For the second time in as many months, Ozark’s 2002-2003 Class 4 state champion boys basketball team will reunite this week for a 20th anniversary celebration.
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3/15/23
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As a coach’s daughter, Chadwick’s Kerrigan Guerin naturally has seen more than her share of basketball games. Over the years, she’s been a regular at the Pink & White Lady Classic, even with the Lady Cardinals having no history in the event.
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3/14/23
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Chloe Burkhart played her final game for Chadwick at the Class 1 Final Four. But she vows to be a constant fixture at Lady Cardinals games next season.
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3/14/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Kerrigan Guerin already had some familiarity with Meadville prior to this week’s Class 1 Final Four.
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3/13/23
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Even with Billings finishing fifth in the SWCL, the Lady Wildcats’ Bella Harter stood enough enough to garner the SWCL Player Of the Year award.
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3/13/23
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SWCL champion Sparta made a clean sweep of the league’s post-season awards, including Jacob Lafferty being tabbed the SWCL Player Of the Year.
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3/13/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Maddy Nalley has went from seldom-used backup as a freshman and sophomore to a role player who was there for her defense as a junior to a breakthrough offensive player as a senior to the star of the Class 1 Final Four on Thursday.
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3/12/23
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Chadwick's Kerrigan Guerin still isn’t used to her feeling the Lady Cardinals were slighted in favor of Walnut Grove in the Missouri State Basketball Coaches Association’s Class 1 Poll in early February.
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3/12/23
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Kael Combs’ third straight season as a member of the All-COC First Team includes the senior guard being tabbed the COC Player Of the Year.
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3/11/23
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As much as basketball means to Kael Combs and as much as it occupies his time and attention, he doesn’t try to act like he completely understands the game and all its complexities.
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3/10/23
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As Josh Peters preps for Nixa’s showdown with Kickapoo in the teams' Class 6 District 5 title tilt tonight, he almost longs for those days in which he was anonymous.
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3/9/23
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Corey Kemp enjoyed a superb start to Nixa’s post-season, scoring 15 points against Ozark and 16 versus Joplin in the first two rounds of Class 6 District 5 play last week.
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3/9/23
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Chadwick is bound for its sixth Final Four trip, after edging Delta 56-54 Saturday in a Class 1 Quarterfinal at Van Buren.
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3/8/23
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Nixa’s post-season came to an end for the fourth straight year at the hands of Kickapoo on Saturday, as the Lady Eagles lost to the Lady Chiefs 60-56 in a Class 6 District 5 semifinal.
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3/8/23
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Points proved hard to come by for Ozark in its Class 6 District 5 52-41 semifinal loss to Republic on Saturday.
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3/8/23
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After receiving a black eye earlier in the week, Noah Engelman had 15 rebounds to show for his efforts Friday from Nixa’s 68-46 Class 6 District 5 semifinal win versus Joplin.
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3/7/23
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WARRENSBURG — Sparta’s offense failed to reach the 40s for the first time all season Friday, as the Trojans bowed to Thayer 42-37 in a Class 3 Quarterfinal.
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3/7/23
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Jordyn Foley has become the face of Ozark girls athletics this school year, while appearing the same whether things are going well for her and the Lady Tigers or not.
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3/6/23
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Norah Clark joined Nixa’s 1,000-point club during the Lady Eagles’ 65-30 Class 6 District 5 first-round win versus Neosho on Thursday.
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3/6/23
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Speaking stats, Nixa's girls basketball:
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3/6/23
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At the heart of Ozark’s stirring comeback Wednesday was Ryan Engel’s own comeback.
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3/5/23
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A role player who easily could have been overlooked by college coaches, Corey Kemp is sure playing for Nixa helped him on his recruiting trail that led to College of the Ozarks.
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PAT DAILEY
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3/4/23
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Sparta coach Deric Link can attest to how the basketball circles throughout SWMO and even over into SCMO seemingly can be small. He's only in his late 20s, but there are few schools the Trojans play or visit that Link doesn't already have an acquaintance.
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PAT DAILEY
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3/4/23
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Former Nixa coach Jay Osborne has Springfield Catholic in the Class 4 District 10 championship game and has added to his list of awards.
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3/4/23
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