Marv’s Wednesday Sports

THE ST. JAMES BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT:
THE 5TH SEEDED WAYNESVILLE TIGERS DEFEATED 4TH SEED FATIMA 60-54.
TIGERS JUMPED OUT TO 16-10 FIRST QUARTER LEAD, LED BY 5 AT THE BREAK, BUILT UP AN ELEVEN POINT LEAD IN THE THIRD AND STARTED THE FINAL QUARTER UP 44-33. FATIMA OUTSCORED THE TIGERS 21-16 IN THE 4TH, BUT AGAIN, CLUTCH FREE THROWS FROM ERIC MORRISS, MIKE LEWIS, AND XAY MACARTHUR DOWN THE STRETCH KEPT THE COMETS AT ARMS LENGTH AND THE TIGERS PULLED OFF THE UPSET…..THE TIGERS WERE LED BY JAYDEN SMITH WITH 21, ERIC MORRIS HAD 13, AND XAY McARTHUR DROPPED IN A DOZEN…
TIGER Coach CHRIS Pilz SAID
“We wanted to get the ball inside to Smith and Morriss tonight. We were able to execute that.. If we are going to be successful we will need them to continue to score inside and draw fouls on our opponents.”
WAYNESVILLE WENT 14/21 FROM THE FREE THROW LINE AND FATIMA WENT 7/16.

COACH PILZ CONTINUED….
“Four things we need to continue to improve: 1.) valuing the ball (to many careless turnovers tonight) 2.) Keeping our opponents out of the paint 3.) Know the prep (execute our practice prep/shooters left open for easy baskets 4.) Make open perimeter shots and lay-ups. We tighten these four things up, we will be a hard out.”
”We were in another competitive game. We made enough right plays to pull out a win. Our staff and I are excited to get back practice continue to improve.”

TONIGHT, WINNERS BRACKET SEMI FINALS…..THE TIGERS GET OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY ONE OF THE BEST TEAM’S IN THE STATE, BLAIR OAKS. THE TIGER COACH SAID “Our guys like challenges and we will get one tomorrow.”
TIGERS IMPROVE TO (9-4)

BLAIR OAKS KNOCKED OFF LICKING 59-22 IN THE OTHER TOP OF THE BRACKET QUARTER FINAL…..

LICKING GETS FATIMA ON THE CONSOLATION SIDE IN THE NEXT ROUND….THE OTHER GAMES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BRACKET, ST. JAMES BESTED ROLLA 50-44…
SULLIVAN GOT BY SALEM, 50-41…

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THE IBERIA 6 TEAM ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT PLAYED 2 OFF THEIR BRACKET LAST NIGHT….

DIXON 64-51 OVER VIENNA
IN THE OPENER, THE DIXON BULLDOGS CAME OUT, HIT 4 OF THEIR FIRST 6 SHOTS AND JUMPED OUT TO A NICE 23-11 LEAD OVER VIENNA AFTER ONE QUARTER, AND HAD A 19 POINT LEAD AT THE BREAK…THE TWO BATTLED EVEN UP IN THE 3RD, AND VIENNA WON THE 4TH DOUBLING UP DIXON 12-6, BUT THAT LEAD IN THE FIRST HALF WAS TOO MUCH TO OVERCOME FOR A TEAM PLAYING WITHOUT 2 STARTERS.
LEADING THE SCORING FOR VIENNA WAS DANIEL CASEY WITH 13, LAYNE HOGSHOOTER HAD 12, AND NATHAN KLEFFNER ADDED 11…
THE BULLDOGS WERE LED BY TREY HOLZER WITH 28, AND WHEN HE DRAINED HIS 11TH POINT IN THE 2ND QUARTER, HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE 1500 POINT CLUB…

IBERIA 82-37 OVER RUSSELLVILLE

IN THE NIGHT CAP, THE HOST IBERIA RANGERS AND RUSSELLVILLE STARTED WITH WHAT LOOKED LIKE A SHOOTOUT, BUT BY THE HALF, THE EXPERIANCED RANGERS HAD PULLED AWAY, 41-23, AND TURNED ON THE TURBO CLOCK IN THE 4TH WITH A 35 POINT VICTORY…IBERIA HIT 58% OF THEIR SHOTS FROM THE FIELD WHICH INCLUDED A EARLY 70% CLIP IN THE 2ND HALF….RUSSELLVILLE NEVER MADE IT TO THE FREE THROW LINE AND IBERIA FORCED THE INDIANS INTO 24 TURNOVERS…. THE RANGERS WERE LED IN SCORING BY ZACH VOSS AND ISAAC LAWSON WHO BOTH DROPPED IN 17…WADE BOND SCORED 16….JAKE WHITTLE HAD 13, EASTON BLANKENSHIP HAD 10.
BOTH BOND AND VOSS BROUGHT THE CROWD TO THEIR FEET WITH SOME TOMAHAWK DUNKS…..
CHARLIE MILLER, A FRESHMAN FOR RUSSELLVILLE FINISHED WITH 23…
IBERIA COACH NICK VOSS SAID THEY KNEW THE INDIANS LIKED TO LITE IT UP FROM DOWNTOWN, AND PUTTING SOME DEFENSE BEYOND THE ARC WAS A KEY.

 

AT THE OSAGE GIRLS TOURNAMENT…3RD SEED RICHLAND 6YTH SEED PLATO WILL SEE THEIR FIRST ROUND THIS EVENING AT 7:30 AS THIS BRACKET HAS WENT THRU SOME ADJUSTMENTS…..

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BELLE TRNY

OWENSVILLE TOPPED NEWBURG 62-50 IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE BELLE BOYS TOURNAMENT…
BOTH TEAMS LIT IT UP FOR 19 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER..NEWBURG WENT INTO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH A 4 POINT LEAD, BUT BELLE EXTINGUISHED THAT WITH A 15-6 THIRD QUARTER RUN, HIT THEIR FREE THROWS DOWN THE STRETCH AND WON IT BY A DOZEN.
NEWBURG 10 OF 18 FROM THE STRIPE, WHILE THE DUTCHMAN DRAINED 17 OF 19…..
HUNTER MENTOLA LED 2 IN DOUBLES FOR THE WOLVES WITH 24….TRISTAN WOFFORD ADDED 12…
3 IN DOUBLES FOR OWENSVILLE LED BY CASON GRAY WITH 14, AUSTIN TERRY HAD 12, AND DAXTON MERHOFF TOSSED IN 11….

THE OTHER FRISCO LEAGUE TEAM IN THIS TOURNAMENT, TOP SEED RICHLAND WILL TAKE ON BELLE THIS AFTERNOON IN FIRST ROUND ACTION AT 5PM…