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February 17, 2010

 

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January 13, 2010

Ding­man, Pirates beat Ozark (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON — Avery Ding­man over­came foul trou­bles to score a game-high 29 points in Branson’s 73–60 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion win over Ozark on Tues­day.
  Ding­man, who had four fouls, hit four 3-pointers, includ­ing a pair of first-quarter treys that helped the Pirates (13−1 over­all and 1–1 in the COC) break out to a 23–8 lead. Tee Helsel added 17 points while also hit­ting four 3s and Dana Thomas col­lected 15 points and nine rebounds.
  Ozark received a com­bined 45 points from its back­court of Seth Arnold and Isa­iah Mon­roe. Arnold had 15 of his 26 points in the sec­ond half. Mon­roe had 19 points.
  The Tigers were minus cen­ter Tom Ligion, who sat out the con­test due to a staph infec­tion.
  In other games on Tues­day:
   — Neosho edged COC Large Schools Divi­sion foe Repub­lic 58–56 in over­time.
  Corey Cran­dall topped the Wild­cats with 20 points, while Michael Lowe had 15 and Jake Mid­dle­ton 10.
  — Reeds Spring ral­lied for a 52–47 tri­umph over Spring­field Catholic in a matchup of COC Small Schools Divi­sion mem­bers.
  The Wolves (6−4 and 1–0) erupted for 25 points in the third quar­ter, after trail­ing 22–10 at half­time. Ben Selby had a team-high 15 points.
  The loss halted Catholic’s five-game win­ning streak. The Irish (7−4 and 0–1) received 14 points apiece from Jack Wolf and Chad McBride.
  — At Nixa, Nixa downed Carthage 57–40 in a COC Large Schools Divi­sion matchup.
  The Eagles received 13 points from Seth Mat­lock and 10 from Zac Hill while improv­ing to 14–1 over­all and 2–0 in con­fer­ence play. They outscored the Tigers 20–2 from the free-throw line.
  Nixa led 15–3 after the first quar­ter. Carthage actu­ally outscored the hosts 24–22 over the sec­ond and third quar­ters.
  Carthage received a dozen points from Keith Lawrie, 11 from Cody Caster and 10 from Lane Stephens. 
  Nixa hosts Kansas City Prep Hogan at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.

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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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January 20, 2010

17–0 run lifts Nixa to 17–1 (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
   SPRING­FIELD — A rocky start on Tues­day couldn’t keep Nixa from its 17^th win of the sea­son, a 72–60 tri­umph over Spring­field Kick­apoo.
  The Eagles trailed 10–2, but responded to a time­out by reel­ing off 17 unan­swered points.
  Nixa improved to 17–1. 
  Else­where on Tues­day:
  — At Repub­lic, Kevin Stander’s 21 points helped Repub­lic beat Way­nesville 72–57 on Tues­day.
  Jonathon Combs added 16 points, Nick Yocum had 15, Dylan Fletcher con­tributed nine and Josh Mor­row eight for the Tigers.
  Repub­lic led through­out, post­ing 21 points in the first quar­ter en route to gain­ing a 37–22 half­time advan­tage.
  — Neosho lost to Joplin 63–46.
  Corey Crandall’s 14 points paced the Wild­cats.
  —  Reeds Spring ral­lied from an eight-point half­time deficit to knock off Ava 68–61.
  The Wolves (7−5) erupted for 25 points in the third quar­ter. 
  Ben Selby topped the win­ners with 24 points, while Alex Engish had 18 and Chris Jones posted 16 points and seven blocks.

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January 25, 2010

 Neosho wins COC Large Schools Divi­sion title (Wrestling)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Neosho had eight indi­vid­ual cham­pi­ons while rolling to the team cham­pi­onship at the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion Tour­na­ment on Sat­ur­day.
  The Wild­cats’ Blake Stauf­fer, ranked No. 1 in Class 3 at 171 pounds, improved to 43–0.

TEAM SCORES

1. Neosho 353, 2. Ozark 294, 3. Webb City 163, 4. Carthage 159, 5. Nixa 140.5, 6. Willard 132.5, 7. Repub­lic 107.5, 8. Bran­son 106

INDI­VID­UAL RESULTS

103 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Nate Rodriguez of Neosho won by deci­sion over Colton How­ell of Ozark 6–4.

3^rd Place Match — Bray­den Goff of Webb City won by pin over Gage Gart­ner of Carthage in 0:39.

5^th Place Match — Aus­ton Fin­ley of Nixa won by pin over Tan­ner Willis of Repub­lic in 2:49.

7^th Place Match — Daniel Berg­land of Bran­son received a bye.

112 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Dmitry Loftis of Ozark won by deci­sion over Nate Kelly of Carthage 11–6.

3^rd Place Match — Joe Barnes of Neosho won by pin over Caleb Shuck of Willard in 3:28.

5^th Place Match — Travis Thomas of Repub­lic received a bye.

119 POUNDS
1^st Place Match — Trevor Fea­gans of Carthage won by deci­sion over Andy Cauble of Nixa 10–8.

3^rd Place Match — Grant God­frey of Ozark won by pin over Lan­don Baker of Webb City in 3:30.

5^th Place Match — Tan­ner Schaack of Neosho won by major deci­sion over Kyle Camp­bell of Repub­lic 13–4.

7^th Place Match — Kevin Hunn of Bran­son received a bye.

125 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Carter Boa­tright of Neosho won by pin over Zack Kirk of Webb City in 2:32.

3^rd Place Match — Tyler Ussery of Ozark won by pin over Mar­shall Phe­lan of Nixa in 5:23.

5^th Place Match — Luis Mar­tinez of Carthage won by pin over Dil­lon McClarnon of Repub­lic in 1:15.

7^th Place Match — Jor­dan Quail of Bran­son received a bye.

130 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Jared Brock of Neosho won by deci­sion over Patrick Grigsby of Webb City 1–0.

3^rd Place Match — Sam Evans of Nixa won by deci­sion over Dustin MClin­tock of Ozark 4–2.

5^th Place Match — Mason Clark of Willard won by pin over Logan Bryan of Carthage in 5:57.

7^th Place Match — Matt Foraker of Bran­son received a bye.

135 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Dylan May of Ozark won by pin over Justin Lan­des of Webb City in 1:20.

3^rd Place Match — Ty Ben­nett of Neosho won by pin over Michael Cuth­bert­son of Bran­son in 4:58.

5^th Place Match — Jake Pritch­ett of Nixa won by pin over Seth Beck­ner of Carthage in 3:09.

7^th Place Match — Steeler Seaburn of Willard won by tech fall over Jeff Maez of Repub­lic in 0:00 15–0.

140 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Payne Hat­ter of Neosho won by pin over Richard Rodgers of Webb City in 2:25.

3^rd Place Match — Harold Cooper of Carthage won by deci­sion over Josh Shock­ney of Ozark 6–4.

5^th Place Match — Evan Rot­ton of Nixa won by deci­sion over Kyler Castillo of Bran­son 5–1.

7^th Place Match — Chance Mor­lan of Repub­lic received a bye.

145 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Ethan Pogue of Neosho won by pin over Arnold Her­rera of Carthage in 4:51.

3^rd Place Match — Kerik Crouse of Repub­lic won by pin over Tyler David of Bran­son in 2:26.

5^th Place Match — Levi Tucker of Ozark won by major deci­sion over Jeremy Liss of Nixa 13–4.

7^th Place Match — Dal­ton Humphrey of Webb City received a bye.

152 POUNDS

1^st Place Match – Tay­lor Ball of Willard won by deci­sion over Zeb Spicer of Ozark 8–6.

3^rd Place Match – Daniel Barnes of Bran­son won by deci­sion over Larry Swine­hart of Carthage 6–3.

5^th Place Match — Nick Rapp of Nixa won by injury default over Zac Minor of Republic.

7^th Place Match — Breck Mitchell of Webb City received a bye.

160 PONUDS

1^st Place Match — Dal­las Smith of Neosho won by deci­sion over Jon Inman of Bran­son 11–4.

3^rd Place Match — Cody Lind­say of Ozark won by deci­sion over Jake Laswell of Repub­lic 5–0.

5^th Place Match — Con­ner Hunt of Nixa received a bye.

171 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Blake Stauf­fer of Neosho won by major deci­sion over Tim Allen of Ozark 15–5.

3^rd Place Match — Parker Odell of Bran­son won by deci­sion over Gar­rett Fletchall of Willard 9–6.

5^th Place Match — Con­ner Spuhl of Repub­lic won by tech fall over Aaron Pavlowski of Nixa in 0:00 20–5.

189 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Trent Hosick of Ozark won by deci­sion over Matt Mil­lard of Neosho 3–1.

3^rd Place Match — Nick Love­joy of Webb City won by deci­sion over Nel­son Hor­ton of Carthage 5–4.

5^th Place Match — Jesse Ruark of Willard won by major deci­sion over Hay­den Puck­ett of Repub­lic 14–4.

215 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — Joel Wyman of Willard won by deci­sion over Riley Plew of Neosho 4–2.

3^rd Place Match — Willy Gray of Ozark won by deci­sion over Jake Med­ford of Nixa 11–6.

5^th Place Match — Taven Meis­ter of Webb City won by pin over Tyler King of Repub­lic in 0:28.

285 POUNDS

1^st Place Match — George McK­in­ney of Neosho won by pin over Chris­t­ian Adams of Willard in 0:54.

3^rd Place Match — Austin Don­nelly of Ozark won by deci­sion over Erick Var­gas of Carthage 4–3.

5^th Place Match — Lance Gre­gory of Repub­lic won by pin over Ace Pel­ham of Webb City in 2:26.

7^th Place Match — Travis Cur­bow of Nixa received a bye.

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February 2, 2010

Neosho gains 12^th vic­tory (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com
  MIAMI, Okla. — Neosho improved to 12–8 by win­ning at Miami 57–33 on Tues­day.
  The Wild­cats were led by the 1–2 punch of Alex Wise and Michael Lowe. Wise had 17 points and Lowe 15.
  Else­where on Tues­day:
  — Republic’s Kevin Stander scored 21 points in the Tigers’ 45–31 tri­umph over Spring­field Cen­tral.
  Josh Mor­row added 11 points for the win­ners and Jon Combs had nine.
  — Bran­son rolled past Reeds Spring 58–46.
  Tee Helsel scored a team-high 12 points, Chris Ogden accounted for 11, Dana Thomas col­lected nine points and four steals and Matt Koomen con­tributed eight points.
  The Pirates are 18–2.

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February 5, 2010

Lady Irish win con­fer­ence tus­sle (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
SPRING­FIELD — Spring­field Catholic moved to 2–0 in the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion by beat­ing Rogersville 60–43 on Thurs­day.
  The Lady Irish are 10–8 over­all.
  Else­where on Thurs­day:
  — Nixa downed Bran­son 51–34 in a COC Large Schools Divi­sion bat­tle.
  — Repub­lic beat Carthage 55–45 in another COC Large Schools Divi­sion contest.

 

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February 9, 2010

Spring­field Catholic edges Boli­var (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
   SPRING­FIELD — Spring­field Catholic upped its record to 2–2 in the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion by nos­ing past Boli­var 52–47 on Tues­day.
  The Irish were paced by Jef­frey White’s 13 points and Mitchell Richardson’s 10 points and six rebounds.
  Bolivar’s Pre­ston Guiot scored 18 points and Dal­ton Kel­ley 13.
  Catholic improved to 12–8 over­all.
  Else­hwere on Tues­day:
  — Willard downed Neosho 73–66 in a COC Large Schools Divi­sion tus­sle.
  The Wild­cats’ Alex Wise scored 21 points, Mar­cus Mid­dle­ton added a dozen, Michael Lowe net­ted 11 and Corey Cran­dall had 10.
  Neosho fell to 13–9 over­all and 2–2 in the COC. Willard is 13–9 over­all and 4–0 in con­fer­ence play.
  — Bran­son for­ward Dana Thomas had his sec­ond straight double-double to help the Pirates past Repub­lic 57–45 in a bat­tle of COC Large Schools Divi­sion ranked teams.
  Bran­son (21−2 over­all and 3–1 in the COC) is ranked No. 4 in Class 4 and Repub­lic (14−6 and 1–3) is No. 8 in Class 4.
  Thomas col­lected 12 points and 11 rebounds. Avery Ding­man topped the Pirates with 15 points and just missed a double-double, grab­bing nine boards. Tee Helsel con­tributed 11 points, Chris Ogden had nine and Sam Pugh dished out seven assists.
  Republic’s Kevin Stander fired in a game-high 20 points and Nick Yocum chipped in 11.
  — Nixa downed Ozark 68–47 to improve to 22–1 over­all and 4–0 in the COC Large Schools Divi­sion.
  The Eagles jumped out to a 15–0 lead.

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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

COC to be rep­re­sented at state by 17 dis­trict champs
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  The Cen­tral Ozark Large Schools Divi­sion is send­ing 56 state-qualifiers to the Class 3 State Wrestling Tour­na­ment this week in Colum­bia and the Small Schools Divi­sion will have 19 state-qualifiers at the Class 2 State Wrestling Tour­na­ment.
  The COC Large Schools Divi­sion and Small Schools Divi­sion had a com­bined 17 dis­trict cham­pi­ons crowned this past week­end. Ozark, Willard and Boli­var all had three first-place fin­ish­ers.
  Ozark’s Chass 3 Dis­trict 3 champs include 130-pound sopho­more Colton How­ell (44−1), 112-pound sopho­more Dmitry Loftis (38−6) and 145-pound junior Tren­ton Pat­ter­son (34−8). The Tigers have a state-qualifier at all 14 weight classes.
  Willard’s Class 3 Dis­trict 3 champs are 152-pound senior Tay­lor Ball (27−3), 215-pound senior Joel Wyman (40−1) and 285-pound sopho­more Chris­t­ian Adams (30−9). The Tigers have five state-qualifiers.
  Bolivar’s Class 2 Dis­trict 3 champs are 119-pound senior Eric Hughes (38−1), 160-pound senior Joshua Mof­fett (42−6) and 171-pound senior Kyle Walker (32−10). The Lib­er­a­tors have five state-qualifiers.
  Carthage has a pair of Class 3 Dis­trict 4 champs, 112-pound junior Nate Kelly (35−7) and 119-pound fresh­man Tyler Fea­gans (39−1). The Tigers have four state-qualifiers.
  Reeds Spring has two Class 2 Dis­trict 3 champs, 135-pound sopho­more Steven Morey (40−0) and 285-pound senior Kale Crosby (38−1). The Wolves have seven state-qualifiers.
  Neosho has one Class 3 Dis­trict 4 champ, 171-pound junior Blake Stauf­fer (48−1). The Wild­cats have 13 state-qualifiers.
  Rogersville has one Class 2 Dis­trict 3 champ, 130-pound senior Sam Zim­mer (44−2). He is a two-time state cham­pion. The Wild­cats have four state-qualifiers.
  Nixa has seven state-qualifiers, Webb City has five, while Bran­son and Buf­falo both have three and Repub­lic has one 

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February 26, 2010

Four COC teams to play for dis­trict titles
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Bran­son, Nixa, Repub­lic and Reeds Spring will square off on Sat­ur­day for dis­trict titles after all four posted semi­fi­nal wins on Thurs­day.
  In Class 5 Dis­trict 11 at Spring­field Parkview, the Pirates whipped Spring­field Kick­apoo 73–41 and the Eagles out­lasted Spring­field Parkview 60–48.  
  Bran­son received 23 points and 13 rebounds from Dana Thomas and 18 points from Tee Helsel.
  Bran­son and Nixa will tan­gle at 6 p.m. on Sat­ur­day.
  In Class 4 Dis­trict 11 at Repub­lic, the host Tigers whipped McDon­ald County 65–30 and the Wolves slipped past Cassville 62–54.
  Ben Selby’s 19 points paced Reeds Spring.
  Repub­lic and Reeds Spring will meet on Sat­ur­day at 2 p.m.

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February 28, 2010

Nixa, Repub­lic cap­ture dis­trict titles (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPRING­FIELD — Nixa claimed the Class 5 Dis­trict 11 cham­pi­onship by beat­ing Bran­son 62–47 in an all-Central Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion final on Sat­ur­day.
  For Bran­son (24−4), the 47 points is a season-low.
  Nixa’s defense held the Pirates to 22 second-half points.
  Zac Hill topped the Eagles with 18 points. Avery Ding­man paced Bran­son with 21.
  Else­where on Sat­ur­day:
  — Repub­lic came back to win the Class 4 Dis­trict 11 cham­pi­onship in its 43–33 tri­umph over fel­low Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion mem­ber Reeds Spring.  
  The Tigers trailed 25–14 in the third quar­ter, before turn­ing the game around. Nic Yocum trig­gered the win­ners’ rally, scor­ing all 15 of his points in the sec­ond half.
  Reeds Spring received 16 points from Ben Selby. The Wolves scored 13 second-half points.

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March 1, 2010

Lady Car­di­nals’ Jaeger COC Large Schools Divi­sion Player of the Year  
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Webb City junior Kaitlin Jaeger has been named the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion Player of the Year in a vote of league coaches.
  Jaeger is joined on the All-COC First-Team by team­mates Hai­ley Roderique and Kyn­dal Clark, along with Nixa’s Bethany Fun­der­burke and Emily Walker.
  The Second-Team is made up of Willard’s Sam­mie Gath­er­cole, Nixa’s Randa Raper, Republic’s Kayce Duvall, Ozark’s Melanie Williams and Branson’s Kristina Dodd.
  Hon­or­able men­tion recog­ni­tion goes to Branson’s Cai­lynn Hayter, Webb City’s Scharenda Camp­bell, Carthage’s Kaylee Mor­gan and Ozark’s Han­nah Gomez.

 

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April 17, 2010

Eagles beat Repub­lic, Mon­ett (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Nixa’s ten­nis team claimed an 8–1 tri­umph over Repub­lic on Thurs­day.
  The Eagles swept dou­bles play, win­ning by an 8–0 count in each match. Josh Dou­blin, Char­lie Fen­wick, Blake McDow­ell and Brad Barn­hardt all won in sin­gles and dou­bles.
  The Eagles shut out Mon­ett 9–0 on Wednes­day. They lost only five games in sin­gles play.
Neosho falls to Ozark
  At Ozark on Thurs­day, Neosho dropped a 7–2 deci­sion to the Tigers.
  The Wild­cats’ Matt Gar­rity won 8–1 at No. 2 sin­gles and teamed with Bo Mahr for a 9–7 win at No. 1 doubles. Neosho fell to 5–2 over­all and 2–2  in the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Division.

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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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 Host Lib­er­a­tors runner-up at own relays (Boys track roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BOLI­VAR — Boli­var totaled 115 points while being edged by Cam­den­ton by five points for the team title at the Boli­var Relays on Thurs­day.
  Boli­var received sec­onds from Manny Ofori-Yeboah in the 110 hur­dles (15.9) and Ryan Kutju in the 300 hur­dles (42.51) and its 4 x 200 relay (1:34.98). The Lib­er­a­tors’ Mitchell Waters was third in the 400 (53.22), as was Ofori-Yeboah in the high jump (5−10), Jake Hart­ley i the shot put (42−1), Jacob Jones in the 800 (2:05) and Gar­rett Evans in the 1,600 (4:55) and its 4 x 400 relay (3:37).
  Branson’s Josh Mor­gan took first in the pole vault (15−0), as did Keaton Knud­son in the triple jump (4−0.75). The Pirates’ Joe Vu was sec­ond in the long jump (19−8.5), as was Johnny Onoh in the shot put (42−4).
  Republic’s Jacob Cooper was third in the 100 (11.73).
  Buffalo’s Justin Sim­mons was sec­ond in the 400 (52.95), as was the Bison’s 4 x 400 relay (3:33) and 4 x 800 relay (8:47).

 

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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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April 22, 2010

Repub­lic edges Boli­var (Base­ball roundup)
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  BOLI­VAR – Aug­gie Elivo had two hits and three RBIs to lead Repub­lic past Boli­var 7–6 on Mon­day.
  Bolivar’s Seth Hop­wood col­lected three hits and two RBIs and Bray­den Berg was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs.
  The Lib­er­a­tors (10−5) trailed 5–0, but cut Republic’s lead to one run by scor­ing three times in the sev­enth inning. They had two baserun­ners as Republic’s Tyler King closed the game by retir­ing the final bat­ter on a ground­out.
Pirates 3–0 in COC play
  At Bran­son on Mon­day, the Pirates cruised to a 12–2, six-inning win over Webb City in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion action.
  Tee Helsel col­lected two home runs and six RBIs and Timmy Townsend had a three-run triple.
  Townsend was the win­ning pitcher, strik­ing out five and walk­ing no one while toss­ing a four-hitter.
  The Pirates are 11–3 over­all and 3–0 in con­fer­ence play.
Reeds Springs shuts out Hol­lis­ter
  At Hol­lis­ter on Mon­day, Reeds Spring’s Chris Jones fired a three-hitter in the Wolves’ 13–0, five-inning COC Small Schools Divi­sion win.
  Jones struck out five and walked one.
  Reeds Spring is 10–5 and Hol­lis­ter 1–9.

 

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April 28, 2010

Neosho knocks off Repub­lic (Base­ball roundup)
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  NEOSHO — Alex Wise rapped out three hits to lead Neosho past Repub­lic 6–4 in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion action on Tues­day.
  The win keeps the Wild­cats one game behind Bran­son for first place in the con­fer­ence.  
  Tyler King suf­fered the loss while allow­ing two earned runs.
Bran­son ral­lies past Willard
  At Bran­son, the Pirates pounded out 14 hits to beat Willard 11–3.
  Willard led 2–0 after two innings.
  Timmy Townsend was 3-for-5, while Tee Helsel, Mike Comp­ton, Chase Shields and Joe Keller all had two hits.
  Comp­ton was the win­ning pitcher, strik­ing out seven in six innings.
  Devin Phillips had an RBI-double for Willard and Tyler Hamp­ton con­tributed an RBI-single.
  Bran­son is 14–4 over­all and 5–0 in the COC Large Schools Division.

 

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