Rhett Hayward and Sutton Hanks didn’t see much varsity playing time for Ozark last season, but are two of the Tigers’ most compelling pre-season stories this time around.
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PAT DAILEY
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3/7/22
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Quinn Nelson had his mind all season on a Great Lakes Valley Conference award, but was recognized by the league’s coaches in a manner he never imagined.
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3/6/22
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JOPLIN — With Joplin’s All and Always Wright doing their thing at the other end of the court Wednesday, Nixa’s Kael Combs showed he isn’t all or always left.
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3/3/22
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JOPLIN — Kickapoo’s relentless barrage of 3-pointers Wednesday was such that Ozark’s Ethan Whatley was surprised the Chiefs didn’t have more than 16 3-pointers.
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3/3/22
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As tortuous and prolonged as the second half of Sparta’s Class 3 District 11 final Friday with Strafford might have seemed, the proceedings actually went by much too fast for the Trojans.
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2/25/22
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With Jacob Lafferty standing 6-foot-5 and Walker Loveland being 5-5, the consensus is it actually makes perfect sense they are best friends.
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2/24/22
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A thinking man’s point guard, Walker Loveland added up all aspects of Sparta’s Class 3 District 11 semifinal with Skyline that he was seeing and came to a conclusion.
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2/23/22
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Both Ozark’s boys and girls will be trying to take two from Carthage.
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PAT DAILEY
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2/23/22
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Looking back on the upset of Strafford that ultimately wasn’t for Sparta, the Lady Trojans didn’t accept an adversary they had worked more than 20 minutes to seemingly embrace.
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PAT DAILEY
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2/22/22
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