Marv’s Sports 1/15/2020

WAYNESVILLE 67-49 OVER SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL

THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS VENTURED TO THE “PIT” AT SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL AND PICKED UP A 67-49 OZARK CONFERENCE VICTORY..
TRAILING 10-9 AFTER ONE, THE TIGERS ERIC MORRIS BANKED IN A 3 AT THE END OF THE 2ND AND CUT THE DEFICIT 27-21 HEADING INTO THE LOCKER ROOM, AND THAT SPARKED THE TIGER OFFENSE….THE TIGERS POUNDED THE BULLDOGS WITH A 26-8 RUN IN THE 3RD, WON THE 4TH QUARTER AND THE GAME THANKS TO A 46 POINT 2ND HALF..
COACH CHRIS PILZ SAID THEIR SEASON AT TIMES HAS BEEN A TALE OF 2 HALVES, BUT THAT’S NOT UNCOMMON AT THE PREP LEVEL.

WAYNESVILLE SHOT 52% FROM THE FIELD, AND KEPT THEIR TURNOVERS TO 12 COMPARED TO 20 FOR THE BULLDOGS..THE TIGERS ALSO WON THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS BY 1, 25-24…
TIGER COACH CHRIS PILZ SAID THE BULLDOGS WERE NO PUSHOVERS.

COACH CHRIS PILZ SAID IT WAS NOT THE BEST OF STARTS FOR HIS TIGERS..

TIGERS LEADING SCORERS, THEIR 2 GUARDS…XAY McGARTHUR LED WITH 19, MIKE LEWIS ADDED 12..ERIC MORRIS DROPPED IN 10..
LYRIC HERRON HAD 20 FOR CENTRAL.
THE TIGERS GO TO 8-4 OVERALL, AND PICK UP A CONFERENCE “W”…
CENTRAL FALLS TO 2-9….

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NEWBURG 60-28 OVER CROCKER

NEWBURG RODE TO CROCKER YESTERDAY AND PUT UP A 60-28 TURBO CLOCK VICTORY OVER CROCKER…
WOLVES COACH LOGAN RAY SAID “Overall, one of our better games of the season. We had one of our starters out sick and others picked up the slack. We were able to move the ball well on offense and make the extra pass for better shots.”
THE WLVES JUMPED OUT TO A 21-3 LEAD AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, AND WHILE CROCKER RE-GROUPED IN THE 2ND, THE LAST 16 MINUTES BELONGED TO THE WOLVES OUT SCORING THE LIONS, 26-12….
THE WOLVES HAD 4 IN DOUBLES…
JARED LOTT LED WITH 16, COLE DAVIS ADDED 15, GUNNER POUND NETTED 12, AND HUNTER MENTOLA DROPPED IN 11.
PAYTON HARRISON HAD 14 TO LEAD CROCKER..THAT PUTS NEWBURG AT 2-0 IN THE FRISCO AND 7-6 OVERALL…

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IBERIA 82-41 OVER STOUTLAND

IT WAS ALL IBERIA LAST NIGHT IN ROCKTOWN AS THEY PICKED UP THEIR FIRST FRISCO LEAGUE WIN IN THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE OUTING, AND DID IT WITH THE MERCY CLOCK TICKING IN AN 82-41 VICTORY OVER STOUTLAND.
THE RANGERS HAD 5 IN DOUBLES AS THEY SHOTS WERE DROPPING WITH FREQUENCY….
ZACH VOSS LED THE SCORING PARADE WITH 23 POINTS..
KOBE HALLEY DRAINED 16..
ISSAC LAWSON HIT FOR 13 PT
EASTON BLANKENSHIP ADDED 12 AND
WADE BOND TOSSED DOWN 10…
THE RANGERS IMPROVE TO 8-3 OVERALL..

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BOURBON 73-39 OVER LAQUEY…..

IT WAS A TALE OF 2 HALVES AT BOURBON LAST NIGHT….THE LAQUEY HORNETS STAYED WITH A VERY GOOD WARHAWK TEAM THAT PICKED UP THEIR 11TH WIN AGAINST ONLY 3 LOSSES WITH A 73-39 VICTORY..
THE HORNETS TRAILED BY 14 AT THE HALF AND WERE STILL IN THIS, BUT THE 2ND HALF BELONGED TO THE HOME TOWN WARHAWKS AND THE MERCY CLOCK TICKED AWAY THE TIME IN THE 4TH QUARTER….
LAQUEY COACH DUSTIN MATLOCK SAID “Played well the first half, but let it get away from us in the second.”
JASON YOUNG LED LAQUEY 14

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LICKING 57-54 OVER MTN. GROVE…

THE LICKING WILDCATS TAMPED THE MTN. GROVE PANTHERS, 57-54 IN A DISTRICT PREVIEW MATCH UP…
THE CATS IMPROVE TO 7-6 OVERALL..
WILSON MURRAY LED THE WAY FOR LICKING WITH A 36 POINT PERFORMANCE…
THE WILDCATS WILL BE AT THE CLASS 3 DISTRICT 4 TOURNAMENT AND THIS WIN SHOULD GIVE THEM A HIGHER SEED THAN THE HOST PANTHERS AT SEASONS END……

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WILLOW SPRINGS 57-51 OVER PLATO..

THE WILLOW SPRINGS BEARS SPOILED THE HOME COOKIN’ AT PLATO LAST NIGHT BY CLIPPING THE EAGLES WINGS, 57-51…
ACTUALLY, THE EAGLES CLIPPED THEIR OWN WINGS WITH TURNOVERS…
THE EAGLES LED 15-9 AFTER ONE, WERE UP BY 10, 27-17 AT THE HALF, BUT WILLOW ERASED THAT WITH A 24-10 RUN IN THE 3RD, TOOK THE LEAD, AND PUT IT AWAY IN THE LAST 8 MINUTES..
GRADY TODD HAD ANOTHER DOUBLE DOUBLE WITH 18 POINTS AND 13 REBOUNDS..
LEVI JOHNSON WAS THE LEADING SCORER FOR PLATO WITH 21…..
SCOTTIE OSBORN LED WILLOW SPRINGS WITH 17..
PLATO COACH MIKE PHILLIPS SAID ‘We were up 10 at halftime and they started pressuring the ball more which got us out of our game plan a little. We weathered the storm and were only down 4 after 3 but were never able to regain the lead, mainly because of the turnover difference. We had 21 more turnovers than Willow Springs did. That was definitely the difference in the game.
NEXT GAME FOR PLATO IS FRIDAY AT HOME VS NEWBURG FOR OUR HOMECOMING GAME.
RECORDS: PLATO 5-8
WILLOW SPRINGS 8-4

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GIRLS
DIXON 63-38 OVER VIENNA

IN A MAKE UP FROM MID DECEMBER, THE DIXON LADY BULLDOGS TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS AGAINST THEIR NORTHERN MARIES COUNTY NEIGHBOR VIENNA, 63-38…
THE LADY BULLDOGS DOUBLED UP VIENNA, 16-8 IN THE FIRST QUARTER, LED 31-14 AT THE HALF, THEN OUTSCORED THE LADY EAGLES, 32-24 IN THE 2ND HALF FOR THE “W”..VIENNA HAD 19 TURNOVERS IN THE CONTEST THAT DID NOT HELP THEIR CAUSE….
BROOK SINCLAIR LED DIXON WITH 26, KHLOE IRVIN WAS RIGHT BEHIND WITH 23….
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THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGER WRESTERS BESTED NIXA, 31-18 LAST NIGHT IN TIGER TOWN…