Marv’s Thursday Sports

IBERIA 69-61 OVER RICHLAND

EARLIER YESTERDAY, THE IBERIA RANGERS DREW THE 1 SEED IN THE UPCOMING CLASS 2 DISTRICT 9 TOURNAMENT, RICHLAND THE 2ND…
LAST NIGHT, THE RANGERS PUT AN EXCLAMATION POINT ON THE SEED WITH A 69-61 WIN OVER THE BEARS IN A RE-SCHEDULED GAME AND THE RANGERS MOVE TO 5-0 IN THE FRISCO AND TAKE THE OUTRIGHT LEAD IN THE STANDINGS….
IT WAS A BIG NIGHT FOR IBERIA’S ZACH VOSS WHO POURED IN 37 POINTS AND YANKED DOWN 17 REBOUNDS IN A MONSTER EFFORT…WADE BOND DROPPED IN 10….
THAT WAS THE BEARS FIRST LOSS SINCE DEC. 10TH WHEN THEY LOST BY A DUECE TO STEELVILLE…
THEY HAD RATTLED OFF 15 STRAIGHT AND NOW STAND AT 17-3, 4-1 IN THE LEAGUE WHILE THE RANGERS ARE 16-4 OVERALL….

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CROCKER 49-41 OVER NEWBURG

THEY MOVED THE GAME UP AN HOUR, AND IF THEY WOULD HAVE PLAYED IT BEFORE THE DISTRICT SEEDING MEETING, CROCKER WOULD HAVE THE 2 SEED INSTEAD OF THE 3 AFTER A 49-41 WIN OVER THE NEWBURG LADY WOLVES…THIS WAS A MAKE UP FROM JAN. 20TH WHEN WE WERE GRACED WITH MOTHER NATURE’S SNOW…
THE LADY LIONS CAME OUT, AND WHILE THEY FELL BEHIND BY 2 AT THE END OF THE 1ST QUARTER, THEIR DEFENSE AND EXECUTION PLEASED THEIR COACH….RICH MUELLER SAID “We played good defense, executed the game plan, and played hard….Too many unforced errors we need to clean up, and it could be a good run to the end..”
THE LADY WOLVES LAUNCHED 23 THREE POINTERS BUT ONLY HIT FOR FIVE..
CROCKER’S GAME PLAN WAS TO LIMIT NEWBURG’S 2 LEADING SCORERS AND WHILE THEY KEPT ONE IN SINGLE DIGITS, BAILEY BROOKSHIRE ENDED WITH 12, BUT IT WAS GRACE AFFOLTER WHO BURIED 15….
SKYLAR LAYMAN HAD 19 TO LEAD CROCKER AND ALL SCORERS.
AFTER FALLING BEHIND, CROCKER TOOK A 27-21 LEAD INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AT THE HALF, LEAD BY 5 AFTER THE 3RD AND WON THE 4TH, AND THE FRISCO LEAGUE GAME GIVING THE LADY LIONS A 3-1 MARK IN THE LEAGUE, AND 15-6 OVERALL…

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IBERIA 72-60 OVER DIXON

THE DIXON LADY BULLDOGS RODE INTO ROCKTOWN LAST NIGHT TO FACE THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS IN A MAKE UP FROM MID JANUARY AND THE HOME TOWN TEAM PUT ON THEIR RALLY CAPS IN THE FINAL 8 MINUTES AND SENT THE HOME TOWN FANS HOME HAPPY WITH A 72-60 VICTORY.
DIXON LED BY 3 AFTER ONE, THIS WAS TIED AT THE HALF AT 35 EACH….DIXON WON THE 3RD QUARTER AND TOOK A 4 POINT LEAD INTO THE 4TH WHEN IBERIA CUT LOOSE FOR A 23-7 RUN, ERASED THE DEFICIT AND WON IT BY A DOZEN…
IBERIA HAD 4 IN DOUBLES WITH PAIGE SPENCER DRAINING 30…HAYLEE HUMPHERY ADDED 16..
LANEY HALLEY AND HOPE DUNCAN EACH DROPPED IN 10 POINTS…HALLEY PULLED DOWN 10 BOARDS ADDING ANOTHER DOUBLE DOUBLE TO HER SEASON…
BROOK SINCLAIR LED DIXON WITH 35, CHLOE IRVIN HIT FOR 13 FOR THE LADY BULLDOGS..

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NOW LET’S GET TO THAT CLASS 2 DISTRICT 9 TOURNAMENT, COMING TO LAQUEY AND STARTING A WEEK FROM THIS SATURDAY WITH THE GIRLS FIRST ROUND…
THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS CARRY THE TOP SEED AND WILL FACE 8TH SEED LAQUEY AT HIGH NOON ON FEB. 22ND.
THE 4TH SEED PLATO LADY EAGLES AND 5TH SEED STOUTLAND LADY TIGERS MEET AT 1:30…..
2ND SEED NEWBURG GETS 7TH SEED VIENNA AT 3 THAT AFTERNOON WITH 3RD SEED CROCKER PLAYING THE LATE ONE AT 4:30 AGAINST 6TH SEED IBERIA….

THE BOYS TIP ON MONDAY THE 24TH AND THEY WILL HAVE ALL 4 FIRST ROUND GAMES STARTING AT 4 WITH TOP SEED IBERIA AND 8TH SEED STOUTLAND…
4TH SEED PLATO GETS 5TH SEED VIENNA AT 5:30…..
2ND SEED RICHLAND MEETS 7TH SEED CROCKER AT 7 WHILE THE LATE NIGHT GAME AT 8:30 HAS 3RD SEED NEWBURG AND 6TH SEED LAQUEY…..

GIRLS SEMI FINALS ON TUESDAY, BOYS ON WEDNESDAY….BOTH FINALS ON FRIDAY……..
IT’S WIRE TO WIRE ON 97. 9 FM, STARTING ONE WEEK FROM THIS SATURDAY……

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THE OTHER 2 FRISCO LEAGUERS ARE IN CLASS 3 AND BOTH DIXON AND LICKING ARE IN THE DISTRICT 4 BRACKET AT MTN. GROVE…THIS TOO HAS BEEN SEEDED..
THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING DREW THE 1 SEED AND THEY TIP SATURDAY THE 22ND AT 12 NOON AGAINST 8TH SEEDED DIXON, SO ONE OF THE 2 FRISCO LEAGUERS WILL BE ELIMINATED EARLY.
ST. JAMES DREW THE 2 SEED, MTN. VIEW LIBERTY THE 3RD, FOLLOWED BY AVA, WILLOW SPRINGS, HOUSTON, AND MTN. GROVE AT NO. 7…..

THE BOYS BRACKET HAS ST. JAMES AS THE 1 SEED, AVA IS 2, FOLLOWED BY MTN. VIEW LIBERTY, WILLOW SPRINGS, LICKING IS 5TH, HOUSTON IS 6TH, DIXON 7TH AND MTN GROVE 8TH…
ALL 4 FIRST ROUND BOYS GAMES WILL BE ON THAT MONDAY, THE 24TH…..
LICKING PLAYS WILLOW SPRINGS AT 5:30….DIXON MEETS AVA AT 7…

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TONIGHT…..
THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS TRAVEL TO KICKAPOO…
IN THE FRISCO LEAGUE, 3 CONFERENCE TILTS, AND 2 NON CONFERENCE MATCH UPS.
LEAGUE GAMES HAS THE CROCKER LADY LIONS UP THE ROAD AT IBERIA.
DIXON TRAVELS TO RICHLAND
LAQUEY HEADS TO STOUTLAND..
LICKING TRAVELS TO THAYER AND HOUSTON STAYS IN TEXAS COUNTY AND COMES TO PLATO….

IN A BOYS TILT, PLATO’S AT EUGENE..
THE WAYNESVILLE 9TH GRADE BOYS TOURNAMENT CONTINUES THRU SATURDAY…

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SOME BASKETBALL MAKE UPS COMING UP TOMORROW AND SATURDAY BESIDES THE REGULAR SCHEDULE OF GAMES…..
LICKING AND STOUTLAND GIRLS POSTPONED FROM LAST THURSDAY IS TOMORROW, VALENTINES DAY..

THE RICHLAND BEARS HOMECOMING GAME AGAINST BELLE-CANCELLED ON JAN 17TH HAS BEEN RE-SCHEUDLED FOR TOMORROW…..

ON SATURDAY, THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS GAME WITH STOVER, SNOWED OUT IN DECEMBER IS ON TAP FOR THE 15TH…THIS WILL BE PLAYED IN IBERIA BEGINNING AT 1:00 WITH 2 QUARTERS OF A JV GAME FOLLOWED BY A VARSITY GAME.

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LAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGER WRESTLERS COMPETED IN DISTRICTS AT NIXA AND QUALIFIED TWO FOR STATE, JASMINE DUNCAN AND JUSTICE SEELEY..
TOMORROW AND SATURDAY, IT’S THE BOYS TURN AS THEY HAVE THEIR DISTRICT TOURNAMENT SET FOR JEFF CITY….
WEIGH IN IS 4PM FRIDAY, FIRST ROUND GOES DOWN AT 5:30…..
THEY RETURN ON SATURDAY FOR THOSE STILL ALIVE…
TOP 4 IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS MOVE ON…..