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KSPR Girls Basketball Power Rankings - Week 5 (Teams are ranked by the KSPR Sports Department based on their relative strength to class size.  Overall dominance, strength of schedule, quality wins, and momentum are factors in determining the order.  Stats and details are based on information submitted by coaches.  Feel free to email comments to mscott@kspr.com)   (Last week in parenthesis)   1.     West Plains (2) - The Lady Zizzers are coming off a 3 win week (Branson, Camdenton, Rogersville)

High School Basketball Scores Girls Purdy  62  Fair Grove  65  OT Pierce City  55  Miller  37 Sparta  58  Forsyth  48  (Long: 28 pts; Hardcastle: 22 pts) East Newton  45  Monett  26 Ash Grove  48  Marionville  46 West Plains  65  Joplin  18 Catholic  52  Bolivar  50  (Bade: 21 pts) New Covenant  24  Chadwick  91 Reeds Spring  44  Rogersville  41 Parkview  66  Lebanon  47 Willard  50  Neosho  35 Morrisville  49  Humansville  44 Carthage  32  Ozark  65  (COC Large Champs, undefeated)

HS Boys Galena 50 F (3) Spokane 60 Neosho 66 F (4) Branson 76 Webb City 41 F (6) Nixa 69 Reeds Spring 69 F Bolivar 59 Buffalo 35 F Catholic 45 Sparta 57 F Chadwick 56 Billings 61 F Clever 69 Parkview 84 F Glendale 66 Seymour 62 F Hartville 55 Lebanon 39 F Hillcrest 69 Fair Play 69 F Humansville 32 Joplin 56 F Kickapoo 73 Mt. Vernon 71 F Lamar 49 St. Elizabeths 67 F Laquey 77 Gainesville 69 F Mansfield 40 Fair Grove 48 F Marionville 33 Hollister 45...

KSPR counts down our top-10 moments of 2009: 10 - THE ONCE DOMINANT EVANGEL CRUSADERS STUMBLE, SCOTT METCALF STEPS AWAY FROM HIS BELOVED TEAM, WHILE BRENTON ILLUM EYES THE FUTURE. 9 - NATIONWIDE TOUR VET JUSTIN BOLLI PUNCHED HIS TICKET BACK TO THE PGA WITH A MEMORABLE 4-DAY RUN AT THE PRICE CUTTER CHAMPIONSHIP. 8 - BEFORE HIS DOMINATING DAYS AT KENTUCKY JOHN WALL TREATED OZARK HOOP FANS TO ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT RUNS IN TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS HISTORY. 7 - ALBERT PUJOLS CONTINUES TO TOP EVEN HIMSELF.