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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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 the Southeast third. The Southwest squad gets seeded fourth and will play fifth seed Northeast in the first round.
Missouri Challenge Boys Teams
Southeast
Coach – Greg Holifield – Sikeston
- Austin Brewer – Eminence
- Zach Curry – Bernie
- Donald Dixon – Charleston
- Lance Miller – Farmington
- Austin Greer – Notre Dame
- Josh Minner – NMCC
- Michael Porter – Sikeston
- Riley Raulston – Poplar Bluff
- Drew Thomas – Scott County Central
- Byron Wright – Portageville
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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 and Johnny Gray and Marquise Martin each had 10 points.
In local games, rivalry winners were Kickapoo 66-63 over Glendale, and Ozark by 19 over Nixa 71-52. Thomas Ligon had 22 points and 11 rebounds for the Tigers. State ranked Blue Eye falls to Sparta in overtime 57-56.
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Varsity
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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
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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 Aaron Phillips kicked in 22. Gladden ended up with 21 despite struggling from free throw line and having to fight for every basket. They very well may see each other again in districts, but this round goes to the Cards.
And Hillcrest’s time on top of the Springfield basketball scene is short lived as Glendale drops them 65-62. Casey Goss hits 6 threes to help the Falcons overcome a 7 point deficit to start the fourth. Trey Starks adds 17 and Hillcrest’s Derek Chaney nets 20.
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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 night, Pierce City was 19 of 24 from the line including 11 of 12 in the second half. Sooter lead 4 players in double figures with 26 including 5 3-pointers. For Southwest, Levi Roberts had 23 and Josh Hartin 21 but it wasn’t enough to keep the Eagles from winning their fourth game in a row in Washburn.
The highlight of big school play came as Hillcrest snapped Kickapoo’s 65 game Ozark Conference win streak dropping them 62-43. The Hornets held Alex Hall to just 5 points on the night and were lead by James Taylor’s 17 point and 14 rebounds. Hillcrest also got 17 from Derek Chaney and 16 from Dorial Green to go to 7-2 on the year.
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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
Continue reading 2008 boys basketball pre-season report
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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 knocks [...]
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