Marv’s Thursday Sports

A LARGE GATHERING OF PLAYERS, PARENTS, COACHES AND GUESTS SHOWED UP LAST NIGHT AT THE COWAN CIVIC CENTER IN LEBANON FOR THE 20TH ANNUAL KJEL-KFBD-KOZQ ALL STAR BASKETBALL BANQUET…
PLAYERS ARE INTRODUCED WITH THEIR COACHES, THE PLAYERS GET PLAQUES AND COACHES TAKE THE PODIUM, TALK ABOUT THEIR PLAYERS, HAVE SOME FRIENDLY BANTER WITH OTHER COACHES, AND THAT’S AFTER A MEAL IS SERVED UP TO THE PARENTS AND GUESTS OF THE PLAYERS….
19 FRISCO LEAGUERS WERE SELECTED, AND 10 FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE WHICH ONLY TAKES IN THE 4 AREA NEIGHBORS, CAMDENTON, LEBANON, ROLLA, AND WAYNESVILLE…
OTHER PLAYERS CAME FROM AS FAR AWAY AT BOLIVAR, HERMITAGE, STRAFFORD AND ST. ELIZABETH….
THIS BEING THE WEEK OF SPRING BREAK FOR MANY OF THE AREA SCHOOLS, SOME PLAYERS AND COACHES COULD NOT MAKE THE BANQUET BUT WERE STILL HONORED…
THE BOYS AND GIRLS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR AND TWO COACHES OF THE YEAR CAME FROM BOTH THE FRISCO LEAGUE AND OZARK CONFERENCE..

THE GIRLS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, NAUDIA EVANS OF THE WAYNESVILLE LADY TIGERS…EVANS WAS THE FOCAL POINT OF EVERY TEAMS DEFENSE THIS YEAR, AND NO MATTER WHAT DEFENSE THEY PLAYED AGAINST HER, SHE CONSTANTLY CAME AWAY WITH DOUBLE DIGIT SCORING, SHAKING DEFENDERS, SOMETIMES GETTING DOUBLE AND TRIPLE TEAMED..
THE LADY TIGER POINT GUARD AND SCORING MACHINE SAID THE HONOR WAS A SURPRISE.

NAUDIA EVANS OF WAYNESVILLE IS COMING BACK FOR HER SENIOR SEASON IN 2020-21, AND SHE’S ALREADY EXCITED ABOUT NEXT YEAR…

THE BOYS PLAYER OF THE YEAR WAS NOT ABLE TO BE THERE, BUT HIS COACH WAS….
ETHAN FAGRE OF THE RICHLAND BEARS WAS THIS YEARS PLAYER OF THE YEAR, AND THIS WAS A WELL DESERVED HONOR FOR A PLAYER WHO HELPED TAKE THE BEARS PROGRAM UP A NOTCH OR TWO IN HIS LAST 2 YEARS UNDER COACH MATT MULDER….WHEN MULDER TOOK OVER, THE BEARS HAD GONE THROUGH A 7-19 SEASON THE SEASON BEFORE, AND FAGRE WAS THE GO TO GUY…HE WAS A SHOOTER, AND A GOOD ONE…
IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS UNDER MULDER, FAGRE WAS STILL THE PLAYER OTHERS PAID THE MOST ATTENTION TOO, STILL A GREAT SHOOTER, BUT STEALS, AND ASSISTS WERE A BIGGER PART OF HIS GAME FINDING THE OPEN PLAYER AND RICHLAND WENT FROM A 7 WIN SEASON TO AN 18-9 CAMPAIGN LAST YEAR, TO 23-4 THIS YEAR WITH ETHAN FAGRE A HUGE PART OF THAT…..COACH MATT MOULDER SAID A ONE ON ONE WITH HIS STAR PLAYER PAID BIG DIVIDENDS….

HE GRADUATES THIS YEAR, BUT WILL LEAVE KNOWING HIS REMAINING TEAMMATES HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO KEEP THE PROGRAM ON THE UPSWING….HE ALSO LEAVES AS TEH ALL TIME LEADING SCORER IN RICHLAND HISTORY BREAKING THE OLD MARK HELD BY CHARLIE PARKER..

THE COACHES OF THE YEAR CAME FROM ROLLA AND ROCKTOWN..
FORMER FRISCO LEAGUE PLAYER AND COACH, WHO WE JUST MENTIONED, CHARLIE PARKER HEADED UP THE ROLLA LADY BULLDOGS IN HIS FIRST SEASON AFTER COMING OVER FROM HIS ALMA MATRE….
PARKER TOOK OVER A PROGRAM THAT FINISHED 24-4 THE SEASON BEFORE, LOST IN THE QUARTER FINALS AND LOST THEIR COACH….PARKER WAS HIRED, HAD SOME RETURNERS WITH EXPERIANCE AND CONTINUED THE TRADITION…THEY FINISHED 23-4 AND 8-1 IN THE OZARK CONFERENCE, LOSING TO SULLIVAN IN THE SECTIONAL ROUND OF 16 EARLIER THIS WEEK…PARKER, KNOWING A LOT OF THE COACHES IN THE ROOM SAID THIS WAS AN HONOR AND HE’S HUMBLED..

THE BOYS COACH OF THE YEAR CAME FROM IBERIA, WHERE NICK VOSS TOOK HIS RANGERS TO THE SECTIONAL ROUND OF 16 BEFORE FALLING TO THE HARTVILLE EAGLES, WHO COULD VERY WELL END UP AT THE TOP OF THE CLASS 2 LADDER BY SATURDAY NIGHT….
VOSS TOOK THE RANGERS TO A 22-5 SEASON, WON THE FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT, RAN THE TABLE IN LEAGUE PLAY FINISHING AT 8-0, LOST TO CLASS 5 SEDALIA SMITH COTTON IN THE ELDON TOURNAMENT BY 2 POINTS AND FINISHED 3RD….HAD A WIN IN THE ANNUAL IBERIA TOURNAMENT THAT WAS WIPED OUT BY WINTER WEATHER, AND WERE THE PROVEN BEST TEAM THERE…..

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CLASS 5 SECTIONAL ROUND OF 16 IS IN THE BOOK AND 1 OZARK CONFERENCE TEAM IS STILL PLAYING….

LAST NIGHT AT JEFFERSON COLLEGE IN HILLSBORO, POPLAR BLUFF LADY MULES ELIMINATED COR JESU 61-43..
MEHLVILLE MOVED ON WITH A 64-47 WIN IN THE BOYS GAME…

AT LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY IN ST. CHARLES, KIRKWOOD WON THE GIRLS GAME, 61-48 WHILE CHAMINADE WAS THE BOYS WINNER, 74-48 OVER MARQUETTE.

THE SILVERSTEIN EYE CENTER ARENA IN KANAS CITY HAS TWO SECTIONALS….
BLUE SPRINGS BEAT LEE’S SUMMITT WEST, 68-58 IN ONE GIRLS GAME, LIBERTY TOPPED ST. JOE CENTRAL 45-39 IN THE OTHER..
THE 2 BOYS GAMES SAW RAY-PEC 2 POINT BLUE SPRINGS, 43-41 WHILE STALEY KNOCKED OUT LIBERTY 47-39..

ACROSS THE STATE AT ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH SCHOOL, HAZELWOOD CENTRAL TOPPED PARKWAY CENTRAL 44-40 IN THE GIRLS GAME, C.B.C. KNOCKED OUT THE BOYS FROM HAZELWOOD CENTRAL 74-62..

ALSO IN ST. CHARLES AT FT. ZUMWALT EAST, TROY BUCHANAN KNOCKED OUT FT. ZUMWALT WEST 57-44 IN THE GIRLS SECTIONAL, FRANCIS HOWELL BEAT FT. ZUMWALT NORTH 73-65 IN THE BOYS TILT.

AT THE LAKE, CAMDENTON HIGH SCHOOL, ROCK BRIDGE SWEPT OZARK IN BOTH GAMES…
THE LADY BRUINS CAME OUT WITH A 49-38 VICTORY, THE BRUINS NEEDED DOUBLE OVERTIME TO KNOCK OUT OZARK, 65-53….

WEBB CITY WAS LAST SITE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BRACKET…..THE TWO KICKAPOO TEAMS SPLIT…….THE GIRLS LOST TO REPUBLIC 63-57…..
THE CHEIFS TOOK OUT THE JOPLIN EAGLES, 76–59……….

THAT SETS THE STAGE FOR THE QUARTERS ON SATURDAY…..

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THE ROUND OF 16 IN CLASS 4 HAD THEIR SECTIONALS TUESDAY, AND THEIR QUARTERS ARE SET FOR SATURDAY…

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CLASS 1 HAS THEIR FINAL 4 STARTING TODAY AT THE JQH ARENA…
TODAY AT 3:30 THIS AFTERNOON, THE GIRLS SEMI FINALS……SOUTH IRON MEETS SOUTH NODAWAY, WHO’S TEAMED UP WITH JEFFERSON CONCEPTION, IN ONE OF THE SEMI FINALS…
WALNUT GROVE AND COMMUNITY HAVE THE OTHER GIRLS SEMI AT 5:10…
GIRLS 3RD PLACE GAME IS FRIDAY MORNING AT 11 AT THE HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER..
FIRST PLACE GAME IS FRIDAY AT 2:40 AT THE JQH.

CLASS 1 BOYS SEMI’S THURSDAY AT 6:50 FEATURES DORA AND JEFFERSON CONCEPTION (SO. NODAWAY)…
GOLDEN CITY AND THE ST. ELIZABETH HORNETS PLAY THE 8:30 GAME THURSDAY NIGHT..
THE BOYS TITLE GAME IS FRIDAY AT 4:30 AT THE JQH, 3RD PLACE GAME IS FRIDAY AT 12:50 AT HAMMONS…

CLASS 2 STARTS FRIDAY AT THE HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER AT 2:40 AND 4:30 WITH THE GIRLS SEMI’S, THE BOYS PLAY THE EVENING SESSIONS AT HAMMONS…..
CLASS 3 STARTS AT 11 AM TOMORROW AT THE JQH.
THE FIRST SEMI FEATURES THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING AND MACON TIGERETTS…..
THAT’S ON 97.9 FM…