Southwest, Purdy, Wheaton, Exeter girls in postseason action this week

By Kyle Troutman [email protected]

As district basketball tournaments ramp up, Barry County girls hoops squads will put their seasons on the line this week and next.

Cassville’s girls (17-7) earned the No. 2 seed in Class 4, District 12, receiving a bye into the semifinals on March 4 at 7 p.m., awaiting the winner of the No. 3 Mt. Vernon (7-15) versus No. 6 Seneca (10-15) contest being played on March 2 at 7 p.m.

At the top of the bracket, No. 1 Nevada (19-3) awaits the winner of No. 4 East Newton (14-10) and No. 5 Monett (17-8). The Lady Patriots and Lady Cubs play on March 4 at 5:30 p.m., and the semifinal with Nevada is on March 4 at 5:30 p.m. The championship contest is on March 6 at 6 p.m. All games are being played in Nevada.

Cassville has a home win over East Newton, 61-46, an away win over Monett, 57-47, a home win over Seneca, 57-25, and an away win over Mt. Vernon, 56-38. Cassville’s only loss to the field is a 54-40 contest against Nevada at home.

In the Class 1, District 4 tournament in Verona, two local teams played on Monday. No. 5 Exeter (9-15) faced No. 4 Thomas Jefferson (10-14), and No. 3 Wheaton (12-13) battled No. 6 Sheldon (8-16). Also on Monday was No. 2 McAuley (10-16) against No. 7 Verona (6-19). Results of those games were not available at presstime. The Thomas Jefferson-Exeter winner faces No. 1 Liberal (12-13) today (Wednesday) at 5:30 p.m., and the McAuley-Verona and Wheaton-Sheldon winners play in the other semifinal today at 7 p.m. The championship is on Feb. 27 at 6 p.m.

Also on Monday was the first round of the Class 2, District 12 tournament in Marionville. No. 7 Purdy (3-19) took on the No. 2-ranked hosts Marionville (21-5), No. 4 Jasper (15-11) played No. 5 New Heights Christian (14-11), and No. 3 Greenfield/Golden City (16-10) faced No. 6 Billings/Hurley (8-17). The Jasper-New Heights winner takes on No. 1 Miller (23-3) today at 6 p.m., and the Purdy-Marionville and Greenfield/Golden City-Billings/Hurley winners play today at 7:30 p.m. The championship is on Feb. 27 at 6 p.m.

Finally, Southwest (19-7) sees its first postseason action today at Diamond. The No. 3 Lady Trojans take on No. 2 Pierce City (19-7) at 7:30 p.m. No. 4 Sarcoxie (9-14) and No. 5 Diamond (7-19) played on Monday night, with the winner taking on No. 1 Ash Grove (18-8) today at 6 p.m. The championship is at 7 p.m. on Feb. 27.