Kylan Pickren called an audible and called his own number Wednesday.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/11/24
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The final scores are almost identical and the scripts eerily similar, as well. But the fashion in which Hartville got the best of Sparta both last season and this year were different.
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2/10/24
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Ozark’s Jace Whatley and Nixa’s Spencer Ward and Jayden Antonelli will be among the area seniors making their commitments official during the February national letter of intent signing day Wednesday.
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2/9/24
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STRAFFORD — Spotting Strafford a 19-point lead, Clever closed to within five of the Lady Indians, before bowing 65-55 in a Mid-Lakes Conference matchup Monday.
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2/7/24
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Kori Roussell and her Ozark teammates actually took high-percentage shots Monday, although the Lady Tigers’ failure to get to 40 points for the seventh time this season would easily indicate otherwise.
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2/7/24
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Among Nixa’s seven COC Tournament champions last month were freshmen Abigail Counts and Ashton Mayes.
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2/6/24
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All the would-be golfers among us already marvel at Josey Roberts’ 280-yard drives, along with her march to a COC championship by 12 strokes last fall, while wearing a protective boot for an injured ankle.
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2/5/24
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Keivon Flint was a freshman and Randy Flint an eighth-grader when Jay Osborne completed his 30-year coaching career at Nixa two years ago.
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2/4/24
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The prospect of going 26 days in between matches was more than enough to prompt Keaton Hurst to return to the mat for Ozark’s duals with Branson and Kickapoo on Tuesday.
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2/3/24
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Since ditching a knee brace he wore for Ozark’s first 15 games, Jace Whatley has been encouraged by results he posted in the weight room.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/2/24
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Ozark 190-pounder Johnny Williams was his own worst critic while evaluating his pin of Kickapoo’s Jonathan Vargas on Tuesday.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/2/24
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Hannah Maskrod gained her biggest win on the season Tuesday, but one wouldn’t have known it by the Ozark 120-pounder’s reaction while walking off the mat.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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2/2/24
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There’s obviously two O's and one D in Lyla Wood’s last name, but the D has always outweighed the O's from her viewpoint.
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2/1/24
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Curtis Glossip feels his 165-pound COC Tournament championship over the weekend is further confirmation he made the right choice to bump up two weight classes.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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1/31/24
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Nixa’s Kelsey Watts has set a new career-high for pins with 31 and counting, after she won by fall four times to take the 105-pound championship at the COC Tournament over the weekend.
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1/31/24
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Johnny Williams hopes a lesson he learned on his way to the 190-pound championship at the COC Tournament on Saturday will serve him well in the post-season.
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1/31/24
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Whether he’s running for touchdowns or posting a pin, Malachi Rider’s biggest fan is his father, Trevor.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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1/30/24
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Double-team defense denied Jake Lafferty his customary double-double and his final chance at a Sparta Tournament championship.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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1/29/24
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Caden Harrington’s road to a COC Tournament championship over the weekend saw him start the new year with only match that included just three-plus minutes of mat time over the first two weeks.
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1/29/24
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If Brenya Crahan had picked up where she left off last season and stayed at 135 pounds, she'd likely be eyeing a countdown to the end of this season more than a countdown toward becoming Nixa’s all-time winningest wrestler.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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1/28/24
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Adam McKnight has obliged his doctors by following their orders after suffering a concussion the first week of this month.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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1/27/24
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Among the many talents Kael Combs showed off during his Nixa career was his head-snap. He drew countless fouls from awe-inspired referees by snapping his head back nearly every time he penetrated and a defender approached him.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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1/26/24
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The Sparta-Chadwick rivalry remains on hold for a second straight basketball season, and it’s not clear if it will be renewed anytime soon.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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1/26/24
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Nixa’s Malachi Rider and Curtis Glossip came home with ‘Tonka hammers after winning championships at the Winnetonka Tournament on Saturday.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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1/25/24
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Spokane is riding quite a streak of standout point guards, with Ricky Riott emerging as the Owls’ second-leading scorer this season.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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1/24/24
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