CENTRAL 56-48 OVER WAYNESVILLE

BACK TO BACK CONFERENCE WINS TO START THE O.C. SEASON, AND WIN NO. 401 FOR THE COACH DISSAPEARED IN A 20 TURNOVER LOSS TO SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL LAST NIGHT FOR THE WAYNESVILLE TIGERS ON THE HOME COURT…..IN A QUARENTINE MAKE UP FROM MID. JANUARY,
WAYNESVILLE LED 11-6 AFTER ONE, BUT A BAD SECOND QUARTER THAT FEATURED 6 OF THE 20 TIGERS TURNOVERS THAT CENTRAL WAS ABLE TO COVERT, RESULTED IN A 19-5 ADVANTAGE, AND A 9 POINT LEAD AT THE HALF, A DEFICIT THE HOME TOWN TEAM HAD A HARD TIME RECOVERING FROM…THE TIGERS DID MOUNT A COMEBACK AND TIED IT IN THE 4TH, BUT 6 MORE TURNOVERS IN THE LAST QUARTER, A TIGER MISSED FREE THROW ON A 1 & 1, AND A 3 AT THE OTHER END WOULD SEAL THE DEAL FOR THE BULLDOGS…

TIGER COACH CHRIS PILZ SAID -”Basketball is a crazy game. As well as we played on Tuesday night, we turned around one day later and just could not put it together. We need to give Central credit for how well they played. Coach Kimbrough has done an excellent job with his team. We are not there as a team “yet”. We need to be playing our best basketball in a month. I think we will get there.”

CENTRAL HAD AN 8 POINT ADVANTAGE AT THE FREE THROW LINE WHILE THE TIGERS WON THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS, 24-18…..
XAY MacARTHUR LED THE TEAM WITH 14…MIKE LEWIS AND KEYSHAWN SMITH WHO BOTH FOULED OUT, A.J. MARTIN AND JARED HYATT WERE ALL WITHIN A BASKET OF DOUBLES…
COLE HUGHES HAD 12 TO LEAD THE BULLDOGS, ROHAN BANSAL ADDED 11….
THE TIGERS ENTERAIN LEBANON FRIDAY….

NIXA DEFEATED GLENDALE 69-30 LAST NIGHT AND
CAMDENTON KNOCKS OFF REEDS SPRING 58- 45 IN ANOTHER OZARK CONFERENCE TEAMS TO SEE ACTION..

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BASS PRO

THE ANNUAL BASS PRO TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS THAT GRACES SPRINGFIELD’S JQH ARENA IN MID JANUARY WAS WIPED OUT THIS YEAR DUE TO COVID COMPLICATIONS….THEY HELD A LOCAL EVENT WITH 3 AREA TEAMS AND ONE FROM KANSAS, BUT THE BIG GUNS FROM THE PRIVATE, BASKETBALL PLAYING MACHINES DID NOT ATTEND…
NEXT YEAR, SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JOSH SCOTT ANNOUNCED THE FIELD FOR 2022…TWO LOCAL TEAMS, PARKVIEW AND NIXA WILL JOIN
SIERRA CANYON (CALIFORNIA)..THAT TEAM FEATURES LABRON JAMES JR. AS ONE OF THE STARS..ALSO
MILTON FROM (GEORGIA)
WHITNEY YOUNG OF (CHICAGO)
PAUL VI (6TH) OF (VIRGINIA)
RAINIER BEACH FROM THE STATE OF (WASHINGTON)
AND
PUTNAM CITY NORTH FROM (OKLAHOMA CITY) MAKE UP THE FIELD, PROVIDING, WE ARE COVID FREE BY NEXT JANUARY……

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TONIGHT, THERE ARE GAMES HITTING THE HARDWARE…
THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS ARE IN LEBANON

AROUND THE FRISCO:
THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING ARE AT STOUTLAND….
PLATO’S AT SUMMERSVILLE…

A BOYS TILT HAS STOUTLAND AT BELLE..

A BOYS AND GIRLS DOUBLE DIP HAS IBERIA AT CLIMAX SPRINGS…

TOURNAMENT PLAY TONIGHT AT NEWBURG IS UNDERWAY FOR ROUND 2 AND THE SEMI FINALS….
DIXON MEETS VIENNA AT 4 P.M. AND BOURBON FACES LAQUEY AT 5:15 P.M. IN CONSOLATION PLAY, FOLLOWED BY THE SEMIFINAL GAMES OF TH THE WINNERS BRACKET WITH CROCKER VS. CUBA AT 6:30 P.M. AND NEWBURG VS. RUSH AT 7:45 P.M.

SATURDAY, FEB. 6 THE SEVENTH-PLACE GAME IS SET FOR NOON, THE FIFTH-PLACE GAME 1:15 P.M., THE THIRD-PLACE GAME 2:30 P.M. AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 3:45 P.M.

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ANOTHER BIG GAME FOR THE ROLLA LADY BULLDOGS COMING UP TONIGHT….ROLLA IS RANKED NO. 10 IN CLASS 5 AND THEY GET THE NO. 1 TEAM IN CLASS 5, AND CO-CONFERENCE MEMBER WEST PLAINS…
THEY FOLLOW THAT WITH THE 2ND RANKED TEAM IN CLASS 5 NEXT WEEK, HELIAS……
ALL 3 OF THESE STATE RANKED GIRLS PROGRAMS ARE IN THE SAME DISTRICT MAKING THE DISTRICT 9 BRACKET WITH CAMDENTON, HELIAS, MARSHFIELD, ROLLA AND WEST PLAINS, ONE OF IF NOT THE TOUGHEST 5 TEAM BRACKETS IN THE STATE….

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THE RICHLAND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE GOING VIRTUAL STARTING TODAY WHICH IS GOING TO WIPE OUT SEVERAL BOYS AND GIRLS GAMES THIS, AND NEXT WEEK…
ALREADY LOST WERE THE BEARS GAME AGAINST MACKS CREEK AND THE LADY BEARS GAME WITH ST. JAMES…
RICHLAND’S GIRLS GAME WITH ELDON TONIGHT AND MONDAY’S GAME WITH WHEATLAND ARE BOTH CANCELLED…
THEIR GAME NEXT THURSDAY WITH DIXON IS A CONFERENCE GAME AND HAS BEEN BUMPED TO THE 17TH, VARSITY ONLY….

THE BOYS HOMECOMING CONTEST WITH PLATO FOR TOMORROW IS POSTPONED, ANDWILL GET RE-SCHEUDLED…..MORE POSTPONMENT’S MAY BE FORTHCOMING FOR NEXT WEEK…
RICHLAND IS SCHEUDLED TO RETURN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM’S FEB. 16TH…IN THE MEANTIME, IT’S VIRTUAL FROM HOME AND UNDER QUARENTINE….

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THE OZARKS SPORTS ZONE, AN INTERNET WEB SPORTS SITE, COVERING SOUTHWEST MISSOURI SPORTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND PRO LEVEL HAS SELECTED A RICHLAND LADY BEAR AS THEIR ATHLETE OF THE WEEK……
THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS ARE 14-3, THANKS IN PART, TO SENIOR KATELYN COLE. THE TALENTED SENIOR IS NEARING THE 1500 POINT PLATEAU AND WHILE MANY MAY THINK OF HER AS A POST PLAYER, BUT COLE’S ATHLETIC ABILITY ALLOWS HER TO NOT ONLY DRIVE AND LANE, AND PULL DOWN REBOUNDS, BUT CAN DRAIN IT FROM DOWNTOWN, AND WHEN IT COMES TO ASSISTS, SHE’S AS GOOD AT PASSING THE ORANGE, AS SHE IS AT SHOOTING IT….RICHLAND COACH NANCY WARD SAID IN THE O=ZONE ARTICLE
“Some of the passes she makes are just incredible, and she leads us in assists. So, she’s just one of those players that you don’t get very often,”
“She’s done a lot for us. She’s one that can create off the dribble and not only create like I said for herself, but also her teammates.”

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THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, DISTRICT WRESTLING IS TAKING PLACE FOR THE GIRLS TEAMS AROUND THE STATE
GIRLS WRESTLING FEATURING THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS WILL BE AT ST. CLAIR WITH THE LADY BULLDOGS HOSTING….

THE District 2 BRACKET FEATURES THE HOSTS, ST. CLAIR ALONG WITH:
Eureka High School
Kirkwood High School
Lafayette (Wildwood) High School
Marquette High School
Pacific High School
Parkway South High School
Parkway West High School
Rockwood Summit High School
Rolla High School
St. Francis Borgia High School
St. James High School
Sullivan High School
Union High School
Washington High School
Waynesville High School

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Missouri led for all but 52 seconds of Wednesday night’s matchup with Kentucky. But the game was far from one-sided. The Tigers jumped out to a 13-point halftime lead, but the Wildcats wouldn’t go away. Kentucky started the second half on a 10-1 run, and five different times during the final 20 minutes, it cut Missouri’s lead to one possession. Every time, Missouri found an answer, with several different players coming up clutch down the stretch. The Tigers ultimately won 75-70, improving to 12-3 overall and 5-3 in SEC play, which puts them alone in second place in the league standings.

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ESPN reported Wednesday there were more than 20 Kansas City Chiefs players and staffers – including star quarterback Patrick Mahomes – that were scheduled Sunday to get a haircut with a barber who tested positive for COVID-19.

Two Chiefs players – receiver Demarcus Robinson and center Daniel Kilgore – landed on the team’s COVID-19 reserve list after a positive test from a barber brought into Arrowhead.

But that list could have been much longer, Schefter reported.

“The Chiefs acted wisely and aggressively and pulled the barber — mid-cut — once his test results came in,” Schefter reported.

Schefter reported Kilgore was mid-haircut when the barber was notified that he was COVID-19 positive. Schefter reported both Kilgore and the barber were wearing masks.

Kilgore has remained away from the team since being added to the list. He has tested negative and can return to the team on Saturday when the Chiefs depart for the Super Bowl in Tampa. Schefter said, per a source, that Kilgore should be able to play Sunday.

The NFL Network reported Tuesday, citing sources close to the team, that the barber involved tested negative five consecutive days before being allowed to enter the Chiefs’ facility.

The barber reportedly took an additional rapid test before entering the facility Sunday, but the NFL Network reported those results were slightly delayed because of a line of friends and family also entering the facility around the same time.

The NFL Network said the barber was wearing double personal protective equipment when the positive test results came back.