In the first quarter of Thursday night’s game, The Nixa Lady Eagles only scored 12 points.
Neosho scored 0.
The Diamond Lady Wildcats bounced back from a big loss on Monday night with a hard-fought win on Thursday night in the Seneca Tournament.
The East Newton Patriots got back to .500 Tuesday night overall and in Big 8 Conference play with a come-from-behind victory on the road over the Aurora Houn’ Dawgs, 53-45.
The Lady Wildcats’ struggles on offense and their second half skid continued Monday night in Nevada.
The Diamond Wildcats basketball team is on some kind of tear as of late.
The Wildcats have won eight straight after defeating Jasper and Spokane on Friday and Saturday. The impressive thing about their current win streak has been the margin of victory in each. They have won seven games in a row by at least 28 points.
After the season Neosho has had on the mat this winter, Saturday’s results came as a surprise to most.
It may not have been the most entertaining game to watch, but the McDonald County Lady Mustangs will take it.
Callie Jo Shaver was the only player in the game to score in double figures with 10 points and the Lady Mustangs defeated the Neosho Lady Wildcats, 38-27.
For three quarters, Neosho and McDonald County played nearly dead even Friday night at McDonald County High School.
Now, if it wasn’t for that crazy first quarter.
The McDonald County Lady Mustangs are officially on a roll.
The Neosho wrestling team closed out its duals season in style on Thursday night. The Wildcats got seven pins in 13 matches and smoked Rolla, 71-0 in their last action before the COC tournament.
The Neosho wrestling team continued to roll along their duals schedule Tuesday night. The Wildcats went 2-0 in a double dual against Caney and Columbus, Kan.
To say there were still some hurt feelings when the Diamond boys basketball team traveled to East Newton Tuesday night would be something of an understatement.
The Wildcats took on the Patriots on the hardwood for the first time since their heartbreaking loss in the semifinals of the district tournament last season and exacted a small measure of revenge.
The Neosho Wildcats tried a new lineup on Tuesday night when they hosted Parkview for a non-conference basketball game.
For a little more than a quarter it worked quite well. Then, Parkview adjusted and pulled away in the second half en route to a 64-40 win.
Hanna Million continued her hot streak and Diamond made a fourth quarter rally translate into a tournament championship at the Sarcoxie Invitational Saturday.
For one quarter, it appeared that the Seneca Indians were going to be able to play the game at the Parsons Vikings’ pace. And it looked like it was going to work for them.
But, after a high scoring first quarter, Parsons slowed the pace and edged out the Indians in a 63-57 win.
Some games are just too good to end after four quarters. Friday night at East Newton High School was one such case.
East Newton cranked up its defense in the second half and Tucker Anderson scored a game-high 16 points as the Patriots dropped Marionville, 47-42 to cap off homecoming.
Kourtney Brewster led three Lady Patriots in double digits with 17 points and East Newton dismantled Seneca, 56-24 in Big 8 Conference play Thursday night.
It was an evening of positive things for the Neosho wrestling program Thursday night.
The last positive of the night came when the Wildcats completed their double dual sweep over Hillcrest and Carl Junction.
The scoreboard at the end of Tuesday night’s dual between Neosho and Carthage does not reflect the battles that took place on the mat.
Neosho dropped a handful of close matches and two matches were decided in overtime, but the Wildcats tamed the visiting Tigers, 40-16.
