Marv’s Monday Sports

IT’S A RETURN TRIP TO THE FINAL 4 FOR THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING AFTER THEIR 52-46 WIN OVER SAXONY LUTHERAN SATURDAY IN FARMINGTON..
IT STARTED OUT WITH THE 2 TRADING SOME SHOTS, FEELING EACH OTHER OUT…THE LADY CRUSADERS LED 10-9 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER….IN THE 2ND QUARTER, THE LARGE CROWD WENT SILENT WHEN FRISCO LEAGUE MVP KARLEE HOLLAND DROVE THE PAINT, THE SHOT WENT UP AND HOLLAND WENT DOWN ROLLING ON THE HARDWOOD IN PAIN HOLDING HER RIGHT KNEE..AFTER A FEW MINUTES ON MEDICAL ATTENTION, SHE HOBBLED OVER BEHIND THE SCORERS TABLE, ICE WAS APPLIED, THE LADY WILDCATS WERE WITHOUT THEIR LEADING SCORER..WHILE THEY ATTENDED TO HOLLAND ON THE FLOOR,
COACH STEVE RISSLER TALKED TO HIS GALS, WHO STEPPED UP WHEN THEIR STAR WENT DOWN.

THE LADY CATS STEPPED UP, STAYED CLOSE, LOOKING AT A 3 POINT HALFTIME DEFICIT..
HOLLAND CAME BACK, AND WHILE SHE DIDN’T START THE 3RD QUARTER, SHE CAME BACK, PICKED UP 14 OF HER 19 OVER POINTS IN THE 2ND HALF AND HELPED LEAD THE LADY CATS BACK TO THE DANCE…
ALSO IN DOUBLES FOR LICKING WAS KYLIE TAYLOR WITH 14, BUT IT WAS FRESHMAN MACI SPARKS TWO FREE THROWS LATE IN THE 4TH THAT GAVE THE LADY WILDCATS A TWO POSSESSION LEAD..SPARKS HIT 4 KEY FREE THROWS IN THE 4TH……CREDIT THE LADY CATS DEFENSE TOO…THEY HELPED FORCE 16 TURNOVERS WHILE THEY KEPT THEIRS TO SINGLE DIGITS…LICKING ALSO PULLED DOWN 13 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS GIVING THEM 2ND CHANCE SHOTS…
ANNA BRUNE OF SAXONY FINISHED WITH 20….OLIVIA SPANLEY ADDED 10…

LICKING COACH STEVE RISSLER SAID THEY FOCUSED ON EMMA BRUNE, AND ADMITTED, HIS NERVES WERE ON HIGH ALERT..

LICKING COACH STEVE RISSLER SAID THEY’RE GOING BACK TO THE DANCE, BUT THIS TIME, WANT A BETTER SHOWING THAN LAST YEAR’S 0-2 PERFORMANCE.

THEY WILL TAKE ON MACON, AND THE TWO COACHES, RISSLER AND RICHARD DRISCOLL WILL RE-UNITE……MACON DEFEATED MAYSVILLE 43-40 AT BLIE SPRINGS ON SATURDAY…
THE OTHER TWO AT THE FINAL 4 IN CLASS 3 GIRLS, WHITFIELD AND STRAFFORD.
WHITFIELD POUNDED ST. CHARLES CHRISTIAN 63-36…..STRAFFORD ENDED IT FOR SOUTHERN BOONE, 56-37….

THE BOYS TEAMS WHO ADVANCED IN CLASS 3, CHARLESTON, MONROE CITY, CARDINAL RITTER AND BLAIR OAKS WHO GOT BY FAIR GROVE 57-50…..CHARLESTON, WHO THUMPED AVA, 79-56 WAS THE BOYS GAME PLAYED AT FARMINGTON ON SATURDAY..

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CLASS 2 HAS ORAN, EACH BUCHANAN, THE TIPTON LADY CARDINALS AND BLUE EYE IN THE FINALS.
TIPTON TOOK OUT PARIS 57-41 WHILE BLUE EYE ENDED IT FOR MANSFIELD, 60-46…

CLASS 2 BOYS, ORAN, SKYLINE, MILAN, AND HARTVILLE ARE IN..
SKYLINE BEAT MID BUCHANAN 62-45 ON SATURDAY AT LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL WHILE HARTVILLE SQUEEZED BY GREENWOOD, 49-47.

CLASS 1, THE GIRLS FROM SOUTH IRON, SOUTH NODAWAY, WALNUT GROVE AND COMMUNITY ADVANCED OUT OF THE QUARTERS..
WALNUT GROVE TURBO CLOCKED MONTROSE, 65-31….

CLASS 1 BOYS WHO MOVED ON ARE DORA, JEFFERSON CONCEPTION, GOLDEN CITY AND THE ST. ELIZABETH HORNETS…
THEIR BIG, AND HAVE A POTENT INSIDE GAME BUT FRIDAY NIGHT, THE ST. ELIZABETH HORNETS DRAINED 10 THREE POINTERS IN THEIR FIRST 10 ATTEMPTS FROM DOWNTOWN AND BESTED THE MEADVILLE EAGLES, 82-71….
MEADVILLE’S ROSTER IS MOSTLY 6′ FOOT TO 6-2 WHILE THE HORNETS TOWER OVER MOST IN CLASS 1 SO CHANGING THE OFFENSE WAS NOT EXPECTED BUT IT WORKED….

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THE SEASON ENDED FOR ONE MORE OZARK CONFERENCE TEAM ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND IT WAS A BIG LOSS FOR THE CLASS 4, STATE RANKED ROLLA LADY BULLDOGS WHO WERE SHUT DOWN BY THE SULLIVAN LADY EAGLES, 43-30 AT UNION….THE TOP SEED WAS EXPECTED TO MOVE ON BUT SULLIVAN HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS, AND IT’S CALLED DEFENSE…THIS WAS A DEFENSIVE SLUGFEST WIRE TO WIRE….
THE DUO TRADED BASKETS EARLY, BUT SULLIVAN WENT ON TOP WITH JUST OVER 3 1/2 MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST QUARTER, AND RAN UP A 13-7 LEAD AFTER ONE…..IT WAS 17-13 AT HALF AND WHEN YOU DO THE MATH, THAT’S ONLY 10 POINTS BETWEEN BOTH TEAMS IN THE 2ND QUARTER…
A 7 POINT 3RD FOR BOTH AND SULLIVAN LEADS BY 4 HEADING INTO THE 4TH, WENT ON A 10-0 RUN AND NAILED THE COFFIN SHUT ON ROLLA’S SEASON….SULLIVAN HIT 11 FREE THROWS DOWN THE STRETCH TO ADVANCE.

….ROLLA FANS WERE TREATED TO A DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP, FOR THE BOYS, WHO UPSET THEIR WAY TO THE TITLE..
A WIN IN ROUND ONE OVER OWENSVILLE PUT THE 4TH SEED AGAINST TOP SEED SULLIVAN, AND ROLLA UPSET THE EAGLES, 50-43, THEN TOOK ON 2ND SEED SALEM AND KNOCKED OFF THEIR NEIGHBOR, 54-49 ON FRIDAY TO MOVE ONTO THE SECTIONAL ROUND ON WEDNESDAY…..

THE WEST PLAINS LADY ZIZZERS ARE STIL PLAYING AFTER THEIR 58-28 WIN OVER LOGAN ROGERSVILLE ON FRIDAY AT MARSHFIELD….THE LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE BOYS WON THEIR DISTRICT OVER BOLIVAR, 51-48….

SO, THAT LEAVES THE ROLLA BOYS, THE WEST PLAINS GIRLS, AND BOTH KICKAPOO TEAMS FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE PLAYING THIS WEDNESDAY IN STATE SECTIONAL ROUND OF 16….