Marvs Sports-KFBD-Thursday December 17

HOLIDAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS ARE HAPPENING THIS YEAR, DESPITE A PANDEMIC….AS FAR AS FAN PARTICPATION AND BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY, EACH VENU HAS THEIR OWN SET OF RULES AND REG’S…..

IF A HOLIDAY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT IS IN YOUR PLANS AS WE END 2020, CHECK WITH THE TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS OR SCHOOLS THAT YOU WANT WANT TO ATTEND AND SEE WHAT THE PROTOCAL IS….

THE PINK AND WHITE GIRLS HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD AT SEVERAL OF THE OZARK CONFERENCE SCHOOLS IN SPRINGFIELD…
CENTRAL, HILLCREST, KICKAPOO, AND GLENDALE GET THE FIRST 3 ROUNDS….
PARKVIEW IS THE SITE FOR THE 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS…
WITH THEM HOSTING, THEY’RE ALL IN THE TOURNAMENTS AND SO ARE CONFERENCE MEMBERS LEBANON, CAMDENTON, AND WAYNESVILLE…..THE LADY TIGERS DREW THE 3RD SEED IN THE WHITE DIVISION AND WILL PLAY THEIR OPENING ROUND GAME AT KICKAPOO ON DECEMBER 28TH AGAINST BUFFALO….

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THE 32 TEAM ANNUAL BLUE AND GOLD TOURNAMENT WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST ROUND AT EITHER THE JQH ARENA, OR THE HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD….
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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TWO OZARK CONFERENCE BOYS TEAMS AND 1 GIRLS TEAM WILL BE IN ROLLA FOR THEIR ANNUAL HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT AND JOIN SOME FRISCO LEAGUERS WHO WILL STAY A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME THIS YEAR..
THE ROLLA ORAL SURGERY GIRLS TOURNAMENT WILL BE PLAYED ON THE 28TH, 29TH AND 30TH AT ST. JAMES AND ROLLA HIGH SCHOOLS….LICKING, CROCKER, AND THE ROLLA LADY BULLDOGS WILL JOIN COLUMBIA BATTLE AND ROCKBRIDGE, FOX OF ST. LOUIS, TRUMAN, AND FATIMA….

THE U.S. BANK BOYS TOURNAMENT AT ROLLA WILL ALSO BE PLAYED AT ST. JAMES AND ROLLA HIGH SCHOOLS AND FEATURES THE HOST BULLDOGS AND WAYNESVILLE TIGERS FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE, THE NEWBURG WOLVES, ALONG WITH CARTHAGE, ST. PIUS, POPLAR BLUFF, GATEWAY CITY ELITE, AND WARRENSBURG….THEY TOO WILL PLAY THE 28TH THRU 30TH…..

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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…

THE CABOOL HOLIDAY BOYS TOURNAMENT WILL GET UNDERWAY DURING THE HOLIDAY BREAK..
TWO FRISCO LEAGUERS, LICKING AND PLATO WILL HEAD SOUTH AND PARTICIPATE…..

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IT’S NOT AS BIG AS IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS PAST, AND SHOULD NOT BE EFFECTED BY THE WEATHER AS IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS PAST, BUT THE ROUTE 66 SHOOT OUT IN WAYNESVILLE IS ON SCHEUDLE FOR 3 GAMES ON FRIDAY, AND 2 ON SATURDAY IN A TRIMMED DOWN VERSION….

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….

THERE WILL BE NO CONCESSION STAND, SO THOSE ATTENDING WILL NEED TO BRING WHAT THEY WANT TO DRINK, OR EAT, AND MAKE SURE YOU MASK UP BEFORE ENTERING THE GYM…..

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THE LAQUEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IS ON QUARENTINE AND WILL NOT HIT THE HARDWOOD UNTIL NEXT WEEK, WHEN THE CHRISTMAS BREAK ARRIVES….THERE ARE NO GAMES SET FOR THE HORNETS NEXT WEEK BECAUSE THE DISTRICT WILL BE ON THEIR HOLIDAY BREAK.
TWO CONFERENCE GAMES HAVE AND WILL TAKE A HIT DURING THE QUARENTINE PROTOCAL…

THE HORNETS GAME WITH RICHLAND, POSTPONED ON TUESDAY HAS BEEN RE-SCHEUDLED FOR JAN. 20TH AT LAQUEY……START TIME IS SET FOR 6.

THE HORNETS GAME FOR TOMORROW WITH LICKING WILL NOT HAPPEN DUE TO COVID QUARENTINE AND HAS BEEN RE-SCHEUDLED FOR FEB. 15TH, AT LICKING…..JV TIPS AT 5, VARSITY WILL FOLLOW…

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SOME GIRLS GAMES TIP THE SLATE..
DIXON IS ON THE ROAD NORTH TO THEIR NEIGHBOR VIENNA……
IT’S SENIOR NITE IN ROCKTOWN WITH IBERIA PLAYING HOST TO VERSAILLES..
LICKING TRAVELS TO MANSFIELD…
PLATO HEADS TO HARTVILLE FOR A DATE WITH THEIR LADY EAGLES..
NEWBURG PLAYS ST. CLAIR IN THE WINNERS BRACKET SEMI FINALS OF THE LINN TOURNAMENT..

A BOYS AND GIRLS DOUBLE DIP TONIGHT HAS THE COUGARS AND LADY COUGARS OF CLIMAX SPRINGS COMING TO RICHLAND TO HOOK UP WITH THE BEARS AND LADY BEARS….

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THE DISTRICT’S FOR BASKETBALL HAVE BEEN SET, THE LOCATIONS HAVE NOT…..

SOME REPORTS INDICATED A LOT OF CHANGES IN 2020….WE’VE COME TO EXPECT CHANGES THIS PANDEMIC YEAR, AND ADJUSTING ON THE RUN HAS BECOME A WAY OF LIFE….IN YEARS PAST, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS HAD A LITTLE HEADS UP THANKS TO WEATHER FORCASTS AND COULD PLAN ON A RE-SCHEUDLE…..THESE DAYS, ONE POSITIVE, LEADS TO TRACING, WHICH LEADS TO QUARENTINE AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 2, 3, OR 4 GAMES TO RE-SCHEDULE, AND VIRTUAL LEARNING AND PRACTICES……

WITH THE ADDITION OF CLASS 6 IN BASKETBALL THIS YEAR, SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WERE ON THE UPPER PART OF THEIR DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONS LAST YEAR, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE SCHOOLS POPULATION, THEY JUMED UP…WAYNESVILLE IS CLASS 6 THIS YEAR, BUT THEIR DISTRICT PARTNERS HAVE NOT CHANGED…..CENTRAL, LEBANON AND PARKVIEW, 3 OTHER CONFERENCE MEMBERS ARE ALL IN THE SAME DISTRICT…….

FRISCO LEAGUER IBERIA IS NOW CLASS 3 AND JOINS DIXON AND LICKING AS THE CLASS 3 MEMBERS OF THE LEAGUE…..THE OTHER 6 REMAIN IN CLASS 2 AND ARE ALL IN THE SAME DISTRICT 9 BRACKET..
CROCKER, LAQUEY, NEWBURG, PLATO, RICHLAND AND STOUTLAND FROM THE FRISCO WILL JOIN WITH VIENNA FROM THE GVC TO MAKE UP THE FIELD…NO SITE HAS BEEN DETERMINED…IF IT’S LIKE IT HAS BEEN IN YEARS PAST, IT WILL BE AT LAQUEY, WHICH HAS THE LARGEST GYM TO ACCOMADATE THE CROWD’S, BUT AGAIN, IN THIS PANDEMIC SEASON, LESS IS BETTER, BUT WILL IT BE MY MARCH OF 2021…

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 8 WILL SEE IBERIA IN WITH BELLE, LINN, RUSSELLVILLE, STOVER AND TIPTON..

CLASS 2 DISTRICT 9 HAS DIXON AND LICKING IN WITH BOURBON, CABOOL, HOUSTON AND STEELVILLE….

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