HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL-

AT THE CONWAY TOURNAMENT FRIDAY ON KJEL, STRAFFORD EARNED A 7TH STRAIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IN THIS EVENT, SHUTTING DOWN HOLLISTER 67-47….FOUR SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES FOR THE INDIANS, LED BY AVERY VOYSEY’S 20 POINT PERFORMANCE..
GARRETT SNYDER PROVIDED 19 FOR THE TIGERS TO LEAD THE TOURNAMENT IN SCORING…..

3RD PLACE GAME- AURORA 70 NIANGUA 40

THE DOGS MADE 8 THREE POINTERS AND ENJOYED A 40-22 LEAD BY HALFTIME..
THE CONWAY ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM INCLUDES AURORA’S TRANDAN DARNALL AND JAESIK FRIGGLE, ETHAN SCHEETZ OF NIANGUA, HOLLISTER’S GARRETT SNYDER, THE LEADING SCORER IN THE TOURNAMENT, TEAMMATES CLAY KEMP AND JOSH BARLOW, AND STRAFFORD’S AVERY VOYSEY, A.K. RAEL, LOGAN FRAKER AND TOURNAMENT M.V.P. SETH SODEN OF STRAFFORD….

BOLIVAR TOURNAMENT:

7TH PLACE- BRANSON 67 CAMDENTON 43

5TH PLACE- WEST PLAINS 69 ST. JOE BENTON 66

3RD PLACE- REPUBLIC 62 HELIAS 48

1ST PLACE- THAYER 63 BOLIVAR 57

SPARTA TOURNAMENT:

7TH PLACE- MANSFIELD 74 NEW COVENANT 44

5TH PLACE-

3RD PLACE- GAINESVILLE 54 FAIR GROVE 52

1ST PLACE- GREENWOOD 51 AVA 45

ELDON TOURNAMENT:

1ST PLACE- FATIMA 90 VERSAILLES 73

3RD PLACE- EUGENE 55 OSAGE 52

5TH PLACE- RICHLAND 48 MOBERLY 33

7TH PLACE- ELDON 65 SEDALIA SMITH COTTON 59

MOUNTAIN GROVE TOURNAMENT:

1ST PLACE- NORWOOD 57 MARSHFIELD 46

HERMANN TOURNAMENT:

1ST PLACE- HERMANN 53 CALIFORNIA 44

 

OTHER BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS:

LEBANON 54 MOUNT VERNON 49

SOUTH IRON 76 WAYNESVILLE 62

JENNINGS 70 WAYNESVILLE 59

SKYLINE 49 MONETT 34

HALFWAY 72 EVERTON 29

PLATO 56 DORA 55

LICKING 71 SALEM 61

CLEVER 60 BUFFALO 51

ST. ELIZABETH 76 CALVARY LUTHERAN 69

VIENNA 68 CUBA 50

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL-

LEBANON MID MISSOURI BANK I-44 CLASSIC:

1ST PLACE- LEE’S SUMMIT WEST 64 LEBANON 46

3RD PLACE- JOPLIN 64 MILAN 21

 

ALSO:

SKYLINE 77 CROCKER 41

CAMDENTON 66 WEBB CITY 33

VIENNA 57 STOUTLAND 44

HALFWAY 71 EVERTON 33

MORRISVILLE 52 GREENFIELD 45

FAIR PLAY 36 HUMANSVILLE 31

 

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MISSOURI STATE 72 EVANSVILLE 58

THE BEARS RALLIED FROM FOUR DOWN EARLY IN THE 2ND HALF TO MOVE TO 16-7 ON THE SEASON, 7-3 IN THE MISSOURI VALLEY…GAIGE PRIM LED THE SCORING WITH 23..DONOVAN CLAY HAD 11 POINTS AND 13 REBOUNDS…THE BEARS WILL PLAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS..

IOWA STATE 67 MIZZOU 50

THE CYCLONES SHOT 58% IN THE SECOND HALF AND PULLED AWAY FROM A CLOSE GAME IN THE BIG-12 S.E.C. CHALLENGE SERIES…THE TIGERS WERE UP FIVE IN THE FIRST HALF BEFORE TRAILING BY 3 AFTER TWENTY MINUTES…DAJUAN GORDON LED MIZZOU WITH 15….
MIZZOU WENT 1 FOR 11 FROM THE FIELD TO START THE 2ND HALF, AND WITH LOSSES IN FIVE OF THE LAST SIX, DROP TO 8-12 AND WILL HOST FLORIDA WEDNESDAY…

SOUTHWEST BAPTIST 74 MARYVILLE 66

DRURY 82 MISSOURI S&T 76

WILLIAM PENN 85 EVANGEL 84

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

S.B.U. 58 MARYVILLE 55

DRURY 71 MISSOURI S&T 59

COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS 80 ARKANSAS BAPTIST 41

MIZZOU 77 ALABAMA 61

MISSOURI STATE 62 INDIANA STATE 58

NFL PLAYOFFS-

CINCINNATI 27 KANSAS CITY 24 (OT)

:13 WAS THE NUMERICAL SEQUENCE CARRIED FROM THE DIVISION ROUND VICTORY OVER BUFFALO…HOWEVER IT’S 21-3 THAT WILL HAUNT CHIEFS GOING INTO THE OFFSEASON AFTER THE BENGALS RALLIED FROM 18 POINTS DOWN TO CLINCH A TRIP TO THE SUPER BOWL….EVAN MCPHERSON DRILLED A 31 YARD FIELD GOAL TO WIN IT AFTER KANSAS CITY WENT THREE AND OUT FOLLOWING THE WINNING OF THE COIN TOSS TO EARN THE FIRST POSSESSION OF O.T. PATRICK MAHOMES THREW FOR 275 YARDS AND 3 TOUCHDOWNS FOR KANSAS CITY…
HARRISON BUTKER’S 44 YARD FIELD GOAL ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE FOURTH QUARTER EXTENDED THE GAME FOR K.C., BUT A THIRD STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WAS DENIED WITH CINCINNATI GOING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 33 YEARS….

LOS ANGELES 20 SAN FRANCISCO 17

BENGALS AND RAMS FROM SOFI STADIUM IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FEBRUARY 13TH…

WRESTLING:

LEBANON CAPTURED THE OZARK CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT SATURDAY IN SPRINGFIELD…BOLIVAR WAS RUNNERUP FOLLOWED BY ROLLA, KICKAPOO, CENTRAL, WAYNESVILLE, HILLCREST, WEST PLAINS, GLENDALE, PARKVIEW AND CAMDENTON…LEBANON’S ZACH SMITH WON THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE, ROLLA’S GABE SUTTON TOOK FIRST AT 220, BLAKE GOODMAN OF BOLIVAR WON THE 195 POUND DIVISION, HAYDEN FANE OF ROLLA CAPTURED THE 182 POUND CLASS, ZANDER ROGERS OF HILLCREST PREVAILED AT 170, TYSON MOORE OF BOLIVAR LIKEWISE AT 16O, RILEY BECKMAN OF ROLLA WAS FIRST AT 152, LEBANON’S BO ROSEN TOOK FIRST AT 145, COOPER MOORE OF BOLIVAR AT 138, LEBANON’S ANDREW BOWLING WON THE 132 POUND DIVISION, AND THE YELLOWJACKETS DAVIS JOINER PREVAILED AT 126.. CENTRAL’S LUCAS GIDEON CAPTURED THE 120 POUND CLASS, WITH TEAMMATE RYLAN LASHLEY WINNING AT 113, AND FORREST MCMANENES OF BOLIVAR WON AT 106…

OZARK WON THE CENTRAL OZARK CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT TITLE BY 23 POINTS OVER CARL JUNCTION…

THE LEBANON LADY YELLOWJACKETS CLAIMED A 4TH STRAIGHT O.C. TITLE, OUTDISTANCING RUNNERUP WEST PLAINS BY ONE HUNDRED POINTS..
BAILEY JOINER, QUINCEY GLENDENNING, TAYLOR JOHNSON, KAYLYN ROGERS, HALEA BARTEL, JESSA JOINER AND DREAM CUNNINGHAM OF LEBANON ALL CLAIMED CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE WEIGHT CLASSES..
OTHER FIRST PLACE FINISHERS INCLUDED KICKAPOO’S WENDY RILEY-WASHINGTON, CENTRAL’S JAIDYN POHLSANDER AND CATHERINE DUTTON, CAMDENTON’S ABIGAIL FUGLSANG AND CLARA RATHMANN, ROLLA’S GRACIE SKYLES AND WAYNESVILLE’S A’MYRHA SYAAN…