The quarterfinal round matchups are set at the 80th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Boys Basketball Tournament in Springfield.
Winner’s bracket games will get underway at 9:30am Saturday at Great Southern Bank Arena on the Missouri State University campus, with Gold Division games being played in the day session, and Blue Division games taking place Saturday evening.
Consolation quarterfinal round games in both divisions will be played at Hammons Student Center beginning at 9:30am.
Here are the scores from Friday’s opening round games, with seeded teams in parenthesis:
Blue Division (First Round Games at Hammons Student Center):
Final: (8) Crane 52, Sparta 44 (CJ Conrad scores 20 to lead the Pirates)
Final: (1) Logan-Rogersville 67, Lebanon 36 (Chase Branham’s 24 points led the way for the Wildcats)
Final: (5) Marshfield 82, Reeds Spring 56 (Cannon Thornhill scored 20, hitting 6 three pointers for the Jays)
Final: (4) Springfield Glendale 85, Aurora 51 (Joelle Rover–22 points and Sylijah Davis–20 points led the Falcons)
Final: (7) Clever 63, Skyline 42 (Kendall Piper and Lucas Peebles score 20 points apiece to lead the Blue Jays)
Final: (2) Willard 65, Camdenton 43 (Nahmy Kelley’s 17 points lead the Tigers, who jumped to a 21-4 lead after 1 quarter)
Final: (6) Mountain Grove 60, Miller 37 (Kale Gardner scores 17 as the Panthers advance)
Final: (3) Republic 68, Springfield Catholic 57 (The Fightin’ Irish held a 36-25 lead at halftime, but it was all Republic in the 2nd half. Brody Blades put in 22 points for the Tigers, with Keiran Govan adding 20).
Gold Division First Round Games (Great Southern Bank Arena)
Final: Strafford 52, (8) Stockton 51 (The Indians jumped out to a 12-0 lead, trailed at halftime, and preserved the win when Tyler Hunt stole the ball with 10 seconds left)
Final: (1) Nixa 86, Fair Grove 26 (Adam McKnight’s 15 points paced the top seeded Eagles)
Final: (5) Branson 72, Willow Springs 60 (Griffin Mehrhoff scored 26 to lead the Pirates)
Final: (4) Bolivar 66, Buffalo 29 (Wyatt Campbell scored 17 and Colton Ingold added 15 to lead the Liberators)
Final: Mt. Vernon 49, (7) Springfield Parkview 46 (Mountaineers hang on to win back and forth game as Hunter Conway scores 12 to lead his team)
Final: (2) Hartville 59, Spokane 28 (Mason Cogdill’s 20 points lead the Eagles)
Final: West Plains 59, Greenwood 51 (The Blue Jays held a one point lead at the half, but the Zizzers went up by double digits in the 3rd quarter. Jared Kraft’s 17 points led West Plains)
Final: (3) Ozark 75, Ava 50 (Ozark took a 30-15 lead at halftime and never looked back. Kylan Pickren scored 16 for the Tigers)
Here’s the schedule for Saturday’s quarterfinal round action at the 80th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament (seeds in parenthesis):
Gold Division Quarterfinals (Great Southern Bank Arena):
Strafford vs. (1) Nixa 9:30am
(5) Branson vs. (4) Bolivar 11:00am
Mt. Vernon vs. (2) Hartville 12:30pm
West Plains vs. (3) Ozark 2:00pm
Blue Division Quarterfinals (Great Southern Bank Arena):
Crane vs. (1) Logan-Rogersville 5:00pm
(5) Marshfield vs. (4) Springfield Glendale 6:30pm
(7) Clever vs. (2) Willard 8:00pm
(6) Mountain Grove vs. (3) Republic 9:30pm
Gold Division Consolation Quarterfinals (Hammons Student Center):
(8) Stockton vs. Fair Grove 9:30am
Willow Springs vs. Buffalo 11:00am
(7) Springfield Parkview vs. Spokane 12:30pm
(6) Greenwood vs. Ava 2:00pm
Blue Division Consolation Quarterfinals (Hammons Student Center):
Sparta vs. Lebanon 5:00pm
Reeds Spring vs. Aurora 6:30pm
Skyline vs. Camdenton 8:00pm
Miller vs. Springfield Catholic 9:30pm
After a day off on Sunday, the Blue and Gold Tournament semifinals will be held Monday and the finals on Tuesday.