Marv’s Thursday Sports

THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING ARE HEADED BACK TO THE QUARTER FINALS IN CLASS 3 AFTER THEIR WIN OVER STEELVILLE LAST NIGHT IN ROLLA AND THEY ARE THE ONLY FRISCO LEAGUE TEAM STILL LEFT…..

MORE ON THE ROUND OF 16 IN A MOMENT, BUT LEADING OUR LOCAL SPORTS REPORT THIS MORNING IS THE FRISCO LEAGUE ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS, SELECTED BY THE COACHES AND RELEASED YESTERDAY….IN CASE YOU MISSED IT IN OUR AFTERNOON SPORTS REPORTS, WE BRING IT YOUR WAY AGAIN THIS MORNING….

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THE GIRLS ALL-CONFERENCE LIST HAS A FAMILIAR NAME AT THE TOP AND THE BOYS HAVE A PAIR SHARING THE TOP HONOR……
ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM GIRLS:
LICKING’S KARLEE HOLLAND IS THIS YEARS MVP IN VOTING BY THE COACHES OF THE CONFERENCE.
IN ORDER OF VOTES BEHIND HOLLAND ARE:
KATELYN COLE OF RICHLAND
CLAIR AFFOLTER OF NEWBURG
MIRANDA MOSS OF RICHLAND
BROOKE SINCLAIR OF DIXON
BAILEY BROOKSHIRE OF NEWBURG
PRE SEIN OF STOUTLAND
PAIGE SPENCER OF IBERIA
MEGAN BECKER OF CROCKER
KYLIE TAYLOR OF LICKING
SKEYLER LAYMAN OF CROCKER
CARA COUCH OF PLATO
KELSEY TODD OF PLATO…

HONORABLE MENTION GIRLS:
SARA PRIBBLE OF STOUTLAND
BRIAR SAYER OF LAQUEY
ANNA SULLINS OF LICKING
KENNEDY HALL OF PLATO
MELANIE HUBBS OF STOUTLAND

STEVE RISSLER OF LICKING-COACH OF THE YEAR..

BOYS
CO-MVP’S:GRADY TODD OF PLATO AND ZACH VOSS OF IBERIA
FOLLOWING THE MVP’S IN ORDER OF VOTES:
ETHAN FAGRE OF RICHLAND
TREY HOLZER OF DIXON
WILSON MURRAY OF LICKING
HUNTER MENTOLA OF NEWBURG
ZANE HODGES OF STOUTLAND
JAKE WHITTLE OF IBERIA
JASON YOUNG OF LAQUEY
VESTON FEARON OF RICHLAND
C.J. THILTGEN OF DIXON
BLAKE PAYNE OF LICKING

HONORABLE MENTION
TRISTAN WOFFORD OF NEWBURG
PAYTON HARRISON OF CROCKER
EASTON BLANKENSHIP OF IBERIA

NICK VOSS OF IBERIA-COACH OF THE YEAR….

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ON THE HARDWOOD LAST NIGHT….

LICKING 51-45 OVER STEELVILLE

THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING KNEW IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE EASY AGAINST STEELVILLE, AND THEY WERE RIGHT, BUT 2ND CHANCES AND FAST BREAK POINTS SENDS THE LADY WILDCATS TO THE QUARTERS AFTER THEIR 51-45 SECTIONAL VICTORY AT MISSOURI S&T IN ROLLA..
LICKING LED 10-8 AFTER ONE QUARTER, MAINTAINED THE TWO POINT LEAD AT THE HALF, OUTSCORED STEELVILLE BY 3 IN THE THIRD AND LED BY 5 HEADING INTO THE 4TH QUARTER AND HELD ON FOR THE 6 POINT “W”…..

FRISCO LEAGUE MVP KARLEE HOLLAND LED THE LADY CATS WITH 24….ABBY MONCREIF ADDED 11, AND ABBIE SULLINS KNOCKED DOWN 10…..
STEELVILLE HAD NAOMI PERKINS WITH 21 AND WAS THE ONLY 1 IN DOUBLES FOR THE LADY CARDINALS..
LICKING KEPT THEIR TURNOVERS IN SINGAL DIGITS AND HIT 15 OF 20 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE WHILE STEELVILLE MADE 5 OF 8, BUT THAT’S A 10 POINT ADVANTAGE FOR LICKING AT THE CHARITY STRIPE..

THE LADY WILDCATS WILL TRAVEL TO FARMINGTON ON SATURDAY AND PLAY A 1 PM QUARTERFINAL GAME AGAINST SAXONY LUTHERAN OUT OF JACKSON WHO MADE THE QUARTERS WITH A 63-43 WIN OVER DONIPHAN AT DEXTER HIGH SCHOOL LAST NIGHT……

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SOME OF THE OTHER CLASS 3 WINNERS INCLUDED THE STRAFFORD LADY INDIANS WHO SPANKED MT. VERNON, 72-56….SOUTHERN BOONE KNOCKED OFF BUTLER TO ADVANCE ON THE GIRLS BRACKET….
ON THE BOYS BRACKET, THE AVA BEARS SQUEEZED BY ST. PIUS OF FESTUS, 57-56….
BLAIR OAKS TURBO CLOCKED BUTLER 72-35…..FAIR GROVE ENDED IT FOR PIERCE CITY, 68-50…..

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CLASS 2, THE SEASON IS OVER FOR THE NEWBURG LADY WOLVES AND IBERIA RANGERS, BOTH FALLING IN THEIR SECTIONAL ROUND AT MTN. GROVE…

MANSFIELD LADY LIONS 42 NEWBURG LADY WOLVES 40

NEWBURG WENT UP AGAINST THE MANSFIELD LADY LIONS AND IT WENT DOWN TO A NEAR BUZZER BEATER WHEN THE LADY LIONS JADA HENRY DRAINED A BUCKET WITH 2 SECONDS LEFT GIVING THE LADY LIONS A TRIP TO TEH QUARTER FINALS…….NEWBURG TRAILED MOST OF THE GAME, BUT THE LADY WOLVES CLAWED THEIR WAY TO A TIE WITH 20 SECONDS LEFT……HENRY’S BASKET GAVE HER A GAME HIGH 20…
CLAIR AFFOLTER LED THE LADY WOLVES WITH 17….THE SEASON ENDS FOR NEWBURG, ONE VICTORY SHY OF A 20 WIN SEASON….
MANSFIELD AT 24-6 MOVES ON TO FACE BLUE EYE ON SATURDAY AT REPUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL…..

THE BOYS SECTIONAL AT MTN. GROVE WAS ABOUT AS LOPSIDED AS THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT LAQUEY LAST FRIDAY…..RESULTS WERE THE OPPOSITE….IBERIA HAD THE MERCY CLOCK TICKING IN THE DISTRICT FINAL, HITTING 60% FROM THE FIELD, KEPT THEIR TURNOVERS LOW, AND BLEW OUT THE BEARS..
LAST NIGHT AGAINST THE HARTVILLE EAGLES, THE TURBO CLOCK TICKED AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME IBERIA WAS LOOKING AT A 38 POINT DEFICIT WHEN THE FINAL BUZZER SOUNDED IN A 71-33 LOSS TO STATE RANKED HARTVILLE….
THESE 2 PLAYED FOR A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP A FEW YEARS BACK, AND HARTVILLE WON THAT…..LAST NIGHT, THEY JUMPED ON IBERIA FOR A 26-4 RUN IN THE FIRST QUARTER, AND COMING BACK ON THE NO. 2 RANKED TEAM IN THE STATE IS TOUGH AND THE RANGERS BOW OUT….
RYCE PIPER’S 24 POINTS LED HARTVILLE..BRADEN BRANSTETTER ADDED 18…GABE PLEMMONS SCORED 8 FOR THE RANGERS, WHO WRAP UP THE SEASON WITH A 22-5 RECORD…
HARTVILLE IS 27-2 AND WILL BE IN REPUBLIC TO FACE SPRINGFIELD GREENWOOD AT 2:45 SATURDAY IN A REMATCH OF A STATE SECTIONAL GAME A YEAR AGO, WON BY GREENWOOD ON THE WAY TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2019…GREENWOOD KNOCKED OFF PURDY 79-50 TO ADVANCE….

LET’S CHECK IN WITH SOME OTHER CLASS 2 ACTION FROM LAST NIGHT….
BOYS
SKYLINE 59, CREST RIDGE 46 –
THAYER 42, BERNIE 35 –

GIRLS
THAYER 47, NEELYVILLE 40 – OT
MILLER 51, CREST RIDGE 30 –

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CLASS 5 FINALS OF THE DISTRICT 10 TOURNAMENT IS TONIGHT AT LEBANON..
THE LADY TIGERS OF OZARK WILL FACE THE LEBANON LADY JACKETS AT 6 FOR THE RIGHT TO MOVE ONTO THE CLASS 5 SECTIONAL ROUND NEXT WEEK….
THE OZARK TIGERS GET THE GLENDALE FALCONS AT 7:30……

SECTIONALS ARE NEXT WEDNESDAY AT CAMDENTON…THE DISTRICT 10 WINNERS GET THE DISTRICT 9 CHAMPS.
DISTRICT 9 BOYS SEMI’S ARE TONIGHT WITH ROCK BRIDGE MEETING SMITH COTTON IN TEH EARLY GAME..
COLUMBIA BATTLE AND JEFF CITY PLAY THE NIGHT CAP…

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THE OTHER OZARK CONFERENCE TEAMS STILL PLAYING………

CLASS 5 DISTRICT 11….
KICKAPOO AND NIXA MEET IN BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS GAMES TONIGHT AT PARKVIEW…

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CLASS 4, DISTRICT 9 AT UNION…..
FRIDAY NIGHT, BOTH ROLLA TEAMS PLAY IN THE FINALS..
THE LADY BULLDOGS FACE SULLIVAN AT 5:30.
ROLLA TAKES ON SALEM IN THE BOYS TILT AT 7:15…

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THE ONLY OTHER OZARK CONFERENCE TEAM STILL ALIVE ARE THE WEST PLAINS LADY ZIZZERS AND THEY GET ROGERSVILLE TOMORROW AT 6 IN THE CLASS 4 DISTRICT 11 FINALS AT MARSHFIELD…