Seneca claims Player of the Year on both the boys and girls side of the Big 8. Toby Roelfsema takes it by himself for the boys. Jacci Yust shares the honor with Lauren McRae of Carl Junction.
2010 Big 8 All-Conference Basketball Teams
BOYS
First team
Toby Roelfsema, Seneca, SR – Player of [...]
BASKETBALL
GIRLS
Varsity
Greenfield 42, Everton 39
Morrisville 44, Ava 42
Morrisville: Kasey Painter – 28 pts; Rachel Phillips – 11 pts; Taylor Wilkins – 5 pts
Mt. Vernon 77, Catholic 69
Mt. Vernon: Kenzie Williams – 21 pts
Catholic: Bekah Bade – 28 pts; Danielle Lampe – 22 pts
Great moment tonight in Morrisville as Hannah Wilkerson becomes the states all time leading scorer. Former record holder Melissa Grider was on hand in the town she spent her first three years playing for to present Wilkerson the game ball after the record breaking point early in the second quarter. Wilkerson would finish with 32 [...]
According to you, my readers, Hannah Wilkerson was the girls MVP of the holiday tournaments. Miller’s four game run through the Walnut Grove Classic included a 45 point performance by Wilkerson in the final and netted her 36% of the vote. Coming in second was Lauren McCurry of Pleasant Hope who lead all scorers at [...]
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 [...]
Shocker at Weiser. It’s no shock that Kickapoo could beat Webb City, but to do it 49-27 by only allowing the Lady Cardinals 5 points in the second half is stunning. Great defensive effort by Kickapoo and they ran out to a 25-6 first quarter lead.
Meanwhile at the Blue & Gold, Ozark escapes again with a [...]
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
Avery Dingman’s 46 points and 10 of 12 shooting from three point range for Branson are your resounding choice for the best performance of the first two weeks of the basketball season. Dingman’s big night pulled in 36 % of the vote, more than doubling the total of the second choice, Mt. Vernon’s Kenzie Williams [...]
BASKETBALL
GIRLS
Cabool Tournament
Seymour 64, Willow Springs 52
Joplin Lady Eagle Classic
Miller 72, Harrison, AR 58
Miller: Hannah Wilkerson – 39 pts
Springdale Har-Ber 66, Neosho 40
Marshfield 39, Joplin 31
Webb City 59, Blue Valley West 32
Bixby (OK) Tournament