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January 11, 2010

Lady ‘Jays com­plete come­back (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  MARSH­FIELD — Marsh­field ral­lied from a 10-point deficit to hit the game-winning shot with five sec­onds to play and beat Pleas­ant Hope 49–48 on Mon­day.
  Marsh­field, which is 8–5 and was sec­ond at the Pink & White Tour­na­ment, trav­els to Reeds Spring in the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion opener for both teams on Tues­day.
  In other games on Mon­day:
  — Hol­lis­ter received 21 points from Jae­Lynn Elli­son in its 66–57 tri­umph over Forsyth.
  The Lady Tigers received 16 points apiece from Cas­san­dra Kim­brough and Lainie Bishop.
  Hol­lis­ter is 7–4 and begins con­fer­ence play on Thurs­day at Spring­field Catholic.
  — Webb City opened con­fer­ence play by down­ing Neosho 65–21.
  Kaitlin Jaeger and Kyn­dal Clark both net­ted 16 points for the Lady Cards.
  — Spring­field Catholic beat Aurora 71–45 to improve its record for 4–6.

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January 13, 2010

 Hol­lis­ter cap­tures eighth win (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  MANS­FIELD — Hol­lis­ter was 22-of-25 on its free-throw attempts while win­ning at Mans­field 64–57 on Tues­day.
  The Lady Tigers (8−4) had four play­ers in dou­ble fig­ures. Jae­Lynn Elli­son net­ted 16 points, Lainie Bishop 15, Cas­san­dra Kim­r­bough a dozen and Becca Felks 10.
  In other games on Tues­day:
  — Marsh­field dou­bled up Reeds Spring 56–28 in a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion con­test.
  The Lady ‘Jays are 9–5 over­all and 1–0 in the COC.

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January 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 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 25, 2010

Webb City downs Spring­field Catholic (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  WEBB CITY — Webb City upped its record to 16–1 by beat­ing Spring­field Catholic 76–61 on Mon­day.
  The Lady Irish fell to 5–7.
  Else­where on Mon­day:
  — Hol­lis­ter fell to Ash Grove 73–63.
  The Lady Tigers received 20 points from Lainie Bishop, 12 from Kelsey Kapella, 11 from Becca Felks and 10 from Jae­Lynn Ellison. 

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January 26, 2010

Lady Jays improve to 11–6 (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  MARSH­FIELD — Marsh­field ran away from Mor­risville 70–46 on Tues­day.
  With the win, the Lady Jays improved to 11–6.
  Else­where on Tues­day:
  — Reeds Spring fell to Ava 56–24 in first-round action at the Reeds Spring Invi­ta­tional.
  The Lady Wolves’ Tawni Free­man scored 11 points. 

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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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Luko among nation’s top shoot­ers (Girls bas­ket­ball alumni)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Nixa grad Ash­ley Luko is ranked sec­ond in NAIA D-I in 3-point field-goal per­cent­age. Despite a recent 2-of-8 slump beyond the arc, the Evan­gel guard is 33-of-64 on her 3-point attempts (.515). 
  Luko is aver­ag­ing 13.8 points a game.
  Other COC alumni far­ing well at the col­lege level include:
  — Nixa grad Mor­gan Smith is aver­ag­ing 16.8 points a game as a fresh­man for­ward at Col­lege of the Ozarks. 
  Smith, who also played at Marsh­field, is shoot­ing 52 per­cent from the field and has posted double-figure scor­ing in 17 of 19 games.
  — Boli­var grad Casey Gar­ri­son tops Mis­o­suri State with a 19.1 scor­ing aver­age, 109 assists and an aver­age of 36.4 min­utes played.
  — Marsh­field grad Lacey Boshe has had norms of 9.9 points and 3.8 rebounds for the Lady Bears.
  — Hol­lis­ter grad Bre­anna Daniels is aver­ag­ing 12.1 points and 4.2 rebounds a game as a sopho­more for­ward at Tru­man State.
  — Marsh­field grad Kayla Mes­sick tops C of O with 53 assists and has hit 25 3-pointers while aver­ag­ing 5.3 points a game.
  — Willard grad Megan Jew­ell has also hit 25 treys for C of O while aver­ag­ing 5.4 points a game.
  (Let us know of other COC alumni play­ing at the col­lege level in any sport by e-mailing us at admin@cocprepsports.com)

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February 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

 Lady ‘Jays go to 2–0 in league play (Girls bas­ket­ball)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  MARSH­FIELD — Marsh­field remained unde­feated in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion play by down­ing Buf­falo 39–25 on Tues­day.
  The Lady ‘Jays improved to 12–7 over­all and 2–0 in con­fer­ence play.

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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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February 12, 2010

Bade, Lady Irish beat Buf­falo (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPRING­FIELD — Bekah Bade scored 22 points to help Spring­field Catholic past Buf­falo 53–36 in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion action on Thurs­day.
  The Lady Irish were also led by Danielle Lampe’s 10 points.
  Buf­falo received 12 points apiece from Brit­tany Glass­cock and Jor­dan David­son.
  Else­where on Thurs­day:
  — Hol­lis­ter downed Reeds Spring 57–41.
  The Lady Tigers’ Lainie Bishop net­ted 20 points, while Cas­san­dra Kim­brough added a dozen and Jae­Lynn Elli­son had 11.
  Reeds Spring’s Tawni Free­man scored a game-high 22 points.
  — Marsh­field bounced back from a loss to Boli­var to beat Rogersville 50–39.
  The Lady Jays are 13–8 over­all and 3–1 in the COC Small Schools Division.

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February 13, 2010

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

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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

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 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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February 28, 2010

Lady Irish advance to semi­fi­nals (Girls bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  FAIR GROVE — Spring­field Catholic made it to the semi­fi­nal round in Class 3 Dis­trict 11 action by down­ing fel­low Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion foe Hol­lis­ter 55–44 in a first-round game on Sat­ur­day.
  The Lady Irish received 18 points from Danielle Lampe and 16 from Bekah Bade.
  Hollister’s Cas­san­dra Kim­brough scored 19 points.
  Catholic will meet Fair Grove in a semi­fi­nal on Wednes­day.

 

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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 9, 2010

Spring­field Catholic claims dis­trict title
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  FAIR GROVE — Bekah Bade net­ted four 3-pointers and 29 points to power Spring­field Catholic past Blue Eye 63–55 in the Class 3 Dis­trict 11 cham­pi­onship game on Sat­ur­day.
  The Lady Irish move on to meet Mt. Ver­non in Sec­tion­als on Wednesday. 

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