THE SEASON ENDED FOR ONE MORE OZARK CONFERENCE TEAM WHILE 2 OTHERS ADVANCED TO THE SECTIONAL ROUND WITH THREE MORE FINDING OUT THEIR FATE AFTER DISTRICT FINAL GAMES TONIGHT…..

CLASS 5, DISTRICT 10 AT LEBANON, THE TOP SEED OZARK LADY TIGERS, WHO HAD TO WORK HARD TO KNOCK OUT WAYNESVILLE ON MONDAY, TURNED UP THE DEFENSIVE INTENSITY AND TURBO CLOCKED LEBANON 69-30…..
THE LADY TIGERS JUMPED OUT TO A 13 POINT LEAD AFTER ONE QUARTER, HELD A 40-12 LEAD AT THE BREAK, AND TURNED ON THE MERCY CLOCK IN THE 4TH.
LEBANON COACH JACKIE PAYNE KNEW OZARK WAS SOLID, AND ONCE OZARK STARTED ROLLIN’, THEY COULD NOT STOP IT….

FOUR SCORED IN DOUBLE FIGURES FOR OZARK WITH MADI BRADEN SHOWING THE WAY WITH 17….RAEGAN MCCOWAN PRODUCED 18 FOR LEBANON….THE LADY YELLOWJACKETS CONCLUDE THE SEASON AT 18-10…

OZARK SQUEEZED BY GLENDALE, 59-53 IN THE BOYS FINAL,
OZARK’S BIG MAN, A.J. ELLIOTT WAS A FORCE WITH 25 POINTS…CARTER HARRELL LED GLENDALE WITH 17…
SO BOTH OZARK TEAMS WILL MOVE ONTO THE SECTIONAL ROUND, AND COME BACK THIS WAY NEXT WEDNESDAY….THEY’LL GET OFF OF I-44 AT LEBANON, JUST LIKE THIS WEEK, BUT NEXT TIME, SHOOT NORTH ON 5 AND PLAY AT CAMDENTON…..

THE TWO OZARK TEAMS WILL PLAY THE WINNERS OF CLASS 5, DISTRICT 9 TOURNAMENT BEING PLAYED OUT AT COLUMBIA BATTLE…
LAST NIGHT, THE BOYS SEMI FINALS SAW THE TOP 2 SEEDS, ROCKBRIDGE, AND BATTLE ADVANCE…
THE BRUINS ENED IT FOR SMITH COTTON, 76-60 WHILE BATTLE TOOK OUT THE JEFF CITY JAYS 75-61..
ROCKBRIDGE AND BATTLE PLAY FOR THE BOYS TITLE TONIGHT AT 7:30….TOP SEED JEFF CITY LADY JAYS, THE 2ND RANKED TEAM IN MISSOURI AND THE 2ND SEEDED AND 3RD RANKED TEAM IN CLASS 5, ROCKBRIDGE MEET IN THE GIRLS FINAL…

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BOTH KICKAPOO TEAMS BEAT BOTH NIXA TEAMS AND WON THEIR DISTRICT 11 CHAMPIONSHIPS AT PARKVIEW LAST NIGHT, AND 3 POINTS KEPT THEM FROM BEING IDENTICAL SCORES…
THE LADY CHIEFS PUT UP THE SAME AMOUNT OF POINTS AS THE BOYS DID AND ADVANCED WITH A 57-45 TRIUMPH..
THE CHIEFS GOT BY NIXA 57- 48 AND MOVED TO THE CLASS 5 SECTIONALS NEXT WEEK..
THE LADY CHIEFS PLAY REPUBLIC WHILE THE CHIEFS TAKE ON A FORMER CONFERENCE FOE, THE JOPLIN EAGLES AT WEBB CITY…..

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THE OTHER 3 OZARK CONFERENCE TEAMS THAT PLAY TONIGHT ARE ALL IN CLASS 4 AND ALL PLAYING IN THEIR DISTRICT FINALS…

DISTRICT 9 AT UNION, THE STATE RANKED ROLLA LADY BULLDOGS FACE SULLIVAN IN THE 5:30 TILT…
THE UPSET MINDED BULLDOGS, WHO ELIMINATED THE TOP SEED SULLIVAN EAGLES, GET THEIR HIGHWAY 72 NEIGHBOR, THE SALEM TIGERS AT 7:15……..

THE WEST PLAINS LADY ZIZZERS ARE PLAYING IN THE DISTRICT 11 FINALS AT MARSHFIELD AND GET LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE AT 6 THIS EVENING….

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CLASSES 1, 2, AND 3 ARE INTO THEIR QUARTER FINALS, AND WHILE MOST GAMES ARE SATURDAY, TWO CLASS 1 SITES TIP TONIGHT…
NORBORN AND SOUTH NODAWAY PLAY THE 6PM GIRLS GAME AT THE ST. JOSEPH CIVIC CENTER..
PRINCETON AND JEFFERSON CONCEPTION TIP AT 7:45 IN THE BOYS GAME..

AT MOBERLY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, COMMUNITY GETS GREEN CITY AT 6:30, FOLLOWED BY THE ST. ELIZABETH HORNETS FACING MEADVILLE AT 8:15….

QUARTER FINAL WINNERS MOVE ONTO THE FINAL 4 IN SPRINGFIELD NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY….

THE OTHER 2 CLASS 1 SITES WILL TIP OFF SATURDAY.
NAYLOR MEETS SOUTH IRON AT 1 AT VAN BUREN..THE BOYS TILT HAS DELTA AND DORA..
AT SOUTHWEST BAPTIST IN BOLIVAR ON SATURDAY, MONTROSE MEETS WALNUT GROVE IN THE 1 PM GIRLS GAME..
GOLDEN CITY GETS GREEN RIDGE IN THE BOYS GAME TO FOLLOW…..

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CLASSES 2 AND 3 ARE ALL ON SATURDAY AT 4 SITES IN EACH CLASS…
IN CLASS 2, AT SIKESTON HIGH SCHOOL, BOTH THAYER AND ORAN TEAMS SQUARE OFF…THE GIRLS TIP AT 1, BOYS AT 2:45….

AT LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, MILLER MEETS EAST BUCHANAN IN THE GIRLS TILT, SKYLINE FACES MID BUCHANAN IN THE BOYS GAME…

AT MOBERLY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, PARIS MEETS THE TIPTON LADY CARDINALS AT 1..
THE EUGENE EAGLES GET MILAN IN THE BOYS GAME..

AT REPUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, MANSFIELD MEETS BLUE EYE IN THE GIRLS GAME WHILE THE HARTVILLE EAGLES FACE GREENWOOD IN THE BOYS TILT…

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CLASS 3, FARMINGTON CIVIC CENTER PITS THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING GOING FOR A RETURN TRIP BACK TO THE FINAL 4 FACE SAXONY LUTHERAN OUT OF JACKSON IN A 1 PM TIP….THAT WILL BE ON 97.9 FM…PRE GAME ABOUT 12:50…
CHARLESTON GETS AVA IN THE BOYS GAME TO FOLLOW….

AT BLUE SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL IN KANSAS CITY, MACON FACES MARYVILLE IN THE GIRLS TILT, MONROE CITY TAKES ON K..C. CENTRAL…

AT NORMANDY HIGH ACROSS THE STATE IN ST. LOUIS, WHITFIELD MEETS ST. CHARLES LUTHERAN IN THE GIRLS GAME…CARDINAL RITTER TAKES ON ST. CHARLES CHRISTIAN IN THE BOYS GAME.

AT SOUTHWEST BAPTIST IN BOLIVAR, THE GIRLS FROM SOUTHERN BOONE MEET THE STRAFFORD LADY INDIANS…BLAIR OAKS TAKES ON FAIR GROVE IN THE BOYS GAME….THOSE WILL BE NIGHT GAMES IN BOLIVAR……