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The well-coached Greenville Lady Bears found themselves heading to the locker room for the last time this season after a 43-34 loss to Metro (St Louis) team at Farmington’s Civic Center.

The quarter-finals basketball game didn’t start out typical for the Lady Bears…the defense of Metro (St Louis) Panthers had the two Greenville insiders (Tara Porter and Sara Woodgeard) completely covered. But that left Kaylin Becker unguarded and she made the Panthers pay. Becker’s hot hand scored the first five field goals for Greenville and pushed her team into the lead against a cold-shooting Metro squad with the first quarter ending 5-12.

As Metro adjusted to keep Becker guarded, no other player was able to step up and lead the scoring and the once 8-point -lead diminished as Dekeisha Matthis got hot. #21 scored 9 Panther points to change the lead in her favor and closed out the first half with a 3-point-shot from well outside the NBA circle. Halftime score was 28-21.

The third quarter was punctuated by a very physical game and became a battle of defense and forced turnovers. Sara Woodgeard and Tara Porter began chiseling away at the lead and got their Greenville team within 2 by the first minute of the fourth quarter.

With the Greenville-biased crowd chanting and Metro Panthers in foul-trouble, the game looked like it could tilt back to the Lady Bears. But Metro’s full-court pressure caused too many Lady Bears’ mistakes including forced-passes and poor shot selections and the Lady Bears never got the lead back.

The well-coached and talented Greenville Lady Bears found themselves heading to the locker room for the last time this season after a 43-34 loss to Metro (St Louis) team at Farmington’s Civic Center.

Even after last Wednesday night’s 67-60 triumph over Portageville, Greenville girls’ basketball coach Diane Rainwater Meyer still has a pretty impressive “to do” list pending. Let’s see now…March 8: Coach the Lady Bears in the quarter-finals against the Metro (St. Louis) Lady Panthers at Farmington (today!). April 19: Celebrate 4th wedding anniversary. April 19, Part II: Bring Baby Ian into the world. May 3—

Wait a minute. Say what?

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“I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is a disgrace; two are a law firm; and three or more become a congress.”

—John Adams, “1776″

Don’t be fooled by the subject matter; this play, under Stage Company perennial Ron Gilliland’s deft direction, offers laugh-out-loud moments throughout—and even a generous dollop of romance, to boot!

But for now, picture the genteel, the be-wigged, the be-stockinged, the deeply annoyed and the highly nervous coming together from all over the land to chart a course for a new kind of political entity. Of course you’ve worked out the play’s title year and its significance; well, physically, the action in 1776 is set almost entirely inside chambers of the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, where delegates representing the 13 original U.S. colonies are battling it out—figuratively and musically, for the most part—to advance their positions on the advantages and disadvantages of independent rule.

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In their stunning production of 1776, which opened last night at the Rodgers Theater, The Stage Company of Poplar Bluff delivers the goods with robust humor, fine music, and lavish attention to period detail. Not since last summer’s well-received Chicago, another demanding musical known for its large cast, has the Company attempted a production of such scope and logistical difficulty. But under the direction of Stage Company veteran Ron Gilliland—also at the helm for Chicago—1776 is an assured, smart, and often boisterous delight. Don’t flee in terror upon discovering that it’s thought-provoking, too.

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The Lady Bears pulled ahead early and went up by 10 points mid-2nd Quarter and headed into the locker room with a comfortable lead. However, the Bulldogs did not lay down and fought back into the game by the middle of the third quarter. The lead changed half-a-dozen times and the Bulldogs pulled ahead by as much as 3 with 3:06 left in the game.

With four of the five Greenville starters having four fouls by mid fourth quarter, Greenville’s coach was put to the test. She adjusted her team’s defensive and offensive tactics to protect the paint and move the ball down the court past Portageville’s full-court press. With three minutes left, two of the starters were out of the game.

Greenville’s coach, Diane Rainwater Meyer, took her last timeout with just over two minutes to go and challenged her team to be strong under the boards and “go hard after every loose ball.” That message was well timed and motivated her team to a victory.

Final score:
Greenville 67
Portageville 60

Greenville moves on to the quarter-finals in Farmington on Saturday, March 8th at 1pm against Metro (St Louis).

Last Week’s Weigh-In: 138

This Week’s Weigh-In: 141!!!

All right, I’m a classic case. A routine statistic. A poster child for nutritional and fitness improvement gone horribly awry. I’ve made a declaration; I’ve made earnest attempts; and yet I have succumbed at every turn—offering virtually no struggle—to the powerful force of habit that says, “The food’s here, you’re here—Why don’t you two kids get together? What could it hurt?”.

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On Saturday, March 1st, the semo.net Surfers baseball team held a benefit basketball tournament at the Fisk Gymnasium.
The five area 6th grade teams competing were:

Front Row: Maquese Parks, Mike Kellum II, Dale Bogan, Khamahja Haynes,

2nd Place Poplar Bluff

Front Row:Bailey Davidson, Nicholas McAnutty, Andy Whitworth, Lucas Tibbs,

Back Row:Coach Brad Stuckenschnieder, Ryan Brittingham, Mark Benton, Colton Mannon, Brandon Stuckenschneider, Brett Luna, Coach Kenny Hosler

3rd Place-Fisk

Front Row: Hunter Ham, Tucker Ham, Nathan Watson, Jase Worley

Back Row: Coach Doug Ham, Matthew Wood, Charlie Dunn, Andrew Perryman, Eric Ray, Cade Lowe

Free Throw Competition

The Surfers also held a Free Throw contest for 4th - 7th grades following the conclusion of the tournament. After 3 rounds of five free throws and two tie-breakers, Jace Worley, came out the victor.

Jace WorleyAs announced on our home page, at the halftime of the championship game, the Cardinal’s Ticket Raffle was randomly drawn and Luann Elledge was the winner!

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Cardinals’ Tickets Raffle Winner Announced!

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Luann Elledge was the lucky winner for the Cardinal Raffle tickets. Her raffle ticket was sold by Kirby Coleman. Kirby is a pitcher & 1st baseman for the semo.net Surfers as well as a 4th grade student at O’Neal.
Congratulations to Luann!!!!!

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District-Title Hoops: Greenville Lady Bears Defeat Twin Rivers Lady Royals, 66-60

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

On Friday night before a packed house at TRCC, the Lady Bears of Greenville kept the pressure on against Twin Rivers’ Lady Royals straight through to a nail-biting 66-60 victory, gaining the MSHSAA Class 3 District 2 championship title.

“I’m just so proud of my kids,” said Greenville coach Diane Rainwater Meyer in the crowded lobby of TRCC’s Bess Activity Center after the win. “It got so tight, in the end. It was a situation where some of the youngsters were really stepping up…where some of the normally quiet players had to be big players.”

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