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Missouri Challenge girls teams and brackets

All the teams for the girls side of the Missouri Challenge haven’t been revealed yet.  But the seedings have and the bulls eye is squarely on the back of the Southwest squad.  Coach Jenni Hopkins of Hillcrest will take the #1 seeded team into the competition May 29th & 30th and will face off against the eighth seeded Northwest squad in the quarterfinals.  St. Louis grads the second seed with Kansas City third.  We’ll post the rest of the squads as they become available.

** UPDATE**  All rosters now complete.

Central

Coach – Doug Light, Jefferson City

  • Sydney Crafton, Jefferson City
  • Maci Wisdom, Skyline
  • Valerie Lambert, Holden
  • Lauren Racker, Blair Oak
  • Erin Rice, Cole Camp
  • Candace Garr, Stover
  • Brittany Early, Leeton
  • Renee Struemph, St. Elizabeth
  • Tierney Webb, Tuscumbia
  • Laura McMullin, Sacred Heart

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2/20/09 scores

BASKETBALL

BOYS

Weaubleau Tournament

  • Championship – Weaubleau 53, Wheatland 43
  • Consolation – Halfway 64, NE Vernon County 57

Varsity

  • Richland 71, Dixon 62
    • Dixon: Jordan Durham – 25 pts
  • Rogersville 66, Bolivar 54
    • Bolivar: Preston Guiot – 30 pts, 4 3s
  • Miller 68, Pierce City 51
    • Miller: Justin Jack – 21 pts
    • Pierce City: Dietrick Sooter – 20 pts
  • Seneca 56, Cassville 41

2/2/09 scores

BASKETBALL

GIRLS

McAuley Warrior Classic

  • #1 Seneca 64, #8 East Newton JV 28
  • #4 Verona 54, #5 Wheaton 50

Crocker Tournament

  • Eugene 62, Stoutland 29
    • Stoutland: Briana Boatwright – 24 pts
  • Crocker 53, St. Elizabeth 31
    • Crocker: Larra Kubinski – 18 pts, Kaitlin Bogle – 17 pts
  • Plato 47, Iberia 41
    • Plato: Kaley Cobb – 21 pts

SWCL Tournament

  • #1 Sparta 59, #8 Billings 29
  • #4 Clever 70, #5 Crane 68 (2OT)
  • #2 Blue Eye def #7 Forsyth
  • #3 Spokane 51, #6 Galena 48

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1/20/09 scores

Possibly the stat line of the year last night as Laquey’s Tyler Bock put up 30 points and brought down 20 rebounds in the Lady Hornets 51-45 win over Licking.  Laquey goes to 16-1 with the win.

BASKETBALL

BOYS

Tony Dubray Classic - Liberal

  • #5 Jasper 57, #4 Thomas Jefferson 55
    • Jasper: Isaac Tidball – 21 pts
  • #1 Galena, KS 72, #8 Altoona-Midway, KS 10
  • #2 St. Mary’s Colgan, KS 94, #7 Brounagh 16
  • #6 Liberal 37, #3 Golden City 30

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McDonald’s All-American Nominees

A number of Ozarks basketball players were included in the Missouri nominees for the McDonald’s All-American Basketball teams.  The next step is the first ballot which will be selected sometime early next month.  We’ll keep an eye out to see if any of our Ozarks athletes make the next step.  Congratulations to all our nominees

Missouri McDonald’s All-American Basketball Nominees

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Last tourney day of 2008

The Lebanon girls win their own tournament with a 57-32 win over Pleasant Hope.  Megan Stamm led the way with 21 points.  Likewise the Neosho girls take the title in their tournament.  Tournament MVP Lorelei Snow scored 21 in their 51-37 defeat of Rogers, AR.

BOYS

Neosho Holiday Tournament

  • 5th place – Neosho 44, KC Ruskin 42
  • 3rd place – McDonald County def Charleston, AR
  • Championship – Van Buren, AR 53, Morrilton, AR 35
    • Van Buren: Brooks White – 15 pts, tournament MVP

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Tourneys tourneys everywhere

Champions crowned tonight, Eminence wins the Cabool Holiday Tournament 59-49 over Thayer, Blue Eye takes the boys half of the Walnut Grove Holiday Classic 70-49 over Morrisville, while Couch downs Exeter 43-38 despite 24 pts from Whitney Edie to win the girls side.  But Kickapoo comes up one game short falling to Lee’s Summit West 75-63 in the finals of the William Jewell Tournament Cardinal Division.  The 35 points of West’s Mizzou signee Mike Dixon relegated the Chiefs to second.

BOYS

Cabool Holiday Tournament

  • 7th place – Sparta 47, Cabool 40
  • 5th place – Liberty 47, Houston 37
  • 3rd place – Couch vs Fair Grove – 5 PM
  • Championship – Eminence 59, Thayer 49

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12/5 scores

All this and I still can’t find scores on the Frisco League boys tournament, the consolation round of the Kickapoo Tip-Off Classic, etc.  I had high hopes for the News-Leader’s online system, but results from basketball coaches have been mixed at best.  Let’s keep hoping, and I’ll do my best to bring you everything I can find.

BASKETBALL

BOYS

Parkview Basketball Classic

  • Park Hill 55, Parkview 42

Kickapoo Tip-Off Classic

  • Liberty 81, Ozark 55
  • Fayetteville, AR 68, Kickapoo 39
    • Kickapoo: Alex Hall – 23 pts

Carthage Tournament

  • #1 Aurora 68, #4 Seneca 61
    • Seneca: Nick Chasten – 25 pts
  • #3 Joplin 44, #2 McDonald County 42

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2008 girls basketball pre-season report

Top 5 Teams By Class

Class 1

  1. Exeter – 8 returning letterman including all 5 starters.  The Lady Tigers are primed for a big year with Whitney Edie leading the way.
  2. Osceola
  3. Chadwick
  4. Lockwood
  5. Humansville

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Wendy’s High School Heisman finalists

The Missouri finalists for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award have been named and the Ozarks are represented well. For those of you not familiar with the High School Heisman, it’s an award given annually to 1 male and 1 female athlete for excellence in academics, athletics, and community/school leadership.  The Ozarks has a strong connection to the award as the first female winner in 1994 was Trisha Perry from Mansfield.  10 boys and 10 girls from across the state have been selected for consideration as the 2008 state winner.  Of those 20 students, 5 call the Ozarks home.  They are…