Coach Odaffer hands out awards at Winter Sports Banquet

Coach Odaffer and his parents also presented the first annual "Tyler Odaffer Service Award," named in honor of Coach Odaffer's brother, who passed away a year ago.  The award is designated for a person who helps contribute to the CJ basketball program in the form of volunteer service and other support.  Among the many, many deserving persons who helped with various activities this past season, this year's award was presented to Lance Adams.

Boys' Big 8 Conference honors announced

Adams, Stevenson represent Carl Junction

CJ's Jansen Adams joins an elite group of league players named to the 2009-10 All-Big 8 First Team.  Jake Stevenson also represents Carl Junction, receiving Second Team honors.  In Big 8 games, Adams finished third in scoring with 16.6 per game while also averaging 8.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.  He hit 49% of his field goals and 50% of his 3-pointers in conference play.  Stevenson averaged 14.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game.  The Bulldogs finished 3-4 in Big 8 play, but including tournament games they actually earned wins over every Big 8 team except Mt. Vernon.  They finished 11-15 overall.

Big 8 Co-Player of the Year - Lauren McRae

McRae, Valenti receive multiple post-season honors

Lauren McRae and Mackenzie Valenti have each received post-season honors following the 2009-10 basketball campaign.  McRae was named the Big 8 Co-Player of the Year after scoring over 500 points her senior season (19 per game) while leading the team in numerous categories.  She was also named to the Big 8 First Team as well as the All-District Team.  Valenti, a junior who averaged 10.8 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, was named Big 8 Second Team and All-District.

Boys' All-District Team Announced

The Missouri Class 4 District 12 All-Tournament Team includes the following players:       Jansen Adams Carl Junction Sr Jake Stevenson Carl Junction Sr Ryan Bradley Clinton Sr Colin Garvin Clinton Jr Sam Cooper Harrisonville Sr Clint Hocker Harrisonville Sr Tanner Sutton Harrisonville Jr Ross Wolfe Nevada Sr Austin Daniel Webb City Jr Scott Roderique Webb City Jr

Season comes to close for Bulldogs

Third quarter lapse sinks CJ - Click Here for "A father's view" and game story

Carl Junction scored the first bucket of the third quarter to trim Webb City's lead to 31-26, but it was all Cardinals from there.  The Bulldogs were outscored 18-4 during the remainder of the third stanza as Webb City eventually registered a 73-40 win.  With the loss came the end of the season for the 2009-10 Bulldogs boys' basketball team.  Jansen Adams was the only CJ player to reach double-figure scoring, finishing with 17 points.  Josh Davis dished out 7 assists.  Seniors Adams and Davis along with classmates Jake Stevenson, Jacob Bennett and Matthaus Klute all played their final high school basketball game; they are a group of outstanding young men who have represented Carl Junction well, both on and off the court.

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Girls fall to Webb City in semi-finals; McRae tops 1,000

Class 4 District 12 Tournament at Nevada

The Carl Junction Bulldogs girls' varsity season came to an end Wednesday night after a 79-59 defeat at the hands of Webb City.  Among the many bright spots for the girls was the way they battled against a team that is ranked #1 in the state and in the Top 30 of ESPN's Fab 50 rankings.  The play of juniors Mackenzie Valenti and Maddie Stevenson was solid, with the two scoring 14 and 10 points, respectively.  And for those closely monitoring the progress of senior Lauren McRae as she rapidly approached 1,000 career points the past few weeks, she topped the mark with another outstanding performance of 28 points, giving her 1,020 for her career.

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