Another great evening of Basketball Saturday night in Branson as the 15th Gerald Pilz All-Star Games were held. In the girls game, the white team triumphed 93-82 behind the 20 points of MVP Whitney Edie. Aurora’s Jaime Nash had 15 for the red squad. Kayla Davidson of Strafford also scored 10.
In the boys game, Chad [...]
The teams have all been announced and the teams seeded for the boys side of the inaugural Missouri Challenge May 29th & 30th. The Southwest team is composed entirely of Ozarks players. While the South Central and Southeast teams both have Ozarks players also. St. Louis grabs the top seed, with Kansas City second, and [...]
6:15 AM – The Fair Grove Lady Eagles simply decided they would not let their season end in a manner they were not accustomed to. The California Lady Pintos were not ready for what Fair Grove was accustomed to. The end result was a dominating 82-52 victory for Fair Grove in the class 3 third [...]
7:15 AM – And in the early morning update, the Skyline Lady Tigers are one win away from repeating as state champions as they defeated California 63-53. Skyline held the Lady Pintos to 25% shooting in the first half in building a seven point lead, held that lead into the fourth, then pushed it out [...]
BOYS
4:30 PM – Maplewood-Richmond Heights (28-3) vs Blue Eye (26-3)
It’s no exaggeration to say that the Maplewood-Richmond Heights Blue Devils are as athletic as any team at any level in the state. They lost their opening game this year to eventual class 5 champion Chaminade by only 3 points. Guard Bryant Allen has committed to [...]
CLASS 1
BOYS
Three Rivers CC, Poplar Bluff – Scott County Central 87, Eminence 58
State Fair CC, Sedalia – Chadwick 61, Thomas Jefferson 42
GIRLS
Three Rivers CC, Poplar Bluff – Bakersfield 56, Delta 52
State Fair CC, Sedalia – Exeter 40, Montrose 33
Fourteen Ozarks teams remain alive in the smaller classes on the road to Columbia. By Saturday evening that number will be at least 12, and most likely less. Here’s a quick look at each matchup and what to expect. Except for class 3 games at Springfield, all boys games are at 1 PM, and all [...]
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Spent the evening in Purdy taking in the girls first round games. Top seed Miller looked sluggish, but still defeated Greenfield handily 70-46 with Hannah Wilkerson scoring 32 points. Coach Brandon Weiss told me that on the ride to Purdy he suspected that the girls weren’t quite focused and that certainly appeared to be true. [...]
The battle of newly state-ranked teams went to Thayer last night as the tripped up Liberty 65-64 in overtime. Justin Shipp had a huge night for the Bobcats scoring 36 points. The win gives the Bobcats at least a share of the SCA title also.
Great game in Billings last night. Galena’s Marcus Aschwege knocked down [...]