May 7, 2010

 No-hitter for Branson’s Townsend (Base­ball roundup)
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  BRAN­SON — Timmy Townsend no-hit Forsyth and went 4-for-4 in Branson’s 17–0 win on Thurs­day.
  The Pirates improved to 18–4.
Neosho downs Mt. Ver­non
  Anthony Hen­drix, AJ Enloe and Jared Brown all had two hits to power Neosho past Mt. Ver­non 13–6.
  Scott Pogue was the win­ning pitcher.

 

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May 4, 2010

 Bran­son wins at Hill­crest (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff  
  SPRING­FIELD — Branson’s Timmy Townsend had four RBIs to power the Pirates past Spring­field Hill­crest 12–6 on Mon­day.
  Tee Helsel had three hits and Hay­den Thull two for the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion champs.
  Bran­son plated nine runs in the sec­ond inning while improv­ing to 16–4.

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March 24, 2010

Neosho base­ball team drops debut
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Neosho’s base­ball team fell to Rogers (Ark.) Her­itage 12–0 on Friday.

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March 25, 2010

 Pirates tame Tigers
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON — Tee Helsel and Tay­lor Tanker­sly both home­red in Branson’s 17–6, five-inning rout of Carthage on Wednes­day.
  Timmy Townsend was 4-for-5 and Mike Comp­ton 3-for-3.
   Brian Pos­ton was 3-for-3 for Carthage.
  CARTHAGE (ab-r-h-bi) — Cossey cf 2−1−1−0, Pos­ton c 3−2−3−0, Fierro 1b 3−0−2−2, Gar­ber dh 3−1−0−1, Collins 3b 2−0−0−0, Sny­der p 2−0−0−0, Wig­gin lf 3−0−2−1, Bur­gin rf 2−0−0−0, Bridges ss 2−2−1−0.
  BRAN­SON — Boyd 3b 2−4−1−0, Townsend 2b 5−2−4−3, Helsel ss 3−3−3−5, Comp­ton 1b 3−1−3−2, Shields c 4−1−2−0, John­ston cf 3−2−1−1, Tanker­sly dh 4−1−1−2, Thull lf 1−1−0−0, Stevens rf 3−1−1−0, O’Dell rf 1−1−1−0.
Carthage 310 02 — 6 9 0
Bran­son 323 36 — 17 17 2
  WP — Frans. LP — Snyder.

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Wolves claim first win
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  FORSYTH — Reeds Spring ripped Spokane 13–4 on Wednes­day.
  The Wolves received two hits apiece from Lucas McDan­nold, Johnny Davis, Riker Dou­glas, Chris Jones, Kyle Fleck, Josh Cherry. McDan­nold had three RBIs and two stolen bases. Dou­glas and Cherry both had two RBIs.
  Jones was the win­ning pitcher, strik­ing out 11 in six innings. 

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March 29, 2010

Reeds Spring improves to 3–1
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  CLEVER — Reeds Spring’s base­ball team took third place at the Right Off Bat Tour­na­ment by edg­ing Mount Ver­non 9–6 on Sat­ur­day.
  Wes DeWilde deliv­ered a two-out, two-run triple in the fourth inning to cap his four-RBI performance. Riker Dou­glas and Eddie Blan­chard both rapped out three hits.
  Win­ning pitcher Johnny Davis struck out eight..
  The Wolves (3−1) downed Mar­i­onville 18–8 on Friday. DeWilde, Blan­chard and Chris Jones all had three hits and two RBIs. Johnathan Knit­tle was 4-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored and Kyle Fleck home­red.  Dil­lion Dean notched his first var­sity win.

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 Neosho posts a pair of wins
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Neosho’s base­ball team upped its record to 2–1 by down­ing Rogersville 5–4 and whip­ping Cassville 17–2 last week.

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March 30, 2010

Bran­son remains unde­feated (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BRAN­SON —  Mike Comp­ton was the win­ning pitcher and had a pair of two-run dou­bles in Branson’s 5–2 win over Cam­den­ton on Mon­day.
  The Pirates improved to 5–0.

Reeds Spring improves to 3–1

  FORSYTH — Reeds Spring took third place at the Right Off Bat Tour­na­ment by edg­ing Mount Ver­non 9–6 on Sat­ur­day.
  Wes DeWilde deliv­ered a two-out, two-run triple in the fourth inning to cap his four-RBI per­for­mance. Riker Dou­glas and Eddie Blan­chard both rapped out three hits.
  Win­ning pitcher Johnny Davis struck out eight. The Wolves are 3–1.

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April 7, 2010

Bran­son improves to 6–1 (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BOLI­VAR — Timmy Townsend struck out 10 to power Branson’s base­ball team to an 8–4 tri­umph over Boli­var on Mon­day.
  Townsend blanked the Lib­er­a­tors over the final six innings. Hay­den Thull had a two-run sin­gle and Tee Helsel was 2-for-4 for the Pirates. Bolivar’s Tyler Welch was also 2–4.
  Bran­son improved to 6–1.

Rogersville beats Buf­falo
  In a Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion game, Rogersville downed Buf­falo 15–3.

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April 8, 2010

Reeds Spring edges Marsh­field (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  REEDS SPRING — Win­ning pitcher Johnny Davis struck out seven in Reeds Spring’s 5–3 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion win over Marsh­field on Tues­day.  
  Riker Dou­glas, Wes DeWilde and Kyle Fleck all had two hits for the Wolves.

 

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April 9, 2010

Bran­son beats Reeds Spring (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  REEDS SPRING — Chase Shields and Parker O’Dell home­red to sup­port Mike Compton’s one-hitter as Branson’s base­ball team downed ripped Reeds Spring 10–1 on Thurs­day.
  Compton’s only mis­cue was a solo homer by Wolves catcher Eddie Blan­chard. Comp­ton struck out 10.
  Shields, Timmy Townsend and Tee Helsel all had two hits.

 

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April 12, 2010

Nixa falls in Red & Blue finale (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  SPRING­FIELD — Nixa’s base­ball team lost 5–2 to Green­wood (Ark.) in the Blue Divi­sion cham­pi­onship game at the Red & Blue Tour­na­ment on Sat­ur­day.
  The Eagles fell to 7–2. Green­wood, ranked No. 1 in Class AAAAA in Arkansas, is 17–0.
  Nixa totaled 36 runs in pool play wins over Moun­tain Home, Spring­field Hill­crest and Neosho. Sopho­more Dean Deetz pitched a no-hitter in his first var­sity start while beat­ing Hillcrest. 

Pirates whip Odessa
  At Bran­son on Fri­day, the Pirates clob­bered Odessa 12–7.
  Mike Comp­ton banged out three dou­bles and a triple and Tee Helsel had three hits for the Pirates.
  

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April 14, 2010

Bran­son wins at Neosho (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Paul Stevens went 2-for-2 and had three RBIs in Branson’s 10–5 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion win over Neosho on Tues­day.
  The Pirates’ Isaac John­son, Timmy Townsend and Tee Helsel also all had two hits.
  Townsend was the win­ning pitcher.
  Neosho’s Blake Henry home­red while going 2-for-3. Jacob Rick­man was also 2-for-3. 

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April 17, 2010

Barns, Neosho pull out dra­matic win (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Jacob Barns drove in Jacob Rick­man on a walk-off RBI-single to lift Neosho’s base­ball team to a 4–3 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion win over Carthage on Thurs­day.
  The Wild­cats also had a walk-off COC win ear­lier this sea­son over Willard.
Pirates down Repub­lic

  Mike Comp­ton threw a four-hitter while strik­ing out wight and Timmy Townsend hit a three-run homer in Branson’s 5–2 win over Repub­lic.
  Tyler King home­red for the Tigers.Branson is 10–3 over­all and 2–0 in the COC Large Schools Divi­sion.
Reeds Spring beats Catholic
  Johnny Davis fired a two-hitter in Reeds Spring’s 11–1 Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Small Schools Divi­sion tri­umph over Spring­field Catholic.
  The Wolves’ Chris Jones and Wes DeWilde both went 3-for-3.
Marsh­field wins at Hol­lister
  Marsh­field out­lasted Hol­lis­ter 12–6 in a COC Small Schools Divi­sion contest.

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April 22, 2010

Repub­lic edges Boli­var (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  BOLI­VAR – Aug­gie Elivo had two hits and three RBIs to lead Repub­lic past Boli­var 7–6 on Mon­day.
  Bolivar’s Seth Hop­wood col­lected three hits and two RBIs and Bray­den Berg was 2-for-2 with a pair of RBIs.
  The Lib­er­a­tors (10−5) trailed 5–0, but cut Republic’s lead to one run by scor­ing three times in the sev­enth inning. They had two baserun­ners as Republic’s Tyler King closed the game by retir­ing the final bat­ter on a ground­out.
Pirates 3–0 in COC play
  At Bran­son on Mon­day, the Pirates cruised to a 12–2, six-inning win over Webb City in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion action.
  Tee Helsel col­lected two home runs and six RBIs and Timmy Townsend had a three-run triple.
  Townsend was the win­ning pitcher, strik­ing out five and walk­ing no one while toss­ing a four-hitter.
  The Pirates are 11–3 over­all and 3–0 in con­fer­ence play.
Reeds Springs shuts out Hol­lis­ter
  At Hol­lis­ter on Mon­day, Reeds Spring’s Chris Jones fired a three-hitter in the Wolves’ 13–0, five-inning COC Small Schools Divi­sion win.
  Jones struck out five and walked one.
  Reeds Spring is 10–5 and Hol­lis­ter 1–9.

 

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April 28, 2010

Neosho knocks off Repub­lic (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  NEOSHO — Alex Wise rapped out three hits to lead Neosho past Repub­lic 6–4 in Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion action on Tues­day.
  The win keeps the Wild­cats one game behind Bran­son for first place in the con­fer­ence.  
  Tyler King suf­fered the loss while allow­ing two earned runs.
Bran­son ral­lies past Willard
  At Bran­son, the Pirates pounded out 14 hits to beat Willard 11–3.
  Willard led 2–0 after two innings.
  Timmy Townsend was 3-for-5, while Tee Helsel, Mike Comp­ton, Chase Shields and Joe Keller all had two hits.
  Comp­ton was the win­ning pitcher, strik­ing out seven in six innings.
  Devin Phillips had an RBI-double for Willard and Tyler Hamp­ton con­tributed an RBI-single.
  Bran­son is 14–4 over­all and 5–0 in the COC Large Schools Division.

 

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May 3, 2010

Bran­son clinches con­fer­ence cham­pi­onship (Base­ball roundup)
COCPrepSports.com Staff
  CARTHAGE — The com­bi­na­tion of Branson’s 23–12 win over Carthage and Neosho’s 4–3 set­back to Nixa on Thurs­day allowed the Pirates to cap­ture the Cen­tral Ozark Con­fer­ence Large Schools Divi­sion cham­pi­onship.
  Bran­son, 6–0 in con­fer­ence play, has at least a two-game lead on the rest of the con­fer­ence with only a home date against Ozark to play on Tues­day.
  Isaac John­ston was 4-for-5 and home­red for the Pirates. Brian Pos­ton home­red for Carthage.
  Nixa ral­lied to beat Neosho by scor­ing two runs in the sev­enth inning. 

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