West Plains

[ChaoticFanatic]

Chaotic who would have thought West Plains would be playing for the district title this year after they way they started off the year.

They’ve definitely come a long way from their 11-8 record a mere month ago.

I don’t like them in this match up against Marshfield though, honestly. And I may very well be wrong, I figured they’d beat Hillcrest by 15 points or so and they ended up winning by 20ish but Hillcrest has digressed from the middle of the season.

Marshfield has been probably the most consistent Class 5 team in the area so they better bring their A game if they want to win.

 

[Comeagle]

I am picking West Plains in an upset. I don’t think Marshfield likes a physical game and I think West Plains will make it physical

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

I am picking West Plains in an upset. I don’t think Marshfield likes a physical game and I think West Plains will make it physical

It’ll definitely be interesting. Both teams went 5-1 in the OMC. West Plains won the tie breaker, but with it being the 21st century I’m sure they will be “co-champs”.

WP lost to Rog by 14 in conference play
Marshfield beat Rog by 6 in conference play
WP then beat Marshfield by 18 in conference play.

Earlier in the year Marshfield beat WP in a really close one in the Blue & Gold.

The WP win over Marshfield was at Home and the loss was a neutral site and this game will be played neutral.

Should be interesting at the least.

 

[TadQueasy]

I think WP wins this one as well. Not that impressed with Marshfield this year.

 

[OldZizzer69]

I think they will win this one as well. Their bench has definitely deepened over the course of the year. Wish they would play more of the Jr. Willard girl. That girl has a great 3-Point shot. She average 22 points for jv and hardly ever gets any varsity playing time.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Whenever wins this game likely makes the final four. District 5 is VERY weak

 

[thetophat2021]

Helias Catholic could be a sleeper (like their boys who won their district at Rolla tonight). Schedule matters but I do concede a few of their top end losses were not close.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

Helias Catholic could be a sleeper (like their boys who won their district at Rolla tonight). Schedule matters but I do concede a few of their top end losses were not close.

Helias has also has plenty of losses to mediocre teams. As much as I hate to say it with how critical I was with WP mid season, they’re playing their best basketball right now. I think them or Marshfield would be favored over Helias by 10-12 pts. Just my opinion though.

 

[AC100]

WP is really young. It kind of makes sense they would get better as the season goes along.

 

[ChaoticFanatic]

WP is really young. It kind of makes sense they would get better as the season goes along.

The only thing they’ve gotta worry about is inconsistency with how young they are, they’ve definitely came on as the season has stretched, but they’re also not playing as tough of a schedule as years past and aren’t as battle tested.

No playing Kickapoo, no playing Nixa 2-3 times a year(only played them once), no Cape Notre Dame

They did pick up RepMo, but I think we can agree RepMo isn’t what they used to be.