Skyline boys never led in their district semifinals game against Fair Play Thursday night, but stayed close most of the game. That included the last few seconds when the Tigers ultimately lost 56-54.
Lady Tigers to face Newburg tonight
Macks Creek girls won three games last week to improve their record to 18-6. The streak started on Valentine’s Day with a 54-40 win over Halfway. The game was tied at the half, but the Lady Pirates outscored Halfway 19-6 in the third quarter to take charge of the game.
Fair Grove boys had already clinched at least a tie for the Mid-Lakes Conference championship, but they wanted to win it outright and they did. The Eagles, 21-5, rolled past the visiting Strafford Indians 72-49 Friday night to remain undefeated in league play for the second straight year.
Skyline boys traveled to Versailles Monday night and came home with a 71-60 win, thus breaking their four-game losing streak.
Skyline girls had some fairly good competition the past two games as the Lady Tigers defeated Osage and Ash Grove. This improved their record to 22-2 on the year. On Thursday the Lady Tigers traveled to Osage where they ran into a good team. The score was tied 10-10 at the quarter and 17-1…
Macks Creek girls, 15-6, won two out of three games during the past few days.
Easy victories over Marionville and Stockton catapulted the Fair Grove Lady Eagles to a 17-7 record.
Springfield Catholic played a near-perfect game Thursday night to easily roll past the Buffalo girls 66-34 and break the Lady Bison’s four-game winning streak.
Buffalo boys played what Coach Kyle Gawlowski called their best game of the year on Feb. 7, ultimately losing the road game at Marshfield 52-47.
The Fair Grove boys basketball team continued its winning ways with victories over Pleasant Hope and Marionville this past week. The 73-48 Marionville win on courtwarming night pushed the Eagles to the 20-win mark so far this season, with just four losses.
Team defeats California, FG and Marionville
Things didn’t go right for the Macks Creek boys Thursday night as they lost at home to Wheatland 63-46.
Walnut Grove loses battle of 3-point shots
A strong second half led the Buffalo boys to a 66-48 win over Niangua in the seventh-place game of the Conway Tournament on Saturda.
After expressing concern about two sophomores scoring most of the Lady Bison’s points, Coach Tom Stokes had to be happy about the last two games in which Buffalo defeated Marshfield and Springfield Hillcrest.
Pirates earlier beat Weaubleau and Lakeland
Stockton held the Skyline boys to seven points in the first half and went on to defeat the Tigers 49-32 in a Mid-Lakes Conference game Friday night at Skyline. The visitors ended the Tigers’ seven-game winning streak, so now Skyline is 11-7 on the year.
Lady Pirates take first with 49-33 win vs. Lakeland
Skyline girls are now 17-2 after defeating Stockton 73-24 on Thursday night in a road game. The Lady Tigers led “only” 18-8 at the quarter, but outscored Stockton 28-5 in the second stanza for a 46-13 advantage at the half.
Lady Bison next host Marshfield on Jan. 26
Buffalo boys played a good Greenwood team Friday and lost 68-35.
Both cruise to easy victories in semifinals
On Thursday, Jan. 12 the Skyline boys defeated Macks Creek 77-63 to advance to the finals of the Skyline Tournament. The Tigers were supposed to play El Dorado Springs Saturday night, but it was postponed to tonight (Wednesday). The game will be played at 8:30 p.m.
Macks Creek girls are the second seed in the Osceola Tournament Jan. 23-28. The Lady Pirates will play seventh-seeded Appleton City Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 4:30 p.m. in the opening round.
Macks Creek boys are the sixth seed in the Osceola Tournament Jan. 23-28. The Pirates will face third-seeded Weaubleau Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. The other first-round game on that date features second-seeded Lakeland vs. seventh-seeded Osceola at 9 p.m.
Shelby Willis had a monster night Monday in Macks Creek’s 64-60 win over Lincoln, pouring in 34 points, including six of 11 from 3-point range. She also was five of 11 from closer in and was good on six of eight free-throw attempts.
Buffalo to play top-seeded Clever Thursday
Fair Grove boys are the top-seeded team in the Sparta Tournament Jan. 23-28, a tourney that they won last year with a victory over Walnut Grove.
In the Jan. 11 issue of the Buffalo Reflex, we incorrectly reported that Emily Rice of Buffalo scored 31 points in a victory over Conway. It was actually Courtney Austin who scored 31 points.
After going 2-2 in the Blue & Gold Tournament over the holidays, the Fair Grove boys started the new year with a bang by defeating Conway, Stockton and Ash Grove by an average of nearly 30 points.
Buffalo boys are seeded seventh in the Conway Invitational Tournament Jan. 23-28 and will play second-seeded Strafford Monday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m.
Tigers will face Macks Creek in semifinals
Emily Rice poured in 31 points as the Buffalo girls swamped Conway 62-45 Jan. 3. The other sophomore two-year starter, Courtney Austin, added 10 points.
Pirates will face SkylineTigers in semifinals
Macks Creek girls hosted Crocker Monday night and came away with a 45-37 victory. Lexi Mayer led the way with 16 points while also grabbing nine rebounds and garnering seven steals.
Strafford girls, top-ranked in the state in Class 3, pulled away in the second half to beat Skyline, second-ranked in Class 2, 50-34 Friday at Skyline. The game was moved from Thursday due to inclement weather.
Lady Eagles overcome slow start
The Buffalo boys couldn’t keep up with Logan-Rogersville in the teams’ game Friday, Jan. 6, and the Wildcats won 79-49.
Lady Tigers also pound Marshfield
After losing both games in the Blue Division of the Blue & Gold Tournament in Springfield last week, the Skyline boys are top-seeded in their own tourney next week. The Tigers will open the tournament against eighth-seeded Warsaw Monday, Jan. 9 at 4:30 p.m. (see complete bracket on this page).
Buffalo’s girls basketball team went two-and-out in the Pink Division of the Pink and White Tournament last week at Drury University.
A strong second half spurred Macks Creek girls to a 56-38 win over Knob Noster as the Shootout at State Fair Community College on Dec. 28.
Eagles lose to Ozark and Bolivar
Buffalo’s basketball team lost to West Plains 59-39 Dec. 27 in the consolation bracket of the Blue & Gold Tournament. The loss eliminated the Bison from the tournament.
It’s not often that you have a player score 39 points and still lose the game. But that happened Monday night, Dec. 19 as Eldon defeated the Lady Bison 84-73 despite 39 points by Buffalo’s Courtney Austin.
Eagles were scheduled to play Ozark Tuesday
The Buffalo boys’ two-game win streak came to an abrupt halt Monday as they were outclassed and outsized by fourth-seeded Ozark 88-38 in the Gold Division of the Blue & Gold Tournament.
Buffalo holds off Warsaw’s 2nd half surge 43-34
Lady Eagles finished 20-8 last year
Fair Grove girls are seeded fifth, and Buffalo is seeded seventh in the 36th annual Fair Grove Girls Tournament Nov. 28-Dec. 2.
