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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY-

GIRLS DISTRICT FINALS:

CLASS ONE-

OTTERVILLE 50 TUSCUMBIA 36

CHAMOIS 59 BUNCETON 39

LEETON 66 SEDALIA SACRED HEART 25

CONCORDIA 68 GREEN RIDGE 36

CLASS TWO-

SKYLINE 49 ASH GROVE 47

MILLER 63 WEAUBLEAU 29

TIPTON 70 SLATER 37

STOVER 72 FAYETTE 45

EUGENE 45 RUSSELLVILLE 32

HARRISBURG 39 NEW HAVEN 37

CLASS THREE-

EL DORADO SPRINGS 54 STOCKTON 36

BUTLER 47 CLINTON 40

CALIFORNIA 46 BLAIR OAKS 33

SOUTHERN BOONE 47 SOUTH CALLAWAY 38

STRAFFORD 62 FAIR GROVE 34

FORSYTH 53 HOLLISTER 45

BOYS DISTRICT FINALS:

CLASS ONE-

FAIR PLAY 49 HALFWAY 42

CLIMAX SPRINGS 70 MACKS CREEK 68

CLASS TWO-

IBERIA 61 PLATO 50

IT WAS THE 3RD MEETING OF THE SEASON AND FOR THE 3RD TIME, IBERIA COMES OUT ON TOP OF PLATO WITH A SEMIFINAL ROUND VICTORY AT LAQUEY….
IBERIA LED BY 1 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, BY 5 AT THE HALF, BY 2 AFTER 3 AND WON IT BY 11, BUT THAT MARGIN OF VICTORY CAME FROM THE STRIPE DOWN THE STRETCH….COACH NICK VOSS.

IBERIA HIT 18 OF 24 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE, 10 OF 12 IN THE 4TH QUARTER….PLATO WON THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS, AND THE SHOOTING PERCENTAGE,
BUT THE RANGERS WERE BETTER WITH THE TURNOVERS AND THE CHARITY STRIPE.
ZACH VOSS FINISHED WITH 25, EASTON BLANKENSHIP ADDED 12, AND JAKE WHITTLE HAD 10, ALL FOR THE RANGERS.
PLATO WAS LED BY GRADY TODD …

RICHLAND 49 LAQUEY 43

THE HORNETS LED BY 1 AFTER THE FIRST 8 MINUTES, RICHLAND WAS UP BY 1 AT THE HALF AND THERE WERE 10 LEAD CHANGES IN THE FIRST HALF …RICHLAND LED BY 5 AFTER 3 AND BOTH DUKED IT OUT IN THE LAST 8 MINUTES AND WHILE RICHLAND NEVER RELINQUISHED THE LEAD, THEY HAD TO KEEP SLAPPING THE PESKY HORNETS AWAY WHEN LAQUEY CUT THE LEAD TO ONE AND TWO POSSESSIONS SEVERAL TIMES..IN THE END, THE BEARS SEALED THE DEAL AT THE FREE THROW LINE FOR COACH MATT MOULDER….

THE HORNETS WON THE REBOUNDING BATTLE, AND THE SHOOTING PERCENTAGE, BUT 18 TURNOVERS COMPARED TO 8 FOR THE BEARS IS ONE STAT THAT STICKS OUT… RICHLAND WAS 16 OF 25 AT THE FOUL LINE, WHILE LAQUEY WAS 7 OF 9….
ETHAN FAGRE LED THE BEARS WITH 27 POINTS, VESTON FEARON ADDED 14..
JASON YOUNG LED THE HORNETS WITH 25….

HARTVILLE 89 SPARTA 39

SEYMOUR 60 GAINESVILLE 57

CLASS THREE-

AVA 71 LIBERTY 49

ST. JAMES 64 WILLOW SPRINGS 35

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MIZZOU 61 VANDERBILT 52

THE TIGERS FIRST ROAD WIN IN THE S.E.C. OCCURRED IN NASHVILLE…XAVIER PINSON LED THE SCORING WITH 17…REED NIKKO ADDED A CAREER-HIGH 14…MIZZOU OVERCAME AN ELEVEN POINT 1ST HALF DEFICIT TO CLOSE TO WITHIN 28-27 AFTER THE FIRST TWENTY MINUTES..THE TIGERS ARE AT THE .500 MARK, 14-14 AND 6-9 IN THE LEAGUE..

BASEBALL-

MIAMI 8 CARDINALS 7

CARDINALS 7 ASTROS 5

SPLIT SQUAD ACTION WAS ON THE AGENDA YESTERDAY FOR THE CARDINALS WITH A PAIR OF GAMES IN FLORIDA..