Kevin’s Friday Sports

THURSDAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL:

CLASS FIVE DISTRICT TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS-

OZARK LADY TIGERS 69 LEBANON LADY YELLOWJACKETS 30

THE TOP SEED BROUGHT THE A-GAME TO BOSWELL AUDITORIUM AND RAN AWAY FROM THE HOST TEAM…OZARK WAS UP BY THIRTEEN AFTER ONE AND 40-12 BY HALFTIME…..LEBANON COACH JACKY PAYNE ON THE DIFFICULT NIGHT..

 

 

FOUR SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES FOR OZARK WITH MADI BRADEN SHOWING THE WAY WITH 17….RAEGAN MCCOWAN PRODUCED 18 FOR LEBANON….THE LADY YELLOWJACKETS CONCLUDE THE SEASON AT 18-10…

OZARK 59 GLENDALE 53

IN THE BOY’S GAME, THE 1-SEED OVERCAME A SLOW START TO ADVANCE TO THE STATE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS…THE FALCONS LED 23-10 AFTER ONE BEFORE THE TIGERS WENT ON A 19-4 RUN IN THE SECOND TO GO UP 29-27 AT THE BREAK….OZARK COACH MARK SCHWEITZER ON OVERCOMING A SLOW START..

 

OZARK’S BIG MAN, A.J. ELLIOTT WAS A FORCE WITH 25 POINTS…CARTER HARRELL LED GLENDALE WITH 17…BOTH OZARK TEAMS ADVANCE TO THE SECTIONAL ROUND NEXT WEDNESDAY IN CAMDENTON…

ALSO:

CLASS 5 DISTRICT 9:

COLUMBIA BATTLE 75 JEFFERSON CITY 61

COLUMBIA ROCK BRIDGE 76 SEDALIA SMITH COTTON 60

CLASS 5 DISTRICT 11:

KICKAPOO 57 NIXA 48

KICKAPOO LADY CHIEFS 57 NIXA 45

CLASS 5 DISTRICT 12:

JOPLIN 45 REPUBLIC 44

REPUBLIC LADY TIGERS 48 WILLARD 31

CLASS 4 DISTRICT 10:

HELIAS 70 BOONVILLE 63

HELIAS LADY CRUSADERS 59 BOONVILLE 49

THERE’S CLASS ONE QUARTERFINAL BASKETBALL IN STORE TONIGHT AT MOBERLY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS THE ST. ELIZABETH HORNETS ATTEMPT TO EARN A RETURN TRIP TO THE SHOW-ME SHOWDOWN WITH AN 8:15 TIPOFF AGAINST MEADVILLE…

COLLEGE BASKETBALL:

MISSOURI STATE LADY BEARS 85 VALPARAISO 70

THE LADY BEARS PLACED SIX IN THE DOUBLE FIGURE SCORING COLUMN AND CLINCHED THE TOP SEED IN NEXT WEEK’S MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT…COACH AMAKA HAMILTON ON THE ACHIEVEMENT.

 

 

ALEXA WILLARD SCORED 17 AS DID BRICE CALIP AND THE LADY BEARS CONNECTED ON 11 THREE POINTERS …MISSOURI STATE IS 14-0 AT JQH ARENA AND WILL ATTEMPT TO COMPLETE AN UNBEATEN HOME RECORD SATURDAY WHEN LOYOLA COMES TO SPRINGFIELD FOR A 2:00 TIPOFF…

G.L.V.C. TOURNAMENT AT EDWARDSVILE, ILLINOIS-

MISSOURI ST. LOUIS 53 DRURY 51

DRURY LADY PANTHERS 94 MARYVILLE 73

INDIANAPOLIS 80 SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 68

TENNESSEE 64 MIZZOU LADY TIGERS 51

BASEBALL-

THE CARDINALS SPLIT THE SQUAD FOR A PAIR OF GAME’S THURSDAY WITH A BIG WIN AND A TIE THE RESULT.

CARDINALS 11 WASHINGTON 0

CARDINALS 7 METS 7

 

COLORADO 9 ROYALS 1