KFBD Sports For Monday January 3

THEY DID GET IN THE CONSOLATION AND 7TH PLACE GAMES AT THE OTTERVILLE TOURNAMENT ON FRIDAY, BUT SATURDAY’S DETERIORATING WEATHER FORCED THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE 3RD AND CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES SO THE FRISCO LEAGUE WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF THEY WILL HAVE 2 HOLIDAY TOURNAMNET CHAMPS, OR MAYBE 3…….
THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS ARE PLAYING FOR THAT TITLE AGAINST OTTERVILLE, WHENEVER IT GETS THE RE-BOOT….
THE CROCKER LADY LIONS WON THE WEAUBLEAU HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT LAST WEEK TO CLAIM THE CONFERENCE’S ONLY HOLIDAY TITLE, SO FAR…
THE IBERIA RANGERS TOOK THE 7TH PLACE BOYS GAME WITH A 66-46 WIN OVER OTTERVILLE FRIDAY…
PRARIE HOME WON THE BOYS 5TH PLACE GAME, 73-46 OVER HERMITAGE..
THE GIRLS FROM BUNCETON KNOCKED OFF SMITHTON 58-55 FOR THE GIRLS 7TH PLACE PLAQUE.
SLATER TOOK 5TH ON THE GIRLS BRACKET WITH A 40-24 WIN OVER HERMITAGE..

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THE DIXON BULLODGS AND LADY DAWGS ARE IN THE STOVER TOURNAMENTS THAT STARTED LAST WEEK AND CONTINUES THIS WEEK…
THE GALS ARE ON THE CONSOLATION SIDE AND TIP ON TUESDAY AT 5:30….
THE BULLDOGS ARE IN THE WINNER SEMI’S AND THEY PLAY ON WEDNESDAY AT 7:30..

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JANUARY IS TOURNAMENT MONTH IN HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS…EVERY WEEK IN THIS MONTH, AT LEAST ONE AREA TEAM IS INVOLVED IN TOURNAMENT PLAY…..
THIS WEEK, RICHLAND, CROCKER AND BOTH LAQUEY TEAMS ARE IN THE BOURBON TOURNAMENTS….
THE BOYS TIP TODAY AND TONIGHT..
TOP SEED RICHLAND GETS 8TH SEED VIBURNUM AT 4 THIS AFTERNOON..
THE 5:30 TIP HAS THE 3RD SEED BOURBON WARHAWKS TAKING ON 6TH SEED LAQUEY…
AT 7, 4TH SEED CROCKER MEETS 5TH SEED LIBERTY CHRISTIAN OUT OF WRIGHT CITY…..
AT 8:30, VALLEY CALADONIA TAKES ON 7TH SEED CUBA…

GIRLS BRACKET START TOMORROW..
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN HAS THE 1 SEED, LAQUEY HOLDS THE 2 SEED AND THE LADY HORNETS GET BOURBON TUESDAY AT 5:30….

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OTHER THAN THE BOURBON TOURNAMENT, IT’S A LIGHT BACK TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE TODAY..
IN A BOYS GAME, ST. JAMES COMES TO DIXON..

IN A FRISCO LEAGUE GIRLS TILT, LICKING MAKES THE TRIP TO IBERIA…

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WE SHARED A LITTLE OF THIS LAST FRIDAY, BUT NOW, THE REST OF THE STORY……
A FORMER WAYNESVILLE FOOTBALL TIGER WHO PLAYED FOR COACH RICK VERNON AND WRAPPED UP HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AT WAYNESVILLE UNDER BRAD DREHLE,
SAM ROBERTS, A SENIOR AT NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE, WAS NAMED THE WINNER OF THE 2021 CLIFF HARRIS AWARD, PRESENTED ANNUALLY BY THE LITTLE ROCK TOUCHDOWN CLUB AND WRIGHT LINDSEY JENNINGS, HONORING THE NATION’S SMALL COLLEGE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR, REPRESENTING DIVISION II, DIVISION III AND NAIA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
MORE THAN 5,000 DEFENSIVE PLAYERS FROM OVER 500 COLLEGES ARE ELIGIBLE TO WIN THE AWARD. THE $3,000 CLIFF HARRIS TROPHY WILL BE PRESENTED BY CLIFF HARRIS, A FORMER DALLAS COWBOY GREAT, AT THE LITTLE ROCK TOUCHDOWN CLUB’S ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET ON JANUARY 14, 2022. SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER FOR THE BANQUET WILL BE NFL GREAT JOE THEISMANN.
THE SELECTION COMMITTEE INCLUDES ROGER STAUBACH, LEE ROY JORDAN, WALT GARRISON, GENE STALLINGS, JACKIE SMITH, DREW PEARSON, RAYFIELD WRIGHT, EVERSON WALLS, CHARLIE WATERS, BILL BATES, GIL BRANDT, MEL RENFRO, JIM HART AND HARRIS HIMSELF…..

Sam Roberts, a 6’5″, 292-pound, defensive lineman was a dominant force on one of the top defenses in America, helping lead the Bearcats to a final national ranking of No. 4 and 11-2 record. He was a 1st team AFCA and DCCA All-American and a 2nd team AP All-American. He was the National Region 3 Defensive Player of the Year and the MIAA Defensive Player of the Year. Roberts’ disruptive play in the trenches was a key factor on the No. 2 nationally-ranked Bearcat defense finishing his senior season with 18 tackles for losses.

OF ALL THE GREAT PLAYERS TO COME OUT OF NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE, ROBERTS IS THE ONLY NW MISSOURI STATE PLAYER TO RECIVE THE AWARD..

ONE DAY LATER, JAN. 15TH, SAM ROBERTS WILL BE IN ORLANDO, PLAYING IN THIS YEARS HULA BOWL, THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL ALL STAR GAME…..

FROM HONOLULU TO MAUI, NOW TO FLORIDA, THE SITE OF THIS YEARS ALL STAR COLLEGE FOOTBALL CLASSIC ON JAN. 15TH AT BOUNCE HOUSE STADIUM IN ORLANDO….
NFL SCOUTS WILL BE THERE AND ROBERTS COULD BE HEADED TO THE NFL, AND YET ANOTHER ONE OF RICK VERNON’S TIGERS TO PLAY ON THE BIG STAGE, JOINING C.J. MOSLEY, GIJON ROBINSON, AND L.J. FORT…..

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It took six years, but the Bengals are finally back on top of the AFC North and they got there by beating the Chiefs at their own game.

In an AFC showdown that actually lived up to the hype, the Bengals topped the Chiefs 34-31 in a wild shootout where Joe Burrow was so impressive, he might have done enough to put himself firmly in the MVP conversation. One week after throwing for 525 yards, Burrow was just as good against Kansas City, throwing for 446 yards and four touchdowns.

The Bengals offense has looked borderline unstoppable over the past two weeks with Burrow making clutch throw after clutch throw, and on Sunday, most of those clutch throws went to Ja’Marr Chase, who put himself squarely back in the Offensive Rookie of the Year race (against Mac Jones) with a history-making performance that saw him catch 11 passes for 266 yards and three touchdowns.

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NFL PLAYOFFS

THE NFL PLAYOFF PICTURE IS STILL NOT FILLED WITH 1 WEEK LEFT…
COMING INTO SUNDAY, 6 OF THE 7 SPOTS WERE UP FOR GRABS IN THE AFC…
NOW, THERE’S ONLY 2 AND 5 TEAMS STILL ALIVE..
THE CHIEFS, WHO HAD CLINCHED THE AFC WEST AND WERE IN THE DRIVERS SEAT FOR THE TOP SEED IN THE AFC, LOST THAT TOP SEED FOR THE TIME BEING WITH THEIR LOSS TO CINCINATTI AND TENNESSEE’S WIN OVER OVER THE DOLPHINS.
THE CHIEFS, TENNESSEE, AND CINCINATTI ARE 3 DIVISION CHAMPS.
BUFFALO AND NEW ENGLAND ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS, BUT ONE WILL BE DIVISION CHAMP, THE OTHER A WILD CARD ENTRY.
PLAYING FOR THE OTHER TWO SPOTS ARE THE RAIDERS, CHARGERS, THE COLTS, BALTIMORE AND THE STEELERS…
STEELERS PLAY THE RAVENS IN WEEK 18, RAIDERS PLAY THE CHARGERS, AND THE COLTS GET THE JAGUARS…

IN THE NFC, THERE’S ONE WILDCARD SPOT OPEN…
GREEN BAY IS THE NO. 1 OVERALL SEED AND THE NFC GOES THRU LAMBAU FIELD IN GREEN BAY…..
DALLAS HAS WON THE EAST, PHILADELPHIA HAS A WILDCARD SPOT..
TAMPA BAY WON THE SOUTH, AND OUT WEST, THE L.A. RAMS AND ARIZONA CARDINALS ARE IN TEH PLAYOFFS…ONE WILL BE A DIVISION CHAMP, THE OTHER A WILD CARD AFTER WEEK 18..
THE OTHER WILDCARD SPOT THAT’S OPEN WILL BE EITHER NEW ORLEANS, OR THE 49ers….
49ers PLAY THE RAMS ON SUNDAY….A WIN AND THE 49ers ARE IN…A LOSS AGAINST THE RAMS AND THE SAINTS JUMP IN WITH A WIN OVER ATLANTA….