Archie and Miami Royal Courts
Right: Miami R-I Courtwarming will be held Tuesday, January 31, 2012. The girls Varsity basketball game against Rich Hill will begin at 5:30p.m., followed by the boys Varsity game. The ceremony, which includes the crowning of King and Queen, will be held at halftime of boy’s basketball game. Miami Courtwarming Candidates are (left to right): Juniors Josie Quigg & Zack White; Senior Jenna Slattery; Sophomores Dylan Good and Makalyn Gutshall; Freshmen Skyler Greathouse and Caitlin Slattery.
Blackhawks take two from Lakeland Vikings
The Adrian Blackhawks traveled to Lakeland Tuesday night, January 17 for non-conference action and both boys and girls came away with victories. “It was a good win for us on the road” commented Coach Basore.
In the boys contest Adrian posted a 63 to 56 win and moved their overall record to 8-2. “We didn’t come out ready to play but did enough to win” commented Coach Basore.
The games on Friday night against Osceola were cancelled due to bad weather.
Right: Kamiron Luptak takes a shot from the outside against the Lady Vikings defender last Tuesday night at Lakeland.
Moles surpasses dad’s scoring record
Eric Moles puts up two against the Butler Bears in the first round of the 82nd annual Archie Tournament Monday night. Moles scored 23 points. On this night Eric became the second highest scorer in Adrian boy’s basketball history. He now has a total of 1293 points. Before Monday night Jim Sterns was in 1st place with 2307; Phil Young, 2nd with 1276; Derek Moles (Eric’s dad), 3rd with 1272; and 4th was Mark Tenholder with 1203.
Blackhawks varsity boys fall short in first round of Archie Tournament
In the first round of the 82nd Annual Archie Tournament on Monday night, the No. 3 seed Adrian Blackhawks boys team went up against the No. 6 seed Butler Bears. The game went into overtime and the Blackhawks fell short, 53-44.
Coach Basore commented on the game, “We have to have some kids step up for us to keep improving.”
Duckworth and Black take the lead for Missouri Cattlemen and Women
Lonny Duckworth, is not new to volunteer leadership. He was a charter member of the Bates County Cattlemen affiliate and served as both their Vice President and President along with representing Bates members on the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association Board as a Director. After filling a State Regional VP role for 2 years, Duckworth moved into the executive line up as 1st Vice-President. In 2012, he takes the reins as President of MCA.
