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2010 Coaches All-State Baseball

The Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association announced their all-state teams for 2010 today.  And as with all coaches selections, you get some bad with the good.  First the good.

  • The quiet type. A few teams that quietly had good seasons got rewarded including Liberal who saw three players selected headed up by sophomore Colton Selvey, a first team pitcher.  Others deserving teams with all-state picks included Billings, Wheatland, and Monett.
  • Young guns. Of the 48 area players honored 26 are underclassmen, including four sophomores and 2 freshmen.  Stockton will be returning all five of their all-state players for next year.
  • Not the usual suspects. It’s good to see some new teams have players honored.  Exeter, Spokane, Mt. Vernon, and Parkview don’t exactly leap to mind when thinking of baseball powers, but each have a player selected this season.

Now the bad.

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5/18/10 District Baseball Report

Class 3 district 11 finally got underway and Travis Northern wasted no time in tossing a gem, throwing a no hitter to lead the Wildcats to a 15-0 win over Hollister.  Cassville will next take on Bolivar who was a 6-1 winner over Reeds Spring.

Ozark rides a Trevor Burk 3 run dinger and strong pitching from Cody Holzer and Andy Westfall to a 3-1 win over West Plains.  Nice report from the News-Leader including the 5th inning drama if you click on the link below.  The Tigers advance to face Kickapoo who got a strong pitching performance from Tyler Lopez to defeat Parkview 6-2.

Norwood knocks off #2 seed and defending state champion Dora decisively with a 16-4 victory.  The Pirates will face top seed Galena for the district championship as the Bears dealt Bakersfield a 10-0 defeat.

And in Jasper at the class 1 district 6 tournament, sixth seed Golden City continued their upset string.  Monday they knocked off #3 seed Jasper.  Last night the Eagles eliminated #2 seed Greenfield with a 15-9 win.  Next up, top seed Billings who was a 6-3 winner over Wheaton.

CLASS 1

District 4 at Van Buren

  • #1 Couch 8, #4 Van Buren 7
  • #2 Winona 3, #3 Naylor 2

Next – May 19th

  • 4 PM – Championship – Couch vs Winona

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4/19/10 Scores

BASEBALL

  • Liberal 10, Archie 2
  • Purdy 7, Jasper 5
    • Purdy: Riley Veith – W, 6.1 IP, 9 K; Kevin Miller – 3 RBI; Daniel Burnside – 2 for 4
    • Jasper: Jesse Hodge – 3 for 4, 2 HR; Ryan Rector – HR
  • Stoutland 23, Macks Creek 3 (5 inn)
  • Wheaton 6, Exeter 5
    • Wheaton: Sean Goostree – 2 for 2, 2 RBI; Darren Medley – 2 for 4, GW RBI in 7th
  • Houston 5, Cabool 0
  • Cassville 12, McDonald County 7
    • Cassville: Ricky Vanderpool – 4.2 IP, 7 K, 2 BB, 0 ER; Trevor Tanner – 3 hits, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R; Travis Northern – 3 hits, 2 R;  Evan Stubblefield – 3 hits, 2 RBI, 2 R
  • Fair Grove 14, Spokane 3
  • Springfield Central 6, Fair Play 4
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4/15/10 Scores

Cassville’s Travis Northern sees his scoreless inning streak come to an end, but the Wildcats still get the win 5 to 3 over Carl Junction in 8 innings.  Northern went the distance striking out 10 and also drove in two runs.

Strafford rebounded from their loss to Stockton Tuesday with a vengeance dropping Crane 14-0.

And on the soccer pitch, Anabelle Chaffin nets a pair of goals to help Greenwood past Marshfield 4-2.

GIRLS SOCCER

Neosho Tournament

  • Joplin 3, Neosho B 0
    • Joplin: Ashlea Norman, Meghan Matheson, Morgan Davis
  • Neosho 2, Carl Junction 1

Varsity

  • Greenwood 4, Marshfield 2
    • Greenwood: Anabelle Chaffin 2, Sara Cook, Mary Margaret Kirkland
    • Marshfield: Ashley Honeycutt, Dannyca Mostrom
  • Nixa 3, Bolivar 0
    • Nixa: Lauren Moats, Kelsey Haist, Kelsey Bartell
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Scores, Scores, and More Scores

Greetings from the Motor City.  For those of you who are interested, it’s Wisconsin vs. Boston College tonight for the national championship.

But closer to home, Cassville’s Travis Northern continues his scoreless inning streak to start the year.  It’s now 14 innings, as he throws 5 scoreless last night in the Wildcats 11-0 win over Reeds Spring.  Bo Blisard went 3 for 3 with a homer and 5 RBI to lead the offense.  Liberal remains undefeated with 10-0 win over St. Paul Kansas Thursday.  And the Red & Blue tournament is in full swing in Springfield.

BASEBALL

4/7

  • Wheaton 14, McAuley 1 (5 inn)
    • Wheaton: Jakob Beck – W, 2-hitter; Blake Dilbeck – HR, 3 R, 3 RBI
  • Rogersville 10, Fair Grove 2
  • Joplin 18, Skitook, OK 11
  • Joplin 9, Perry, OK 1
    • Joplin: Adam St. Peter – W, 2 hitter
  • Jefferson City 14, Lebanon 11

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4/1/10 Scores

I promise that you will get no April Fools Day pranks here.  Norwood’s opponents feel like a cruel prank has been played on them lately.  After Riley Jenkins tossed a perfect game yesterday, Travis Coatney follows that act with a no-hitter tonight in a 17-0 win over Willow Springs.  Coatney struck out 7 and walked 2 as he faced only 1 batter over the minimum.  He also helped his cause at the plate driving in 4 runs.  And Strafford Ethan Highley threw 3 perfect innings as the Indians dropped Mansfield 16-0.  Rhett Parton swung the big stick going 3 for 4 with a double, a home run, 6 RBI, and 3 runs scored.

BASEBALL

Varsity

  • Galena 22, Chadwick 0
  • Purdy 4, Diamond 0
    • Purdy: Riley Veith – W, 7 IP, 8 K, 4 BB, 2 hits; Reese Stevenson – 2 hits, 2B, 2 RBI; Landon Terry – 2 hits, 2B
  • Fair Grove 14, Marionville 3
  • Norwood 17, Willow Springs 0 (5 inn)
    • Norwood: Travis Coatney – W, 5 IP, no-hitter, 7 K, 2 BB, 3 for 5, 4 RBI; Cody Hull – 3 for 4, 3 R
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Class 3 Show-Me Bowl Review & Analysis

Many times at the end of the season, the team that ends up #1 has people question them.  Usually by using ‘IFs’.  For example, statements like this were made about last Cassville state title run last year.  IF they hadn’t changed the playoff system, they wouldn’t have even made it.  IF Harrisonville was still in class 3 they wouldn’t have won.  IF Chillicothe hadn’t missed that extra point, they would have won instead.  Some people might say that IF Centrailia hadn’t lost to Brentwood, they would have beat Maryville in the championship.  Sometimes the ‘IFs’ are true statements, but they’ alsore in the past and can’t be changed.  But to some people, they will always leave a question mark on a teams accomplishments.
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Class 3 Show-Me Bowl Preview

I know that many of you would love to crown Cassville state champions right now.  After going through Seneca, Rogersville, and KC O’Hara, they’ve done enough to deserve it.  But there’s still one game left to play.  And it’s against a team that deserves to be mentioned with those three.  So let’s take a few moments to get to know Cassville’s opponent, and break down what we may see in St. Louis on Saturday.

Bowling Green Bobcats

  • Record: 14-0
  • Colors: Red & black
  • Playoff appearance: 6 (’81, ’83, ’86, ’91, ’08, ’09)
  • Playoff record: 4-5
  • PPG: 38.1
  • APG: 8.5
  • Offense: Spread
  • Defense: 4-3
  • Road to the Dome:

Semifinal Football Report

CLASS 2

  • Maryville 21, Lamar 7
    • The Tigers were in it all the way until Maryville scored with just over 2 minutes remaining to secure the victory.  The story was the Maryville defense as Lamar threw everything but the kitchen sink at them in an attempt to generate offense.  Lamar was only able to rush for 128 yards on the day, and had just under 250 yards total.  But Lamar’s defense was just as good shutting down the Spoofhounds offense for all but their last scoring drive.   Continue reading Semifinal Football Report

Quarterfinal Football Review

A great Saturday of football.  Some great performances, a couple of fantastic finishes, and three area teams took a step closer to state titles.  The Big 8 had a big day.  And a future high school legend took his last trip to the end zone.

CLASS 1

  • Valle Catholic 42, Miller 6
    • Just a dominant effort by the Valle line and by QB Michael Greminger.  The Warriors scored on all five of their first half possessions.  Greminger had a part in the last four as he threw for 197 yards and 3 TDs, and rushed for 62 and a TD in the half.  Justin Jack lead Miller with 59 yards rushing and threw for 129 yards and finally got Miller on the board as time expired with a 7 yard TD pass to Tyler Hinshaw.  The Cardinals see a fine season come to a disappointing end.

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