SOCCER IS DONE, AND SO IS THE OZARK CONFERENCE IN FOOTBALL AFTER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY….

BASKETBALL TIPPED OFF ON FRIDAY…..

WE START WITH SOCCER AND THE FINAL 4 WRAPPING UP IN FENTON ON SATURDAY..

CLASS 1 CHAMPIONS ARE PRINCIPIA OF ST. LOUIS AFTER THEIR 3-2 WIN OVER ST. PAUL LUTHERAN OF CONCORDIA..

PRINCIPIA SHUT OUT FATHER TOLTEN OF COLUMBIA 1-0 IN THE SEMI’S WHILE ST. PAUL BLANKED SPRINGFIELD GREENWOOD IN THE SEMI FINALS 3-0…GREENWOOD BOUNCED BACK AND TOOK HOME 3RD IN STATE WITH A 1-0 SHUT OUT OF FATHER TOLTEN..

IN CLASS 2, GUADELUPE CENTERS CHARTER OF KANSAS CITY BRINGS HOME THE TITLE AFTER THEIR 1-0 DOUBLE OVERTIME SEMI FINAL WIN OVER JOHN BURROUGHS ON FRIDAY, AND 4-3 WIN OVER ST. LOUIS PRIORY ON SATURDAY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP…

JOHN BURROUGHS KNOCKED OFF SOUTHERN BOONE FOR 3RD PLACE, 4-3…..

CLASS 3 CHAMPS ARE ROCKWOOD SUMMITT OUT OF FENTON PLAYING IN THEIR BACK YARD AND KNOCKING OFF PLATT COUNTY IN DOUBLE OVERTIME, 2-1 TO CLAIM THE TITLE….ROCKWOOD GOT BY WEBSTER GROVES 2-1 IN THE SEMI FINALS WHILE PLATT COUNTY SHUT OUT NEOSHO 3-0 IN THEIR SEMI FINAL…

WEBSTER GROVES TOOK 3RD WITH A 3-0 SHUT OUT OF NEOSHO.

CLASS 4 SOCCER CHAMPS ARE DeSMET OF ST. LOUIS AFTER POSTING A 1-0 PENALTY KICK SHOOT OUT VICTORY OVER LEE’S SUMMITT….

DESMET BEAT ST. LOUIS LINDBERGH 2-1 IN ONE SEMI FRIDAY….LEE’S SUMMITT OVERTIMED LEES SUMITT WEST 1-0 IN THEIR SEMI…LEE’S SUMMITT WEST TOOK 3RD WITH A 2-1 OVERTIME WIN OVER LINDBERGH….

THAT WRAPS UP SOCCER WITH ONLY FOOTBALL LEFT IN FALL SPORTS…

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THE 2 OZARK CONFERENCE TEAMS IN CLASS 4 AND 5 FOOTBALL ARE HISTORY AFTER QUARTER FINALS LOSSES ON FRIDAY NIGHT…

AT THE LAKE, CAMDENTON PLAYED THE ALL POWERFULL WEBB CITY CARDINALS CLOSE IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT GOT SPUN AROUND IN THE 2ND WHEN THE CARDINALS WENT ONTO A 62-34 WIN….WEBB CITY GETS LADUE HORTON WATKINS IN THE SEMI FINALS AFTER LADUE’S 47-0 SHUT OUT OF LIBERTY-WENTZVILLE…..

IN SPRINGFIELD, THE ONLY TEAM TO BEAT WEBB CITY THIS YEAR, CARTHAGE RAN GLENDALE INTO THE TURF WITH A 64-32 WIN….

CARTHAGE MOVES ON AND A DATE WITH FT. ZUMWALT NORTH AFTER THEIR 24-21 SQUEEKER OVER CBC….

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OPENING NIGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL FRIDAY SAW BOTH CROCKER TEAMS POST VICTORIES, AND BOTH IBERIA TEAMS FALL IN DOPUBLE DIPS…

IN TUSCUMBIA, THE CROCKER LADY LIONS TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS WITH A 58-31 WIN….

THE CROCKER BOYS THUMPED THE HOME TOWN LIONS, 55-21……

LINN CAME TO IBERIA AND SPOILED THE HOME COOKIN’ IN THE HOME OPENERS FOR BOTH THE RANGER TEAMS..

IN THE GIRLS TILT, LINN CAPTURES A 56-35 WIN…

IN THE BOYS GAME, IT WAS 65-57….DESPITE THE LOSS, THE RANGERS PUT UP A BALANCED ATTACK..

EASTON BLANKENSHIP LED THE TEAM IN SCORING WITH 11…

5 OTHERS, JAKE WHITTLE, ZACH VOSS, ISSAC LAWSON, GABE PLEMMONS AND KOBE HALLEY WERE ALL WITHIN A BASKET OF DOUBLES…..

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THE NEWBURG LADY WOLVES OPENED AT RUSSELLVILLE AND TURNED ON THE TURBO CLOCK MORE THAN DOUBLEING UP THE LADY INDIANS ON THEIR HOME COURT, 60-39…

THE LADY WOLVES ARE 1-0 AND WILL CARRY THE 2ND SEED INTO THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT STARTING THIS SATURDAY AT LAQUEY…

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CONWAY CAME TO PLATO FOR A BOYS BASKETBALL GAME FRIDAY AND THE EAGLES ENJOYED THE HOME COOKIN WITH AN 87-72 WIN OVER THE BEARS…

PLATO BLEW THIS OPEN EARLY WITH A 26-8 LEAD AFTER THE FIRST 8 MINUTES AND DOUBLED UP CONWAY 44-22 AT THE HALF, AND WHILE CONWAY TOOK SOME POINTS OFF THE DEFICIT, THAT 18 POINT LEAD AFTER THE FIRST, PRETTY MUCH HELD UP FOR THE EAGLES…IT WAS ANOTHER GOOD NIGHT FOR ONE OF THE FRISCO LEAGUE’S BEST…GRADY TODD OF PLATO DRAINED 28 POINTS AND PULLED DOWN 19 REBOUNDS…TODD LED 5 IN DOUBLES FOR MIKE PHILLIPS EAGLES…

LEVI JOHNSON ADDED 24, CASE McCLURE ADDED 14, A.J. RODTS AND JOSH PYATT EACH HIT FOR 10….

JASES SHOCKLEY LED CONWAY WITH 27…

COACH MIKE PHILLIPS SAID

Great balanced scoring attack tonight. We definitely had too many turnovers and we would like to clean that up before the next game. We need to work a little on team rebounding and then I would really enjoy the way we play. Good atmosphere with a big home crowd tonight helped us out, especially when Grady Todd got a tip-slam in the 4th quarter.

PLATO PLAYS AT HOME NEXT VS. NORWOOD TOMORROW NIGHT….

THE RICHLAND AT CALIFORNIA MATCH UP WAS CANCELLED…….

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DIXON BOYS COACH STEVE SCHOLFIELD SAID THE LOST 2 GOOD ONES, BUT HAS SEVERAL STARTERS FROM A YEAR AGO INCLUDING ONE WHO COULD HIT THE 1500 POINT PLATEAU THIS YEAR.



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DIXON COACH STEVE SCHOLFIELD SAID THERE ARE OTHERS COMING BACK WITH SOME VARSITY FLOOR TIME FROM LAST YEAR.



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THE DIXON COACH SAID THEIR DEPTH COULD BE A KEY AND EVERYONE SHOULD GET THE CHANCE TO PLAY.



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THE BULLDOGS DISTRICT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAN IN THE PAST WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 TEAM FROM PHELPS COUNTY.



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DIXON COACH STEVE SCHOLFIELD SAID THEIR SCHEDULE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, BUT HE’LL HAVE TEH CHANCE TO COACH AGAINST ONE OF HIS FORMER PLAYERS.



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THE DIXON COACH SAID THE GOALS ARE SIMPLE AND A LOT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE’S….



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AS FAR AS THE SEASON, A CONFERENCE TITLE IS A POSSIBILITY. THEY DID DRAW THE TOP SEED IN THE TOURNAMENT….



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THE BULLDOGS HOIST THE TOP SEED WITH THE TARGET ON THEIR BACK IN THE TOURNAMENT AND WILL GET THE PIG TAIL-8 VS 9 SEED WINNER ON TUESDAY, DEC. 2ND….THE BULLDOGS OPEN TOMORROW AT STEELVILLE IN A DOUBLE DIP WITH THE LADY BULLDOGS..

JAMES THOMSON IS BACK AS THE LADY BULLDOGS COACH AND ONE THING DIXON IS LACKING THIER YEAR, ARE NUMBERS, AND THAT’S A CONCERN DESPITE HAVING SOME EXPERIANCE BACK..



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THE 5TH SEED FOR DIXON IS OK, EVEN THOUGH THE 4TH AND 5TH ACCORDING TO THE DIXON COACH IS A TOSS UP…HE SAID HE’S BEEN THRU THIS BEFORE.



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THE DIXON SCHEDULE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR, BUT NOT THAT MUCH….



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DIXON IS AGAIN, LOW IN NUMBERS, AND ONE GOAL FOR COACH JAMES THOMPSON IS TO HAVE THE SAME NUMER ON THE FLOOR AT THE END, AS THEY DID WHEN THEY TIPPED OFF.



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THE DIXON COACH SAID THE LOW NUMBERS ARE A CONCERN…



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JAMES THOMPSON’S PHILOSOPHY FOR YEARS HAS BEEN DEFENSE FIRST…IF THAT CAN TURN INTO POINTS, THE LADY BULLDOGS CAN PROGRESS…

HIS GALS WANT TO RUN, AND THE COACH MAY JUST SEE WHAT IT BRINGS.



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COACH JAMES THOMPSON OF DIXON SAID THE TOURNAMENT WILL SEE NEW FACES, NEW PLAYERS AND HE LOOKS FORWARD TO THAT EVERY YEAR….



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DIXON OPENS TOMORROW IN STEELVILLE WITH THE BOYS TEAM, THEN BRINGS THE 5TH SEED INTO THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT AND PLAY THE 2ND OF 4 GAMES THIS SATURDAY AT LAQUEY AS THEY TANGLE WITH 4TH SEED STOUTLAND…..

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HOOPS TONIGHT HAS SEVERAL GIRLS GAMES IN THE FRISCO, 2 BOYS, AND ONE DOUBLE DIP…

IN GIRLS ACTION, IBERIA HEADS TO EUGENE…SUMMERSVILLE COMES NORTH TO NEWBURG….

SALEM’S AT PLATO AND BELLE VISITS RICHLAND..

IN BOYS GAMES, HOUSTON COMES INTO NEIGHBORING LICKING….TUSCUMBIA’S AT NEWBURG….

MACKS CREEK VISITS STOUTLAND FOR A BOYS AND GIRLS GAME TONIGHT…

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