LICKING 50-29 OVER RICHLAND

FRISCO LEAGUE GIRLS HOOPS LAST NIGHT AND THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING CONTINUED THEIR CONFERENCE DOMINANCE WITH A 50-29 DEFENSIVE WIN THAT TOOK THE LADY BEARS OUT OF THEIR GAME PLAN..
LICKING RAN OFF A 10-0 START AND LED 16-5 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER…RICHLAND TRIMMED THE DEFICIT TO 10 AT THE HALF, 24-14….LICKING INCREASED THEIR LEAD TO 13 AFTER 3 AND WON IT BY 21….6 DIFFERENT PLAYERS SCORED FOR LICKING IN THE FINAL STANZA….LICKING COACH STEVE RISSLER SAID “Our goal tonight was to contest Moss and chase Belshe off the 3pt line. The girls did a good job of talking on D and knowing their opponents skill sets.”
THE COACH CONTINUED “Our posts finished well tonight and really set the tone early. We are figuring out who we are as a group and how we are going to have to play to be successful. I am happy with where we are in mid December.”

THE LADY CATS WERE LED BY SOPHOMORE HANNAH MEDLOCK WITH 14, KAIDA COOK ADDED 11, AND KILEY INGRAM TOSSED DOWN 10 TO LEAD LHS. NO ONE IN DOUBLES FOR RICHLAND.

COACH JOHN HALL OF RICHLAND SAID “We got it down to 27-21, in the 3rd with a about 2 minutes to go, and Licking went on a 23-8 run to end the game. We couldn’t get the ball to fall for us tonight, and you have to give Licking credit for playing good defense, and making it hard on us.”

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ELDON 90-18 OVER DIXON

A ROAD TRIP TO ELDON FOR DIXON LAST NIGHT HAD THE TURBO CLOCK TICKING ON THE YOUNG DIXON LADY BULLDOGS AS THEY ROAD HOME AFTER ELDON PASTED THEM, 90-18…

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IBERIA 63-32 OVER VIENNA

THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS MADE THE SHORT TRIP TO VIENNA AND RODE HOME WITH A 63-32 WIN OVER THE LADY EAGLES….
HAYLEE HUMPHREY TOSSED IN 21 POINTS TO LEAD THE LADY RANGERS, , ADDISON WILLIAMS DRAINED 12 AND ALEXA ROWDEN DROPPED IN 10 TO LEAD 3 IN DOUBLES AND GOT SOME BALANCE IN THE SCOREBOOK FOR COACH MIKE AUSTIN….

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LAQUEY 54-31 OVER VERSAILLES.

ANOTHER SHORTHANDED ROSTER FOR THE LAQUEY LADY HORNETS, BUT YET, ANOTHER WIN AT THEIR HOUSE LAST NIGHT SENDING VERSAILLES BACK HOME WITH A 54-31 LOSS…..
ALEXIS SHELTON LED THE LADY HORNETS WITH 20 POINTS….ADRIANNE MILLER ADDED 12…
OLIVIA BOEVINGLOH AND AURORA RICE WERE A BUCKET SHY OF DOUBLES FOR A NICE BALANCE….
OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS, ONE THING THAT WAS MISSING IN THE LADY HORNETS GAME, WAS THE CONFIDENCE IN SHOOTING AND SCORING…
WITH SUCCESS, COMES CONFIDENCE AND THE LADY HORNETS ARE 6-2 ON THE SEASON….
AND THEY’RE PLAYING SOME GOOD “D” TOO….
LAQUEY COACH MIKE PARTEN SAID “We got another short handed win tonight with 2 players out. Can’t say enough about how proud I am of the girls effort on the defensive end.”

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STOUTLAND 60-29 OVER BOURBON

THEY FIRED UP THE TURBO CLOCK, AND TURNED IT ON AGAINST THE VISITING LADY WARHAWKS OF BOURBON LAST NIGHT AT STOUTLAND AS THE LADY TIGERS ROARED THEIR WAY TO A 60-29 WIN……..

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OZARK CONFERENCE GIRLS HOOPS LAST NIGHT:
BRANSON BEATS GLENDALE, 53-32..
CAMDENTON WHIPS OSAGE, 77-40….
SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC GETS BY PARKVIEW, 55-54..
CARTHAGE CLIPS SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL, 48-43…

ELSWHERE IN GIRLS HOOPS:
SKYLINE TAKES OUT MARION C. EARLY, 70-43..
OZARK IS 10 BETTER THAN JEFF CITY, 55-45…
TUSCUMBIA BEATS JAMESTOWN 69-47.
MTN. GROVE 56-NORWOOD 34…
FAIR GROVE BEATS HARTVILLE3 54-24..

A DOUBLE DIP SEES MACKS CREEK SWEEP WEAUBLEAU WITH A 50-45 WIN IN THE GIRLS GAME, 56-53 IN THE BOYS..

ANOTHER BOYS GAME, CUBA 63-38 OVER SALEM..
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THE TWO TEXAS COUNTY FRISCO LEAGUE BOYS TEAMS PLAYED LAST NIGHT AND SPLIT…
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STEELVILLE 92-71 OVER LICKING..

THE STEELVILLE CARDINALS FLEW INTO THE SHERMAN HILL FIELDHOUSE AT LICKING, PUT UP 32 POINTS IN THE FIRST 8 MINUTES AND WHILE LICKING WON THE 2ND QUARTER AND GOT BACK IN THIS, STEELVILLE LED 43-40 AT THE BREAK….
3RD QUARTER WOULD BE THE DOWNFALL FOR THE WILDCATS WHEN THE STEELVILLE WENT ON A 24-8 RUN AND PUT IT AWAY IN THE 4TH FOR A 92-71 WIN…..

LICKING COACH MIKE PHILLIPS SAID “Another slow start to the 1st and 3rd quarters put us behind. After cutting the lead to 3 at 1/2 time, we felt like we were figuring things out. Turnovers in the 3rd quarter and a bad shooting night by our two leading scorers made the lead too much to overcome.”

LICKING GOT 17 POINTS FROM J.B. HUFF, 12 FROM CHRIS BARTLING, AND 11 FROM COLE WALLACE….AUSTIN JAMES, AUSTIN STEPHENS AND KEYTON COOK WERE ALL WITHIN A BASKET OF DOUBLES, BUT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO TOPPLE THE CARDINALS FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY…
CONNOR DIAZ LED STEELVILLE WITH 21 POINTS…

COACH PHILLIPS CONTINUED
We have some kids who have pride and fight back every night, but we would like to stop putting ourselves behind. We play hard, I will just have to do a better job of putting our guys in the right spot.”
We don’t have time to lick our wounds though. Conference foe, Crocker is coming to town tomorrow night. Last time we played them we fouled way too much. Hopefully we will fix that issue and be able to make them run like we want to.

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PLATO 57-55 OVER CONWAY

HOME COOKIN’ TASTED GOOD IN NORTHWEST TEXAS COUNTY LAST NIGHT AS PLATO CAME BACK FROM A 10 POINT DEFICIT IN THE FIRST QUARTER, THEN HELD OFF THE CONWAY BEARS FOR A 57-55 WIN…
16-6 AFTER ONE BUT ONLY A TWO POINT CONWAY LEAD AT THE HALF, 24-22.
END OF 3, PLATO LED 42-35, BUT THE BEARS CAME BACK BUT COULD NOT CLIMB OVER THE TOP AND THE EAGLES PREVAIL BY TWO…
WYATT COTREL LED PLATO WITH 16, LEVI JOHNSON ADDED 14 WITH LANE JOHNSON AND CASE McCLURE A BUCKET SHY OF DOUBLES…

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THE RICHLAND BEARS WILL SEND A PAIR OF PLAYERS TO THE BASS PRO TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS IN SPRINGFIELD IN JANUARY TO COMPETE IN HTE DUNKING CONTEST..
THE FEARON BROTHERS, VESTON AND DAVETON PLAYED SOME ABOVE THE RIM BASKETBALL AT THE FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT, MUCH TO THE DELIGHT OF THE FANS, EXCEPT THOSE THEY WERE PLAYING AGAINST……
BOTH HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DUNKING CONTEST, SATURDAY JAN. 15TH AT 6PM….
Single day tickets go on sale TOMORROW, December 15th at 10:00 am for anyone who wants to purchase a ticket and make some noise for the Fearon brothers.
Tickets can ALSO be purchased at the following link: https://blogs.missouristate.edu/missouristatetix/2021/11/12/tournament-of-champions/

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TODAY….

GIRLS HOOPS SEES SEDALIA SMITH COTTON AT WAYNESVILLE FOR THE LADY TIGERS HOME OPENER……5:30 AND 7 ARE GAME TIMES WITH J.V. FIRST.

ON THE BOYS SCHEDULE..
CROCKER’S AT LICKING..
DIXON’S AT CONWAY
VIENNA’S AT IBERIA
LAQUEY GOES TO RICHLAND
BOURBON’S AT NEWBURG..

WRESTLING TODAY HAS A TRI ANGULAR WITH THE TIGERS AND LADY TIGERS…BOTH HIT THE ROAD AND WRESTLE OZARK, AND MARSHFIELD……

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SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE OZARK CONFERENCE MADE THE MO. FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION’S ALL STATE FOOTBALL TEAM..
CLASS 6, KICKAPOO’S NICK QUADRINI, THEIR PUNTER WAS A FIRST TEAMER.

CLASS 5, FIRST TEAM WAS LEBANON’S TRISTAN WILSON ON OFFENSIVE LINE, AND LOGAN LYBARGER AT 1ST TEAM LINEBACKER.
2ND TEAM, GLENDALE’S WIDE RECEIVER CHRIS FLOYD.
3RD TEAM, CAMDENTON QB BEAR SHORE, LEBANON RUNNING BACK CADE MUSCIA (MU-SEE-AH).
CAMDENTON D-BACK JADEN PARKMAN.
GLENDALE’S WIDE OUT DEREK HORTON, D-BACK ROY COOPER AND CORNER BAC CONNER McTEAGUE.

CLASS 4, FIRST TEAM OFFENSIVE LINEMAN, JAMES JAYLON FROM WEST PLAINS, AND LINEBACK JASON LOPEZ OF THE ZIZZERS WAS A FIRST TEAMER.
2ND TEAM, WEST PLAINS CONNER LAIR AT DEFENSIVE END…
3RD TEAM, ZIZZER QB DAGEN KENSLOW, WIDE OUT HESTON MILLER AND JAMES MILLER FROM BOLIVAR WAS 3RD TEAM OFFENSIVE LINEMAN..

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Kyler Murray was a walking highlight reel as per usual on Monday night, but his Cardinals lost their stranglehold on the NFC’s No. 1 seed in a home rematch with the Rams. Matthew Stafford made his own case to remain in the 2021 MVP conversation thanks to a nearly flawless three-touchdown performance, and Aaron Donald feasted up front to the tune of three sacks, helping lift Sean McVay’s squad to a 30-23 victory that puts them right back in the mix for an NFC West title.

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st. louis blues visit dallas tonight..
the blues are tied for 2nd in the central division of the western conference with nashville.
minnasota has a 4 point lead over both the