HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL-

ALL STATE TEAM’S HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED….BOLIVAR’S KYLE POCK IS A 1ST TEAM SELECTION IN CLASS FIVE…ANDREW DALTON OF AVA IS A CLASS FOUR CHOICE ALONG WITH FATIMA’S LEE VERSLUES…IN CLASS THREE, STRAFFORD’S A.K. RAEL AND SETH SODEN, DIXON’S C.J. THILTGEN, LAWSON BEEM OF SKYLINE AND COLE CAMP’S ETHAN SHEARER GAIN FIRST TEAM HONORS…CLASS TWO FEATURES CALEB WALKER OF EUGENE AND KJEL PLAYER OF THE YEAR GARRETT DAVAULT OF NORWOOD, NAMED PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND NORWOD’S SHANE CHADWELL, COACH OF THE YEAR..CLASS ONE CHOICES INCLUDE BROCK LUCAS OF ST. ELIZABETH ….

ON THE GIRLS SIDE, IN CLASS ONE, KJEL PLAYER OF THE YEAR INDIA WILLIS OF MACKS CREEK GAINS FIRST TEAM RECOGNITION, JOINED BY WALNUT GROVE’S ELLIE SMITH…RICHLAND’S MIRANDA MOSS IS FIRST TEAM IN CLASS TWO ALONG WITH NEWBURG’S CLAIRE AFFOLTER AND CABOOL’S HALEY SHANNON..CLASS THREE SELECTIONS INCLUDE SKYLINE’S JUSTINE BARB AND MIRANDA QUENNOZ, HARTVILLE’S MCKINLEY SANDERS, TIPTON’S MYRA CLASS AND BRIAR COX, STRAFFORD’S LANEY HUMBLE, EMMA COMPTON, ABBIE SULLINS OF LICKING, AND MANSFIELD’S LOGAN JONES…IN CLASS FOUR, EMILY RECKER OF ST. JAMES IS FIRST TEAM, AS IS AVA’S SARA MENDEL….CLASS FIVE SELECTIONS FEATURE ROLLA’S SAVANNAH CAMPBELL AND , PEYTON KINCAID OF CAMDENTON AND IN CLASS SIX, LEBANON’S RAEGAN MCCOWAN AND WAYNESVILLE’S BREONNA HURD…..

FINAL BASKETBALL RANKINGS:

BOY’S

Class 6

1. CBC
2. Nixa
3. Staley
4. Chaminade
5. Lee’s Summit West
6. Liberty
7. Kickapoo
8. Blue Springs
9. SLUH
10. Fort Zumwalt South
Others receiving votes: Troy Buchanan, North Kansas City, Ozark, Park Hill, Oak Park

Class 5

1. Webster Groves
2. Helias Catholic
3. Cardinal Ritter
4. Westminster Christian Academy
5. Springfield Catholic
6. DeSmet
7. Bolivar
8. Parkview
9. Cape Girardeau Central
10. William Chrisman
Others receiving votes: Platte County, Webb City, Ruskin, Neosho

Class 4

1. Vashon
2. Father Tolton
3. Central (New Madrid County)
4. Blair Oaks
5. Pembroke Hill
6. Mexico
7. MICDS
8. Richmond
9. Fatima
10. Willow Springs
Others receiving votes: Whitfield, St. Joseph Lafayette, Ava, Hollister, Lift for Life

Class 3

1. Charleston
2. Lafayette County
3. Thayer
4. Strafford
5. Duchesne
6. Monroe City
7. Greenwood
8. Hartville
9. Mid-Buchanan
10. St. Michael the Archangel
Others receiving votes: Skyline, Saxony Lutheran, Kelly, Ash Grove

Class 2

1. Norwood
2. Bernie
3. Putnam County
4. Bishop Leblond
5. Alton
6. College Heights Christian
7. NE Cairo
8. Lakeland
9. Sacred Heart
10. Eugene
Others receiving votes: Salisbury, Harrisburg, Advance, Richland, Blue Eye, Seymour

Class 1

1. South Iron
2. Stanberry
3. St. Elizabeth
4. Chadwick
5. Wellsville-Middletown
6. Bunker
7. Mound City
8. Green City
9. Higbee
10. Climax Springs

GIRLS-

Class 6

1. Incarnate Word
2. Kickapoo
3. Blue Springs South
4. Nixa
5. Rock Bridge
6. Central (St. Joseph)
7. St. Joseph’s Academy
8. Republic
9. Staley
10. Grain Valley
Others receiving votes: Raytown, Ozark, Eureka, Park Hill, Hickman, Francis Howell Central, Kirkwood, Lebanon, Truman, Troy Buchanan

Class 5

1. West Plains
2. Whitfield
3. Webster Groves
4. Smithville
5. Rolla
6. Cape Notre Dame
7. Carl Junction
8. Farmington
9. Lift for Life
10. MICDS
Others receiving votes: Grandview, North County, Lutheran St. Charles, Raytown South

Class 4

1. John Burroughs
2. St. Joseph Benton
3. Helias Catholic
4. Cardinal Ritter
5. St. James
6. Westminster Christian
7. Southern Boone
8. Ava
9. Hallsville
10. Central (Park Hills)
Others receiving votes: California, Fatima, Doniphan, St. Pius X (Kansas City), Owensville, St. Charles West

Class 3

1. El Dorado Springs
2. Strafford
3. South Shelby
4. Skyline
5. Licking
6. West County
7. Tipton
8. Sparta
9. Steelville
10. East Buchanan
Others receiving votes: Clever, Milan, Mansfield, Woodland, Palmyra, Ash Grove

Class 2

1. Wellington-Napoleon
2. Blue Eye
3. Ellington
4. Bishop LeBlond
5. St. Paul Lutheran
6. Miller
7. Scotland County
8. Schuyler County
9. Dora
10. Polo
Others receiving votes: Northeast Cairo, New Haven, Salisbury, Oran, Crocker

Class 1

1. Platte Valley (South Nodaway)
2. Delta
3. Leeton
4. South Iron
5. Walnut Grove
6. Mercer
7. St. Joseph Christian
8. St. Elizabeth
9. Chadwick
10. Marion County

NFL-

THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WEDNESDAY TRADED ALL PRO RECEIVER TYREEK HILL TO MIAMI IN RETURN FOR A GROUP OF FIVE DRAFT PICKS…..HILL’S SIX YEAR STAY WITH THE CHIEFS HAS ENDED AFTER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS FAILED TO RESULT IN AN EXTENSION….HILL AGREED TO A 4-YEAR DEAL WITH THE DOLPHINS THAT WILL MAKE HIM THE HIGHEST PAID RECEIVER IN THE LEAGUE….THE CHIEFS WILL RECEIVE MIAMI’S FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH ROUND PICKS IN THIS YEAR’S DRAFT, AND A FOURTH AND SIXTH ROUND SELECTION NEXT YEAR…THE TRANSACTION ALLOWS KANSAS CITY TO CREATE MORE THAN 18 MILLION DOLLARS IN SALARY CAP SPACE..HILL CAUGHT 111 PASSES FOR 1239 YARDS AND NINE TOUCHDOWNS THIS PAST SEASON….

BASEBALL-

HOUSTON 10 CARDINALS 3

ROYALS 8 COLORADO 4

COLLEGE BASKETBALL-

IT’S ON TO THE SWEET SIXTEEN TONIGHT WITH FOUR GAMES…ARKANSAS MEETS GONZAGA, MICHIGAN GOES AGAINST VILLANOVA, TEXAS TECH COLLIDES WITH DUKE AND HOUSTON CHALLENGES ARIZONA….

NHL TONIGHT-

PHILADELPHIA AT ST. LOUIS