KFBD Sports For Friday December 10

GIRLS

CROCKER 54-48 OVER ST. ELIZABETH

THEY CAME TO CROCKER UNDEFEATED AT 5-0, CHAMPS OF THE EUGENE TOURNAMENT, AND ARE A HUGE TEAM THAT POSED PROBLEMS FOR THE LADY LIONS, BUT SPEED AND FULL COURT PRESSURE WON OUT IN THE END AND CROCKER ENDS THE ST. ELIZABETH LADY HORNETS PERFECT SEASON WITH A 54-48 TRIUMPH….
CROCKER LED 16-15 AFTER ONE, TIGHTENED THE D AND TOOK A 7 POINT LEAD INTO THE LOCKER ROOM AT THE HALF….A SLOPPY 3RD FOR CROCKER GOT ST. E BACK WITHIN 1 HEADING INTO THE LAST 8 MINUTES WHICH TURNED INTO A BACK AND FORTH CONTEST BUT CROCKER PULLED AHEAD BY 5 WIHT 3 MINUTES LEFT, PULLED THE BALL OUT AND FORCED ST. ELIZABETH TO FOUL TO GET THE BALL BACK BUT SKEYLAR LAYMAN AND ELAINA FOSTER HIT SOME KEY FREE THROWS TO SEAL IT….

COACH RICH MUELLER SAID “My girls played very hard and did a great job of blocking out against a much bigger team. Gracie Coffelt played really well at the point tonight and also did a great job of playing defense.”
CROCKER’S SKYELER LAYMAN LED ALL SCORERS WITH 20 AND ALSO HAD DOUBLE DIGIT REBOUNDS. KELSEY TODD HAD 14.
ST. E HAD TWO IN DOUBLES. HARLEY ENGELMEYER HAD 17 AND ELLA LUCAS HAD 10.
THE LADY LIONS ARE 4-4 AND NOW HAVE 12 DAYS OFF. WE PLAY STEELVILLE ON 12/21 AT STEELVILLE.
AFTER WINS LIKE THIS, YOU WANT TO JUMP RIGHT BACK OUT THERE AND KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING….

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LAQUEY 57-40 OVER VIENNA

A ROAD TRIP FOR THE LAQUEY LADY HORNETS WHO WERE SHORTHANDED PROVED TO BE A NICE TRIP BACK HOME AFTER A 57-40 WIN OVER VIENNA IN MARIES COUNTY…
COACH MIKE PARTEN HAD TO MANAGE THE BENCH AND FOUL PROBLEMS IF THEY DEVELOPED BEING DOWN 2 PLAYERS, BUT THE LADY HORNETS PUT 3 IN DOUBLES WITH ALEXIS SHELTON DRAINING 17, ADRIANNE MILLER ADDED 13, AND EMMALEE ACKLEY ADDED 10……THE LADY HORNETS IMPROVE TO 5-2 ON THE SEASON….
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PLATO 43-40 OVER STOUTLAND

THE PLATO LADY EAGLES HOSTED THE LADY TIGERS OF STOUTLAND AND THE HOME COOKIN’ IN TEXAS COUNTY TASTED GOOD AS PLATO CLIPS THE LADY TIGERS, 43-40….
STOUTLAND FRESHMAN
REAGAN HENRY HAD 13 AND SCHONA LOONEY HAD 12 WERE THE TOP SCORERS FOR THE LADY TIGERS…

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STEELVILLE 71-54 OVER RICHLAND..

THE LADY CARDINALS OF STEELVILLE HAVE BEEN A PRETTY GOOD TEAM FOR SEVERAL YEARS RUNNING AND THIS YEAR IS APPARENTLY NO DIFFERENT..
A GOOD RICHLAND LADY BEAR TEAM ROLLED INTO STEELVILLE, AND IN THE WORDS OF COACH JON HALL, THEY TOOK ONE ON THE CHIN IN A 71-54 LOSS…..THE COACH SAID WE WILL RE-GROUP TOMORROW AND COME BACK STRONGER.

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SOME OTHER AREA GIRLS GAMES FROM LAST NIGHT:
STEPHANIE PHILLPS TOURNAMENT AT KICKAPOO, ROLLA BEAT SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL 55-39.
KICKAPOO DEFEATS JEFF CITY, 60-39.
INCARNATE WORD TOOK DOWN REPUBLIC, 80-47…

ELSEWHERE, HILLCREST 51-37 OVER CLIMAX SPRINGS
WEST PLAINS BURIES BOLIVAR 64-16…
MACKS CREEK DEFEATS OTTERVILLE, 60-51.
GREENWOOD TOOK CARE OF CONWAY 58-44.
SALEM WAS A 61-50 WINNER OVER MTN. GROVE..
STRAFFORD BEAT SPARTA 58-26.
CABOOL KNOCKS OFF SUMMERSVILLE, 56-26….

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MANSFIELD

AT THE MANSFIELD BOYS POOL PLAY TOURNAMENT, THE TROPHEY GAMES ARE SET FOR TODAY AFTER WILLOW SPRINGS BEAT HOUSTON 58-37, AND NORWOOD BESTED MANSFGIELD, 55-30…
AT 5 THIS AFTERNOON, PLATO MEETS DORA FOR THE CONSOLATION HARDWARE…
HOUSTON AND MANSFIELD PLAY FOR 3RD AT 6:30..
WILLOW SPRINGS AND NORWOOD TIP FOR THE TITLE AT 8…..

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ANOTHER BOYS GAME OR 2 FROM THE O.C., WEST PLAINS SQUEEZES BY WEBB CITY, 50-48…..
GLENDALE BEATS SHILO CHRISTIAN FROM ARKANSAS, 78-48…..

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THE NORM STEWART CLASSIC IS UNDWERWAY AT THE MIZZOU ARENA..IT STARTED LAST NIGHT AT 8 WITH GAMES EVERY 2 HOURS ALL THE WAY THRU SATURDAY EVENING…..26 GAMES IN ALL…AS WE SPEAK THIS MORNING, THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS ARE PLAYING LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP….THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO START AT 6 THIS MORNING……
BESIDES ALL THE MISSOURI TEAMS, TEAMS FROM NEIGHBORING NEBRASKA, KANSAS, IOWA, ILLINOIS, AND TENNESSEE, ALONG WITH ONE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE COMING TO PLAY….THE CLASSIC, PUT ON BY THE MISSOURI BASKETBALL COACHES ASSICIATION, RAISES FUNDS FOR THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS…..

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TODAY
BOYS BASKETBALL:
CUBA’S AT CROCKER
LAQUEY’S AT VIENNA
NEWBURG HEADS TO STOUTLAND
RICHLAND’S AT OSAGE
PLATO PLAYS AT 5 AGAINST DORA IN THE CONSOLATION FINALS AT MANSFIELD.

STOVER IS AT IBERIA FOR A BOYS AND GIRLS DOUBLE DIP…

CUBA’S AT DIXON FOR GIRLS HOOPS TONIGHT…
WAYNESVILLE IS PLAYING AS WE SPEAK IN THE NORM STEWART CLASSIC AGAINST LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP….

WRESTLING:
WAYNESVILLE IS INVOLVED IN THE MISSOURI DUALS IN JEFFERSON CITY….

SWIMMING TODAY HAS THE LADY TIGERS MEETING GLENDALE AT THE FOSTER NATATORIUM IN SPRINGFIELD…..
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THE NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL TEAM HAS A PAIR OF ALL AMERICAN SENIORS, AND ONE IS A WAYNESVILLE GRAD……SENIORS SAM ROBERTS AND TANNER OWEN MADE THE 2021 AFCA DIVISION II COACHES’ ALL-AMERICA TEAMS ANNOUNCED BY THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION.

SAM ROBERTS IS A WAYNESVILLE TIGER GRADUATE WHO PLAYED FOR COACH RICK VERNON IN HIS JUNIOR SEASON, AND THEN BRAD DREHLE HIS SENIOR YEAR BEFORE GRADUATING AND MOVING ONTO NW MO. STATE AND WHAT A COLLEGIATE CAREER HE’S PUT TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR………..

SAM ROBERTS, A Defensive lineman, earned first-team AFCA All-America status AFTER A STELLER SENIOR SEASON…. Roberts was selected as the D2-CCA Super Region 3 and MIAA defensive player of the year. Roberts led a dominant Bearcat defense and recorded 18 tackles-for-loss and 6.5 sacks in 13 games this season. Roberts had at least a half-tackle for loss in 12 different games. He has helped guide Northwest Missouri State to a No. 2 national ranking in scoring defense (12.1 points allowed per game) and No. 4 in the country in total defense (223.6 yards allowed per game). Roberts was a first-team All-MIAA selection in 2021.

WITH THOSE STATS, AND HIS CONTINUED DOMINANCE, COACH VERNON COULD HAVE YET ANOTHER ONE OF HIS FORMER PLAYERS ON THE BIG STAGE OF THE NFL…..
HE COULD BE ADDED TO C.J. MOSELY WHO’S RETIRED AFTER 11 YEARS IN THE NFL,
GJION ROBINSON, A TIGHT END FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS WHO STARTED IN SUPER BOWL 44, AND FINISHED HIS CAREER AS A COLT…..AND STILL PLAYING, L.J. FORT, A LINEBACKER WITH THE BALTIMORE RAVENS WHO TORE AN ACL IN THE PRE SEASON AND IS SPENDING THIS YEAR RE-HABBING…

With SAM Roberts and TANNER Owen being named AFCA All-America selections, Northwest owns the second-most AFCA All-America accolades among NCAA Division II programs. Northwest has produced 25 AFCA All-America honors in program history, trailing only Texas A&M-Kingsville’s total of 34.

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The Vikings nearly delivered a knockout before having to hold off a furious comeback attempt by the visiting Steelers on Thursday night. Down 29-0, the Steelers scored 28 of the game’s next 35 points and had a chance to put themselves in position tie the score on the game’s final play. With three seconds left and 12 yards from the end zone, Ben Roethlisberger found Pat Freiermuth in the middle of the end zone. But safeties Harrison Smith and Xavier Woods were able to jar the ball free from Freiermuth’s grasp, preserving the Vikings’ 36-28 victory.