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May 7, 2010

Nixa sec­ond at con­fer­ence tour­ney (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff 
  BRAN­SON — Nixa fin­ished as runner-up at the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion Ten­nis Tour­na­ment on Wednes­day. The Car­di­nals were one-half point behind first-place Webb City.
  The Eagles’ Devin McDow­ell was the No. 2 sin­gles champ. Josh Dou­blin and Con­nor Bur­ton were sec­ond at No. 5 and No. 6 sin­gles. Char­lie Fen­wick and Brad Barn­hardt, along with Dou­blin and Bur­ton, were sec­ond at No. 2 and No. 3 dou­bles.
Lib­er­a­tors beat Bran­son
  Boli­var downed Bran­son 6–3 on Thurs­day to improve its dual record to 12–3.
  Alex Tal­ley was a win­ner in sin­gles and dou­bles play.
Neosho blanks Mon­ett
  Neosho shut out Mon­ett 9–0 to up its dual record to 8–5.
  The Wild­cats’ Matt Gar­rity was an 8–0 No. 2 sin­gles win­ner, as was Gar­rity and Bo Mahr at No. 1 dou­bles and Joey Cum­ming and Evan Clark at No. 2 doubles.

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May 6, 2010

Boli­var takes COC Small Schools Divi­sion title (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Boli­var cap­tured the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion cham­pi­onship for the first time on Wednes­day.
  The Lib­er­a­tors totaled 21 points, while runner-up Spring­field Catholic had 17 , third-place Rogersville had 15 and fourth-place Reeds Spring had one.
   Trevor Sparks, Eli Samek and Aric Gooch all won sin­gles cham­pi­onships for Boli­var. Aug­gie New­berry, Kyle Shoe­maker and Kyle Bolton each took sec­ond. In dou­bles, Bolton/Gooch claimed a first and and Shoemaker/Samek took a sec­ond.
  On Tues­day, Boli­var edged Spring­fiedl Green­wood 5–4.
  Kyle Bolton won his sin­gles match 9–8 (7−2).
  Boli­var improved to 11–3.

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May 4, 2010

Ozark takes both 4 x 200 relays (Track roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
   BRAN­SON — Ozark swept the 4 x 200 relay at the Super Con­fer­ence Track Meet on Fri­day.
  The meet was halted after 14 events due to rain and light­ning.
  Ozark won the boys 4 x 200 relay (1:32) and the girls 4 x 200 relay (1:51). The boys 4 x 200 relay was made up of Hunter Tremain, Tyler Cal­houn, Eric Lueb­bert and Sky­lar Ver­futh. The girls 4 x 200 relay included Lau­ren Bos­t­ian, Stormie Carter, Syd­ney Potts and Saman­tha Dex­ter. The Lady Tigers’ Ellie Schmidly took first in the 100 hur­dles (17.52) and Josie Dyke was first in the 100 (12.97).
  Host Bran­son received firsts from Cameron Chancey in the 110 hur­dles (15.12) and Michael Dap­prich in the dis­cus (130−2).
  Bolivar’s girls 4 x 800 relay (10:09) that included Delaney Peter­son, Amanda Light­foot, Ash­ley Law­son and Rachel Schrader was vic­to­ri­ous.
  Nixa’s Steven Hynds was first in the shot put (49−8.75).

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Lady Lib­er­a­tors vic­to­ri­ous (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff 
  Boli­var edged Spring­field Green­wood 4–1 in soc­cer action on Monday.

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February 17, 2010

 

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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 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 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 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 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 7, 2010

Bran­son improves to 6–1 (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BOLI­VAR — Timmy Townsend struck out 10 to power Branson’s base­ball team to an 8–4 tri­umph over Boli­var on Mon­day.
  Townsend blanked the Lib­er­a­tors over the final six innings. Hay­den Thull had a two-run sin­gle and Tee Helsel was 2-for-4 for the Pirates. Bolivar’s Tyler Welch was also 2–4.
  Bran­son improved to 6–1.

Rogersville beats Buf­falo
  In a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion game, Rogersville downed Buf­falo 15–3.

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April 14, 2010

Nixa shuts out Willard (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  NIXA — Kristin Miller and Lexi Stag­ner com­bined for a shutout in Nixa’s 2–0 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion win over Willard on Tues­day.
  The Lady Eagles’ Laruen Moats and Rachel Mur­phy recorded goals. Kelsey Haist and Mad­die Chan­dler pro­vided assists.
  Nixa is 8–2.
  The Lady Eagles’ jayvee won 6–1 to improve to 5−0−1.
Lady Irish edge Bolivar
  In a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion match, Spring­field Catholic beat Boli­var 1–0.

 

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April 17, 2010

Nixa ups record to 9–2 (Soc­cer roundup)

COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Kristin Miller posted a shutout in the Nixa soc­cer team’s 3–0 vic­tory over Boli­var on Thurs­day.
  Lau­ren Moats, Kelsey Haist and Kelsey Bartell col­lected goals for the 9–2 Lady Eagles. Moats had two assists.

 

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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

Neosho edges Carthage (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Matt Gar­rity and Mike Kramer won in both sin­gles and dou­bles play to power Neosho past Carthage 5–4 in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion action on Mon­day.
  Gar­rity won at No. 2 sin­gles over Tim Daniels 8–4 and teamed with Bo Mahr for an 8–5 win at No. 1 dou­bles over Jor­dan Ward and Ryne Cough­lin. Kramer pre­vailed 8–6 over Reg­gie Lash­ley at No. 4 sin­gles and com­bined with Jere­miah Jen­nings for an 8–3 win at No. 3 dou­bles.
  On Tues­day, the Wild­cats downed Bran­son 7–2.
  Mahr, Gar­rity, Joey Cum­ming and Evan Clark were sin­gles and dou­bles win­ners.
  Neosho improved to 7–2 over­all and 4–2 in the COC Large Schools Divi­sion.
Nixa whips Hill­crest
  On Mon­day, Nixa picked up an 8–1 win over Spring­field Hill­crest.
  Brad Barn­hardt and Josh Dou­blin were both 8–0 sin­gles win­ners. Devin McDow­ell won a 7–4 tiebreaker at No. 2 sin­gles. The Eagles swept dou­bles play, win­ning 8–2 in all three matches.
  On Tues­day, Nixa shut out Reeds Spring 9–0.
  Dou­blin and McDow­ell won their sin­gles matches by an 8–0 count. Dou­blin teamed with Char­lie Fen­wick to win 8–0 at No. 2 dou­bles.
  The Eagles lost only 13 games.
Lib­er­a­tors win fifth in a row
  Boli­var ran its win­ning streak to five by beat­ing Clin­ton 7–2. The Lib­er­a­tors improved to 8–2.
  Trevor Sparks, Kyle Shoe­maker and Eli Samek won in both sin­gles and dou­bles.
  Sparks and Aug­gie New­berry are 10–2 at No. 1 dou­bles. Samek and Shoe­maker are 8–2 at No. 2 dou­bles.

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Repub­lic edges Boli­var (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  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

Hat trick for Moats in Nixa win (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Lau­ren Moats col­lected a hat trick in Nixa’s 8–0 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion tri­umph over Carthage on Tues­day.
  Brit­tany Kirk­patrick added two goals and Court­ney Frerichs, Jor­dyn Hoskins and Kesley Haist each had one. Kelsey Bartell had three assists, while Haist, Ash­lyn Robil­lard, Haylee Wag­ner and Tatum Mangum all had one.
  Kristin Miller posted the shutout as Nixa’s goalkep­per.
  Nixa is 11–3.
Rogersville beats Bolivar
  Rogersville recorded a 5–1 win over Bol­li­var on Tuesday.

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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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