IT’S GIRLS NIGHT OUT TONIGHT FOR CLASSES 1, 2 AND 3 SECTIONALS…
CLASS 1 HAS SCOTT COUNTRY CENTRAL HOSTING DELTA….
SOUTH IRON IS HOME TO CHADWICK…COMMUNITY HEADS TO LEETON…
NORTH SHELBY TRAVELS TO MEADVILLE…
THE LADY COUGARS OF CLIMAX SPRINGS PLAY HOST TO 3RD RANKED WALNUT GROVE…
MaCAULEY CATHOLIC OF JOPLIN HOSTS MONTROSE…
MERCER HEADS TO SANTA FE WHILE STANBRY HITS THE ROAD TO JEFFERSON CONCEPTION..

CLASS 2….
THE 3RD RANKED RICHLAND LADY BEARS HOST THE DORA LADY FALCONS IN A 6PM TIP….GATES OPEN AT 5..CONCESSIONS WILL BE AVAILBLE..GREENFIELD IS HOSTING BLUE EYE….
HOLCOMB TRAVELS TO ELLINGTON..VIBURNUM GOES TO ORAN..
NEW HAVEN IS HOME TO SCOTLAND COUNTY..
EUGENE TRAVELS TO HARRISBURG….ARCHIE HOSTS WELLINGTON-NAPOLEAN, AND PLATTSBURG HOSTS BISHOP LeBLOND…..

IN CLASS 3 GIRLS HOOPS TONIGHT…
WOODLAND HOSTS TWIN RIVERS….LIFT FOR LIFE CHARTER HOSTING WEST COUNTY IN ST. LOUIS….STEELVILLE HOSTS THE STRAFFORD LADY INDIANS…..ASH GROVE IS HOSTING MILLER WITH THE GAME AT WILLARD…
DUCHESNE HOSTS CLARK COUNTY IN ST. CHARLES…..SOUTH CALLAWAY IS HOME TO THE TIPTON LADY CARDINALS…
SKYLINE HOSTS BARSTOW…MILAN VISITS LAWSON…

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CLASS 1, 2 AND 3 BOYS SECTIONALS FROM LAST NIGHT…..

CLASS 1, THE ST. ELIZABETH HORNETS ARE INTO THE QUARTER FINALS AFTER A 55-50 VICTORY OVER GOLDEN CITY….THE GAME WAS PLAYED AT CAMDENTON…
THIS CAME DOWN TO FREE THROWS ONCE AGAIN…..THE HORNETS LED BY 4 HEADING INTO THE FINAL 8 MINUTES AND WERE JUST 2 OF 9 FROM THE LINE THRU THE FIRST 3 QUARTERS, BUT AT CRUNCH TIME, ST. E CAME UP BIG HITTING 15 OF 23 IN THE FINAL 8 MINUTES AND MOVED TO THE RIGHT ON THE BRACKET….
THE HORNETS GET THOMAS JEFFERSON INDEPENDANT OUT OF JOPLIN IN THE QUARTERS AFTER THEY ELIMINATED MIAMI, 66-39..THAT QUARTER COMES UP ON FRIDAY AT EUGEGE WITH ST. E HOSTING…
THE OTHER CLASS 1 WINNERS LAST NIGHT, DELTA, HIGBEE, ORRICK AND MOUND CITY….
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CLASS 2 AND IT CAME TO A CRASHING END FOR THE NEWBURG WOLVES ON THEIR HOME FLOOR LAST NIGHT WITH THE NORWOOD PIRATES COMING TO TOWN AND SPANKING THE WOLVES, 72-47….
NORWOOD LED THIS WIRE TO WIRE AND BY HALF TIME, WITH A 29-10 LEAD, HAD THIS IN THEIR HIP POCKET…..
JARED LOTT LED THE SENIOR LOADED WOLVES WITH 11…TRISTAN WOFFORD ADDED 10….
NORWOOD GOT 33 FROM GARRETT DAVAULT..
NEWBURG FINISHES AT 17-8, LOSES 8 SENIORS, BUT DID GET NEWBURG THEIR FIRST BOYS DISTRICT TITLE SINCE THE 80-81 SEASON, 41 YEARS AGO…..
NORWOOD ADVANCES TO MEET CRANE ON FRIDAY AFTER CRANE ENDED IT FOR COLLEGE HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN, 74-59 AT CARTHAGE LAST NIGHT..
OTHER CLASS 2 WINNERS INCLUDED CAMPBELL, VALLE CATHOLIC, WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN, SALISBURY, LAKELAND AND NORTH ANDREW..
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IN CLASS 3, AFTER KNOCKING OUT IBERIA IN THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, THE SEASON ENDED FOR LINN LAST NIGHT INA 50-46 LOSS TO MONROE CITY..MONROE IS RANKED 3RD IN STATE AND WHILE LINN GAVE THEM A GAME, THEY CAME UP SHORT IN THE FINAL MINUTES…..
MONROE CITY FACES O’FALLON CHRISTIAN IN THE QUARTERS….

HARTVILLE WENT TO STEELVILLE AND HAMMERED THE CARDINALS, 84-49 TO ADVANCE..THEY GET GREENWOOD IN THE NEXT ROUND AFTER TRHEY DISMANTLED MILLER, 81-47…
THE OTHER CLASS 3 WINNERS WERE THAYER WITH A 78-54 WIN OVER CHARLESTON…
THE BOBCATS FACE LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY OF ST. LOUIS IN THE QUARTERS…
SUMMITT CHRISTIAN KNCOKED OFF SKYLINE, 65-64 IS AT SKYLINE TO ADVANCE..
ST. PIUS OF KANSAS CITY ALSO MOVED RIGHT WITH A WIN OVER SOUTH HARRISON.

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WHS 47-40 OVER CENTRAL

THE ROAD TRIP HOME FROM SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL WAS A HAPPY ONE FOR THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS AS THEIR SEASON CONTINUES AFTER THE 3RD SEEDED TIGERS UPSET THE 2ND SEEDED BULLDOGS, 47-40 IN THE CLASS 6 DISTRICT 10 SEMI FINALS……THE PIT, AS THE CENTRAL GYM HAS BEEN NICKNAMED, HAS NOT BEEN KIND TO OPPOSING TEAMS BUT THE TIGERS WALKED OUT WITH A DISTRICT WIN….
WAYNESVILLE GOT OFF TO A 13-10 LEAD AFTER ONE, CENTRAL TIED IT AT 27 BY HALF TIME…CENTRAL WENT UP BY 2 AFTER THE 3RD BUT THE TIGERS STEPPED UP THE DEFENSE, OUTSCORED CENTRAL 12-5 IN THE 4TH, AND PUT THIS AWAY..
THE TIGERS WERE 10 OF 14 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE, AND WHILE BOTH TEAMS WERE WHISTLED FOR 15 FOULS EACH, CENTRAL WAS 5 OF 9 FROM THE STRIPE AND THAT TURNS OUT TO BE A 5 POINT DIFFERANCE IN A 7 POINT VICTORY….JARED HYATT LED THE TIGERS WITH 14…
XAY MacARTHUR ADDED 13…..
ANTONIO STARKS LED CENTRAL WITH 16, JAMARIUS LAWRIE ADDED 12….

TIGER COACH CHRIS PILZ SAID “Central is always tough at home. In my experience , playoff games always bring out the best in teams. This was a highly competitive game which we were fortunate to come out on top. Central is well coached and were a very tough opponent tonight. Senior Jared Hyatt played big down the stretch to help us secure the victory.
“We will go back to practice tomorrow and get ready for Parkview on Friday.”

TIGERS ARE 13-11, AND HAVE AT LEAST ONE MORE ON FRIDAY..
THEY FACE THE PARKVIEW VIKINGS WHO BESTED LEBANON 59-32…
THE JACKETS LED BY 1 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT THE VIKINGS 21-6 RUN IN THE 2ND PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH FOR LEBANON TO OVERCOME AS PARKVIEW ALMOST DOUBLED UP THE JACKETS BY HALFTIME, 30-16..
TURNOVERS WERE THE KEY TO THIS…..THE VIKES FORCED 23 LEBANON TURNOVERS WHILE PARKVIEW COMMITTED ONLY 3…
ELIJAH WHITLEY LED PARKVIEW WITH 14…
JOSH NAPPER HAD A GAME-HIGH 17 FOR THE YELLOWJACKETS WHO END WITH A RECORD OF 2-21…

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IT’S CENTRAL AND LEBANON FOR THE DISTRICT 10 GIRLS TITLE THURSDAY AT 6 AT CENTRAL…….

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AFTER THE ROLLA BULLDOGS THUMPED CAMDENTON, 70-47 LAST NIGHT IN PHELPS COUNTY, THEY WILL PLAY FOR A DISTRICT TITLE THIS FRIDAY..
THE BULLDOGS FACE MARSHFIELD AT THE WEST PLAINS CIVIC CENTER…
MARSHFIELD GOT TO THE TITLE GAME WITH A 50-45 WIN OVER WEST PLAINS LAST NIGHT IN MARSHFIELD…
THE CLASS 5 DISTRICT 9 TITLE TILT WILL TIP AT 7:30…THIS IS ROLLA’S 2ND STRAIGHT DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST……THE GIRLS’ DISTRICT 9 TITLE GAME THAT FEATURES SECOND-SEEDED WEST PLAINS AGAINST FOURTH-SEEDED MARSHFIELD TIPS AT 5:30 P.M, ALSO ON FRIDAY…..

OTHER OZARK CONFERENCE ACTION LAST NIGHT….
CLASS 5 DISTRICT 10 BOYS, BOLIVAR ELIMINATES HILLCREST 59-33 IN THAT QUARTER FINAL.
CLASS 6, DISTRICT 11, THE GLENDALE LADY FALCONS ARE DONE AFTER A 63-27 TURBO CLOCK THUMPIN’ BY OZARK.
CLASS 6 DISTRICT 12 BOYS, KICKAPOO IS INTO THE FINALS AFTER AN 87-41 WHIPPIN’ OF CARTHAGE….THEY GET REPUBLIC ON FRIDAY….

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THE MISSOURI TIGERS, NOW OUT OF THE TOP 25 IN COLLEGE HOOPS MEETS FLORIDA IN GAINESVILLE TODAY AT 5:30…

THE MISSOURI WOMEN PLAY THURSDAY AT ALABAMA……