2 WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO STATE, ANOTHER MADE IT TO THE QUALIFYING MATCH….3 MORE DID NOT..
6 WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS MADE THE SECTIONAL ROUND, WHICH TAKES THE TOP 3 IN EACH WEIGHT CLASS FOR STATE…
AT 112 POUNDS, JOSIE MOODY MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AND LOST A TOUGH 5-4 DECISION TO CORA SKAGGS OF EUREKA, BUT 2ND STILL GOES TO THE DANCE.
AT 151 POUNDS, MARISSA GONZOLEZ ALSO WRESTLED IN THE TITLE MATCH AND WAS PINNED IN 50 SECONDS BY HANNA JANSEN OF WEBSTER GROVES AND TAKES 2ND…

SOMIA McPHEARSON AT 143 LOST HER 3RD PLACE MATCH IN A TECHNICAL FALL TO KAYLA HODGES OF JACKSON….A LOSS IN THE 3RD PLACE ELIMINATES ONE FROM STATE…..

AT 102 ZAY-ZHAY MEDRANO LOST IN THE CONSOLATION SEMI FINALS.
JALEN WILLIAMS AT 122, AND JORDON WILSON AT 195 BOTH LOST IN ROUND 1 OF CONSOLTION.
STATE IS MARCH 9-13TH IN COLUMBIA…
THIS WEEKEND, IT’S THE BOYS TURN FOR SECTIONALS…
THE TIGERS WILL SEND 9 TO THE SECTIONAL ROUND….

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NEWBURG 61-60 OVER LAQUEY

NEWBURG SPOILED THE HOME COOKIN’ FRIDAY AT LAQUEY ESCAPING WITH A 61-60 VICTORY OVER THE HORNETS….THIS WAS THE TALE OF THE HALVES…NEWBURG WON THE FIRST AND 2ND QUARTERS 22-17,
15-9 FOR A 37-26 LEAD AT THE HALF…..LAQUEY CAME BACK WITH A 15-9 THIRD QUARTER WIN, AND WON THE 4TH 19-15, BUT FELL ONE SHY…
COACH STEVE SCHOLFIELD OF LAQUEY SAID “I thought 1 of our best offensive games but we couldn’t stop the Wolves from the 3 point line as they made 9 for the game.”
JASON YOUNG LED THE HORNETS WITH 24, JAYDEN BELL ADDED 15, NATHAN FOWERS DROPPED IN 14
LAQUEY IS NOW 12-8, 4-1 IN CONFERENCE

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CROCKER’S HOMECOMING IS A GO……THEY WELCOME IN BELLE…..

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IT WAS BACK TO BACK FOR THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS..
FRIDAY NIGHT, A TRIP TO CAMDENTON SAW THE TIGERS KNOCK OFF THE LAKERS, 61-45….
THE TIGERS TRAILED BY 2 AT THE HALF, BUT OUTSCORED THE LAKERS 15-2 IN THE 3RD AND CARRIED IT HOME…..XAY MacARTHUR LED WITH 23, MIKE LEWIS ADDED 15…

THEN THE TIGERS HIT THE ROAD TO PARKVIEW ON SATURDAY FOR A MAKE UP AND AS THE SAYING GOES, 3RD TIME’S A CHARM….THE TIGER RODE HOME WITH A 53-32 WIN….THIS GAME WAS BUMPED FOR COVID ONCE, AND WEATHER ANOTHER BUT THE TIGERS, CARRYING SOME MOMENTUM WITH FRIDAY’S WIN OVER THE LAKERS JUMPED OUT TO A 9-4 LEAD AFTER ONE QUARTER, WON THE 2ND 15-10, TOOK THE 3RD, AND 4TH AND THE GAME BY 21…..
22 FOR MIKE LEWIS, TYRIQUE BROOKS ADDED 12…
WAYNESVILLE IS 11-10 OVERALL, 4-3 IN THE CONFERENCE….
TIGER Coach CHRIS Pilz SAID “Our defense was the story tonight. We had a short practice today before we loaded the bus. Our guys were able to execute at a high level today. Parkview is well coached and played extremely hard. McArthur and Lewis settled down about 12 minutes into the game and started making mature decisions in the paint which led to baskets. We will get back in the gym tomorrow and get ready for West Plains on Tuesday.”

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WHS 71-8 OVER HILLCREST..

THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS COULD HAVE TURNED ON THE MERCY CLOCK HALFWAY THRU THE 2ND QUARTER AGAINST HILLCREST ON FRIDAY, POUNDING THE LADY HORNETS 71-8..
20-2 AFTER ONE, IT WAS 40-2 AT THE HALF AND COACH BRITNEY MATLOCK CLEARED THE BENCH….
NAUDI EVANS AND BREONNA HURD EACH HAD 19…..10 DIFFERENT LADY TIGERS SCORED POINTS….
COACH MATLOCK SAID “Nice team win after being off for the last week. We have a quick turn around. Next game is tomorrow @ Rolla.
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LIKE THE BOYS, THE FRIDAY NIGHT WIN, AND MOMENTUM CARRIED OVER TO THE ROLLA GAME AND THE LADY TIGERS GOT BY THE STATE RANKED LADY BULLDOGS, 54-50…
ROLLA STRUGGLED WITH THEIR OFFENSE AND WITH THE TWO LADY TIGERS LEADING SCORERS, SENIOR GUARD NAUDIA EVANS WHO LED WITH 18 AND FRESHMAN FORWARD BREONA HURD WHO TOOSED DOWN 15…
THE LADY BULLDOGS ALSO STRUGGLED WITH THEIR OFFENSE MISSING TANIA CORLY WHO’S OUT FOR THE SEASON……A 2 POINT ROLLA LEAD AFTER ONE TURNED INTO A 4 POINT LADY TIGER LEAD AT THE BREAK…..ROLLA WOULD CUT THE LEAD TO JUST 2 IN THE 3RD, BUT THAT’S AS CLOSE AS THEY WOULD GET….ALL OF BREONNA HURDS 15 POINTS CAME IN THE 2ND HALF…FREE THROWS WIN GAMES AND THE LADY TIGERS HIT 8 OF 12 IN THE LAST MINUTE OR SO FOR THE “W”….
CARLI LIBHART LED ROLLA WITH 17, SAVANNAH CAMPBELL ADDED 15 AND WILLOW GIDEON DRAINED 10..

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IBERIA 63 DIXON 58

FOR THE 2ND STRAIGHT SEASON, THE IBERIA RANGERS TO BACK TO BACK WITH AN UNDEFEATED CONFERENCE SEASON, ALBEIT, THIS ONE MAY HAVE AN ASTERIK BY IT, LABELD COVID……
THE RANGERS WENT 5-0 IN THE LEAUGE AFTER THEIR 63-58 WIN OVER DIXON SATURDAY…
BIG DAY FOR KOBE HALLEY WITH 29 POINTS…
GABE PLEMMONS PULLS OUT ANOTHER DOUBLE DOUBLE WITH 10 POINTS AND 11 REBOUNDS…
DIXON HAD 3 IN DOUBLES LED BY SHANNON KAMPETER WITH 19, WILL SHELTON DRAINED 11 AND C.J. THILTGEN TOSSED IN 10…..
IBERIA FINISHES THE REGULART SEASON AT 19-2, AND 5-0 IN THE LEAGUE…

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DIXON 54-47-OVER STOUTLAND

A MAKE UP FRIDAY FROM A THURSDAY POSTPONEMENT, THE DIXON LADY BULLDOGS POSTED A 54-47 FRISCO LEAGUE WIN OVER STOUTLAND….DIXON WENT TO THE LINE 35 TIMES AND HIT 22, STOUTLAND WAS 6 OF 13 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE FOR AN 18 POINT ADVANTAGE..
RESA MARTIN LED DIXON WITH 28, RYLI MARTIN ADDED 20.
KAYLIN STRADT LED STOUTLAND WITH 24…..

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THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING WON 2 OVER THE WEEKEND…2 ADDITIONS TO THE SCHEUDLE SAW LICKING KNOCK OFF SALEM. 56-37 ON FRIDAY, THEN TAKE ON STATE RANKED SPARTA AND HAND THE LADY TROJANS A 57-52 LOSS…

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THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS TACKED ON ANOTHER FRISCO LEAGUE WIN AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THEIR 59-40 VICTORY OVER IBERIA ON SATURDAY….
MIRANDA MOSS DRAINED 23 TO LEAD THE LADY BEARS SCORING PARADE….BELL HARLEY ADDED A DOZEN AND KAITLYN COLE TOSSED IN 10….EMMA RAY HAD 12 TO LEAD THE LADY RANGERS….THE STATE RANKED LADY BEARS ARE 15-3 OVERALL, AND WRAP UP THE LEAGUE WITH A 6-0 MARK…..
RICHLAND HAD THE DAY OFF IN DISTRICTS BECAUSE OF A FIRST ROUND BYE WHILE IBERIA’S DISTRICT DOES NOT START UNTIL THIS EVENING…

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SPEAKING OF DISTRICTS…
CLASS 2, DISTRICT 9…..
PLATO HOSTED LAQUEY AND TURBO CLOCKED LAQUEY, 66-28….
NEWBURG HOSTED STOUTLAND AND POSTED A 75-49 WIN OVER THE LADY TIGERS…
CROCKER TURNED ON THE MERCY CLOCK ON VIENNA IN A 65-24 WIN….
CROCKER JUMED OUT TO A 15-7 LEAD, POURED IN 30 IN THE 2ND QUARTER AND WERE NEVER TESTED THANKS TO THEIR DEFENSIVE PRESSURE…..THE LADY LIONS SCORED 27 POINTS OFF 26 FORCED TURNOVERS…
13 LADY LIONS GOT SOME MINUTES ON THE FLOOR AND SHOT THE BALL AT A 49% CLIP HITTING 11 OF 25 FROM DOWNTOWN….
quarter outsourcing Vienna 17-7 and put it on cruise for the 4th quarter. We were able to give 13 girls all some good minutes. For the game we shot the ball well shooting almost 49% for the game including going 11/25 from 3 point. COACH RICH MUELLER SAID “The girls played a really good game overall especially considering the lack of preparation time.
Elaina Foster LED THE SCORING WITH 18, CALLIE McMURTRY ADDED 17, AND SKYLAR LAYMAN ADDED 12…..THE LADY LIONS ALSO PRODUCED 20 ASSISTS IN THE GAME…..was our leading scorer with 18 points going 6/11 from 3 pt. She also had 4 assists and did a really good job of taking care of the ball. Senior Callie McMurtrey had another big game with the following stat line- 17 points,8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Our third player in doubles was Junior Skyeler Layman who had 12 points including 2-3 pt buckets. COACH MUELLER CONTINUED…..We did a great job of sharing the ball producing 20 assists for the game. Our assist leader was sophomore Meghan Campise who had 5.
TERRA HUFFMAN HAD 13 POINTS TO LEAD VIENNA…..
CROCKER HEADS TO NEWBURG FOR A SEMIFINAL MATCHUP ON TUESDAY AT 6PM.

THE BOYS BRACKET STARTS TONIGHT…NEWBURG IS #1 AND GETS A BYE…..
CROCKER GOES TO RICHLAND IN A 4 VS 5 SEED…
STOUTLAND GOES TO VIENNA IN A 7 VS 2…
3RD SEED LAQUEY HOSTS 6TH SEED PLATO…..

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LICKING IS HOSTING THE DISTRICT 9– CLASS 3 TOURNAMENT……..BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS STARTED SATURDAY..
THIS IS A 6 TEAM BRACKET WHICH GIVES THE TOP 2 SEEDS FIRST ROUND BYE’S.
FOR THE BOYS, THAT’S STEELVILLE AND DIXON…FOR THE GALS, IT’S STEELVILE AND LICKING…

BOYS FIRST ROUND..
LICKING TURBO CLOCKED BOURBON 82-32…
5TH SEED CABOOL UPSET 4TH SEED HOUSTON 56-49…
THAT SETS UP THE SEMI’S TONIGHT.
LICKING TRAVELS TO 2ND SEED DIXON…
TOP SEED STEELVILLE HOSTS CABOOL..

IN THE GIRLS SIDE THAT PLAYED AT 6 ON SATURDAY NIGHT..
HOUSTON HOSTED, AND ENDS THE SEASON FOR DIXON, 86-39….
CABOOL BURINED BOURBON 81-24…
TUESDAY….LICKING HOSTS CABOOL IN A 2 VS 3 SEED AT 6.
TOP SEED STEELVILLE PLAYS HOST TO HOUSTON……

BOTH THE FINALS WILL BE AT DIXON….. BOYS ON THURSDAY THE 25TH AND GIRLS ON FRIDAY THE 26TH…..

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IBERIA IS IN THE CLASS 3 DISTRICT 8 BRACKET HOSTED BY TIPTON…
THE LADY RANGERS ARE HOSTING STOVER THIS EVENING AT 6 IN A 4 VS 5 SEED…
LINN IS HOST TO BELLE…
IBERIA-STOVER WINNER TRAVELS TO TOP SEED TIPTON FOR ROUND 2 ON WEDNESDAY….
LINN-BELLE WINNER HEADS OFF TO RUSSELLVILLE…

THE BOYS BRACKET STARTS TOMORROW…IBERIA IS THE TOP SEED AND PLAYS THE STOVER-RUSSELLVILLE WINNER ON THURSDAY….
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TONIGHT, WEST PLAINS IS AT WAYNESVILLE FOR AN OZARK CONFERENCE TILT…IT’S ON 97.9 FM….
THE LADY ZIZZERS WERE THE NO. 1 TEAM IN CLASS 5 UNTIL A LOSS TO ROLLA THE WEEK BEFORE THE SNOW AND ICE SHUT DOWN MOST SPORTS…
WEST PLAINS IS STILL NO. 3, ROLLA WENT FROM 10TH TO 8TH….

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MONDAY, WEST PLAINS AT WAYENSVILLE, GLENDALE AT THE LADY TIGERS ON WEDNESDAY, KICKAPOO’S HERE ON FRIDAY THE 26TH FOR ANOTHER GIRLS TILT..
…TIGERS TRAVEL TO WEST PLAINS TUESDAY, HILLCREST IS HERE NEXT THURSDAY…

THEN THE TIGERS AND LADY TIGERS WILL HIT THE ROAD FOR DISTRICTS…..
THERE’S NO DISTRICT GAMES IN TIGER TOWN, AT LEAST NOT THE FIRST ROUND AND IT WILL TAKE 2 UPSETS ON THE BOYS SIDE TO GET ONE……..
BOTH THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS AND TIGERS PLAY AT CENTRAL ON MARCH 1ST AND 2ND AT 6PM.
THE LADY TIGERS HAVE THE 4 SEED, THE BOYS THE 3RD…
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