50! Lot’s going on last night but we’ll start with that number. That’s how many points Houston’s Kyle Poynter scored in the Tigers 65-62 loss to Willow Springs. That ties the all-time school scoring record. But Poynter was not able to get a game tying three to go in the final minutes to allow the [...]
The headline matchup of the night goes to the Webb City Lady Cardinals as the defeat Nixa 61-46 in the showdown of state ranked squads. Hailey Roderique lead the way in scoring with 21 points for Webb City. Kaitlin Jaeger registered a double double with 15 points, 11 rebounds, and blocked 6 shots.
And I attended [...]
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 [...]
A huge contest in Verona tonight as the Lady Wildcats were looking to rebound from a loss to Clever against state-ranked Purdy who knocked off Miller last week. And rebound Verona did as they win the Ozark 7 matchup 61-56 behind the 23 points of Tristan Carrasquillo. Jessica Smith added 21 for Verona, while Shelby [...]
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Mt. View-Liberty Tournament
Consolation – Houston def Licking
3rd place – Thayer 70, Doniphan 40
Thayer: Justin Shipp – 24 pts, 15 rbs
Championship – Mt. View-Liberty 71, Summersville 69
Summersville: Scott Haynes – 22 pts
Camdenton Shootout
Southwest 50 Laquey 46
Southwest: Levi Roberts – 18 pts; Josh Hartin – 14 pts; Skylar Knoll – 8 pts; [...]
Mt. Vernon wins a great game tonight as they travel to Willard and defeat the Tigers 56-54. Zack Kleine is the star scoring 32 for the Mountaineers as they get a rod win against a good Willard squad.
On the ladies side, Miller and Ash Grove will meet for the third time in three weeks in [...]
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
Greenwood: Hawken Thieme – 26 pts; Tim Looney – 20 pts
Conway: Grant Rumfelt – 20 pts
Caught the Crane/Cassville boys game last night deep in Barry County. I wanted to get a first hand look at Crane’s high scoring guard Levi Cook, and see how and if the Cassville Wildcats were progressing under new coach TJ Dickenson. When the dust settled, Crane had themselves a 61-44 victory, Cook had 27 points, [...]
BASKETBALL
BOYS
Mansfield Tournament
Greenwood 48, Ava 41
Greenwood: Hawken Thieme – 26 pts
Gainesville 52, Mansfield 44
Mansfield: Heath Dugger – 20 pts
Arvest Bank Invitational
Webb City 67, Pea Ridge, AR 65
Rogers, AR 46, Mt. Vernon 40