Marvs Sports-KFBD-Friday May 28

THE CLASS 5 STATE TRACK MEET IS DONE AND 6 WAYNESVILLE TIGERS MADE THE PODIUM IN 3 EVENTS AND RECEIVED ALL STATE STATUS….
JUSTIN KNIGHT TOOK 6TH PLACE IN THE LONG JUMP…
THE TIGERS 4X200 METER RELAY TEAM WAS 7TH IN STATE…THAT WAS MICHAEL LEWIS, ISAAC MALAY, CHASE THOMAS-PLUMMER AND A.J. MARTIN……
JARED HYATT WAS 8TH IN STATE IN THE HIGH JUMP…..

THE TIGERS SENT 13 TO THE STATE MEET AND COMPETED IN 9 EVENTS…..A 1-8TH PLACE FINISH GETS AN ATHLETE ALL STATE STATUS…..

THE TIGERS ALSO COMPETED IN THE TRIPLE JUMP, 4X1, AND 4X800 METER RELAYS, THE 100 METER DASH, THE 3200 METER RUN, AND THE 110 HURDLES…

CLASS 4 RUNS THEIR STATE MEET TODAY….CLASS 3 WRAPS UP TRACK ON SATURDAY…

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THE CLASS 1 STATE BASEBALL BRACKET IS SET FOR NEXT WEEK, STARTING MONDAY THE 31ST AT THE U.S. BASEBALL PARK IN OZARK..
GREEN CITY AND ORAN PLAY AT 11 ON MONDAY IN ONE OF THE SEMI FINALS, ST. ELIZABETH AND LEETON GO AT 1:30…..
CLASSES 2, 3 AND 4 WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE BY TODAY, BUT MOTHER NATURE TOOK CARE OF MOST OF THAT YESTERDAY…

3 OF THE 4 TEAMS IN CLASS 2 ARE IN…HOLCOMB, EAST BUCHANAN AND PUTNAM COUNTY HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE FINAL 4…..THEY’RE STILL WAITING FOR GAINESVILLE AND MARIONVILLE….THAT GAME WAS SUSPENDED WEDNESDAY MID WAY THRU THE 4TH INNING AT GAINESVILLE WITH MARIONVILLE ON TOP,
1-0….THE GAME WAS MOVED TO FORSYTHE FOR A 5:30 START YESTERDAY, BUT THE RAINS CAME CALLING AGAIN…THEY’VE BUMPED IT TO THIS AFTERNOON, SAME TIME AND APPARENTLY, SAME PLACE….

CLASS 2 SEMI’S ARE MONDAY AT 4 AND 6:30 IN OZARK..

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CLASSES 3 AND 4 DID FAIR ANY BETTER…..ONE OF THE 4 QUARTER FINALS WAS PLAYED IN CLASS 3..
ELSBERRY BEAT FATHER TOLTON, 6-4 AND MOVES TO THE SEMI FINALS NEXT WEDNESDAY AT 1:30..
THEY GET THE WINNER OF SKYLINE AND LINN..THEY PLAY AT 5 THIS AFTERNOON AT SKYLINE…….
THE OTHER TWO THAT GOT THE WASH YESTERDAY GET A RE-BOOT TODAY….
KELLY IS HOSTING JEFFERSON-FESTUS IN BENTON…
ST. PIUS OF KANSAS CITY VISITS WARSAW..

NONE OF THE CLASS 4 QUARTERS WERE COMPLETED AND ALL GOT BUMPED TO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING….
KENNETT GOES TO PRIORY IN ST. LOUIS…
ST. JOE LAFAYETTE HEADS TO LEE’S SUMMITT TO MEET SUMMITT CHRISTIAN….
ST. CHARLES WEST HEADS TO JEFF CITY TO MEET BLAIR OAKS…
SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC AND HOLLISTER PLAY AT THE U.S. BALLPARK IN OZARK..

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CLASSES 5 AND 6 AND THEY PLAY THEIR QUARTER FINALS ON SATURDAY….
THE LONE OZARK CONFERENCE TEAM STILL GOING, THE GLENDALE FALCONS ARE ON THE ROAD, BUT IT’S A SHORT TRIP TO WILLARD FOR A 1PM FIRST PITCH TOMORROW….

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THE LAQUEY LADY HORNETS HOSTED THE CLASS 1 DISTRICT 5 SOCCER TOURNAMENT AND YESTERDAY, RELEASED THE ALL DISTRICT TEAM FROM THAT TOURNAMENT, WON BY THE CROCKER LADY LIONS WHO ARE STILL PLAYING…..

1ST TEAM, IN ORDER OF VOTING BY THE COACHES….
Callie McMurtey (Crocker)
Acacia Rice (M Laquey)
Emily Schrock (Valley Park)
Rebecca Albritton (G Dixon)
Isabella Finnegan (Belle)
Megan Becker (Crocker)
Hannah Thier (F Laquey)
Megan Maloney (Valley Park)
Rebecca Albritton (G Dixon)
Faith Langdon (Belle)
Emily Boberg (Crocker)
Aurora Rice (D Laquey)
Emily Geary (Valley Park)
Haile Snow (S Dixon)
Meghan Campise (Crocker)
Adrienne Miller (D Laquey)
Kayley Homer (Crocker)

2nd Team FROM THE FRISCO LEAGUE INCLUDES:
Emma Routh (Crocker)
Alexis Shelton (F Laquey)
Carol Hogshooter (W Dixon)
Mina Newsome (Crocker)
Briar Sayer (D Laquey)
Kennedy Killian (Crocker)
Evelyn Rogers (M Laquey)
Skyeler Layman (Crocker)
Olivia Boevingloh (D Laquey)
Carol Hogshooter (W Dixon)
Abby Harrison (Crocker)
Brooke Fowers (M Laquey)
Abby Shattuck (Crocker)

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CALLIE McMURTRY OF CROCKER WAS THE TOP VOTE GETTER, GIVING HER MVP STATUS OF THE DISTRICT….SHE’S ALSO THE CONFERENCE MVP, AND HER TEAM MATES WILL PROBABLY TELL YOU, SHE’S THEIR MVP TOO…SHE BROKE HER OWN SCHOOL RECORD THIS YEAR FOR GOALS IN A SEASON..IN A STORY WE HAD EARLIER, THE OLD RECORD WAS 63 CALLIE SET HER SOPHOMORE SEASON….THERE WAS NO JR. SEASON FOR McMURTRY OR ANYONE ELSE THANKS TO THE PANDEMIC….THIS YEAR, IN A SHORTENED SEASON WITH NOT AS MANY GAMES SCHEDULED, McMURTREY HAS 68, SETTING A NEW SCHOOL RECORD WITH AT LEAST ONE MORE GAME LEFT, A QUARTER FINAL TOMORROW AGAINST NEW COVENANT, AT LAQUEY….
THE O-ZONE, A SPORTS WEBSITE FOR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI HAS A NICE STORY ON THEIR FRONT PAGE TODAY ABOUT THE SCORING MACHINE FOR THE CROCKER LADY LIONS IN WHICH THEY TALK TO HER TEAMMATES AND COACH KAYLA DANIELSON…

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THE TEAM TENNIS FINALS START TODAY AND WILL WRAP UP BY SATURDAY….
TODAY, IT’S THE SEMI FINALS FROM THE COOPER COMPLEX IN SPRINGFIELD..
CLASS 1, IT’S WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN MEETS CLAYTON, THEN BOLIVAR TAKES ON BARSTOW..
CLASS 2, THE FINAL 4 HAS LADUE HORTON-WATKINS AND PRIORY IN ONE SEMI FINAL, BRANSON, AND THOMAS JEFFERSON-INDEPENDANT OF JOPLIN IN THE OTHER….
CLASS 3, JOHN BURROUGHS GETS ROCKBRIDGE BEFORE LEE’S SUMMIT WEST TAKES ON ROCKHURST……
ALL FINALS AND 3RD PLACE GAMES ON SATURDAY……

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SEVERAL WAYNESVILLE ATHLETES INKED THEIR NAMES TO COLLEGES TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, AND PLAY SPORTS AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL..

TWO OF COACH JOE HAYNES’ FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE ONTO THEIR NEXT TEAM…..
JOEY LINKOUS HAS SIGNED TO CONTINUE HIS EDUCATION AND FOOTBALL CAREER AT VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE IN VICTORVILLE, CALIF. LINKOUS WILL BE COMPETING AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN AT HIS NEXT STOP. LINKOUS WAS A 2-YEAR LETTERMAN FOR THE VARSITY TIGERS…
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L.J. BEAM HAS SIGNED HIS LETTER OF INTENT AT FRIENDS UNIVERSITY IN OKLAHOMA. BEAM WILL BE COMPETING AS A QUARTERBACK AT HIS NEXT STOP. BEAM WAS A 2-YEAR LETTERMAN FOR THE VARSITY TIGERS AND LAST YEAR, SPLIT TIME AT QUARTERBACK, AND WIDEOUT ON THE OFFENSE AND SPENT TIME ON THE TIGERS DEFENSE AS A D-BACK….
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CROSS COUNTRY AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNER ON THE TIGERS TRACK TEAM, WHO JUST RETURNED FROM THE SATE MEET, BRYAN O’BARR HAS SIGNED TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI.
O’BARR IS THE WAYNESVILLE SCHOOL RECORD HOLDER IN THE 3200 METER RUN WITH A TIME OF 9:33.42. HE IS ALSO THE DISTRICT CHAMPION IN THE 3200 METER RUN. AT SECTIONALS, HE QUALIFIED FOR STATE IN THE 3200 AND IN THE 4X800 RELAY. AT STATE, HE FINISHED 10TH IN THE 3200. O’BARR WAS ALSO A TWO-TIME STATE QUALIFIER IN CROSS COUNTRY.
O’BARR WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT CHAMPION BOY’S BASKETBALL TEAM.
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MARTIN MEDRANO HAS SIGNED HIS LETTER OF INTENT TO ATTEND LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND AND PLAY SOCCER FOR THE EVERTON FC YOUTH ACADEMY.
EVERTON PLAYS IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE.
WAYNESVILLE COACH JOHN BOX SAID
“It is unprecedented for an athlete from Waynesville High School to sign with a European University and play for an elite professional football (soccer) club in their youth academy.”
MEDRANO PLANS TO STUDY SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY FOR HIS UNDERGRADUATE WORK AND THEN PURSUE HIS MASTER’S AT LJMU.
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KEYSHAWN SMITH IS SIGNING TO ATTEND MISSOURI SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. HE IS PLANNING ON STUDYING CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND RUN TRACK…..
SMITH WAS THE DISTRICT CHAMPION IN THE HIGH JUMP AND TRIPLE JUMP.. HE IS ALSO THE OZARK CONFERENCE TRIPLE JUMP CHAMPION, AND QUALIFIED AT SECTIONALS FOR STATE…..
SMITH WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DISTRICT CHAMPION BOY’S BASKETBALL TEAM.

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BABY BIRDS
DON’T LOOK NOW, BUT THE SPRINGFIELD CARDINALS HAVE WON 2 GAMES IN A ROW, A 6-2 TRIUMPH OVER WICHITA LAST NIGHT IN THEIR 3RD GAME OF THE 6 GAME SERIES IN KANSAS…
THAT’S 5 WINS ON THE SEASON AGAINST 15 LOSSES AND MAYBE THE BABY BIRDS ARE STARTING TO GET THINGS FIGURED OUT….
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A WIN IN HTE DESERT LAST NIGHT, THANKS TO SOME GOOD PITCHING AND A LATE INNING RBI DOUBLE FROM YADI…..