PHOENIX (AP) — Grand Canyon junior center Dima Zdor has tried to maintain a routine, a mix of schoolwork, practice and games. His attention for all the other hours in the day is halfway across the world.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kobe Brown scored 15 of his 21 points in the second half when Missouri came back from an 11-point deficit to beat Georgia 79-69 in an SEC regular-season finale and snap a sixgame losing streak on Saturday.
ST. JOSEPH — Clearly off their recent form, the Chillicothe High School basketball Lady Hornets were in major danger of having their superb season end in their opening postseason outing Monday when St. Joseph: Lafayette, pesky through the first three quarters, exploded with a 13-2 surge in the first 5:02 of the fourth to vault to within three points of the favored Lady Hornets.
ST. JOSEPH — Entering Tuesday’s Class 4 District 16 basketball tournament game against the host St. Joseph: Benton Cardinals, the Chillicothe High School Hornets didn’t have to shoot as brilliantly (10 of 20) from 3-points distance as they did when they shaded the St. Joseph foe nearly four weeks before to be competitive and have a chance to win again.
State-tournament participation came and went rapidly this past week for the five C-T-area squads which battled their way to district championships the week before. Exiting in the first round of their respective classifications’ state tourneys were the Tina-Avalon, Linn County and Polo girls and Braymer’s and Mendon: Northwestern’s boys (see separate articles for recaps of the T-A and Braymer contests).
ST. JOSEPH — Based on comparative regular-season performances and results, the Tina-Avalon High School Lady Dragons figured to be long-shots to knock off the only-once-beaten Mercer Lady Cardinals as Class 1 state tournament basketball began this past Tuesday afternoon at St. Joseph’s Civic Arena.
ST. JOSEPH — Facing an accomplished, experienced opponent with a lot of quickness and jumping ability, Braymer High School basketball Bobcats head coach Aaron Emmanuel logically opted to concentrate his team’s defensive game plan for the Green City Gophers around trying to limit dribble and pass penetration of and around the lane and forcing them to prove they could hit perimeter jump shots in the squads’ opening-round matchup in the Class 1 state tournament.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Freshman Devin Carter had 17 points and eight rebounds, Jermaine Couisnard also scored 17 points with seven assists and South Carolina beat Missouri 73-69 on Tuesday night.
Spring must not be too far away because Missouri’s annual “catch-and-keep” trout fishing in the four state trout parks opened this past week (Tuesday) and will remain open until Oct. 31.
Anyone with a cluttered home, basement, attic, garage or shed or anyone who has watched a television reality show about hoarding understands how easily – and quickly – things accumulate. As their postseason began, the Chillicothe High School basketball Hornets did some hoarding over about 75 minutes Saturday, but it was anything but easy.