IT’S THE STATE SECTIONAL ROUND OF 16 FOR THE 2 LARGER CLASSES IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL AND THEY’LL TIP TODAY IN CLASS 4, TOMORROW IN CLASS 5…

CLASS 4, 2 OZARK CONFERENCE TEAMS ARE STILL ALIVE, AND ONE WILL NOT NEED THE OL’ YELLOW, THEY’RE PLAYING IN THEIR BACK YARD…

THE SITES FOR CLASS 4 INCLUDE THE FARMINGTON CIVIC CENTER WHICH WILL PLAY HOST TO THE GIRLS AND BOYS FROM NOTRE DAME CAPE GIRARDEAU AS THEY MEET PARK HILLS CENTRAL, WHICH IS ALMOST A BACK YARD GAME…PARK HILLS IS ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF FARMINGTON..

GATEWAY AND ROCKWOOD SUMMIT HAVE THE GIRLS SECTIONAL AT NORTHWEST CEDAR HILL……ST. MARY’S OF ST. LOUIS AND WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN MEET IN THE BOYS GAME…

AT LEE’S SUMMIT HIGH NEAR KANSAS CITY, NEVADA AND GRAIN VALLEY TIP IN THE GIRLS GAME….GRANDVIEW AND RAYTOWN SOUTH PLAY IN THE BOYS ROUND…

AT LIBERTY NORTH, ALSO IN THE K.C. AREA, LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP HAS BOTH THEIR GIRLS AND BOYS TEAMS THERE….THE GIRLS MEET KEARNEY WHILE THE BOYS PLAY ST. JOE LAFAYETTE…

AT PARKWAY WEST IN BALLWIN, A SUBURB OF ST. LOUIS, VASHON HAS BOTH THEIR WOLVERINES AND LADY WOLVERINE’S PLAYING…..SO DOES LADUE HORTON WATKINS…THE GIRLS TIP FIRST AT 6, THE BOYS FOLLOW…

PERRENIAL GIRLS POWER, INCARNATE WORD FACES WARRENTON IN THE GIRLS GAME AT TROY BUCHANAN HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT…THE BOYS FROM ST. DOMINIC OF O’FALLON MEET KIRKSVILLE….

AT MISSOURI S&T IN ROLLA, BOTH THE JEFF CITY HELIAS CRUSADER TEAMS ARE COMING IN…
THE LADY’S TAKE ON SULLIVAN….THE BOYS GET THE HOME TOWN ROLLA BULLDOGS….

AT NIXA, THE LAST SITE ON THE BRACKET, THE WEST PLAINS LADY ZIZZERS ROLL WEST ON HIGHWAY 60 TO FACE CARL JUNCTION…..THE BOYS GAME HAS LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE AND WEBB CITY….

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CLASS 5 TIPS IN THEIR ROUND OF 16 TOMORROW……

JEFFERSON COLLEGE IN HILLSBORO IS ONE SITE….THE GALS FROM POPLAR BLUFF TAKE ON COR JESU ACADEMY OF ST. LOUIS…..THE BOYS TILT HAS JACKSON AND ST. LOUIS MEHLVILLE….

AT LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY IN ST. CHARLES, THE GALS FROM MARQUETTE MEET KIRKWOOD, WHILE THE MARQUETTE BOYS TIP AGAINST CHAMINADE COLLEGE PREP..

THE SILVERSTEIN EYE CENTER ARENA IN KANAS CITY HAS TWO SECTIONALS….THE GIRLS FROM LEE’S SUMMITT WEST PLAY BLUE SPRINGS AT 3 IN THE AFTERNOON…..RAY-PEC GETS THE BOYS FROM BLUE SPRINGS IN THE 4:45 TILT…
THE EVENING SESSION STARTS AT 6:30 WITH THE GIRLS FROM LIBERTY MEETING ST. JOE CENTRAL…
THE BOYS FROM LIBERTY PLAY K.C. STALEY AT 8:15..

ACROSS THE STATE AT ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH SCHOOL, HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HAS BOTH THEIR BOYS AND GIRLS TEAMS PLAYING IN THE ROUND OF 16..THE GIRLS FACE PARKWAY CENTRAL WHILE THE BOYS TAKE ON CHRISTIAN BROS. COLLEGE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS C.B.C.

FT. ZUMWALT EAST, ALSO IN ST. CHARLES IS HOST TO THE GIRLS FROM FT. ZUMWALT WEST AND TROY BUCHANAN.
FT. ZUMWALT NORTH PLAYS FRANCIS HOWELL IN THE BOYS GAME..

AT THE LAKE, CAMDENTON HIGH SCHOOL IS THE SITE FOR BOTH THE ROCKBRIDGE AND BOTH OZARK TEAMS…….
THE 2 OZARK TEAMS CAME OUT OF THE LEBANON DISTRICTS WHILE BOTH ROCKBRIDGE TEAMS WON THEIR DISTRICT’S AT COLUMBIA BATTLE..

WEBB CITY IS the LAST SITE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BRACKET…..BOTH KICKAPOO TEAMS FROM THE OZARK CONFERENCE GET SOME FAMILIAR FOES…THE LADY CHIEFS MEET THE LADY TIGERS OF REPUBLIC…..
THE BOYS TIP AGAINST THE JOPLIN EAGLES……

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CLASSES 1, 2, AND 3 ARE AT THE FINAL 4 STARTING THURSDAY AT THE JQH ARENA AND HAMMONS STUDENT CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD….

THE FINAL 4 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN MISSOURI STARTS ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE JQH ARENA…
THE GIRLS FROM SOUTH IRON MEET SOUTH NODAWAY IN ONE SEMI…..WALNUT GROVE GETS COMMUNITY IN THE OTHER…
THE BOYS SEMI’S TIP AT 6:50 AND 8:30…..DORA GETS JEFFERSON CONCEPTION WHILE GOLDEN CITY TAKES ON THE ST. ELIZABETH HORNETS OM THE LATE GAME…

CLASSES 2 AND 3 TIP ON FRIDAY AT 2 LOCATIONS WITH THE FINALS AND 3RD PLACE GAMES ON SATRUDAY….
WE’RE PREPARING TO BRING YOU THE LADY WILDCATS OF LICKING’S 2 GAMES AT THE FINAL 4..
THEY PLAY AT 11 AM ON FRIDAY MORNING AT JQH AND TAKE ON THE TIGERETT’S OF MACON…

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THE WAYNESVILLE BASEBALL TIGERS WITH A NEW COACH THIS YEAR IN TYLER SHALBOT, A FORMER IBERIA RANGER WHO CAME OVER FROM VIENNA TAKES THE REIGNS FROM SCOTT TURNER…..
THE BASEBALL TIGERS HOST A JAMBOREE ON MARCH 13TH, NEXT FRIDAY….PARTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 54 IS THE FORECAST, BUT RAINS ON THURSDAY COULD PUT A DAMPER ON JAMBOREE.

THE TIGERS FIRST GAMES OF THE SPRING WILL BE ROAD TRIP TO LINCOLN WITH TALBOT’S FORMER TEAM, VIENNA AND THE HOST LINCOLN FOR A BASEBALL BONUS DAY ON SATURDAY THE 21ST…..
THE TIGERS FIRST HOME GAME IS MARCH 24TH AGAINST MARSHFIELD…..

THE GIRLS SOCCER PROGRAM AT WAYNESVILLE, HEADED UP AGAIN BY JOHN BOX HAS THEIR JAMBOREE ON THE 16TH, THEN OPEN AT HOME ON SATURDAY THE 21ST WITH TWO COLUMBIA SCHOOLS COMING IN, HICKMAN AND BATTLE FOR AN 11 AM START..THE GIRLS SOCCER GAMES, FOR THE MOST PART, ARE PLAYED AT TIGER STADIUM…THERE WILL SOME EXCEPTIONS WHEN THE TIGER TRACK TEAM IS HOSTING A BIG EVENT ON THE SAME DAY AT WHICH TIME, THEY’LL MOVE TO EITHER SLAUGHTER FIELD AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OR PLAY ON THE NATURAL GRASS AT THE ANDERSON SOCCER FIELD AT TIGER PRIDE PARK…

MIKE RAWLINGS RETURNS AS THE TIGER TRACK AND FIELD COACH, AND THEY WILL SPEND CONSIDERABLE TIME ON THE ROAD THIS SPRING…..THEY START AT THE CAMDENTON OPEN IB THE 24TH, HOST THEIR FIRST OPEN ON THE 26TH BEFORE THE WAYNESVILLE INVITATIONAL ON MARCH 26TH….THEN IT’S 8 STRAIGHT ON THE ROAD BEFORE COMING BACK HOME ON APRIL 24TH…..

NATHAN BOEH (BAY) IS THE BOYS GOLF COACH AND THEY OPEN ON THE 23RD AT LEBANON BEFORE HOSTING THEIR FIRST MEET AT THE PINEY VALLEY GOLF COURSE ON FT. WOOD ON MARCH 26TH..

THE OTHER SPRING SPORT IS BOYS TENNIS, HEADED UP BY KAYLA WILSON AND THEY WILL OPEN ON THE 23RD AND GET TO OPEN AT HOME ON THE 23RD AGAINST HOUSTON…….