CLASS 4
At Hammons Student Center, Springfield
Girls – Webb City 57, St. James 36
Last year, the key to beating Webb City was to beat their press and stop Kaitlin Jaeger. But as Webb City displayed Saturday against St. James, even if you do hold Jaeger down this year, you’re still likely to get smoked. Balanced scoring [...]
West Plains comes within a last second 3 pointer of pulling the big upset losing to St. James 41-40 as the Lady Tigers hit a shot at the buzzer to win. No such problems for Webb City and Kickapoo who roll to big wins.
CLASS 4
At Lebanon High School
St. James 41, West Plains 40
Bolivar 65, Helias [...]
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, [...]
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
CLASS 1
Dadeville
Thomas Jefferson
Dora
Fair Play
Niangua
Considered: Bakersfield, Walnut Grove, Wheatland
So far Dadeville has done nothing to disappoint, they look as good as expected. Jordan Stauffer has TJ looking even better than expected as they continue to overpower teams. Dora has torn through the Koshkonong Tournament, Koshkonong, & Couch so far. Fair Play already owns a [...]
And we are fully under way in the 09-10 basketball season. And Pleasant Hope’s Matt Brown has already marked himself as a player to watch scoring 82 points in the teams first two games. Last night Brown went for 40 as the Pirates won 85-33 over College Heights in the first round of the Dennis [...]
Change is in the air as some new faces have a real shot to rise to the top this year. And don’t sleep on the small school. Zach Medley and Brock Toler of Dadeville, Alex Oserowsky of Thomas Jefferson, and Wheatland’s Clay Crouch are all players to catch in action. If your looking [...]
And we’re off. We’ll review the picks on Monday each week to see if I’m a genius or a moron. The truth is out there. Early conference matchups dot the landscape. And a clash of titans highlights the night.
WEEK 1 PICKS
Game of the Week
Harrisonville (#6, Class 4) at Webb City (#1, Class 4)
As [...]