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Since we’re halfway through baseball season, I thought I’d better do our basketball review before it gets totally lost. We’ll always remember this as the year of the ladies in the Ozarks as every state championship game features a team from SW Mo. The Nixa Lady Eagles, Exeter Lady Tigers, and Sparta Lady Trojans each bring home state titles with Sparta running the table at a perfect 31-0. Joining those three in the Show-Me Showdown finals were the Webb City Lady Cardinals & Skyline Lady Tigers who saw their quest to repeat as champs come up 1 point short. Columbia was crowded with Ozarks teams. The Bakersfield, Couch, and Fair Grove girls made the trip. As did the Chadwick, Laquey, Miller, and Blue Eye boys. The Blue & Gold was great. The Tournament of Champions was incredible. And we were treated to one of the best all around basketball seasons ever.
A couple of explanations before we continue. This year I’m naming a team & MVP for each class. I define MVP as the person who has the biggest impact on their team. In other words, take that player off the team and what is the effect? Player of the year is based solely on basketball accomplishments regardless of class. Who did the best relative to their competition. And game of the year means a game between two Ozarks teams. So you won’t see Central beating Rock Bridge listed. With that, here’s some notable moments from the 08-09 basketball season, our All-OzarksSports teams, and a list of seniors that we say ‘Good bye’ and ‘Thank you’ to.
Continue reading 2008-09 basketball year in review
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BASKETBALL
GIRLS
Marionville Lady Comet Classic
- Consolation semifinal – Cassville 52, Marionville 26
- Winner semifinal – Mt. Vernon 58, Miller 50
- Winner semifinal – Ash Grove 43, Pleasant Hope 37
Bolivar Lady Liberator Tournament
- Consolation – Rogersville 61, Catholic 51
- 3rd – Bolivar 62, Stockton 57
- Championship – Branson 58, Aurora 51
Thayer Winter Classic
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The game of the night is on the boys side as Mansfield and Fair Grove go four extra periods to settle their contest. The Lions Nathan Jones scored 23 and hit 7 threes to help Mansfield outlast the Eagles 82 – 77. It was inside vs outside with Mansfield tossing in 12 threes on the night to Fair Grove’s 1. But Justin Cleeton and Matt Loyd provided plenty of punch for the Eagles scoring 23 & 24 pts. Mansfield rallied from 7 down to start the fourth to send the game to bonus basketball.
Miller’s scoring machine Hannah Wilkerson has the top individual performance as she went for 42 points to lead the Lady Cardinals to a 69-63 win over a good Ash Grove squad. Honorable mention to Thomas Jefferson’s Alex Oserowsky who had the big double double scoring 23 and grabbing 16 rebounds in the Cavaliers 67-64 loss to Southwest.
BASKETBALL
Continue reading 1/12/09 scores
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It was a good night to be a Lady Eagle. The Nixa girls get their revenge in round 2 as they defeat archrival Ozark 45-38. Bri Anton led all scorers with 18 but Nixa makes a 9 point lead entering the fourth quarter stand up. Aly Stock & Abby Bracker each had 12 for the Lady Eagles. And Fair Grove again shows balanced scoring with 5 players going for 8 or more to down Hillcrest 69-56. Mollie Gavin had 19 for Fair Grove to lead all scorers.
BASKETBALL
Girls
Continue reading 1/5/09 scores
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Finals day at the Pink & White and action starts early at McDonald Arena. Here’s the schedule and latest updates.
Pink & White
7th place – #8 Hillcrest 62, Morrisville 42
Hillcrest: Taylor Parham – 19 pts
5th place – Aurora 42, Parkview 41
3rd place – #4 West Plains 46, Mt. Vernon 39
West Plains: Sara Paschall – 16 pts
Championship – [...]
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Despite the seeds taking a beating overall, #1 & #2 will meet in the final as Ozark and Glendale cruise in the semis today. #1 Ozark dropped #4 West Plains by hitting a tournament record 14 threes and placing 5 players in double figures. #2 Glendale used a 10-2 run to build a 14 point lead at the start of the second half and maintained from there. Only 4 seeded teams make it to the final day with #8 Hillcrest, playing for 7th, joining Glendale, Ozark, and West Plains.
Pink & White
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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
Continue reading 2008 girls basketball pre-season report
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Lots of tournament action right now in both girls & boys basketball. Championship games are now set for both Reeds Spring & Nevada tournaments. And in first round action at Rogersville, Chadwick proved they’re deserving of their state ranking by taking a very good Rogersville team to the brink on their home court before [...]
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Lot’s of smaller tournaments going on involving SW Missouri teams. Plus the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions tips off today.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Webb City Classic
Webb City 91, Olathe South(Ks) 81: Olathe South, Denver Holmes – 34 pts; Webb City, Landon Zerkel – 28 pts, Trey Laveroni – 22 pts
Branson 69, KC Lincoln Prep 56: Lincoln Prep, Deron Lloyd [...]
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