<div> The Hartville boys and Skyline girls are state champions after dominant performances on <a href=https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/03/04/springfield-area-high-school-girls-basketball-class-4-6-quarterfinal-results-mshsaa-missouri/72738491007/ rel=nofollow target=_blank> Thursday evening in Columbia. </a> Two of the <a href=https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/03/05/springfield-area-boys-basketball-class-4-6-district-sectional-mshsaa-results-high-school-postseason/72738523007/ rel=nofollow target=_blank> best basketball programs </a> the region has produced over the last decade continue to reign supreme while adding to their ever-growing trophy cases. Here's what went down at Mizzou Arena. <iframe height=608 src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhartvilleeaglesbasketball%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0258bNkTiM6rsHCtzQ9xCCUKh2QVTxMXTtGAijPhHuYkMSWbRa1kBgD36vz8L6S1Wl&show_text=true&width=500" width=100%></iframe><h2 class="presto-h2 wp-block-heading"> Hartville boys win third state championship in five years </h2><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> An emotional year for the Hartville boys' basketball program ended with the Eagles claiming their third state championship in the past five years. A 60-42 win over Weaubleau in the Class 2 Show-Me Showdown title game continued one of the great small-school runs the state has had to offer over the last decade. It's their fourth state championship since 2016. The win capped off a tough year in which Hartville head coach Brett Reed lost his mom before the Blue and Gold Tournament, a player on the team lost a loved one and the team's starting senior point guard tore his ACL in mid-January. It was as if Hartville played with more than five players on the court on Thursday night. "It was a very emotional experience for me and we really played so well," Reed said. "The group's done more for me this year than I could ever do for them. It's almost like closure for my mom. The last thing she told me before she passed away on Christmas Eve was that she loved me and that we were gonna win another one this year." <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> More: <a href=https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/03/05/springfield-area-boys-basketball-class-4-6-district-sectional-mshsaa-results-high-school-postseason/72738523007/ rel=nofollow target=_blank> Here are the Springfield area boys basketball teams that will play in state quarterfinals </a> She was right. The resilient Eagles group didn't lose a game after the Blue and Gold Tournament concluded. They rallied together and had one of the best defenses Hartville has put on the court in a long line of great defenses. It made an appearance in the title game. Weaubleau's lone lead came when it was 2-0 and it only lasted to eight seconds. The Tigers were held to five points in the first quarter and nine in the second. By then, Hartville built its lead up to 23 before Weaubleau found some consistent scoring when the game was already out of reach. The 42 points from the Tigers were the fewest they scored all season as they ended up second in the state, the highest Weaubleau has ever finished. Twenty-two points were scored by senior Gage Johnson with 11 from Blaine Durnell, nine from Dawson Stewart and none from everyone else. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> Hartville finished the year allowing only 37.8 points per game, the fewest the Eagles have allowed in any of their previous state championships. Their five-year run also included a fourth-place finish a year ago. "I challenged these guys. I'm like, 'if you want to win a state championship, you got enough talent if you'll defend and you'll rebound every night and put forth a lot of focus and energy towards that. And then you can have success.' Those guys bought into that philosophy and this might have been one of the best defensive teams I've had and I've had some really, really good ones." The Eagles weren't half bad offensively either. They had four scorers in double-digits with Grant Culver and Payton Cogdill each scoring 15 points. Jalon Cryer added 13 with Boone Garrison scoring 12. Hartville shot 61.1% as a team and were 7 for 15 from beyond the arc. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> The Eagles were perfect this season outside of Blue of Gold Tournament where they lost to Class 5 Willard without their head coach and to Class 4 state quarterfinalist Logan-Rogersville. They've had three completely different teams win championships over the last decade, speaking to the level of dominance Reed's program has built. "There's not a whole lot to do in Hartville but play basketball," Reed laughed. "We play a lot of it. I think there are a lot of little kids running around in our elementary right now and they'll want to be a Hartville Eagle when they grow up. We have kids in every grade level and I think that's how you have some of that sustained success." Hartville loses two starters, Cryer and Culver, from its rotation on Thursday along with Logan Simpson who tore his ACL earlier in the season. <nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> The Eagles have been machine over the last decade and there's no reason to believe they will slow down anytime soon. "It was just pure joy," Reed said. "Just watching them dog pile on the floor and watch their dreams come true and seeing their hard work come to fruition is pure joy for me. Basketball is a long season and we've been through a lot. It was awesome watching them achieve their dreams. It was awesome." <iframe height=314 src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flindsey.martin.1297%2Fvideos%2F907033054451032%2F&show_text=false&width=560&t=0" width=100%></iframe><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><h2 class="presto-h2 wp-block-heading"> Skyline girls beat Principia for Class 2 state championship </h2> The Lady Tigers are state champions once again after wire-to-wire Class 2 Show-Me Showdown title game against Principia. A 61-47 win for Skyline gives it its first state championship since 2017 and seventh overall — tying the program with Marshfield and Scott County Central for the second-most in state history. Junior Ashlen Garrett had a game to remember as she went for 37 points 14 of 25 shooting while making 4 of 7 shots from the outside. Her 14-point second quarter helped the Lady Tigers build their lead up to 22 and they never looked back. Skyline held Principia star freshman Dasia Scott, who scored 24 points against Norwood in the semifinals, to 19 points but on 6 of 24 shooting. The Panthers finished the game shooting 32.7% from the field. More: <a href=https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/03/04/springfield-area-high-school-girls-basketball-class-4-6-quarterfinal-results-mshsaa-missouri/72738491007/ rel=nofollow target=_blank> Here are the Springfield area girls basketball teams that will play in quarterfinals </a> Kenzi Cheek was second in scoring for the Lady Tigers with nine points. Their largest lead of the game was 22 with 6:23 left in the second quarter. The closest Principia got the remainder of the night was within 11 with 1:02 left in the third. Skyline's state championship run ends at 30-2 with its lone losses coming to Class 5 state quarterfinalist Marshfield and Class 3 state semifinalist El Dorado Springs. The Lady Tigers won the Mid-Lakes Conference which included a pair of wins over Class 3 state semifinalist and defending state champion Fair Grove. The Lady Tigers lose one starter heading into 2024-25 and might just be getting started. 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 <a href=https://www.twitter.com/wyattwheeler_nl rel=nofollow> @WyattWheeler_NL </a> . This article originally appeared on Springfield News-Leader: <a href=https://www.news-leader.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/03/07/hartville-skyline-high-school-basketball-state-championship-result-score-mshsaa/72867596007/ rel=nofollow> Hartville boys, Skyline girls win high school basketball state championships </a></div>

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The Hartville boys and Skyline girls are state champions after dominant performances on Thursday evening in Columbia. 
                        Two of the best basketball programs the region has produced over the last decade continue to reign supreme while adding to their ever-growing trophy cases.
                        Here's what went down at Mizzou Arena.
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Hartville boys, Skyline girls win high school basketball state championships

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