A big week of high school boys basketball is about to get even bigger when local teams tip off the first round of tournaments Thursday in Poplar Bluff and Dyersburg, Tenn., not to mention Thursday's semifinal showdowns at Bloomfield, quarterfinals at Park Hills and Cabool, and two more round-robin games at Saxony Lutheran. It all takes us closer to a big weekend, where we should know champions of each tournament by the end of the day Saturday.
Check back throughout the day for updated scores from each tournament. Thanks to a lot of input from a lot of people, The Local Line ticker at the top of the SemoSportsWeb.com home page has become the only source online with updated scores from all seven tournaments involving Southeast Missouri teams. And keep checking Mark Unterreiner's blog for the latest updates from the Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournament.
A few thoughts on the games and tournaments so far:
The Poplar Bluff Showdown this week has the makings of one of the most balanced in its 20-year history. Poplar Bluff, which popped into this week's SemoSportsWeb.com Top 20 poll at No. 20, drew one of the toughest first-round matchups against Union City, Tenn., which comes into Thursday's game at 13-1. Scott County Central's loss to Bell City at the Show Me Center late Wednesday means that former co-workers Ronnie Cookson and Danny Farmer missed a chance to go head-to-head for the first time as boys basketball coaches. Cookson, who is filling in this season for David Heeb, coached the Braves' boys basketball team before retiring in 1995. Danny Farmer coached the girls team there before leaving for Charleston in 1997. A surprisingly tough season for Sikeston hit another rough spot early Thursday with a nine-point loss to Brighton, Tenn., in the first round at the Dyersburg tournament. The Bulldogs, ranked No. 5 in the new Top 20 poll Wednesday, are 5-4 and owe losses to Blytheville, Ark., Charleston, Notre Dame and now Brighton. And speaking of polls, look for a special Sunday edition of the Top 20 this week that will include all the results of this week's tournaments. With some of the games looming between now and Saturday, there could be a big shakeup ahead.
5 comments:
I'm not sure how good Brighton is, but it sounds like Sikeston is doing a little bit of struggling this season. It seems as though they are not quite as good as they think they are.
How good did "they" think "they" were?
These games are just getting Sikeston ready for districts.They will come around. Teams win state with 10 losses. If I was Sikeston I would be happy other teams are over looking them. Becaues when it comes down to it the bulldogs are going to bite, and I mean bite hard.Thats just the media and the newspapers putting pressure on the Bulldogs. Making them to be unstoppable. When the media does that other teams come after them harder than they normally would. Now other teams feel that Sikeston is the team to beat. If they beat Sikeston they feel that they achived something. And thats just because Sikeston went to state and place second last year. Sikeston is feeling what Charleston feels every year. Everyone comes out and plays hard aginst the top Dog
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