Preview: Central Ozark Conference
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Prep Hoops Missouri continues its conference previews with a look at the Central Ozark Conference. This is always a competitive league with several teams vying for the top spot and this year should be no different with teams such as…
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Continue ReadingPrep Hoops Missouri continues its conference previews with a look at the Central Ozark Conference. This is always a competitive league with several teams vying for the top spot and this year should be no different with teams such as Nixa, Webb City, Ozark, Republic and Joplin in the mix.
Earl’s Preseason Starting Five
Kaleb Wofford Kaleb Wofford 6'3" | SG Nixa | 2021 State MO 6’2″ Nixa: A smooth shooting 2021 guard who begins his fourth year of varsity action.
Always Wright Always Wright 6'2" | SG Joplin | 2022 State MO 6’2″ Joplin: An impressive 2022 shooting guard who averaged 12 points while shooting 41 percent from 3-point range.
Drew McMillin 6’0″ Republic: Talented 2021 guard who averaged 19 points a game while shooting 47 percent from 3-point range.
Nickhai Howard 6’0″ Webb City: Physical 2021 combo guard who averaged 10 points and a team-high six rebounds as a junior.
Landon Austin Landon Austin 6'0" | SG Neosho | 2021 State MO 6’2″ Neosho: Versatile 2021 guard who averaged 17 points, six rebounds and four assists a game as a junior.
Best of the Rest
2021
Jason Jones Jason Jones 6'6" | PF Nixa | 2021 State MO 6’6″ Nixa
Blaine Cline 6’4″ Ozark
Kyle Flavin, Ozark
Chase Flynn, Neosho
2022
Devin Carroll Devin Carroll 6'3" | SG Fair Grove | 2022 State MO 6’3” Nixa
Cohl Vaden Cohl Vaden 5'9" | PG Webb City | 2022 State MO 5’10″ Webb City
Ethan Whatley Ethan Whatley 6'2" | SG Parkview | 2022 State MO 6’2″ Ozark
Ethan Jones Ethan Jones 6'2" | SG Branson | 2022 State MO 6’0″ Branson
Haden Brown 6’4″ Willard
Trey Pulford Trey Pulford 6'1" | CG Willard | 2022 State MO 6’1″ Willard
Max Higginbotham 6’3″ Webb City
Gavin Davis Gavin Davis 6'4" | PF Willard | 2022 State MO 6’4″ Willard
2023
Kael Combs Kael Combs 6'4" | SG Nixa | 2023 State MO 6’3″ Nixa
Ahlante Askew 6’1″ Republic
Max Templeman 5’10″ Carthage
Dante Washington 6’1″ Joplin
2024
All Wright 6’0″ Joplin
Joseph Hafer 6’5″ Joplin
Predicted Order of Finish
1 Nixa
2 Ozark
3 Republic
4 Webb City
5 Joplin
6 Neosho
7 Willard
8 Branson
9 Carthage
10 Carl Junction