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 [...]
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
Seneca: Toby Roelfsema – 28 pts, [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Top 5 Teams By Class
Class 1
Exeter – 8 returning letterman including all 5 starters. The Lady Tigers are primed for a big year with Whitney Edie leading the way.
Osceola
Chadwick
Lockwood
Humansville
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 [...]