Month: September 2020

Well, its a month later than expected, but the Class and District assignments for High School Sports in Missouri have been released… and their are some surprises…

Football:

Some very familiar faces in the Class 3 District 6 Group, although not as many of them.  There are only 6 teams in the district this year.  Reeds Spring and Hollister remain.  They are joined by Cassville, Aurora, Mt Vernon, and Seneca.  There was some thought that the Tigers and/or the Wolves may actually slide over to District 5, which traditionally has not been nearly as competitive.

Branson remains Class 5, they are joined in a District by: Carthage, Republic, Neosho, Ozark, and Webb City.

Forsyth is joined in a Class 2 District by: Fair Grove, Houston, Mt View Liberty, Catholic, Strafford, and Willow Springs.

Volleyball:

Reeds Spring ,Hollister, and Forsyth are in Class 3 District 11.  They are joined by Buffalo and Catholic

Blue Eye is in Class 1 District 7, along with: Chadwick, Billings, Galena, Hurley, and New Covenant

Softball:

Reeds Spring remains in Class 3.  They have been assigned to District 4.  It is a full district that also includes: Aurora, Ava, Cassville, Doniphan, Rogersville, Seneca, and Willow Springs.

Branson, in a bit of a surprise does not go to Class 5, they will be in Class 4 District 6 with Carl Junction, Glendale, McDonald County, Monett, Neosho, Parkview, and Webb City,.

Soccer:

Branson finally gets away from Ozark and Nixa but moving to Class 3, but its still no easy task:  They are joined in a District by Glendale, Catholic, and West Plains

Cross Country

Reeds Spring, Hollister, and Forsyth will all run at Hollister.  They will be joined by: Aurora, Cassville, Clever, East Newton, Mt Vernon and Seneca

Branson does remain Class 5 in Cross Country..  They are in a district with: Carthage, Joplin, Glendale, Kickapoo, Ozark, Nixa, Parkview, Republic, and Catholic

Blue Eye stays Class 1:  They will take on: Bakersfield, Bradleyville, Chadwick, Couch, Dora, Exeter, Fordland, Galena, Gloria Deo, Hurley, Koshkonong, and Norwood

Reeds Spring traveled to Lamar for the first time in program History on Friday Night.  A hard hitting game saw the Wolves lead for the majority, but in the end fell to the Tigers 27-23.

Reeds Spring took the opening kickoff and drove the length of the field, capped off by a Matt Allison to Caden Wiest touchdown strike.

Just like a heavyweight fight Lamar would answer in just 18 seconds.  Case Tucker kept the ball and broke away for a 79 yard score.  A blocked extra point allowed the Wolves to keep a 7-6 lead.

The teams would continue to throw punches back and forth.  Reeds Spring would again break through.  This time, Allison got the score from a yard out.  It appeared that 14-6 would be the halftime score after a big defensive stand.  However, the Wolves turned the ball over deep in their own territory and like a Championship team, Lamar jumped on it.  A 25 yard scoring strike brought the Tigers back to within 14-12 by the half.

Lamar would take their first lead of the game after the first drive of the second half but it would only last 1:29.  Reeds Spring would answer with not only  a safety, but also a 45 yard Colton Cramblett TD run.

Another miscue, though, would really end up costing the Wolves.  They attempted to punt out of their own territory but were unable to get it off, allowing the Tigers to again have  a short field.  Once again, the program with seven state championships to their name, knew how to take advantage.  Tucker scored from seven yards out and Lamar had only their second lead of the game, 27-23.

The Wolves drove the field and got into scoring territory before bogging down.  From there, Lamar was able to run the clock out.

It was a hard fought game.  It was ugly at times with numerous penalties, but a game that both sides will walk away with a lot of things to be proud of.

Reeds Spring drops to 1-1 on the season and will travel to Mt Vernon next week, I will again have the call on 100.1 KOMC.  Lamar remains unbeaten at 2-0.

It was not a good night for the other area teams.  Hollister made the long trip to Nevada and fell 31-6.  Branson lost to Ozark 16-16. And, Forysyth was shutout at Buffalo 49-0.