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May 7, 2010

 No-hitter for Branson’s Townsend (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  BRAN­SON — Timmy Townsend no-hit Forsyth and went 4-for-4 in Branson’s 17–0 win on Thurs­day.
  The Pirates improved to 18–4.
Neosho downs Mt. Ver­non
  Anthony Hen­drix, AJ Enloe and Jared Brown all had two hits to power Neosho past Mt. Ver­non 13–6.
  Scott Pogue was the win­ning pitcher.

 

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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

Branson’s Rollins qual­i­fies for state (Golf roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  OZARK — Branson’s Jimmy Rollins earned a berth in the Class 4 State Golf Tour­na­ment by fin­ish­ing fifth in dis­trict action at Mill­wood Coun­try Club on Tues­day.
  Rollins posted a 77.
  Ozark fin­ished third in the team stand­ings with a 317. Bran­son was fifth with a 343.
Hol­lis­ter to send two to state
  At Moun­tain Grove, Hollister’s Casey Williams and Anthony Schreier earned berths at the Class 2 State Golf Tour­na­ment on Tues­day.
  In dis­trict action at Moun­tain Grove, Williams carded an 83 and Schreier a 96.

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May 4, 2010

 Bran­son wins at Hill­crest (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  SPRING­FIELD — Branson’s Timmy Townsend had four RBIs to power the Pirates past Spring­field Hill­crest 12–6 on Mon­day.
  Tee Helsel had three hits and Hay­den Thull two for the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion champs.
  Bran­son plated nine runs in the sec­ond inning while improv­ing to 16–4.

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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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February 17, 2010

 

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January 2, 2010

Pirates, Tigers Blue & Gold cham­pi­ons again
COCPrepSports.com
  Bran­son three-peated and Ozark repeated as cham­pi­ons at the 64^th Annual Blue & Gold Tour­na­ment on Wednes­day.
  The No. 2 seeded Pirates downed top-seeded Nixa 66–51 in the Blue Divi­sion title tilt. Avery Ding­man scored a game-high 24 points, Sam Pugh posted 16 points and eight assists and Dana Thomas had 11 points. Nixa was led by Kameron Bundy’s 10 points.
  The No. 1 seeded Tigers beat No. 2 seed Spring­field Hill­crest 65–58 in the Gold Divi­sion cham­pi­onship game. Seth Arnold fired in 17 points, Thomas Ligion added 16 and Isa­iah Mon­roe con­tributed 15.
  The COC has had at least one cham­pion at the Blue & Gold Tour­na­ment the past 15 years.

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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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Webb City grap­plers edge Carthage (Wrestling roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CARTHAGE — Webb City beat Carthage 42–30 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion dual on Tues­day.
  In a matchup of ranked wrestlers at 112 pounds, the Tigers’ Nate Kel­ley improved to 20–5 by beat­ing Cody Jolly 8–6 in over­time.
Webb City 42, Carthage 30
(Carthage wrestler listed first)
  103–Gage Gartner–9–(9–16) lost by fall in 1:04 to Bray­den Goff; 112–Nate Kelly–11–(20–5) won by over­time deci­sion 8–6 over Cody Jolly; 119–Trevor Fea­gans (22–1) won by fall in 1:00 over Lan­don Baker; 125–Kyle Shaner (16–13) lost by deci­sion 9–11 to Zack Kirk; 130–Logan Bryan (15–11) lost by fall in 5:37 to Patrick Grigsby; 135–Dylan Mel­lies (8–11) lost by fall in 4:56 to Justin Landes; 140–Harold Cooper (18–11) lost by deci­sion 6–9 to Richard Rodgers; 145–Arnold Her­rera (17–11) won by fall in 5:11 over Dal­ton Humphrey; 152–Larry Swine­hart (13–8) won by fall in 1:09 over Breck Mitchell; 160–Seth Golay (23–5) won by fall in 5:57 over Casey Craig; 171–forfeit to Chris Hensley; 189–Nelson Hor­ton (13–11) won by deci­sion 9–3 over Nick Lovejoy; 215–Matt Sel­sor (0–6) lost by fall in 0:11 to Justin Jacks; 285–Erick Var­gas (11–15) lost by fall in 3:39 to Taven Meis­ter.
  Else­where on Tues­day:
  — Ozark rolled to a pair of dual wins at home.
  The Tigers gained a 68–0 win over Bran­son and a 75–0 tri­umph over Spring­field Kick­apoo.

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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 22, 2010

Lady Car­di­nals No. 1 in Class 5
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Webb City’s girls bas­ket­ball team is atop this week’s Class 4 poll in this Mis­souri Sports­writ­ers and Sports­cast­ers Association’s state rank­ings.
  The Lady Car­di­nals are 15–1. 
  In Class 5, Nixa is 13–2 and ranked No. 2. 
  The Lady Car­di­nals and Lady Eagles will meet Feb. 12 at Nixa.
  The Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion is rep­re­sented in the boys poll by Bran­son and Nixa. The Pirates are 15–1 and ranked No. 5 in Class 5 and the Eagles are 16–1 record and ranked No. 8 in Class 5.

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January 23, 2010

Neosho knocks off Mt. Ver­non (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com
  NEOSHO — Neosho downed non-conference foe Mt. Ver­non 53–45 on Fri­day.
  The Wild­cats were led by Corey Crandall’s 16 points, Michael Lowe’s 15 and Alex Wise’s 10.
  Else­where on Fri­day:
  — Spring­field Catholic fell to host Spokane 59–41 in a semi­fi­nal at the Spokane Tour­na­ment.
  Jack Wolf had 10 points for the Irish.
  — Repub­lic edged Reeds Spring 56–53.
  Josh Morrow’s 21 points and Kevin Stander’s 20 paced the Tigers. The Wolves received 15 points from Kyle Fleck and 10 apiece from Mar­cus John­son and Chris Jones.
  — Bran­son downed Webb City 70–55 in second-round action at the Webb City Clas­sic.
  — Nixa downed Rogersville 64–39 behind Ben Fisher’s 19 points.
  — Carthage’s Keith Lawrie net­ted 25 points to lead the Tigers past Aurora 64–55.
  Lawrie was 10-of-17 from the field and 5-of-6 at the free-throw line. Lane Stephens added 14 points and Ethan Wig­gins nine for the winners. 

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January 24, 2010

Wolf, Irish take third at Spokane Tour­na­ment (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPOKANE — Sopho­more Jack Wolf col­lected 21 points and nine rebounds to lead Spring­field Catholic past Cassville 49–44 in the third-place game at the Spokane Tour­na­ment on Sat­ur­day.
  The Irish (10−5) hit 13-of-16 free-throw attempts in the fourth quar­ter.
  Else­where on Sat­ur­day:
  — At the Webb City Clas­sic, Bran­son beat Lin­coln Prep 74–57.
  The Pirates, ranked No. 5 in Class 5, improved to 17–2. 

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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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January 27, 2010

Lady Car­di­nals remain No. 1, Nixa stays at No. 2
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Webb City’s girls bas­ket­ball team is still atop the Mis­souri Sports­writ­ers and Sports­cast­ers Association’s Class 4 state rank­ings.
  The Lady Car­di­nals are 15–1 enter­ing their trip Fri­day to Bran­son.
  In the Class 5 poll, Nixa is No. 2. The Lady Eagles are 15–2.
  On the boys side, Bran­son is No. 4 and Nixa No. 6 in the Class 5 rank­ings. The Pirates are 17–2 and the Eagles 17–1. 

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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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Adams star­ring again for Lions (Boys bas­ket­ball alumni)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Carthage grad Jason Adams is fol­low­ing up his ban­ner fresh­man sea­son at Mis­souri South­ern State by shin­ing as a sopho­more.
  Adams is aver­ag­ing a team-high 18.1 points and 7.1 rebounds a game. In MIAA play, his norms are 19.1 points and 7.8 rebounds. He’s started all 20 of the Lions’ games and is shoot­ing 46 per­cent from the field.
  Adams, who was the MIAA Fresh­man of the Year last season, scored seven points in a season-opening exhi­bi­tion game against Illi­nois.
  Mis­souri South­ern State is 12–8.
  Among other COC alumni shin­ing on the hard­wood are:
  — Bran­son grad Mike Wiebe tops Col­lege of the Ozarks with a 14.7 scor­ing aver­age while shoot­ing 47 per­cent from the field. He’s also aver­ag­ing 4.1 rebounds a game.
  The fresh­man guard had 16 points and six boards in the Bob­cats’ 75–73 win over defend­ing NAIA D-II national cham­pion Okla­homa Wes­leyan on Tues­day.
  — Ozark grad Tyler Oak­ley has started all 20 games for Cen­tral Mis­souri State, which is 19–1 and ranked No. 3 in NCAA D-II.
  Oak­ley is aver­ag­ing 2.5 points and 3.5 rebounds a game. 

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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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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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February 8, 2010

 Pirates gain 20^th vic­tory
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON — A 25-point third quar­ter trig­gered Branson’s 74–47 win over Webb City in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion play on Sat­ur­day.
  The Pirates had scored only 30 points in the first half and held just a six-point lead at inter­mis­sion.
  Avery Ding­man topped the win­ners with 18 points, while Sam Pugh net­ted 16, Tee Helsel fired in 15 and Dana Thomas con­tributed 14 points and 12 rebounds.
  Webb City received 15 points from Phillip Donna and a dozen from Austin Daniels.
  Bran­son improved to 20–2 over­all and 2–1 in con­fer­ence play. Webb City fell to 10–12 and 0–4.

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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 12, 2010

Pirates, Lady Eagles named No. 1 seeds
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPRING­FIELD — A pair of Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion teams, Branson’s boys and Nixa’s girls, were awarded top seeds at the Class 5 Dis­trict 11 seed­ings meet­ing on Fri­day.
  On the boys side, the Pirates were named No. 1 for the sec­ond straight sea­son. They won last year’s dis­trict cham­pi­onship and are 21–2 enter­ing their home con­est with Neosho on Fri­day.
  The rest of the field includes No. 2 Nixa, No. 3 Spring­field Parkview, No. 4 Ozark, No. 5 Spring­field Kick­apoo and No. 6 Spring­field Glen­dale.
  First-round games will include Parkview-Glendale and Ozark-Kickapoo. Bran­son and Nixa will receive a first-round bye.
  On the girls side, Nixa was also named No. 1 for a sec­ond straight sea­son. The Lady Eagles (19−1 enter­ing Friday’s shodown with COC rival Webb City) won last year’s dis­trict title en route to a state cham­pi­onship.
  The rest of the field is made up of No. 2 Kick­apoo, No. 3 Parkview, No. 4 Glen­dale, No. 5 Ozark and No. 6 Bran­son.
  First-round games will be Branson-Parkview and Ozark-Glendale. Nixa and Kick­apoo get a first-round bye.
  The dis­trict will be held Feb. 22–27 at Parkview. The cham­pi­onship games will not be held on the same night, as they were last year at Ozark. The girls title game will be Feb. 26 and the boys finale is set for Feb. 27.

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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

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 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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March 24, 2010

Bran­son nips Carthage
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON — Bran­son edged Carthage 5–4 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion dual on Tues­day.

 Sin­gles (Carthage play­ers listed first)

 1. Jor­dan Ward def. Nathan Con­nell          8–1

2. Tim Dan­nels lost to Adam Blunk            6–8

3. Ryne Cough­lin lost to Anthony Civiello    5–8

4. Reg­gie Lash­ley def. Chase Apple­gate     8–6

5. Jus­tus Steven­son lost to Ryan Gdovin     4–8

6. Josh Pat­ton lost to Josh Far­ley               4–8

 Dou­bles

 1. Ward/Coughlin def. Connell/Civiello       9–7

2. Dannels/Lashley def. Blunk/Applegate    8–6

3. Stevenson/Jon Batch­e­lor lost to Farley/Gdovin 5–8

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March 25, 2010

 Pirates tame Tigers
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON — Tee Helsel and Tay­lor Tanker­sly both home­red in Branson’s 17–6, five-inning rout of Carthage on Wednes­day.
  Timmy Townsend was 4-for-5 and Mike Comp­ton 3-for-3.
   Brian Pos­ton was 3-for-3 for Carthage.
  CARTHAGE (ab-r-h-bi) — Cossey cf 2−1−1−0, Pos­ton c 3−2−3−0, Fierro 1b 3−0−2−2, Gar­ber dh 3−1−0−1, Collins 3b 2−0−0−0, Sny­der p 2−0−0−0, Wig­gin lf 3−0−2−1, Bur­gin rf 2−0−0−0, Bridges ss 2−2−1−0.
  BRAN­SON — Boyd 3b 2−4−1−0, Townsend 2b 5−2−4−3, Helsel ss 3−3−3−5, Comp­ton 1b 3−1−3−2, Shields c 4−1−2−0, John­ston cf 3−2−1−1, Tanker­sly dh 4−1−1−2, Thull lf 1−1−0−0, Stevens rf 3−1−1−0, O’Dell rf 1−1−1−0.
Carthage 310 02 — 6 9 0
Bran­son 323 36 — 17 17 2
  WP — Frans. LP — Snyder.

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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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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 8, 2010

Eagles blank Pirates (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Nixa breezed to a 9–0 win over Bran­son on Tues­day.
  The Eagles won 72 of the 97 games.
Sin­gles (Nixa play­ers listed)
  Gard­ner W 8–1; B. McDow­ell W 8–6; B. McDow­ell W 8–0; Fen­wick W 8–2; Barn­hardt W 8–4; Dou­blin W 8–4.
Dou­bles
  Gardner-B. McDow­ell (N) W 8–1; D. McDowell-Barnhardt W 8–4; Fenwick-Doublin W 8–5.

Neosho downs Carthage
  Neosho edged Carthage 6–3.
Sin­gles (Neosho play­ers listed first)
  #1 Bo Mahr lost to Jor­dan Ward 1–8; #2 Matt Gar­rity def. Tim Dan­nels 8–2; #3 Joey Cum­ming def. Ryne Cough­lin 9–7; #4 Mike Kramer def. Reg­gie Lash­ley 9–8 (11–9); #5 Evan Clark def. Josh Pat­ton 8–2; #6 Jere­miah Jen­nings def. Jon Batch­e­lor 8–0
Dou­bles
  #1 Mahr/Garrity def. Ward/Coughlin 9–8 (7–2); #2 Cumming/Clark lost to Dannels/Lashley 6–8; #3 Kramer/Jennings lost to Stevenson/Jacob Kunard 4–8.

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Nixa wins by shutout (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON — Nixa rolled to a 7–0 win over Bran­son on Tues­day. 
  Kristin Miller and Lexi Stag­ner shared time at goal­keeper for the Lady Eagles. Rachel Mur­phy recorded two goals, while Ash­lyn Robil­lard, Lau­ren Moats, Jor­dyn Hoskins, Kelsey Bartell and Kelsey Haist all had one. Haist, Shelby Zielke, Court­ney Frerichs and Miller all had an assist.
  Nixa improved to 4–1.
  The Lady Eagles won the jayvee match 8–0. Haylee Wag­ner had a hat trick. 

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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

Nixa falls in Red & Blue finale (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPRING­FIELD — Nixa’s base­ball team lost 5–2 to Green­wood (Ark.) in the Blue Divi­sion cham­pi­onship game at the Red & Blue Tour­na­ment on Sat­ur­day.
  The Eagles fell to 7–2. Green­wood, ranked No. 1 in Class AAAAA in Arkansas, is 17–0.
  Nixa totaled 36 runs in pool play wins over Moun­tain Home, Spring­field Hill­crest and Neosho. Sopho­more Dean Deetz pitched a no-hitter in his first var­sity start while beat­ing Hillcrest. 

Pirates whip Odessa
  At Bran­son on Fri­day, the Pirates clob­bered Odessa 12–7.
  Mike Comp­ton banged out three dou­bles and a triple and Tee Helsel had three hits for the Pirates.
  

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April 14, 2010

Bran­son wins at Neosho (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Paul Stevens went 2-for-2 and had three RBIs in Branson’s 10–5 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion win over Neosho on Tues­day.
  The Pirates’ Isaac John­son, Timmy Townsend and Tee Helsel also all had two hits.
  Townsend was the win­ning pitcher.
  Neosho’s Blake Henry home­red while going 2-for-3. Jacob Rick­man was also 2-for-3. 

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April 16, 2010

Knob Noster’s Phillips to join Pirates
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON — Bran­son has hired Knob Nos­ter head foot­ball coach Ed Phillips as an assis­tant coach and weight train­ing teacher.
  Phillips, a Buf­falo grad, pre­vi­ously coached at Lock­wood. He replaces Ron Mar­tin, who resigned after 24 sea­sons with the Pirates.
  “Ed pos­sesses the kind of char­ac­ter that is going to make him a great fit in the Bran­son com­mu­nity and the Bran­son school dis­trict,” ath­letic direc­tor Tony Berry said.

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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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 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)
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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April 28, 2010

Neosho knocks off Repub­lic (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  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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May 3, 2010

Bran­son clinches con­fer­ence cham­pi­onship (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CARTHAGE — The com­bi­na­tion of Branson’s 23–12 win over Carthage and Neosho’s 4–3 set­back to Nixa on Thurs­day allowed the Pirates to cap­ture the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion cham­pi­onship.
  Bran­son, 6–0 in con­fer­ence play, has at least a two-game lead on the rest of the con­fer­ence with only a home date against Ozark to play on Tues­day.
  Isaac John­ston was 4-for-5 and home­red for the Pirates. Brian Pos­ton home­red for Carthage.
  Nixa ral­lied to beat Neosho by scor­ing two runs in the sev­enth inning. 

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