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HOOPS P R E V I E W 2011-2012Lewis County 2011-2012 SCHEDULES Page 8E CULVER- STOCKTON COLLEGE WILDCATS Pages 2E-3E CANTON R-V TIGERS Pages 4E-5E HIGHLAND COUGARS Pages 6E-7E KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE GAMES AT Thursday, November 24, 2011 Press-News Journal SPECIAL BASKETBALL PREVIEW • lewispnj.com for our local teams! Best wishes for success to CULVER-STOCKTON WILDCATS, HIGHLAND COUGARS AND CANTON TIGERS Canton State Bank 100 S 4th St. P.O. Box 111 Canton MO 63435 573-288-4424 800-463-3021 www.bankcantonstate.com Cheer By Rita Cox [email protected] Lewis County is gear- ing up for another great season of local basketball. The Press-News Journal proudly supports these teams and presents the preview of Canton, High- land and Culver-Stockton boys and girls teams,their schedules and outlook for the upcoming season. A great way to spend an evening is to attend local basketball games. Lewis County has many talent- ed and dedicated players and coaches who work hard and look forward to another season of thrill- ing action. Cheerleaders practice daily and perform many cheers and stunts during the games that are always fun to watch. Band members provide pep mu- sic to motivate the crowd and players. Teachers take turns at the admission tables, handing out pro- grams and other various duties. The booster clubs are always on hand to provide great food at the concession stand. Special nights include Paint the Gym Pink, homecomings, senior night and tourna- ment action. Many teams have halftime entertain- ment for the fans such as music, shootouts, raffles and other fun activities. People who attend bas- ketball games get to see exciting sports, visit with friends, make new friends, enjoy great concessions and take pride in their community. Show support for these teams by attending a lo- cal basketball game and encouraging the teams and please support and visit the sponsors who make this preview possible each year. Local teams gearing up for a great season May this be the best season yet! Culver Stockton Wildcats Highland High Cougars Canton R-V Tigers 1805 Elm St, Canton, MO Open Thanksgiving 1E

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HOOPSP R E V I E W

2011-2012Lewis County

2011-2012SCHEDULES Page 8E

CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE WILDCATSPages 2E-3E

CANTON R-VTIGERSPages 4E-5E

HIGHLAND COUGARS

Pages 6E-7E

KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE GAMES AT

Thursday, November 24, 2011Press-News Journal SPECIAL BASKETBALL PREVIEW • lewispnj.com

for our local teams!

Best wishes for success to CULVER-STOCKTON WILDCATS, HIGHLAND COUGARS AND CANTON TIGERS

Canton State Bank100 S 4th St.P.O. Box 111

Canton MO 63435573-288-4424800-463-3021

www.bankcantonstate.com

Cheer

By Rita [email protected]

Lewis County is gear-ing up for another great season of local basketball. The Press-News Journal proudly supports these teams and presents the preview of Canton, High-land and Culver-Stockton boys and girls teams,their schedules and outlook for the upcoming season.

A great way to spend an evening is to attend local basketball games. Lewis County has many talent-ed and dedicated players and coaches who work hard and look forward to another season of thrill-ing action. Cheerleaders practice daily and perform many cheers and stunts during the games that are always fun to watch. Band members provide pep mu-sic to motivate the crowd and players. Teachers take turns at the admission tables, handing out pro-

grams and other various duties. The booster clubs are always on hand to provide great food at the concession stand. Special nights include Paint the Gym Pink, homecomings, senior night and tourna-ment action. Many teams have halftime entertain-ment for the fans such as music, shootouts, raffles and other fun activities.

People who attend bas-ketball games get to see exciting sports, visit with friends, make new friends, enjoy great concessions and take pride in their community.

Show support for these teams by attending a lo-cal basketball game and encouraging the teams and please support and visit the sponsors who make this preview possible each year.

Local teams gearing up for a great season

May thisbe the bestseason yet!

CulverStocktonWildcats

HighlandHigh Cougars

CantonR-V

Tigers

1805 Elm St, Canton, MO

Open

Thanksgiving

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Good luck to the Tigers,

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Jack Schrader, formerly of Truman State Universi-ty in Kirksville, Mo., is in his first season as Wildcat mentor after he was named Culver-Stockton College’s 23rd head mens basketball coach on March 4, 2011.

Schrader states that his transition to Culver-Stock-ton College was very fast. “It was something that just showed up on the radar screen. I came over, got the interview, got the job, and got started as soon as I could.”

His main goals for the team are to get better every day and get into the post-season. Schrader says, “Everybody wants to play the post-season.”

He sums up the Wildcat game plan in one word, “Ex-ecution. This means we want to figure out what we’re doing that is best for the team, offensively and defen-sively, and try to get everyone to do their job.”

He lists the keys to success as defense, then rebounds,

and then not turning the ball over to the other team. “If you do those things then you have a chance pretty much to get all time wins.“

Considering overall talent, he says, “It all depends on who we play, but I’m satisfied with the way our guys are playing now. Also, we have several players locally and in the surrounding areas that are going to help us this year. “

As a first-year coach in the HAAC, Schrader is still in the learning process. “I know it is a good Conference, I know it will be tough, but I don’t exactly know our competitors yet. My main concern is what they put on the floor, both offensively and defensively.

Schrader’s personal challenge to the team is to do everything they can to help the team get better. “One of those things is to get better themselves. That’s why you play basketball, to do whatever you can to help the team.”

To the fans, Schrader says, “Come to the games and make noise. I hope the fans see when they come to the games that the guys work hard. I hope that is visible to them. I hope they appreciate it.”

In his short span as head coach, Schrader has taken great pride in his new home court. “I like the school and I like the coaches in the athletic department. We have a good staff here; we really enjoy doing what we’re do-ing. I hope we can build something that the school, the community, and the area can enjoy. That’s the whole idea.”

COACH SCHRADER

CULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE WILDCATS

Culver-Stockton College Wildcats 2011-2012 Culver-Stockton College Widlcats Roster

Drew Ayers .............Senior Clay Crouch ...........Freshman Christian Cunningham ..Freshman Ronald Dukes ........Sophomore Josh Edwards ........Junior Alex Gentner ..........Junior Tim Gorman ..........Freshman Greg Hayes ............Junior Dorian Hobbs ........Freshman Jordan Jones ..........Senior Dusan Kojic ...........Sophomore Jordan Lasater ......Junior Jim McKee .............Junior Peter Rodriguez .....Senior Jacob Schuster .......Freshman Jason Tucker ..........Sophomore

The City of LaGrange

wishes all the Lewis County

teams a successful

basketball season.

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This is Melissa Young’s first year as the coach of Culver-Stockton Women’s Basketball. She says her transition to C-SC has been incredible. “I grew up in a small town, so coming to a school based in a small town feels like going home to me.”

Young’s main goal for the season is to make im-provements. She is also striving to build upon the foundation that the previ-ous coaches have created. She believes that it is al-ways a goal to shoot for

post-season play and for a conference championship. “If you don’t shoot for the highest, you really don’t have a chance of ever getting there,” she stated.

Young also wants to see her players work well with each other. She currently has six seniors on the team, (four of which are starting players), and also has several new transfers this season. Young states, “If the team works well together, and they all learn to focus on their individual talents, they have a great potential to be a championship team.”

Young’s coaching style focuses around hard work. The team is currently striving to improve their defense, rebounds, and free-throws. Young tries to give equal im-portance to every member of the team. “Every single player on the team is important and when the opponents

stand back and watch, if our team members put forth the work effort, I believe they will be surprised.”

Young focuses on attempting to work her players harder than opposing coaches are working their teams. “If the players from Evangel (the school who won the conference championship last season) are up at five in the morning, then I want our team to be up around the same time and running for longer time periods.”

There are two local players on the C-SC team this year, Jessica Logsdon and Emily Lay, who both at-tended Canton R-V. Melissa says she appreciates hav-ing them on the team. “When you get players that have gone to state, they have a winning attitude, and that helps because when they know how to win, that is one less thing you have to teach.”

Young has been greatly enjoying her position at the college and states that everyone has been very helpful and supportive of her team and herself. She hopes the students, faculty and community will continue their support of the team.

2011-2012 Culver-Stockton Lady Wildcat Roster

Ashley Berry ........... SeniorTaylor Dietz............. FreshmanChelsea Edmondson . FreshmanTiana Hall ............... FreshmanDanielleHarper ....... SeniorRachel Larson......... SeniorEmily Lay ................ SeniorJessie Logsdon ........ SophomoreTromesa May .......... JuniorBailey Owen ............ SeniorMichelle Payne ....... FreshmanLorrie Peters ........... SophomoreLisa Plattner ........... JuniorShelsey Stanley ....... FreshmanNish Starks .............. SeniorAshely Tague ........... FreshmanMonica Wilson ........ Senior

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2011-2012 Canton Boys Basketball Roster

Brandon Berhorst .. Sophomore

Cameron Durst ....... Sophomore

Austin Hoewing ...... Junior

Nick Janney ............ Senior

Johnny Lee ............. Sophomore

Gabe McKenzie ...... Freshman

David McReynolds . Junior

Zach Merrell ........... Junior

Tyler Niemann ........ Sophomore

Garrett Serbin ........ Senior

Andy Anderson begins his 14th year as head coach of the Canton High School boys basketball team. After 19 total years in coaching, Anderson’s career totals are 284-169. Last year the Tigers fin-ished their season with a 19-6 record. They made the post-season and won the district title, but fell

short in the sectionals.Along with assistant

coaches Cliff Hark and Doug Wilson, Anderson shares, “We would like to continue on our success from last year and ad-vance farther this season.”

The starters returning this season are Nick Jan-ney and Garrett Serbin. Janney was an All-District

player last season. Ander-son also states, “We have six guys that could start for us right now.”

The reality for Anderson and his team is that they play in a tough district, against bigger schools in the area. To meet the chal-lenges facing the Tigers this season, Anderson says, “We will play a fast tempo and push the ball, while mixing up the de-fense. We will have more scoring balance this year and our team chemistry is really good.

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2011-2012 Canton Girls Basketball Roster

Courtney Baalman ...JuniorBrittney Berhorst .....FreshmanJessie Campen ..........JuniorJordyn Crenshaw .....SophomoreAubrey Durst ............JuniorMariah Shaffer .........SophomoreBailey Hoewing .........FreshmanLauren Janney ..........SophomoreHaleigh Jones ............SophomoreKaty Martz ...............FreshmanKayla Merrell ...........FreshmanSam Ryan ..................SophomoreKatie Shuman ...........SeniorHeather Stainbrook ..FreshmanJosie Walsh ...............Junior

Canton Lady Tigers

COACH UHLMEYER

This is Lindsay Uhlmeyer’s first year as head coach of the Canton girls basketball team, and she is very excited to have the opportunity to work with the girls. She has been an assistant coach at Clark County and Canton in the past.

Lindsay’s goal for the team this year is to become more and more competitive in each game the team plays. “We

play a difficult schedule, but I want to see improvement with each game and begin to surprise people,” Uhlmey-er stated. She believes her team has wonderful potential and thinks the team can be very competitive this year in the district. The most important thing she hopes for is the physical health of her team. “I hope we don’t see the same frequency of injury as we did last season. It is difficult to see players unable to finish the year because of an injury, and it’s also difficult for the team to pick up where that player left off.”

Uhlmeyer’s coaching style is based around hard work and good physical fitness. She wants to work her players in order to build their stamina. There are many players on the team who are smaller in stature than the team’s usual opponents, so Uhlmeyer wants to focus on get-ting the ball to the basket and making free throws when players have fouls. She is also working hard to minimize turnovers in order to prevent the other team from scor-ing.

The Lady Tigers are a young team and currently only have one senior and one junior on the team, but the se-nior, Katie Shuman, provides a lot of spark for the team and excellent leadership despite her small size. Lauren Janney, Jessie Campen, Aubrey Durst, Josie Walsh, and Brittney Berhorst are additional players that Uhlmey-er also believes have incredible personality and talent. These girls, along with Shuman, play as guards.

Uhlmeyer believes the keys to a successful team is

taking care of the ball and capitalizing on every oppor-tunity that they are given. ”Our team has a lot of poten-tial and I hope they will continue to develop. I’m sure I’ll learn a lot from them as well.”

Uhlmeyer is thankful to have the experience of her father, David Gaither, as the team’s assistant coach. Her father has served in various positions as a high school and junior high coach over the years, and many youth teams as well. “He has a lot to offer the girls and I learned a lot from him when he coached me.”

Concerning fan support for the team, Uhlmeyer shares, “We always have great fan support and I am not worried about that. I know they will rally around our young team to show them their support. I think our fans give our players more confidence.”

CANTON LADY TIGERS

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Wishing all the Lewis Co.Teams awinning season

Highland Girls Basket-ball Coach Brad Dance is in his ninth year of teach-ing and coaching at High-land High School. This is also his ninth year as head coach. Dance went to Quincy Notre Dame, Quincy University, and Illinois State for his two degrees, one Bachelor’s in Athletic Training, and the other a Master’s in Edu-cation. Dance has been teaching Physical Educa-

Highland Lady Cougars

tion for 10 years and has been coaching for 12. Dance’s main goal this season is for the team to get

better, but there are some other goals that are important to him as well. There are several injured players on the basketball team, and Dance would like to see them re-turn to their healthy standing. Also, he urges the team members to improve individually which leads to his main goal of team improvement.

The team shoots for Saturday night games. Saturday

COACH DANCE

night games are the nights that tournaments and cham-pionship games take place. “You know you’re going somewhere when you play a Saturday night game,” Dance remarked.

This year, Dance is focusing on a defense-heavy coaching style. He stated that his team did very well last year with their offense, and therefore, he didn’t want to change something that worked for the team. The team’s priority for defense is to maintain good man-to-man de-fense, stealing, blocking, etc.

Dance challenges his team to play hard together and to come to practice every day giving the team, the coach, and themselves all they have to offer. He also encour-ages healthy living and playing. His team has put a great amount of hard work into the first two weeks of practice, and he’d like to see that continue out of his players. “If you work as hard as you can, the wins will just follow.”

On his team, he has many talented players, but three girls in particular come to his mind when discussing tal-ent. Ashton Luttrell, sophomore, and Nicole Kraft, se-nior, are two very talented guards this year, and Julie Sholtz is also a talented player. Unfortunately, Julie is also one of the injured players and isn’t expected to re-turn to the court until December.

He tells the fans of the basketball games to come out and support the girls and boys basketball teams with as much noise as they can make, and as for those looking to try out for the team, the coach says the kids know what to expect of him. He wants kids who are willing to work hard, and give it all they have.

Mr. Dance is very proud of his girls basketball team and is happy to be a coach and teacher at Highland High School.

2011-2012 Highland GirlsVarsity Roster

Ashton Luttrull.....JuniorSarah Plant ...........SophomoreJulie Schultz ..........SeniorAshlynn Lay ..........SophomoreAbbey White .........SeniorTaylor Legg ...........JuniorTaylor Wiseman ....JuniorNicole Kraft ..........SeniorKatelyn Boone ......Sophomore

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HIGHLAND COUGARS

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Canton Tigers,and Culver Wildcats

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Highland Boys Basket-ball Coach Clyde Rosen-crans is in his fifth year of coaching the boys’ bas-ketball team. Rosencrans is currently teaching the Physical Education class-es at Highland Elemen-tary. He has been working

Highland Cougars

COACH ROSENCRANS

as an educator and a coach for around 11 or 12 years now, and he enjoys it im-mensely.

The team goal for this year is to win a District Championship, and the boys have already been working very hard in or-

der to achieve that goal. The main idea behind this team is to work hard and constantly improve.

Rosencrans doesn’t be-lieve in having a certain type of coaching style. Where some coaches may focus on one aspect of

basketball or the other, Rosencrans tries to cover all areas. “Being yourself is the best coaching style to have.”

He believes that the keys to having a success-ful team lies within three main principals. His team is currently working on their defensive skills, their rebounding, and their of-fence. He also believes that the boys on his team need to also keep their eyes open for any small mistakes made throughout their games so that they can focus on bettering their playing.

While each player has different areas of capabil-ity (such as one player be-ing a better guard than at rebounding), he says that he feels all his players

are pretty evenly gifted. There is one returning starter for the year, and several newcomers to this year’s team.

Every coach has a per-sonal challenge for their team. Some coaches use themes, colors or inspi-rational ideas to motivate their students, but Ros-encrans likes to keep his challenge to his players

simple. “Play the game as hard as you can.”

For those interest-ing in trying out for the boys’ basketball team in future years, he encour-ages them to show up and give the opportunity “a good shot.” Usually, the majority of the boys from the team come from those that have played basket-ball during middle school.

Brandon Davie ............ Kegan Brown .............. SeniorLaine Sly ..................... SophomoreGreg Garner ............... JuniorJake Ferrara ............... SeniorJ.T. Gray ..................... SeniorJohnnie Goings ........... SophomoreWes Cramsey .............. SophomoreChris Sparks ............... JuniorDerick Smith ............... JuniorJack Neisen ................. SophomoreAustin Richmiller ....... Freshman

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Highland Girls Varsity BasketballMon. Nov 28 ..........Hannibal HS .................................. 6:00 Thu. Dec. 1 ............Liberty High School .................... 7:30Dec 5 - Dec 10 .......Mendon-Unity Tourney .............. TBAMon. Dec 19 ..........Knox County R-1 HS .................... 6:00Jan 2 - Jan 7 .........Highland Varsity Tourney .......... TBATue. Jan 10 ............Canton R-V HS ............................ 6:00Fri. Jan 13 ..............Kirksville HS ................................. 6:00Jan. 16 - Jan 21 ......Palmyra Tony Lenzini Tourney ..... TBATue. Jan 24 ............Palmyra R-1 HS ............................ 6:00Fri. Jan 27 .............Brookfield R-3 HS ....................... 6:00Tue. Jan 31 .............Mark Twain HS ............................. 6:00Fri. Feb 3 ................Macon HS ...................................... 6:00Tue. Feb 7 .............Monroe City R-1 HS ................... 6:00Fri. Feb 10 ..............South Shelby HS ........................... 6:00Tue. Feb 14 ............Clark County R-1 HS .................... 6:00Fri. Feb 17 ............Centrailia HS ............................... 6:00Tue. Feb 21 ...........Louisiana HS ................................ 6:00Feb 25 - Mar. 3 .....Districts ......................................... TBAMar. 7 .....................Sectionals ....................................... TBAMar. 10 ...................Quarterfinals .................................. TBA

Culver-Stockton Womens BasketballThu. Dec. 1 ............Missouri Valley ............................ 5:30Sat. Dec 3 ...............Avila ............................................... 2:00Sat. Dec 10 ............Peru State ..................................... 2:00Wed. Dec 14 ..........Cornell ........................................... 7:00Thu. Jan 5 .............Benedictine ................................... 5:30Sat. Jan 7 ................Baker .............................................. 2:00Thu. Jan 12 ...........Graceland ..................................... 5:30Sat. Jan 14 ..............Evangel .......................................... 2:00Thu. Jan 19 ...........Central Methodist ....................... 5:30Sat. Jan 21 ..............Mid America Nazarene ................. 2:00Thu. Jan 26 ............Missouri Valley .............................. 5:30Sat. Jan 28 ............Avila .............................................. 2:00Sat. Feb 4 ...............Peru State ....................................... 2:00Thu. Feb 9 ..............Benedictine .................................... 5:30Sat. Feb 11 ............Baker ............................................. 2:00Thu. Feb 16 ............Graceland ....................................... 5:30Sat. Feb 18 ............Evangel ......................................... 2:00Thu. Feb 23 ............Central Methodist .......................... 5:30Sat. Feb 25 ............Mid America Nazarene ............... 2:00

Highland Boys Varsity BasketballNov 21 - Nov 26 ....QND Tipoff Tourney ..................... TBAMon. Nov 28 ..........Hannibal HS .................................. 7:30Fri. Dec 2 ..............Seymour High School .................. 7:30Mon. Dec. 5 ...........Bowling Green HS ....................... 7:30Mon. Dec 19 ..........Knox County R-1 HS .................... 7:30Jan 2 - Jan 7 .........Highland Varsity Tourney .......... TBATue. Jan 10 ............Canton R-V HS ............................ 7:30Fri. Jan 13 ..............Kirksville HS ................................. 7:30Jan. 16 - Jan 21 ......Palmyra Tony Lenzini Tourney ..... TBATue. Jan 24 ............Palmyra R-1 HS ............................ 7:30Fri. Jan 27 .............Brookfield R-3 HS ....................... 7:30Tue. Jan 31 .............Mark Twain HS ............................. 7:30Fri. Feb 3 ................Macon HS ...................................... 7:30Tue. Feb 7 .............Monroe City R-1 HS ................... 7:30Fri. Feb 10 ..............South Shelby HS ........................... 7:30Tue. Feb 14 ............Clark County R-1 HS .................... 7:30Fri. Feb 17 ............Centrailia HS ............................... 7:30Tue. Feb 21 ...........Louisiana HS ................................ 7:30Feb 25 - Mar. 3 .....Districts ......................................... TBAMar. 7 .....................Sectionals ....................................... TBAMar. 10 ...................Quarterfinals .................................. TBA

Culver-Stockton Mens BasketballThu. Dec 1 .............Missouri Valley ............................ 7:30Sat. Dec 3 ...............Avila ............................................... 4:00Sat. Dec. 10 ...........Peru State ..................................... 4:00Sat. Dec 17 ............Hannibal LaGrange .................... 2:00Mon. Dec 19 ..........Missouri-St. Louis ......................... 7:00Thu. Dec 29 ...........Indiana-East (Dubuque Tourney) .. 5:00Fri. Dec 30 .............Dubuque Holiday Tourney ............ TBAThu. Jan 5 .............Benedictine ................................... 7:30Sat. Jan 7 ................Baker .............................................. 4:00Thu. Jan 12 ...........Graceland ..................................... 7:30Sat. Jan 14 ..............Evangel .......................................... 4:00Thu. Jan 19 ...........Central Methodist ....................... 7:30Sat. Jan 21 ..............Mid America Nazarene ................. 4:00Thu. Jan 26 ............Missouri Valley .............................. 7:30Sat. Jan 28 ............Avila .............................................. 4:00Tue. Jan 31 .............Lindenwood (Exhibition) .............. 7:00Sat. Feb 4 ...............Peru State ....................................... 4:00Thu. Feb 9 ..............Benedictine .................................... 7:30Sat. Feb 11 ............Baker ............................................. 4:00Thu. Feb 16 ............Graceland ....................................... 7:30Sat. Feb 18 ............Evangel ......................................... 4:00Thu. Feb 23 ............Central Methodist .......................... 7:30Sat. Feb 25 ............Mid America Nazarene ............... 4:00

Canton Boys Varsity BasketballTue. Nov 29 ...........Monroe City R-1 HS ..................... 6:00Fri. Dec 2 ...............Palmyra HS.................................... 6:00Mon. Dec 5 ............Knox Co. R-1 HS ......................... 6:00Fri. Dec 9 ..............Clark Co. R-1 HS ........................ 6:00Mon. Dec 12 ..........Mark Twain HS ............................. 6:00Tue. Dec 13 ...........South Shelby HS .......................... 6:00Dec. 16 - Dec 17 ....Rumble on the River ..................... TBATue. Dec 20 ...........Unity HS ....................................... 6:00Jan 2 - Jan 7 ...........Highland Tourney .......................... TBATue. Jan 10 .............Highland HS .................................. 6:00Fri. Jan 13 .............North Shelby HS .......................... 6:00Jan 16-Jan 17 .........Rumble On The River ................... TBAFri. Jan 27 ..............Adair Co. R-2 HS .......................... 6:00Jan 30 - Feb 4.........LaPlata Invitational ....................... TBATue. Feb 7 ..............Scotland Co. R-1 HS ..................... 6:00Thu. Feb 9 ..............Keokuk HS .................................... 6:15Fri. Feb 10 ............Schuyler Co. R-1 HS ................... 6:00Mon. Feb 13 ...........Marion Co. R-2 HS ....................... 6:00Mon. Feb 20 ...........Clopton HS .................................... 6:00Feb 26 - Mar 3 .......Districts .......................................... TBA

Canton Girls Varsity BasketballTue. Nov 29 ...........Monroe City R-1 HS ..................... 6:00Fri. Dec 2 ...............Palmyra HS.................................... 6:00Mon. Dec 5 ............Knox Co. R-1 HS ......................... 6:00Fri. Dec 9 ..............Clark Co. R-1 HS ........................ 6:00Mon. Dec 12 ..........Mark Twain HS ............................. 6:00Tue. Dec 13 ...........South Shelby HS .......................... 6:00Dec. 16 - Dec 17 ....Rumble on the River ..................... TBATue. Dec 20 ...........Unity HS ....................................... 6:00Jan 2 - Jan 7 ...........Highland Tourney .......................... TBATue. Jan 10 .............Highland HS .................................. 6:00Fri. Jan 13 .............North Shelby HS .......................... 6:00Jan 16-Jan 17 .........Rumble On The River ................... TBAFri. Jan 27 ..............Adair Co. R-2 HS .......................... 6:00Jan 30 - Feb 4.........LaPlata Invitational ....................... TBATue. Feb 7 ..............Scotland Co. R-1 HS ..................... 6:00Thu. Feb 9 ..............Keokuk HS .................................... 6:15Fri. Feb 10 ............Schuyler Co. R-1 HS ................... 6:00Mon. Feb 13 ...........Marion Co. R-2 HS ....................... 6:00Mon. Feb 20 ...........Clopton HS .................................... 6:00Feb 26 - Mar 3 .......Districts .......................................... TBA

Seven locals playing college basketballBy Dan Steinbeck, [email protected]

At least seven graduates of Lewis County schools are playing college bas-ketball this year.

Those known to be playing this year include six Canton R-V graduates and one Highland gradu-ate.

Playing for Culver-Stockton are Canton grad-uates Drew Ayers, senior; Colt Carper, freshman; Justin Ellison, junior; Em-ily Lay, senior; and Jes-sie Logsdon, sophomore. Kyle Ellison, of Lew-istown, and a Highland graduate is also playing at Culver-Stockton.

Tori Niemann, of Can-ton is a sophomore on the University of Missouri Ti-gers varsity team.

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