KJEL SPORTS THURSDAY DECEMBER 10, 2020

BRACKETS FOR THE ANNUAL GREENWOOD BLUE AND GOLD TOURNAMENT HAVE BEEN RELEASED…TOP SEEDS HAVE BEEN AWARDED TO HARTVILLE IN THE BLUE AND GREENWOOD IN THE GOLD….ACTION BEGINS IN THE BLUE ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 26TH WITH BUFFALO FACING AVA AT 10AM AT JQH ARENA, FOLLOWED BY HOUSTON AND HARTVILLE AT NOON, SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC AND CLEVER AT 2:00, THEN SKYLINE AND BRANSON AT 4…AT HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER, CAMDENTON HAS THE EARLY GAME AT 10 WITH MOUNT VERNON, THEN NIXA FACES STOCKTON AT 12, MOUNTAIN GROVE UP AGAINST WILLARD AT 2:00 AND GLENDALE AND PARKVIEW AT 4….
GOLD DIVISION PLAY STARTS MONDAY…AT JQH, WEST PLAINS AGAINST SPOKANE, REEDS SPRING AND GREENWOOD AT NOON, ASH GROVE AND STRAFFORD AT 2:00, THEN MARSHFIELD MEETS OZARK AT 4….AT HAMMONS, CRANE AND WILLOW SPRINGS AT 10, FAIR GROVE-REPUBLIC AT 12, AURORA-ROGERSVILLE AT 2, THEN LEBANON WILL CHALLENGE  BOLIVAR IN THE 4:OO GAME…THE BLUE AND GOLD WILL CONCLUDE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE..

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY-

CONWAY 50 HOUSTON 47

COLUMBIA BATTLE 76 JEFFERSON CITY 59

PACIFIC 42 LINN 35

 

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL WEDNESDAY-

ROLLA 62 KICKAPOO 61

JEFFERSON CITY 63 OZARK 51

 

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

MIZZOU 69 LIBERTY 60

THE VISITING FLAMES PROVED TO BE A DIFFICULT NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENT, BUT THE TIGERS MANAGED TO PULL AWAY IN THE 2ND HALF TO IMPROVE TO
4-0 ON THE SEASON…MIZZOU SHOT 57% IN THE FINAL TWENTY MINUTES WHILE HOLDING LIBERTY TO 30% ACCURACY…MARK SMITH LED THE SCORING WITH 17….

DRU SMITH ADDED 14 AGAINST A LIBERTY TEAM ALREADY WITH VICTORIES OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE……THE TIGERS HOST ILLINOIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE BRAGGIN RIGHTS GAME AT 7:00..