Marvs Sports-KFBD-Thursday December 10

IT WAS A LIGHT DAY ON THE HARDWOOD, MATS AND SWIMMING VENU’S YESTERDAY AND THINGS WILL GET A LITTLE QUIETER AS WE HEAD TOWARDS CHRISTMAS, WHICH IS ABOUT 2 WEEKS AWAY…
AFTER CHRISTMAS HOWEVER, SOME BIG BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WILL POP UP, BUT AS HAS BEEN THE CASE, SOME CHANGES FROM YEARS GONE BY, DUE TO AN ONGOING PANDEMIC…..
MORE ON THAT IN A MOMENT..
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DO TO THE ONGOING PANDEMIC, THE STEPHANIE PHILLIPS CLASSIC GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT KICKPAPOO WAS POSTPONED THIS YEAR, DUE TO SPRINGFIELD’S LIMIT ON VISITING TEAMS COMING TO TOWN….SO, OZARK PICKED UP THE TEAMS AND THE TOURNAMENT CALLING IT THE OZARK LADY TIGER CLASSIC….ROLLA AND KICKAPOO PLAYED IN THIS LAST NIGHT AND THE LADY BULLDOGS GO TO 4-1 ON THE SEASON WITH A 62-61 SQUEEKER OVER THE LADY CHIEFS….
ROLLA PUT 5 IN DOUBLES FOR A NICE BALANCE.
TANIA CORLEY LED WITH 14, SAVANNA CAMPBELL AND WILLOW GIDEON EACH HAD 11….CARLY LIBHART AND MADISON MACE EACH DRAINED 10….KICKAPOO WAS LED BY INDIA GREEN WITH 30, AND MADI GOLDSBY WITH 11..
ROLLA GETS OZARK FRIDAY NIGHT IN A WINNERS SEMI FINAL……

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ONTO THE HOLIDAY TOURNAMENTS.
32 TEAMS WILL HIT THE BASKETBALL COURTS IN SPRINGFIELD FOR THE ANNUAL BLUE AND GOLD TOURNAMENT….
ALL TEAMS WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST ROUND AT EITHER THE JQH ARENA, OR THE HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER, WHICH ARE CONNECTED BY A DOORWAY….
THEN THE CONSOLATION GAMES WILL BE PLAYED AT GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, WINNERS BRACKET REMAINS AT THE JQH, OR HAMMONS….

WEST PLAINS, LEBANON, CAMDENTON, GLENDALE AND PARKVIEW PARTICIPATE FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE….

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THE PLATO LADY EAGLES WILL JOIN 15 OTHERS IN THE ANNUAL MTN. GROVE HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR WHICH WILL TIP OFF THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS…..THE 9TH SEED LADY EAGLES HAVE AN 9AM TIP OFF AGAINST DORA..SALEM IS THE 1 SEED..
SOME OF THE OTHER’S PLAYIN INCLUDE MANSFIELD, HOUSTON, AND HARTVILLE AS WELL AS A HOST OF CLASS 1 PROGRAMS FROM SOUTHERN MISSOURI…

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THE MISSOURI SPORSWRITERS AND SPORTSCASTERS HAS YET TO RELEASE A BOYS OR GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RANKING FOR THE SEASON, WHICH STARTED LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING, SO THE SEASON IS JUST A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS OLD….

THE MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HAS NOT RELEASED THEIR HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RANKINGS AS OF YET…

BUT NOT TO WORRY…..

MAX PREPS, A NATIONWIDE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS WEBSITE WHERE THOSE SEARCHING CAN FIND RANKINGS, STAT LEADERBOARDS, SCHEDULES, SCORES, NEWS AND MORE OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS AND PLAYERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, HAS RELEASED SOME GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS IN MISSOURI, AND THEY’VE GIVEN SOME LOVE TO THE FRISCO LEAGUERS…
IN CLASS 2, THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS ARE RANKED NO. 1, NEWBURG AT 9, CROCKER 22ND AND PLATO 25TH….
IN CLASS 3, LICKING IS RANKED NO. 2….DIXON 24TH….
OTHER AREA TEAMS IN CLASS 3, STEELVILLE IS 6TH, CONWAY 13TH, AND ST. JAMES 15TH…
IN CLASS 4, OZARK CONFERNENCE’S WEST PLAINS IS NO. 1, SALEM IS 2, AND ROLLA 10TH….
CLASS 5 HAS KICKAPOO AT NO. 2 BEHIND NIXA…LEBANON IS RANKED 8TH…

AS FAR AS THE BOYS RANKINGS FROM MAX PREPS, NO FRISCO LEAGUERS IN CLASSES 2 OR 3, WHICH LEAVES ONE WONDERING, DO THEY KNOW WHERE IBERIA IS ON THE MAP…THE RANGERS ARE 5-0 AND HAVE ALREADY KNOCKED OFF SOME QUALITY PROGRAMS..
FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE, ROLLA IS RANKED 10TH IN CLASS 4..
CLASS 5 HAS PARKVIEW AT 6, CENTRAL AT 9, LEBANON 12TH AND GLENDALE 14TH….

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TONIGHT, SOME OF THOSE RANKED TEAMS WILL SQUARE OFF…
ON THE GIRLS SCHEDULE…
WAYNESVILLE TRAVELS TO COLUMBIA HICKMAN…
CROCKER GOES TO ST. ELIZABETH
DIXON’S AT NEWBURG
VIENNA’S AT LAQUEY, VARSITY ONLY STARTS AT 6….
STRAFFORD GOES TO LICKING
AND STEELVILLE COMES TO RICHLAND

ON THE BOYS SIDE..
ST. JAMES ROLLS INTO IBERIA FOR SENIOR NIGHT…..
LICKING’S AT STEELVILLE…..

ON TEH MATS TONIGHT, THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS AND LADY TIGERS HEAD SOUTHWEST FOR A SHORT ROAD TRIP TO LEBANON FOR A QUAD…..

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THERE’S SOME AREA HOOPS COMING UP ON SATURDAY..
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SHOOTOUT

THE CROCKER LIONS AND LADY LIONS ARE HOSTING A DAY LONG SHOOTOUT WITH SEVERAL TEAMS TAKING TO THE HARDWOOD..
THEY’LL TIP IT OFF AT 10 WITH THE WAYNESVILLE J.V. TIGERS TAKING ON STEELVILLE…
THE 11:30 TIP OFF HAS THE GIRLS JUNIOR VARSITY TEAMS FROM CROCKER AND STEELVILLE PLAYING…THEIR VARISTY TEAMS FOLLOW AT 1PM..
THE NEWBURG WOLVES PLAY MARANATHA BAPTIST AT 2:30…THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS TIP OFF AT 4 AGAINST SOUTH CALLAWAY WITH CROCKER AND NIANGUA WRAPPING UP THE SHOOUTOUT AT 5:30…

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THERE WILL BE BASKETBALL IN TIGER TOWN ON SATURDAY, BUT IT WON’T BE THE SCHEDULED OPPONENT….
CAPITAL CITY WAS COMING TO TOWN FOR A 7:30 TIP OFF SATURDAY NIGHT, BUT THE TEAM AND TIME HAS CHANGED…
IN THESE DAYS OF DON’T PLAN AHEAD BECUASE IT’S GOING TO CHANGE, AND FLEXIBLE BECOMES THE WORD OF THE DAY…..THE TIGERS WILL WELCOME THE FULTON HORNETS TO WAYNESVILLE AND IT WILL BE A SATURDAY AFTERNOON MATINEE’ AT 3 FOR THE J.V. TIP OFF WITH THE VARSITY GAME TO FOLLOW….
THE TIGERS HAVE YET TO SEE A GAME THIS SEASON BUT WILL ON SATURDAY UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES, AGAIN….

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ROUTE 66 SHOOTOUT IN TIGER TOWN HAS A TENTATIVE SCHEUDLE..
ONE HAS ALREADY DROPPED OUT….

FRIDAY, DEC. 18TH, THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS FACE POPLAR BLUFF AT 4 IN THE AFTERNOON..
POPLAR BLUFF BOYS TAKE ON THE PARKVIEW VIKINGS AT 6….
THEN AT 8, WAYANESVILLE MEETS ST. LOUIS CHRISTIAN….

SATURDAY, A PAIR OF GAMES AT NOON AND 2..
THE POPLAR BLUFF LADY MULES GET THE ROLLA LADY BULLDOGS…..
AT 2, THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS TAKE ON THE POPLAR BLUFF MULES….

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THE MIZZOU TIGERS HOSTED LIBERTY LAST NIGHT AT THE MIZZOU ARENA AND WHILE THE TIGERS PREVAILED 69-60, THE FLAMES GAVE THE BLACK AND GOLD A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY…LIBERTY HAS WINS OVER SOUTH CAROLINA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE, SO THEY KNOW DIVISION HOOPS…

MIZZOU PULLED AWAY IN THE 2ND HALF THANKS TO DRAINING A 57% CLIP FROM THE FIELD AND HOLDING LIBERTY TO JUST 30% SHOT…MARK SMITH LED THE SCORING WITH 17….
DRU SMITH ADDED 14………THE TIGERS HOST ILLINOIS SATURDAY NIGHT IN THE BRAGGIN RIGHTS GAME AT 7:00..THE GAME IS IN COLUMBIA, NOT ST. LOUIS….APPARENTLY, COVID PROTOCAL KEEPS THEM OUT OF THE GATEWAY CITY, SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE TWO PROGRAMS GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED ON A SITE WITH A COIN TOSS…EITHER COLUMBIA, OR CHAMPAIGN ILLINOIS, AND MISSOURI WON THE TOSS…

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THE ARMY CADETS LAST PLAYED GEORGIA SOUTHERN ON NOV. 21ST, A ONE POINT WIN…THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED SINCE….THEIR GAME WITH AIR FORCE WAS RE-SCHEUDLED FOR DEC. 19TH WHICH MEANS TWO MILITARY PROGRAMS BACK TO BACK FOR THE CADETS……..THEIR ANNUAL CLASH WITH NAVY IS THIS SATURDAY, THE 12TH AT WEST POINT, HOME OF THE CADETS….LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD, HOME OF THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES WAS THE SITE, BUT LIMITED OR NO ATTANDANCE FORCED THE AUTHORITIES TO MOVE THE EVENT…..

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Free agent catcher Yadier Molina has balked at a “ridiculous” offer from the Cardinals, reports Mark Saxon of The Athletic. Terms of the offer are unknown. Saxon says Molina is believed to be seeking at least a one-year deal worth $10 million, with an option for 2022. The Yankees and Mets were said to be in the hunt for Molina, though the Yankees did not non-tender Gary Sanchez and the Mets are reportedly nearing a deal with James McCann. The two New York teams are presumably out of the race.

Molina, 38, has spent his entire 17-year career with the Cardinals and, truth be told, it’s hard to see him leaving at this point in his career. He’s a legend in St. Louis. With another team, he’s just an aging catcher nearing the end of his career. Molina made $20 million each of the last three seasons but at his age and with declining production, a pay cut is inevitable. The Cardinals are said to be cutting costs this winter as well.

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