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Day: October 7, 2022

GIRLS GOLF: Local athletes unable to advance to state at Class 3 District 3 tourney

Posted on by Jason Peake

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Joplin area did not have a state qualifier at the MSHSAA Class 3 District 3 girls golf tournament on Friday at the Bill & Payne Stewart Golf Course.

The top two teams were Glendale (309) and Helias Catholic (364). Both schools advanced full squads. 

Carl Junction, Webb City and McDonald County had athletes competing at the event, but none were able to finish in the top 12 after the golfers from the qualifying teams were excluded.

Glendale’s Page Bowman was the individual district champion with a 74. 

The final individual qualifiers, Willard’s Emma Howard and Bolivar’s Elle Robinson, both shot 99.

Carl Junction’s Rylee Sprague and Olivia Teeter both shot 102, McDonald County’s Fayth Ogden carded 104 and Carl Junction’s Anna Burch and Webb City’s Jacie Crouch both shot 105.

Also competing for Carl Junction were Addison Teeter (107) and Jasmine Woerner (117). Also competing for Webb City were Avry Hodson (109), Langlee Walker (117) and Isabella Manes (126) and Farryn Holcomb (141). Also competing for Mac County were Kelsie Lilly (116), Kyla Moore (121), Raygan Allgood (130) and Danika Watson (142).

 

FULL RESULTS: https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictResult.aspx?alg=24&class=3&district=3&year=2022

 

GIRLS TENNIS: Cavaliers, Mountaineers advance to individual state tourney

Posted on by Jason Peake

Thomas Jefferson advanced a pair of singles players to the Class 1 individual state tournament, and Mount Vernon’s doubles team also moved on at Friday’s Class 1 Sectional 6 tourney that was held at the TJ courts.

In singles play, Thomas Jefferson’s Allison Ding defeated Harrisonville’s Kayleigh Norris 6-2, 6-2 and teammate Jeanna Jeyaraj beat Harrisonville’s Abigail Overbay 6-4, 6-3.

In doubles, Bolivar’s Sophia Vestal and Reagan Hunt defeated Thomas Jefferson’s Kyla Yang and Mayson Solum 6-0, 6-1.

Mount Vernon’s doubles team of Isabella Mosley and Allison Schubert advanced by beating Bolivar’s Brynley Waters-Kami Bryan 6-1, 6-1.

The individual state tournament begins on Oct. 14 in Springfield. 

VOLLEYBALL: District tournament pairings released for area schools

Posted on by Jason Peake

District tournament seeds and brackets have been released for area volleyball teams.

 

CLASS 5 DISTRICT 7

Joplin is the fourth seed and Carthage is the sixth seed for the Class 5 District 7 tournament, which will be hosted by Lee’s Summit High School.

In quarterfinal games on Oct. 20, top-seeded Lee’s Summit West takes on eighth-seeded Raytown at 5, fourth-seeded Joplin meets fifth-seeded Lee’s Summit North at 6, second-seeded Lee’s Summit plays seventh-seeded Raymore-Peculiar at 5 and third-seeded St. Teresa’s Academy takes on sixth-seeded Carthage at 6. 

The semifinals are slated for 3 and 4:30 on Oct. 22. 

The district title match is at 6:30 on Oct. 25.

 

CLASS 5 DISTRICT 6

Republic is the host of this district, which features the Neosho Wildcats.

In Oct. 22 quarterfinals, top-seeded Nixa meets eighth-seeded Waynesville at 3, fourth-seeded Republic takes on fifth-seeded Lebanon at 4:30, second-seeded Kickapoo plays seventh-seeded Neosho at 6 and third-seeded Ozark meets sixth-seeded Springfield Central at 7:30.

The semifinals are slated for 6 and 7:30 on Oct. 24, with the title match following at 6 on Oct. 25.

 

CLASS 4 DISTRICT 6

Webb City and Carl Junction are the top two seeds in this district, which will be hosted by Willard High School.

On Oct. 22, top-seeded Webb City meets eighth-seeded Parkview at 1, fourth-seeded Glendale takes on fifth-seeded Hillcrest at 2:30, second-seeded Carl Junction plays seventh-seeded McDonald County at 4 and third-seeded Branson meets sixth-seeded Willard at 5:30.

The semifinals are at 5 and 7 on Oct. 24. 

The district title match is slated for 6 p.m. on Oct. 25.

 

CLASS 3 DISTRICT 12

Mount Vernon will host.

On Oct. 20, fourth-seeded Mount Vernon plays fifth-seeded Cassville at 5, while third-seeded Nevada meets sixth-seeded Monett at 6:15.

Top-seeded Aurora awaits the Mount Vernon-Cassville winner in the Oct. 24 semifinals, while second-seeded Seneca awaits either Nevada or Monett.

The title match is at 6 on Oct. 25.

 

CLASS 2 DISTRICT 11

East Newton is the host.

On Oct. 20, fourth-seeded Sarcoxie meets fifth-seeded East Newton at 4 before third-seeded Pierce City takes on sixth-seeded Southwest at 6.

The top two seeds, No. 1 Lamar and No. 2 Diamond, will play the quarterfinal winners in the semifinals on Oct. 22.

The title match is at 6 on Oct. 24.

 

CLASS 1 DISTRICT 11

Thomas Jefferson will host this district tourney.

On Oct. 20, fourth-seeded Liberal meets fifth-seeded Thomas Jefferson, second-seeded College Heights Christian takes on seventh-seeded Bronaugh and third-seeded McAuley Catholic plays sixth-seeded Sheldon.

Top-seeded Jasper awaits the Liberal-TJ winner in the semifinals on Oct. 22. The second semifinal will feature the CHC-Bronaugh winner against the McAuley-Sheldon winner.

The district title match is slated for 5:30 on Oct. 25.

VOLLEYBALL ROUNDUP: Joplin beats Willard in 5 ; CJ beats Branson in 4; Seneca, Mac County and TJ earn sweeps; Webb City falls 

Posted on by Lucas Davis

 

JOPLIN WINS OVER WILLARD IN FIVE

WILLARD, Mo. — Joplin took the first two sets before Willard rallied back to force a fifth set, which the Eagles took to finish off the 25-12, 25-12, 22-25, 19-25 and 15-11 win in Central Ozark Conference action on Thursday.

Joplin improves to 13-10-1, 2-4 COC.

Bailey Owens had 16 kills and six digs, while Serafina Auberry finished with 11 kills, 15 digs and a block. Jayla Hunter finished with 31 digs, while Abby Hembree had six kills, 28 assists and 10 digs. Paisley Parker had four kills and 18 digs, while Adalynn Niorfalise had 12 assists and four digs. Janiah Vaughn added six kills and Raelin Calderon had five kills and three aces.

Joplin hosts Neosho on Tuesday in conference action.

 

CARL JUNCTION BEATS BRANSON IN FOUR SETS

BRANSON, Mo. — Carl Junction won the opener before dropping the second set and recovering to win the final two sets in a 25-16, 14-25, 5-19 and 25-22 win over Branson in Central Ozark Conference action on Thursday.

Carl Junction improves to 15-7-1, 4-2 COC.

Jocelyn Brown finished with 35 digs, while Kylie Scott added 17 kills, 15 digs and three aces. Lo Jones finished with 44 assists and 12 digs, while Abby Wilson had 12 digs and nine kills. Karissa Chase added 14 kills in the win.

The Bulldogs take part in the Lebanon Pinkfest tournament on Saturday with matchups against Helias Catholic, Marshfield and West Plains.

 

SENECA SWEEPS MONETT

MONETT, Mo. — Seneca went on the road and earned a 25-13, 25-12 and 25-13 sweep over Monett on Thursday. 

With the win, the Indians improved to 14-8-1 and moved to 4-0 in Big 8 Conference play.

Brylee Sage finished with 28 assists and five aces, while Parker Long had nine kills, eight digs and five aces. Jera Jameson added seven kills and a block, with Braxton Raulston adding nine kills and nine digs.

Seneca is at Lamar on Tuesday.

 

THOMAS JEFFERSON SWEEPS VERONA

VERONA, Mo. — Thomas Jefferson earned a 26-24, 25-17 and 25-11 win over Verona on Thursday.

Mary Nguyen had nine digs, nine assists, six aces and two kills, while Nico Carlson added seven kills, six digs and an assist. Gabbi Hiebert finished with four assists, two kills and a dig. Lannah Grigg had 11 kills, six digs, four aces, an assist and a block. Macie Shifferd finished with three digs, three assists, two kills and an ace. Marley Flanagan had five dings, a kill and an ace. Maggie Sutton had two aces, two digs and a kill. 

 

WEBB CITY FALLS AT REPUBLIC

REPUBLIC, Mo. — Webb City won the first two sets before Republic rallied for a 3-2 win over the Cardinals in Central Ozark Conference play.

The Tigers topped the Cardinals 22-25, 22-25, 25-22, 25-20, 16-14.

Brenda Lawrence compiled 16 kills, eight digs and two blocks, while Aubree Lassiter contributed 15 kills and six digs. Kate Brownfield had 12 kills and nine digs, while Jaeli Rutledge chipped in eight kills and three blocks. 

Kyah Sanborn handed out 46 assists to go with eight digs, while Sophia Crane had a team-high 23 digs to go along with seven assists. 

Jenna Noel contributed 12 digs and three aces, while Kirra Long chipped in four kills and two blocks. 

Webb City (21-4-1) will compete at the Willard Tournament on Saturday. 

 

MUSTANGS SWEEP PATRIOTS

ANDERSON, Mo. — McDonald County defeated East Newton in straight sets, 25-13, 25-22, 26-24, on Thursday night in a Big 8 Conference clash.

Savannah Leib recorded eight kills and five blocks for the Mustangs, while Madison Parker added seven kills.

Jayden Forcum had 29 assists, while Hay Nay Way had a team-high 27 digs. Megan Elwood contributed 19 digs.

The Mustangs host Webb City on Monday. 

VOLLEYBALL: College Heights sweeps McAuley Catholic in rivalry match

Posted on by Lucas Davis

The College Heights Christian Cougars prevailed in a tight first set and then ran out to big leads in the second and third sets to come away with a 3-0 win (27-25, 25-18, 25-8) on Thursday against their Ozark 7 Conference and district rival McAuley Catholic.

College Heights senior Addie Lawrence made her return to the court after being out for the previous five matches dating back to Sept. 26 against Golden City.

College Heights’ Maddy Colin earns an assist with a set on Thursday against McAuley Catholic. Photo by Israel Perez.

“We didn’t know until yesterday, so she hadn’t touched a volleyball, other than it rolling to her on the bench, in 12 days,” College Heights coach Mary Colin said. “Just the basic chemistry. Our lineup changed again without us practicing with it, similar to when she was out, and we went to a new lineup. Honestly, the whole team responded from when she went out to stepping into new positions and new chemistry to today stepping back into our old spots and picking up where we left off. I was really proud of them.

“It took the team to get a minute into their rhythm. It took me a minute to get into my coaching rhythm. At one of those early timeouts, we talked about their rhythm and my rhythm and then they started to sync after that.”

College Heights and McAuley Catholic traded scoring runs in an exciting first set, and each team had set points until the Cougars finished out the set 27-25 with the last three points.

College Heights built a 23-13 lead in the second and the Cougars provided themselves plenty of room on the scoreboard to withstand a run of five unanswered points by the Warriors.

McAuley Catholic’s Kendall Ramsey earns a kill against College Heights on Thursday. Photo by Israel Perez.

College Heights scored the first nine and the final five points during a dominant third set.

Lauren Ukena served three straight aces during that 9-0 start and she closed out the match with a kill off a block.

“She’s an all-around player,” Colin said. “She has been for two years now. She’s an outside hitter, she’s primary passer on serve receive, and she serves and digs. She’s so fun to watch. She’s a very, very smart player. She’s going up against Lily (Black) at the net, she would cross course and go down the line or she would go right through the block. Every now and then, she’ll get trapped because she’ll go against someone (a lot taller) because she’s a shorter volleyball player. Her serve was on fire (Thursday). It was moving.”

College Heights improved to 18-6-1 overall and 3-1 Ozark 7, and the Cougars return home on Tuesday for their home finale against Purdy.

McAuley’s JoJo Wheeler passes a serve return against College Heights on Thursday. Photo by Israel Perez.

McAuley Catholic dropped to 18-12-2 overall and the Warriors return to action on Monday at home against Providence Academy (Arkansas).

“I was really proud of our play the first set especially because we switched up our lineup Wednesday,” McAuley Catholic coach Sarah Nangle said. “We ran a 6-2 all season with two setters, and we changed to one setter. We only had one practice for our new lineup and our new rotations. We’ve got players playing different spots again, and so I thought they did a great job that first set. They worked well together, they were fired up, and came up just short.

“In the second, I was proud that we rallied back. Our goal is always and try to score 18 points if we’re going to not win. Obviously, we didn’t do that in the third. We definitely lost track of fundamentals, moving our feet and passing the ball. Maddy Colin did a great job serving against us and being very, very aggressive.

“It was still a fun night of volleyball, and it’s not the end of our season. We still have a couple more home games and a couple more away games that we’re going to fight for, and we still have districts. We have time to improve and see what we can do better.”

Lawrence finished with 14 kills, while Ukena had 18 service points, eight of which were aces, and six kills. Maddy Colin had 30 assists, while Ava Masena finished with 10 digs.

Kloee Williamson led the Warriors with seven kills, Lily Black distributed 14 assists, JoJo Wheeler made eight digs, and Avery Gardner served five aces in the loss Thursday.

College Heights’ Libby Fanning earns a tip kill against McAuley Catholic on Thursday. Photo by Israel Perez.

DISTRICT GOLF: Nevada’s Cameron claims second straight district title, area athletes advance to state

Posted on by Jason Peake

 

MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. — Nevada’s Emree Cameron claimed medalist honors at the MSHSAA Class 2 District 3 girls golf tournament on Thursday at Randel-Hinkle Municipal Golf Course.

A sophomore, Cameron shot even-par 70 (34-36). Marshfield’s Marlene Edgeman was the runner-up with a 72.

All three of Nevada’s golfers qualified for state, as Riley Severance and Paige Hertzberg were among the top 12 golfers not on the qualifying teams.

Severance finished 10th overall with a 99 and Hertzberg tied for 14th with a 102. 

Nevada coach Brian Leonard noted this is the third straight season that Severance and Hertzberg have advanced to state, while this is Cameron’s second straight state berth. It was also Cameron’s second straight individual district championship. 

“I was very proud of these three girls,” Leonard said. “The golf course was shorter than usual, but the greens were very small, undulated…and very fast.  There were several hidden swells and breaks, which caused several golfers many headaches on the greens.”  

The Tigers’ trio weren’t the only local athletes to advance to state. 

Cassville’s Avery Chappell finished fourth with an 84 and Lamar’s Victoria O’Neal placed sixth with an 87.

Monett’s duo of Claire Nation (95) and Katie Geiss (106) and Cassville’s Maci Barton (108) were among the top 12 individuals not on the qualifying teams. 

Nation tied for eighth overall, while Geiss was 17th and Barton placed 18th. 

The top two teams were Rogersville (397) and Mount Vernon (405). 

The Mountaineers were led by Kenadi Killingsworth (92) and Madalyn Cook (95), who placed seventh and eighth overall, respectively. Mount Vernon’s four-person was rounded out by Madison Phillips (101) and Madilynn Schubert (117)

The Class 2 state tournament will be held on Oct. 17-18 at Silo Ridge in Bolivar.

 

Nevada High School is sending all of three of its golfers to the Class 2 state tournament. Coach Brian Leonard is pictured with Riley Severance, Emree Cameron and Paige Hertzberg.

DISTRICT GOLF: Carthage’s Gaddis advances to state tourney, season ends for Eagles

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Joplin High School hosted the MSHSAA Class 4 District 3 girls golf tournament on Thursday at Schifferdecker Golf Course.

The top two teams and the top 12 individuals not on the qualifying teams advanced to the state tournament.

Springfield Catholic (350) and Kickapoo (367) qualified their full squads to the state tournament.

The lone individual qualifier from the area was Carthage’s Shay Gaddis. 

A sophomore, Gaddis carded an 86 and tied for seventh place with Notre Dame de Sion’s Ava Hoehn and Raymore-Peculiar’s Samantha Larkins. 

Gaddis made par on six holes and had nine bogeys to go along with three double bogeys.

Springfield Catholic’s Lyla Louderbaugh was the individual medalist with a 1-under-par 70. 

Ozark’s Josey Roberts (72) and Springfield Catholic’s Grace Tiedemann (75) finished second and third, respectively. Rounding out the top five were Lee’s Summit West’s Brylie Ellis (81) and Kickapoo’s Sarah Trotman (83).

The final individual qualifiers were Ray-Pec’s McKenna Raymond and Central’s Hampton Richards. Both shot 95 and tied for 16th overall. 

Joplin’s Lindsey Belnap and Carthage’s Addison Foust both turned in identical scores of 101 and they tied for 25th place. They were six strokes back of the final state qualifier. Belnap is a senior, while Foust is a freshman.

Also competing for Joplin were Drew Yockey (104), Taylor Colson (113), Kenna Haley (116) and Chloe Friend (128). The Eagles finished eighth in the team standings (434) in their final outing of the ’22 season.

Brooklynn Detherage (148) also competed for Carthage. 

The Class 4 state tournament will be held on Oct. 17-18 at Twin Hills Golf and Country Club. 

 

FULL RESULTS: https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/DistrictResult.aspx?alg=24&class=4&district=3&year=2022

 

BOYS SWIMMING: Joplin wins home meet

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The host Eagles claimed the team championship at the Joplin Invitational boys swim meet on Thursday at the Missouri Southern Aquatic Center.

Joplin had 262 points and Camdenton was second with 228.5 points. Marshfield (195), Nevada (110.5), Seymour (26) and Parkview (26) rounded out the team standings.

The Eagles won four events.

Nathan Wardlow took first in two events, the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:24 and the 400 freestyle in 4:28. 

Zane Newman won the 100 freestyle in 58.53 seconds.

Newman was the runner-up in the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.95 seconds, while Ian Vermillion took second in the 400 freestyle in 5:16 and Jackson Mordica finished second in the 100 breaststroke (1:21). 

Isaiah Thom and Jordan Goins placed second and third, respectively, in the 100 butterfly. 

Finishing third in their events were Parker Hinman (200 freestyle, 100 free) and Mordica (200 IM), while Thom placed fourth in the 200 free. 

The Eagles won the 400 freestyle relay in 4:05, with Hinman, Newman, Vermillion and Wardlow swimming.

Joplin finished second in the 200 medley relay, with Hinman, Wardlow, Vermillion and Newman competing.

The Eagles were third in the 200 freestyle relay with a time of 2:10, with Mordica, Connor Intessimone, Goins and Thom swimming.

Nevada’s Kolton Evans won the 200 freestyle in 2:17. 

The Tigers took first in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:54, with Trace Gould, Kolton Evans, Karter Evans and Cooper Pennington competing.

 

The Joplin Eagles pose after winning their home invite on Thursday at MSSU. Courtesy photo.

SOFTBALL: Joplin falls to Waynesville in regular season finale

Posted on by Lucas Davis

WAYNESVILLE, Mo. — Joplin softball hit the road to close out the regular season and came out on the wrong side of a 2-1 loss to Waynesville on Thursday.

The Tigers scored a run in the third inning to take the initial lead and held Joplin off the scoreboard until the top of the sixth inning when the Eagles pushed across the tyring run with two outs. Waynesville responded immediately with a run in the bottom of the sixth and held on for the win.

Joplin’s regular season ends with a 22-10 record. The Eagles are the fifth seed in the Class 5 District 5 Tournament and play fourth-seeded Neosho (21-4) at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at Central Ballpark.

Emma Ray earned the complete-game win for the Tigers after allowing one run on four hits, two walks and 11 strikeouts in seven innings.

Jill McDaniel took the loss after allowing two runs on five hits, no walks and 10 strikeouts in six innings.

After two and a half scoreless innings of play, Waynesville got on the scoreboard with a single run in the third. After the first two hitters were retired, Jennifer Boyd reached on a bunt for a hit before stealing second and third base. Alyssa Hillman proceeded to drop down a bunt of her own, which scored the run and gave the Tigers the lead.

Joplin was able to tie the game in the top of the sixth inning with a two-out RBI single to left field to score Izzy Yust from second. Yust singled in the previous at-bat and stole second to get into scoring position. 

Waynesville rallied right back in the bottom of the sixth inning when Hillman led off the inning with a bunt single before Ray helped her own cause with a double to center field, which scored Hillman from first base for a 2-1 lead.

The game-tying run reached third base for Joplin with two outs in the top of the seventh inning after McDaniel reached on an error to lead the inning off. A groundout and a bunt moved her to third, where she was left stranded when the final out was made.

Yust had two hits and scored a run, while Munn had a hit and drove in one. Abby Lowery had a hit as well for the Eagles.

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