SPRINGFIELD — For a player whose launch at the varsity level last season was very loud, Nixa’s Taylor Wood has gone under the radar while establishing herself as a super sophomore this winter.
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12/31/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Ozark won a 3-point contest with Greenwood on Friday, but still fell to the Jays 72-61 in a battle for fifth place in the Gold Division at the Blue & Gold Tournament.
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12/31/23
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SPRINGFIELD — A compelling development in an otherwise nondescript Nixa 45-39 Blue Division semifinal win Thursday was point guards Devon Kemp and Keivon Flint playing together more than any other game to date.
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12/30/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Sparta didn’t lose all the battles in its 80-42 Gold Division setback at the hands of Springfield Central at the Blue & Gold Tournament on Thursday.
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12/30/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Kylan Pickren’s 17 first-half points triggered Ozark’s 77-45 blowout of Strafford in a Gold Division consolation game at the Blue & Gold Tournament on Thursday.
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12/29/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Sadie Conway poured in 20 points to power Nixa past Strafford 71-56 in a White Division second-round game at the Pink & White Tournament on Thursday.
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12/29/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Ozark’s hot shooting at the Blue & Gold Tournament cooled off dramatically at the worst possible time for the Tigers.
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12/28/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Jake Lafferty has become such a likable sort in basketball circles because of his free spirit and willingness to say whatever is on his mind.
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12/28/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Ireland Jones’ debut as a point-post couldn’t have got off to a much better start.
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12/28/23
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Nixa broke away from Mountain Grove in the second half of its 87-50 Gold Division second-round triumph at the Blue & Gold Tournament on Wednesday.
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12/27/23
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SPRINGFIELD — With Sparta’s Jake Lafferty touted as the best player in SWMO this season, it’s not surprising Trojans guard Rowdy Ball and his teammates have been told they’re simply part of a one-man team.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/26/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Jake Lafferty sported a new look upon emerging from Sparta’s locker room at the Blue & Gold Tournament on Tuesday by wearing glasses.
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12/26/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Jace Whatley received a surprise Tuesday when Ozark coach Mark Schweitzer showed him the Blue & Gold Tournament program featuring the Tigers senior power forward.
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12/26/23
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“Arkansas baseball commit” seems to precede any mention of Hudson Roberts. But the Ozark junior has created a stronger legacy on the hardwood than the ball diamond to this point in his Tigers career and he isn’t dismissing the possibility of shooting hoops at the next level.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/22/23
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It was coincidence Spokane’s road to the Greater Ozarks Conference began shortly after the Lady Owls’ volleyball team was swept by Fair Grove in the Class 3 District 10 final last fall.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/22/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Operating with many of the same players as last season, Ozark’s offense hasn’t picked up this season where the Tigers left off.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/21/23
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Nixa is enduring its first losing streak in three years entering the Blue & Gold Tournament, after the Eagles dropped a a 75-74 decision to Central on Tuesday.
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12/21/23
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Clayton Garrison and his Chadwick teammates put themselves in rare company among their basketball playing cohorts by completing a double-header of sorts.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/20/23
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Adam McKnight had been part of previous Nixa-Kickapoo contests prior to the teams’ meeting last week, but they didn’t quite measure up.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/19/23
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HARRISON, Arkansas — Tristian Smith only exaggerated by a bit while describing his confidence in his Chadwick teammate, blossoming star Clayton Garrison.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/19/23
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Clever sophomore forward Lucas Peebles is following the same path of many of his relatives, beginning with his grandfather more than 40 years ago, by wearing a Jays uniform.
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12/19/23
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It’s been five years since Clever left the SWCL for the Mid-Lakes Conference, but the Jays still consider neighboring Billings among their rivals, if not their biggest rival.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/19/23
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SPRINGFIELD — Freshman phenom Adam McKnight is ahead of the customary pace toward eventually adding his name to Nixa’s list of its all-time great players. But every success story also includes adversity along the way, as he found out Wednesday.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/18/23
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Lane Mendenhall proved to be a zone-buster for Clever on Friday, as the senior swingman hit a handful of 3-pointers while scoring 20 points in the Jays’ 47-35 triumph over Billings.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/18/23
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Ethan Newell felt it took far too long for him his Spokane teammates to shake off their early shooting woes Tuesday.
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PAT DAILEY Sports Editor patd@ccheadliner.com
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12/17/23
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