IT’S FRIDAY AND THAT MEANS FRIDAY NIGHT, UNDER THE LIGHTS AND THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS MAKE THE TRIP TO BOLIVAR TO MEET THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE OZARK CONFERENCE, AND A TEAM THAT’S RANKED NO. 4 IN THE STATE IN CLASS 4…..TIGER COACH JOE HAYNES SAID AFTER A WIN LAST FRIDAY OVER HILLCREST, PRACTICE THIS WEEK WAS A LOT BETTER.

THE TIGER COACH EXPECTS A RUNNING GAME FROM BOLIVAR.

WE’LL HAVE IT ON 102.3 FM AT 7….PRE GAME ABOUT 6:45…

OTHER THAN FOOTBALL TODAY…

VOLLEYBALL HAS DIXON AT BUNKER.

BASEBALL:
CROCKER AT TUSCUMBIA
VIENNA AT DIXON
LAQUEY AT BELLE
LICKING AT HARTVILLE
NEWBURG’S AT BOURBON
STOUTLAND AT PLATO
OUR COACHES DESK THIS MORNING IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY PAULS FURNITURE WITH 2 LOCATIONS IN ROLLA AND ST. ROBERT, WHERE THEY WON’T BE UNDERSOLD..

SOCCER TODAY HAS WAYNESVILLE AT COLUMBIA BATTLE…

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SOCCER YESTERDAY, FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT, TOP SEED LAQUEY BLEW OUT IBERIA 8-0..
2ND SEED DIXON DID THE SAME TO CROCKER SENDING BOTH THE RANGERS AND LIONS TO THE 3RD PLACE GAME TORMORROW WHILE LAQUEY AND DIXON PLAY FOR THE TITLE AT LAQUEY…
3RD PLACE KICKS AT 12 NOON..
CHAMPIONSHIP AT 2 ON SATURDAY FOR THE TITLE.

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SOFTBALL:

ST. ELIZABETH HOSTED CROCKER ON THE SOFTBALL DIAMOND YESTERDAY, SCORED EARLY AND OFTEN AND ENDED THIS 13-3 IN THE 5TH.
TASIA GREEN GETS THE WIN, TOSSING A 3 HITTER AND FANNING 6 THRU 5 INNINGS.
ELAINA FOSTER TAKES THE LOSS….
CROCKER’S LAINEY CONNELL HAD A HIT AND DROVE IN 2 RUNS….CADIE HUEY HAD AN RBI FOR CROCKER…ST. E’S LEADOFF HITTER, EMILY WILDE COLLECTED 4 HITS AND DROVE IN 3 RUNS..
GREEN HELPED HER CAUSE WITH 3 HITS AND DROVE IN 2 TO HELP THE ST. E OFFENSE…….

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IBERIA GOT A PERFECT GAME FROM HAILEY WHITTLE, BANGED OUT 20 HITS AND SCORED 20 RUNS AT OSAGE YESTERDAY AND CAME HOME AFTER 3 INNINGS….
WHITTLE FACED 9 AND PUT THEM DOWN IN ORDER…..NO HITS, NO WALKS, NO ERRORS….

EMMA RAY COLLECTED FOUR HITS IN 3 INNINGS…SHE DOUBLED AND HIT A GRAND SLAM IN THE 3RD TO LEAD IBERIA’S ATTACK, WHICH INCLUDED A 17 RUN THIRD INNING THAT ENDED THIS….
GABRIELLE LAWSON, AND EMILY THOMPSON ALSO HOMERED IN THE 3RD….
6 DIFFERENT LADY RANGERS HAD MULTIPLE HITS…BESIDES EMMA RAY’S 4 SAFTIES, HAILEY WHITTLE, MORGAN LUTTRELL, EMILY THOMPSON, ALYSSA PERRY, AND LANEY HALLEY….

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DIXON HOSTED CUBA AND THE FRISCO LEAGUER COMES OUT ON TOP, 13-7…
MACI HOLTSCAW STARTED BUT AFTER GIVING UP 7 EARNED RUNS ON 8 HITS IN 2 INNINGS, SHE WAS RELEIVED BY MADDY RYAN WHO PICKS UP THE WIN TOSSING 2 HIT BALL THRU 5 INNINGS.
DIXON RIPPED OUT 17 HITS ON THE DAY.
LEADING THE OFFENSE, LEXI GRAVES WITH 4 HITS INCLUDING 2 DOUBLES AND 4 RBI’S..
EMMA THILTGEN DOUBLED, TRIPLED AND DROVE IN 4 RUNS…
RYLI MARTIN HAD 3 HITS…ANNA MOORE SINGLED, DOUBLED, AND DROVE IN A PAIR, AND THOSE WERE THE HIGHLIGHTS.

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CAPITAL CITY’S CLEAN UP HITTER KENNEDY SCHANUTH (SHA-NUTH) SLUGGED A TWO RUN HOMER IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 5TH, HELPING TO MAKE A WINNER OF OLIVIA WOOD AND THE CAVALIERS EDGED THE LADY EAGLES, 6-4…WOOD STRUCK OUT 13……
NOT MANY HIGHLIGHTS FOR VIENNA IN THIS… KARISSA FEELER HAD A TWO RUN DOUBLE. KADENCE GEORGE STOLE 2 BASES…..MARSIE MESSERSMITH TAKES THE LOSS..SHE GAVE UP 3 EARNED RUNS ON 6 HITS AND 5 WALKS, WHILE STRIKING OUT 6.

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WAYNESVILLE WENT TO LEBANON FOR AN OZARK CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL MATCH AND WERE SWEPT BY THE LADY JACKETS IN 3…13-25, 11-25, 20-25..

OTHER O.C. VOLLEYBALL, CAMDENTON SWEEPS HILLCREST IN 3..
KICKAPOO SWEEPS PARKVIEW 3-0…

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BASEBALL

THE LICKING WILDCATS WRAPPED UP THEIR GAMES AT DEERLICK PARK THIS SEASON WITH A 12-2 WIN OVER DIXON…..
THE WILDCATS SCORED SEVEN RUNS IN THE FIRST INNING AND WERE IN THE DRIVERS SEAT..

MALACHI ANTLE LED A 10-HIT ATTACK FOR THE WILDCATS, GOING 3-FOR-5 WITH 3 RBIS. ELIJAH ULLOM COLLECTED TWO HITS, LANDON MEDLOCK SCORED THREE TIMES WHILE WILSON MURRAY AND KEYTON COOK BOTH DOUBLED AND SCORED. RUSTY BUCKNER DOUBLED AND DROVE IN TWO RUNS.
DIXON COLLECTED 4 SINGLES IN THE GAME AND THAT WAS IT OFF THE WILDCAT PITCHERS..
KEYTON COOK STARTED AND PICKS UP THE WIN.. HE WENT FOUR INNINGS, GAVE UP TWO RUNS (ONE EARNED) ON TWO HITS, FANNED FIVE AND WALKED THREE. SILAS ANTLE FINISHED…HE GAVE TWO HITS AND FANNED FOUR IN 2 INNINGS…
CLAYTON SINDEN TOOK THE LOSS..
DIXON COACH ALEX SHELTON SAID “We were not sharp defensively and our offense was much too quiet to mount any type of comeback…..This was a disappointing loss for us….

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IBERIA PUT A 17-7 RUN RULE WHOPPIN’ ON PLATO AT HOOPER FIELD IN ROCKTOWN YESTERDAY..

THE RANGERS OFFENSE WAS LED BY KADEN LAWSON WHO COLLECTED 4 RBI’S….WADE BOND AN JAYDIN ROWDEN BOTH DOUBLED AND DROVE IN 2 RUNS…JAKE WHITTLE, ISAAC LAWSON AND KALE ONSTOTT ALL DOUBLED….LAWSON HAD AN RBI AS DID LOGAN SEEL….

ETHAN WRACHER STARTED. HE THREW 1 INNING…..HE WAS RELIEVED BY HAIDEN MARTIN WHO WENT 3 INNINGS AND STRUCK OUT 8 TO RECORD THE WIN.

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MACKS CREEK TOOK TO THE ROAD ON THURSDAY NIGHT, HEADING TO DEEPWATER TO TAKE ON THE LAKELAND VIKINGS. AT THE END OF THE NIGHT IT WAS THE VIKINGS EMERGING WITH A 14-4 WIN IN SIX INNINGS.

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OZARK CONFERENCE SOCCER YESTERDAY..
BRANSON WAS A 4-1 WINNER OVER PARKVIEW
GLENDALE GOT BY SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC 2-1.
KICKAPOO SHUTS OUT NIXA 2-0…

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