Verona continues their run of solid play lately winning their Ozark 7 showdown with Exeter 54-42. Jessica Smith had 21 to lead three Lady Wildcats in double figures. That should set up a showdown with Purdy for the league title on the 26th. Parkview gets a big win 67-65 over Glendale. Emily Akins leads four [...]
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 [...]
WRESTLING
Ozark Conference Tournament
Waynesville – 213
Rolla – 201
Lebanon – 168
Joplin – 93
Parkview 81
Camdenton 76
Kickapoo 57
Hillcrest 49.5
Glendale 20
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Osceola Tournament
3rd place – Lakeland 56, Hermitage 43
Championship – Weaubleau 72, Climax Springs 69 (2OT)
BASKETBALL
GIRLS
Crocker Tournament
Plato 63, St. Elizabeth 59
Iberia 63, Stoutland 44
McAuley Warrior Classic
Seneca 65, Wheaton 17
East Newton 46, College Heights 26
Varsity
Mt. Vernon 60, Central 52
Everton 48, Fair Play 35
Everton: Jessica Holland – 20 pts
Springfield Catholic 64, Seymour 58
Catholic: Bekah Bade – 33 pts
Seymour: [...]
There are pluses & minuses to being an amateur running a sports website without an editor. Minuses include not being able to get to everything I want, having a real job, and having my excellent readers correct me when my research, information, or spelling is shoddy. The pluses include me being able to do pretty [...]
Other champions crowned already tonight. Branson wins the Blue division 66-51 over Nixa. Mt. Vernon wins the Pink & White beating West Plains 49-29. And Norwood defeats Dora to win the Cabool Tournament. The Walnut Grove boys championship, the Richland title game, and the U.S. Bank final are all under way with the Gold division [...]
What a day yesterday. Four games at the Blue and Gold. Then the KTXR Lady Classic first round with Webb City’s 65-62 overtime win over Midwest City capping off a tremendous day. Here’s a few thoughts from each game before we get to the scores.
Blue and Gold
Nixa 69, Willard 59 – Nixa is deep, talented, [...]
Pink and White
Mt. Vernon 65, Aurora 39
Mt. Vernon: Kenzie Williams – 26 pts
Blue Eye 52, Sparta 44
Willard vs Skyline 70, Willard 51
Marshfield 57, Republic 47
Ozark 58, Rogersville 33
Parkview 62, Morrisville 40
Parkview: Emily Akins – 20 pts
Hillcrest 51, Branson 50 (OT)
West Plains 42, Catholic 32
A very interesting evening of girls basketball last night. Conway already had a couple of good wins on the year. Now they’ve added a great win as they knocked off Fair Grove 47-44. Parkview continues to impress as they win over MacDonald County 73-52 behind Emily Akin’s 25 points. New Covenant’s Charlotte Vernier had the [...]
Now most of you know that Joboo loves me some small school ball. And that I keep an eye out for up & coming talent. With that in mind, I headed to Sarcoxie last night to catch the Everton Lady Tigers and Jessica Holland. She of the triple double to start the season. I arrived [...]