WHS 50-36 OVER NEWBURG

THE CLASS 5 WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS WERE TOO MUCH IN THE END FOR THE CLASS 2 NEWBURG LADY WOLVES BUT THIS WAS NO BLOW OUT BY ANY MEANS…….NEWBURG DUG IN THEIR HEELS AND STAYED CLOSE MOST OF THE GAME WITH THE LADY TIGERS WINNING IT, 50-36…..THE LARGEST MARGIN REACHED 16 POINTS, AND THE SIZE OF THE LADY TIGERS PRODUCED 30 REBOUNDS COMPARED TO 20 FOR NEWBURG…
IN THEIR FIRST GAME, WAYNESVILLE ONLY COMMITTED 6 TURNOVERS AND THAT’S AN A-PLUS IN ANY COACHES GRADE BOOK….A HIGHLIGHT IN THE GAME WAS NAUDIA EVANS ENTRY INTO THE 1,000 POINT CLUB….THAT CAME IN THE 3RD QUARTER ON A JUMPER HITTING HER 18TH POINT ON THE NIGHT AND A STANDING OVATION FOLLOWED, EVEN BY THE NEWBURG TEAM AND THEIR FANS….

WAYNESVILLE JUMPED OUT TO A 15-6 LEAD AFTER ONE QUARTER, LED BY 11 AT THE HALF, AND AT THE END OF THE 3RD AS BOTH TEAMS PLAYED EVEN UP COMING OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM AT THE BREAK…THE LADY TIGERS WON THE 4TH BY 3 AS NEWBURG KEPT UP THE PRESSURE…

SOME KEY BUCKETS FROM THE LADY WOLVES MARA SUSCHANK AND ADRIANNE WILLIAMS IN THE FINAL STANZA KEPT THIS SOMEWHAT CLOSE.
NAUDIA EVANS FINISHED WITH 13, 6-1 FRESHMAN BREONNA HURD DUMPED IN 15…..
NEWBURG WAS LED BY MACY SUSHANKE WITH 11, CLAIR AFFOLTER DRAINED 10..
THE LADY TIGERS WON THE J.V. IN OVERTIME, 39-38.
LADY TIGER COACH BRITTANY MATLOCK SAID “Good to get the first game under our belt. It was a great night for both groups. We had lots of energy on the floor & bench. Do we still have things to work on? Yes, but we’re going to enjoy this and be back to work tomorrow.
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OZARK CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT….
LEBANON 52-21 OVER CAPITAL CITY
CENTRAL 61-33 OVER BRANSON..
WEST PLAINS TOPS POPLAR BLUFF 48-22.
HELIAS KNOCKS OFF CAMDENTON 78-56…

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DIXON 63-51 OVER BOURBON

THE HOME COOKIN’, ESPECIALLY IN THE 2ND AND 4TH QUARTERS TASTED MIGHTY FINE IN DIXON LAST NIGHT AS THEY HOSTED AND TOPPLED THE BOURBON LADY WARHAWKS, 63-51…
BOURBON JUMPED OUT TO A 14-8 LEAD AFTER THE FIRST 8 MINUTES, BUT THE 2ND QUARTER BELONGED TO DIXON WITH A 21-12 RUN AND IT’S 29-26 AT THE HALF, DIXON ON TOP….BOURBON REGAINED THE LEAD AT THE END OF THE THIRD, 46-42…THE LADY BULLDOGS PUT UP ANOTHER 21 POINTS IN THE 4TH, HELD BOURBON TO 5 AND WALKS OFF THE WINNER….
ONLY 3 OF THE LADY BULLDOGS PUT UP POINTS BUT IT WAS ENOUGH…
RESA MARTIN HIT A GAME HIGH 32..TRISTAN LIMPSCOMB DRAINED 19, 14 OF THOSE IN THE 4TH QUARTER, AND KALI MARR HIT FOR A DOZEN…..
MADI LONDERMAN HAD 16 FOR BOURBON, KATIE CLICK ADD 12.
DIXON WAS ALSO 18 OF 28 FROM THE STRIPE, BOURBON, 4 OF 11…..THAT’S A 14 POINT ADVANTAGE IN A 12 POINT GAME……FREE BEE’S ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE GAME…

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IBERIA 56-49 OVER LAQUEY IN OVERTIME..

IBERIA WAS AT LAQUEY LAST WEEK FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY WHILE LAST NIGHT, THE LADY HORNETS HIT THE ROAD TO ROCKTOWN TO MEET THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS AND THIS WENT TO OVERTIME BEFORE THE LADY RANGERS POSTED A 56-49 CONFERENCE VICTORY…
IBERIA LED 14-10 AFTER ONE, UPPED THE MARGIN TO 6 AT THE HALF, WENT UP BY 8 AT THE END OF THE 3RD, BUT LAQUEY DOUBLED UP IBERIA IN THE 4TH, 16-8 AND TIED IT UP AT THE END OF REGULATION, BUT IN THE O.T. PERIOD, IBERIA DUMPED IN A DOZEN POINTS, HELD LAQUEY TO 5 AND WON IT BY 7…
ADRIENE MILLER LED THE LADY HORNETS WITH 20 AND WAS THE ONLY ONE IN DOUBLES…
THE LADY HORNETS COACH SAID “We just couldn’t make shots in the overtime. A good effort by our girls”
LAQUEY IS NOW 1-3, 0-1 IN THE FRISCO, AND TRAVELS TO NIANGUA TONIGHT.

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LICKING 47-34 OVER HOUSTON

THE SHERMAN HILL FIELDHOUSE IN LICKING WAS HOPPING WITH NEIGHBOR HOUSTON IN TOWN FOR A GIRLS TILT..
A CLOSE BACK AND FORTH GAME UNTIL THE LADY WILDCATS WENT ON AN 18-1 RUN IN THE 3RD QUARTER, BROKE THIS OPEN, AND WON BY 13 WHEN THE FINAL BUZZER SOUNDED…
ABBIE SULLINS LEAD ALL SCORERS FOR THE LADY WILDCATS WITH 24…..HOUSTON FRESHMAN ANGIE SMITH DROPPED IN A DOZEN FOR THE LADY TIGERS…
LICKING WILL HOST STRAFFORD THURSDAY.

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RICHLAND 51-37 OVER OSAGE

FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CHAMPION RICHLAND STAYS UNDEFEATED ON THE SEASON AND ENJOYED THEIR BUS TRIP HOME FROM OSAGE LAST NIGHT AFTER A 51-37 WIN OVER THE LADY INDIANS..
MIRANDA MOSS, JUST LIKE SHE DID IN THE FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT LIT IT UP FROM DOWNTOWN DRAINING 5 TRAY’S ON TEH NIGHT AND FINISHED WITH 15..BELL HARLEY ADDED 12 AND ABBY LATHAM TOSSED DOWN 10…..THE LADY BEARS ARE 4-0 AND WILL GET TESTED THURSDAY WHEN THEY HOST THE 3-1 STEELVILLE LADY CARDINALS…..

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REGIONAL GAMES ON THE GIRLS SIDE..
CONWAY 61-45 OVER SEYMORE
LINN 59-14 OVER VIENNA

HERMITAGE TOURNAMENT-
MARSHFIELD 63-15 OVER HUMANSVILLE
MARION C. EARLY 47-40 OVER HILLCREST
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LAQUEY 60-44 OVER MARANATHA BAPTIST

LAQUEY PLAYED HOST TO MARANATHA BAPTIST LAST NIGHT AND RACKED UP A 60-44 VICTORY..
A ONE POINT HORNET LEAD AFTER ONE QUARTER TURNED INTO A 25-20 LEAD AT THE BREAK..
THE HORNETS ALMOST DOUBLED UP MARANATHA 20-11 IN THE 3RD AND TOOK A 45-31 LEAD INTO THE FINAL 8 MINUTES WHERE THEY PUT THIS AWAY…..

JASON YOUNG FINISHED WITH 16 POINTS FOR THE HORNETS AND WAS THE ONLY PLAYER IN DOUBLE FIGURES.
LAQUEY SPREAD OUT THE SCORING WITH 9 players PUTTING MARKS IN THE SCOREBOOK BY THEIR NAMES….
HORNET COACH STEVE SCHOLFIELD SAID “Total team effort. Did a good job of getting out & running in the 2nd half, which led to some easy baskets.”
LAQUEY IS 1-2 & TRAVELS TO NIANGUA TONIGHT WITH THE LADY HORNETS FOR A DOUBLE DIP……

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FORDLAND 73-33 OVER STOUTLAND

THE STOUTLAND TIGERS WENT TO FORDLAND TO MEET THE EAGLES AND THE HOSTS WERE NON TO KIND TO THEIR GUESTS LAYING A 40 POINT WHOOPIN ON THE TIGERS IN A 73-33 TURBO CLOCK FINAL FOR THE EAGLES.

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TONIGHT..MOSTLY BOYS GAMES ON THE SLATE.

THE PLATO EAGLES ARE AT TEH MANSFIELD BOYS TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK AND FACE NORWOOD TONIGHT IN FIRST ROUND ACTION…
ST. ELIZABETH VISITS CROCKER
DIXON’S AT VIENNA
OSAGE MAKES THE SHORT TRIP TO IBERIA
STOUTLAND TRAVELS TO LICKING FOR A CONFERENCE TILT….
BELLE’S AT NEWBURG
RICHLAND’S AT STEELVILLE

A DOUBLE DIP AT NIANGUA TONIGHT HAS THE LAQUEY HORNETS AND LADY HORNETS MAKING THE TRIP..

IN A GIRLS GAME, CROCKER TRAVELS TO CONWAY….

WRESTLING TONIGHT HAS WAYNESVILLE’S BOYS AND GIRLS IN A DOUBLE QUAD ON THE ROAD WITH HOLT, LAFAYETTE AND FRANCIS HOWELL…

SWIMMING TODAY HAS WAYNESVILLE’S LADY TIGERS JOINING LEBANON AS BOTH HIT THE ROAD TO WEST PLAINS…….

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THE ONLY UNDEFEATED TEAM IN MODERN NFL TIMES, THE 1972 MIAMI DOLPHINS POP THE CHAMPAIGN EVERY YEAR WHEN THE LAST UNDEFEATED TEAM LOSES AND THE CORKS POPPED LAST NIGHT….
The Pittsburgh Steelers are undefeated no more….THE STEELERS WERE handed THEIR first loss of the season courtesy of the Washington Football Team, who pulled off the 23-17 win WITH WHAT SHOULD BE THE COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR UNDER CENTER, ALEX SMITH…… Washington DUG THEMSELVES OUT OF AN 11-point deficit WHEN Alex Smith knotted the game at 17 with 9:09 to play in the fourth quarter on an eight-play drive that resulted in a 15-yard touchdown reception for Logan Thomas.
After that score, Pittsburgh drove within field goal range but elected to go for it on fourth-and-1 at the Washington 28-yard line and THE WASHINGTON defense was able to break up a pass, that turned the ball over on downs. From there, Dustin Hopkins was eventually able to kick the 45-yard field goal to give Washington its first lead of the game with just over two minutes remaining in the contest AND HOLD ON FOR THE WIN…
THE LOSS TIES PITTSBURGH WITH KANSAS CITY FOR THE TOP SEED IN THE AFC…THE CHIEFS HAVE CLINCHED A PLAYOFF SPOT AT 11-1……

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WITH INJURIES, AND NOW GETTING KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOME BY LOCAL GOVT. OFFICIALS IN SANTA CLARA CALFORNIA, THE 49ERS SHOULD BE Left for dead in the 2020 NFL season….BUT, THEY did not quit under the prime-time lights of “Monday Night Football” in Week 13, embracing their temporary Arizona home and giving the AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills plenty of fight. Still, they were no match for Josh Allen and a highly efficient Buffalo offense. Riding a near-perfect game plan from Brian Daboll, as well as big contributions from just about every wide receiver working the San Francisco secondary, Allen had little trouble guiding the Bills to their fifth win in six games, improving Buffalo to 9-4 atop the East with a 34-24 victory.

The Niners fall to 5-7 with the loss after upsetting their rival Los Angeles Rams a week earlier, one game behind the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC West. The Bills, meanwhile, look like the clear front-runners to win the East, even with the Miami Dolphins trailing just behind them, and figure to give the once-undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers a run for their money in Week 14.

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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 LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD, HOME OF THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES…
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