KJEL SPORTS FRIDAY JANUARY 1ST, 2021

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL-

IT WAS DEJA VU ALL OVER AT THIS YEAR’S BLUE AND GOLD BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WITH THE SAME SMALL
SCHOOL POWERS MAKING ANOTHER STATEMENT.

BLUE DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP ON KJEL:

HARTVILLE 57 NIXA 46

BACK TO BACK BLUE TITLES FOR THE WRIGHT COUNTY BUNCH WHO BESTED THE CLASS SIX EAGLES AT JQH ARENA…SENIOR GUARD RYCE PIPER SCORED 13 POINTS IN THE EFFORT.

THE EAGLES ASSUMED A 17-8 LEAD AFTER ONE, BEFORE NIXA MADE IT 31-25 ON A MIDCOURT SHOT AT THE BUZZER BY COLLIN RUFFIN..BUT HARTVILLE TOOK A NINE POINT ADVANTAGE GOING TO THE FOURTH QUARTER AND WENT ON TO A 13th STRAIGHT VICTORY THIS SEASON…COACH BRETT REED CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HIS VETERAN TEAM TO RISE TO THE OCCASION.

BRAYDEN BRANSTETTER SUPPLIED 19 AND CODY MAHAN 17 FOR HARTVILLE…COLLIN RUFFIN HAD 16 FOR NIXA…

GOLD DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP ON KJEL:

GREENWOOD 57 REPUBLIC 54

THE HOST BLUEJAYS HELD OFF A DETERMINED TIGER SQUAD TO CAPTURE THE GOLD FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON….AMINU MOHAMMAD FURNISHED 24 POINTS FOR THE STATE’S TOP RANKED CLASS THREE SQUAD..SENIOR GUARD GRANT HARPER ENJOYED THE ACHIEVEMENT.

REPUBLIC SUSTAINED ITS FIRST SETBACK DESPITE 20 POINTS FROM DREW MCMILLIN….

BLUE DIVISION:

7TH PLACE- MOUNT VERNON 48 BUFFALO 46

5TH PLACE- AVA 49 WILLARD 44

3RD PLACE- CATHOLIC 53 PARKVIEW 44

GOLD DIVISION:

7TH PLACE- WILLOW SPRINGS 55 SPOKANE 43

5TH PLACE- STRAFFORD 65 BOLIVAR 59

3RD PLACE- ROGERSVILLE 57 OZARK 43

OTHER TOURNAMENTS:

WEAUBLEAU-

HUMANSVILLE 57 CLIMAX SPRINGS 45

DADEVILLE 61 MORRISVILLE 54

WALNUT GROVE-

5TH PLACE- MILLER 53 LIGHTHOUSE CHRISTIAN 40

3RD PLACE- BILLINGS 70 CONWAY 40

1ST PLACE- HOLLISTER 52 FORSYTH 50

GIRLS BASKETBALL THURSDAY-

PINK AND WHITE:

PINK 7TH PLACE- LEBANON 52 AVA 39

PINK 5TH PLACE- STRAFFORD 43 OZARK 40

PINK 3RD PLACE- SKYLINE 46 MOUNT VERNON 45

PINK 1ST PLACE- KICKAPOO 77 WILLARD 43

WHITE 7TH PLACE- BUFFALO 62 ROGERSVILLE 52

WHITE 5TH PLACE- BLUE EYE 55 EL DORADO SPRINGS 52 (OT)

WHITE 3RD PLACE- REPUBLIC 70 WAYNESVILLE 33

WHITE 1ST PLACE- WEST PLAINS 61 NIXA 58 (3 OT)

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

ALABAMA 74 MIZZOU 59

THE CRIMSON TIDE STAYED UNBEATEN AT 8-0 AND CAPTURED THE S.E.C. OPENER LAST NIGHT IN COLUMBIA..THE LADY TIGERS LED 17-12 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER AND WERE TIED AT HALFTIME…BUT COACH ROBIN PINGETON’S GROUP WAS OUTSCORED 40-25 OVER THE FINAL TWENTY MINUTES.

AIJAH BLACKWELL HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE FOR MIZZOU WITH 15 POINTS AND TWELVE REBOUNDS….THE LADY TIGERS WILL BE IN FAYETTEVILLE SUNDAY TO MEET ARKANSAS…

NFL SUNDAY-

LOS ANGELES CHARGERS AT KANSAS CITY

THE CHIEFS HAVE CLINCHED THE ONE SEED IN THE A.F.C. PLAYOFF BRACKET SO THAT MEANS REST FOR MANY STARTERS INCLUDING QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES WHO WILL DON THE HEADSET AND CARRY THE CLIPBORD WHILE CHEERING ON HIS BACKUP CHAD HENNE WHO WILL MAKE HIS FIRST START IN SIX YEARS WHEN HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS..

THE TWO TEAMS MET DURING WEEK 2 OF THE SEASON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH THE CHIEFS COMING FROM BEHIND FOR A 23-30 VICTORY IN OVERTIME…COACH ANDY REID LOOKS FORWARD TO GETTING SOME OF THE YOUNGER PLAYERS IN A GAME..