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February 17, 2010

 

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January 11, 2010

Lady ‘Jays com­plete come­back (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  MARSH­FIELD — Marsh­field ral­lied from a 10-point deficit to hit the game-winning shot with five sec­onds to play and beat Pleas­ant Hope 49–48 on Mon­day.
  Marsh­field, which is 8–5 and was sec­ond at the Pink & White Tour­na­ment, trav­els to Reeds Spring in the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion opener for both teams on Tues­day.
  In other games on Mon­day:
  — Hol­lis­ter received 21 points from Jae­Lynn Elli­son in its 66–57 tri­umph over Forsyth.
  The Lady Tigers received 16 points apiece from Cas­san­dra Kim­brough and Lainie Bishop.
  Hol­lis­ter is 7–4 and begins con­fer­ence play on Thurs­day at Spring­field Catholic.
  — Webb City opened con­fer­ence play by down­ing Neosho 65–21.
  Kaitlin Jaeger and Kyn­dal Clark both net­ted 16 points for the Lady Cards.
  — Spring­field Catholic beat Aurora 71–45 to improve its record for 4–6.

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January 13, 2010

 Hol­lis­ter cap­tures eighth win (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  MANS­FIELD — Hol­lis­ter was 22-of-25 on its free-throw attempts while win­ning at Mans­field 64–57 on Tues­day.
  The Lady Tigers (8−4) had four play­ers in dou­ble fig­ures. Jae­Lynn Elli­son net­ted 16 points, Lainie Bishop 15, Cas­san­dra Kim­r­bough a dozen and Becca Felks 10.
  In other games on Tues­day:
  — Marsh­field dou­bled up Reeds Spring 56–28 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion con­test.
  The Lady ‘Jays are 9–5 over­all and 1–0 in the COC.

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January 16, 2010

Repub­lic downs Blue Jays (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  REPUB­LIC — Nick Yocum led four Repub­lic play­ers in dou­ble fig­ures on Fri­day as the Tigers beat Marsh­field 69–59.
  Repub­lic also received 14 points from Josh Mor­row, 11 from Dylan Fletcher and nine from Kevin Stander.
  Else­where on Fri­day:
  —  Bran­son moved to 14–1 by edg­ing Boli­var 65–59.
  Avery Ding­man col­lected 22 points, four steals and three blocks to lead the Pirates. Dana Thomas con­tributed 11 points and eight boards, Chris Odgen had 12 points and Sam Pugh 11.
  On Thurs­day:
  — Rogersville upped its record in the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion to 3–0 by down­ing Marsh­field 67–55.

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Ozark cruises by 30 (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Neosho nipped Carl Junc­tion 42–40 on Fri­day.
  The Lady Wild­cats (3−10) were led by Chanoah Turney’s 13 points.
  On Thurs­day:
  — Ozark claimed a 57–27 win over Marsh­field on Thurs­day.
  — Spring­field Catholic beat Hol­lis­ter 59–38 in a matchup of Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion foes.
  Lainie Bishop had nine points and Kelsey Kapella and Becca Felks both had eight for the Lady Tigers.

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January 25, 2010

Reeds Spring wins COC Small Schools Divi­sion title (Wrestling)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BUF­FALO — Reeds Spring totaled 252 points to win the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion cham­pi­onship on Sat­ur­day.

TEAM SCORES
1. Reeds Spring 252, 2. Boli­var 198, 3. Rogersville 158.5, 4. Marsh­field 106, 5. Buf­falo 105.

INDI­VID­UAL RESULTS

103 POUNDS

1^st place — Joe God­sey (Reeds Spring) Inj Def Sam Hughes (Bolivar)

3^rd place — Sean McCorkle (Marsh­field) WBF Levi Boyd (Buf­falo) 1:05

112 POUNDS

1^st place —Ty Balty (Rogersville) WBF Danny Robb (Reeds Spring) 5:55

3^rd place —Jacob Mil­li­gan (Marsh­field) WBF Cheyenne Hitch­cock (Buf­falo) 1:10

119 POUNDS

1^st place —Eric Hughes (Boli­var) Inj Def Billy Hesik Reeds Spring

3^rd place —Nick Fran­ci­av­iglia (Rogersville) Mdec James McCul­lough (Marsh­field) 13–0

125 POUNDS

1^st place — Austin Ran­dle (Reeds Spring) dec Jesse Sher­man (Boli­var) 10–4

3^rd place —Brian Dicky (Rogersville) WBF Elliot Cor­dova (Marsh­field) 2:49

130 POUNDS

1^st place — Sam Zim­mer (Rogersville) TFALL Corey Barnes (Boli­var) 15–0

3^rd place — Rusty Ran­dle (Reeds Spring) dec Jared Jones (Marsh­field) 9–8

135 POUNDS

1^st place — Steven Morey (Reeds Spring) WBF Jor­dan Grim (Marsh­field) 3:22

3^rd place — Jacob Miles (Boli­var) win by forfeit   

140 POUNDS

1^st place — Tyler White (Reeds Spring) WBF Chris Min­ear (Buf­falo) 1:56

3^rd place — Jer­im­iah Robi­son (Marsh­field) win by forfeit

145 POUNDS

1^st place — Ethan Grinder (Reeds Spring) dec (Aaron Allen Boli­var) 5:08

3^rd place — William Schweg­man (Buf­falo) dec Shae Junte (Marsh­field) 8–5

152 POUNDS

1^st place — Lee White (Reeds Spring) WBF Jared Har­rill (Boli­var) 1:32

3^rd place — Ryan Cleous (Rogersville) TFALL Willie Abele (Buf­falo) 16–0

160 POUNDS

1^st place — Josh Mof­fett (Boli­var) dec Joe Zim­mer (Rogersville) 5–1

3^rd place — Ian Tay­lor (Buf­falo) WBF Danny Poe (Marsh­field) 5:05

171 POUNDS

1^st place — Tay­lor DiTrol­lirol­lio (Rogersville) dec Tan­ner Har­ris (Buf­falo) 9–6

3^rd place — Harly Starky (Boli­var) WBF Der­rick Hill (Reeds Spring) 3:14

189 POUNDS

1^st place — Dal­ton Sharp (Boli­var) dec Tyler Miller (Reeds Spring) 11–8

3^rd place — Pre­ston Jones (Logan-Rogersville) WBF Con­ner Bentick (Marsh­field) 0:42

215 POUNDS

1^st place — Gareth Behr (Boli­var) TFALL Der­rick Har­ris (Buf­falo) 18–2

3^rd place — Justin Mes­sager (Logan-Rogersville) dec Zac Elling­wood (Reeds Spring) 6–2

275 POUNDS

1^st place — Kale Crosby (Reeds Spring) WBF Aaron Stan­dler (Buf­falo) 2:28

3^rd place — Jesse Brown (Boli­var) WBF Justin Huff (Rogersville) :25

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January 26, 2010

Lady Jays improve to 11–6 (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  MARSH­FIELD — Marsh­field ran away from Mor­risville 70–46 on Tues­day.
  With the win, the Lady Jays improved to 11–6.
  Else­where on Tues­day:
  — Reeds Spring fell to Ava 56–24 in first-round action at the Reeds Spring Invi­ta­tional.
  The Lady Wolves’ Tawni Free­man scored 11 points. 

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January 27, 2010

Luko among nation’s top shoot­ers (Girls bas­ket­ball alumni)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Nixa grad Ash­ley Luko is ranked sec­ond in NAIA D-I in 3-point field-goal per­cent­age. Despite a recent 2-of-8 slump beyond the arc, the Evan­gel guard is 33-of-64 on her 3-point attempts (.515). 
  Luko is aver­ag­ing 13.8 points a game.
  Other COC alumni far­ing well at the col­lege level include:
  — Nixa grad Mor­gan Smith is aver­ag­ing 16.8 points a game as a fresh­man for­ward at Col­lege of the Ozarks. 
  Smith, who also played at Marsh­field, is shoot­ing 52 per­cent from the field and has posted double-figure scor­ing in 17 of 19 games.
  — Boli­var grad Casey Gar­ri­son tops Mis­o­suri State with a 19.1 scor­ing aver­age, 109 assists and an aver­age of 36.4 min­utes played.
  — Marsh­field grad Lacey Boshe has had norms of 9.9 points and 3.8 rebounds for the Lady Bears.
  — Hol­lis­ter grad Bre­anna Daniels is aver­ag­ing 12.1 points and 4.2 rebounds a game as a sopho­more for­ward at Tru­man State.
  — Marsh­field grad Kayla Mes­sick tops C of O with 53 assists and has hit 25 3-pointers while aver­ag­ing 5.3 points a game.
  — Willard grad Megan Jew­ell has also hit 25 treys for C of O while aver­ag­ing 5.4 points a game.
  (Let us know of other COC alumni play­ing at the col­lege level in any sport by e-mailing us at admin@cocprepsports.com)

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February 1, 2010

Bade’s explo­sion lifts Catholic (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com 
  SPRING­FIELD — Bekah Bade broke loose for 27 second-half points en route to a 33-point per­for­mance in Spring­field Catholic’s 64–58 win over Sey­mour on Mon­day.
  Bade net­ted 19 points in the third quar­ter alone. She fin­ished with eight 3-pointers.
  Danielle Lampe added 13 points for the Lady Irish.
  Else­where on Mon­day:
  — Nixa downed Marsh­field 65–28.
  The Lady ‘Jays fell to 11–7, while the Lady Eagles improved to 16–2.
  Marsh­field returns to Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion play on Tues­day by meet­ing Buf­falo.
  — Neosho lost to Nevada 56–46.
  The Lady Wild­cats received 14 points from Ash­ley Gillion and 10 from Mor­gan Rath­man.

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February 2, 2010

 Lady ‘Jays go to 2–0 in league play (Girls bas­ket­ball)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  MARSH­FIELD — Marsh­field remained unde­feated in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion play by down­ing Buf­falo 39–25 on Tues­day.
  The Lady ‘Jays improved to 12–7 over­all and 2–0 in con­fer­ence play.

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February 5, 2010

Neosho knocks off Ozark (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
   NEOSHO — Alex Wise poured in 21 points and hit two free throws with 2 sec­onds to play while lead­ing Neosho past Ozark 56–55 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion thriller on Fri­day.
  Wise swished 10-of-11 free-throw attempts in the fourth quar­ter alone. His win­ning free throws came after the Tigers’ Isa­iah Mon­roe made two free throws with 10 sec­onds left.
  Ozark led 51–42 with 4:35 to play.
  The Wild­cats received 14 points from Corey Cran­dall and 10 from Michael Lowe. Ozark was led by Austin Holtzclaw’s 18 points, Dylan Hord’s 13 and Monroe’s 10.
  Neosho improved to 13–8 over­all and 2–1 in con­fer­ence play. The loss dropped Ozark to 18–4 and 1–2. 
  Else­where on Fri­day:
  — At Marsh­field, Utah Find­ley and Jared Green­lee were a dynamic duo in Marshfield’s 63–61 over­time win over Spring­field Catholic in a COC Small Schools Divi­sion clash on Fri­day.
  Find­ley scored a game-high 28 points and Green­leee net­ted 24.
  Catholic received 20 points from Jack Wolf and nine from Jeff White.
  — Reeds Spring won at Forsyth 59–48, thanks to a 15–0 third-quarter run.
  The Wolves trailed 23–15 at inter­mis­sion after scor­ing just two points in the sec­ond quar­ter. They responded by scor­ing 20 in the third period and 24 in the final stanza.
  Reeds Spring hit 16-of-19 free-throw attempts.
  Alex Eng­lish topped the win­ners with 13 points, all of them com­ing in the sec­ond half. Chris Jones con­tributed a dozen, Mar­cus John­son scored 11, Johnny Willis chipped in with 10 and Ben Selby had nine.
 

 

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February 9, 2010

Lady Cards have two 3-time win­ners (Swim­ming)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  WEBB CITY — Webb City’s Erica Logal and Ash­ley John­son claimed three firsts while help­ing the Lady Car­di­nals cap­ture third place at the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Swim Meet on Fri­day.
  Logal won the 100 breast­stroke (1:13.31) and 200 freestyle (2:20.03) and teamed with John­son, Caitlin Isaac and Brit­tany Steever to win the 200 med­ley relay (2:03.45). John­son won the 200 indi­vid­ual med­ley (2:24.52) and 500 freestyle (5:36.87). Her mar­gin of vic­tory in the 500 freestyle was 51 sec­onds.
  Nixa, which won the team title, received firsts from Anna Brinck in the 100 freestyle (56.12) and its 200 freestyle relay (1:50.38). Brinck beat Steever by a tenth of a sec­ond.
  Runner-up Ozark saw Ash­ley Short take first in the 100 but­ter­fly (1:06.73) and 100 back­stroke (1:11.26) and its 400 freestyle relay claim gold (4:21.30).
  Marshfield’s Jes­sica Stepp was the 1-meter div­ing champ (334.95 points).
  John­son set two meet records, while Logal, Brinck and Nixa’s 200 freestyle relay also estab­lished new meet marks.

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February 12, 2010

Bade, Lady Irish beat Buf­falo (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPRING­FIELD — Bekah Bade scored 22 points to help Spring­field Catholic past Buf­falo 53–36 in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion action on Thurs­day.
  The Lady Irish were also led by Danielle Lampe’s 10 points.
  Buf­falo received 12 points apiece from Brit­tany Glass­cock and Jor­dan David­son.
  Else­where on Thurs­day:
  — Hol­lis­ter downed Reeds Spring 57–41.
  The Lady Tigers’ Lainie Bishop net­ted 20 points, while Cas­san­dra Kim­brough added a dozen and Jae­Lynn Elli­son had 11.
  Reeds Spring’s Tawni Free­man scored a game-high 22 points.
  — Marsh­field bounced back from a loss to Boli­var to beat Rogersville 50–39.
  The Lady Jays are 13–8 over­all and 3–1 in the COC Small Schools Division.

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February 13, 2010

Willard remains per­fect in COC play
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  REPUB­LIC — Willard over­came a 31-point effort by Republic’s Kevin Stander to down the host Tigers 65–56 on Fri­day.
  Willard upped its record to 14–9 over­all and 5–0 in the COC Large Schools Divi­sion. Skyler Fra­zier topped the win­ners with 18 points and Tim Huskisson added 10.
  In addi­tion to Stander’s 31, Repub­lic received nine from Dylan Fletcher.
  Else­where on Fri­day:
  — Marsh­field was a 72–45 win­ner over Hol­lis­ter in a COC Small Schools Divi­sion matchup.
  Seth Martin’s 15 points and Josh Fletcher’s 14 led Hol­lis­ter.
  — Spring­field Catholic over­came a slow start to knock off Buf­falo 45–35.
  The Irish fell behind 9–0, before gain­ing a 21–20 half­time lead.
  Catholic (13−8 over­all and 3–2 in the COC Small Schools Divi­sion) was paced by Jack Wolf and his 13 points.
  The Bison’s Jor­dan Hen­der­son had eight points in the first quar­ter and fin­ished with a dozen.
  — Reeds Spring bounced back from an over­time loss to Rogersville ear­lier in the week by win­ning at Boli­var 69–59.
  The Wolves (11−9 over­all and 3–1 in the COC Small Schools Divi­sion) hit 14-of-17 free-throws in the fourth quar­ter.  
  Boli­var led 21–13, but Reeds Spring scored 25 points in the sec­ond quar­ter to gain con­trol and had 24 in the fourth quar­ter.  
  Ben Selby led the Wolves with 21 points, Jack McCoy and Chris Jones both con­tributed 14 and Kyle Fleck con­tributed eight.  
  The Lib­er­a­tors’ Dal­ton Kelly net­ted 22 points and Pre­son Guiot 17.
  — Bran­son gained win No. 22 by out­las­ing Neosho 76–66.
  The Pirates’ Avery Ding­man had a team-high 22 points, Dana Thomas had 16 and Tee Helsel 15.
  Neosho’s Michael Lowe hit six 3-pointers in his 26-point outing. 

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February 16, 2010

Lady Pirates tie record for wins (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
   CARTHAGE — Bran­son matched its school record for single-season wins by gain­ing its 19^th win on Tues­day, a 50–46 tri­umph over Carthage.
  The Lady Pirates (19−6 over­all and 4–3 in the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion) join three other Bran­son teams with 19 wins.
  Michaela Dap­prich topped the win­ners with 23 points, while Ruby Stevens had nine and Kristina Dodd eight.
  Else­where on Tues­day:
  — Marsh­field downed Hol­lis­ter 57–47 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion game.
  The Lady Jays upped their over­all record to 14–9 and their con­fer­ence mark to 4–2.

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February 21, 2010

Five COC wrestlers crowned state cham­pi­ons
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  COLUM­BIA — The Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence pro­duced a hand­ful of state cham­pi­ons, with Neosho hav­ing a trio of champs, at the MSH­SAA State Wrestling Tour­na­ment on Sat­ur­day.
  Class 3 fea­tured a pair of All-COC finals.
  At 112, Neosho’s Joe Barnes edged Carthage’s Nate Kel­ley 3–1. Barnes fin­ishes with a 43–7 record. At 119, Neosho’s Trevor Hughes downed Carthage’s Trevor Fea­gans 5–1. Hughes ends with a 36–6 mark. 
  Ozark’s Dylan May claimed the 135-pound title by pin­ning Kearney’s Tan­ner Min­der in 4:55. May fin­ishes with a 30–4 record. Neosho’s Blake Stauf­fer was a dom­i­nat­ing 171-pound state cham­pion. His clos­est match at state was an 11–4 vic­tory. Staffer ends with a 52–1 mark.
  Class 3 state runners-up included Neosho 103-pounder Nate Rodriguez (48−6), Neosho 130-pounder Jared Brock (30−10), Ozark 152-pounder Zeb Spicer (38−7) and Willard 215-pounder Joel Wyman (43−2).
  In Class 2, Rogersville senior Sam Zim­mer three-peated as a state cham­pion en route to win­ning the 130-pound title. He scored a 3–1 deci­sion over Pleas­ant Hill’s Joshua Hast­ings in the final to up his record to 46–2.
  Class 2 state runners-up were Boli­var 119-pounder Eric Hughes (41−2) and Reeds Spring 135-pounder Steven Morey (43−1).

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April 6, 2010

Nixa’s Miller up shutout streak to four (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Kristin Miller posted her fourth straight shutout to lead Nixa’s soc­cer team past Cam­den­ton 1–0 on Monday.

  Lau­ren Moats had the lone goal and was assisted by Shelby Zielke.

  Nixa is 3–1.

Boli­var downs Marsh­field
  Boli­var beat Marsh­field 3–1 to improve to 3–0.
  The Lady Lib­er­a­tors also own an 8–0 win over Bran­son adn a 4–1 win over Willard.

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April 8, 2010

Reeds Spring edges Marsh­field (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  REEDS SPRING — Win­ning pitcher Johnny Davis struck out seven in Reeds Spring’s 5–3 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion win over Marsh­field on Tues­day.  
  Riker Dou­glas, Wes DeWilde and Kyle Fleck all had two hits for the Wolves.

 

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April 17, 2010

Barns, Neosho pull out dra­matic win (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Jacob Barns drove in Jacob Rick­man on a walk-off RBI-single to lift Neosho’s base­ball team to a 4–3 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion win over Carthage on Thurs­day.
  The Wild­cats also had a walk-off COC win ear­lier this sea­son over Willard.
Pirates down Repub­lic

  Mike Comp­ton threw a four-hitter while strik­ing out wight and Timmy Townsend hit a three-run homer in Branson’s 5–2 win over Repub­lic.
  Tyler King home­red for the Tigers.Branson is 10–3 over­all and 2–0 in the COC Large Schools Divi­sion.
Reeds Spring beats Catholic
  Johnny Davis fired a two-hitter in Reeds Spring’s 11–1 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion tri­umph over Spring­field Catholic.
  The Wolves’ Chris Jones and Wes DeWilde both went 3-for-3.
Marsh­field wins at Hol­lister
  Marsh­field out­lasted Hol­lis­ter 12–6 in a COC Small Schools Divi­sion contest.

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Repub­lic takes team title (Girls track roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BOLI­VAR — Republic’s girls track team claimed the Boli­var Relays cham­pi­onship on Thurs­day.
  Republic’s Sharla Friend took first in the high jump (5−3). The Lady Tigers’ Hai­ley Willis was sec­ond in the 1,600 (5:45), as was Alex Botkin in the 100 hur­dles (17.19) and 300 hur­dles (49.66), Jeanna Beck in the dis­cus (105−11), Clarissa Watkins in the 100 (13.65) and Miranda Cun­ning­ham in the pole vault (8−6). Their 4 x 800 relay (11:00) was third.
  Host Boli­var received firsts from Rachel Schrader in the 3,200 (11:50) and its 4 x 800 relay (10:36.32). The Lady Lib­er­a­tors’ 4 x 400 relay (4:25.72) fin­ished sec­ond. Their 4 x 100 relay was third (54.3), as was their 4 x 200 relay (1:55.20), Eliz­a­beth Whar­ton in the pole vault (8−6) and Ash­ley Payne in the 100 hur­dles (17.31).
  Firsts for Bran­son included Gabby Rud­dick in the 400 (1:03), Michaela Dap­prich in the dis­cus (119−5) and Shelby Shields in the pole vault (9−0). Rud­dick was sec­ond in the high jump (5−2) and Dap­prich was sec­ond in the shot put (35−5). The Lady Pirates’ Bri­anna Winn was third in the long jump (14−10.25) and triple jump (31−1.75)
  Marshfield’s Jes­sica Stepp cap­tured first in the long jump (16−8.75). The Lady Jays’ 4 x 400 relay (4:26.08) was third.
  Buf­falo was led by Brit­tany Glass­cock, who was sec­ond in the triple jump (31−11.25).

 

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May 3, 2010

Boli­var claims Willard Tour­na­ment title (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  WILLARD — Boli­var defeated Willard twice en route to win­ning the Willard Tour­na­ment title over the week­end.
  The Lady Lib­er­a­tors beat the Lady Tigers by counts of 3–1 and 4–1. Ear­lier, they knocked off Marsh­field 5–0.
Nixa downs Way­nesville
  Nixa beat non-conference foe Way­nesville 1–0 on Fri­day.
 

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