THE SHOW-ME BASKETBALL SHOWDOWN FOR SMALL CLASSIFICATIONS CONCLUDED SATURDAY AT J.Q.H. ARENA IN SPRINGFIELD WITH STATE TITLES EARNED BY THE HARTVILLE EAGLES AND STRAFFORD LADY INDIANS..
THE CLASS THREE GIRLS FINAL WENT DOWN TO THE FINAL HORN, AS STRAFFORD EARNED A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP, 65 TO 62 OVER LICKING IN COACH DUSTIN LARSEN’S DEBUT AS HEAD COACH..HE SAID THERE WAS NO PANIC WHEN HIS BALLCLUB WAS DOWN FOURTEEN..

 

EMMA COMPTON WENT 11 FOR 11 AT THE FOUL LINE AND LED THE STRAFFORD SCORING WITH 20..LADY WILDCATS COACH STEVE RISSLER SAID THINGS SLIPPED AWAY IN THE FINAL FOUR MINUTES WHEN THINGS WERE POINTING TOWARD A FIRST PLACE FINISH .

 

FOUR SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES FOR STRAFFORD, ALONE NOW IN THE MSHSAA RECORD BOOK FOR GIRLS BASKETBALL WITH FIVE CONSECUTIVE TITLES…LICKING’S KARLEE HOLLAND ENDED HER OUTSTANDING CAREER WITH 33 POINTS, HELPING THE LADY WILDCATS FINISH 25 AND 6…

THE HARTVILLE EAGLES FINISHED THEIR CAMPAIGN AT 31-2, BY DEFEATING SKYLINE 69-40 TO CAPTURE CLASS TWO HONORS…THE EAGLES PULLED AWAY FROM A FIFTEEN POINT HALFTIME LEAD TO EARN THE SCHOOL’S SECOND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS..COACH BRETT REED SAID THIS YEAR’S EDITION BUILT ON WHAT’S ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED.

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BRADEN BRANSTETTER LED THE SCORING WITH TWENTY FOR HARTVILLE…LAWSON BEEM PACED THE TIGERS WITH 19.. SKYLINE COACH TOMMY EGAN CREDITED HARTVILLE..

 

SKYLINE ENDS THE SEASON AT 30-3..
EAST BUCHANNAN WON THE GIRLS CLASS TWO CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 62 TO 51 WIN OVER TIPTON, WHILE ST. LOUIS CARDINAL RITTER BLEW OUT CHARLESTON 88 TO 32 IN THE CLASS THREE BOY’S CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST…

SUNDAY, MSHSAA ANNOUNCED THAT THE CLASS FOUR AND FIVE SEMIFINALS WOULD GO ON IN SPRINGFIELD…
FRIDAY, CLASS FIVE BOYS WILL MATCH KANSAS CITY STALEY AND ST. LOUIS CHAMINADE, WHILE KICKAPOO WILL TAKE ON ST. LOUIS C.B.C.
ON THE GIRLS SIDE, KIRKWOOD WILL MEET BLUE SPRINGS AND COLUMBIA ROCK BRIDGE WILL TAKE ON HAZELWOOD CENTRAL…
CLASS FOUR GIRLS WILL FEATURE CAPE GIRARDEAU NOTRE DAME AND LINCOLN PREP, WHILE CARL JUNCTION MEETS INCARNATE WOOD ACADEMY…