Marv’s Sports Wednesday April 1st

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS, OUTCOMES ANOTHER BOYS AND GIRLS ALL-STAR BASKETBALL TEAM….
WE’VE DONE ALL-CONFERENCE, COACHES ALL-DISTRICT, MEDIA ALL-DISTRICT, COACHES ALL-STATE, THE KJEL-KFBD ALL-STARS, AND TODAY….
2020 ALL-O-ZONE BASKETBALL TEAMS…

THE LAST DAY OF MARCH, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT 2 WEEKS FROM THE END OF THE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SEASON, HAD MSHSAA BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE THE FINAL 4 IN THE TWO LARGER CLASSES,
THE O-ZONE, A WEBSITE SPORTS PAGE, COVERING MUCH OF SOUTHWEST, SOUTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI’S HIGH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, AND EVEN SOME PRO SPORTS RELEASED THEIR ALL O-ZONE BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAMS….
THERE WERE 5 SELECTED PER TEAM FOR 1ST AND 2ND TEAM, AND 10 FOR HONORABLE MENTION, WITH CLASSIFICATIONS TOSSED ASIDE…
SEVERAL OZARK CONFERENCE AND FRISCO LEAGUERS SHOW UP ON THE TEAMS….

THE BOYS PLAYER OF THE YEAR WAS
Aminu Mohammed – Greenwood
OTHER FIRST TEAMERS
Anton Brookshire – Kickapoo
Isaac Haney – Dora
Terrell Kabala – Webb City
Quenton Shelton – Lebanon

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SECOND TEAM
Daniel Abreu – Willard
Cade Blevins – Rogersville
Andrew Dalton – Ava
Dalton Gayman – Nevada
Ryce Piper – Hartville

HONORABLE MENTION
Dax Beem – Skyline
Tyler Campbell – Crane
Isaiah Davis – Joplin
AJ Elliott – Ozark
Ethan Fagre – Richland
Hunter Lane – Macks Creek
David Oplotnik – Fair Grove
Arlo Stump – Golden City
Dontae Taylor – Parkview
Grady Todd – Plato

2020 ALL-O-ZONE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM

FIRST TEAM
Co-Player of the Year: Katie Scott – Carl Junction
Co-Player of the Year: Priscilla Williams – Branson
THE OTHER FIRST TEAMERS:
MacKenzie Brunson – West Plains
Karlee Holland – Licking
AND
Faith Gilkey – Walnut Grove

SECOND TEAM
Makaiya Brooks – Central
Allie Clevenger – Clever
Indya Green – Kickapoo
Kohnnar Patton – Blue Eye
Lacy Stokes – Mt. Vernon

HONORABLE MENTION
Kendrick Bailey – Hollister
Kaemyn Bekemeier – Republic
Madi Braden – Ozark
Emma Compton – Strafford
Grace Culver – Hartville
Cass Cunningham – West Plains
Naudia Evans – Waynesville
Claudia Hadlock – Miller
Jada Henry – Mansfield
Logan Jones – Strafford

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BACK IN MID-MARCH, PRIOR TO THE BAN ON LARGE GATHERINGS, HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYERS, THEIR PARENTS AND COACHES FROM THE AREA GOT TOGETHER FOR THE 20TH ANNUAL KJEL-KFBD-KOZQ ALL-STAR BASKETBALL BANQUET WHERE THE PLAYERS WERE RECOGNIZED, AWARDED PLAQUES, AND COACHES CAME UP TO THE PODIUM AND TALKED ABOUT THEIR PLAYERS, A GAVE SOME KIND-HEARTED JABS TO OTHER COACHES IN THE ROOM THEY EITHER KNEW OR COACHED AGAINST…
AFTER THE AWARDS WERE PRESENTED, PICTURES WERE TAKEN OF THE COACH AND PLAYERS…
THOSE PICTURES HAVE NOW BEEN UPLOADED ON MY OZARKS ON LINE DOT COM….
WE HAD HOPED TO GET THESE UP EARLIER, BUT EVERYTHING IS TAKING A BACK SEAT TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, AND RIGHTLY SO…
TO VIEW THESE PICTURES, GO TO OUR STATIONS WEBSITE, myozarksonline.com, SCROLL DOWN TO 2020 SPORTS BANQUET AND OPEN TO SEE THE PLAYERS AND THEIR COACHES, SMILING, WHICH, DURING COMPETITION, IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE….