Marv’s Thursday Sports

THE TOP 2 SEEDS MOVED ON IN THE BOYS SEMI FINALS OF THE CLASS 2 DISTRICT 9 TOURNAMENT AT LAQUEY BUT BOTH HAD TO WORK HARD TO KEEP FROM AN UPSET…

IBERIA 61-50 OVER PLATO

IT WAS A GRUELLING BATTLE IN THE 3RD MEETING OF THE SEASON AND FOR THE 3RD TIME, IBERIA COMES OUT ON TOP OF PLATO WITH A 61-50 VICTORY….
IBERIA LED BY 1 AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER, BY 5 AT THE HALF, BY 2 AFTER 3 AND WON IT BY 11, BUT THAT MARGIN OF VICTORY CAME FROM THE STRIPE DOWN THE STRETCH….IBERIA HIT 18 OF 24 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE, 10 OF 12 IN THE 4TH QUARTER….PLATO WON THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS, AND THE SHOOTING PERCENTAGE,
BUT THE RANGERS WERE BETTER WITH THE TURNOVERS AND THE CHARITY STRIPE.
ZACH VOSS FINISHED WITH 25, EASTON BLANKENSHIP ADDED 12, AND JAKE WHITTLE HAD 10, ALL FOR THE RANGERS.
PLATO WAS LED BY GRADY TODD WITH 29 AND WAS THE ONLY ONE IN DOUBLES FOR THE EAGLES…

AFTER TWO LOSSES TO THE RANGERS THIS SEASON, ONE IN THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT AT THE STARTOF THE SEASON, AND THE OTHER JUST LAST FRIDAY, PLATO CAME IN, AND TO PUT IT COWBOY TERMS, THE GUNS WERE LOADED..

TWO EAGLES, LEVI JOHNSON AND CASE McCLURE BOTH FOULED OUT AND GRADY TODD HAD TO PLAY SOFT IN THE END CARRYING 4 FOULS..
PLATO IS DONE AS THEY NOW GET READY FOR SPRING SPORTS WHILE IBERIA MOVES ON TO FACE THE 2 SEED IN THE FINALS TOMORROW NIGHT…..

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RICHLAND 49-43 OVER LAQUEY

THE LAQUEY HORNETS DID WHAT THEY HAD TO DO, AND THAT WAS SLOW DOWN THE HIGH FLYING RICHLAND BEARS BUT IN THE END, IT WAS THAT FREE THROW LINE AND THE MEMBER OF THE 2000 POINT CLUB THAT ENDS THE HORNETS SEASON IN A 49-43 RICHLAND WIN AND A DATE IN THE FINALS TOMORROW..
LAQUEY LED BY 1 AFTER THE FIRST 8 MINUTES, RICHLAND WAS UP BY 1 AT THE HALF….THERE WERE 10 LEAD CHANGES IN THE FIRST HALF BETWEEN THESE TWO FRISCO LEAGUE NEIGHBORS…RICHLAND LED BY 5 AFTER 3 AND BOTH DUKED IT OUT IN THE LAST 8 MINUTES AND WHILE RICHLAND NEVER RELINQUISHED THE LEAD, THEY HAD TO KEEP SLAPPING THE PESKY HORNETS AWAY WHEN LAQUEY CUT THE LEAD TO ONE AND TWO POSSESSIONS SEVERAL TIMES..IN THE END, THE BEARS SEALED THE DEAL AT THE FREE THROW LINE….
THE HORNETS WON THE REBOUNDING BATTLE, AND THE SHOOTING PERCENTAGE, BUT 18 TURNOVERS FOR THE HORNETS COMPARED TO 8 FOR THE BEARS IS ONE STAT THAT STICKS OUT…THE OTHER IS THE FREE THROW LINE.
RICHLAND HIT 11 OF 12 IN THE 4TH QUARTER, 7 FROM ETHAN FAGRE…OVERALL, RICHLAND WAS 16 OF 25 WHILE LAQUEY WAS 7 OF 9….
ETHAN FAGRE LED THE BEARS WITH 27 POINTS, VESTON FEARON ADDED 14..
JASON YOUNG LED THE HORNETS WITH 25….

THE LAQUEY GYM WILL BE PAINTED IN ORANGE FRIDAY AS BOTH THE RICHLAND BEARS AND LADY BEARS CRASH THE HARDWOOD FOR THE TROPHEY AND THE RIGHT TO ADVANCE….
THE BOYS FINAL FEATURES TOP SEED IBERIA AND 2 SEED RICHLAND….THAT’S AT 7:30 FRIDAY..
THE GIRLS FINAL HAS TOP SEED RICHLAND AND 2ND SEED NEWBURG..

THE DISTRICT 9 WINNERS HEAD TO MTN. GROVE NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR SECTIONALS AND WILL FACE THE DISTRICT 10 WINNERS FROM CABOOL…..

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THE TWO GIRLS TEAMS IN THE FINALS AT LAQUEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SCOUT THEIR SECTIONAL OPPONENT AT CABOOL…
THE GIRLS FINAL BETWEEN HARTVILLE AND MANSFIELD IS SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT AT 6, AN OFF DAY FOR THE LAQUEY DISTRICT….

THE BOYS FINAL AT CABOOL IS SET FOR FRIDAY AFTER HARTVILLE TURBO CLOCKED SPARTA, 89-39 WHILE SEYMORE GOT BY GAINESVILLE 60-57…..

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AT THE CLASS 3 DISTRICT 4 TOURNAMENT AT MTN. GROVE..
THE BOYS SEMI’S SAW ST. JAMES BLOW OUT WILLOW SPRINGS, 64-35…
AVA ELIMINATED MTN. VIEW LIBERTY, 71-49….

THEIR FINALS ARE FRIDAY AND FEATURE TOP SEED LICKING AND ST. JAMES IN THE GIRLS TILT AT 6..
ST. JAMES AND AVA IN THE BOYS GAME AT 7:30..

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A NIGHT OFF AT LAQUEY FOR THE DISTRICT 9 TOURNAMENT AS 4 TEAMS PREPARE FOR TOMORROW’S FINALS….
JUST EAST OF LAQUEY IN TIGER TOWN, TWO VISITORS COME TO WAYNESVILLE FOR SOME RE-DO’S, OR MAKE UP GAMES…
THE LADY TIGERS OF SEDALIA SMITH COTTON HIT THE HARDWOOD AT 5:30 TO FACE THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS….
THIS GAME WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEC. 17TH BUT CANCELLED, AND RE-SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT…SMITH COTTON WILL COME IN AT 11-12, WAYNESVILLE IS 4-17….

FOLLOWING THE GIRLS GAME, THE BOYS FROM JEFF CITY HIT THE FLOOR NEXT TO TAKE ON THE TIGERS IN A RE-SCHEUDLED GAME FROM JAN. 17TH..
WAYNESVILLE IS 12-11, THE JAYS AT 10-12…….THAT’S SCHEDULED FOR A 7 PM TIP TIME……
BOTH GAMES ON 102.3 FM…..

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FOLLOWING TONIGHT’S DOUBLE DIP IN TIGER TOWN, BOTH WAYNESVILLE TEAMS GEAR UP FOR DISTRICTS NEXT WEEK…..
THE CLASS FIVE DISTRICT 10 BRACKETS ARE SET AFTER WEDNESDAY’S SEED MEETING IN LEBANON, SITE OF THIS YEARS TOURNAMENT….BOTH OZARK SQUADS HAVE GAINED NUMBER ONE SEEDS ON THESE FOUR TEAM BRACKETS…
THE OZARK LADY TIGERS AT 18-6, AND SIXTH RANKED IN THE STATE, PLUS THE TOP SEED ON THE BRACKET WILL FACE 4TH SEED WAYNESVILLE ON MONDAY MARCH 2ND, WITH LEBANON AND GLENDALE IN THE SECOND SEMIFINAL MATCHUP..THE GIRLS TITLE GAME IS AT 6:00 ON MARCH 5TH IN LEBANON..

ON THE BOY’S SIDE, OZARK MEETS 4TH SEED WAYNESVILLE ON TUESDAY MARCH 3RD AT BOSWELL AUDITORIUM…OZARK IS CURRENTLY 15-8 WHILE WAYNESVILLE IS 10-11….
THE SECOND SEMIFINAL GAME WILL BE BETWEEN SECOND SEED AND HOST LEBANON, AND THE GLENDALE FALCONS…
THE BOY’S CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE THURSDAY MARCH 5TH AT 7:30..