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 [...]
The teams have all been announced and the teams seeded for the boys side of the inaugural Missouri Challenge May 29th & 30th. The Southwest team is composed entirely of Ozarks players. While the South Central and Southeast teams both have Ozarks players also. St. Louis grabs the top seed, with Kansas City second, and [...]
Huge win in Columbia tonight for Central as the Bulldogs go on the road and knock off the #1 ranked Rock Bridge Bruins 66-65 on a Jerome Small layup with 1 second left. The bucket capped a comeback from an 8 point halftime deficit. Thomas Chadwick scored 14 to lead Central. Small finished with 12 [...]
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Varsity
Joplin 61, Nixa 54
Hillcrest 56, Waynesville 42
Hillcrest: Derek Chaney – 19 pts
Summersville 100, Koshkonong 51
Summersville: Billy Cross – 28 pts, Waylon Tuttle – 26 pts, Scott Haynes – 22 pts
Blue Eye 77, Galena 55
Blue Eye: Logan Decker – 25 pts
Junior varsity
Waynesville 41, Hillcrest 27
GIRLS
Varsity
Houston 56, Cabool 41
Mansfield 50, Liberty 41
Crane 50, Billings 38
Caught the Chadwick/Everton boys clash tonight in Everton to see Shaun Thomas and Garrett Gladden in person. While the final score was lopsided with the Cardinals winning 74-41, it was entertaining throughout. Chadwick’s relentless pressure was just too much for Everton to handle forcing 25 turnovers. Thomas lead all scorers with 24 pts and teammate [...]
Got to catch a great game tonight and one of the better small school players in the area with Pierce City and Dietrick Sooter taking on the Southwest Trojans in Washburn. In a game that was close throughout, the free throw shooting of the Eagles made the difference as Pierce City wins 76-69. For the [...]
Top 5 Teams By Class
Class 1
Chadwick – It’s not just Shaun Thomas. A healthy supporting cast should get Chadwick back to the playoffs.
Fair Play
Everton
Dadeville
Dora
The fallout from Clever’s self-reported violation manifests itself in a 38-37 loss to Hollister. As I don’t agree with this rule I won’t name the players suspended. But I think this may just be the kind of thing that ignites a good team like the Bluejays for a great stretch run. In other action Kickapoo [...]