from somewhere other than where I normally do, sitting in a chair that’s not at all comfortable, without access to my email, it’s Joboo with the very delayed Friday night scores. Once the faceless, bloodsucking, evil corporation that has forced this mini-exodus has put my personal Humpty-Dumpty back together again, I’ll tell everyone the full story. But for now, let’s stick to what you really want to know. The scores.
BASKETBALL
BOYS
McAuley Warrior Classic
Varsity
Continue reading 2/6/09 scores
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Branson hits the century mark in an easy win tonight. Reeds Spring’s Jake Marty lead all scorers with 30 points. But Mike Wiebe had 24 and Tate Unruh 23 as the Pirates breeze 100-70. Stoutland did them four better though as the Tigers beat Iberia 104-63. Dadeville continues to look impressive as both Brock Toler and Dakota Webb get double doubles in the Bearcats 70-25 win over Walnut Grove. And Joplin gets a buzzer beating 3 from Derek Stokes to down Parkview 39-36.
In the closest game of the night the Hartville Lady Eagles come from 5 down to start the fourth to win 41-39. Maggie Arnall had 20 for Hartville.
And the best individual performance of the night goes to Dietrick Sooter for his 50 point outburst including 11 longballs in the Eagles 82-47 win over Greenfield. Brother Wayne Sooter kicked in 20 points and 3 threes of his own.
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Continue reading 2/3/09 scores
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GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING
Ozarks Invitational
- Glendale – 497
- Blue Springs -360.5
- Kickap0o – 252
- Central – 216
- Rock Bridge – 175
BASKETBALL
Continue reading 1/10/09 scores
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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
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