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BOYS DISTRICT HOOPS: Webb City, Neosho both suffer season-ending setbacks

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SoMo Sports staff reports

 

WILLARD, Mo. — Webb City and Neosho both suffered season-ending setbacks to higher seeds on Tuesday night in the semifinals of the Class 5 District 6 boys basketball tournament at Willard High School.

Second-seeded Parkview upended third-seeded Webb City 75-54, while top-seeded Bolivar knocked off fourth-seeded Neosho 61-22.

Parkview (19-8) will take on Bolivar (24-3) at 7:30 on Friday night in the district title game. 

All four semifinalists entered the night state-ranked. Bolivar is ranked third, with Webb City sixth, Parkview eighth and Neosho ninth. 

 

PARKVIEW 75, WEBB CITY 54

The Vikings used a spirited 20-1 run in the first half to take control. 

The Cardinals led 9-8 after hoops from Dupree Jackson, Dante Washington and Trey Roets, but the Vikings closed the first quarter on a 15-1 run to take a 23-10 lead. 

Parkview then scored the first five points of the second quarter to go up by 18. 

Treys from Jackson and Max Higginbotham kept the Cardinals within striking distance, but the Vikings answered with 3-pointers from Kevin Parker and Elijah Whitley.

Hoops in the paint from Tomas Hill and Marcus Price gave Parkview a 42-20 lead. 

The Vikings held a 45-22 advantage at intermission. Parkview made seven 3-pointers in the first half. 

Kaden Turner scored seven points in the third period for the Cardinals, but Webb City’s deficit was 64-36 entering the fourth quarter. 

Parkview was up 69-39 early in the final frame en route to the lopsided win. 

Whitley scored a game-high 25 points for Parkview, while Price added 17.

A junior forward, Roets led the Cardinals with 15 points. Turner added 12 points, while Jackson had eight. 

The Cardinals, who were looking to advance to a district title game for the seventh straight season, end the season with a record of 18-9. 

Webb City’s seniors are Cohl Vaden, Isaiah Brisco, Baylor Dickinson, Turner, Higginbotham and Jackson.

 

BOLIVAR 61, NEOSHO 22

Last year’s Class 5 runner-up, Bolivar built a 17-point lead by intermission and then blew the game open in the third period en route to victory. 

The Liberators led 14-5 at the end of the first quarter after scoring nine unanswered points during the opening frame. 

Bolivar went up 25-9 after Cooper Cribbs drilled his third 3-pointer of the second quarter. 

The Liberators led 28-11 at halftime. 

Bolivar extended its lead to 47-17 after two treys from Cribbs, a 3-pointer from Kaden Griswold and a hoop inside by Lukas Gabani. 

The Liberators outscored the Wildcats 24-6 in the third quarter for a comfortable 52-17 lead. 

Gabani led the Liberators with 17 points, while Kyle Pock and Cribbs scored 15 points apiece. 

K’dyn Waters scored nine points to lead Neosho, while Kael Smith added seven points. 

Waters is Neosho’s lone senior, so the Wildcats will return a solid core next winter. 

The Wildcats end the season with a record of 17-11. It was the program’s winningest season since 2005.

 

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