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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 3, 2010

Carthage 2–1 at tour­ney
COCPrepSports.com Staff
   NEOSHO — Desmond Buerge col­lected 17 points and nine rebounds to help Carthage past Mor­ril­ton, Ark., 57–50, at the Neosho Hol­i­day Tour­na­ment.
  The Tigers broke a 34-all tie by scor­ing 23 points in the fourth quar­ter.
  Lane Stephens added 12 points for the win­ners and Cody Caster had 11. Caster had four steals.
  Carthage beta McDon­ald County 52–36. Keith Lawrie net­ted 16 points and Stephens had 15.
  The Tigers lost to Van Buren (Ark.) 57–41. Caster col­lected 10 points and seven boards. Carthage outscored Van Buren 23–22 in the sec­ond half, but was down by 17 at halftime.

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January 6, 2010

Carthage splits with Ozark, Willard
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CARTHAGE –  Ozark defeated Carthage 56–7 and Carthage downed Willard 51–27 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion double-dual on Tues­day.
  For Carthage, 119-pounder Tommy Fea­gans and and 140-pounder Harold Cooper were two-time win­ners. Fea­gans, who is ranked third in Class 3 by MissouriWrestling.com, recorded a 14–5 major deci­sion over Ozark’s Dmitry Loftis, who is ranked third at 112. Fea­gans is 16–1. Cooper improved to 13–10 by beat­ing Ozark’s Levi Tucker 9–8 and post­ing a major deci­sion over Willard’s Codey White.
  A cou­ple other pre­mier matchups occured at 112 and 160. Ozark’s Colton How­ell, ranked sec­ond at 103, moved up a weight class and beat Carthage’s Nate Kelly 12–4. Kelly is 15–4. At 160, Ozark’s Zeb Spicer, who is ranked sec­ond at 152, moved up to beat Carthage’s Seth Golay 3–2. Golay is 18–4.

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January 7, 2010

Webb City’s Steever, John­son claim four firsts
COCPrepSports.comStaff
  WEBB CITY — Webb City’s swim team beat Spring­field Hill­crest 108–59, downed Carthage 106–62 and lost to Nixa 97–83 in duals action on Tues­day.
  The Lady Car­di­nals received firsts in all three duals from Ash­ley John­son in the 200 freestyle (2:09.47) and 500 freestyle (5:31.22), Brit­tany Steever in the 50 freestyle (26.69) and 100 but­ter­fly (1:11.12), Erica Logal in the 100 breast­stroke (1:16.89) and Steever, John­son, Olivia Weaver and Logal in the 400 relay (4:17.82) and 200 med­ley relay (2:09.28).
  Nixa’s Anna Brink was first in the 200 indi­vid­ual med­ley (2:23.93) and 100 freestyle (57.53), as was Marisa Fra­zier in the 100 back­stroke (1:09.42), Aubrie Led­ford in the 1-meter div­ing (144.45 points) and Brink, Led­ford, Frankie Lef­fert and Rachel Sav­age in the 200 relay (1:58.05).

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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 20, 2010

Carthage falls to Neosho (Wrestling roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CARTHAGE — Neosho downed Carthage 58–12 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion dual on Tues­day.
  At 119 pounds, the Tigers’ Trevor Fea­gans won 4–3 over the Wild­cats’ Trevor Hughes. Fea­gans, who improved to 24–1, is ranked third in Class 3 at 119 by MissouriWrestling.com. Hughes is ranked sec­ond.
  At 112, Neosho’s Joe Barnes nipped Carthage’s Nate Kelly 2–1. Barnes is ranked fourth and Kelly, who is 21–6, sev­enth.
  Carthage dual record is 3–6.
Neosho 58, Carthage 12
(Carthage wrestler listed first)
  103–Gage Gart­ner (9–18) lost by fall in 2:32 to Nate Rodriguez; 112–Nate Kelly (21–6) lost by deci­sion 2–1 to Joe Barnes; 119–Trevor Fea­gans (24−1) won by deci­sion 4–3 over Trevor Hughes; 125–Kyle Shaner (17–14) lost by tech­ni­cal fall 18–3 to Carter Boatright; 130–Logan Bryan (16–12) lost by fall in 1:06 to Jared Brock ; 135–Seth Beck­ner (8–5) won by fall in 2:22 over Ty Bennett; 140–Harold Cooper (19–12) lost by fall in 4:40 to Payne Hatter; 145–Arnold Her­rera (17–13) lost by major deci­sion 14–5 to Ethan Pogue; 152–Larry Swine­hart (15–8) won by deci­sion 4–0 over Paul Carey; 160–Carthage for­feit to Dal­las Smith; 171–Carthage for­feit to Blake Stauffer; 189–Nelson Hor­ton (14–12) lost by major deci­sion 11–2 to Matt Millard; 215–Carthage for­feit to Riley Plew; 285–Erick Var­gas (12–16) lost by fall in 4:34 to George McKinney.

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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 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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Tigers’ Fea­gans COC champ
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Here are Carthage results from the COC Large Divi­sion Tour­na­ment:
Weight–Name–Grade–Tour­na­ment Record–Placement–Season Record–ranking
103–Gage Gartner–9–(1–3)–4^th–(10–21)
lost by fall in 0:56 to Colton Howell–Ozark–ranked 2^nd
won by major deci­sion 13–0 over Tan­ner Willis–Republic
lost by fall in 1:39 to Nate Rodriguez–Neosho–ranked 5^th
lost by fall in 0:39 to Bray­den Goff–Webb City

112–Nate Kelly–11–(3–1)–2^nd–(24–7)-–ranked 7^th
won by fall in 3:15 over Travis Thomas–Republic
won by deci­sion 3–2 over Joe Barnes–Neosho–ranked 4^th
won by fall in 2:50 over Caleb Shuck–Willard
lost by deci­sion 11–6 to Dmitry Loftis–Ozark–ranked 3^rd

119–Trevor Feagans–9–(4–0)–1^st–(28–1)–ranked 3^rd
won by tech­ni­cal fall 19–2 over Lan­don Baker–Webb City
won by fall in 0:34 over Kyle Campbell–Republic
won by major deci­sion over Grant Godfrey–Ozark–ranked 5^th
won by deci­sion 10–8 over Andy Cauble–Nixa–ranked 4^th

125–Luis Martinez–10–(2–2)–5^th–(4–7)
lost by major deci­sion 11–2 to Mar­shall Phelan–Nixa
lost by fall in 3:25 to Carter Boatright–Neosho–ranked 2^nd
won by fall in 2:54 over Jor­dan Quail–Branson
won by fall in 1:15 over Dil­lon McClaron–Republic

130–Logan Bryan–9–(1–3)–6^th–(17–15)
lost by fall in 5:09 to Dustin McClintock–Ozark–ranked 10^th @ 135
lost by major deci­sion 10–2 to Sam Evans–Nixa–ranked 5^th
won by deci­sion 10–9 over Mason Clark–Willard
lost by fall in 5:57 to Mason Clark–Willard

135–Seth Beckner–9–(1–4)–6^th–(9–9)
lost by deci­sion 4–3 to Jake Pritchett–Nixa
lost by fall in 5:22 to Michael Cuthbertson–Branson
lost by fall in 0:38 to Dylan May–Ozark
won by tech­ni­cal fall 19–2 over Jeff Maez–Republic
lost by fall in 3:09 to Jake Pritchett–Nixa

140–Harold Cooper–10–(3–2)–3^rd–(21–15)
lost by deci­sion 10–9 to Chance Morlan–Republic
lost by deci­sion 13–7 to Payne Hatter–Neosho–ranked 5^th
won by fall in 5:50 over Evan Rotton–Nixa
lost by deci­sion 4–2 to Richard Rodgers–Webb City–ranked 8^th
won by deci­sion 6–4 over Josh Shockney–Ozark

145–Arnold Herrera–10–(2–2)–2^nd–(19–15)
won by deci­sion 11–5 over Jeremy Liss–Nixa
lost by deci­sion 6–2 to Ethan Pogue–Neosho–ranked 7^th
won by deci­sion 7–4 over Tyler David–Branson
lost by fall in 5:57 to Ethan Pogue–Neosho–ranked 7^th

152–Larry Swinehart–10–(1–3)–4^th–(16–11)
won by deci­sion 5–2 over Nick Rapp-Nixa
lost by deci­sion 8–5 to Tay­lor Ball–Willard–ranked 3^rd
lost by deci­sion 5–3 to Zeb Spicer–Ozark–ranked 2^nd
lost by deci­sion 6–3 to Daniel Barnes–Branson–ranked 9^th

160–OPEN

171–OPEN

189–Nelson Horton–12–(1–3)–4^th–(15–15)
won by deci­sion 11–8 over Hay­den Puckett–Republic
lost by deci­sion 5–2 to Matt Millard–Neosho–ranked 7^th
lost by fall in 1:24 to Trent Hosick–Ozark–ranked 9^th
lost by deci­sion 5–4 to Nick Lovejoy–Webb City

215–OPEN

285–Erick Vargas–12–(1–3)–4^th–(13–19)
lost by fall in 0:31 to George McKinney–Neosho–ranked 8^th
won by fall in 2:45 over Lance Gregory–Republic
lost by fall in 1:32 to Chris­t­ian Adams–Willard
lost by deci­sion 4–3 to Austin Donnelly–Ozark 

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Irish fall to Straf­ford (Boys bas­ket­ball)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
   CON­WAY — Spring­field Catholic suf­fered a 63–47 loss to Straf­ford in first-round action at the Con­way Tour­na­ment on Mon­day.
  The Irish (10−6) were led by Jack Wolf’s 13 points. Bran­don Kratz and Mitchell Richard­son both had seven.
  Else­where on Mon­day:
  — Carthage wal­loped Stock­ton 82–34 in the first round of the Nevada Clas­sic.
  The Tigers (12−7) shot 55 per­cent from the field and hit eight 3-pointers. Desmond Buerge had a trio of treys in his 19-point effort. Keith Lawrie and Ethan Wig­gin both had 10 points and Cody Caster posted eight points and nine rebounds.

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January 26, 2010

Carthage falls to KC Cen­tral (Boys bas­ket­ball)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
   NEVADA — Carthage lost to Kansas City Cen­tral 77–59 at the Nevada Tour­na­ment on Tues­day.
  Cen­tral shot 64 per­cent from the field.
  The Tigers were led by Keith Lawrie’s 16 points and Cody Caster’s 13. 
Else­where on Tues­day:
  — The three­some of Alex Wise, Michael Lowe and Corey Cran­dall pow­ered Neosho past Spring­field Parkview 79–68 on Tues­day.
  Wise net­ted 24 points and Lowe and Cran­dall both poured in 23.
  Neosho is 11–8, the most wins for the pro­gram since the 2004-’05 season.

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February 1, 2010

No. 1-ranked Fea­gans improves to 32–1 (Wrestling roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  GRAND­VIEW – Carthage went 4–1 at the Grand­view Duals and had four wrestlers go 5–0 on Sat­ur­day.
  Trevor Fea­gans, ranked No. 1 at 119 pounds in Class 3 by MissouriWrestling.com, recorded a pair of pins while upping his record to 32–1.
  The Tigers’ Gage Gart­ner (103 pounds), Nate Kelly (112) and Larry Swine­hart (152) also all went 5–0.
  Carthage beat Tru­man 53–21, lost to Lee’s Sum­mit 47–27, edged Grand­view 47–30, downed Poplar Bluff 51–24 and nipped Sta­ley 33–27.
Indi­vid­ual Results
103–Gage Gart­ner (15−21)
  Won by fall in 1:13 over Nick Polfer–Truman; won by fall in 0:20 over Thomas Fiegner–Lee’s Summit; won by for­feit over Grandview; won by fall in 0:48 over Colby Blatz–Poplar Bluff; won by for­feit over Sta­ley
112–Nate Kelly (29−7) 
  Won by major deci­sion 12–0 over Dar­ring White–Truman; won by fall in 1:12 over Der­rick Herrman–Lee’s Summit; won by for­feit over Grandview; won by for­feit over Poplar Bluff; won by deci­sion 6–2 over Aaron Engle–Staley
119–Trevor Fea­gans (32−1)
  Won by major deci­sion 10–0 over A.J. Jones–Truman; won by fall in 0:29 over Andrew Smith–Lee’s Summit; won by fall in 1:24 over George Palomeres–Grandview; won by for­feit over Poplar Bluff; won by deci­sion 9–3 over Trevor Engle–Staley
125–Taylor Bogle (5−5)
  Won by for­feit over Truman; lost by tech­ni­cal fall 20–5 to Jesse Morris–Lee’s Summit; won by major deci­sion 13–0 over Dylan Carr–Grandview; won by deci­sion 4–3 over Ethan Swingle–Poplar Bluff; lost by deci­sion 4–1 to Jeremy Goss–Staley
130–Logan Bryan (21−16)
  Won by for­feit over Truman; lost by fall in 0:53 to Spencer Courier–Lee’s Summit; won by fall in 5:05 over Kam­ron Tomlinson–Grandview; won by fall in 3:33 over Kaleb Barton–Poplar Bluff; won by for­feit over Sta­ley
135–Seth Beck­ner (13−10)
  Won by deci­sion 8–2 over Turner Madick–Truman; lost by deci­sion 11–4 to John Williams–Lee’s Summit; won by for­feit over Grandview; won by fall in 1:21 over Matt Dobbs–Poplar Bluff; won by fall in 1:28 over David Montoya–Staley
140–Harold Cooper (24−17)
  Won by fall in 3:24 over Jor­dan Fears–Truman; won by fall in 1:38 over Alex Swartz–Lee’s Summit; won by for­feit over Grandview; lost by deci­sion 3–1 to Storm McClure–Poplar Bluff; lost by deci­sion 4–1 to Tommy Elsrode–Staley
145–OPEN
152–Larry Swine­hart (21−11)
  Won by fall in 1:10 over Neil Young–Truman; won by deci­sion 3–1 over Chris Lattner–Lee’s Summit; won by deci­sion 4–0 over Nate Kessinger–Grandview; won by fall in 2:53 over J. Darby Smothers–Poplar Bluff; won by deci­sion 4–1 over Frank Tamburello–Staley
160-Seth Golay (26−8) 
  Lost by deci­sion 3–1 to Gar­rett Garman–Truman; lost by deci­sion 5–3 to Justin Bruce–Lee’s Summit; won by major deci­sion 9–0 over Quentin Neal–Grandview; won by fall in 3:50 over Eric Ramos–Poplar Bluff; lost by deci­sion 3–1 to Patrick Rhoads–Staley
171–Nelson Hor­ton (16−19)
  Won by for­feit over Truman; lost by fall in 5:59 to Josh Howard–Lee’s Summit; lost by fall in 5:24 to Joseph Obasi–Grandview; lost by deci­sion 3–1 to Chance Berry–Poplar Bluff; lost by fall in 0:45 to Kaleb Sweet–Staley
189–OPEN
215–OPEN
285–Erick Var­gas (16−21)
  Won by fall in 1:11 over Mike Alexander–Truman; lost by fall in 3:27 to Sean Williams–Lee’s Summit; lost by fall in 4:05 to Xavier Williams–Grandview; won by for­feit over Poplar Bluff; won by for­feit over Staley

 

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February 2, 2010

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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Carthage’s Kelly beats top-ranked foe by 13–0 count (Wrestling roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
   SENECA — Seneca downed Carthage 52–16 on Thurs­day, but the Tigers’ Nate Kelly posted a win over Tate Smith, ranked No. 1 in Class 1 at 112 pounds.
  Kelly, ranked fourth in Class 3, won by a major deci­sion 13–0 to improve to 30–7.
  Carthage fresh­man Trevor Fea­gans, ranked No. 1 in Class 3 at 119, upped his record to 34–1 by pin­ning Trevor Sill in 4:34.
  Seneca is ranked No. 1 in Class 1.
Seneca 52, Carthage 16
  103 — Gage Gart­ner (15–22) lost by fall in 0:57 to Blake Byrne; 112 — Nate Kelly (30–7) won by major deci­sion 13–0 over Tate Smith; 119 — Trevor Fea­gans (34–1) won by fall in 4:34 over Trevor Sill; 125 — Tay­lor Bogle (5–6) lost by fall in 1:34 to Col­bey Skaggs–ranked 1st130 — Logan Bryan (21–17) lost by fall in 1:41 to Nathan Fortner; 135 — Seth Beck­ner (13–11) lost by fall in 3:03 to Josh Mullin; 140 — Harold Cooper (24–18) lost by deci­sion 2–0 to Dil­lon Webb; 145 — Larry Swine­hart (21–12) lost by deci­sion 5–3 to David Diaz; 152 — Arnold Her­rera (19–16) lost by deci­sion 4–1 to Jake Rhoads; 160 — Seth Golay (27–8) won by forfeit; 171 — for­feit to Josh Butler; 189 — Nel­son Hor­ton (16–20) lost by major deci­sion 12–3 to Dal­ton Cummings; 215 — for­feit to Jacoby Hymer; 285 — Erick Var­gas (16–22) lost by deci­sion 4–0 to Der­rick Hopper.

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February 12, 2010

Nixa’s Keeney among those to sign let­ters of intent
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Nixa’s Jor­dan Keeney will con­tinue his foot­ball career at Cen­tral Mis­souri State, after sign­ing a let­ter of intent with the Mules.
  Keeney, the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion Offen­sive Player of the Year last fall, is expected to stay at run­ning back for Cen­tral Mis­souri State.
  The Eagles’ Skyler Brown, an offen­sive line­man, signed with Ottawa (Kan.).
  Ozark’s Tom Ligion signed with Arkansas State’s track team and hopes to com­pete in the decathalon.
  The Tigers’ Keaton Pat­ter­son, a line­backer, signed to play foot­ball at South­west Bap­tist.
  Carthage’s Trevor Hole signed with Evan­gel and plans to play foot­ball and com­pete in track. 

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February 15, 2010

Lady Tigers awarded first and sec­ond seeds
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CARTHAGE — The Willard and Carthage girls bas­ket­ball teams were named the first and sec­ond seeds in Class Class 5 Dis­trict 12, to be played Feb. 22–27 at Carthage.
  The rest of the seeds include No. 3 Spring­field Hill­crest, No. 4 Spring­field Cen­tral, No. 5 Joplin and No. 6 Neosho.
  Willard and Carthage will receive fist-round byes. First-round games on Feb. 23 will include Central-Joplin and Neosho-Hillcrest.
  On the boys side, COC mem­bers Neosho and Carthage were tabbed the four and five seeds and will meet each other in a first-round game on Feb. 22.
  The rest of the seeds are No. 1 Hill­crest, No. 2 Joplin, No. 3 Willard and No. 6 Cen­tral. Willard and Cen­tral will also face off on Feb. 22.

 

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

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February 21, 2010

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

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February 24, 2010

Lady Wild­cats drop first-round game (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)  
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  CARTHAGE — Neosho’s sea­son came to an end as the Lady Wild­cats fell to Spring­field Hill­crest 61–31 in a Class 5 Dis­trict 12 first-round game on Tues­day.
  Shea Wyatt’s nine points topped Neosho.
  In the district’s other opening-round game, Spring­field Cen­tral edged Joplin 65–57.
  In semi­fi­nal play on Thurs­day, top-seeded Willard will meet Cen­tral and second-seeded Carthage will play Hillcrest.

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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 27, 2010

Carthage net­ters pre­vail
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CARTHAGE — Carthage edged Ozark 5–4 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion ten­nis match on Fri­day.
Sin­gles results (Carthage play­ers listed first)
1.       Jor­dan Ward def. Chris­t­ian Dyer 8–2
2.       Tim Dan­nels def.  Zach Deckard 8–0
3.       Ryne Cough­lin def. Chris Thomas  9–8 (7−3)
4.       Reg­gie Lash­ley lost to Chan­dler Mer­cer 5–8
5.       Jus­tus Steven­son lost to Andrew York 5–8
6.       Josh Pat­ton lost to Dylan Knuck­olls 4–8 
Dou­bles results 
1.       Ward/Coughlin def. Dyer/Thomas 8–2
2.       Dannels/Lashley def. Deckard/Mercer 8–3
3.       Stevenson/Jon Batch­e­lor lost to York/Knuckolls 4–8

 

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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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April 7, 2010

Neosho girls take Carthage team title
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CARTHAGE — Neosho won the girls team title by 82 points at the Carthage Invi­ta­tional on Tues­day.
  Carthage’s boys won the 4 x 800 relay (8:30), its girls won the 4 x 100 relay (52.5), Ste­fan Stokes won the 110 hur­dles (16.4), Evans Adams won the 400 (51.24) and Billy Mendell won the 3,200 (10:19).
  Neosho’s girls took the 4x 400 relay (4:16), 4 x 800 relay (10:26), while Mor­gan Rathamn won the 100 (12.72), 200 (26.65) and 400 (1:02.43), Jes­sica Jack­son won the 800 (2:20.99) and 1,600 (5:16), Court­ney Wood won the 3,200 (11:46), Jayde Thomas won the 300 hur­dles (49.56), Chet Hall won the 300 hur­dles (43.68), Mar­cus Mid­dle­ton won the shot put (48−8) and Emily Paulis won the triple jump (34−2.5).
  Firsts for Webb City included its boys 4 x 100 relay (44.93), girls 4 x 200 relay (1:51.75), boys 4 x 200 relay (1:33.21), Katie Box in the 100 hur­dles (15.8), Slade Byford in the triple jump (40−7.5) and Boo Rodgers in the high jump (6−2).

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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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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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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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