SPORTS 12 02
FRISCO TRNY
THE ANNUAL FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT TIPPED OFF SATURDAY AT LAQUEY WITH 4 GAMES..
PLATO 64-41 OVER LAQUEY
THE GIRLS PIG TAIL GAME WITH THE 8TH AND 9TH SEEDS OPENED IT UP AND THE 8TH SEED MOVES RIGHT WITH PLATO’S 64-41 WIN OVER LAQUEY…
PLATO JUMPED OUT TO A 12-7 LEAD, WENT ON A 22-7 RUN IN THE 2ND AND CONTROLED THE GAME THE REST OF THE WAY HITTING 50% FROM THE FIELD AND OUTREBOUNDING THE LADY HORNETS BY 10.
PLATO HAD A NICE BALANCE IN SCORING, LED BY CORA COUCH WITH 14, KELSEY TODD HAD 12, RAMSEY CREWS ADDED 11 AND HANNA CANNON DROPPED IN 10..
BRYAR SAYER LED THE LADY HORNETS WITH 12….AURORA RICE AND McKENZIE SKIDMORE WERE WITHIN A BASKET OF DOUBLES…
NEW GIRLS COACH ANGELA BARTON OF PLATO SAID TOO MANY FOULS, AND TURNOVERS FROM HER YOUNG TEAM, BUT IT WAS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THEIR FIRST GAME.
PLATO COACH ANGELA BARTON SAID HER 2 SENIORS HELP GUIDE THIS YOUNG BUNCH.
PLATO COACH ANGELA BARTON SAID THEIR OFFENSE WAS WORKING, WHICH HELPED THE DEFENSE.
ANGELA BARTON CAME OVER TO PLATO FROM LICKING, AND WILL GET TO FACE SOME OF HER FORMER STUDENT ATHLETES IN THE NEXT ROUND AND KNOWS THE TALENT LEVEL OF THE LADY WILDCATS.
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STOUTLAND 55-49 OVER DIXON
THE 4TH AND 5TH SEED TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE CLOSEST OF THE NIGHT AND DIXON HUNG IN THERE DESPITE ONLY HAVING 4 PLAYERS LEFT ON THE FLOOR WHEN THE FINAL BUZZER SOUNDER AND THEIR 2 LEADING SCORERS FOULING OUT…..TO ADD SOME MORE DRAMA, THEIR BIG POST PLAYER HAD TO PLAY SOFT AS SHE HAD 4 FOULS…
WITH THOSE PROBLEMS HANGING OVER THEIR HEAD, THE STOUTLAND LADY TIGERS TOOK OVER IN THE THE 4TH QUARTER, GOING ON A 22-13 RUN IN THE LAST 8 MINUTES AND PUTTING IT AWAY, 55-49….
DIXON ERASED A 7-2 FIRST QUARTER DEFICIT, TRAILED BY 3 AT THE HALF, LED BY 3 AFTER THE THIRD QUARTER BUT THE FOULS MOUNTED UP AND WITH ONLY 1 ON THE BENCH AND 2 FOULING OUT, STOUTLAND TOOK ADVANTAGE AND PUT THIS AWAY…..
MELANIE HUBBS LED THE LADY TIGERS WITH 15, BREE SIEN ADDED 13, AND SKYLAR SHEPPARD TOSSED DOWN12…..
BROOK SINCLAIR LED DIXON WITH 20 BEFORE FOULING OUT, AND KHLOE IRVIN HAD 11 BEFORE SHE FOULED OUT…..
DIXON HIT 42% FROM THE FIELD COMPARED TO JUST 29% FOR THE LADY TIGERS, AND HAD A 9 POINT ADVANTAGE FROM THE STRIPE, BUT STOUTLAND WAS ABLE TO PLAY KEEP AWAY AND RUN OUT THE CLOCK WITH THE LEAD…
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CROCKER 55-39 OVER STOUTLAND
IN THE 8TH AND 9TH SEED BOYS GAME, THE CROCKER LIONS USED THEIR HEIGHT AND SPEED TO RACE BY STOUTLAND 55-39…
TIED AT 8 AFTER ONE, IT WAS STOUTLAND UP BY 1 AT THE BREAK, 14-13….CROCKER INCHED AHEAD BY THE END OF THE 3RD, 36-30, THEN WENT ON A 19-9 RUN IN THE 4TH TO SEAL IT…..
CROCKER HIT FOR A 61% CLIP FROM THE FIELD COMPARED TO 29% FOR THE TIGERS AND THE LIONS OVERCAME 21 TURNOVERS……
DAVID CARRIGER AND CLYDE HOXWORTH RAN BY THE TIGERS WITH CARRIGER DROPPING DOWN 16, AND HOXWORTH ADDED 11….
STOUTLAND WAS LED IN SCORING BY ZANE HODGES WITH 14 AND MIKE PORTER WITH 11….
CROCKER COACH CHRIS HARRIS SAID HIS WORRIES WERE PUT TO REST IN THE END, BUT IT DIDN’T START THAT WAY.
COACH CHRIS HARRIS OF CROCKER SAID THE SIZE OF HIS LIONS TOOK ITS TOLL ON THE TIGERS.
CROCKER HAS ANOTHER FAST TEAM, AND 2 OF COACH CHRIS HARRIS’ LIONS CAN RUN RIGHT BYE THE DEFENSE IN DAVID CARRIGER AND CLYDE HOXWORTH.
THE CROCKER LIONS GET TOP SEED DIXON ON TUESDAY…THIS WILL BE A BATTLE BETWEEN 2 COACHES WHO SHARED THE BENCH AT IBERIA FOR 7 YEARS AND THEY WERE VERY GOOD YEARS FOR THE RANGERS, SO THEY KNOW EACH OTHER PRETTY WELL.
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LICKING 63-42 OVER NEWBURG
THE LICKING WILDCATS SHOT 72% FROM THE FLOOR IN THE FINAL GAME OF THE NIGHT SATURDAY AND TOOK DOWN NEWBURG, 63-42….TIED AFTER ONE, LICKING TOOK A 10 POINT LEAD INTO THE LOCKER ROOM, AD WOULD NOT RELINQUISH IT IN THE 2ND HALF OUTSCORING NEWBURG 11-6 IN THE 3RD, AND 15-9 IN THE 4TH QUARTER…..NEWBURG OUTSHOT LICKING, 56% TO 43%, AND OUTREBOUNDED THE CATS, 17-13, BUT THE TURNOVER DIFFERENCE WAS THE PART THE WOLVES COULD NOT OVERCOME..NEWBURG HAD 20, ONLY 9 FOR LICKING AND THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE GAME…
WILSON MURRAY LED THE WILDCATS WITH 19, MALACHI ANTEL POURED IN 17….NEWBURG WAS LED BY HUNTER MENTOLA WITH 12…..
COACH JESS ROSS OF LICKING SAID THEY’RE STILL LEARNING THE NEW SYSTEM, AND THE EXECUTION WAS NOT WHERE HE WANTS IT, BUT THE EFFORT WAS.
LICKING COACH JESS ROSS SAID AS THE SEASON MOVES FORWARD, SO ARE HIS WILDCATS, BUT LEARNING THE NEW SYSTEM IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT…
COACH JESS ROSS OF LICKING SAID HUNTER MENTOLA OF NEWBURG WAS A FORCE, UNTIL HE GOT INTO SOME FOUL TROUBLE, AND HIS WILDCATS WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTANGE…
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THE TOURNAMENT CONTINUES TONIGHT FROM THE GIRLS BRACKET….AT 5, TOP SEED LICKING GETS PLATO……
AT 6:30, 2ND SEED NEWBURG TAKES ON 7TH SEED CROCKER….AT 8, 3RD SEED RICHLAND FACES IBERIA AND THAT WILL WRAP UP THE GIRLS FIRST ROUND..
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THE WAYNESVILLE BASKETBALL TIGERS HIT THE ROAD TO THE SULLIVAN TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK..
THE LADY TIGERS WILL OPEN AT THE CARTHAGE LADY TIGER TOURNAMENT AND BEGIN PLAY ON THURSDAY…
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THE FOOTBALL FINALS IN CLASS 6 AND 8 MAN FOOTBALL ARE OVER, CLASSES 1 THRU 5 PLAY THEIRS THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT FAROUT FIELD IN COLUMBIA…..
ON SATURDAY, MOUND CITY WON THE 8 MAN FOOTBALL IN A WHOPPING 82-46 THUMPIN’ OF SOUTHWEST LIVINGSTON COUNTY…
CLASS 6 SAW THE DeSMET SPARTANS OF ST. LOUIS TAKE DOWN THE JOPLIN EAGLES, 35-20 TO CLAIM THE LARGEST CLASS IN THE STATE’S TITLE…..
CLASSES 1 THRU 5 PLAYED THEIR SEMI’S…
IN CLASS 1, VALLE CATHOLIC OF ST. GENEVIEVE BEAT MID BUCHANAN 37-14….LINCOLN ENDED IT FOR MARCELINE 46-20..THAT PUTS VALLE CATHOLIC AND LINCOLN IN THE FINALS…
CLASS 2 WILL HAVE LUTHERAN NORTH OF ST. LOUIS AGAINST AVA…
LUTHERAN ROLLED OVER LATHROP 38-24 ON SATURDAY WHILE AVA WON IN OVERTIME, 20-14 OVER CLARK COUNTY…
IN CLASS 3, ODESSA ENDS IT FOR KENNETT, 31-14 WHILE CASSVILLE SHUT OUT TRINITY CATHOLIC 13-0 PUTTING ODESSA AND CASSVILLE IN THE FINALS….
IN CLASS 4, PLATTE COUNTY EDGED OUT ST. MARY’S 15-14 WHILE WEBB CITY AVENGED A LOSS LAST YEAR AND SHUT OUT LADUE HORTON WATKINS, 35-0….LADUE ENDED IT FOR THE CARDINALS LAST YEAR IN THE SEMI’S..WEBB CITY RETURNED THE FAVOR SATURDAY AND RETURN TO THE FINALS AND TAKES ON PLATTE COUNTY FOR ALL THE MARBLES..
CLASS 5 WILL SEE CARTAGE AND JACKSON SQUARE OFF FOR BRAGGIN’ RIGHT’S AND A RING…
JACKSON STUNNED STALEY 20-7 WHILE CARTHAGE ENDED IT FOR FT. ZUMWALT NORTH, 20-17…
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