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May 6, 2010

Boli­var takes COC Small Schools Divi­sion title (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Boli­var cap­tured the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion cham­pi­onship for the first time on Wednes­day.
  The Lib­er­a­tors totaled 21 points, while runner-up Spring­field Catholic had 17 , third-place Rogersville had 15 and fourth-place Reeds Spring had one.
   Trevor Sparks, Eli Samek and Aric Gooch all won sin­gles cham­pi­onships for Boli­var. Aug­gie New­berry, Kyle Shoe­maker and Kyle Bolton each took sec­ond. In dou­bles, Bolton/Gooch claimed a first and and Shoemaker/Samek took a sec­ond.
  On Tues­day, Boli­var edged Spring­fiedl Green­wood 5–4.
  Kyle Bolton won his sin­gles match 9–8 (7−2).
  Boli­var improved to 11–3.

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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

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 23, 2010

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

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January 24, 2010

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

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January 25, 2010

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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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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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 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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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 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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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 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 3, 2010

Irish move into semi­fi­nals (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  FAIR GROVE — Jeff White broke loose for a 19-point effort in Spring­field Catholic’s 56–53 first-round Class 3 Dis­trict 11 tri­umph over Con­way on Tues­day.
  The third-seeded Irish received 11 points apiece from Chad McBride and Mitchell Richard­son.
  Catholic advances to meet second-seeded Fair Grove in a semi­fi­nal on Thurs­day at 7:30 p.m. The other semi­fi­nal pits Straf­ford against Seymour.

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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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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 14, 2010

Nixa shuts out Willard (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  NIXA — Kristin Miller and Lexi Stag­ner com­bined for a shutout in Nixa’s 2–0 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion win over Willard on Tues­day.
  The Lady Eagles’ Laruen Moats and Rachel Mur­phy recorded goals. Kelsey Haist and Mad­die Chan­dler pro­vided assists.
  Nixa is 8–2.
  The Lady Eagles’ jayvee won 6–1 to improve to 5−0−1.
Lady Irish edge Bolivar
  In a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion match, Spring­field Catholic beat Boli­var 1–0.

 

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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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