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Monday, Mar. 22, 2010

High School Sports

Porter, Hatchett star in final basketball game together (03/21/10)
"It was fun and yet it was what we expected because we expect it," Otto Porter Sr. said. "Those two have been playing together ever since kindergarten, so they've been around the ball for a long time."
Defense complete: Scott County Central repeats as Class 1 champs (03/21/10)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Otto Porter might have upset his dad. Otto Porter Jr. beat Otto Porter Sr.'s single game final four rebound record and only needed three quarters to do it. "I didn't know about it, I might have upset him," the younger Porter said. "I just went and got everything off the glass."...
Tigers win baseball season opener against Charleston 14-5 (03/21/10)
Central's offense looked in midseason form in its baseball season opener Friday. Josh Meyer smacked a pair of doubles and Jamie Pickel drove in four runs in the Tigers' 14-5 win at Charleston. Meyer struck out six batters over three innings to earn the win...
Saxony soccer falls in opening games (03/21/10)
The Saxony Lutheran girls soccer team opened its season with a pair of barnburners. The Crusaders fell to Southern Boone County 2-1 in their season opener Friday. Saxony followed that by playing Sacred Heart to a scoreless tie before falling 2-1 on penalty kicks Saturday...
Notre Dame defeats Valle Catholic 7-3 in baseball opener (03/21/10)
STE. GENEVIEVE, Mo. -- Top-ranked Notre Dame began defense of its Class 3 state baseball championship with a 7-3 victory over reigning Class 2 champion and top-ranked Valle Catholic in both teams' season openers Friday evening at Yanks Field. Tennessee-Martin baseball signee Colton Young and Tanner Hiett both overcame shaky performances on the mound thanks to timely hitting by the Bulldogs throughout the game, which featured five collegiate baseball recruits...
Top-ranked Braves spook Dadeville into timid outing (03/19/10)
"Tonight's game was one of those games where we knew we were going to have our work cut out for us before we ever stepped onto the floor," Dadeville coach Michael Linehan said after his team's 86-51 loss at the Hearnes Center.
Porter leads Scott County Central into Class 1 title game (03/19/10)
Otto Porter outscored Dadeville in the first half and the Braves won 86-53.
Coach says defense key to SCC's title defense (03/18/10)
Dadeville boasts a better record. It features four players who average at least 11 points per game. And to listen to Scott County Central boys basketball coach Kenyon Wright, his Braves will need a stellar game just to stay with the Bearcats. "I think we're just going to have to go and play good defense," Wright said. "If we go out and play good defense, and the defense we've played the last couple of games, I think we can play with them. They always say good defense wins championships."...
Scott County Central's Hatchett is fearless in game's big moments (03/17/10)
Lesson from a legend: "You've got to have heart or you aren't going to be nobody in life. You can't be scared to fail. That's it."
MU's Bowers has torn ligaments in wrist (03/17/10)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Missouri forward Laurence Bowers will postpone surgery on torn ligaments in his left wrist until after the NCAA tournament. Bowers disclosed the severity of the injury as the 10th-seeded Tigers prepare for a first-round East Regional game Friday against seventh-seed Clemson...
Role players help SCC stay on roll (03/16/10)
A new cast of supporting characters has emerged during Scott County Central's run to the Class 1 boys basketball final four. The Braves lost 10 players from last year's state championship team, but they've filled the holes with three juniors and a sophomore...
Notre Dame girls basketball comes up short in Class 4 title game (03/14/10)
The Bulldogs fell to Webb City 60-53 in the Class 4 girls basketball championship game Saturday at Mizzou Arena.
Scott County Central books another final four (03/14/10)
The Braves scored the first 10 points of the game and Risco never stood a chance in their Class 1 boys basketball state quarterfinal at Three Rivers Community College.
Bulldogs find way to state title game (03/14/10)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Notre Dame Bulldogs kept catching up and catching up. The Bulldogs delivered a 1-2 punch during a 30-second span in the fourth quarter that put them ahead for good and into the state championship after knocking off St. Dominic 62-55 in a state semifinal game Friday at Mizzou Arena...
Eagles rally in fourth quarter to end Delta's season in quarterfinals (03/14/10)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- The ghosts of last season haunted the Delta Bobcats during the fourth quarter Saturday. The Bobcats grabbed a five-point lead before going into an offensive shell. Naylor jumped on Delta's timidness to pull out a 42-37 victory in their Class 1 state quarterfinal Saturday at Three Rivers Community College...
Panthers fall to Thayer 51-40 in quarterfinal (03/14/10)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- An impressive season for the Meadow Heights girls basketball team ended one win short of the final four for the second consecutive year. The Panthers fell into an early hole during Saturday's Class 2 quarterfinal against Thayer at Poplar Bluff High School...
A few Bulldogs get their first experience at a state final four (03/14/10)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Notre Dame senior Katherine Blasiney and classmate Lacy Boeller were two of the few upperclassmen who had yet to make a trip to a final four. "It's just amazing to make it here," Blasiney said after her team's loss in the Class 4 championship game Saturday at Mizzou Arena. ...
Webb City defense takes toll on 'Dogs (03/14/10)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Notre Dame girls basketball coach Renee Peters was happy to look at the bright side with a one-point lead over top ranked Webb City entering halftime of the Class 4 state championship game. "That was one better than we started the game with and that was the momentum we had," Peters said...
Notre Dame girls basketball team advances to Class 4 title game (03/12/10)
The Bulldogs defeated St. Dominic 62-55 on Friday afternoon at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo.
Notre Dame girls face St. Dominic in Class 4 semifinals on Friday (03/12/10)
Notre Dame girls basketball coach Renee Peters took her team to a camp last summer. And by no coincidence, the camp was at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. "I told them there was a reason I brought them to this camp," Peters said. "I told them I want them to take a look around and be motivated to get back here this year."...
Meadow Heights girls basketball team sinks Bismarck in sectional (03/11/10)
The Meadow Heights girls basketball team defeated Bismarck 70-48 to advance to the state quarterfinals on Wednesday night at Park Hills Central High School.
Meadow Heights draws on old lesson to beat Bismarck (03/11/10)
The foundation for Meadow Heights' harassing defense started being laid after the Panthers suffered a thrashing eight or nine years ago.
Bradshaw matures into leader role at Notre Dame (03/11/10)
Allyson Bradshaw shied away from a leadership role on Notre Dame's 2008-09 girls basketball team. This season the 5-foot-7 junior point guard has embraced the role, and it's made all the difference. "Allyson has really stepped up to a leadership role," Notre Dame coach Renee Peters said. "She's gifted and a strong athlete. When you look at her you see someone who wants to make her teammates better and who wants to win."...
Delta shakes early injury to reach Class 1 state quarterfinals (03/10/10)
The Bobcats won convincingly, posting a 61-39 victory to advance to the state quarterfinals Saturday against Naylor.
Defending state champions hammer St. Elizabeth 96-46 (03/10/10)
With University of Missouri men's head basketball coach Mike Anderson in attendance, defending Class 1 state champion Scott County Central put on quite the show Tuesday night.
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