Quarterfinal Round Final Scores: 77th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament

The semifinal round matchups are set at the 77th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Basketball Tournament in Springfield.

Top seeded Bolivar will meet fifth seeded Sparta and second seeded Republic will play third seeded Hartville in the Blue Division, while top seeded Nixa takes on fifth seeded Fair Grove and second seeded Rogersville battles sixth seeded Greenwood in the Gold Division Wednesday evening.

Here are the scores from Tuesday’s quarterfinal round contests, with seeds in parenthesis:

Blue Division Quarterfinals (Great Southern Bank Arena):

Final: (1) Bolivar 69, (8) Ash Grove 46 (Kyle Pock scores 31 to lead the Liberators, while Brady Nicholson puts in 25 for the Pirates)

Final: (5) Sparta 60, (4) Ozark 57 (Sparta’s Jacob Lafferty scores 24 points and hits a three quarter court shot at the buzzer to end the third period. Jace Whatley scores 23 for Ozark)

Final: (2) Republic 62, (7) Hillcrest 55 (The Hornets pulled within two midway through the fourth quarter, but were outscored 13-8 the rest of the way. Ahlante Askew fnishes with 23 points to lead the Tigers, while Amarre Clark led the Hornets with 19 points).

Final: (3) Hartville 55, (6) Camdenton 41 (Hartville junior Jalon Cryer scores 17 points to lead the Eagles, while Aaron Poage paces the Lakers with 19 points).

Gold Division Quarterfinals (Great Southern Bank Arena):

Final: (1) Nixa 78 (8) Marshfield 50 (The Eagles jumped out to a 20-10 lead after one period and never looked back, getting a pair of 20+ point performances. Josh Peters’ 25 points led all scorers, with Kael Combs adding 20).

Final: (5) Fair Grove 48 (4) Parkview 33 (Jaxon Rowden scored 14 points to pace the Eagles)

Final: (2) Rogersville 61, (7) Lebanon 28 (The Wildcats jumped out to a 20-0 lead. Curry Sutherland scored 22 points to lead the team)

Final: (6) Greenwood (3) Strafford (Collin Clark’s 19 lead the way for the Blue Jays, with Griffin Litherland adding 17)

Blue Division Consolation Quarterfinals (Hammons Student Center):

Final: Catholic 56, Skyline 27

Final: Mountain Grove 50, Reeds Spring 44 (Panthers come back to win after trailing by 11 points at the end of the 1st period)

Final: Spokane 55, Stockton 40 (J.D. Tate led the Owls with 25 points, while Jay Baxter put in 24 for the Tigers).

Final: Buffalo 63, Mt. Vernon 57 (Blaine Abraham leads the Bison with 14 points, while Easton Skinner adds 13).

Gold Division Consolation Quarterfinals (Hammons Student Center):

Final: West Plains 78, Clever 51 (Briggs Hughston’s 16 points led the way for the Zizzers)

Final: Branson 84, Crane 52 (Skyler Ashford’s 16 points led a balanced Branson scoring attack)

Final: Willard 57, Ava 22 (Braxton Boyer led the Tigers with 14 points)

Final: Willow Springs 65, Aurora 55 (Jace Rodgers scored 23 points to lead the Bears)

Here are the matchups for Wednesday’s semifinal round of the 77th Annual Greenwood Blue and Gold Tournament:

Blue Division Semifinals (Great Southern Bank Arena):

(1) Bolivar vs. (5) Sparta 4:00 p.m.

(2) Republic vs. (3) Hartville 5:30 p.m.

Gold Division Semifinals (Great Southern Bank Arena):

(1) Nixa vs. (5) Fair Grove 7:00 p.m.

(2) Rogersville vs. (6) Greenwood 9:30 p.m.

Blue Division Consolation Bracket Semifinals (Hammons Student Center):

Springfield Catholic vs. Mountain Grove 9:30 a.m.

Spokane vs. Buffalo 11:00 a.m.

Blue Division 5th Place Semifinals (Hammons Student Center):

(8) Ash Grove vs. (4) Ozark 12:30 p.m.

(7) Springfield Hillcrest vs. (6) Camdenton 2:00 p.m.

Gold Division Consolation Bracket Semifinals (Hammons Student Center):

West Plains vs. Branson 4:00 p.m.

Willard vs. Willow Springs 5:30 p.m.

Gold Division 5th Place Semifinals (Hammons Student Center):

(8) Marshfield vs. (4) Springfield Parkview 7:00 p.m.

(7) Lebanon vs. (3) Strafford 8:30 p.m.

The tournament concludes Thursday with the third place games and the championship games in both divisions at Great Southern Bank Arena, with the consolation and fifth place games at Hammons Student Center.