Bloomfield, Missouri -The East Prairie Eagles tried their best to conquer the Hayti Indians and place one more upset under their belt at the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament, but the Indians proved to be too much for them on Tuesday. Hayti won 71-66 dropping the Eagles to the 5th place portion of the bracket.
Kemron Rollings led Hayti with 22 points with 11 buckets.
Kobe Cooper and Kedron Rollings each contributed 12 points.
East Prairie's Casey Gregory tallied a game-high 27 points.
Luke Marcum recorded 19 and Deverence Jones finished with 10 points.
Final Score Hayti 71, East Prairie 66
Hayti 15 22 17 17 - 71
East Prairie 10 17 17 22 - 66
Hayti (71) - Kobe Cooper 12, Daurius Jones 8, Maurius Newbill 6, Kedron Rollings 12, Kemron Rollings 22, Dayon Moore 9. FG 26, Ft 12/17, F 18 (3-pointers: Jones 2, Newbill 2, Kedron Rollings 2, Fouled Out: None)
East Prairie (66) - Luke Marcum 19, Deverence Jones 10, Derez Tipler 6, Casey Gregory 27, Mason Bryars 4. FG 26, FT 12/17, F 13 (3-pointers: Marcum 2, Fouled Out: None).
East Prairie will play in the fifth-place semifinal Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.
Hayti seeded #1 will take on the winner of the Bloomfield in semifinal action at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 28th and will be game #21 of the tournament.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Richland Rebels were eliminated from the 60th Bloomfield Christmas Tournament when they suffered a second loss in two days. The Royals defeated the Rebels by a score of 60 - 37.
Josh Thornton led the Rebels with 14 points.
Royals' Hayden Thomas recorded 21 points and Chance Wilkerson tallied 18 points.
Final Score Twin Rivers 60, Richland 37
Twin River 9 26 14 11 - 60
Richland 12 7 8 10 - 37
Twin Rivers (60) - Hayden Thomas 21, Chance Wilkerson 18, Jamie Robards 3, Tanner Watson 2, Jack LeGrand 6, Jacob Mitchell 3, Colin Garrette 2, JR Perryman 4. FG 20, FT 14/23, F 19 (3-pointers: Thomas 3, Robards 1, Mitchell 1. Fouled Out: Perryman).
Richland (37) - Daniel Petty 4, Riley Glass 5, Devin Stoker 4, Preston Tilley 3, Josh Thornton 14, Andrew Partenberry 1, Clayton Harriel 1. FG 11, FT 11/24, F 20. (3-pointers: None. Fouled Out: None).Twin Rivers will compete against Van Buren in a consolation semifinal on Wednesday, December 28th at 1:00 p.m.
Bloomfield, Missouri - Puxico's Levi Woods drained seven 3-pointers to lead the Indians to victory over the South Pemiscot Bulldogs 67-60 in game 11 of the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Tuesday.
Woods, a junior, scored a game-high 36 points solidifying a consolation semifinal match against the Bernie Mules on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.
Dalton King tallied 16 points on three buckets, three treys and one from the charity stripe for the Indians.
Michael Smith, Logan Damesworth and Jabari Herron each contributed 10 points for South Pemiscot.
The South Pemiscot Bulldogs have been eliminated from the tournament after losing to No. 6 Kennett in the first round.
Final Score Puxico 67, South Pemiscot 60
Puxico 23 12 13 19 - 67
South Pemiscot 14 12 19 15 - 60
Puxico (67) - Levi Woods 36, Hunter Walker 1, Braiden Jones 8, Dalton King 16, Brady Hart 2, Brent Geohagan 2, Andrew Geohagan 2. FG 24, FT 8/16, F 11 (3-pointers: Woods 7, Jones 1, King 3, Fouled Out: None)
South Pemiscot (60) - Michael Smith 10, Riley Cain 6, Kevin Burton 9, Logan Damesworth 10, Dorian Jones 5, Johnny Morrow 7, Chase Terry 1, Rogers 1, Jabari Herron 10. FG 22, FT 9/15, F 13 (3-pointers: Smith 1, Burton 2, Jones 1, Morrow 2. Fouled Out: None)
Bloomfield, Missouri - Logan Sanders poured in 26 points to seal #13 seeded Van Buren's victory in game #9 of the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament over the #12 seeded Gideon Bulldogs.
Both teams got off to a slow start. Van Buren picked up a huge lead in the second period and never looked back. Half time score Van Buren 26, Gideon 20.
Sanders was the only Van Buren player in double digits including his two 3-pointers. Todd Wilcoxon tallied one trey.
Nick Stoelting had a team-high 13 points for Gideon. He recorded 5 buckets and was 3/5 from the charity stripe.
Chris Dye tallied 12 points also on 5 buckets and was 2/4 from the free throw line.
Dawson Adams and Gavin Sprouse each contributed a trey for Gideon.
Final Score Van Buren 50, Gideon 42
Van Buren 9 17 9 15 - 50
Gideon 10 10 8 14 - 42
Van Buren (50) - Eli Dameworth 4, Todd Wilcoxon 3, Ross Hayworth 4, Logan Sanders 26, Spencer Burnham 3, Kory Ricker 6, Hayden Towner 4. FG 17, FT 13/20, F 17 (3-pointers: Wilcoxon 1, Sanders 2, Fouled Out: Ricker)
Gideon (42) - Logan Woodard 1, Chris Dye 12, Dawson Adams 7, Gavin Sprouse 3, Drew Buchanan 4, Sam Williams 2, Nick Stoelting 13. FG 15, Ft 9/19, F 18 (3-pointers: Adams 1, Sprouse 1, Fouled Out: Dye)
Van Buren advances to the consolation semifinal on Wednesday, December 28th at 1:00 p.m. in Game #17 against the winner of the Richland vs Twin Rivers game to be held at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Bloomfield, Missouri - It was the first time 2005 the East Prairie Eagles were able to capture a win in the first round of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament and what a win they had upsetting the #8 seed Twin Rivers padding their season 5-2.
Casey Gregory poured in 31 points for the Eagles on 14 baskets and four from the charity stripe.
Luke Marcum tallied 12 points including one trey.
Twin Rivers' Zach Hargraves recorded 21 points on 6 buckets, two treys, and was 3/5 at the charity stripe.
Chance Wilkerson finished with 13 points for East Prairie.
Final Score Twin Rivers 62, East Prairie 66
Twin Rivers 20 11 21 10 - 62
East Prairie 14 17 21 14 - 66
Twin Rivers (62) - Hayden Thomas 21, Chance Wilderson 13, Jamie Robards 8, Jack LeGrand 2, Jacob Mitchell 9, Colin Garrette 2, J.R. Perryman 7. FG 22, FT 11/19, F 16. (3-pointers: Hayden Thomas 2, Jamie Robards 2, Jacob Mitchell 2. Fouled Out: Jamie Robards).
East Prairie (66) - Luke Marcum 12, Deverence Jones 5, Kobe Hubbert 2, Derez Tipler 6, Casey Gregory 31, Mason Bryars 9. FG 26, FT 11/24, F 15. (3-pointers: Luke Marcum 1, Derez Tipler 1, Mason Bryars 1. Fouled Out: 15)
East Prairie (5-2) will face Hayti at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 27th and Twin Rivers will play Richland at 2:30 p.m.
