Several local girls wrestling teams competed at the Lady Vikings Holiday Tournament at Parkview High School.
There were 21 teams in attendance.
CARL JUNCTION HIGHLIGHTS
Bryanna McCabe finished sixth at 120 pounds, while Isabella Montez was ninth at 135 and Sarah Tyler took 13th place at 170.
MCDONALD COUNTY HIGHLIGHTS
Two McDonald County wrestlers finished second in their respective brackets, as Stacy Lopez-Apolinar was the runner-up at 155 and Gisel Aragon was second at 170.
Jaslyn Benhumea placed fourth at 115, Helen Martinez-Mazariegos was fifth at 155 and Rylie Huston was sixth at 140.
Ellysia Wasson placed eighth at 110, Candy Martinez-Mazariegos was 10th at 155 and Jazmynn Brewer took 11th at 145.
MONETT HIGHLIGHTS
Mary Jastal was the champion at 105 pounds.
Also for the Cubs, Brooke Bluel was third at 125, Lizeth Ramirez was fourth at 100 and Londi Torres-Ramos was 12th at 120.
WEBB CITY HIGHLIGHTS
Emma Combs took sixth at 170 pounds and Layla Espinoza was eighth at 140.
CARTHAGE, Mo. — The host Tigers went 2-3 at the Carthage Holiday Duals on Wednesday.
Carthage earned a 40-34 win over Lee’s Summit and a 39-34 victory over Raymore-Peculiar.
In other action, Hickman defeated Carthage 54-24, Liberty topped the Tigers 63-12 and Nixa edged the hosts 40-34.
CARTHAGE 40, LEE’S SUMMIT 34
Earning wins by fall for Carthage were Tanner Putt (106 pounds), Aydan Nye (126), Brandon Perez (138) and Grey Petticrew (150).
Grady Huntley earned a major decision, 14-4, at 120 pounds, while Bradyn Tate (132) and Trey Nye (157) earned decisions. Alberto Sales won by forfeit at 113.
CARTHAGE 39, RAYMORE-PECULIAR 34
Carthage’s Huntley, Bradyn Tate, Kip Castor (144) and Petticrew won their respective matches by fall.
Aydan Nye earned a 5-4 decision at 126, while Gabe Lambeth (165) and Jamison Moser (190) earned wins by forfeit.
HICKMAN 54, CARTHAGE 24
Castor (144), Petticrew (150) and David Recinos (285) all won by fall and Trey Nye won via forfeit.
LIBERTY 63, CARTHAGE 12
Carthage won three matches in this dual against Liberty, the top-ranked team in Class 4.
Lambeth won by fall at 165, while Bradyn Tate earned a 7-2 decision at 132 and Trey Nye defeated Isaiah Hung 13-11 in overtime at 157.
NIXA 40, CARTHAGE 34
Carthage’s Lambeth pinned Dylan Rebura at 165, while Putt, Sales and Huntley all earned wins by forfeit.
Petticrew picked up a major decision at 150, while Castor and Trey Nye also won matches by decision.
ROLLA, Mo. — The Carthage boys basketball team ended a five-game skid with a dominating 75-35 win over St. Pius X on Wednesday in the consolation semifinals of the 2022 US Bank Holiday Tournament at Missouri S&T.
The Tigers (4-5) will conclude tourney play at noon on Thursday in the event’s fifth-place game at Rolla High School.
Carthage took control of Wednesday’s contest from the start, as the Tigers raced out to a 25-4 lead.
Carthage’s halftime advantage was 46-14 and the Tigers were up comfortably 66-28 at the end of the third quarter.
Carthage senior guard Max Templeman scored a game-high 21 points and hit three 3-pointers. Templeman scored 19 points in the first half.
Justin Ray added 12 points for the Tigers, while Britt Coy scored 10 and Clay Kinder added nine. Overall, 11 different players scored for Carthage.
Before Wednesday, the Tigers had dropped five straight games by a combined 30 points, as four of the five losses came by single digits.
MCAULEY BOYS FALL TO TOURNEY HOSTS
WASHBURN, Mo. — The McAuley Catholic boys basketball team suffered a 55-31 setback to the host Trojans on Wednesday at the Southwest Holiday Tournament.
McAuley trailed by just three, 17-14, at halftime. Up 30-23 at the end of the third quarter, the Trojans outscored the Warriors 25-8 in the fourth quarter.
Noah Black and Rocco Bazzano-Joseph scored seven points apiece to lead the Warriors. Joe Staton added six points and Michael Parrigon had four.
Two players reached double figures for Southwest, as Lucas Paulsen scored 16 and Brendyn Paulsen added 14.
McAuley (4-8) will meet Gentry (Arkansas) in the tourney’s fifth-place game at 4:30 on Thursday.
The Trojans will meet Diamond at 7:30 in the title game, while Commerce (Oklahoma) meets Wheaton at 6 for third.
SPRINGFIELD CATHOLIC GIRLS 47, CARTHAGE 40
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A big second half propelled Springfield Catholic past Carthage 47-40 at the Pink and White Lady Basketball Classic on Wednesday at Kickapoo High School.
Carthage held a 23-17 lead at halftime, but the Irish outscored the Tigers 30-17 in the second half.
“A poor shooting second half doomed us down the stretch tonight,” Carthage coach Scott Moore said. “The kids worked hard, executed the plays and got themselves good looks. The shots just didn’t fall.
“We played great defense during the first half and boxed out the best I’ve seen us do all season,” Moore added. “So there are positives to take out of this loss. We just need to get back to working hard in practice to get us back to where we want to be for 32 minutes of game time execution. Last night, the defense let us down. Tonight, the offense didn’t hold up its end of the court. When we put both phases of the game together for 32 minutes, we will be the team no one wants to play. We have to come back after the new year with that thought in mind. Our best game is still ahead of us. We want to play that way in our next game.”
Lauren Choate led Carthage with 12 points. She hit a trio of 3-pointers. Kianna Yates added nine points and Maggie Boyd had eight.
Peyton Wiseman scored 15 points for Catholic and Katie Galligos added 14.
NEOSHO, Mo. — With three minutes and 12 seconds remaining in regulation during their Neosho Holiday Classic opener on Wednesday, all signs pointed toward a defeat for the host Neosho Wildcats against the Van Buren Pointers at Neosho Junior High.
Neosho’s Karlee Ellick scores inside for the Wildcats in their matchup with Van Buren on Wednesday in the Neosho Holiday Classic. Photo by Derek Livingston.
Van Buren’s Caylee Barbour heated up from 3-point range late in the third and early in the fourth quarter and her teammate Camryn Schmidt provided the other four points during a 10-2 run in the first 2:45 of the fourth that put the Pointers up 42-35.
Jaci Odom’s two free throws then gave Van Buren a 48-37 lead with 3:12 remaining.
After that, everything changed so dramatically that Neosho scored the game’s final 15 points and came out with a stunning 52-48 win.
The Wildcats’ turnover rate slowed down in the fourth, Reagan McInturff hit the go-ahead 3-point shot with just under a minute remaining, the Wildcats completely took the Pointers out of their offense that final 3:12, and Neosho made seven free throws down the home stretch.
“What we have been harping on them all season to break is this—when it gets tough, we fold up, we lay down and it’s over,” Neosho coach Daniel Durst said. “So, really, we had a timeout with about three minutes left and I just had that conversation with them. This is exactly what we fight against all the time, it’s just laying down and rolling over. Now you’ve got to stand up, you’ve got to sprint hard, and it’s got to be the three hardest minutes of defense you’ve ever played. They responded.”
Neosho led Van Buren 10-9 after one quarter, the teams were tied at 19 at halftime, and Neosho led 33-32 entering the fourth.
Turnovers slowed Neosho down — 21 after three quarters with seven in each quarter, but Neosho committed only three in the fourth.
Van Buren, meanwhile, committed seven in the fourth and finished with 23 turnovers.
“Turnovers killed us,” Durst said, “but I knew it was going to be a sloppy game coming off break because it always is. Luckily, we were able to pull that out.”
Neosho last played Dec. 19 against William Chrisman.
Neosho senior Karlee Ellick finished with a double-double with a game-high 17 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. She already had a double-double at halftime with 10 points and 13 rebounds in the first 16 minutes.
Neosho’s Raine Harris lets go of a jumper in the Wildcats’ matchup with Van Buren in the opening round of the Neosho Holiday Classic on Wednesday. Photo by Derek Livingston.
“She gets us going,” Durst said. “When teams pressure her, then we falter a little bit until we can get our bearings again.”
McInturff added 13 points, Beclynn Garrett scored all 11 of her points in the second half and came through with five assists, three rebounds and six steals after being slowed down by foul trouble in the first half, Maelynn Garrett and Avyn Blair each added four points, Raine Harris added two points, and Courtney Thomason rounded out the scoring with one point.
The Wildcats finished 15-25 (60 percent) from the line and owned a nine-point advantage on Van Buren in made free throws.
Van Buren made five more 3-point baskets (8-3) than Neosho.
Ellick’s work on the glass contributed to a 33-23 rebounding advantage for the Wildcats.
Aspen Cone and Schmidt each led Van Buren (7-6) with 11 points and Barbour had nine. Foul trouble in the second half slowed Cone down after she had nine points in the first half.
Neosho improved to 6-4 overall and the Wildcats play Whitehaven (Tenn.) in their next Holiday Classic game at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Neosho Junior High.
Whitehaven defeated St. Joseph Lafayette 58-46 on Wednesday.
NEOSHO BOYS 61, CASSVILLE 43
Neosho’s Isaiah Green absorbs contact on a drive to the hoop during the Wildcats’ matchup with Cassville in the opening round of the Neosho Holiday Classic on Wednesday. Photo by Derek Livingston.
Cassville led Neosho for all of 49 seconds and the game was tied for 2:15 during their Neosho Holiday Classic Black Division quarterfinal game Wednesday at Neosho High School.
Neosho went on to a 38-16 halftime lead behind a dominant 25-10 second quarter.
Cassville finished the contest with 20 turnovers, which led directly to 23 Neosho points and a 17-2 edge in fast break points for the host Wildcats.
“Defense is what we pride ourselves on,” Neosho coach Zane Culp said. “It’s not necessarily a press or anything special, it’s just about making them take tough shots. We started slow offensively … we got a groove going. They play a good 1-3-1 matchup zone, but once we got the feeling of it, we were in a good spot.”
Isaiah Green led Neosho with a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds and finished with six assists. Carter Baslee had 11 points and seven rebounds, Carter Fenske added 10 points, Michael Day contributed eight points off the bench, and Kael Smith and Jared Siler each added five, Collier Hendricks four, Brodie Arthur three, and Brock Franklin two points.
Aidan Cook finished with 12 points to lead Cassville.
Neosho, now 7-1 overall, plays the Crooked Oak (Okla.) Ruf-Nex in a semifinal game at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Neosho High School.
Neosho’s Carter Baslee works from the block during the Wildcats’ matchup with Cassville on Wednesday in the Neosho Holiday Classic. Photo Derek Livingston.
The Ruf-Nex roughed up East Newton 79-52 in their Holiday Classic opener Wednesday.
HUNTSVILLE (ARK.) BOYS 67, MCDONALD COUNTY 57
The Huntsville Eagles erased a 35-27 halftime deficit and earned a 10-point victory Wednesday over the McDonald County Mustangs with a 40-22 second half, including a 20-9 fourth quarter.
Huntsville took control for good of the contest with eight unanswered points in 83 seconds of the fourth quarter, turning a 53-51 deficit into a 59-53 lead with 3:11 remaining in regulation.
Huntsville’s guard tandem of Mason Davidson and Troy Lambert proved too much for the Mustangs, especially in the second half, and they finished with a combined 46 points (Davidson 24, Lambert 22).
McDonald County’s Cross Dowd scored a game-high 25 points.
“I thought we came out in the first half and had a decent amount of energy,” McDonald County coach Brandon Joines said. “We executed pretty well. Second half, they had more of the energy, and they had the little extra spark to get going and we struggled to score the ball. We got a little hesitant with our movement and bad things started to happen.
“Then, on the other end of the floor, defensively, we let two guys (Davidson, Lambert) who are solid scorers, and they can shoot the ball … we let them shoot for free.”
McDonald County dropped to 5-5 on the season overall and the Mustangs face Sapulpa (Okla.) in a Black Division consolation semifinal at 10 a.m. Thursday at Neosho Junior High.
Sapulpa took a 51-50 loss Wednesday against Monett.
