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May 7, 2010

 Nixa beats Carl Junc­tion (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Nixa shut out Carl Junc­tion 4–0 behind goalie Lexi Stag­ner on Thurs­day.
  The Lady Eagles received assists from Ash­lyn Robil­lard, Own Goal, Lau­ren Moats and Kristin Miller. Mad­die Chan­dler and Kelsey Haist had assists.  
  Nixa is 13–5.

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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 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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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 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 7, 2010

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

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January 13, 2010

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

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January 18, 2010

Eagles beat top-ranked Hogan Prep
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Zac Hill’s 17 points helped power Nixa past Hogan Prep, ranked No. 1 in Class 3, by a 75–65 count on Sat­ur­day.
  Austin Rud­der net­ted four treys in his 15-point effort, Jor­dan Keeney scored 12 points and Seth Mat­lock and Ben Fisher had 10 apiece.
  The 15–1 Eagles vis­its Spring­field Kick­apoo on Tuesday. 

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January 21, 2010

Peltier attends USA Youth National Team try­outs
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Nixa sopho­more Regan Peltier attended the USA Vol­ley­ball High Per­for­mance Indoor eval­u­a­tions in Col­orado Springs, Co., as an invited train­ing mem­ber Dec. 26-Jan. 1.
  Play­ers were invited to the try­outs in prepa­ra­tion for the U.S. Girls Youth Train­ing Team’s trip to the NORCECA Girls Youth Con­ti­nen­tal Cham­pi­onship April 3–11 in Guatemala. 
  Pel­ter emerged as a first-alternate at mid­dle blocker for the 12-person team. 

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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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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 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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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

Eagles take two in one day
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — After hav­ing the sec­ond round of the Nixa Invi­ta­tional on Fri­day post­poned due to snow, the tourney’s four teams played two games on Sat­ur­day and the host Eagles emerged as cham­pi­ons.
  Nixa edged Mt. Ver­non 46–44 in semi­fi­nal action. The Eagles hit all eight of their free-throw attempts to seal their win.
  In the cham­pi­onship game, Nixa downed Kansas City O’Hara, ranked No. 2 in Class 4, 72–45. The Eagles scored 26 points in the first quar­ter and 25 in the fourth quar­ter.
  Ben Fisher had a team-high 15 points, while Zac Hill had 14, Kameron Bundy 11 and Jalen Nor­man 10.
  Nixa is 20–1 enter­ing its home game on Fri­day with Republic.

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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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Foot­ball sched­ules filled
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence foot­ball teams who have released their 2010 sched­ules are Bran­son, Carthage, Hol­lis­ter, Nixa and Reeds Spring.
Bran­son
  Week 1 — Carthage; Week 2 — Cassville; Week 3 — @ Webb City; Week 4 — @ Repub­lic; Week 5 — @ Willard; Week 6 — Ozark; Week 7 — Neosho; Week 8 — Spring­field Parkview; Week 9 — @ Spring­field Kick­apoo; Week 10 — @ Nixa
Carthage
  Week 1 — @ Bran­son; Week 2 — Ozark; Week 2  — @ Willard: Week 4 — @ Nixa; Week 4 — Neosho; Week 6 — @ imag­ine Col­lege Col­lege Prep Char­ter; Week 7 — Repub­lic; Week 8 — Webb City; Week 9 — @ Carl Junc­tion: Week 10 — McDon­ald County
Hol­lis­ter
  Week 1 — @ Marsh­field; Week 2 — Buf­falo; Week 3 — @ Spring­field Catholic; Week 4 — Boli­var; Week 5 — @ Reeds Spring; Week 6 — Rogersville; Week 7 — @ Stock­ton; Week 8 — Straf­ford; Week 9 — Fair Grove; Week 10 — @ Ash Grove
Nixa
  Week 1 — Cam­den­ton; Week 2 — @ Repub­lic; Week 3 — @ Mon­ett; Week 4 — Carthage; Week 5 — @ Webb City; Week 6 — @ Neosho; Week 7 — Spring­field Kick­apoo; Week 8 — @ Ozark; Week 9 — Willard; Week 10 — Bran­son
Reeds Spring
  Week 1 — @ Wil­low Springs; Week 2 — Boli­var; Week 3 — @ Rogersville; Week 4 — Fair Grove; Week 5 — Hol­lis­ter; Week 6 — @ Buf­falo; Week 7 — Marsh­field; Week 8 — Aurora; Week 9 — @ Mt. Ver­non; Week 10 — @ Spring­field Catholic
 

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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 26, 2010

Four COC teams to play for dis­trict titles
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Bran­son, Nixa, Repub­lic and Reeds Spring will square off on Sat­ur­day for dis­trict titles after all four posted semi­fi­nal wins on Thurs­day.
  In Class 5 Dis­trict 11 at Spring­field Parkview, the Pirates whipped Spring­field Kick­apoo 73–41 and the Eagles out­lasted Spring­field Parkview 60–48.  
  Bran­son received 23 points and 13 rebounds from Dana Thomas and 18 points from Tee Helsel.
  Bran­son and Nixa will tan­gle at 6 p.m. on Sat­ur­day.
  In Class 4 Dis­trict 11 at Repub­lic, the host Tigers whipped McDon­ald County 65–30 and the Wolves slipped past Cassville 62–54.
  Ben Selby’s 19 points paced Reeds Spring.
  Repub­lic and Reeds Spring will meet on Sat­ur­day at 2 p.m.

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February 28, 2010

Nixa, Repub­lic cap­ture dis­trict titles (Boys bas­ket­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPRING­FIELD — Nixa claimed the Class 5 Dis­trict 11 cham­pi­onship by beat­ing Bran­son 62–47 in an all-Central Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion final on Sat­ur­day.
  For Bran­son (24−4), the 47 points is a season-low.
  Nixa’s defense held the Pirates to 22 second-half points.
  Zac Hill topped the Eagles with 18 points. Avery Ding­man paced Bran­son with 21.
  Else­where on Sat­ur­day:
  — Repub­lic came back to win the Class 4 Dis­trict 11 cham­pi­onship in its 43–33 tri­umph over fel­low Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion mem­ber Reeds Spring.  
  The Tigers trailed 25–14 in the third quar­ter, before turn­ing the game around. Nic Yocum trig­gered the win­ners’ rally, scor­ing all 15 of his points in the sec­ond half.
  Reeds Spring received 16 points from Ben Selby. The Wolves scored 13 second-half points.

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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 29, 2010

Nixa wins its season-opener
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Nixa’s soc­cer team debuted with a 3–0 tri­umph over Lebanon on Fri­day.
  Lau­ren Moats recorded two goals and Court­ney Frerichs had one. Kesley Bartell con­tributed a pair of assists and Rachel Mur­phy one. Kristin Miller posted the shutout. 

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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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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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 Parkview out­lasts Nixa (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPRING­FIELD — Nixa’s girls soc­cer team lost 1–0 on penalty kicks to Spring­field Parkview on Tues­day.
  The teams were score­less through reg­u­la­tion and two 10-minute over­times, before Parkview con­verted on all five of its penalty kicks and Nixa con­verted on four.

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April 6, 2010

Nixa’s Miller up shutout streak to four (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Kristin Miller posted her fourth straight shutout to lead Nixa’s soc­cer team past Cam­den­ton 1–0 on Monday.

  Lau­ren Moats had the lone goal and was assisted by Shelby Zielke.

  Nixa is 3–1.

Boli­var downs Marsh­field
  Boli­var beat Marsh­field 3–1 to improve to 3–0.
  The Lady Lib­er­a­tors also own an 8–0 win over Bran­son adn a 4–1 win over Willard.

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Car­di­nals edge Eagles
 COCPrepSports.com Staff
  Nixa’s ten­nis team dropped a 5–4 deci­sion to Webb City.
Sin­gles
Gard­ner, Sam (12) L 0–8
McDow­ell, Devin (12) L 5–8
McDow­ell, Blake (11) L 3–8
Fen­wick, Char­lie (11) L 5–8
Barn­hardt, Brad (10) W 8–0
Dou­blin, Josh (10) W 8–0
Dou­bles
Gardner/B. McDow­ell W 8–8 (7−4)
D. McDowell/Barnhardt L 5–8
Fenwick/Doublin W 8–0

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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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Nixa wins by shutout (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON — Nixa rolled to a 7–0 win over Bran­son on Tues­day. 
  Kristin Miller and Lexi Stag­ner shared time at goal­keeper for the Lady Eagles. Rachel Mur­phy recorded two goals, while Ash­lyn Robil­lard, Lau­ren Moats, Jor­dyn Hoskins, Kelsey Bartell and Kelsey Haist all had one. Haist, Shelby Zielke, Court­ney Frerichs and Miller all had an assist.
  Nixa improved to 4–1.
  The Lady Eagles won the jayvee match 8–0. Haylee Wag­ner had a hat trick. 

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April 9, 2010

Nixa net­ters roll (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Nixa’s ten­nis team breezed to a 9–0 win over Way­nesville on Thurs­day. The Eagles won three tie-breaker matches.
Sin­gles
  No. 1 — Sam Gard­ner W 8–8 (7−3); No. 2 — Char­lie Fen­wick W 8–6; No. 3 — Brad Barn­hardt W 8–3; No. 4 — Josh Dou­blin W 8–0; No. 5 — Con­nor Bur­ton W 8–4; No. 6 — Kyle Thurston W 8–8 (9−7).
Dou­bles
  No. 1 —  Gardner-Barnhardt W 8–6; Fenwick-Doublin W 8–1; Burton-Thurston W 8–8 (7−5).

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April 12, 2010

Nixa falls in Red & Blue finale (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPRING­FIELD — Nixa’s base­ball team lost 5–2 to Green­wood (Ark.) in the Blue Divi­sion cham­pi­onship game at the Red & Blue Tour­na­ment on Sat­ur­day.
  The Eagles fell to 7–2. Green­wood, ranked No. 1 in Class AAAAA in Arkansas, is 17–0.
  Nixa totaled 36 runs in pool play wins over Moun­tain Home, Spring­field Hill­crest and Neosho. Sopho­more Dean Deetz pitched a no-hitter in his first var­sity start while beat­ing Hillcrest. 

Pirates whip Odessa
  At Bran­son on Fri­day, the Pirates clob­bered Odessa 12–7.
  Mike Comp­ton banged out three dou­bles and a triple and Tee Helsel had three hits for the Pirates.
  

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Lady Eagles improve to 7–1 (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Nixa’s soc­cer team col­lected a trio of wins over the week­end while upping its record to 7–1. The Lady Eagles beat Har­ri­son (Ark.) 7–1, shut out Rogersville 4–0 and edged Dubourg 2–1 in penalty-kicks.
  Rachel Mur­phy and Owen Goal both had two goals and one assists ver­sus Har­ri­son. Mur­phy also had a goal against Dubourg. Lau­ren Moats, Jo Pavlowsky, Brit­tany Kirk­patrick and Kelsey Bartell scored oppo­site Rogersville.
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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

Eagles beat Repub­lic, Mon­ett (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Nixa’s ten­nis team claimed an 8–1 tri­umph over Repub­lic on Thurs­day.
  The Eagles swept dou­bles play, win­ning by an 8–0 count in each match. Josh Dou­blin, Char­lie Fen­wick, Blake McDow­ell and Brad Barn­hardt all won in sin­gles and dou­bles.
  The Eagles shut out Mon­ett 9–0 on Wednes­day. They lost only five games in sin­gles play.
Neosho falls to Ozark
  At Ozark on Thurs­day, Neosho dropped a 7–2 deci­sion to the Tigers.
  The Wild­cats’ Matt Gar­rity won 8–1 at No. 2 sin­gles and teamed with Bo Mahr for a 9–7 win at No. 1 doubles. Neosho fell to 5–2 over­all and 2–2  in the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Division.

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Nixa ups record to 9–2 (Soc­cer roundup)

COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Kristin Miller posted a shutout in the Nixa soc­cer team’s 3–0 vic­tory over Boli­var on Thurs­day.
  Lau­ren Moats, Kelsey Haist and Kelsey Bartell col­lected goals for the 9–2 Lady Eagles. Moats had two assists.

 

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April 22, 2010

Neosho edges Carthage (Ten­nis roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Matt Gar­rity and Mike Kramer won in both sin­gles and dou­bles play to power Neosho past Carthage 5–4 in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion action on Mon­day.
  Gar­rity won at No. 2 sin­gles over Tim Daniels 8–4 and teamed with Bo Mahr for an 8–5 win at No. 1 dou­bles over Jor­dan Ward and Ryne Cough­lin. Kramer pre­vailed 8–6 over Reg­gie Lash­ley at No. 4 sin­gles and com­bined with Jere­miah Jen­nings for an 8–3 win at No. 3 dou­bles.
  On Tues­day, the Wild­cats downed Bran­son 7–2.
  Mahr, Gar­rity, Joey Cum­ming and Evan Clark were sin­gles and dou­bles win­ners.
  Neosho improved to 7–2 over­all and 4–2 in the COC Large Schools Divi­sion.
Nixa whips Hill­crest
  On Mon­day, Nixa picked up an 8–1 win over Spring­field Hill­crest.
  Brad Barn­hardt and Josh Dou­blin were both 8–0 sin­gles win­ners. Devin McDow­ell won a 7–4 tiebreaker at No. 2 sin­gles. The Eagles swept dou­bles play, win­ning 8–2 in all three matches.
  On Tues­day, Nixa shut out Reeds Spring 9–0.
  Dou­blin and McDow­ell won their sin­gles matches by an 8–0 count. Dou­blin teamed with Char­lie Fen­wick to win 8–0 at No. 2 dou­bles.
  The Eagles lost only 13 games.
Lib­er­a­tors win fifth in a row
  Boli­var ran its win­ning streak to five by beat­ing Clin­ton 7–2. The Lib­er­a­tors improved to 8–2.
  Trevor Sparks, Kyle Shoe­maker and Eli Samek won in both sin­gles and dou­bles.
  Sparks and Aug­gie New­berry are 10–2 at No. 1 dou­bles. Samek and Shoe­maker are 8–2 at No. 2 dou­bles.

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 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 24, 2010

Nixa’s Peltier to play in Guatemala
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Nixa mid­dle blocker Regan Peltier will play for the U.S. Girls Youth National Team (U-18) against teams from Canada, Jamaica and the Domini­can Repub­lic in pool play of the NORCECA Con­ti­nen­tal Cham­pi­onships in Guatemala begin­ning on Tuesday.

 

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April 28, 2010

Hat trick for Moats in Nixa win (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NIXA — Lau­ren Moats col­lected a hat trick in Nixa’s 8–0 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion tri­umph over Carthage on Tues­day.
  Brit­tany Kirk­patrick added two goals and Court­ney Frerichs, Jor­dyn Hoskins and Kesley Haist each had one. Kelsey Bartell had three assists, while Haist, Ash­lyn Robil­lard, Haylee Wag­ner and Tatum Mangum all had one.
  Kristin Miller posted the shutout as Nixa’s goalkep­per.
  Nixa is 11–3.
Rogersville beats Bolivar
  Rogersville recorded a 5–1 win over Bol­li­var on Tuesday.

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May 3, 2010

Boli­var claims Willard Tour­na­ment title (Soc­cer roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  WILLARD — Boli­var defeated Willard twice en route to win­ning the Willard Tour­na­ment title over the week­end.
  The Lady Lib­er­a­tors beat the Lady Tigers by counts of 3–1 and 4–1. Ear­lier, they knocked off Marsh­field 5–0.
Nixa downs Way­nesville
  Nixa beat non-conference foe Way­nesville 1–0 on Fri­day.
 

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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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