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Day: April 13, 2022

TRACK & FIELD ROUNDUP: Montez, Ward lead CJ girls at Nixa; Cavaliers set school records at Pierce City

Posted on by Jason Peake

 

MONTEZ, WARD LEAD CJ GIRLS AT NIXA

NIXA, Mo. — Carl Junction’s Ally Montez and Sydney Ward won two events apiece on Tuesday at the Nixa Eagle Invitational. 

A senior, Montez won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.87 seconds. A Pittsburg State signee, Montez also crossed the line first in the 300 hurdles in 46.08 seconds. 

A freshman, Ward won both the 100-meter dash (13.06 seconds) and the 200 (26.32). 

Also for the Bulldogs, Montez took second i n the 200, Emerson Lundien was the runner-up in the pole vault, Olivia Vediz placed third in the triple jump and Loren Lee finished fourth in the discus.

The CJ girls placed second in the 4×100 relay, with Vediz, Montez, Hannah Cantrell and Ward finishing in 51.07 seconds.

The CJ girls finished fifth in the team standings with 80.5 points. Nixa (141.5), Ozark (103.5), Republic (96.5) and Kickapoo (85) were the top four teams.

The top finisher for the CJ boys was Caleb Graham, who placed second in the pole vault by clearing 12 feet even. 

Also for the Bulldogs, Eli Haynes took fifth in the javelin and Parker Epperson finished seventh in the triple jump. 

The top four boys teams were Republic (152), Nixa (146), Kickapoo (89) and Ozark (74). 

 

CAVALIERS SET SCHOOL RECORDS AT PIERCE CITY

PIERCE CITY , Mo. — The Thomas Jefferson Cavaliers were among the teams competing at the Pierce City Invitational on Tuesday.

Two members of the Cavaliers set school records at the event. 

For the TJ boys, Kip Atteberry placed second in both the 1600 and the 3200. Cavaliers coach Junior Joseph said Atteberry set a school record in the 1600 with his time of 4:43.42. 

Elias Rincker took second in the 300 hurdles. 

For the TJ girls, Alivia Beard finished third in the 100-meter dash with a school record time of 13.16 seconds.

Also for the Thomas Jefferson girls, Nico Carlson was the runner-up in the high jump, Avery Hocker placed third in the triple jump and Gabbi Hiebert was third in the high jump.

The 4×100 relay team of Carlson, Hiebert, Leah Studer and Beard finished third. 

 

BOYS TENNIS ROUNDUP: Joplin falls to Carthage; Thomas Jefferson remains undefeated; Carl Junction tops Neosho

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CARTHAGE 9, JOPLIN 0

CARTHAGE, Mo. — The host Carthage Tigers earned a clean sweep over the Joplin Eagles in a Central Ozark Conference boys tennis dual on Tuesday at CHS.

“We had some close matches this afternoon against Carthage, particularly in singles,” Joplin coach Aaron Stump said. “Joseph Graham and Adam Badr lost close games after reaching deuce. Hunter Merkley had a strong showing, starting out even with his opponent before falling behind late in the match. Wind played a big factor in the matches, with gusts of up to 40 miles per hour.”

At No. 1 doubles, Carthage’s Charles Snow and Silas Laytham defeated Joplin’s Graham and Badr 8-3.

Carthage’s Danilo Lopez-Gramajo and William Wallace beat Michael Mancipe and Merkley 8-3 at No. 2 doubles.

At No. 3 doubles, Carthage’s Rolman Paxtor-Elias and Eli Scott defeated Josiah Hazlewood and Aidan Kester 8-1.

In singles, Snow defeated Graham 8-5 at No. 1 and Laytham edged Badr 9-7 at No. 2.

Lopez-Gramajo beat Mancipe 8-2, Tyler Howard defeated Hazlewood 8-3, Wallace beat Merkley 8-4 and Paxtor-Elias topped Kester 8-2.

Joplin is scheduled to compete at the Springfield Invitational on Wednesday. 

Carthage is at Republic on Thursday. 

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON 9, MOUNT VERNON 0

The Cavaliers improved to 6-0 this season with yet another clean sweep, this one coming against the visiting Mountaineers.

In singles matches played at the TJ courts, Thomas Jefferson’s Ian Ding beat Curtis Meyer 8-0, Prithvi Nagarajan defeated Alvin Reid 8-2, Tyler Brouhard topped Isaac Burks 8-0, Lala Qian beat Tyler Moore 8-3, Hari Nagarajan defeated Gabriel Newman 8-0 and Devan Murali knocked off Ben McKay 8-1.

In doubles, Ding-Brouhard beat Meyer-Reid 8-0, P. Nagarajan-Qian defeated Burks-Newman 8-0 and H. Nagarajan-Murali topped Moore-McKay 8-1.

The Cavaliers will host Clever on Thursday. 

 

CARL JUNCTION 7, NEOSHO 2

The Bulldogs won two of three doubles matches and all but one of the singles matches against the Wildcats on Tuesday in a Central Ozark Conference clash.

Carl Junction’s Blaine Wilkerson and Dan Hodson defeated Christian Williams and Chandler Weber 8-2 at No. 1 doubles, while Cameron Ball and Jayden Wolf edged Wesley Williams and Aryan Arora 8-6 at No. 3.

At No. 2 doubles, Neosho’s Peyton Williams and Jacob Leibham beat Benjamin Morey and William Russell 8-4.

The Bulldogs won five of the six singles matches.

Wilkerson defeated Christian Williams 8-2, Hodson beat Weber 8-2, Morey topped Peyton Williams 8-4, Russell defeated Leibham 8-2 and Wolf beat Arora 8-1. Neosho’s Wesley Williams defeated Ball 9-7.

Carl Junction is at the Springfield Invitational on Wednesday, while Neosho is at Ozark on Thursday. 

 

The Joplin Eagles competed at Carthage High School on Tuesday. The Tigers defeated the Eagles 9-0. Joplin’s Joseph Graham is pictured. Courtesy photo.

BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Carthage tops CJ; McDonald County beats Lamar; Neosho falls

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CARTHAGE BASEBALL 11, CARL JUNCTION 2

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage hung crooked numbers on the scoreboard in the fourth and fifth innings on the way to a Central Ozark Conference win over Carl Junction on Tuesday at Carl Lewton Stadium.

The Tigers (6-6) and Bulldogs (5-8) played just four days prior in the Bill O’Dell Tournament championship game, with Carl Junction walking away with the 7-1 win. Carthage took control of the rematch with six runs crossing home in the third inning before three more Tigers touched the plate in the fourth to build a 9-1 lead en route to the conference win.

Bradyn Tate earned the win after allowing two runs on nine hits, three walks and two strikeouts in six innings. Parker Copeland allowed one hit, walked one and struck out one in an inning of relief. 

Shane Diskin took the loss after allowing six runs, five earned, on seven hits, two walks and two strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings. Kyler Perry allowed three unearned runs on two hits, a walk and five strikeouts in 1 2/3 relief innings. Lucas Vanlanduit and Jordan Woodruff each allowed one unearned run on one hit and two strikeouts in one relief inning. Vanlanduit also walked a batter.

Caden Kabance, Logan Carmickle and Kanen Vogt doubled in three of the first four at-bats by the Tigers in the bottom of the fourth inning, with Nate Norbury adding a hit-by-pitch, to give the Tigers a 3-1 advantage. Drew Musche added a bases-clearing one-out double to right field with the bags full later in the inning to push the lead to 6-1. Carthage scored three unearned runs in the fifth aided by three CJ errors in the inning.

Kabance had two hits and scored a run, while Vogt went 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored. Musche had a hit and drove in a team-high three runs.

Brentley Rowden led CJ at the plate with three hits and an RBI, while Diskin doubled and scored a run.

Carthage hosts Nixa on Thursday.

Carl Junction hosts Republic on Thursday.

 

REPUBLIC BASEBALL 4, NEOSHO 3

NEOSHO, Mo. — Republic broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the top of the sixth inning on the way to a win over Neosho on Tuesday at the Neosho Athletic Complex.

The Tigers (7-8) broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the third and one more in the fourth to build a 3-0 advantage. The Wildcats (9-4) tied the game up with a three-run fifth inning before Republic scored the go-ahead run an inning later.

Cole Iles earned the complete-game win for Republic after allowing three runs, one earned, on six hits and four strikeouts in seven innings.

Austin Rodriguez took the loss after allowing four runs, three earned, on five hits, three walks and eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Quenton Hughes didn’t allow a run in 1 2/3 relief innings, surrendering one hit and striking out three.

Trailing 3-0 heading into the fifth, Neosho cut the lead to 3-1 on an RBI single to left from Matthew Velcasco before a run came home to score with two outs on an error by Republic later in the inning. The Wildcats tied the game up on Wyatt Shadwick’s RBI double to left that scored Velasco.

Devon Hughes plated the go-ahead run for the Tigers in the top of the sixth inning with an RBI single through the left side of the infield.

Shadwick had two hits and an RBI, while Carter Fenske added two hits and a run scored.

 

MCDONALD COUNTY BASEBALL 6, LAMAR 1

ANDERSON, Mo. — The Mustangs plated three runs in both the third and sixth innings.

McDonald County’s Cole Martin went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored, while Levi Helm added two hits. 

Helm was the winning pitcher. He allowed one run on two hits and struck out 10 in 4 2/3 innings. Isaac Behm pitched the final 2 2/3 innings, allowing just a walk.

Lamar’s Ryan Davis allowed three earned runs on five hits in five innings. Robert Lawrence gave up two earned runs on two hits in an inning of relief. 

The Tigers were limited to two hits, one apiece by Mason Gastel and Stetson Wiss. Chase Querry had the lone RBI. 

BASEBALL: Two-out barrage fuels Joplin’s 11-1 win over Harrisonville in 5 innings

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Joplin trailed 1-0 heading into the last of the second inning before sending 14 batters to the plate on the way to a nine-run frame, all scoring with two outs, to highlight an 11-1 win in five innings over Harrisonville in non-conference action on an extremely windy Tuesday at the JHS Athletic Complex.

“I didn’t think we came in with the best approach at the plate,” Joplin coach Brenden Schneider said. “We talked to them after the first inning and made some adjustments. You have to give the kids credit because as soon as they came back to the dugout, they were talking to each other about the adjustments. … Once we started getting guys on base, the energy was up and I think that was a big part of that second inning.”

Schneider, the team’s pitching coach, made his debut in the third-base coaching box for the Eagles’ matchup with the Wildcats after Joplin head coach Kyle Wolf was serving a one-game vacation after a disagreement with an umpire over the weekend in the Hollister/Willard Festival.

“I am sure there was a little bit of nervousness because you don’t want to let the big guy down,” Schneider said with a smile. “I am sure (Coach Wolf) was out there watching somewhere. … It’s one of those things where it’s just so much fun being out here and coaching the varsity guys. I am so used to coaching the JV guys and the speed at varsity is just so much faster. It’s a lot of fun being over there in the third-base box, but I’ll be glad to have Kyle back on Thursday.”

ON DECK

Joplin’s win snaps a two-game skid and gets the Eagles back to .500 with a 7-7 record. The Eagles host Branson (11-4) in Central Ozark Conference action on Thursday at the JHS Athletic Complex.

“Branson is a good ballclub this year and they are playing great baseball against everybody,” Schneider said about the bounce-back win. “Ultimately, getting back on the right track (against Harrisonville) was something we desperately needed. It is a big conference game on Thursday for us.”

PITCHING

Brady Mails started and earned the complete-game win for Joplin after allowing one run on three hits, a walk and three strikeouts on 54 pitches in five innings.

“That first inning, he didn’t seem as sharp and was picking around the zone a little bit,” Schneider said. “When he came in, we talked about it a little bit. When he went back out there, he just pounded the zone. Good things happen when you pound the zone.”

Tucker Vassar started and took the loss after allowing nine runs on seven hits, two walks and three strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings. Nathan Lyon allowed two runs on six hits, a walk and a strikeout in 2 1/3 relief innings.

GAME ACTION

Harrisonville took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second after Vassar drew a leadoff walk and came around to score on an RBI groundout from Layne Curtis.

Joplin charged back in the bottom half of the inning, scoring nine runs on seven hits to take control of the contest. 

“Ultimately, I think that really comes down to this group being a scrappy bunch,” Schneider said. “There’s no one in this lineup who can’t get on base for us, and there is nobody in this lineup that can’t find a way to spark some energy. Top to bottom, that is what really helps us out a lot.”

The Eagles tied the game up when Byler Reither singled down the right-field line on a 3-2 pitch with two outs to score Jackson Queen. The Eagles took the lead in the next at-bat when Bodee Carlson ripped a ball to the gap in left-center with the runner in motion on the pitch for an RBI triple for a 2-1 advantage.

“Those hits were huge,” Schneider said. “Even the hit-by-pitch (by Jackson), that is a guy getting up on the plate and finding a way to get on base. Then with two outs in the inning, (Byler) finding a way to turn the lineup over was huge and (Bodee’s) triple was a game changer for us.”

Carlson came home on a passed ball, and Kyler Stokes picked up an RBI with a triple to straight away center field before touching home on a single through the left side by Ethan Guilford to make the score 5-1. Guilford stole second and third, with the throw to third finding right field to allow Guilford to touch home. Queen drove home two more with a single up the middle before Reither wrapped the scoring with an RBI single on a popup to first. 

Joplin capped the win when Guilford ripped a ball over the wall in left with a runner on for a two-run home run to end the game via run rule in the bottom of the fifth.

AT THE PLATE

Guilford homered on the way to three hits, three RBI and two runs scored, while Stokes had three hits, including a double and a triple, to go along with two runs scored and an RBI. Carlson tripled for one of his three hits and added an RBI and a run scored. Reither had two hits, drove in one and scored once.

BOYS GOLF: Joplin takes first at Horton Smith invite; Eagles have won 4 of 5 events

Posted on by Jason Peake

 

The Joplin High School boys golf team is off to a stellar start to the spring season. 

How, you ask? The Eagles have now won four out of five tournaments.   

Joplin claimed the team championship at the Horton Smith Invitational on a windy Tuesday at Schifferdecker Golf Course.

After 18 holes of competition, the Eagles finished with a four-person score of 306. Webb City was second with a 316, while Carthage took third with a 322 and Carl Junction finished fourth with a 327.

Joplin’s Harry Satterlee was the individual medalist with a 1-under-par 70. Nevada’s Owen Swearingen was the individual runner-up with a 3-over-par 74.

Also for Jack Pace’s Eagles, Hobbs Campbell carded 78 and Wyatt Satterlee and Gabe De Leon both turned in identical scores of 79 to give JHS four players in the 70s. Joplin’s Ian Surbrugg shot 93.

In five outings, the Eagles have captured four tourney titles to go along with a runner-up finish.

Webb City’s Keegon Dill and Braxten Cahoon both carded 75 to tie for third place, while Josh Howard had a 78, Cooper Forth turned in an 88 and Levi Lassiter had an 89. 

Max Templeman’s 77 led the way for Carthage, finishing fifth overall. Also competing for the Tigers were Britt Coy (80), Owen Derryberry (80), Ben Nicholas (85) and Colson Brust (110). 

Carl Junction’s Jack Spencer and Noah Williams both carded 79, while Jacob Teeter shot 81. Also competing for the Bulldogs were Zach Wrensch (88) and Tommy Walker (94). 

McAuley Catholic’s Evan D’Amour carded 82 and Seneca’s Eli Olson and Jeremy Haase carded 87 and 88, respectively. 

Thomas Jefferson’s top performers were Jake Jarrett and Luke Miller, as both shot 95. College Heights’ top score was a 98 from Logan Decker. 

Also of note, the top 12 finishers at Tuesday’s tourney were invited to compete for the Joplin Horton Smith Cup team that will play Springfield this summer. 

 

The Joplin High School boys golf team took first place at Tuesday’s Horton Smith Invitational at Schifferdecker Golf Course. The Eagles have won four of the five tournaments they’ve competed at this spring. Courtesy photo.

 

Horton Smith Invitational

(At Schifferdecker Golf Course)

Team scores: Joplin 306, Webb City 316, Carthage 322, Carl Junction 327, Seneca 359, Thomas Jefferson 393, Lockwood 428.

 Top individuals: Harry Satterlee 70, Owen Swearingen 74, Keegon Dill 75, Braxten Cahoon 75, Max Templeman 77, Hobbs Campbell 78, Josh Howard 78, Jack Spencer 79, Noah Williams 79, Wyatt Satterlee 79, Gabe De Leon 79, Britt Coy 80, Owen Derryberry 80.

 

TEAM BY TEAM RESULTS: 

JOPLIN (306): Harry Satterlee 70, Hobbs Campbell 78, Wyatt Satterlee 79, Gabe De Leon 79, Ian Surbrugg 93.

WEBB CITY (316): Keegon Dill 75, Braxten Cahoon 75, Josh Howard 78, Cooper Forth 88, Levi Lassiter 89. 

CARTHAGE (322): Max Templeman 77, Britt Coy 80, Owen Derryberry 80, Ben Nicholas 85, Colson Brust 110.

CARL JUNCTION (327): Jack Spencer 79, Noah Williams 79, Jacob Teeter 81, Zach Wrensch 88, Tommy Walker 94. 

SENECA (359): Eli Olson 87, Jeremy Haase 88, Jace Wilson 91, Tyler Campbell 93, Evan Davidson 103. 

THOMAS JEFFERSON (393): Jake Jarrett 95, Luke Miller 95, Caden Myers 101, Tony Touma 102, Jack Tyrell 103. 

LOCKWOOD (428): Kolton Kleeman 96, Logan Pittsenbarger 101, Reed Gastel 114, Kaden Gallup 117. 

COLLEGE HEIGHTS: Logan Decker 98, Hudson Clevenger 111, Gavin Doll 114.

MCAULEY CATHOLIC: Evan D’Amour 82, Jeffery Horinek 108, Jadyn LaFerla 135.

NEVADA: Owen Swearingen 74, Cordell Cox 99, Preston Drake 110.

 

The Webb City Cardinals finished second in the team standings at Tuesday’s Horton Smith Invitational.

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