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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

 Neosho pro­motes Schoonover
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Neosho ele­vated assis­tant Jared Schoonover to become its new head foot­ball coach on Tues­day.
  Schoonover replaces Shawn Flan­ni­gan, who is bound for Rogers (Ark.). Schoonover han­dled the play-calling duties for a Wild­cats offense last sea­son that aver­aged 38 points a night.
  Schoonover pre­vi­ously coached five years at Ben­tonville (Ark.).
  Neosho has won back-to-back dis­trict championships.

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May 4, 2010

Nixa, Neosho tum­ble (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Nixa fell to Spring­field Glen­dale 7–2, while Neosho lost 7–2 to Thomas Jef­fer­son on Mon­day.
  The Eagles’ Brad Barn­hardt was an 8–1 sin­gles win­ner and Josh Dou­blin and Char­lie Fen­wick teamed for an 8–5 dou­bles vic­tory.
  Neosho’s Evan Clark was an 8–1 sin­gles win­ner and Jere­miah Jen­nings was an 8–2 sin­gles winners.

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February 17, 2010

 

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January 13, 2010

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

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January 16, 2010

Ozark cruises by 30 (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Neosho nipped Carl Junc­tion 42–40 on Fri­day.
  The Lady Wild­cats (3−10) were led by Chanoah Turney’s 13 points.
  On Thurs­day:
  — Ozark claimed a 57–27 win over Marsh­field on Thurs­day.
  — Spring­field Catholic beat Hol­lis­ter 59–38 in a matchup of Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion foes.
  Lainie Bishop had nine points and Kelsey Kapella and Becca Felks both had eight for the Lady Tigers.

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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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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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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

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

Bade’s explo­sion lifts Catholic (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com 
  SPRING­FIELD — Bekah Bade broke loose for 27 second-half points en route to a 33-point per­for­mance in Spring­field Catholic’s 64–58 win over Sey­mour on Mon­day.
  Bade net­ted 19 points in the third quar­ter alone. She fin­ished with eight 3-pointers.
  Danielle Lampe added 13 points for the Lady Irish.
  Else­where on Mon­day:
  — Nixa downed Marsh­field 65–28.
  The Lady ‘Jays fell to 11–7, while the Lady Eagles improved to 16–2.
  Marsh­field returns to Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion play on Tues­day by meet­ing Buf­falo.
  — Neosho lost to Nevada 56–46.
  The Lady Wild­cats received 14 points from Ash­ley Gillion and 10 from Mor­gan Rath­man.

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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

Mis­souri South­ern State reels in four COC recruits
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  JOPLIIN — Webb City’s Brax­ton Baker and Bart Starkey and Neosho’s Matt Bridges and Addi­son Rain­wa­ter will next be team­mates.
  They all signed let­ters of intent ear­lier this week to con­tinue their grid­iron careers at Mis­souri South­ern State. Baker is a run­ning back, Bridges a cen­ter and Rain­wa­ter and Starkey are line­back­ers.
  Also, Webb City defen­sive back Boo Rodgers signed with South­ern Illinois-Carbondale.

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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 9, 2010

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

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February 13, 2010

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 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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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 24, 2010

Wild­cats win opener
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Neosho’s boys ten­nis team debuted by edg­ing Mt. Ver­non 5–4 on Tues­day.
Sin­gles:
#1 Bo Mahr def. Jor­dan Davis 8–4
#2 Matt Gar­rity def. Heath Braf­ford 8–4
#3 Joey Cum­ming lost to Jarod Davis 6–8
#4 Evan Clark lost to Dal­ton Brown 6–8
#5 Mike Kramer def. Brock Beke­meier 9–7
#6 Jere­miah Jen­nings lost to Brett Dor­rance 8–9 (3−7)
Dou­bles:
#1 Mahr/Garrity def. Jor­dan Davis/Jarod Davis 8–2
#2 Cumming/Clark lost to Brafford/Bekemeier 8–9 (6−8)
#3 Kramer/Jennings def. Zach Roach/Brown 8–1

 

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Neosho base­ball team drops debut
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Neosho’s base­ball team fell to Rogers (Ark.) Her­itage 12–0 on Friday.

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March 29, 2010

 Neosho posts a pair of wins
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Neosho’s base­ball team upped its record to 2–1 by down­ing Rogersville 5–4 and whip­ping Cassville 17–2 last week.

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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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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

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 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 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

 Nixa splits matches (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSpors.com Staff  
  SPRING­FIELD — Nixa lost 3–2 to Spring­field Glen­dale on Mon­day, before bounc­ing back for an 8–0 tri­umph over Neosho on Tues­day.  
  Jo Pavlowsky and Kesley Bartell scored ver­sus Glen­dale. Lau­ren Moats pro­vided an assist.
  Moats posted two goals and two assists against Neosho. Bartell, Mad­die Chan­dler and Court­ney Frerichs each had a goal and an assist.
  Nixa is 10–3.

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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

Webb City beats Neosho (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Webb City downed Neosho 8–1 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion match on Tues­day.
  The Car­di­nals took three matches by two games and swept the dou­bles com­pe­ti­tion.
  Neosho fell to 7–4 over­all and 4–3 in con­fer­ence play.
Sin­gles
#1 Bo Mahr lost to Ryan Miller 1–8
#2 Matt Gar­rity lost to Caleb Shoe­make 2–8
#3 Joey Cum­ming lost to Chase Dil­worth 1–8
#4 Mike Kramer lost to Matt Reynold 8–10  
#5 Evan Clark lost to Ethan Replogle 4–8
#6 Jere­miah Jen­nings def. Bran­don Schultz 8–6
Dou­bles
#1 Mahr/Garrity lost to R.Miller/Shoemake 7–9
#2 Cumming/Clark lost to Dilworth/Schultz 3–8
#3 Kramer/Jennings lost to Reynold/Replogle 4–8

 

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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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