2024 Class 1, District seeds and bracket have been set.
Risco boys basketball team earned the No. 1 seed followed by #2 Richland, #3 Scott County Central, #4 Leopold, #5 Bell City, #6 Delta, and #7 Zalma.
Risco (at the time of seeding) had a regular season record of 22-4. Richland was 19-7. Scott County Central was 12-14, Leopold was 13-12, Bell City was 8-17, Delta was 7-18 and Zalma was 2-25.
All games will be played at Richland High School.
Tuesday, February 20th
#2 Richland vs #7 Zalma at 5:00 p.m.
#3 Scott County Central vs #6 Delta at 6:15 p.m.
#4 Leopold vs #5 Bell City at 7:30 p.m.
Semi-Finals, February 22nd
#1 Risco vs winner of Leopold/Bell City game at 6:00 p.m.
Winner of Richland/Zalma vs Scott County Central/Delta at 7:15 p.m.
Championship game will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24th.
The Puxico Indians boys basketball program is blessed with depth and experience entering its 2023 - 2024 campaign.
“We’ve got length inside and good guard play outside,” Puxico third-year coach Bryant Fernetti said. “It makes for a good combination. We should be able to play a lot of guys. We are going to try to keep pressure on teams the whole game since we can go so deep. I feel like we can play 11 guys on varsity so that should allow us to push the pace the entire game.” Puxico has four seniors, 10 juniors, eight sophomores, and six freshmen on its high school roster.
“We’ve got a good group of kids that are dedicated,” Fernetti said. “They really put in the work over the summer to get better. Their families also did a great job of making sure they were at the gym working hard.”
The Indians return most of its starters off of last season’s varsity squad that finished 17-9 before falling to eventual district champion Greenville.
“Seniors Jaydon Mitchell, Trevor Fortner, and Thomas Burch all three saw quite a bit of varsity playing time as juniors, and even as sophomores,” Fernetti said. “They all three bring something different to the table. Mitchell is a good
ball-handler and defender. Fortner has good size and possesses the ability to score inside and outside. Burch can also shoot it and play in and out as well. “Junior forward Scyler Zimmerman has also seen time on varsity since his
freshmen season,” Fernetti continued. “He gives us good size and length. He can do a lot of different things on the court.”
The other nine juniors on the varsity squad were part of a Puxico JV team that finished 23-2 and beat Woodland in the title game of the SCAA Tournament last season. “Our junior class saw a lot of time on JV last season,” Fernetti said. “But they also had a very successful season. We have several juniors that should be ready to help us on varsity right away. We also have two sophmores - Jett Hancock and Landan Burchard - who should be ready to help us on varsity.”
Expectations remain high for the Puxico junior varsity squad as well. The Indians JV has received the No. 1 seed in the eight-team Bell City
Invitational that begins Nov. 20.
No. 1 seeded Puxico plays No. 8 seeded Bloomfield in its first game at Bell City on Nov. 20 at 4:30 p.m. Other opening-round games include: No 4. Leopold vs. No. 5 Kelly at 6 p.m., No. 2 Bell City vs. No. 7 Gideon at 7:30 p.m., and No. 3 Advance vs. No. 6 Scott County Central at 9 p.m. Semifinals are Nov. 21 with the title game of the JV tournament taking place Nov. 22 at 8:30 p.m. at Bell City.
“Our sophomore group has always enjoyed success,” Fernetti said. “People know those guys have had success in the past. We are going to let our
sophomores play down in the first tournament and see how things go from there. We’ve got some freshmen that have improved since last year that are also ready to help on JV. I think depth should be a strength for our JV squad as well.”
The Puxico varsity also opens its season in tournament play at the Bernie Invitational beginning Nov. 28. Seedings for event will be released Wednesday.
“Last year the tournament was extremely balanced,” Fernetti said. “I think every game in the first round was a single-digit game, including the 1/8 game. We hope to get a high seed but that doesn’t mean you can overlook your first-round opponent. I’d like to think we will be seeded in the top half of the field with what we are bringing back but we better be ready to play on the first night.
“But we are looking forward to the season,” Fernetti added. “We had some really good weeks over the summer. We’ve played a lot of games leading up to this and our first days of practice have went very well.”
Playing for the varsity Indians are #1 Landan Burchard, #2 Logan Robison,
#10 Jaydon Mitchell, #12 Jett Hancock, #13 Mason Parsley, #15 Tyler Brown, #21 Jerrett Powell, #25 Kaysen Long, #32 Waylon Powell, #33 Nikki Jones, #34 Thomas Burch, #35 Scyler Zimmerman, #44 Carson Ward,
#52 Trevor Fortner, and #55 Elijah Russel
Article by Dustin Ward
Zalma High School will host the Class 1 District 2 Tournament February 20th - 24th. Schools included are Bell City High School and Richland High School in Stoddard County.
Richland High School earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Delta, #3 Leopold, #4 Bell City, #5 Scott County Central, #6 Marquand-Zion, and #7 Zalma.
Richland received a bye in the first round and will play the winner of the Bell City/Scott County Central game at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22nd.
The other semifinal game will be at 7:30 p.m. following the Richland game.
#2 Delta will face #7 Zalma at 5:00 p.m. on February 20th.
#3 Leopold will face #6 Marquand-Zion at 6:30 p.m. also on Monday, February 20th.
#4 Bell City will play #5 Scott County Central at 8:00 p.m. following the Leopold/Marquand game.
Championship game will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24th.
MO Class 1, District 2 2022 Boys Basketball Boys Basketball Tournament seeds and bracket have been released. Districts will begin on Saturday, February 19th.
The tournament will be held at Richland High School in Essex.
Leopold earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Scott County Central, #3 Richland, #4 Risco, #5 Delta, #6 Zalma, and #7 Bell City.
Saturday, February 19th Schedule
Noon #2 Scott County Central vs #7 Bell City
1:30 p.m. #3 Richland vs #6 Zalma
3:00 p.m. #4 Risco vs #5 Delta
#1 Leopold earned a bye in the first round and will face the winner of the Risco/Delta game on Tuesday, February 22nd at 6:00 p.m.
The other semifinal will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Championship game will be Thursday, February 24th at 7:30 p.m.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The #1 seeded Kennett Indians had a slow start against the Richland Rebels during the first game of the 63rd Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Thursday, but it didn't take long for them to get into their groove. Finals score Kennett 79, Richland 44.
The Indians tallied 50 points in the first half.
Two players recorded game-high points. Richland junior guard Shai Sherfield for Richland and 6'3" senior Jackson Henfling for Kennett each had 21 points.
Sophomore Ben McMullan recorded 16 points including two 3-pointers the Indians. Marsayv'aun Harrell a 5'11" senior guard also recorded 16 points.
Final Score Kennett 79, Richland 44
Kennett 24 26 22 7 - 79
Richland 10 9 16 9 - 44
Kennett (79) - Rylee Spencer 4, Carter Maddox 9, Dashawn Franks 4, Marsayv'aun Harrell 16, Kobe Gates 4, Jackson Henfling 21, Ben McMullin 16, Verrius Ellis 2, Riley Henfling 3. FG 33, FT 10/12, F 12. (3-pointers: Jackson Henfling 1, Ben McMullan 2, Fouled Out: None)
Richland (44) - Damon Ivy 13, Chris Siebert 8, Matt Finch 2, Shai Sherfield 21. FG 16, FT 7/9, F 9. (3-pointers: Damon Ivy 1, Shai Sherfield 4. Fouled Out: None)