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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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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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 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 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 21, 2010

Wolves win sec­ond straight (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BUF­FALO — Reeds Spring won for the sec­ond time in as many nights on Wednes­day, pick­ing up a 57–47 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion win at Buf­falo.
  The game was orig­i­nally sched­uled for two weeks ago, but was post­poned due to icy roads.
  The Wolves (8−5 over­all and 2–0 in the COC Small Schools Divi­sion) were led by Alex English’s game-high 16 points. Ben Selby and Chris Jones both added 11. 

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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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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

Foot­ball sched­ules filled
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence foot­ball teams who have released their 2010 sched­ules are Bran­son, Carthage, Hol­lis­ter, Nixa and Reeds Spring.
Bran­son
  Week 1 — Carthage; Week 2 — Cassville; Week 3 — @ Webb City; Week 4 — @ Repub­lic; Week 5 — @ Willard; Week 6 — Ozark; Week 7 — Neosho; Week 8 — Spring­field Parkview; Week 9 — @ Spring­field Kick­apoo; Week 10 — @ Nixa
Carthage
  Week 1 — @ Bran­son; Week 2 — Ozark; Week 2  — @ Willard: Week 4 — @ Nixa; Week 4 — Neosho; Week 6 — @ imag­ine Col­lege Col­lege Prep Char­ter; Week 7 — Repub­lic; Week 8 — Webb City; Week 9 — @ Carl Junc­tion: Week 10 — McDon­ald County
Hol­lis­ter
  Week 1 — @ Marsh­field; Week 2 — Buf­falo; Week 3 — @ Spring­field Catholic; Week 4 — Boli­var; Week 5 — @ Reeds Spring; Week 6 — Rogersville; Week 7 — @ Stock­ton; Week 8 — Straf­ford; Week 9 — Fair Grove; Week 10 — @ Ash Grove
Nixa
  Week 1 — Cam­den­ton; Week 2 — @ Repub­lic; Week 3 — @ Mon­ett; Week 4 — Carthage; Week 5 — @ Webb City; Week 6 — @ Neosho; Week 7 — Spring­field Kick­apoo; Week 8 — @ Ozark; Week 9 — Willard; Week 10 — Bran­son
Reeds Spring
  Week 1 — @ Wil­low Springs; Week 2 — Boli­var; Week 3 — @ Rogersville; Week 4 — Fair Grove; Week 5 — Hol­lis­ter; Week 6 — @ Buf­falo; Week 7 — Marsh­field; Week 8 — Aurora; Week 9 — @ Mt. Ver­non; Week 10 — @ Spring­field Catholic
 

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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 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

Lady Irish go to 3–0 in con­fer­ence play (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  REEDS SPRING — Spring­field Catholic remained unde­feated in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion play by beat­ing Reeds Spring 51–39 on Fri­day.
  The Lady Irish improved to 11–8 over­all and 3–0 in league action.
  Else­where on Fri­day:
  — Bran­son beat up on Neosho 58–24.
  Michaela Dap­prich had a game-high 13 points for the Lady Pirates, while Kristina Dodd and Ruby Stevens both had 11 and Cai­lynn Hayter nine. Dodd was given a game ball after­ward in recog­ni­tion of reach­ing the 1,000-point mile­stone ear­lier in the week against Willard. 

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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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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 25, 2010

Wolves claim first win
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  FORSYTH — Reeds Spring ripped Spokane 13–4 on Wednes­day.
  The Wolves received two hits apiece from Lucas McDan­nold, Johnny Davis, Riker Dou­glas, Chris Jones, Kyle Fleck, Josh Cherry. McDan­nold had three RBIs and two stolen bases. Dou­glas and Cherry both had two RBIs.
  Jones was the win­ning pitcher, strik­ing out 11 in six innings. 

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March 29, 2010

Reeds Spring improves to 3–1
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CLEVER — Reeds Spring’s base­ball team took third place at the Right Off Bat Tour­na­ment by edg­ing Mount Ver­non 9–6 on Sat­ur­day.
  Wes DeWilde deliv­ered a two-out, two-run triple in the fourth inning to cap his four-RBI performance. Riker Dou­glas and Eddie Blan­chard both rapped out three hits.
  Win­ning pitcher Johnny Davis struck out eight..
  The Wolves (3−1) downed Mar­i­onville 18–8 on Friday. DeWilde, Blan­chard and Chris Jones all had three hits and two RBIs. Johnathan Knit­tle was 4-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored and Kyle Fleck home­red.  Dil­lion Dean notched his first var­sity win.

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March 30, 2010

Carthage, Neosho, Catholic, Bran­son tri­umph (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CARTHAGE — Carthage’s net­ters shut out Repub­lic 9–0 on Mon­day.
Sin­gles (Carthage player listed first) 
No.1  Jor­dan Ward def.Cody Eck­er­son 8–3
No.2  Tim Dan­nels def.  Tay­lor Jenk­ins 8–4
No.3  Ryne Cough­lin def. Dylan Hop­kins 8–0
No. 4 Reg­gie Lash­ley def. Hunter Hayes 8–0
No. 5 Jus­tus Steven­son def. Blake Eck­er­son 8–4
No. 6 Jon Batch­e­lor def. Josef Bart­tels 8–2
Dou­bles 
No. 1  Ward/Coughlin def. C. Eckerson/Jenkins 8–3
No. 2 Dannels/Lashley def. Hayes/Hopkins 8–2
No. 3 Stevenson/Josh Pat­ton def. B.Eckerson/Barttels 8–0

Neosho 9–0 win­ner
  NEOSHO — Neosho’s ten­nis team improved to 2–0 with an 8–1 win over Spring­field Parkview on Mon­day.
Sin­gles (Neosho player listed first)
#1 Bo Mahr def. Tom Funk 8–1
#2 Matt Gar­rity def. Blake McIn­tosh 8–1
#3 Joey Cum­ming lost to Zach Tay­lor 6–8
#4 Mike Kramer def. Andy Cor­bett 8–6
#5 Evan Clark def. Ray Horn­back 8–6
#6 Jere­miah Jen­nings def. Mike Duff 9–7
Dou­bles
#1 Mahr/Garrity def. Funk/McIntosh 9–8 (10−8)
#2 Cumming/Clark def. Taylor/Hornback 8–3
#3 Kramer/Jennings def. Van de Velde/Corbett 8–4

Bran­son knocks off Rogersville
  BRAN­SON — Bran­son beat Rogersville 7–2, the first time the Pirates have beaten the Wild­cats.
  Adam Blunk, Ryan Gdovin and Josh Far­ley were sin­gles and dou­bles win­ners for Branson.

Catholic downs Wolves
  BRAN­SON WEST — Spring­field Catholic beat Reeds Spring 8–1.
Sin­gles
1.  Chris Schultz (RS) def. Con­ner Dahlberg (SC) 8–2
2. Derek Myers (SC) def Shea Smith (RS) 8–3
3. Alex Spiva (SC) def Matt Palikij (RS) 8–1
4. Thomas Diebold (SC) def Corey Blum (RS) 8–1
5. Max Jer­sak (SC) def Zach Pietz (RS) 8–1
6. Matt Oelschaeger (SC) def Keith Hoff­man (RS) 8–1
Dou­bles
1. Dahlber & Myers (SC) def Schultz & Smith (RS) 8–2
2. Spiva & Diebold (SC) def Blum & Pietz (RS) 8–1
3. Jer­sak & Oelschaeger (SC) def Palikij & Hoff­man (RS) 8–1

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Bran­son remains unde­feated (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON —  Mike Comp­ton was the win­ning pitcher and had a pair of two-run dou­bles in Branson’s 5–2 win over Cam­den­ton on Mon­day.
  The Pirates improved to 5–0.

Reeds Spring improves to 3–1

  FORSYTH — Reeds Spring took third place at the Right Off Bat Tour­na­ment by edg­ing Mount Ver­non 9–6 on Sat­ur­day.
  Wes DeWilde deliv­ered a two-out, two-run triple in the fourth inning to cap his four-RBI per­for­mance. Riker Dou­glas and Eddie Blan­chard both rapped out three hits.
  Win­ning pitcher Johnny Davis struck out eight. The Wolves are 3–1.

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March 31, 2010

Neosho net­ters improve to 3–0 (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
NEOSHO — Neosho’s ten­nis team remained per­fect by blank­ing Repub­lic 9–0 on Tues­day.
  The Wild­cats are 3–0.
Sin­gles
#1 Bo Mahr def. Cody Eck­er­son 8–3
#2 Matt Gar­rity def. Tay­lor Jenk­ins 8–3
#3 Joey Cum­ming def. Dylan Hop­kins 8–2
#4 Mike Kramer def. Charles Hayes 8–5
#5 Evan Clark def. Blake Eck­er­son 8–2
#6 Jere­miah Jen­nings def. Josef Bart­tels 8–0
Dou­bles
#1 Mahr/Garrity def. C. Eckerson/Jenkins 8–2
#2 Cumming/Clark def. Hopkins/Hayes 8–2
#3 Kramer/Jennings def. B. Eckerson/Barttels 8–6

Eagles sweep Rogersville
  ROGERSVILLE — Nixa blanked Rogersville by a 9–0 count on Tuesday.

  Win­ners for the Eagles included Sam Gard­ner, Devin McDow­ell, Blake McDow­ell, Charie Fen­wick, Brad Barn­hardt and Josh Dou­blin. Fen­wick won at No. 4 sin­gles by an 8–0 count. Blake McDow­ell lost only one game at No. 3 singles.

Reeds Spring falls to Parkview
  SPRING­FIELD — Reeds Spring was shut out by Spring­field Parkview 9–0 on Tues­day.
Sin­gles
1. Thomas Funk ℗ def. Chris Schultz (RS) 8–6
2. Blake McIn­tosh ℗ def Shea Smith (RS) 8–0
3. Zach Tay­lor ℗ def Matt Palikij (RS) 8–2
4. Andy Cor­bett ℗ def Corey Blum (RS) 8–2
5. Ari Brown ℗ def Zach Pietz (RS) 8–1
6. Ray Horn­back ℗ def Keith Hoff­man (RS) 8–2
Dou­bles
1. Funk & McIn­tosh ℗ def Schultz & Smith (RS) 8–3
2. Brown & Cor­bett ℗ def Blum & Pietz (RS) 8–4
3. Tay­lor & Horn­back ℗ def Palikij & Sam McEwen (RS) 8–2

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April 7, 2010

 Reeds Spring falls to Forsyth
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  FORSYTH — Reeds Spring’s lone win in its 8–1 loss to Forsyth came at No. 1 sin­gles, where Chris Schultz picked up a 9–8 (8−6) win.
Sin­gles
  No. 1 — Schultz (RS) def. Lean (F) 9–8 (8−6); No. 2 — Hedgepeth (F) def. Smith (RS) 8–0; No. 3 — Black­burn (F) def. Palikij (RS) 8–0; No. 4 — Jo. Borges (F) def. Blum (RS) 8–0; No. 5 — Ja. Borges (F) def. Pietz (RS) 8–0; No. 6 — Owens (F) def. Hoff­man (RS) 8–0.
Dou­bles
  No. 1 — Blackburn-Lean (F) def. Smith-Blum (RS) 8–2; No. 2 — Hedgepeth-Jo. Borges (F) def. Schultz-Hoffman (RS) 8–0; No. 3 — Ja. Borges-Owens (F) def. Pilikij-McEwen (RS) 8–1.

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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 9, 2010

Bran­son beats Reeds Spring (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  REEDS SPRING — Chase Shields and Parker O’Dell home­red to sup­port Mike Compton’s one-hitter as Branson’s base­ball team downed ripped Reeds Spring 10–1 on Thurs­day.
  Compton’s only mis­cue was a solo homer by Wolves catcher Eddie Blan­chard. Comp­ton struck out 10.
  Shields, Timmy Townsend and Tee Helsel all had two hits.

 

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April 12, 2010

Lady Wolves win Aurora Relays (Track roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  AURORA — Reeds Spring’s girls track team cap­tured first place at the Aurora Relays on Thurs­day.
  The Lady Wolves received firsts from Abbey Ver­non in the 400 (1:04.48), Shan­non Allen in the 200 (28.19), Casey Williams in the dis­cus (89−1) and Krys­tal Stump in the 100 hur­dles (17.08). Stump was sec­ond in the 300 hur­dles (52.58).
  Thirds for the Lady Wolves included Allen in the 400 (1:06.88), Saman­tha Akromis in the 800 (2:43) and high jump (4−8), Williams in the shot put (27−8), Alexis Haynes in the 100 (13.55), Schmidt in the 3,200 (13:10) and Sabra Boes, Haynes, Allen and Ver­non in the 4 x 100 relay (50.51).
  The Wolves’ first-place fin­ish­ers weer Dominic Smith in the 100 (11.79) and 200 (23.7), Zach Branch in the 400 (52.9), Ben Selby in the 800 (2:02), Dylan Weber in the 110 hur­dles (16.59) and Selby, Aaron All­phin, Austin Burke and Branch in the 4 x 400 relay (3:27). Weber was runner-up in the 300 hur­dles (44.03).
 

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April 14, 2010

Reeds Spring 4 x 400 relay wins (Track roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  NIXA — Reeds Spring’s 4 x 400 relay of Sam Akromis, Cheyenne Ran­dle, Shan­non Allen and Abbey Ver­non took first (4:15) to high­light the Lady Wolves’ show­ing at the Nixa Relays on Tues­day.
  Krys­tal Stump was third in the 100 hur­dles (17.3).
  The Wolves’ Ben Selby was first in the 800 (2:01). He ran the open­ing leg on the 4 x 200 relay that was sec­ond (1:34.9). Dom­inc Smith was third in the 200 (24.1), as was Reeds Spring’s 4 x 400 relay (3:44).

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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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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 27, 2010

Neosho net­ters pre­vail (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO —   Neosho fell to 7–3 by los­ing 6–3 to Joplin on Mon­day.
Sin­gles:
#1 Bo Mahr lost to Alec Belden 2–8
#2 Matt Gar­rity def. Zach Cox 8–3
#3 Joey Cum­ming lost to Cody Maples 6–8
#4 Mike Kramer lost to Colby Rit­ter 3–8
#5 Evan Clark lost to Dhaval Patel 7–9
#6 Jere­miah Jen­nings def. Richard Perry 8–3
Dou­bles:
#1 Mahr/Garrity def. Belden/Maples 8–4
#2 Cumming/Clark lost to Cox/Perry 5–8
#3 Kramer/Jennings lost to Ritter/Patel 3–8 
Pirates shut out Reeds Spring
At Bran­son West, Bran­son lost only 10 games while win­ning 9–0 over Reeds Spring.
 

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