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One more catch up item. With only one set of all-star games left, let’s take a look at what has transpired already on the all-star circuit.
Missouri Challenge
The inaugural Missouri Challenge was a huge hit and a resounding success for the Southwest squads. The fourth seeded boys team swept to the championship behind great 3-point shooting defeating Kansas City 84-80. Branson’s Tate Unruh hit 8 3s and scored 31 points in the championship game to clinch tournament MVP honors. Alex Hall of Kickapoo chipped in with 26 points and 7 3s of his own. The SW squad defeated the Northeast in the first round 107-100 with Unruh again leading the way with 29 points. Then demolished top seed St. Louis 101-80 in the semis to reach the final. The South Central squad which included players from Camdenton, Laquey, & Waynesville were defeated in the first round by the Southeast team with Austin Brewer of Eminence 88-86. Their run would end in the semis though at the hands of Kansas City.
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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.
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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 eighth seeded Northwest squad in the quarterfinals. St. Louis grads the second seed with Kansas City third. We’ll post the rest of the squads as they become available.
** UPDATE** All rosters now complete.
Central
Coach – Doug Light, Jefferson City
- Sydney Crafton, Jefferson City
- Maci Wisdom, Skyline
- Valerie Lambert, Holden
- Lauren Racker, Blair Oak
- Erin Rice, Cole Camp
- Candace Garr, Stover
- Brittany Early, Leeton
- Renee Struemph, St. Elizabeth
- Tierney Webb, Tuscumbia
- Laura McMullin, Sacred Heart
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BASKETBALL
GIRLS
McAuley Warrior Classic
- #1 Seneca 64, #8 East Newton JV 28
- #4 Verona 54, #5 Wheaton 50
Crocker Tournament
- Eugene 62, Stoutland 29
- Stoutland: Briana Boatwright – 24 pts
- Crocker 53, St. Elizabeth 31
- Crocker: Larra Kubinski – 18 pts, Kaitlin Bogle – 17 pts
- Plato 47, Iberia 41
- Plato: Kaley Cobb – 21 pts
SWCL Tournament
- #1 Sparta 59, #8 Billings 29
- #4 Clever 70, #5 Crane 68 (2OT)
- #2 Blue Eye def #7 Forsyth
- #3 Spokane 51, #6 Galena 48
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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
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Possibly the stat line of the year last night as Laquey’s Tyler Bock put up 30 points and brought down 20 rebounds in the Lady Hornets 51-45 win over Licking. Laquey goes to 16-1 with the win.
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Tony Dubray Classic - Liberal
- #5 Jasper 57, #4 Thomas Jefferson 55
- Jasper: Isaac Tidball – 21 pts
- #1 Galena, KS 72, #8 Altoona-Midway, KS 10
- #2 St. Mary’s Colgan, KS 94, #7 Brounagh 16
- #6 Liberal 37, #3 Golden City 30
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On the hardwood tonight, Sparta, Couch, and Osceola remained unbeaten as Brooke Stevens lead 4 Sparta players in double figures in their 66-45 win over Spokane, the Lady Indians cruised to a 55-24 win over Dora, and Jordan Garrison knocked down 24 points to lead Osceola to a 69-34 win over Butler. Christian County powers Ozark and Nixa both picked up wins. 75-56 was the score as the Lady Tigers downed Marshfield despite Amanda Gourley’s game high 21 points. While Nixa eased to a 69-43 victory over Rogersville.
The boys side saw the finals of the Golden City Tournament get set as top seed Dadeville beat Lockwood 71-51. They will face Everton who pulled out a 55-54 win over Liberal on the strength of Garrett Gladden’s 28 points.
And finally on the wrestling mats, Monett wrestlers Ethan Davis at 135, Kellen Bounous at 145, and Kyle Meyer at 152 all remained unbeaten as the Cubs went to 4-0 in duals this year dropping Carl Junction and Nixa by scores of 62-15 and 66-16.
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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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