FOOTBALL is done IN CLASS 6, AND 8 MAN, CLASSES 1 THRU 5 ARE SET FOR THE FINALS AND SEMI FINALS THIS WEEKEND AND DAY ONE OF THE FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT IS IN THE BOOKS, IT’S THE FIRST OF 2 GIRLS NIGHT OUT GAMES TONIGHT…

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A COUPLE OF FOOTBALL FINALS ON SATURDAY…….

8 MAN FOOTBALL SATURDAY AT CHILLOCOTHE, SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON COUNTY ROLLED TO A 52-34 WIN OVER NORTH ANDREW…..

CLASS 6, THE K.C. AREA KNOCKED OFF THE ST. LOUIS SIDE AS RAYMORE-PECULAIR SHUT OUT DeSMET 23-0….

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IN CLASS 5 FRIDAY NIGHT, JACKSON TURNED ON THE MERCY CLOCK IN A 49-14 THUMPIN’ OF FT. ZUMWALT NORTH….
SATURDAY IN CLASS 5, PLATT COUNTY ENDED IT FOR WEBB CITY IN A CLOSE 24-21 VICTORY….

CLASS 4 ON FRIDAY, JEFF CITY HELIAS PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO THE FINALS WITH A 13-10 SQUEEKER OVER SMITHVILLE..
SATURDAY, COUNTRY DAY OF ST. LOUIS MERCY CLOCKED UNION 56-20 TO ADVANCE.

IN CLASS 3, BOTH SEMI’S WERE SATURDAY.
BLAIR OAKS TOOK OUT CARDINAL RITTER 55-46…
MARYVILLE MOVED ONTO THE FINALS WITH A 30-28 WIN OVER CASSVILLE….

CLASS 2, LAMAR IS BACK IN THE FINALS AFTER THEIR 42-7 THUMPIN’ OF JEFFERSON OF FESTUS..
ST. PIUS OF KANSAS CITY JOINS THEM AFTER THEIR 31-14 WIN OVER PALMYRA..

CLASS 1 SATURDAY, WINDSOR ENDED IT FOR THAYER IN A 14-12 FINAL.
MID BUCHANAN BLEW OUT ADRIAN 63-13 IN THE OTHER…

THE CLASS 1 THRU 5 FINALS WILL BE PLAYED IN THE JEFFERSON CITY AREA AT 3 HIGH SCHOOLS….
BLAIR OAKS, JEFF CITY AND HELIAS….
BLAIR OAKS AND HELIAS ARE BOTH IN THE FINALS, BUT NEITHER GETS THEIR GAME AT THEIR HOME STADIUMS, BUT PROBABLY WON’T NEED THE BUS TRIP….MOST CAN MAKE THEIR FINALS ON THEIR BICYCLES……

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THE FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT TIPPED OFF SATURDAY AND 4 GAMES WERE PLAYED SETTING TGE STAGE FOR TONIGHT’S TRIPLE HEADER….
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GIRLS
LAQUEY UPSETS STOUTLAND 40-29…

THE FIRST GAME SATURDAY WAS OUR FIRST UPSET WITH 9TH SEED LAQUEY WINNING THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS, THE TURNOVER RATIO, SHOOTING PERCENTAGE, AND THE GAME, 40-29 OVER 8TH SEED STOUTLAND……
A LOW SCORING FIRST HALF HAD LAQUEY ON TOP BY 3 AT THE HALF, THEN OUTSCORING THE LADY TIGERS 17-5 IN THE 3RD, AND PULLED AWAY AND WON IT BY 11….STOUTLAND DID NOT HELP THEIR CAUSE COMMITTING 37 TURNOVERS….
LAQUEY OUT REBOUNDED THE LADY TIGERS 22-19 AND HAD A 7 POINT ADVANTAGE AT THE STRIPE…
AURORA RICE LED THE SCORING FOR LAQUEY WITH 23 POINTS…..KAILYN STRADT HAD 14 TO LEAD STOUTLAND…THEY WERE THE ONLY ONE’S ON EITHER TEAM IN DOUBLES….
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GIRLS
4TH SEED CROCKER 50-28 OVER IBERIA

THE SEEDINGS HELD IN THE 2ND GAME WITH 4TH SEED CROCKER, WHO DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF PRACTICES KNOCKED OFF THE 2-0 IBERIA LADY RANGERS, 50-28…
ONE NICE THING FOR CROCKER WAS THE EXPERIANCE COACH RICH MULLER HAD BACK…
A 10 POINT LEAD AT THE HALF, CROCKER WON BOTH THE 3RD AND 4TH QUARTERS AND WERE LED BY 3 VETERANS…MEGAN BECKER AND SKYLAR LAYMAN EACH DRAINED 11, RIGHT BEHIND WAS CALLIE McMURTREY WITH 10…..11 SCORED AND 10 PLAYED FOR CROCKER.
IBERIA WAS LED BY LANEY HALLEY WITH 10 AND SHE ALSO PULLED DOWN 7 BOARDS…
THE LADY LIONS WON THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS AND HELPED FORCE 27 TURNOVERS….
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BOYS
CROCKER 71-62 STOUTLAND

THE BOYS PIG TAIL GAME HELD SEEDS WITH CROCKER OUTLASTING 9TH SEED STOUTLAND 71-62…
THE LIONS CLIMED OUT TO A 15-9 LEAD AFTER ONE, AND HAD A 13 POINT HALFTIME ADVANTAGE..
THE TIGERS CAME BACK AND HAD IT TO 9 AT THE END OF THE 3RD AND THAT’S HOW IT ENDED DESPITE
10 TURNOVERS IN THE 4TH QUARTER FOR THE LIONS..
DAVID CARRIGER LED THE LIONS WITH 23, PAYTON HARRISON ADDED 18, AND BALIN HUEY DRAINED 15.
THE LIONS OWNED THE BOARDS WITH A 39-22 ADVANTAGE…HUEY AND HARRISON PUT UP DOUBLE DOUBLES..
HUEY ADDED 13 BOARDS TO HIS 15 POINTS AND FOR CROCKER AND HARRISON GRABBED 10 REBOUNDS.
LUKE ASH 34 FOR STOUTLAND, OLIVER EILENSTEIN ADDED 16….

BOYS
DIXON 56-53 OVER NEWBURG

THE NIGHT CAP TURNED OUT TO BE THE CLOSEST AND IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE OVERTIME BEFORE DIXON WAS ABLE TO PUT AWAY NEWBURG, 56-53….
THIS WAS CLOSE WIRE TO WIRE WITH NEWBURG LEADING BY 2 AFTER ONE QUARTER, DIXON UP BY 2 AT TEH HALF…..A ONE POINT NEWBURG LEAD AT THE END OF THE 3RD TURNED INTO A 3 POINT DIXON ADVANTAGE IN THE END…
BIG NIGHT FOR DIXON’S C.J. TILTGEN CANNING 23, BUT IT WAS CLAYTON SINDEN’S BARRAGE OF TRAY’S THAT KEPT DIXON CLOSE….SINDEN BURIED 5 TRAYS AND ENDED WIHT 16 POINTS…..
13 FOR NEWBURG’S HUNTER MENTOLA AND 11 FOR JARDED LOTT WAS NOT QUITE ENOUGH……
NEWBURG EDGED DIXON IN THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS, 25-23…..
BOTH TEAM FINISHED WITH 17 TURNOVERS….THE BULLDOGS HIT 13 OF 24 FROM THE STRIPE, NEWBURG ONLY 4 OF 9 AND THAT’S A 9 POINT ADVANTAGE AT THE STRIPE….

3 GAMES FROM THE GIRLS SIDE TONIGHT..

AT 5, TOP SEED LICKING GETS 9TH SEED LAQUEY…
AT 6:30, 2ND SEED RICHLAND MEETS 7TH SEED DIXON..
AT 8, 3RD SEED NEWBURG FACES 6TH SEED PLATO…..

IF YOU CAN’T MAKE THE GAMES, WE ARE PLANNING OF HAVING THEM ON 97.9 FM WITH A 4:45 PRE GAME…..
IF YOU DO PLAN TO ATTEND, BE ADVISED, COVID-19 GUIDELINES HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY THE PULASKI COUNTY HEALTH CENTER…ALL SPECTATORS, PLAYERS AND COACHES ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK WHEN ENTERING THE LAQUEY EDUCATIONAL FACILITY…SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOULD BE EXERCISED WHEN IT COMES TO SEATING, AND STANDING IN LINE AT THE CONCESSION STAND…..

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THE MIZZOU TIGERS DISMATLED VANDERBILT 41-0 WHILE HISTORY WAS MADE AT FAROUT FIELD..
SARA FULLER BECAME THE 1ST FEMALE KICKER FOR A POWER 5 PROGRAM…
WHILE SHE DIDN’T GET AN OPPERTUNITY TO KICK AN EXTRA POINT OR TRY A FIELD GOAL DUE TO THE COMMODOR’S INEPT OFFENSE, SHE DID GET A CHANCE TO KICKOFF..

 

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THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS, AFTER CARVING UP THE TAMPA BAY SECONDARY IN THE FIRST QUARTER ON THANKSGIVING WEEKEND ENDED UP SURVIVING A 2ND HALF COMEBACK AND LEFT FLORIDA WITH A 27-24 VICTORY, AND A 10-1 REDCORD…..
pegged as a heavyweight bout between Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady and it was, all things considered between the two in respect to their NFL careers, but NOT IN THE FIRST 15 MINUTES…MAHOMES AND Tyreek Hill OWNED THE FIRST QUARTER…HILL ENDS UP WITH 203 YARDS RECEIVING AND 2 TOUCHDOWNS, propelling Hill to a career-best 269 receiving yards with three touchdowns on the day.

Brady and the Buccaneers attempted to fight back in the second quarter……The Chiefs TRYING to make it a 24-point lead AT THE HALF WERE AT THE BUCS 8-yard line, when defensive end Shaq Barrett took down Mahomes for a sack AND fumble recovered by William Gholston. That gave Brady all the momentum he needed hitting running back Ronald Jones for a toss that became a 37-yard touchdown to shrink the Chiefs’ lead to only 10 points before Kansas City eeked out a field goal to stretch it to 13 points ahead of halftime AND WHILE THE TWO TRADED POINTS IN THE 3RD AND THE CHIEFS HELD ON FOR THE “w”…
the chiefs return to sunday night with a date at arrowhead with denver, who played yesterday with all 3 of thei quarterbacks on covid quarantine and used a former seldom used college quarterback, turned wide out as their signal caller and took one on the chin, 31-3 to the new orleans saints, who were without drew breese who’s nursing broked and bruised ribs….