THE OZARK CONFERENCE BOYS WRESTLING TOURNAMENT TOOK PLACE AT PARKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE QUEEN CITY SATURDAY AND THE LEBANON YELLOWJACKETS HAD THEIR WAY WITH THE FIELD WINNING IT BY A LARGE MARGIN…THE JACKETS FINISHED WITH 209 1/2 POINTS.
2ND PLACE ROLLA WERE 82 1/2 POINTS BEHIND..CAMDENTON WAS 3RD, KICKAPOO 4TH, AND WAYNESVILLE FINISHED 5TH….FOLLOWING THE TIGERS, CENTRAL, HILLCREST, WEST PLAINS, PARKVIEW AND GLENDALE….
THE TIGERS CLOTON JUSTUS FINISHED IN 2ND PLACE AT 195.
SEVERAL 3RD PLACE MEDALS CAME HOME WITH THE TIGERS.
AT 106, WILLIAM AUSTIN, 120, DUSTIN GREEN, AT 138 KAIDEN CRUZ, AT 152 ISAIAH SMITH, AND At 160, ISAAC PETERSON ALL TOOK 3RD.
KEVIN CRUZ AT 145, AND JACOB FORSHAY AT 285 WRESTLED IN THE 3RD PLACE MATCHES BUT TOOK 4TH…….
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ON THE BASKETBALL COURTS……
LAKER SHOOTOUT AT CAMDENTON ON SATURDAY…
SKYLINE THUMPED RICHLAND 72-42….
ST. ELIZABETH DID ABOUT THE SAME TO MACKS CREEK, 79-49..
CHILLOCOTHE GOT BY CAMDENTON, 68-51…

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HOMECOMING SATURDAY AT LAQUEY SAW THE HORNETS TAKE CARE OF CROCKER 63-57..
CROCKER LED 16-10 AFTER ONE QUARTER, BUT LAQUEY’S 16-7 RUN THE 2ND GAVE THE HORNETS A 26-23 HALF TIME LEAD WHICH THEY WOULD NOT RELINQUISH……LAQUEY LED BY 8 HEADING INTO THE 4TH AND WON IT BY A HALF DOZEN…JASON YOUNG LED 3 IN DOUBLES FOR LAQUEY WITH 19, JAYDEN BELL ADDED 14, AND NATHAN FOWERS TOSSED IN 13….
LAQUEY COACH STEVE SCHOLDFIELD SAID “Got the lead up to 10 but couldn’t put the Lions away. It wasn’t a work of art but the kids played hard & got the job done.”
LAQUEY IS 8-5, 2-0 IN THE FRISCO

THE HORNETS WERE COMING OFF A SET BACK ON FRIDAY WHEN THEY WENT TO STEELVILLE AND LOST 67-36 TO A GOOD CARDINAL TEAM…
STEELVILLE JUMPED OUT TO A 7-0 LEAD AND NEVER LOOKED BACK AS THEY OUTPLAYED THE HORNETS IN ALL PHASES OF THE GAME.
NATHAN FOWERS 12 FINISHED WITH 12…..

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OSAGE GIRLS TOURNAMENT WRAPPED UP SATURDAY WITH 2ND SEED ST. JAMES HANDING RICHLAND JUST THEIR 2ND LOSS OF THE SEASON IN A 69-48 FINAL.
MIRANDA MOSS TOSSED IN 15 TO LEAD THE LADY BEARS, BELL HARLEY ADDED 12…
ST. JAMES WAS AS ADVERSISED….9 DEEP WITH NO DROP OFF WHEN THE SUBS COME IN….
OSAGE BEAT ELDON 49-37 FOR 3RD…

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THE HOME TOWN IBERIA RANGERS WON THEIR TOURNAMENT ON SATURDAY WITH A 72-49 THUMPIN’ OF NEIGHBOR VIENNA…IBERIA BALANCED OUT THE SCORING WITH 6 IN DOUBLE DIGIT SCORING AND ONE DOUBLE DOUBLE….THAT WAS GABE PLEMMONS WITH 13 POINTS AND 10 REBOUNDS…
Kobe halley, JAKE WHITTLE, AND ELI HENSLEY ALL TOSSED DOWN A DOZEN POINTS.
Issac Lawson ADDED 11 AND WADE BOND COLLECTED 10 ON THE EVENING..
THE RANGERS IMPROVED TO 12-1..

DIXON TURBO CLOCKED RUSSELLVILLE IN THE 3RD PLACE GAME 63-32…
THE BULLDOGS JUMPED OUT TO A 16-9 LEAD AFTER ONE, THE INDIANS CAME BACK AND MADE IT A 25-22 GAME AT TEH HALF BEFORE THE BULLDOGS CAME OUT IN THE 3RD WITH A 22-6 RUN AND WOULD HAVE THE MERCY CLOCK RUNNING BEFORE THE GAME WAS OVER.
WILL SHELTON LED WITH 18, C.J. THILTGEN ADDED 12…

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THE ROGERSVILLE GIRLS TRNY, FRIDAY WAS THE SEMI’S..
STRAFFORD KNOCKED OFF HOLISTER TO ADVANCE WHILE ROLLA DEFEATED LICKING 45-38..
ROLLA’S “D” KEPT ALL OF LICKING’S SCORERS IN SINGLE DIGITS WHILE ROLLA GOT 16 FROM CARLI LIBHART, A DOUBLE DOUBLE FROM SAVANNA CAMPBELL WITH 11 POINTS AND 12 REBOUNDS, AND 11 MORE FROM WILLOW GIDEON…

THAT SET THE STAGE FOR THE TITLE AND 3RD PLACE GAMES ON SATURDAY…

STRAFFORD HANDED ROLLA 45-38 LOSS IN THE TITLE GAME..SAVANAH CAMPBELL LED THE LADY BULLDOGS WITH 16 AND 12 BOARDS, MADISON MACE ADDED 10….ROLLA FALLS TO 11-4.
HOLLISTER KNOCKS OFF LICKING, 48-45 IN THE 3RD PLACE GAME….WINTER MURRY LED LICKING WITH 16 POINTS, ABBIE SULLINS ADDED 13..
LADY WILDCATS ARE 11-7 WITH 6 LOSSES TO STATE RANKED TEAMS…

SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL BEAT WEBB CITY 69-48 FOR 5TH.
SPARTA TOOK 7TH WITH A 55-37 WIN OVER ROGERSVILLE.

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AT THE ST. JAMES BOYS TOURNAMENT FRIDAY…..
BLAIR OAKS GOT THE WIN OVER FATIMA 61-TO-53 FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP….

THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS FACED SULLIVAN IN THE 3RD PLACE GAME AND NIPPED THE EAGLES, 56-52….
SULLIVAN LED 12-11 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER AND BY 2 AT THE HALF…THE TIGERS CAME OUT OF THE HALFTIME LOCKER ROOM ON FIRE AND WON THE THIRD QUARTER 17 – 8 AND GOT TO THE FREE THROW LINE IN THE 4TH QUARTER HTTING 12 OF 17 TO SALT THE GAME AWAY….XAY MacARTHUR LED THE TIGERS WITH 23, A.J. MARTIN ADDED 12…..

COACH CHRIS PILZ OF THE TIGERS SAID ”We again showed some grit tonight. Toughness is hard to find, hard to teach, and hard to beat. The toughest team won tonight. I am proud of our team effort this week after taking our second pause of the season due to protocols. We stepped up and hit our free throws in the fourth quarter to secure a victory.”

THE LICKING WILDCATS PLAYED SALEM FOR THE CONSOLATION PIECE OF HARDWARE AND THE WILDCATS OVERWHELMED SALEM 64-TO-43.

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THE NEWBURG WOLVES WON THE BELLE TOURNAMENT WITH A 72-66 VICTORY OVER OWENSVILLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON……

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FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND THE FRISCO LEAGUE.

CROCKER RODE INTO PLATO AND KNOCKED OFF THE EAGLES, 53-41 IN A FRISCO LEAGUE TILT..

BOURBON CAME TO STOUTLAND AND NIPPED THE TIGERS IN A CLOSE ONE POINTER, 57-56..

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TODAY…..
THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS HAVE A MONDAY NIGHT MATCH UP WITH SULLIVAN, THE SAME TEAM THEY JUST KNOCKED OFF IN THE ST. JAMES TOURNAMENT…
BOTH ARE IN THE BORGIA-UNION TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK…
THE TWO TIP TONIGHT AT 7..
THE IBERIA BOYS ARE IN THE ELDON TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK..
THE STOUTLAND TIGERS AND LAQUEY HORNETS ARE IN THE CONWAY TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK…

THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS ARE IN THE WASHINGTON TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK..THEY PLAY AT 4 THIS AFTERNOON AGAINST WASHINGTON..
THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS ARE IN THE RUSSELLVILLE TOURNAMENT..
LICKING COMES TO CROCKER FOR A FRISCO LEAGUE CONTEST…..
THE STOUTLAND LADY TIGERS ARE HOSTING VIENNA TONIGHT..

A FRISCO LEAGUE BOYS AND GIRLS DOUBLE DIP TAKES PLACE AT DIXON THIS EVENING AS PLATO COMES TO TOWN WITH THE EAGLES AND LADY EAGLES….

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NFL
if you were expecting a heavyweight title fight, you were pleased as punch with the nfc championship game that saw tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers stave off aaron rodgers and the green bay packers with a 31-26 victory at lambeau field. it was the battle of two future first-ballot hall of fame quarterbacks in aaron rodgers and tom brady..

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the kansas city chiefs are going back to the super bowl. josh allen and the buffalo bills led first in sunday night’s afc championship game, going up 9-0 in the first quarter thanks to some costly home-team miscues — a tyreek hill deep-ball drop, a muffed mecole hardman punt return. from that point forward, however, the reigning champions owned the evening, with buffalo resigning itself to field goals and the chiefs finally coming alive with their own play-makers. by the end, hill, patrick mahomes and travis kelce had all dominated the box score, and andy reid had punched his second trip to the super bowl in as many years, thanks to a 38-24 rout at arrowhead, but they also suffered a big loss during the matchup. during a play in the fourth quarter, offensive tackle eric fisher went down with what appeared to be a leg injury while blocking patrick mahomes’ blind side. later in the quarter, the chiefs announced that fisher was ruled out for the rest of the game with an achilles injury.

next on the docket: a rematch with tom brady and the tampa bay buccaneers on feb. 7, when the next lombardi trophy will be issued.

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