Marv’s Friday Sports

LEBANON 58-54 OT OVER WAYNESVILLE

THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS GAVE THE LEBANON LADY JACKETS ALL THEY COULD HANDLE FOR 4 QUARTERS, AND SENT THE GAME TO OVERTIME, BUT FREE THROWS MADE AND MISSED GAVE THE GAME TO THE VISITORS, 58-54…
21-18 AFTER ONE IN FAVOR OF LEBANON DIDN’T LAST LONG…THE LADY TIGERS PUT UP SOME STIFF DEFENSE IN THE 2ND, OUTSCORED THE LADY JACKETS BY 5 AND LED BY 2 AT THE BREAK….LEBANON RETURNED THE DEFENSIVE FAVOR IN THE 3RD AND SHUT OUT THE LADY TIGERS UNTIL ABOUT 2 MINUTES LEFT WHEN AQRIANA JONES HIT A TREY, ASIA MORGAN ADDED A BUCKET, BUT THAT WOULD BE ALL AND THE LADY JACKETS WENT UP BY 6….WAYNESVILLE PLAYED A STRONG FINAL 8 MINUTES, APPLIED THE DEFENSE, WENT ON A 16-10 RUN, TIED IT UP AND HAD THE LEAD WITH 10 SECONDS LEFT BEFORE LEBANON CAME DOWN THE COURT, GOT THE BALL TO SENIOR JENNA GLENDENNING WHO BEAT THE DEFENSE ON RIGHT SIDE OF THE BLOCK, WENT TO THE HOLE AND KISSED ONE OFF THE GLASS WITH 2.4 SECONDS LEFT TO SEND IT TO OVERTIME, WHERE GLENDENNING HIT 4 FREE BEE’S WHILE THE LADY TIGERS MISSED ALL 3 OF THEIR FREE THROWS IN OVERTIME AND THAT WAS THE GAME.
BIG NIGHT FOR NAUDIA EVANS FOR WAYNESVILLE WHO FINISHED WITH 33 POINTS.
MAKAYA ALEXANDER DRAINED 19 FOR THE LADY JACKETS, REGAN McGOWAN ADDED 17 WITH JENNA GLENDENNING HITTING FOR 15…

COACH BRITTANY MATLOCK SAID THEIR DEFENSE WAS A LOT BETTER AND HAS HER LADY TIGERS BELIEVING.

COACH BRITTANY MATTLOCK OF WAYNESVILLE SAID THIS YOUNG BUNCH HAS NOT BEEN IN OVERTIME SITUATIONS, AND THIS WAS A LEARNING MOMENT.

WAYNESVILLE COACH BRITTANY MATLOCK SAID NAUDIA EVANS IS THEIR GO TO, AND EVERY ONE KNOWS IT…

ELSEWHERE IN THE OZARK CONFERENCE..
2ND RANKED WEST PLAINS AND 3RD RANKED ROLLA WENT TOE TO TOE IN WEST PLAINS FOR THE LEAD IN TEH CONFERENCE STANDINGS, AND IT BELONGS TO THE HOME TOWN LADY ZIZZERS AFTER THEIR 43-37 DEFENSIVE WIN OVER THE LADY BULLDOGS…..CASS CUNNINGHAM LED THE LADY ZIZZERS WITH 16, WHILE REBECCA JANKE HAD 14 FOR THE 17-3 LADY BULLDOGS, WHO COME TO TIGER TOWN ON MONDAY..
HILLCREST WAS A 50-48 WINNER OVER PARKVIEW
CAMDENTON BEAT KICKAPOO 80-70…
CENTRAL KNOCKS OFF GLENDALE, 53-40…

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NEWBURG GIRLS TOURNAMENT

THE NEWBURG WOLVES JUGGLED GAMES, DATES AND TIMES AT THE BELLE TOURNAMENT LAST WEEK, AND NOW, A.D. LOGAN RAY IS GOING THRU THE SAME THING WITH THE NEWBURG GIRLS TOURNAMENT….
STEELVILLE DID MOVE TO THE TITLE GAME YESTERDAY WITH A 68-40 WIN OVER CROCKER…
THIS WAS THE 2ND MEETING OF THE SEASON BETWEEN THE 2….CROCKER GOT WITHIN 4 THE LAST TIME THEY PLAYED BEFORE THE LADY CARDINALS WENT ON A RUN IN THE FINAL QUARTER AND WOULD WIN IT BY DOUBLE DIGITS….
LAST NIGHT, STEELVILLE JUMPED OUT TO A 20-8 LEAD, BOTH TEAMS PUT UP 13 IN THE 2ND QUARTER AND CROCKER WAS STILL IN THIS, BUT A 20-7 RUN IN THE 3RD QUARTER BY STEELVILLE PUT THIS AWAY…
SKYLAR LAYMAN WAS THE ONLY ONE IN DOUBLES FOR CROCKER WITH 14..
STEELVILLE HAD 3…..CROCKER COACH RICH MUELLER SAID STEELVILLE IS LONG, TALL, AND GOOD….

NEWBURG TOPPED CUBA BY 4, 43-39 IN THE ONLY OTHER GAME LAST NIGHT WHICH SETS THE STAGE FOR THE WINNERS BRACKET FINALS ON SATURDAY…….LEADING SCORERS FOR THE LADY WOLVES WERE CLAIRE AFFOLTER WITH 19 AND BAILEY BROOKSHIRE WITH 12..THOSE WERE THE ONLY GAMES BECAUSE SOME COULD NOT MAKE THE TRIP LAST NIGHT…..
THIS TOURNAMENT WILL SEE 2 TEAMS DOUBLE UP ON SATURDAY…
TONIGHT, IT’S SPRINGFIELD RUSH AND BOURBON AT 5:30.
DIXON AND LAQUEY WILL NOT PLAY TONIGHT DUE TO HOMECOMING AT LAQUEY, SO THEY WILL BOTH PLAY DOUBLE HEADERS TOMORROW ON SATURDAY…..THOSE 2 START AT 10:30 TO SEE WHO PLAYS FOR 5TH AND 7TH PLACE..
TO GIVE THEM A BREAK, THE 3RD PLACE GAME WITH CROCKER AND CUBA WILL BE PLAYED AT 12 NOON…..
7TH PLACE WILL TIP AT 1:30, 5TH PLACE AT 3, AND CHAMPIONSHIP WITH STEELVILLE AND NEWBURG AT 4:30…..

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SOME OF THE SCHEDULED GAMES DID NOT GET DONE DUE TO ROAD CONDITIONS YESTERDAY..
GAMES INVOLVING TRAVEL ON SECONDARY ROADS AND STATE HIGHWAY’S WERE CALLED OFF BECAUSE OF THE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING SNOW, AND TEMP’S NOT MOVING OUT OF THE 20’S YESTERDAY….

VIENNA CAME TO IBERIA FOR A MAKE UP FROM MID DECEMBER AND THE TWO GOT IT DONE BY MID FEBUARY…
THE RANGERS GOT TO 14-4 AFTER AN 83-52 WIN OVER THEIR NEIGHBORS FROM THE GVC….
ZACH VOSS AND EASTON BLANKENSHIP LED IBERIA WITH 18 EACH…..GAME PLEMMONS COLLECTED A DOUBLE DOUBLE WITH 12 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS…WADE BOND ADDED 11…..9 DIFFERENT PLAYERS PUT UP POINTS FOR IBERIA LAST NIGHT….

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TONIGHT,
THE WAYNESVILLE BASKETBALL TIGERS ARE 2-1 IN THE CONFERENCE WITH 6 GAMES LEFT AND ONE IS TONIGHT IN LEBANON……..IT’S ON 102.3 FM…..
ALSO TONIGHT, IBERIA’S AT CROCKER..
DIXON’S AT LICKING…
STOUTLAND’S AT LAQUEY FOR HOMECOMING…
NEWBURG’S AT CUBA…
RICHLAND GOES TO PLATO…

THE SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE TODAY AND TOMORROW AT THE NATATORIUM IN SPRINGFIELD…THE LADY TIGERS SWIM TEAM MAKES THE TRIP…