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May 6, 2010

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

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May 4, 2010

Ozark takes both 4 x 200 relays (Track roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
   BRAN­SON — Ozark swept the 4 x 200 relay at the Super Con­fer­ence Track Meet on Fri­day.
  The meet was halted after 14 events due to rain and light­ning.
  Ozark won the boys 4 x 200 relay (1:32) and the girls 4 x 200 relay (1:51). The boys 4 x 200 relay was made up of Hunter Tremain, Tyler Cal­houn, Eric Lueb­bert and Sky­lar Ver­futh. The girls 4 x 200 relay included Lau­ren Bos­t­ian, Stormie Carter, Syd­ney Potts and Saman­tha Dex­ter. The Lady Tigers’ Ellie Schmidly took first in the 100 hur­dles (17.52) and Josie Dyke was first in the 100 (12.97).
  Host Bran­son received firsts from Cameron Chancey in the 110 hur­dles (15.12) and Michael Dap­prich in the dis­cus (130−2).
  Bolivar’s girls 4 x 800 relay (10:09) that included Delaney Peter­son, Amanda Light­foot, Ash­ley Law­son and Rachel Schrader was vic­to­ri­ous.
  Nixa’s Steven Hynds was first in the shot put (49−8.75).

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February 17, 2010

 

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January 2, 2010

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

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January 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 13, 2010

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

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

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January 16, 2010

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 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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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

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

Lady Cards have two 3-time win­ners (Swim­ming)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  WEBB CITY — Webb City’s Erica Logal and Ash­ley John­son claimed three firsts while help­ing the Lady Car­di­nals cap­ture third place at the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Swim Meet on Fri­day.
  Logal won the 100 breast­stroke (1:13.31) and 200 freestyle (2:20.03) and teamed with John­son, Caitlin Isaac and Brit­tany Steever to win the 200 med­ley relay (2:03.45). John­son won the 200 indi­vid­ual med­ley (2:24.52) and 500 freestyle (5:36.87). Her mar­gin of vic­tory in the 500 freestyle was 51 sec­onds.
  Nixa, which won the team title, received firsts from Anna Brinck in the 100 freestyle (56.12) and its 200 freestyle relay (1:50.38). Brinck beat Steever by a tenth of a sec­ond.
  Runner-up Ozark saw Ash­ley Short take first in the 100 but­ter­fly (1:06.73) and 100 back­stroke (1:11.26) and its 400 freestyle relay claim gold (4:21.30).
  Marshfield’s Jes­sica Stepp was the 1-meter div­ing champ (334.95 points).
  John­son set two meet records, while Logal, Brinck and Nixa’s 200 freestyle relay also estab­lished new meet marks.

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

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February 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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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 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

Hat trick for Nixa’s Moats (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff 
  NIXA — Nixa blanked Spring­field Cen­tral 8–0 on Mon­day, as Lau­ren Moats recorded a hat trick.
  The Lady Eagles received one goal apiece from Kesley Bar­tel, Kelsey Haist, Rachel Mur­phy and Chan­dler Mad­die. Mur­phy, Chan­dler, Court­ney Frerichs and Ash­lyn Robil­lard all had assists.

Ozark pre­vails
  Ozark edged Boli­var 3–1.

 

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