Potential upsets tonight----Can you make the call

[metro-dude]

Class 5 Nixa 10-1

@ Class 2 Hartville 7-2---I'm locking Hartville to repeat as class 2 state champions.

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Class 4 Sikeston 10-2

@ class 4 Farmington 10-2---The Farmington people are believing an upset is possible tonight.

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Class 5 Ritenour 8-5

@ Belleville West 9-4 ( Game @ Belleville West )

 

[you_dont_know_me]

I agree, No one will play with Hartville this year in class 2.

 

[Ru-B-Do]

Hartville almost beat them last year

 

[Ru-B-Do]

Nixa escapes with the W. 61-54

 

[HARDWORK3211]

The only way I see Hartville losing in class 2 is if Piper AND Jones get in bad foul trouble.

 

[you_dont_know_me]

The only way I see Hartville losing in class 2 is if Piper AND Jones get in bad foul trouble.

What makes them so good? Got to watch part of the state title game last year, but it was already out of hand by then...how do they compete so well?

 

[Bluejaypureblood]

I was at the state title game last year when Hartville won it. That team plays hard... I am talking hard from baseline to baseline and sideline to sideline. They are very well coached and fundamental. They won state without a player over 6'3 and they were never honestly challenged in that game. Iberia was a good ball team with a lot of size and kept it close for a little bit in the first but that game was never in doubt from where I sat. They way I see it is those boys play with a lot of grit, toughness and heart, they hate to not only lose but hate to lose a possession based on my observation. They definitely have the right mindset to win another title and kudos to their coaching staff, school, parents an community for creating that. This is coming from someone that lives quite a hike away and only reads about basketball up North, so I am no Hartville homer but I sure do like the way they play.