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BLUE DIVISION:Nixa repeats as Blue and Gold champions with Blue Division victory over Republic
GOLD DIVISION:Central wins first Blue and Gold title in 40 years after Gold Division win over Glendale
ACCOLADES:News-Leader 2023 Blue and Gold All-Tournament Teams, MVPs, Breakout Performer
Final Nixa 59 Republic 48
4Q 0:36 Nixa 59 Republic 47
Lots of fouls but we’re almost done here.
4Q 1:53 Nixa 54 Republic 45
Josh Peters bucket and Republic turns it over. The Eagles appear to be on their way to repeating.
4Q 2:24 Nixa 52 Republic 43
4Q 3:38 Nixa 49 Republic 43
Nixa has its largest lead in the game after a Bryce Foster 3.
End 3Q Nixa 38 Republic 36
Brenley Hagewood has 14 points for the Tigers. Devon Kemp has nine for the Eagles.
Halftime Republic 24 Nixa 24
Brenley Hagewood leads the game with nine points with Jordan Douglas adding seven.
Devon Kemp leads Nixa with seven points with Jackson Cantwell adding six.
End 1Q Republic 13 Nixa 9
Brenley Hagewood with nine early points for the Tigers.
Final Central 77 Glendale 47
4Q 4:17 Central 71 Glendale 47
Tyrique Brooks dunk. He has 11 points. Keion Epps is now up to 22 points.
End 3Q Central 64 Glendale 38
3Q 1:08 Central 60 Glendale 34
Bryce Walker has 24 points with 14 in the third quarter.
3Q 3:04 Central 56 Glendale 31
Bryce Walker has 12 points this quarter and is up to 22 points with a pair of 3’s. Keion Epps made his second 3 of the game and has 16 points.
3Q 4:41 Central 48 Glendale 28
Bryce Walker knocks down a 3 and he has 17 points. A quick scoring burst from the Bulldogs’ big man.
Halftime Central 41 Glendale 26
2Q 3:06 Central 38 Glendale 18
Bryce Walker starting to dominate inside. He now has 10 points to go along with his team’s five 3-pointers. The game starting to get a little heated.
2Q 5:31 Central 27 Glendale 12
Amare Witham is heating up for the Falcons with a pair of 3’s in the quarter. He has 10 points.
Tyrique Brooks and Devin Sanford each have nine points for the Bulldogs.
End 1Q Central 20 Glendale 4
The Bulldogs are playing the same way they’ve played all tournament long. Overwhelming has been the word.
Devin Sanford leads the game with nine points. He has a pair of 3’s.
1Q 2:46 Central 14 Glendale 4
Devin Sanford with a pair of 3’s. He’s been on fire.
1Q 4:02 Central 11 Glendale 4
The Bulldogs have already hit three 3’s.
About to start
The third-place game right before this went to overtime so we’re getting a bit of a late start. Central and Glendale coming up in the next few minutes, as of 7:15 p.m.
Welcome!
It’s championship night at the 2023 Blue and Gold Tournament at Great Southern Bank Arena.
Four teams out of Class 6, District 5 will compete for the two titles. A final Ozark Conference Blue and Gold champion will be crowned in the Gold Division title game between Central and Glendale at 7 p.m.
A Central Ozark Conference matchup between Nixa and Republic, the Blue and Gold champions from a year ago, will take center stage at approximately 8:30 p.m. in the Blue Division championship.
We’ll be courtside throughout the evening updating this page frequently. Refresh to keep up with what’s happening at the Blue and Gold championships.
Blue Division championship game
Friday night at Great Southern Bank Arena
- 8:30 p.m. — No. 1 Nixa vs. No. 2 Republic
Gold Division championship game
Friday night at Great Southern Bank Arena
- 7 p.m. — No. 1 Central vs. No. 3 Glendale
Semifinal coverage
More: 2023 Blue and Gold Tournament: Takeaways, scores from Blue Division semifinals
More: 2023 Blue and Gold Tournament: Takeaways, scores from Gold Division semifinals
More: 2023 Blue and Gold Tournament: The top performers from Thursday’s semifinal matchups
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Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield News-Leader. You can contact him at 417-371-6987, by email at wwheeler@news-leader.com or X at@WyattWheeler_NL. He’s also the host of the weekly “Wyatt’s World Podcast” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcasting platforms
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