WHS 46-43 OVER HILLCREST

IT WASN’T EXACTLY A TALE OF 2 HALVES, BUT MORE A TALE OF 2 QUARTERS IN THE LADY TIGERS 46-43 WIN OVER HILLCREST…..
THE HILLCREST LADY HORNETS CAME TO TIGER TOWN, JUMPED OUT TO A 13-7 LEAD AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER WHEN THE LADY TIGERS LEADING SCORER COULD NOT BUY A BASKET…NAUDIA EVANS WAS SHUT OUT IN THE FIRST 8 MINUTES, ALBEIT, GIVING IT HER BEST…SHOTS JUST RIMMED OUT, AND SHE MISSED SOME EASY LAYUPS GOING INTO THE PAINT A LITTLE TOO QUICK….SHE WOULD BURY A 3 IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 2ND AND WOULD ROLL TO A GAME HIGH 23 AND THE LADY TIGERS HELD OFF HILLCREST FOR THAT 3 POINT OZARK CONFERENCE WIN, THEIR FIRST CONFERENCE “W” OF THE SEASON..
COACH BRITTANY MATLOCK SAID EVEN NAUDIA COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE LADY TIGERS WERE HAMMERED ON THE BOARDS IN THE FIRST HALF WHEN THE MUCH TALLER LADY HORNETS PULLED DOWN 24 COMPARED TO JUST 12 FOR WAYNESVILLE..THE LADY TIGERS DID A BETTER JOB IN THE 2ND HALF, AND ONLY TURNED IT OVER 7 TIMES COMPARED TO 21 FOR HILLCREST….
TONI DURANT HAD A DOZEN TO ADD TO EVAN’S 23….
HILLCREST WAS LED BY MARIAH ROBINSON WITH 29, JIM-EESHA DAVIS ADDED 12….
COACH MATLOCK SAID THEIR HALF TIME TALK CONSISTED OF “JUST KEPT CHIPPING AWAY”..

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THE REST OF THE OZARK CONFERENCE..
ROLLA TURBO CLOCKED GLENDALE 53-20 AND HAD THIS WRAPPED UP BY HALFTIME WITH A 32-5 LEAD…..
SAVANNA CAMPBELL AND REBECCA JANKE EACH HAD 12…CARLY LIBHART ADDED 10….
COACH CHARLIE PARKER GOT EVERYONE IN THE GAME AND CLIMB TO 20-3 OVERALL, 6-1 IN THE OZARK CONFERENCE WITH LEBANON ON THURSDAY….
LEBANON WAS A 63-42 WINNER OVER PARKVIEW…
KICKAPOO TURBO CLOCKED SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL, 65-24…
WEST PLAINS THUMPED CAMDENTON, 65-37…

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CROCKER 46-19 OVER LAQUEY

THEY BE AT LAQUEY ON SATURDAY FOR DISTRICTS, JUST AS THEY WERE LAST NIGHT FOR A FRISCO LEAGUE TILT AND THE CROCKER LADY LIONS TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS WITH A 46-19 VICTORY OVER THE LADY HORNETS…
CROCKER COACH RICH MUELLER WAS ABLE TO GET 18 GIRLS IN THE GAME, AND WHILE 11 SCORED, NOBODY ON EITHER TEAM GOT INTO DOUBLES..MEGAN BECKER AND ABBY HARRISON EACH HAD 8 FOR THE LADY LIONS WHO OUTSCORED LAQUEY 18-2 IN THE OPENING QUARTER, AND THE CROCKER COACH WENT TO HIS BENCH EARLY….
CROCKER’S MEGAN BECKER IS ONE AWAY ON TAKING A CHARGE FROM THE MISSOURI STATE RECORD…
LADY LIONS ARE 17-6, 5-1 IN THE LEAGUE WITH A CONFERENCE TILT TONIGHT AGAINST DIXON….

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LICKING 83-41 OVER DIXON

THEY’RE GOING TO PLAY EACH OTHER AGAIN ON SATURDAY IN THE OPENING ROUND OF DISTRICTS AT MTN. GROVE, AND LAST NIGHT, THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING SENT A MESSAGE TO THE DIXON LADY BULLDOGS IN AN 88-43 MERCY CLOCK WHOPPIN’ AT DIXON….
LICKING, A FINAL 4 TEAM FROM LAST YEAR POURED IN 30 IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND DOUBLED UP DIXON….
IT WAS 48-27 AT THE HALF AND WHEN LICKING WENT ON A 32-14 RUN IN THE 3RD, THE TURBO CLOCKED TICKED IN THE 4TH…..KARLEE HOLLAND ONLY PLAYED 3 QUARTERS AND LIT IT UP FOR 39 POINTS….ANNA SULLINS ADDED 10..
LICKING BURIED 13 THREE POINTERS IN THE GAME….
BROOK SINCLAIR TALLIED 23 FOR THE LADY BULLDOGS…
LICKING ENDS THE REGULAR SEASON ON WEDNESDAY AT NEWBURG.
THE TWO MEET AGAIN ON SATURDAY AT NOON IN DISTRICT PLAY AT MTN. GROVE WITH LICKING HAVING THE TOP SEED, AND DIXON THE 8TH….

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RICHLAND 64-52 OVER IBERIA OT

THE RICHLAND LADY BEARS, TRYING FOR THE FRISCO LEAGUE TITLE GOT A SCARE FROM THE IBERIA LADY RANGERS LAST NIGHT IN RICHLAND WHEN THE GALS FROM ROCKTOWN TOOK ONE OF THE FRISCO LEAGUE FRONT RUNNERS TO OVERTIME BEFORE RICHLAND ESCAPED WITH A 64-52 VICTORY…..
RICHLAND’S ABBY LATHAM HAD A BIG 4TH QUARTER HITTING 7 OF HER 9, AND DRAINED 2 KEY FREE THROWS GIVING RICHLAND A 3 POINT LEAD NEAR THE END BEFORE IBERIA’S EMMA RAY HIT THE GAME TYING SHOT MAKING IT 49 EACH SENDING IT TO OVERTIME WHERE THE LADY BEARS OUTSCORED IBERIA 15-3 IN THE 4 MINUTE SESSION..
KATELYN COLE LED RICHLAND WITH 19, AND WAS ON THE BENCH FOR A LENGHTY PERIOD NURSING AN INJURY…
MIRANDA MOSS HAD 19 AND ALLIE BELSHE ADDED A DOZEN…
THE LADY BEARS WERE WITHOUT THE SERVICES OF BELL HARLEY WHO’S OUT WITH AN ANKLE INJURY.
IBERIA WAS LED BY PAIGE SPENCER WITH 27 POINTS AND EMMA RAY DRAINED 10, HER BIGGEST COMING AT THE END OF REGULATION….LANEY HALLEY PULLED DOWN 12 REBOUNDS…
RICHLAND IS 15-5, OVERALL, 6-1 IN THE LEAGUE AND FACES CROCKER ON THURSDAY…..

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FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2015, THE STRAFFORD LADY INDIANS SUFFERED A CONFERENCE LOSS…..THE SKYLINE LADY TIGERS, WHO HAVE BEEN A RUNNER UP IN THE MID LAKES CONFERENCE TO THE LADY INDIANS FOR TOO MANY YEARS, FINALLY GOT THE “W” THEY’VE BEEN DREAMING OF TAKING DOWN STRAFFORD 58-53…….SKYLINE IMPROVES TO 17-7, STRAFFORD SUFFERS THEIR 3RD LOSS OF THE SEASON, DROPPING TO 22-3…..

ST. ELIZABETH LADY HORNETS POSTED A 57-44 WIN OVER TIPTON LAST NIGHT…

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IN BOYS ACTION…
HARTVILLE 102-37 OVER STOUTLAND

THE 2ND RANKED HARTVILLE EAGLES RAN UP SOME CENTURY NUMBERS ON THE VISITING STOUTLAND TIGERS LAST NIGHT IN A 102-37 TURBO CLOCK VICTORY..

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PLATO 68-65 OVER CROCKER

THE CROCKER LIONS HOSTED PLATO AND GAVE THEIR VISITORS ALL THEY WANTED, BUT IN THE END, THE EAGLES FLEW BACK HOME TO TEXAS COUNTY WITH A 68-65 FRISCO LEAGUE WIN….
PLATO JUMPED OUT TO A 20-12 LEAD AFTER ONE, CROCKER CUT INTO THAT WITH A 7 POINT ADVANTAGE IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND IT’S 34-33 AT THE HALF…..CROCKER TOOK THE LEAD AFTER THE 3RD, BUT PLATO WON THE 4TH QUARTER AND THE GAME BY 3……
PLATO COACH MIKE PHILLIPS SAID “We didn’t play our best game, but still found a way to win. We have a tough week with Licking on Tuesday and Iberia Friday, both on the road. If we can find a way to be competitive in these last two games, then I’m excited about our chances in districts.”
GRADY TODD LED 3 IN DOUBLES FOR THE EAGLES WITH 25 POINTS…CASE McCLURE TOSSED DOWN 18 AND PULLED DOWN 9 BOARDS FOR A NEAR DOUBLE DOUBLE, AND LEVI JOHNSON ADDED 15 MORE..\
CLYDE HOXWORTH LED CROCKER WITH 19…..
THIS WAS A MAKE UP FROM THE 21ST OF JANUARY..

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TONIGHT…..
WAYNESVILLE GOES TO HILLCREST FOR AN OZARK CONFERENCE TILT IN SPRINGFIELD….
ASSISTANT COACH PHIL GAMBILL OF WAYNESVILLE SAID THE HORNETS WILL BE A HANDFUL, BUT IF THE TIGERS CONTINUE PLAYING HARD, IT COULD BE A FUN RUN TIL THE END….

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THAT’S ON 102.3 FM TONIGHT…..TIP AROUND 7…..
OTHER BOYS GAMES IN THE FRISCO..
DIXON’S AT IBERIA
LAQUEY’S AT CUBA
PLATO’S AT LICKING
RICHLAND’S AT NEWBURG

THE PLATO GIRLS GAME AGAINST OSAGE WAS POSTPONED TO THIS EVENING..
ALSO, DIXON’S AT CROCKER FOR A FRISCO LEAGUE TILT, ANOTHER MAKE UP FROM JAN. 23RD…..