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A fun night as always in Springfield at the 33rd Lions Club All-Star Classic pitting the best of the city vs the best of the area. In the girls game, Kylie Williamson of Lighthouse Christian took over down the stretch scoring 11 of the City’s final 15 points as the City girls grab a rare win in the series 56-51. Both Casey Carroll of Kickapoo and Shelby Stewart of Parkview helped out with 11 points each. Nixa’s Emily Walker was the only Area girl in double figures with 16.
Points were much more plentiful in the boys game, but they played a bit longer as the Area boys got two free throws from Zac Hill of Nixa with 1.9 seconds left in the third overtime to win 97-95. Continue reading 2010 Springfield Lions Club All-Star Classic
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Here they are. The full rosters for both the boys and girls teams in this year’s Missouri Challenge Cup. As well as the seeds.
On the girls side, the Southwest team, composed entirely of Ozarks players, is seeded first. The Central team, coached by Skyline’s Kevin Cheek and featuring Jordan Garrison of Osceola is seeded seventh. While the South Central team, with Jessica Parker of Climax Springs and Lanicia Lawrence of Waynesville, is seeded eighth.
The defending champs on the boys side, the Southwest squad, is seeded fourth this year with John Schaefer of Hillcrest at the helm. Andre Hilbert of Laquey, our player of the year, is on the seventh seeded South Central team.
I’ll have the game schedule posted next week. Quarterfinals are Friday the 28th with semis & championships on the 29th.
GIRLS
- Southwest
- Kansas City
- St. Louis
- Southeast
Continue reading 2010 Missouri Challenge Cup Rosters
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The first team released on the girls side of the Missouri Challenge Cup just happens to be the Southwest Missouri squad. A great pair of coaches in Nixa’s Jim Middleton and Sparta’s Jerry Songer. They each bring a pair of players having state championship experience with Allison Stevens and Kayla Coffer from Sparta, and Bethanie Funderburk and Emily Walker of Nixa. Kickapoo is well represented by Makenzie Smith and Casey Carroll. Of the remaining five players, four are from class 2 schools (Bridget Hanafin of Clever, Hannah Wilkerson from Miller, Hartville’s Maggie Arnall, and Whitney Mills of Thayer) and one (Bailey Irvine of Hillcrest) is from a class 5.
That’s a great lineup that has a great task ahead of them to equal or better last year’s result.
Southwest Missouri
Co-Coaches: Jim Middleton, Nixa and Jerry Songer, Sparta
Continue reading Missouri Challenge Cup – SW Girls Team
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The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association released their all-state academic teams last week and a number of Ozarks players were selected. 11 players were selected (two more than last year) on the girls side representing 11 different teams. Three of those came from the SCA conference, the most of any area conference. Elizabeth Chappell of Cabool, Mandy Riddle of Mt. View-Liberty, and Rachel Sirois of Salem.
On the boys side, Jeff Williams’ Joplin Eagles had three players of the 17 selected (also 2 more than last year). Devin St. Clair, Matt McCreary, and Phillip Davis. Having two players selected were Hermitage (Ben Salmon and Brent Collins) and Plato (Landon and Logan Justice).
As always, a huge congratulations to these kids, their parents and coaches for keeping the “student” in student athlete. And a special tip of the hat to those players who were selected for both the all-state and all-state academic teams. This year we have two, both on the girls side. Bridget Hanafin of Clever and Casey Carroll of Kickapoo.
2010 MBCA All-State Academic Basketball Teams
GIRLS
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And big shout out and thank you to Jack Hittinger at the Waynesville Daily Guide for getting this to me. State champion Hillcrest sweeps the boys all-conference awards in the Ozark Conference. The Hornets Doriel Green is named player of the year. And coach John Schaefer claims coach of the year. And on the girls side, Kickapoo’s Casey Carroll and Megan Deines of Glendale share player of the year honors.
2010 Ozark Conference All-Conference Basketball Team
BOYS
First team
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It’s going to be a busy day today. Starting with the first game, Kickapoo vs Ft. Zumwalt West for third place in class 5. We’ll start with the updates at the first quarter break and keep going right through the nightcap, Republic vs Kearney. And of course, in between, we’ll see what the Webb City girls can do. Should be a fantastic day. Keep checking back in.
- Noon – Class 5 Girls 3rd place – Ft. Zumwalt West (25-5) vs Kickapoo (24-6)
- 1:40 – Class 5 Boys 3rd place – CBC (22-9) vs Park Hills South (21-10)
- 3:20 – Class 4 Girls – Cape Girardeau Notre Dame (25-4) vs St. Dominic (25-3)
- 5:00 – Class 4 Girls – Webb City (28-1) vs O’Hara (23-6)
- 6:40 – Class 4 Boys – St. Francis Borgia (29-0) vs Soldan (22-5)
- 8:20 – Class 4 Boys – Republic (20-8) vs Kearney (26-3)
Continue reading Day 2 Updates – Show Me Showdown I
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4:10 – We’re one hour away from the tipoff of Kickapoo vs Blue Springs on the girls side. The Hillcrest boys will take on Park Hill South at 8:30. We’ll have updates throughout the night right here. The first girls semifinal is under way with nationally ranked Incarnate Word with a 14 point lead over Ft. Zumwalt West midway through the third period. This will be the fourth time in the last 20 years that the Ozarks has had both a boys and girls team in the final four of both of the biggest classes. In 2005, Kickapoo sent both boys and girls on the class 5 side, with the Willard boys and Ozark girls in class 4. Both of the girls teams won state titles. Ozarks teams brought home three state titles in 2003 with the Kickapoo and Ozark boys, and Kickapoo girls getting the hardware. And in 1990, the Marshfield girls won the only championship for SW Mo. What will be this year? We shall see, but it starts in less than an hour.
Continue reading Class 5 Semifinal Updates
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A couple of rivalry games went different directions last night. Mt. Vernon cruised past Aurora 56-29. The Lady Mountaineers jumped out to a 26-9 halftime lead and added to that as they went along to get the Big 8 victory. While Kickapoo took control of the Ozark Conference race with a 55-50 overtime win over Glendale. Casey Carroll had 20 to lead the Lady Chiefs.
The Mid-Lakes girls race stayed wild as Lauren McCurry’s 28 points helped Pleasant Hope get past Fair Grove 49-48. Webb City continued their roll with a 60-53 win over Ozark behind Kaitlin Jaeger’s 24 points. And the big performance of the night goes to Carl Junction’s Lauren McRae who scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the Lady Bulldogs 66-34 win over Lamar.
BASKETBALL
GIRLS
Varsity
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BASKETBALL
BOYS
Varsity
- Niangua 59, Bradleyville 29
- Niangua: Alex Colten – 21 pts; Justin Miller – 12 pts
- Dadeville 70, Hermitage 32
- Bolivar 73, Lebanon 72
- Bolivar: Preston Guiot – 37 pts, 10 asts
- Thayer 31, Mammoth Springs, AR 30
- Greenwood 70, Conway 64
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After a banner year for girls basketball in the Ozarks, we’re primed to do it again. Legitimate state contenders are in every class. Division 1 signees and other future college players abound. Great conference races in the Big 8, COC Large, Ozark Conference, Ozark 7, and Summit Conference should keep the courts hot all year. And it all points to another bunch of teams in Columbia come March. Let’s go.
Top 5 Teams By Class
Class 1
- Verona – Senior Beth Bigham plus three talented sophomores make Verona a contender.
- Chadwick
- Humansville
- Bakersfield
- Walnut Grove
Continue reading 2009 OS.Net Girls Basketball Preview
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